{"id":19829,"date":"2015-02-17T22:29:06","date_gmt":"2015-02-18T03:29:06","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/halofanforlife.com\/?p=19829"},"modified":"2015-02-17T22:39:15","modified_gmt":"2015-02-18T03:39:15","slug":"new-york-toy-fair-halo-review-fascinations-metal-earth-models","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/halofanforlife.com\/?p=19829","title":{"rendered":"New York Toy Fair Halo Review: Fascinations Metal Earth Models"},"content":{"rendered":"

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\"Fascinations<\/a>\"metalearth-logo-png\"<\/a><\/p>\n

These laser cut and etched models are wonderfully designed. I had the good fortune to speak with not only the designer of the sets, Manh Hoang, but the owner as well, Bill Hones. Read on to see more, learn about the product and what may come.<\/p>\n

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This was the main display for the Metal Earth Halo model kits.\"Fasc<\/a>
\nThe display shows all current four sets available, with the Warthog being showcased.<\/p>\n

The sets can be found online and cost between 11-$13 each. They can be found online at \u00a0Amazon<\/a>, BigBadToyStore.com,<\/a> and will likely be available through\u00a0http:\/\/www.metalreplicas.com<\/a> as well,\u00a0to name a few of online stores.<\/p>\n

Next up is the UNSC Mantis\"Fasc<\/a>
\nThis set was a beauty to behold in person. Lots of detail and as you can see it comes with it’s own stand.<\/p>\n

Metal Earth models are laser cut form a thin sheet of metal. From there, you pop out the pieces, bend where needed and assemble them.<\/p>\n

What you get in the end is shiny model that can fit easily on a shelf or at a work desk. I know I’ll be displaying mine in my home office with some of my other prized collectibles.<\/p>\n

Next is Master Chief’s helmet\"Fasc<\/a>\"Fasc<\/a>\"Fasc
\n<\/a>\"Fasc<\/a><\/p>\n

As you can see the helmet has a lot of etching to it, even down to the fine lines on the visor. Pretty impressive, if you ask me.<\/p>\n

and finally the Pelican
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\n<\/a>This one by far was my favorite. Intricate with tons of etching and detail. I look forward to building this!\"Fasc<\/a>\"Fasc<\/a><\/p>\n

After I got done taking photos, I introduced myself to one of the folks from the booth. He was Manh\u00a0Hoang the designer of the models. We talked a bit about how the models were designed, and about my blog. He was kind enough to give me a set of each one of the four models. So I’ll be hard at work taking pics of each along with building them and of course I’ll have reviews for each.<\/p>\n

Manh and I also talked about what future sets may be. He said they were looking into making Halo weapon models. At this point, I chimed right in with what I thought would be great weapons to have models of. He was already thinking the AR. I quickly added that the BR is by far the most favorite weapon in all of Halo gaming. Along with this I suggested a couple others. However, I didn’t want him to take just my opinion on these and suggested to him that I could run a poll on the blog to see what weapons people would want Metal Earth to make, from Halo.<\/p>\n

So this is YOUR opportunity to help develop a Halo product line, either reply below or e-mail me your top 5 favorite weapons in Halo. They can be UNSC, Covenant or Forerunner. \u00a0I’ll let that run for a week then forward the poll information to Manh.<\/strong><\/p>\n

While talking with Manh, another gentleman came up and introduced himself as Bill Hones, the owner of Fascinations. Bill is a nice fellow. You could tell both he and Manh were excited to be making Halo models and I was just excited to see them made.<\/p>\n

If you’d like to see more of their Metal Earth line of models, check out their site at\u00a0http:\/\/www.fascinations.com<\/a>. They have a LOT of cool and interesting models to see there.<\/p>\n

-Sal<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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