{"id":28420,"date":"2017-01-17T18:37:10","date_gmt":"2017-01-17T23:37:10","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/halofanforlife.com\/?p=28420"},"modified":"2017-01-18T02:09:53","modified_gmt":"2017-01-18T07:09:53","slug":"halo-toy-review-mattel-build-a-figure-alpha-crawler","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/halofanforlife.com\/?p=28420","title":{"rendered":"Halo Toy Review: Mattel Build-A-Figure Alpha Crawler"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone wp-image-27705 size-medium\" src=\"https:\/\/halofanforlife.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/Logo-Mattel-300x298.png\" alt=\"logo-mattel\" width=\"300\" height=\"298\" srcset=\"https:\/\/halofanforlife.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/Logo-Mattel-300x298.png 300w, https:\/\/halofanforlife.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/Logo-Mattel-150x150.png 150w, https:\/\/halofanforlife.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/Logo-Mattel-768x764.png 768w, https:\/\/halofanforlife.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/Logo-Mattel-600x597.png 600w, https:\/\/halofanforlife.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/Logo-Mattel-302x300.png 302w, https:\/\/halofanforlife.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/Logo-Mattel.png 982w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #ff0000;\"><strong>Build-A-Figure Alpha Crawler<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #ff0000;\"><strong>Technical Specifications:<\/strong><\/span><br \/>\n<strong>Articulation:<\/strong><br \/>\n\u2022 Ball Joint Head<br \/>\n\u2022 Ball Joint Shoulders<br \/>\n\u2022 Hinged Elbows\/Knees<br \/>\n\u2022 Swivel\u00a0Torso<br \/>\n<strong>Cost:<\/strong>\u00a0As this figure is made up from parts of each of the series 1 Mattel Halo figures, to get it, you either have to buy one of each figure OR you can try your luck at buying pieces through sites such as eBay. If you buy the set of figures the total cost of them is $90 for 6 figures. Each figure has one or two pieces of the Crawler, depending on which figure it is. So to nail down an actual cost to this specific figure is a little bit different. I will say it&#8217;s worth is about $15. However, the complexity by which you have to obtain the individual pieces makes this more valuable. So I put that amount\u00a0at around $40.<br \/>\n<strong>Availability:\u00a0Mass Retail<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>And on with the pics!\u00a0<\/strong>(Click pics to make<strong>\u00a0BIGGER<\/strong>)<\/p>\n<p>FIrst up, you have to have all the parts. Here I&#8217;ve laid them out to show them in reference as to how they are assembled (top left). Subsequent steps at assemble show how the Crawler comes together. It&#8217;s not difficult to attach parts. However, be sure to get them put on correctly. I at first mistakingly put the rear legs on backwards&#8230;.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-large wp-image-28438\" src=\"https:\/\/halofanforlife.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/Crawler-Assembly-600x348.jpg\" alt=\"Crawler Assembly\" width=\"584\" height=\"339\" srcset=\"https:\/\/halofanforlife.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/Crawler-Assembly-600x348.jpg 600w, https:\/\/halofanforlife.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/Crawler-Assembly-300x174.jpg 300w, https:\/\/halofanforlife.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/Crawler-Assembly-768x445.jpg 768w, https:\/\/halofanforlife.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/Crawler-Assembly-500x290.jpg 500w, https:\/\/halofanforlife.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/Crawler-Assembly.jpg 1044w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 584px) 100vw, 584px\" \/><!--more-->There is a slot on the top of the front part of the body\u00a0for the Crawler&#8217;s back piece.<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-large wp-image-28435\" src=\"https:\/\/halofanforlife.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/Crawler-Assembly-Back-Slot-600x453.jpg\" alt=\"Crawler Assembly Back Slot\" width=\"584\" height=\"441\" srcset=\"https:\/\/halofanforlife.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/Crawler-Assembly-Back-Slot-600x453.jpg 600w, https:\/\/halofanforlife.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/Crawler-Assembly-Back-Slot-300x227.jpg 300w, https:\/\/halofanforlife.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/Crawler-Assembly-Back-Slot-768x580.jpg 768w, https:\/\/halofanforlife.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/Crawler-Assembly-Back-Slot-397x300.jpg 397w, https:\/\/halofanforlife.