I’d like to thank my bud “Viking Spawn” for pointing the way for the pics.

The soon to be released Promethean Knight has at last been revealed.

As you can see it’s very well articulated. I’m not really a fan of the extra foot pads. Yeah, it adds stability, but it does draw your eyes to them as well. I’d rather be looking at the figure. Of course I understand a figure of this size and being that top heavy though likely needs the added support. I do like the way McFarlane made some of the floaty bits. They’re attached via clear studs. Nice touch.

Now I wonder if this can fit a Watcher inside it’s back? It’s certainly an intimidating looking figure and those little arms are all sorts of creepy, LOL.

I definitely want this figure and hope to goodness the Battlewagon Knight is made as I like that version the best, mostly due to the hard light spikes coming from it’s back.

-Sal

This Master Chief is from the Target 4-pack. It’s
“cleaner” than the one I got from the first wave as well as the one I got from the Cryo Tube set. By cleaner I mean not so much weathering. I like it with not so much weathering, so this was VERY welcomed, even though it’s the third Halo 4 MC I now own.

It’s a superb figure. Sculpt is top notch, paint app is fantastic (as already touched upon), and articulation is great. I’m trying something new with this review by adding site points to show where the articulation is and what kind. So here’s the pic:

The new armor has really grown on me, so I’m happy to have a few Master Chiefs.

As the iconic hero of Halo, this is a must buy, IMO.

I give this a 9.5 out of 10 medals. Just some slight tweaks would have made this a 10. As I’ve said before though, rarely do things get 10s form me as I always see room for improvement.

This is a STRONG figure though, don’t pass it up! And since it comes in the 4-pack either from Target or Toys R Us, you can save a little bit on it as well as get a Crawler, Watcher, and Spartan Soldier. Definitely worth the purchase!

-Sal

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.

The Watcher is another new enemy from Halo 4. In the game it’s small and annoying like flying bugs, which is much what it is like. The little face on the character is eerie. The sculpt of the toy matches that quite well, in a good way of course. Read on fellow Halo fans to see what I think about the Watcher figure from McFarlane Toys.

The sculpt is amazing as always. Would you expect less from McFarlane? The figure is a bit small and there isn’t much articulation to speak of, but that’s not really something important with this figure…except for it’s ring wings. This version of the Watcher has just one solid ring that sticks out from the back. In the game they are deployed to the sides almost all of the time. I researched this a bit and found that the way the toy looks is much as it was in the concept stages of the game. So it’s likely given that toys take 9 months or more to make from concept to shipping that this is what McFarlane had to work with.I can’t knock them for this version of the Watcher.

I DO hope though that they come out with a version that has deployed wings. Fully poseable so that you can have them out to the side or position so they are swept back behind the figure. If you look at the pic above in the top right section, you’ll see where there is already a “ball” near the middle back of the figure. This could easily house the two wings. So here’s hoping we get another more game accurate version of the Watcher down the road.

The plastic stand that this figure comes with is a little disappointing as you can’t really hide it. But then if you look at the figure itself, it would be kind of hard to make a stand like this and be able to hide it. That’s why I hope when/if the figure is revisited, McFarlane will have a simple metal rod/stand like the ones that came with the Guilty Spark figure from an earlier release. That would be sturdy enough and able to give the Watcher more a look of being in flight.

So final thoughts.

This is a one-purchase for me until/if it gets redone with poseable wings. It IS a great sculpt so I do recommend getting the figure. It’s not high on the action part of action figure, but given what this figure does, I’m fine with it.

I give this 7.5 out of 10 medals.