We’ve had a bit of a dearth of news to discuss lately (other than the massive number of new Halo Mega Bloks sets finally hitting stores this summer), but today we’ve got something totally fresh and different to discuss: the next figure in the outstanding Halo 1/6 Scale figure line by ThreeA Toys! We saw some unpainted prototypes of the ThreeA Toys Master Chief and Emile figures at San Diego Comic Con 2013, and now we have our first opportunity to feast our eyes on the completed and fully-painted Emile helmet…

Emile was a downright inspired choice by ThreeA Toys to pick for their next Halo 1/6th scale figure to release, as Emile literally blows away all of his Noble Squad comrades in popularity. The Spartan-III Emile-A239 was known as Noble-Four amongst his teammates in the “Halo Reach” video game, and is famous for having the single most cool and unique helmet in the entirety of the Halo mythos–an EVA Helmet with a Skull carved into it.

ThreeA Toys has done a killer job with 3A Emile’s helmet, and it’s very clear from the level of detail both on the sculpting and the paint of the helmet that the skull design has actually been carved into the helmet itself, and not just painted on (the way that Emile’s helmet looks on low-end Halo figures, unfortunately).

We don’t know the price-point yet for this 3A Emile figure, but if the previously released Carter figure is any indication, he’ll cost well over $200. I’ll post an update with the specific pricing details on this figure as soon as that information is released (which I expect to occur within the next week).The 3A Toys Halo Reach Emile Sixth Scale figure will be going on sale at the end of August 2013, and will be released sometime in mid-2014. I’ll post links to pre-order this sure-to-be incredible figure just as soon as it’s available for reservations.