Jump to content

New Miniature Toy Line to Offer Wide Range of Small-Scale Figures, Vehicles and Environments from the Halo Universe


Spitfire

Recommended Posts

McFarlane Toys expands its long-running, best-selling line of Halo collectibles this fall, with the addition of Halo Micro Ops. This all-new series consists of miniature figures, vehicles, and locations from the entire Halo universe, at roughly 1:100/15mm scale.

 

Todd McFarlane, CEO and founder of McFarlane Toys says, "Halo is known for its massive, larger-than-life visuals. From the towering Forerunner relics, to the enormous military transports, to the Halo rings themselves, everything is designed to make your human character feel small and overwhelmed. That's awesome for a video game, but it's a challenge for toy makers! With our standard 6-inch action figures, we found we could release small vehicles like the Ghost and the Mongoose, and medium ones like the Warthog, but that was about as big as we could go. In order to be able to create anything larger—to really bring the rest of the Halo universe to collectors—we had to go smaller. Much smaller."

 

With its smaller size, Halo Micro Ops covers the Halo universe, from the tiniest Grunt to the largest Scarab. With such a wide range of product sizes to cover, Micro Ops is available in four different packages. Small carded sets include small vehicles like the Warthog and Ghost. Larger carded sets offer bigger vehicles such as the Falcon, or small buildings like the Bunker from theHalo 3 multiplayer map High Ground. Larger buildings, including the Tower or Gate sections of High Ground, are packaged in small boxes, while large vehicles such as the Elephant will be packaged in an even larger box.

 

"When you turn the scale down, you turn the possibilities up," Todd explains. "With Micro Ops, we're pulling the camera way back, and looking at a bigger picture. Our 6-inch figures are a great way to bring the individual characters of Halo to collectors—from Master Chief, to Noble Team, to the Elites and Grunts of the Covenant. But the Halo universe is so much bigger than that. Vehicles like the Pelican, the Falcon, the Phantom—they're all important pieces of the universe. Environments like New Mombasa, High Charity, or The Library; these are all as memorable and important as Master Chief himself. With Micro Ops, we can now begin to bring the full scope of Halo to fans."

 

Halo Micro Ops delivers the whole package, with all of the amazing detail and game accuracy that McFarlane Toys is famous for. With Micro Ops, Halo fans are able to collect the breadth of the Halo universe, with all the pieces perfectly in scale with one another, and without taking up too much space.

 

Recreate your favorite moments from a Halo campaign, multiplayer or firefight, or create your own custom scene. Collect your favorite pieces, or build a massive army and stage an epic battle for the fate of the galaxy. With UNSC, Covenant and Forerunner forces, the entire Halo universe is yours to command. The only limit is your imagination.

 

The initial Micro Ops lines cover the Halo trilogy, Halo 3: ODST, Halo Wars, and Halo: Reach. Later lines will add figures, vehicles, and environments from Halo 4. Series 1 includes:

 

Small Carded Sets

• Warthog and Mongoose

• Banshee

• Ghost vs. Wolf Spider turret

• ODST Drop Pods

 

Large Carded Sets

• Falcon

• High Ground Bunker with Shade turret

 

Small Boxed Sets

• High Ground Gate with Warthog

• High Ground Tower and SAM Launcher

 

Large boxed sets will be available in 2013.

 

Halo Micro Ops debuts in August 2012 and continues into 2013. Available at Target, Toys "R" Us, local comic book stores, and other retailers. MSRPs range from $8 for the small carded sets, $18 for large carded sets and $29 for the small boxed sets.

  • Like 3
Link to comment
Share on other sites

As awesome as it sounds, I will not purchase any of these. Sorry. I would like to save my self dignity XD lol

As awesome as it sounds, I will not purchase any of these. Sorry. I would like to save my self dignity XD lol

halo IS my dignity
Link to comment
Share on other sites

Quantom, I am 20 and I collect em. They are freaking awesome lol.

 

I know they are awesome and everything, but it would be humiliating to be seen by my friends playing with Halo Toys. The game? FRICKING AWESOME. Even they think so. But toys? Not so much.

Link to comment
Share on other sites

I know they are awesome and everything, but it would be humiliating to be seen by my friends playing with Halo Toys. The game? FRICKING AWESOME. Even they think so. But toys? Not so much.

 

lol I don;t play with em, I just collect em. :P

  • Like 1
Link to comment
Share on other sites

I think this'll be great! All I have myself is a Brute Chieftain and a Gungnir Spartan. It'd be nice to finally get some weapons, vehicles, and more people. Although ironically all I do with these toys is let them sit around on my dresser, maybe I'll use them soon?

Link to comment
Share on other sites

×
×
  • Create New...