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Most likely will release in April. A lot of the figures are seeing that date for release now.
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Some people got them near the end of February/Beginning of March. They are on EBay right now.
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Most likely those sellers are in the West Coast then, since that’s where McFarlane is located at. East Coast usually has to wait a month or two to receive the shipments of figures for stores.
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No but I saw a tweet for it.
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They are there. I’ve seen them a lot.
Halo 5 series 1 is on BBTS!
http://www.bigbadtoystore.com/bbts/product.aspx?product=MCF14247&mode=retail
No Arbiter unfortunately.
Well, I’m sorry to see it, but my Toy Thread has become so inactive as to warrant it’s removal from the stickies at the top of this forum. I hope that we may see brighter times for the thread. Until then, thanks to everyone who has contributed to making this thread as good as it was. Long live the Halo Toys!
It is upsetting to see what happened to this topic. The Halo 5 figures look great, and I was surprised to see the size of the series. I will probably post some reviews of the Series 3 figures, whenever I get them.
I probably should have mentioned this in my first post about Halo 5 Series 1. The description for the case says “With the next epic chapter in the Halo video game saga set to release this fall, Halo 5: Guardians Series 1 action figures will launch with an incredible cast of characters. The series will include our returning hero- The Master Chief, a rising star in the UNSC ranks - Spartan Locke, as well as some exciting new and returning characters from the Halo universe.”. Could the remaining 3 figures be the rest of Blue Team or Locke’s team?
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> Well, I’m sorry to see it, but my Toy Thread has become so inactive as to warrant it’s removal from the stickies at the top of this forum. I hope that we may see brighter times for the thread. Until then, thanks to everyone who has contributed to making this thread as good as it was. Long live the Halo Toys!
I find that sticky threads often get ignored.
Not sure why they don’t have a forum section set aside for discussing toys, collectibles and other licensed merchandise.
Very sad to see this thread unstickied! I will try to give it some more love as the toy lines for Halo begin to kick it into gear in anticipation of Halo 5: Guardians.
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> It is upsetting to see what happened to this topic. The Halo 5 figures look great, and I was surprised to see the size of the series. I will probably post some reviews of the Series 3 figures, whenever I get them.
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> Very sad to see this thread unstickied! I will try to give it some more love as the toy lines for Halo begin to kick it into gear in anticipation of Halo 5: Guardians.
While I do agree that sticky threads aren’t always seen so well, there’s just so many new threads in General Discussion that this thread keeps getting pushed off the front page. I am excited to see what will be revealed from these figs. I also heard that the Halo 5 figs will come with some DLC for the game. I’d guess that the “DLC” is just armor skins or whatever, seeing how there’s no loadouts in Halo 5: Guardians. We’ll just have to wait and see. 
My Play Arts Kai Halo: The Master Chief Collection Mk. VI Master Chief arrived today! I’m happy to report that, aside from some rather strange choices, this is easily the best Halo figure from 2015 so far and is sure to blow those upcoming nine-inch McFarlane Halo 5: Guardians Spartan Locke and Master Chief figures out of the water. Honestly, the artistic interpretation even blows NECA’s eighteen-inch monster Master Chief out of the water!
To begin, the presentation of the figure is just gorgeous. Like, so gorgeous that I’m even considering buying another figure just to keep in-box forever and ever - and I only do that for figures I absolutely worship. Like all other Play Arts Kai figures, the front of the box opens like a book showcasing a nice display for the character, with some serious biographical information. The window view of the figure is nice, but getting light into the box at the right angle to clearly see the figure in box is still a flaw - but hardly a notable one. The box itself is still the typical Play Arts Kai fare, with some heavily edited images of the figure in awesome poses set to some cool Earth and Halo space backdrops. The backside of the box even features a sort of play on the Master Chief Collection cover art, with the figure shown in each of the four corners in a different pose. Seriously, just gorgeous presentation.
