Saturday, May 24, 2008

McFarlane Halo 3 Series 1 Lineup

For series 1 the lineup consists of a Campaign, Multiplayer and Vehicles line for a total of 12 figures and 3 vehicles.

Campaign:

Multiplayer:

  • Red MK VI
  • White MK VI
  • Blue MK VI (exclusive)
  • Red EVA
  • Blue CQB (exclusive)
  • Steel CQB (exclusive)
Vehicles:

  • Warthog
  • Ghost
  • Brute Chopper

Firstly we have the vehicles, they're very very very small, roughly about 2 inches in height or so.




Here we have the Masterchief in the MK VI configuration, there are also 3 other colour combinations, namely the Red, White and Blue.
Next, the Blue and Steel CQB configurations which are exclusives.
Finally is the EVA configuration which is only currently available in the Red combination.
Sadly, Masterchief only comes with the assault rifle while the others come packaged with a frag grenade and the assault rifle.

Cortana also makes an appearance in this series, featuring a light up base. I don't really see any points of articulation on this piece, so most probably the light up base is the main 'gimmick'. It looks pretty close to the game sculpt wise. Just also found out thanks to the bros at sgcollect.com that it takes 2 AAA batteries to power the gimmick and that it's not included. So no worries about battery leakage as I'm keeping it MISB.


What would Halo be without the Covenant?
Appearing in this series are 3 of the enemies found, the Brute Chieftain - Weapon variant, the Jackal Sniper and the Grunt. The Grunt is available in 2 colours, the orange and the green, other than the colour difference, the rest remains the same.

Seems that either colour is shortpacked depending on which part of the world you live in. Here, the orange armour is in abundance. Managed to snag one green armour off Ebay at a reasonable price though.

One thing I don't really like about the Jackal is its f**king reverse jointed knees, in case you don't know what that means, imagine your knees bending the other way and that's what the reverse jointed knees are. It's a major pain in the arse to obtain a stable pose...
I've had alot of trouble finding a nice looking stable pose without resorting to using blue tack on the feet. Luckily it ain't like the Berserker Garo S.I.C figure, humongous upper body with massive arms supported by measely toothpick legs with the stupid reverse jointed knees.

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Nothing beats a little green to brighten up the place