UPDATE – 05/22 – NEWS & HALO LEGENDARY CERAMIC SAMPLE!

[Joe F.]

Hi,

Make sure to check out the NEWS (http://www.spawn.com/news/) section on SPAWN.COM (http://www.spawn.com/)tomorrow for all the latest happenings around the McFarlane Companies, including the Blue Necro Cop contest winner, an Alberta Museum Dragon Exhibit announcement and the ZODIAC feature will go live!

Today, I have a few photos of our ceramic sample of the Brute Chieftain (http://www.spawn.com/toys/product.aspx?product=3705)from the HALO 3 ‘LEGENDARY’ COLLECTION (http://www.spawn.com/toys/series.aspx?series=418)…
http://board.spawn.com/images/board/Legendary_Brute_Ceramicscomp.jpg


The ceramic sample is a hand-made sculpt produced by the factory from the tooling pattern created in our NJ office. It is a very difficult and painstaking process to reproduce this by hand. It is also the last step before we cut a steel mold based off this final ceramic. The ceramic sample is usually 5% to 10% bigger than the actual production piece. Once the ceramic sample as been inspected and approved, the factory will then cut the steel mold.
I’ve taken a comparison pic next to the Brute Chieftain from HALO 3 Series 1 (http://www.spawn.com/toys/product.aspx?product=3672) to give you an idea of the size. Remember, the final production piece will be about 5% to 10% smaller…

http://board.spawn.com/images/board/Legendary_Brute_Ceramics.jpg

That’s all from me. Let’s check in with Ben “Electric Slide” Vance for his half of the update…

Hey, Everyone!

Tomorrow’s news section will feature a tweak to one of our 2008 NFL 3-Packs! I can’t spill the beans just yet, but here are some teaser images from the 3-Pack.

http://board.spawn.com/images/board/chchchanges1.jpg

That’s all for today!

[ChrisM]

foist


Mmmmmm, white chocolate Brute!

[Iced Earth]

nice

[Spawnomite]

3rd

Yeah for Halo.

[Verde13]

thats really cool! any word on who won the coveted blue necro cop? oh and uhhh 4th

[Joe F.]

thats really cool! any word on who won the coveted blue necro cop? oh and uhhh 4th

Tomorrow we will announce the winner.

[Uwe]

Tomorrow we will announce the winner.
Ugh, the wait...

[Joe F.]

Ugh, the wait...

You're insatiable! :D ;)

[Spawnomite]

wait for it, wait for it, wait for it...

[Verde13]

I cant wait till they announce that i've won, im excited:D

[Viking Spawn]

Sweet! I'm really looking forward to this Legendary line!

[shoggoth666]

Halo point news?

[w00tiness]

The museum thing was on the news a few weeks ago around here. Royal Alberta museum here I come. Whee.

[Joe F.]

Halo point news?

Nothing yet.

Hang in there!

[Uwe]

You're insatiable! :D ;)
I know I'm not going to win, but I have to know it for sure so I can go back to watching these overpriced auctions.

[shoggoth666]

Nothing yet.

Hang in there!

They'll be redeemable for something won't they, just a matter of time?

I think the halo points idea adds some excitement to collecting the Mchalos, I'd hate to see it never materialize.

Ive got all my points in mason jars buried out in the swamp...

[thejikas]

awesome detail sir

make some of these toys unpainted and sell it to us

i bet theres a market for it

[Blade-of-the-Moon]

The museum thing was on the news a few weeks ago around here. Royal Alberta museum here I come. Whee.


Would love some pics ! :D

[InnerRayg]

They're pretty good sized statues then, looking forward to it.

[j97e]

Good things come out of NJ. LOL. McFarlane's Brute, and everything NECA. hehe

[xxspawn76xx]

Good things come out of NJ. LOL. McFarlane's Brute, and everything NECA. hehe

careful with them words! lol

i am curious - how much of the halo line is sculpted, and how much is from files sent by bungie and printed out and retouched?

[shawnspookcity]

Hey Joe,
My birthday is next weekend. You should surprise me with that Brute 2-up!

xoxo
-Shawn

[GruntOfAction]

Nothing yet.

Hang in there!

But sir, there are a thousand of us "hanging in there" off a cliff about to fall into lava..If its not announced soon I fear teh peoplez will diez!

[Joe F.]

But sir, there are a thousand of us "hanging in there" off a cliff about to fall into lava..If its not announced soon I fear teh peoplez will diez!


The points will be redeemable. It's a lengthy process, one which we've never done before. So all the i's and t's must be dotted and crossed.

I have lava shoes for just these types of situation, got'em online!

[shawnspookcity]

The points will be redeemable. It's a lengthy process, one which we've never done before. So all the i's and t's must be dotted and crossed.

I have lava shoes for just these types of situation, got'em online!

http://i198.photobucket.com/albums/aa299/yupko/LolCatRenderer2.aspxtopiminurgaragebottomholdinupurcarzsize35imagenameqzPtZAAKngWD.jpg

[Spawnomite]

The points will be redeemable. It's a lengthy process, one which we've never done before. So all the i's and t's must be dotted and crossed.

I have lava shoes for just these types of situation, got'em online!Can I trade in some of my post count toward this Halo exclusive? :rolleyes: :p

[gorillapimp]

Hey Joe, considering the 6 inch scale Master Chief figures were actually more like 5 inches can we expect the 12 inch scale MC to be shorter too, perhaps 11 inches?

[Joe F.]

Hey Joe, considering the 6 inch scale Master Chief figures were actually more like 5 inches can we expect the 12 inch scale MC to be shorter too, perhaps 11 inches?

Yours will be shorter than everyone elses but that's because of genetics. ;):D

Joking aside, it will be a 12 inch figure.

[Parler]

The Chieftan looks cool, but I'm not totally sold on the line yet.

[Uwe]

Yours will be shorter than everyone elses but that's because of genetics. ;):D

Joking aside, it will be a 12 inch figure.
Wow, you've seen it too!? :D