Packaging is superbly secure, too. I’ve received plenty of figures jostled too hard by the shipping process, result in some defects. I’ve received so many Godzillas with their back spikes protruding from the plastic - and all bent out of shape - that I’ve lost count. These figures are, in contrast, surprisingly elegant and secure. The figure is encased in a two-side plastic “case” that ends up surrounding the whole figure, but is easy enough to remove without a knife or scissors. This plastic shell is simple enough to slide right out of the cardboard sleeve case. The most miraculous thing that continues to strike me about these figures is the lack of plastic ties! I can’t tell you how most American-manufactured figures irk me by making me untie ten or more completely mangled plastic ties per figure. With this figure, you just crack open the box, slide the plastic case out, peel it open, and the figure is right there. Simple and elegant, but so surprisingly secure - my figure didn’t really move in the box, even when I shook it myself.
Sorry, I’m as obsessed with package presentation as I am with the figures themselves. Enough about the box. The figure itself is gorgeous. Reportedly, it stands about a foot tall, but I haven’t verified this myself. I did place it alongside my nine-inch Play Arts Kai Spartan Palmer and noticed that he was startlingly larger, so I can verify that he’s on a new scale and will be a bit more difficult to display alongside old figures from the line. The thing is, praise the makers, they’ve used all of the extra figure space to a tee for details. This figure is based on the character model from Halo 2: Anniversary, which notably only features minor differences from the original Halo 2 version - the most noticeable of which are the retextured “undersuit” (specifically in the hands) and a slightly updated paint job. Where Master Chief was previously more olive green, he is now absolutely iridescent - and the paint reflects this just beautifully. This is seriously the best paint used yet on Halo figures in these lines, from what I’ve seen personally. Just like the in-game model, there are some beautiful contrasts between lighter and darker shades of green on his armor, most of which are only noticeable under certain lighting conditions. I can’t speak on the technicalities of figure paint application, but I can identify this as head-and-shoulders above most other Halo figures I’ve seen - including major hits, like NECA’s giant Master Chief, McFarlane’s deluxe figures, or even other Halo figures in the Play Arts Kai lines. I can’t emphasize the beauty of the paint enough - it is both striking and subtle, yet expertly applied. There is one notable factor in the paint job that I haven’t even touched on yet - battle scars. This isn’t a technically pretty rendition of Master Chief’s Mk. VI armor. He’s been through a lot and he’s scuffed, charred, and scratched in places. The figure reflects this perfectly through the use of specifically placed black and metallic silver accents in obvious places on the figure - the arms, legs, and chest. He ends up looking weathered and dynamic in specifically-detailed ways.
Sculpt, going hand-in-hand with paint, is another stellar job. I can keep this one short: They’ve captured a near perfect likeness of the Halo 2: Anniversary Master Chief, with the exception of his props (more on this later, though). I’ve noticed certain proportion issues in previous figures of these lines, but they seem to be improving more and more in their faithful renditions of characters, up to this point - to my eye, this figure’s sculpt is one-hundred percent spot-on in terms of armor details, proportions, and even weird things like joints. Speaking of joints, one of the figure’s downfalls is that it does feature only limited articulation. He features neck articulation in two places - his head can swivel from his neck and his neck can swivel from his chest. He’s also got arm articulation practically identical to previous figures of these lines. Shoulders, double elbow joints, and pretty basic wrist joints. His upper chest can also swivel on his lower torso, allowing for some nice body-turning dynamic poses. His legs fail to hold up, though. Featuring only basic joints on his hips that provide some very limited flexibility, even compared to smaller figures in these lines (like the previously-mentioned Spartan Palmer), this aspect really limits the figure’s posing prospects. He’s double-jointed in the knees and features ankle and toe joints, but the fact that his hips don’t really allow his legs to move really limits the whole operation. It’s actually not a huge flaw - it certainly doesn’t take from the figure’s simple and elegant detailing, beautiful paint, etc - but it’s notable. I suppose the figure stands that come with all figures on this line (including this one) help to remedy the limited mobility, but I’ve always found those both unsightly and, more notably, unnecessary - these figures are typically pretty stable and this guy is no exception.
He comes with a number of props that I find disappointing for the price. He’s got something like five interchangeable hand pieces, two SMGs that feature removable extended stocks, and an Energy Sword. The hands are awesome enough, retaining the amazing paints and sculpt from the figure itself. The SMGs are great, too - very solid sculpt straight out of Halo 2: Anniversary (not the original) and paint job. The inclusion of an extended stock was genius. The Energy Sword is a bit absurd. Its most noticeable feature is its size - it stands up to about Master Chief’s shoulders. It seems way too large to be what it is. The figure looks slightly awkward with it as a result. The paint job on it is only okay - Energy Swords are always hit or miss - featuring transparent clear-purple-blue plastic with bright streaks of solid white or blue paint running through.