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/Crawler-Assembly-Back-Slot.jpg 936w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 584px) 100vw, 584px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>And the assembled Crawler.<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-large wp-image-28442\" src=\"https:\/\/halofanforlife.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/Crawler-Assembly-FIN-600x490.jpg\" alt=\"Crawler Assembly FIN\" width=\"584\" height=\"477\" srcset=\"https:\/\/halofanforlife.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/Crawler-Assembly-FIN-600x490.jpg 600w, https:\/\/halofanforlife.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/Crawler-Assembly-FIN-300x245.jpg 300w, https:\/\/halofanforlife.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/Crawler-Assembly-FIN-768x627.jpg 768w, https:\/\/halofanforlife.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/Crawler-Assembly-FIN-367x300.jpg 367w, https:\/\/halofanforlife.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/Crawler-Assembly-FIN.jpg 900w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 584px) 100vw, 584px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>Some different views.<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-large wp-image-28441\" src=\"https:\/\/halofanforlife.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/Crawler-ORTHO-589x600.jpg\" alt=\"Crawler ORTHO\" width=\"584\" height=\"595\" srcset=\"https:\/\/halofanforlife.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/Crawler-ORTHO-589x600.jpg 589w, https:\/\/halofanforlife.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/Crawler-ORTHO-294x300.jpg 294w, https:\/\/halofanforlife.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/Crawler-ORTHO-768x783.jpg 768w, https:\/\/halofanforlife.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/Crawler-ORTHO.jpg 777w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 584px) 100vw, 584px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>I did have one little bit of difficulty. That of the head to neck assembly. At first, the peg on the neck didn&#8217;t want to fully go into the hole in the neck. <img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-large wp-image-28437\" src=\"https:\/\/halofanforlife.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/Crawler-Assembly-Neck-Gap-600x404.jpg\" alt=\"Crawler Assembly Neck Gap\" width=\"584\" height=\"393\" srcset=\"https:\/\/halofanforlife.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/Crawler-Assembly-Neck-Gap-600x404.jpg 600w, https:\/\/halofanforlife.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/Crawler-Assembly-Neck-Gap-300x202.jpg 300w, https:\/\/halofanforlife.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/Crawler-Assembly-Neck-Gap-768x517.jpg 768w, https:\/\/halofanforlife.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/Crawler-Assembly-Neck-Gap-446x300.jpg 446w, https:\/\/halofanforlife.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/Crawler-Assembly-Neck-Gap.jpg 972w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 584px) 100vw, 584px\" \/>After a few attempts, I stopped and finished building the rest of the crawler before I went back to it. A little bit of elbow grease later and bam, it finally popped into place. I wanted to highlight this so you can see for yourself that indeed it does go in all the way.<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-large wp-image-28436\" src=\"https:\/\/halofanforlife.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/Crawler-Assembly-Neck-2-600x450.jpg\" alt=\"Crawler Assembly Neck 2\" width=\"584\" height=\"438\" srcset=\"https:\/\/halofanforlife.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/Crawler-Assembly-Neck-2-600x450.jpg 600w, https:\/\/halofanforlife.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/Crawler-Assembly-Neck-2-300x225.jpg 300w, https:\/\/halofanforlife.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/Crawler-Assembly-Neck-2-768x576.jpg 768w, https:\/\/halofanforlife.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/Crawler-Assembly-Neck-2-400x300.jpg 400w, https:\/\/halofanforlife.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/Crawler-Assembly-Neck-2.jpg 936w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 584px) 100vw, 584px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>The crawler&#8217;s mouth opens wide!<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-large wp-image-28440\" src=\"https:\/\/halofanforlife.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/Crawler-mouth-464x600.jpg\" alt=\"Crawler mouth\" width=\"464\" height=\"600\" srcset=\"https:\/\/halofanforlife.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/Crawler-mouth-464x600.jpg 464w, https:\/\/halofanforlife.