I have had a couple real nice pretty looking figs and I have been just as excited to eat them.  However, I get a taste of a melon and very bland......What up?  Is this the taste of figs?

Some do taste like melon.

So far my melon flavor list is.

Brown turkey
Texas blue giant
Magnolia
White Genoa
Wuhan

Many others can have a watered down melon flavor if they received to much water during the ripening stage.

Here is a link, it's a list of fig flavors.

http://www.hawaiifruit.net/figtastescale.htm

I find that a lot of figs with a melon taste are underripe...not always, but many times the esters present are melon-like. This usually dissipates as they ripen and more berry and figgy tones take over. Again, this isn't always the case as I find Brunswick type figs to continue to carry this flavor throughout ripening.

Often if they are under ripe they may have a cucumber taste, which might also resemble a melon taste.

Under ripe may mean it was picked too soon, OR nit could mean that they ripened with insufficient sun and heat - so that they complete the ripneing "process" but do not have all the necessary inputs - sort of like leaving the sugar out of a recipe.

Are you sure you're picking them at the right time?  A day difference could go from a melon to a berry flavor.  As mentioned, some figs naturally have a refreshing melon flavor.

Haha, that first honeydew melon tasting fig is quite disappointing, isn't it?

Your VDB and Hardy Chicago should have nice berry flavors. You'll probably like them much better.

Next time you should take a picture of the fig so others can tell you if it is ripe.

We have been getting a lot of melon tasting figs this year, but this is due to the plant's age. Figs will show their true taste after the third year, that's when they start maturing.

I agree that generally most figs that have this flavor are under ripe, or at least not ripe enough to dissipate that flavor note.  Some figs have a tendency to carry that melon flavor longer than others. Sometimes that melon flavor can be quite nice depending on the rest of that fig's flavors.  It doesn't sound like that is what is going on for you though. Generally, every variety has the potential to make some tasty figs.  You should experiment with ripeness levels of different cultivars to determine how you like "that fig". Depending on the variety, I prefer them at different stages of ripening. Some figs I leave on after they finish swelling and even after they shrink for a couple days and get wrinkly skin.  Be prepared to fight wildlife if you like a particular fig at that stage though.  Best of luck!

I have a very young tree I purchased as Italian Honey. The few figs I've gotten taste like cucumber/melon and not at all what I expect when the tree is older.

My Atreano had fruit for first time   taste like weak honeydew    it was very ripe when I ate them    since it is my first fruiting fig  I will eat them   but   I don't like them at all :(

If you're growing figs in pots the flavor will be all over the place from one season to the next.
I've noticed that overwatering dilutes the flavor.
Under watering can cause the fruit to drop, never ripens or its quality to suffer.
Root overheating or root bound trees could result in poor quality of fruit also.
The good news is that as the tree gets older flavor does improve.

@Joyce Atreano is a great variety, just give it time.