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I almost forgot to note the Covenant runes on the Blade’s hilt - they’re disappointing here. The detail is only implied. There are etchings on the hilt, but they aren’t Covenant runes - they are simply zigzag patterns of Xs over and over again. A real missed opportunity. Overall, I think the Energy Sword is a miss with this figure and its only major flaw. It looks huge and tacky compared to the detailed, well-proportioned figure itself. It’s weird that so much obvious love and detail went into the figure, down to the smallest detail, but the Energy Sword remains a sticky and imprecise practice - seems no toy lines can get these just right. I honestly might have preferred the admittedly-safe, but signature, Battle Rifle. That one is hard to mess up.
Overall, though, the misses in this box represent only slight slip ups in its overall quality. The figure is, on the whole, a very large, detailed, and beautiful representation of Halo 2-era Master Chief as seen in the Halo 2: Anniversary cutscenes. It’s easily worthy of a centerpiece spot in anybody’s collection and is my favorite Halo figure in a long while. $100 might seem a bit spendy and, honestly, it is - but this one is simply worth the price of admission for a collector like myself. My advice to you would be this: If you’ve been eyeballing this figure, go for it. It’s oozing with fan service and quality. Get one sooner than later, preferably. These Play Arts Kai figures seem to have a tendency to only be available for a limited amount of time, quickly being restricted solely to aftermarket sales. And I can tell you that this guy will be pricy on the aftermarket. So go for it, now. I know I’ll be snagging myself an extra copy of this guy, just to keep in the box. I think he’s that worth it.
Okay, so I completely blew it when it came to those NECA Master Chief pictures I promised, but I will try harder to get pictures of the Play Arts Kai Halo 2: Anniversary Master Chief to you guys. Look out for those hopefully sometime this week.
Thanks for reading!
EDIT: D’oh! I forgot one obvious issue that plagued previous Play Arts Kai figures! This is notable - everyone hated those attached weapon pegs that let you holster the figure’s weapons. Well, they’ve listened! … And, it’s kind of weird. They’ve kind of gone the McFarlane route with this one, now. The pegs are now detachable from the weapons, which feature peg holes that are surprisingly subtle when not occupied by said peg. The oddness: This peg is not subtle at all. Instead of simply being a fairly short piece of plastic, they’ve opted to make it two fairly short pieces of black plastic sticking out of a slightly wider piece of black plastic in the middle. One of the ends goes into the Master Chief’s leg, the other into the weapon’s peg hole. However, the thick center piece of the peg I mentioned prevents the attached SMG from being pressed right against John-117’s thigh, as if by magnet. Instead, there is a clear gap between his thigh and the weapon and, frankly, I find it really unsightly. Even worse: Once securely attached to the Chief’s leg, the peg is almost impossible to remove. It is tight. That doesn’t bode well for the figure’s long-term usage, frankly, and I outright advise against using the peg that comes with the box. Which brings me to the other awkward point. The figure only comes with one peg. You can’t have both SMGs holstered at one time - only one. A really weird choice, I think. Not unforgivable, just strange.
Nice review, dude! Really in depth! I can tell you think that the figure is amazing. That’s interesting, regarding the pegs. They would seem to be prone to sticking into the figure, as you said. All-in-all, glad to read this. This thread needed some activity. 
An update regarding my previous review: I apologize for missing this before, but I have found one very slight inconsistency between the figure and the in-game model. On the figure, the front of the Master Chief’s helmet is flat. The top part protrudes like normal, but the part under the visor has actually been flattened and rounded. It’s so slight that it’s not even really noticeable, but it’s there.
