After visiting two dozen Walgreens stores in a period of eight days (and no, that’s not hyperbole), I finally managed to hunt down the one exclusive figure from McFarlane Toys Halo 4 Series 2: the Green/Steel CIO Spartan action figure… … Continue Reading →
Monthly Archives: September 2013
It was a close call there for a while, but McFarlane Toys has managed to pull off what many collectors thought they wouldn’t: they managed to release the entirety of the Halo 4 Series 2 action figures assortment during their … Continue Reading →
Having driven around like a crazy person all last week on the prowl for Halo 4 Series 2 figures at a dozen and a half local Walgreens stores, I finally came across a lone Halo 4 Series 2 Rust Spartan … Continue Reading →
While I’ve been driving around like a crazy person trying to hunt down McFarlane Toys Halo 4 Series 2 from what seems like an infinite number of Walgreens stores (and no, I haven’t found any yet besides Master Chief & … Continue Reading →
Of the four electronic lights and sounds Halo Mega Bloks sets that MEGA Brands unveiled at the 2013 New York Toy Fair, the 97134 Halo Mega Bloks UNSC Night Ops Gausshog was easily the one I was least interested in. Compared to the Mega Bloks Halo Wars vehicles sets (UNSC Cobra, UNSC Hornet and Covenant Vampire) and a new UNSC Pelican, a new Halo 4 Mega Bloks Warthog didn’t seem all that compelling. Well, I received my Night Ops Gausshog Mega Bloks set from BA Toys last week, and not only do I find the completed set compelling, but I can give it a wholehearted recommendation…
Continue Reading →It was a pretty busy weekend for me, and the primary reason for that was that I spent four hours driving around to 11 different Walgreens stores in my area. My disdain for toy shopping at Walgreens is well-known, and there’s … Continue Reading →
Considering that McFarlane Toys Halo action figure collectors have had to go almost a year without any new Halo 4 figures, some fans have started to develop a bit of a Chicken Little “The Sky Is Falling” complex about McFarlane … Continue Reading →
The 2009 Halo Mega Bloks UNSC Hornet was one of the very first Halo Mega Bloks sets that I ever built, so getting to build and hold an all-new Hornet as part of the Halo Mega Bloks UNSC Hornet vs. … Continue Reading →
When you haven’t had a new action figure released in your favorite toy line in a year, every little dribble of news is exciting. Well, McFarlane Toys has now opened up the floodgates by confirming the release date for the long-awaited McFarlane Halo 4 Series 2 and posting packaged photos of each and every figure in Halo 4 Wave 2!
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After having to deal in guesswork and suppositions all summer, while having to stare at the same unfinished Halo Mega Bloks UNSC Mammoth 97174, all of that detective work is at an end! This weekend, the Canadian Toys R Us … Continue Reading →
For months speculation has run rampant as to the retail store that would obtain the fabled Steel/Green Spartan CIO figure exclusive as part of McFarlane Toys Halo 4 Series 2. Would it be the latest in a long history of Walmart or Gamestop Halo exclusives? Would Target or Toys R Us be returning Halo action figures to their rightful throne of prominence within their action figure aisles? Could Amazon be looking to stage a coup and claim the richest McFarlane Halo 4 Series 2 exclusive figure for themselves? Well, it turns out it’s none of the above. Instead, the C.I.O. Spartan exclusive green and steel action figure will be going to the wretched hive of scum and villainy known as Walgreens…
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Remember that Halo Mega Bloks Signature Series UNSC Mammoth 97174 set that news (and a mockup photo) leaked of several months ago? Well… it’s still not out. But the good news is, it looks like it will be arriving sooner than later! As part of their newest aisle reset, Toys R Us stores have reserved shelf space for the Mega Bloks Halo Mammoth yet, confirming both that the set should be arriving in the near future and also its official price-point of $179.99…
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Okay, so yeah–I know this is Halo Toy News and not Halo Comic Reviews, but cut me a break here. Halo figure news is a mite slow right now, and this is literally the first Halo comic book published in … Continue Reading →
When 3AToys posted the teaser photo of their Halo Reach Emile 1/6 Figure’s helmet yesterday, I knew it wasn’t going to be long before they let us see the rest of their latest masterpiece. And as usual, I was right. Today, the ThreeA Toys Emile Halo Sixth Scale figure was fully unveiled, and 3A even let us know when this hotly-anticipated figure will go up for reservations…
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