The PopCulteer
November 15, 2024

Animal Warriors of The Kingdom
Available from Spero Toys and other online retailers

Today’s PopCulteer entry in The 2024 PopCult Gift Guide is for an entire action figure line that you may not have heard of yet. This is the perfect gift for the action figure collector on your holiday shopping list who might be feeling a bit of ennui at the regular offerings, and longs for something new.

Animal Warriors of the Kingdom is an immersive action figure fantasy line created by Spero Studios featuring the many adventures of Pale, the white-fur ape, and his allies as they fight to end the reign of the Tyrant Kahlee and restore peace and prosperity to his home. The story features Animal Warriors of all shapes and sizes throughout the Kingdom and fans can look forward to seeing many more Animal Warriors featured as each wave is revealed.

Each figures stands 6.50 inches tall and feature 26 points of articulation.

I first saw this line at PowerCon in Columbus in 2023 and I caught up with them this year at JoeLanta back at the end of September. Even though I was attending as a civilian, I was impressed enough to grab a few photos and make a mental note to include them in the Gift Guide this year.

Here’s some of the photos I took at JoeLanta that came out in focus…

Each Primal Series Figure includes several accessories with Add-On sets available for even more accessories. Heads, hands, and certain armor pieces can be easily swapped out to personalize your figures.

These figures are based on an original concept by Jason Bienvenu and it combines fantasy and science fiction adventure with anthropomorphic hijinks. It honestly put in the mind of Jack Kirby’s excellent Kamandi series, just based on the looks of the action figures. Coming from me, that’s high praise.

I would recommend the comics, but they aren’t currently available. A trade paperback collection is due out in a few weeks, but the individual issues are sold out as physical items, and I don’t like to point my readers to eBooks, since they are so tricky to wrap.

When the stories are back in print, readers can learn about the world that the Animal Warriors inhabit and experience the adventure alongside the series main protagonist, Pale, in order to thwart the plans of the vile Emperor Kah Lee!

There are over two dozen figures already available in the line. They feature remarkable sculpting and top-notch articulation. Most of the figures sell for around $35 each (these are 1/12 scale figures), with some basic figures available for as little as $15, and very large, deluxe figures topping out over fifty bucks. There are also accessory sets and spare heads for the customizing action figure collector.

This is a wild action figure line, and will light up the face of the figure collector on your shopping list. You can order directly from Spero Toys, and you can also find these figures at Big Bad Toy Store and Amazon. There are several figures you can choose from to start a collection.

Here’s a cool animated trailer, just to give you a hint of the concept…

And this entry in The 2024 PopCult Gift Guide is our animalistic PopCulteer this week. The Gift Guide is taking the weekends off this year, but after our second entry later today, it will return with two more entries on Monday.  Meanwhile, check PopCult every day for fresh content.