I've played this game on and off again over the course of its life span. I picked it up on itch.io back when they just had the Plastic Army Men and fell off when they introduced new toys with each update (no fault of the updates, I just became burned out on the game). I dipped back in on and off again over the years and in my current stint with the game I decided to pick it up on steam. My opinion with every playthrough post-new toys has been the same. I feel like the developers haven't balanced the game with the different factions in mind. If I pick Army Men or Legos as my main faction to deploy I get curb stomped by Aliens or Action Figures used by the enemy. I have been grinding through the Steam version and getting the achievements; if I pick anything that isn't the Action Figures as my main faction in a match (conquest or otherwise) I feel like I'm just banging my head against the wall. Most of my playtime has been with the Plastic Army Men and it's been miserable and grindy.
An example: Played the house level on "Conquest"; the tan stacked CIWS turrets all in the living room and the blue faction focused heavily on Alien tech for my match so I was getting my teeth kicked in leaving the bedroom because I decided to use mostly ants and army men for that match. I wanna go back to the early version of the game where it's Plastic Army Men only. I bought the 2019 DLC, but don't know how to activate it or use it.
Is there a way to remove every faction, but the Plastic Army Men?