{"id":11699,"date":"2013-11-13T14:52:06","date_gmt":"2013-11-13T19:52:06","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/halofanforlife.com\/?p=11699"},"modified":"2013-11-13T14:52:06","modified_gmt":"2013-11-13T19:52:06","slug":"neca-and-343-industries-announce-partnership-for-new-line-of-halo-merchandise","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/halofanforlife.com\/?p=11699","title":{"rendered":"NECA and 343 Industries announce partnership for new line of Halo Merchandise"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"https:\/\/halofanforlife.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/neca-logo-white.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-11701\" alt=\"neca logo white\" src=\"https:\/\/halofanforlife.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/neca-logo-white.jpg\" width=\"177\" height=\"58\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Text taken directly from source link.<\/p>\n<p>Hillside, NJ \u2013 November 12, 2013 \u2013 National Entertainment Collectibles Association (NECA), entertainment conglomerate and global leader in licensed consumer goods, has partnered with 343 Industries for a new worldwide merchandise program for \u201cHalo\u00ae\u201d, the award-winning franchise that has shaped video game and entertainment history.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWe are thrilled to be part of a franchise with such wide-reaching impact,\u201d said Joel Weinshanker, president and COO of NECA. \u201cBringing the rich universe of Halo to tangible form is an honor, and we\u2019ll be working closely with 343 Industries to ensure Halo\u2019s loyal fans around the world are pleased with the result.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>The new line will be available to consumers beginning in April 2014, and will include a wide assortment of products, including 1:4 scale action figures, mini figures, DOT-approved motorcycle helmets, prop replicas, board games, and HeroClix miniatures games for a variety of platforms.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWe love seeing the Halo worlds and aspects of its universe being translated into new forms and functions, but it\u2019s rare that we get the chance to see its rules, modes of play and strategies reinterpreted through another lens, so we couldn\u2019t be happier to return to the world of HeroClix and Halo with our old friends at NECA and the broader partnership, with replicas, large scale action figures and more is going to bear some amazing fruit. But I won\u2019t lie, the idea of cruising around on my motorbike with a Halo-inspired DOT approved helmet gives me goose bumps,\u201d said Frank O\u2019Connor, Franchise Development Director of 343 Industries.<\/p>\n<div><a href=\"http:\/\/necaonline.com\/45903\/blog\/press-releases\/neca-and-343-industries-announce-partnership-for-new-line-of-halo-merchandise\/#ixzz2kYZYfQmD\">Source link<\/a><\/div>\n<div><\/div>\n<div><span style=\"color: #00ccff;\"><strong>HFFL:<\/strong><\/span> Hmm, yet more action figures? I wonder what McFarlane and Mega Bloks think of this partnership???<\/div>\n<div><\/div>\n<div>I just hope I have money by the time this stuff shows up at retail. I can just imagine one of those Spartan bike helmets now&#8230;.<\/div>\n<div>Oh and more HeroClix? COOL! I have all of those to date and really enjoyed the line. I wish more had been done. So this looks like that opportunity.<\/div>\n<div><\/div>\n<div>Prop Replicas? Oh my, might we expect some weapons props???? Let me pick my jaw up off the floor for a second&#8230;<\/div>\n<div><\/div>\n<div><span style=\"color: #00ccff;\"><strong>-Sal<\/strong><\/span><\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Text taken directly from source link. Hillside, NJ \u2013 November 12, 2013 \u2013 National Entertainment Collectibles Association (NECA), entertainment conglomerate and global leader in licensed consumer goods, has partnered with 343 Industries for a new worldwide merchandise program for \u201cHalo\u00ae\u201d, &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/halofanforlife.com\/?p=11699\">Continue reading <span class=\"meta-nav\">&rarr;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[14],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-11699","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-misc-toys-posters-and-any-other-collectible-items"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/halofanforlife.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/11699","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/halofanforlife.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/halofanforlife.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/halofanforlife.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/halofanforlife.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=11699"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/halofanforlife.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/11699\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":11702,"href":"https:\/\/halofanforlife.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/11699\/revisions\/11702"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/halofanforlife.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=11699"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/halofanforlife.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=11699"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/halofanforlife.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=11699"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}