McFarlane Halo Reach Toyline
Anyone else shamefully addicted to this line? I bought two out of curiosity one day after hearing how bad McFarlane Toys are, and much to my surprise, the line is near Revoltech quality. (Except for the Elites. McFarlane had the GREAT idea of making the bottoms of their feet round.
McFarlane doing the best at what they do...
Remember, it was McFarlane who revolutionized action figures both in articulation and in sculpt...I lost faith with the company when they started doing "in-action figures" Who would want to play with a figure thats already set on a particular pose? Though the sculpt is still great, i've lost interest on the line......and then came HALO ..I don't own an x-box , but i fell in love with the figures and their articulation ,also with the vehicles...I already bought a warthog and have the emile and noble six figures, aside from their original halo 3 ( cant find jorge in the malls right now...) and they do look GREAT!! Hope that McFarlane brings this articulation back to all their figures especially the SPAWN figs which actually started my passion for action figures...
*Beep Beep*
Just bought the Warthog today. $30 for a massive hunk of plastic? Okay!
Quick overview:
- Compatible with most 5-6" action figures
- Rubber Tires!
- Slight give in the bottom to simulate the effect of working shocks
- Tires unfortunately do not move left to right.
- Back turret doesn't secure in any way except via gravity. It also has issues aiming high up.
They're pretty good
They're pretty good considering that before MCT got the line, the toys were all over the place in scale and quality in the last two lines from the previous companies.
If you don't like McFarlane stuff based on the old "inaction figure" statues of the past, the Halo line is fully articulated like a modern figure. The paint apps are similar where it looks really great until you get up close, then it's clear it's all washes and dry brushing, but that's what most custom figures people fawn over look like anyway.
I like that they chose to make them smaller than previous lines allowing for some of the larger characters and the inclusion of vehicles - two of which they've already done.
Square Enix' Play Arts line is making some as well. While they look nice and are both larger and more detailed, the quadrupled price point makes them something only the most devoted of fans would buy. Unless they cut a deal like previous Play Arts series were distributed here for realistic prices - doubtful given licensing concerns - the McFarlane stuff is your only option if you plan to buy more than one of the characters or want a nice vehicle for them to sit in.
im kinda torn on these guys,
im kinda torn on these guys, i bought the game and got attached to the characters, so i went out and got a Jorge. the paint apps are nice, but i cant stand the excessive drybrushing of silver all over the figure. i know hes not supposed to be shiny and sleek, but i wish it were toned down a bit more, he looks like he fell into a blender.
the gun looks like it should look sculpt-wise, but i really think it could have been painted better, maybe using grey plastic with a darker gunmetal instead of the stark black with bright silver drybrushing would make it look less like he carries a scorched piece of tin foil into battle.
he also cant stand very well. ive rotated the joints in his ankles every which way to find a stable standing pose but ultimately if you breathe too hard near him he topples over. this may also be because his design includes a big backpack rendered on the figure as a solid chunk of that dense rubbery plastic mcfarlane is notorious for. his posing suffers as well, but that might be due to the figure being the bulkiest of the characters.
i really wanted to like him, and was looking for a decent Emile figure, but every single one ive seen in the store has had really messy paint apps on the face area, the masking on the skull deco on the face is always shifted by a couple millimeters, which sounds like a nitpick, but the detailing is also very intricate on these figures. that last point i think is a double edged sword, they always create very intricate sculpts chock full of detail, but its difficult to paint them for a mass market audience (due to cost issues i assume?).
i like Jorge, but i think ill stick to transformers.
Jorge's main issue is that
Jorge's main issue is that he's not the same base body as the rest of the McFarlane spartans. He's hard to pose mainly due to him being so back heavy, and the limitation of his ankles due to the fugly ankle armor.
Yeah, I dunno, I'm not a Halo
Yeah, I dunno, I'm not a Halo fan much, and with my dislike of McFarlane toys in general, I have no desire to check them out. Maybe you can do a review on one?
I've been impressed with the McF Halo toys from day 1
In fact, I gave my two sons their own Spartan figures (one got a space one, one got a blue regular) and they've since added a few additional to their collections. They have around 5 or 6 total I would say and despite their being PLAYED WITH BY CHILDREN only one of them has broken - and he just separated along the seams. A little glue and he was perfect. We are going on a couple years of play now for the oldest of the figures. Kudos to McF Toys, their quality may have been shite in the past (and may still be with other lines, I do not know) but the Halo toys are impressively good.
As soon as I figure out which
As soon as I figure out which one to review, I'll start the write-up.