I’ve talked a fair bit about the Halo Mega Bloks Summer 2015 sets that were on display at the New York Toy Fair 2015 last week, but those weren’t all the new Halo collectibles that were on display at the event! Kotobukiya put out their 1/6th scale ARTFX Master Chief statue earlier this winter, but at the 2015 Toy Fair, they showed off their cheaper (and cooler!) 1/10 Master Chief ARTFX+ statue and alternate Spartan armor sets!

Way back at the New York Toy Fair 2015 in October, Kotobukiya mentioned that they were thinking about releasing Spartan armor sets for their ARTFX+ Halo Master Chief statue. Well, last week at the 2015 New York Toy Fair, Koto confirmed that armor sets are in fact on the way!

While I prefer my statues to be larger than 1/10th scale (8″ to 10″), the pricing and quality of the Kotobukiya ARTFX+ statues have won me over after the excellent releases in the line in the last year. And this fall, the ARTFX+ bug will spread once against to the Master Chief and the Halo Universe!

While only one Halo character has been announced for an ARTFX+ statue at this time (you can guess who), Kotobukiya has said additional characters are in the pipeline. I’d presume that means a Kotobukiya Agent Locke is on the way, but boy, wouldn’t an Arbiter be nice…?

And the 1/10 Master Chief statue has a unique feature never-before-seen in the ARTFX+ line: a base body with all of its armor removable! This means exactly what it sounds like: you can interchangeable armor to change the version of the Master Chief or make another Spartan completely!

There will be two separate Halo ARTFX+ Spartan Armor Sets available this fall: a Spartan MJOLNIR Mark V Armor Set from Halo: Combat Evolved and a blue MJOLNIR Spartan Mark VI armor set.

It’s pretty amazing to see how completely the Halo 4 Master Chief ARTFX+ statue can be transformed into an awesome-looking blue Spartan Mark VI statue (and that energy sword looks sick), but it’s also a bit disconcerting at the same time. Why would I ever want to buy a whole extra statue and an armor pack for that statue rather than just buying a different statue altogether?

I understand what Kotobukiya is thinking here, but unless the armor packs are sold cheaply (and I doubt they will be), I don’t know how successful this new concept is going to be.

The Halo Kotobukiya ARTFX+ Master Chief statue and Spartan Armor Sets will be available for pre-order later this winter, and are scheduled for release in October 2015. The base Master Chief ARTFX+ statue is priced at $79.99, with the pricing for the armor sets unannounced at this time.

What do you think of the Kotobukiya Halo 4 Master Chief ARTFX+ statue and customizable armor sets, Halo collectors? Is this unique idea worth your dollars, or are you uninterested in paying $80 for a 9″ statue plus more for extra armor packs?