About Sal

I’ve got tons of experience with Halo gaming and collecting. I feel I have something to offer to the greater Halo fan community. Posts along the way will be about tips and tricks in the games as well as collecting and many more Halo related things. I’ll also repost interesting articles from the official site, Halowaypoint.com, or from fellow Halo fan sites. As I continue this blog, I hope to help gamers who want advice on the games, as well as any collectors with regards to where to find collectibles as well as deals, coupons and so on. You can also follow me on Twitter at: http://twitter.com/#!/HaloFanForLife or Facebook at: http://www.facebook.com/halofanforlife11. Welcome to my blog and I hope you’ll come back again and again. -Sal

Stop Motion Sprukits vid with Spartan Thorne!

Posted on 03/03/2015 by Sal

Heh, I like it. Hadn’t thought to use a Sprukits like this. Now I”m just going to HAVE to! LOL

-Sal

Halo Product Review: Metal Earth Master Chief Helmet

Posted on 03/03/2015 by Sal

When I went to New York Toy Fair this year, I had the pleasure to meet not only the designer, but the owners of Fascinations as well. While taking with both of them about their Halo line, we discussed possible new models to come. During this conversation, the designer was kind enough to offer me one each of their Halo models to review on the blog. This is the first of 4 planned reviews for Fascinations line of Halo Metal Earth models.

Now before I get started, I need to say that this is the first time I’ve worked with laser cut models at this scale. I chose the Master Chief Helmet set to start with since I thought it might be the easiest one.

I learned very quickly that this is the kind of model you MUST take your time with. As such you can see below that it took me 3 1/2 hours to build.

Technical Specifications:
Build Time: 3 1/2 hours
Special Features: N/A
Cost: $13-15 retail

And on with the pics! (Click pics to make BIGGER) Continue reading →

Canon Fodder – Second to None

Posted on 02/28/2015 by Sal

The following is a reblog form Halo Waypoint.

By GrimBrother One – 2/26/2015

Issue 13

Welcome back, canonballers. In case you missed it, in last week’s issue we answered several of your deep-diving lore questions, and one about moas. If you were too distracted by all the g-lore-ious info in our Community Q&A, you might have missed the fact that we also announced that the Second Story content for Halo: Nightfall is now available as standalone content in the Halo Channel. This week, we’re going to dive a little bit deeper into what this content is, and how it sits in the universe.

Continue reading →

Halo Toy Review: Mega Bloks Fireteam Eagle

Posted on 02/28/2015 by Sal

Breaking from the norm here for a minute. I need to thank one of my fellow local Halo fans. He got this and the Sierra Squad sets for me. It was a surprise. He said the store was having a sale, saw that I hadn’t reviewed these on the site yet and knows of the plumbing issues at my home that are causing havoc on our finances, so he picked them up for me. That I know of there isn’t any sales going on at the major stores, so I take it that he is just being very nice. A HUGE thanks Dave. I’m holding his last name confidential as that’s his personal business. Bro, I owe you, TWO! THANKS!!!

Okay, on with the review!

Mega Bloks Sierra Squad: Set #CND00 <–Mega has gone with a new number system for their sets it appears.

Technical Specifications:
Build Time: 2 minutes sorting, less than 5 minutes building
Set Piece Count: 140
Minifigs: All Halo 4 style Spartans: Aviator, Scout, Enforcer, Oceanic, Soldier
Weapons: Scattershot, Light Rifle, Incineration Cannon, Boltshot, 4X Pulse Grenade,
Accessories: Jetpack, Light shield
Special Features: N/A
Cost: $15

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Halo Community Update 2.27.15

Posted on 02/28/2015 by Sal

The following is a reblog from HaloWaypoint:

By Bravo

This week, we’ve got the latest on MCC content and playlist updates as well as some extra Halo 5: Guardians Beta stats and notable accomplishments. Let’s get into it. Continue reading →

Halo 5 Beta Montage! Ground Pounding one out…

Posted on 02/27/2015 by Sal

My friend and fellow Halo fan, MixMaker117 was honored by having a video of his put on the Halo Channel.

For those that want to check it out right now, here’s the vid:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WprcdkyXMCM&feature=youtu.be&a

I played a bunch of the Beta with Mix. He’s a Ground Pounding Maniac!!!

-Sal

The Halo Bulletin: Episode 14

Posted on 02/27/2015 by Sal

Dark Horse comics, Halo ships!

Posted on 02/27/2015 by Sal

This was part of my coverage for New York Toy Fair. However, I held on to this as I was waiting on some official info from Dark Horse themselves for the product.

So here now are the ships that Dark Horse will be making available later this year and moving forward.

As you can see, the first three ships to be made are a UNSC Pelican, a Covenant CCS Cruiser and the UNSC Infinity.
Continue reading →

Comic Book Review: Halo Escalation #15

Posted on 02/27/2015 by Sal

Hot on the heels of the spectacular 99 cents Sci-FI sale from Dark Horse comics comes my review of the latest issue of Halo Escalation. SPOILERS down below. You have been warned.