Also, as if by some grand design, I’ve finally received my three-pack of Halo 4 Series 3 McFarlane figures today! All I can say is puke. All three of these figures are of remarkably low quality compared to pretty much anything McFarlane has put out since the Halo 3 lines. For one thing, the packaging does look very elegant and beautiful. I like the redesign that reflects the franchise more than the specific game and I can’t help but think that it was maybe the latest issues of Halo: Escalation that heavily involved Spartan Thorne, Spartan Palmer, and Jul 'Mdama which made McFarlane decide to finally churn out this hodge podge assortment of figures three years after the game came out. Anyways, the card packaging looks a nice white with red highlights and the character portraits on all three figures are very highly-detailed. Good packaging choice. Poor form to not include any cosmetic DLC for Halo: The Master Chief Collection, but oh well. I do have one specific packaging gripe: They’ve actually replaced the infuriating plastic ties with even more infuriating plastic restraint things. Functionally, they’re the same, but where ties restrain the figure and loop back around into a nice knot, these plastic restraint things loop around the characters and have little plastic stoppers on each end that prevent them from slipping through the hole they’re looped through, similar to how tags are attached to clothing. It’s mainly even more infuriating because now instead of just dealing with three or four irritating plastic ties, they’re making me go and grab scissors just to cut these plastic restraints. No way to break the characters out just by hand.
I’m going to start this review of sorts with Jul 'Mdama. I should note that I really wanted a Jul 'Mdama figure from the beginning, but I admittedly didn’t expect him to be much different from that Elite Zealot figure way back from Series 1. Good thing I’m not disappointed, then, because that’s essentially what I got. 'Mdama features an almost identical mold with only marginal differences. His helmet, for example, features that blue holographic symbol that denotes his leadership of his Covenant. Also notable as far as sculpt goes is that they’ve resculpted the figure’s weapon hand, meaning that I’m happy to report that 'Mdama can firmly wield the Energy Sword. Regrettably, they were kind of lazy with this - the joint in the fingers seems to still be present, but it’s immobile. I think they’ve just glued it together or something. Either way, what looks like an articulated set of fingers is actually quite stiff and a bit smaller than the Elite Zealot’s hand, meaning Jul can hold his weapon. Seems like a lazy way to fix the problem, but still; well done, McFarlane. The differences in the rest of the sculpt between the original Zealot and this 'Mdama figure are mostly in the arms and head. 'Mdama doesn’t wear the undersuits that the Zealots do, so they’ve changed the texture of his arms to reflect his saurian skin and it looks pretty good, admittedly. His head sculpt also seems to be vaguely different because, while we can remove 'Mdama’s helmet just like the old Zealot’s, it curiously just doesn’t fit snugly on his head. It’s just too big. I’m constantly seeing his mandibles through the eye holes as the helmet slides down his forehead. I just can’t get it to stay. Not sure how they broke this part, but they did.
The paint job is where the sole difference in this figure is, much like the other figures of Series 3. 'Mdama’s armor is pretty much solely shades of dark purple and blue, with light purple “Didact Hand” marking on the shoulders and chest. It’s honestly slightly bland, but I can’t really fault it - it does reflect the color of Jul’s armor from the Spartan Ops cutscenes fairly well. It’s just disappointing that it’s so one-toned. I’m not sure how happy I am with the color they picked for Jul’s skin, either. Characteristic of some Sangheili from Hesduros, 'Mdama’s complexion is actually a really pale tan, dotted with scaly texture. This is communicated in the figure well enough, but something about it is just off to me. Still, the application is clean, so it’s technically a pass. Additionally, 'Mdama comes with only the same Energy Sword wielded by the Zealot from Series 1. So, overall, he’s pretty much just the Zealot from Series 1 with an improved grip, loose helmet, and different color scheme. Kind of disappointing.
Spartan Palmer isn’t any huge sun spot, either. Her figure is literally a verbatim reskin of the old Halo 4 Scout armor sculpt. There are literally no changes. She even retains the crooked knees. So this means all the problems with the sculpt remain: The huge shoulder pads restrict almost all arm movement, the hips are really limited, and the knees are anything but stable. The thing that really irks me a little bit, though, is that Spartan Palmer is a female character, but this figure lacks her female figure. This figure is boy-shaped; flat-chested and with no hips, you wouldn’t recognize this as Spartan Palmer’s signature armor were it not painted with her color scheme. Shame on McFarlane for not retooling the sculpt even slightly to make the figure actually look female.