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/Crawler-mouth-232x300.jpg 232w, https:\/\/halofanforlife.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/Crawler-mouth.jpg 696w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 464px) 100vw, 464px\" \/><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-large wp-image-28434\" src=\"https:\/\/halofanforlife.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/Crawler-3-4-600x573.jpg\" alt=\"Crawler 3-4\" width=\"584\" height=\"558\" srcset=\"https:\/\/halofanforlife.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/Crawler-3-4-600x573.jpg 600w, https:\/\/halofanforlife.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/Crawler-3-4-300x287.jpg 300w, https:\/\/halofanforlife.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/Crawler-3-4-768x734.jpg 768w, https:\/\/halofanforlife.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/Crawler-3-4-314x300.jpg 314w, https:\/\/halofanforlife.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/Crawler-3-4.jpg 828w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 584px) 100vw, 584px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>Here I wanted to show the comparison of size against two of the other figures in the series. It&#8217;s actually pretty big!<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-large wp-image-28439\" src=\"https:\/\/halofanforlife.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/Crawler-COMP-600x357.jpg\" alt=\"Crawler COMP\" width=\"584\" height=\"347\" srcset=\"https:\/\/halofanforlife.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/Crawler-COMP-600x357.jpg 600w, https:\/\/halofanforlife.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/Crawler-COMP-300x178.jpg 300w, https:\/\/halofanforlife.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/Crawler-COMP-768x457.jpg 768w, https:\/\/halofanforlife.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/Crawler-COMP-500x297.jpg 500w, https:\/\/halofanforlife.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/Crawler-COMP.jpg 1044w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 584px) 100vw, 584px\" \/><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #00ccff;\"><strong>Evaluation<\/strong><\/span><br \/>\n<strong>Sculpt:\u00a0<\/strong>The sculpt is well done. Definitely looks like an alpha crawler from the game, sculpt wise. 10 of 10 medals<br \/>\n<strong>Articulation:\u00a0<\/strong>There is a good amount of articulation here. I do wish the &#8216;hocks&#8217; of the legs had articualtion as well. As such, you can really get the crawler into a fully stretched out pose. 8 of 10 medals.<br \/>\n<b>Paint Application: <\/b>The paint application is good. I was concerned about the white color of the crawler until I realized that this is the Halo 5 Alpha Crawler and not the silver Alpha Crawler of Halo 4. I had originally wrote\u00a0s part of the review with that in mind and gave it a mistakingly poor grade on paint due to the misunderstanding, I&#8217;ve retracted that now and this part of the review now reflects the correction with regards to silve vs White Alpha Crawlers. 9 out of 10\u00a0medals.<br \/>\n<strong>Playability:<\/strong>\u00a0There is certainly plenty of play\/display potential here. A good amount of articulation can get the crawler into a decent amount of posed. 8 of 10 medals.<br \/>\n<strong>Overall: <\/strong>35<strong>\u00a0<\/strong>medals out of a total 40 medals<\/p>\n<p><strong>Do I recommend this product?<span style=\"color: #00ff00;\">\u00a0YES. While I much prefer the silver Halo 4 version of Crawlers, this Crawler accurately portrays that of Halo 5 Alpha Crawlers. The articulation is good.<\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #00ff00;\">Honestly though, I&#8217;d rather have crawlers\u00a0come out in the main line than be build-a-figures. I&#8217;d prefer something really HUGE like a Hunter or Atriox to be the build-a-figure. But that&#8217;s my opinion. so we&#8217;ll see where this line goes from here.<\/span><\/p>\n<p>If you have any questions about this set that I didn\u2019t cover in the review, please feel free\u00a0to ask me. Either reply below or e-mail me at sal@halofanforlife.com<\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #ffcc00;\">If this review gives you an informed decision on whether to purchase the toy\u00a0or not, please consider a small donation (50 cents) to the blog.You can donate via PayPal to jedisalpitt2002@yahoo.com. Or just click the paypal link at the right on the main page of the site. \u00a0It\u2019s much appreciated and helps ensure that HFFL stays registered\/active on the internet. 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