Thanks to Todd McFarlane via a Twitter post and “Viking Spawn” on the halo2552.com forums for the links and pics.

As most of you know, I’m a prolific collector of all things Halo with a concentration on Halo toys by McFarlane and Mega Bloks.

Here are the latest offerings by McFarlane.

Cortana:
Ah, the most lovely AI gets a new figures this time with articulation and a new color scheme to reflect her look in Halo 4.

The toy comes with a new base for her to stand on. No word on if this one lights up like the previous McFarlane one did. It does however come with a nifty new Master Chief Micro ops figure as well as an alternate hand attached to a display screen.

Say what you will about the articulation. I’m happy to get another figure of her. The added hand with attached display is a nice complement to the figure, as is the micro ops Master Chief.

Crawler:
The “Didact Dog” as I have dubbed it gets the action figure treatment.

I’m really glad this was made and hope that McFarlane makes the other variants of this cyborg creature, specifically the Alpha Crawler.

As you can see this figure is loaded with articulation. I can just imagine the custom figures that will come from this toy.

Spartan:
This is the Blue Soldier version of a Halo 4 Spartan. I love the design of the helmet and am glad McFarlane made it. It comes with a DMR.

The detail of the sculpt and weathering of the armor with paint apps really helps to make this figure excel. Once again, I’m drawn to that helmet. It just looks BAD ASS. 343 did a great job designing it and McFarlane did a fantastic job sculpting it for it’s action figure!

Watcher:
The crafty little protector of the Promethean Knights gets it’s own figure.

Okay, while I have to say the sculpt looks great, I am a little disappointed. In the pics from McFarlane, it does not show the Watcher’s rear circular “wings” deployed. It IS shown like this on the back packaging of the halo 4 series 1 figures. I hope that they do indeed unfold. If not, that’s one of my disappointments with this figure.

The other I’m sure you can guess…Yep, that gawd aweful display stand. Um, hello, why not a simple sturdy pin in a base, such as the one that came with the Guilty Spark/Sentinel figures?

Okay, so some would say the pin is intrusive. Okay, but what about that big ass clear “cup” that the Watcher has? I think that’s a LOT more intrusive. Make a clear pin thick enough to hold the weight of the Watcher and a display stand to mount is on. Yeah, this leaves a small hole on the underside of the figure. However, that could EASILY be resolved by including a small “plug” to fill it with, should you decide to display it in flight hanging from a ceiling for instance, without the aid of a display stand. Honestly…would it have been that hard, instead of that horrible stand that comes with the figure at present?

I’m looking forward to getting this entire wave. I’ll just have to modify the Crawler to my own liking.

-Sal