Much like in the Halo 4 video game, the toy Forerunner enemies are the second to appear, following the more-familiar Covenant foes. One of three main types of Forerunners present in Halo 4, the Promethean Watcher is a highly-troublesome support … Continue Reading →
Despite her status as the Master Chief’s partner and co-star of the four main Halo video games, there’s been little Cortana merchandise released over the years. Even the McFarlane Halo figures collection, which is hundreds of figures deep, only included one Cortana figure in it–until now. With the blockbuster Halo 4 release, McFarlane Toys finally deigned to give collectors their first all-new Cortana figure in half a decade. But though this Halo 4 Cortana action figure is an improvement in some ways, in others she’s far worse…
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We haven’t heard anything about it for the better part a year, so I honestly thought that the Halo Universe Mega Bloks Metal Series 2 had been cancelled. But with the sudden appearance of a new vehicle it seems that … Continue Reading →
There aren’t too many quintessential environments in the Halo games that could be considered absolutely iconic, but the UNSC Cryo Bay is one of them. It’s where we meet the Master Chief for the first time in Halo: Combat Evolved … Continue Reading →
Someone must have been working overtime this weekend (and it wasn’t me), because Sunday evening the first official photos and details about the long-awaited McFarlane Toys Halo 4 Knight deluxe action figure were finally posted over on the official McFarlane … Continue Reading →
Slowly but surely, the Halo Mega Bloks 2013 sets are starting to trickle into stores! We just learned the full details of the Halo Mega Bloks UNSC Combat Orange Unit 97083 and Covenant Combat Cobalt Unit 97084 last week, and … Continue Reading →
With the cancellation this fall of Halo Universe Series 1, fans have been on pins and needles worrying about additional McFarlane Halo Toys being cancelled as well. One set that seemed like a primary candidate for cancellation appeared to be … Continue Reading →
When I ran a poll asking readers which of the first wave of announced 2013 Halo Mega Bloks sets was their favorite, the runaway winners were the Mega Bloks UNSC Cryo Bay and the Covenant Spectre Ambush. MEGA Brands started … Continue Reading →
As the clock ticks down toward the end of 2012, more and more information creeps out about the Halo Mega Bloks 2013 “The Forerunner Threat” line of toys. Today, full details finally emerged regarding the hotly-anticipated new Halo army-builder figure … Continue Reading →
It’s been a little bit slow on the Halo toy news front following last week’s Thanksgiving holiday in America, but the news keeps on rolling in from Europe! As more and more collectors in the UK acquire their Halo Mega … Continue Reading →
In a pretty big surprise, the Halo 4 Mega Bloks UNSC Ammo Pack 1 has started to arrive in America, despite being one of the 2013 sets. It’s a little bit ahead of schedule, but I’m certainly not complaining about … Continue Reading →
With the extremely disappointing cancellation of the McFarlane Toys Halo Universe Series 1 action figures a couple month ago, Halo collectors were afraid that the announced Halo Legends Master Chief, Frederic-104, and Kelly-087 action figure three-pack was going to meet … Continue Reading →
It’s the most wonderful time of the year for spectacular sales and colossal discounts, and just in time for Black Friday 2012, even more Halo Mega Bloks sets just released this fall have been heavily discounted! Earlier this month I … Continue Reading →
To my great shame, once in a while, a really great Halo toy slips through the cracks without getting a review. The Halo 4 UNSC Cryo Tube with frozen Master Chief figure by McFarlane is one of those toys. I’ve … Continue Reading →
If there’s one facet of Halo I can never get enough of in the Halo Mega Bloks line, it’s sets based upon vehicles and concepts from the Halo Wars video game. Last year year I was beginning to think that … Continue Reading →
It was only last week that photos surfaced of the complete line-up for the Halo Mega Bloks Series 6 Hero Packs of blind-bagged mystery figures, but Series 6 has now burst onto the scene with sightings in Europe and Canada! … Continue Reading →
It’s raining Spartans, hallelujah. Well, no. Not really. There’s actually only three Spartans in Halo 4 Series 1 Wave 2 by McFarlane Toys, but it’s at least an improvement over the scant two Spartans released in Wave 1. See, Halo … Continue Reading →
It’s only been a week since the McFarlane Halo 4 Series 1 Extended 5-Figure Boxed Set became available and the individual figures showed up at online retailers, but now the single-carded Halo 4 Series 1 Wave 2 figures (Cortana, Watcher, … Continue Reading →
It’s been unusually quiet on the Halo Mega Bloks front lately, but rejoice! There’s a reason for Mega Bloks Halo collectors to be excited again: the Halo Mega Bloks Series 6 Figure Hero Packs have finally been fully revealed! This … Continue Reading →
One of the few 2012 Halo Mega Bloks sets that I hadn’t picked up yet was the UNSC Countdown 97017 Set, featuring the UNSC Sabre with Gantry. At a stiff $99.99 retail price (~$108 with tax), I hadn’t been able … Continue Reading →