Tag Archives: Covenant

Halo Mega Bloks Elite Ultra Covenant Drop Pod Review 96928

Polar Bear vs. Elite Ultra from Halo Mega Bloks Covenant Drop Pod 96928

In the action figure world, repaints are a fact of life. And arctic white repaints, well–that’s one of the most ordinary and easiest repaints of all. But commonplace doesn’t have to be a bad thing, as today’s review will affirm. …

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Daily Toy Review #73: Halo Mega Bloks Combat Elite Covenant Drop Pod 96932

Fuel Rod Gun Energy Sword and Plasma Pistol Halo Mega Bloks Combat Elite Drop Pod 96932 Set

Of all the items I thought would be a total pain to find at retail this year that I would end up breaking down and buying online, the Halo Mega Bloks Combat Elite Covenant Drop Pod was toward the bottom …

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Daily Toy Review #69: Halo Reach Series 6 Zealot Elite Action Figure (McFarlane Toys)

All good things must come to an end, and toy lines are no exception. The Muppets ended, the Simpsons ended, Star Trek ended, and now Halo Reach is coming to an end with Series 6. Luckily for Halo fans, this …

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Daily Toy Review #58: Halo Reach Series 6 Brute Major Action Figure (McFarlane Toys)

After reviewing the rehashed Unhelmeted Kat and rust orange HAZOP Spartan over the weekend, it’s time to move onto the good stuff from Halo Reach Series 6–the new figures. The Brute Chieftain in Series 5 was an incredible action figure …

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Halo Mega Bloks Covenant Shade Turret 96949 Review

Halo Mega Bloks Covenant Shade Turret 96949 Set Description

Possibly the most under-the-radar line on the market is the increasingly awesome series of Halo Mega Bloks. As the quality of the sets improves, I find myself buying more and more of them and feeling the urge to give them …

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Daily Toy Review #12: Halo Mega Bloks Covenant Revenant Attack 96982

Revenant Assault Halo Mega Bloks Instructions

If you had told me that the Halo Mega Bloks line would live into its fourth year after the first wave of sets came out, I would have said it was unlikely. If you’d said I’d be reviewing two of …

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TOY REVIEW: Brute Chieftain Halo Reach Series 5 Action Figure (McFarlane Toys)

Halo Reach Brute Chieftain Manhandles Mega Bloks Spartans

After finding my first few Halo Reach Series 5 action figures at Toys R Us), it was an excruciating wait for my case of this series to arrive from Big Bad Toy Store. After much impatience and anxiety, they finally …

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TOY REVIEW: Skirmisher Murmillo Halo Reach Series 5 Action Figure (McFarlane Toys)

Finishing off my reviews of the Halo Series 5 figures I purchased at “retail” at Toys R Us, tonight I’m reviewing the Skirmisher Murmillo. I’ll be receiving my cases of Series 5 singles and multi-packs mid-next week from BigBadToyStore, and …

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TOY REVIEW: Elite Ranger Halo Reach Series 5 Action Figure (McFarlane Toys)

Halo Reach Elite Ranger Series 5 Action Figure McFarlane Toys

I essentially live on Internet toy message boards, so it’s pretty world-shatteringly seldom that I run into toys I’m interested in at retail before I hear they’ve been released.  But that miraculous event occured this weekend, when I chanced upon …

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Halo Reach Series 4 Elite General Figure Review (McFarlane Toys)

Halo Reach Elite General Series 4 Figure McFarlane Toys

This week I’m stepping back into one of my favorite realms of toys to review: Halo Reach action figures by McFarlane Toys! I previously reviewed figures from the Halo Reach Preview Wave, Series 1, Series 2, the Covenant Ghost, and …

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TOY REVIEW: Halo Reach Series 2 Elite Officer (Orange) Action Figure

Continuing on with my series of McFarlane Toys’ Halo Reach Series 2 figure reviews and following up my previous reviews of Kat and the Skirmisher Minor, we’ve got another all-new Covenant soldier–the Elite Officer! Not only is this the first …

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TOY REVIEW: Halo Reach Series 2 Skirmisher Minor

  It’s Halo Week here on my blog, where I’ll be reviewing a different Halo Reach Series 2 figure each day! I started off with a review of Kat yesterday, and today I’ll be covering the Skirmisher Minor. Along with …

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TOY REVIEW: Halo Reach Ghost Vehicle (McFarlane Toys)

McFarlane Halo Reach Ghost Vehicle in Box

TOY REVIEW: Halo Reach Ghost Vehicle Along with the incredibly hotly-anticipated Warthog, McFarlane Toys debuted a second vehicle in the Halo Reach line this fall: the somewhat-anticipated Covenant Ghost. What’s a Ghost? From Halopedia: “The Ghost is a one-man gravity-effect …

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