Joytoy Rome Republic Legionary - Strife

 After making so many 40k, Modern Military and Titanfall mech products, Joytoy is now ready to expand their portfolio to Ancient period starting with Rome period! Instead of starting with the Post-Marian Reform Legionary prototype that they have early this year, Joytoy will decide to start with Republican era Legionary with the first series simply dubbed -Strife- featuring Five different variants of Rome Legionaire. Scheduled for Q3 2024 release, this Strife series also has collectors edition available for 200 USD.

Overall the Joytoy Strife Rome Legion series is not exactly the best set for Army building due to glaring lack of Historical accuracy that will easily trigger a self-respecting Rome fanboy due to mismatch of equipment choice. Some of the glaring inaccuracies for instance are the full use of Lorica Musculata / Muscle Cuirass which are too expensive for typical Republican era Rome Legionary and the pairing of Scutum and Spear. This one would be really a slap in the face if Joytoy claim this set as Pre-Marian Rome Legion which still use Triplex Acies combat doctrine. However this one is still passable if one counts it as a Hybrid Greek Auxiliary type of Rome Legion.  I would say Joytoy put more emphasis on Rules of Cool as they still likely prioritize the Chinese market thus making such polarizing stunt. 

Regardless of the glaring Historical inaccuracies, this particular set is still good collectible especially If you ever consider customization option and personally I am still willing to support the lineup if it means that Joytoy able to make some action figure for Aurelian someday. To close this article, I will leave the reference picture for the collector set.