The paint application on this figure is a huge slop job, though. She seems to have been painted white, but with this metallic silver wash liberally and unevenly applied. Emphasis on unevenly. While her armor sparkles in some places, it completely lacks luster in others. It’s a very poor-looking effect that came out very goopy and uneven. It almost looks like a grade school kid used one layer of watercolors to paint his clay sculpture for art class. It’s just very poor paint application. The small red detailing all around her armor came out okay, but everything else is pure badness. Even her two props, twin Pistols, came out extremely terrible and cheap. They feature minimal detail and literally no paint. In fact, the plastic used to make them is so flimsy that they become almost literally transparent when put next to almost any ample light source. It looks very poor. I’ve had some technical issues with this figure as well. Out of the box, one of the knee joints is so loose that the leg just swings back and forth. Can’t stand on that. Additionally, after mild play, one of the joints literally detached from Palmer’s wrist, lopping off her hand along with it. Not sure how that happened. Sloppy.
Spartan Thorne is arguably the Series 3 bright spot. A brand new sculpt, this is arguably the first proper Spartan Thorne figure we’ve gotten. I’ll be brief, though: The sculpt is all-new and game-accurate, the articulation is identical to almost all other Halo 4 McFarlane Spartans, the paint application suffers from many of the same sloppy problems as Palmer’s (including huge spills of the metallic wash onto the figure’s black undersuit), and he only comes with an Assault Rifle, identical to the one Master Chief had in Series 1.
Overall, really disappointing series. Boo, McFarlane.
So I have had Series 3 for almost 2 weeks now and I want to get this “review” done sooner rather than later.
Overall, I am pleased with this series. It was exactly as I expected, a reskin of previous figures. I have my cons about this series but my biggest disappointment is the number of figures we get. One of the things I loved about all of the others series is the different types of figures there were. They came out with main characters but they also came out with enemies and allies that were nameless. I would have loved to get 6-8 Storm Elites or 4 Alpha Crawlers. Halo 5’s line shows promise, and could restore it to Reach levels. The problem lies in the fact that they just do not care about Halo as much anymore. They care more about TWD. I will try to get another set to hang on my wall in the boxes and 2 of the exclusive figures as I always try to do. I want to show them that some people still give a -Yoink!- about these figures. Anyways…
I will start out with Palmer and Thorne. They are simple but good enough. I am particularly impressed with the small emblems, marks, and stripes. There are a few issues here and there, but I found nothing that particularly stood out to me. I might get a lot of hate for this but I honestly prefer this color of white they used over the Play Arts Kai version. People say it is too dull, but I ask myself at what point was Palmer’s armor silver? Her armor is clearly white. Not to mention, Halo 4’s colors were pretty matte in general. If anything they should have gone easy on the black wash. My favorite part about the paint job is that it does not make the figure slippery and difficult to handle. The articulation is there, but difficult to use due to the sculpt. I hope this is something that is fixed or edited with the upcoming Halo 5 line. I have no real complaints for Thorne, but Palmer is different. The fact that they did not resculpt the body bothers me. It is not fully accurate, and that is something that I expect. They have the files, it should be no issue. On the other hand, I sometimes have a real issue in determining what the actual gender of the two Scout figures are. The waist is indeed the same with the other figures, but these two give off a feminine vibe illusion to me. At the very least, a casual buyer might not notice the difference. My last issue is that the weapon pegs do not come off the Magnums. I have even tried using heat, but with no effect. Does anyone have any ideas?
Jul is probably my favorite in this set. His paint is very nice. I like the dark blue and grey colors they used. I love the symbols on his chest and shoulders. In a well lit area you can see a brown wash. I think it makes the figure pop out more due to the limited colors he uses. I do not find it to be very distracting, but it does its job. Sculpt wise, he is the exact same as the previous Zealot figure save two things. His arms have a texture to represent skin. I was particularly impressed with the excess skin he has on his elbows. His helmet also has a clear blue plastic symbol on top. I am very glad they did not just paint it on. My biggest issue with this figure is the helmet and an inaccuracy it has. This figure still contains a black connector piece to the jaw protrusions. Jul is the only known Elite Zealot to lack this and it is a bit saddening to see that little detail ignored. His right hand is also stuck and probably does not hold his sword well. I find this less of a problem because I display him with no weapons. I do not want this trend to continue though.
So, overall I am pleased with this set. I expected normal figures with repaints and a few resculpts and that is exactly what I got. There were a few issues, but I have come to expect that from most lines I buy from. I just hope they add less prominent characters back into the line with Halo 5. A 2 or 4 figure series is just not enough, especially if you cannot army build anything. If anybody is still on the fence about these, go to a Walgreens and check them out yourself.