Glyos System Series
Item No.: No. n/a Manufacturer:Onell Design Includes:Scarf, Sarvos head, Pheyden head, Phase Cannon, 4 Switch Pins Action Feature:Pops apart Retail:$20.00 Availability: November 7, 2025 with online sales November 8, 2025 Other: Crossover with The Four Horsemen
It should not surprise you that I have a lot of Glyos figures old and new left un-showcased. For January, I'm going to try to show one off every Monday. Can I stick to it for the year? Maybe! Can you kick in $1 a month to my Patreon to offset my hosting costs? Give me an excuse to write more!
I probably won't keep buying all of these guys in every color (especially with two figures being stow-awayed as pieces) but I couldn't say no to Infinite Anti-Pheyden Scaphoidian. (Or the Origin one.) Why? The mold's great, and the colors reminded me of one of few toys I had as a kid, sold, and regret - the Construx purple alien figure. The Sarvos head reminds me a lot of that helmet.
As I spend more time with figures based on this mold I see a ton of potential. Like Cosmic Legions and Mythic Legions - and of course Glyos - you can see endless possibilities for augmentation through new limbs or head packs. I'm not quite sure how the molds were set up for these guys, but I would wager we might be looking at more robust figure options in this scale down the road. And it's already pretty robust.
For this release, the figure was molded in dark purple with green and pale green painted highlights. What's interesting is that the paint masks are very similar to the first wave of figures, but are configured differently - plus this one has painted thigh armor that's unique. The figure's $20 price tag puts it at the middle of the first wave where a figure with lots of paint was $22 and the least paint was $18. You'll see a lot of nice decoration here, with green boot jets and knee lights, plus a couple of circles on the back like Phrangoss. He doesn't have painted fingers, but I don't think green fingers would help.
The light green paint used for the thighs and biceps really do a good job of bringing the detail out. The grooves and rivets are all perfectly highlighted, but the dark purple plastic does obscure a fair amount of the detail work elsewhere. It's a trade, but a welcome one. The colors highlight enough different spots that it's almost like looking at a different figure. I'm super curious how it will look when I can get my mitts on a totally complete clear one.
The default build uses the bony husk of a head now painted in green. The eyes and neck are a darker green, which might be too subtle of a difference to really pay off. The eyes kind of hide in the skull when the figure is in a slightly dark room. That's a shame. But the lighter green "skin" on Anti-Pheyden's head really helps make the detail work pop. You'll see fissures and plates, ridges, and lumps. It's really great. Out of the baggie you need to install the belt and the feet, but that's a simple thing to do. I decided I wanted to go with the Sarvos head, because I just immediately loved it.
Both Pheyden and Sarvos heads are molded in purple with green eyes. They're perfect. I love how the bright eyes peer out of the dark under the bloom of the purple heads. Also, the eyes are much simpler this time, which has got to help keep costs on deco down. One-color eyes are no doubt easier for the factory, and the same green energy was applied to the blast arm. It's also great.
I was very surprised that this figure not only took a while to ship out, but didn't sell out within the first three weeks of availability. (I'm writing this on Thanksgiving 2025, both Scaphoidian and Origin are in stock.) I assume the first wave got a boost out of being new, with the first Anti-Pheyden looking a bit like a Phanost and Pheyden being Pheyden, but it surprised me that these guys weren't fast sellers.
There's nothing about this particular figure that would make me recommend you track it down over others unless you, too, really liked Construx in the 1980s. The figure itself is durable and charming, scaled to fit in with a lot of other figures but not out of line with its Glyos peers. The Four Horsemen sculpting is good, the Matt Doughty touches are great, and it feels like a lost release from the old days... but better. I'd recommend getting some form of this mold, and I find this one to be particularly appealing. Give it a whirl if it's available for a fair price.
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