Here we have the Spartan Solider. It comes in three different colors depending on where you buy it from. Here I show the blue and purple versions.

You can find the blue at most large retailers as that is the mass produced/distributed version. The purple version is exclusive to Target’s 4-pack and there is an Orange version which is Toys R Us’s exclusive, also in a 4-pack. The figures in the 4-pack are the same. Master Chief, Watcher, Crawler, and Spartan Solider. Only the color of the Soldier is different.

The rich color of these figures denotes a single player version. The blue is not the “team” blue color as that is much more pale in comparison.

Articulation for this figure is fantastic:
Ball jointed head
Ball jointed shoulders
Ball jointed elbows
Limited ball joint chest
Double swivel hands
Swivel hips
Ball jointed knees
Ball jointed ankles

So it’s VERY poseable. The sculpt is really good, though my blue version seems to have something wrong with it’s chest pouches. They are not centered and sit slightly angled. The paint app on the purple figure is actually bad. No doubt an issue with the manufacturing plant in China. It really sucks that China won’t allow foreigners to supervise their plants. Otherwise, we wouldn’t run into issues like this, or at least as often.

On the whole the figure is great. It comes with a Battle rifle on the single card. In the 4-pack there is an Assault Rifle and a Battle Rifle, so you can choose which to arm your spartan with or give it both. (Though that would leave Master Chief weaponless…

I do hope this figure gets remade as Spartan Paul Demarco, squad leader for Majestic Squad (with BOTH the human and helmeted head please…don’t make two separate figures). That pisses off most collectors.

So how does this figure rate?

I give it a 7 out of 10 medals. It’s good not great. Though I think I fault this mostly on the reasoning that I’m not much a fan of this particular armor set. Certainly if you like the armor, get it. If you’re the type who wants one of every spartan, then you can’t pass this up. If you’re in the Red Vs Blue camp, meaning you want every red and blue fig, then at least get the blue spartan.

I promised myself before Halo4 came out that I was only going to collect Campaign figures. Well, we see how long that lasted, LOL.