UPDATE – 08/07 – NEWS, HALO S3 INPKG & SPECIAL GUESTS VISIT THE OFFICE!

[Joe F.]

Hi,

Make sure to check out the NEWS (http://www.spawn.com/news/) section tomorrow on SPAWN.COM (http://www.spawn.com/)for all the latest updates from the McFarlane Companies, including an NBA 16 announcement, SPAWN: Endgame MySpace contest and a HALO announcement.


Today I have a few pics of the FLOOD COMBAT HUMAN (http://www.spawn.com/toys/product.aspx?product=3653)from HALO 3 SERIES 3 (http://www.spawn.com/toys/series.aspx?series=413)…
http://board.spawn.com/images/board/HALO-S3_Flood_Inpkg.jpg

http://board.spawn.com/images/board/HALO-S3_Flood_Free.jpg
HALO 3 SERIES 3 (http://www.spawn.com/toys/series.aspx?series=413) will be hitting shelves this SEPTEMBER!


So, yesterday I was taking my daily stroll around the office, my health coach advises me to get up and stretch every now and again, and who do I see in the granite conference room???
http://board.spawn.com/images/board/Whilce_Brian.jpg

The entire SPAWN creative team! Brian Holguin, Whilce Portacio and Todd McFarlane! Joining these three juggernauts for this creative meeting are Jin Han (concept artist/colorist), Jon Goff *can’t really see Jon here, count yourselves lucky!* (executive director of creative development) and Jen Cassidy (managing editor of monthly titles).
Check in with ENDGAME.SPAWN.COM (http://endgame.spawn.com/)for more updates, blogs, photos and video about the upcoming issue of SPAWN #185!

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

Hey, Everyone!

Remember to check out tomorrow’s news section, as we broadcast some more Sports Picks announcements. For a tiny hint, here are some teasers from an upcoming NBA Series.

http://board.spawn.com/images/board/5.jpg

Can you guess which player is in each pose?

That’s all for today!

[ChrisM]

Woot

[Bender]

2nd

[Uwe]

Jin Han and Jon Goff should have a hat-off: whoever looks sexier in the hat wins, unless they bribe me.

[Battlefield]

4rd Nice flood joe! Will he have peg holes and a peg?

[Saurian]

Very Nice, the SMG just makes him worth getting more then ever.

[Protoform X]

^ I agree.

[Uwe]

4rd Nice flood joe! Will he have peg holes and a peg?
Oh Christ that sounds dirty.

Why is it most of the Halo figures I want are 10 points? And why were the exclusives for SDCC only 10 points each? That seems really cheap.

[Saurian]

Oh Christ that sounds dirty.

Why is it most of the Halo figures I want are 10 points? And why were the exclusives for SDCC only 10 points each? That seems really cheap.

Its probably because theyre making really good sales and that people get multiple of the same figure, so they probably tuned the points down so they dont have to create as many Halo Points rewards. That or they think were going to buy all or most of them so they think "ehh theyll get points"

[MysticAirBender]

i like the fact todd isnt wearing shoes its good to be king :D

[Spawnomite]

It's a FLOOD.

[Brother Grimm]

i like the fact todd isnt wearing shoes its good to be king :D
I like the fact that Jon isn't wearing any pants....it's good to be crazy.:):p

[Joerhyno]

If you guys are just gonna throw that Halo stuff in the corner of the office, I'll be more than happy to give it a good home... Joe, next time you take a pic of Todd, can you have him sharpie a sign real quick saying Happy Birthday to my son.. then hold it up for a pic(his name's Obi, he'll be 5, and prob one of the youngest spawn fans, lol) ;) It's not til sept.. but I know how you guys are.. :eek: I mean.. busy and all... :p

[Spawnomite]

So, yesterday I was taking my daily stroll around the office, my health coach advises me to get up and stretch every now and again, and who do I see in the granite conference room???
http://board.spawn.com/images/board/Whilce_Brian.jpg

The entire SPAWN creative team! Brian Holguin, Whilce Portacio and Todd McFarlane! Joining these three juggernauts for this creative meeting are Jin Han (concept artist/colorist), Jon Goff *can’t really see Jon here, count yourselves lucky!* (executive director of creative development) and Jen Cassidy (managing editor of monthly titles).

That’s all from me. Let’s check in with Ben “Cicada Catcher” Vance for his half of the update…I got to see everyone one of them at Comic-Con except da man himself. :mad: ;)

Please tell Todd I'm sad now. :(

[Joerhyno]

I'm sure he's sad he didn't get to see you too, lol

[Spawnomite]

I'm sure he's sad he didn't get to see you too, lolHe better have been sad. :D

[Avatar_of_Chaos]

BREAKING NEWS:

He was indifferent

[Spartan 061]

NEW HALO ANOUNCEMENT? WOWEE JOE!

Jk, But I really cant wait!

[Spawnomite]

BREAKING NEWS:

He was indifferentAnd he eats at Taco Bell. :D

[Dr.Deadman]

good stuff!!

[jinhan]

Jin Han and Jon Goff should have a hat-off: whoever looks sexier in the hat wins, unless they bribe me.

If we're competing for your man-love, I will concede defeat to Jon. Not that there's anything wrong with that. I just prefer to live an "exit only" lifestyle. ;)

I like the fact that Jon isn't wearing any pants....it's good to be crazy.:):p

Aaannnd.... we have a WINNAH!!! Creepiest post of the week! :spawnorb:

[Avatar_of_Chaos]

Jin, you are officially one of my new favorite McStaffers for not falling prey to Uwe's advances

[Average Dude]

hey joe. are you capable of getting any halo figure you want for free or for at least a cheap price? also joe do you think the quality of the halo 3 series 3 and 4 toys will be MUCH better than series 2 now that they're looking at it? also do you think the weapons will actually have trigger holes, be their actual size and fit properly into hands? thanks a lot joe. by the way your soo damn lucky that you saw those guys

[j97e]

It's cool that the fig will have a base :)

[Spawnomite]

If we're competing for your man-love, I will concede defeat to Jon. Not that there's anything wrong with that. I just prefer to live an "exit only" lifestyle. ;)



Aaannnd.... we have a WINNAH!!! Creepiest post of the week! :spawnorb:Double LOL!!!

[Viking Spawn]

I really like that Flood figure! I hope we see more Flood combat forms in future series. As we all know, McFarlane is well known for his monster type toys!

[xxspawn76xx]

"juggernauts" huh? Half that crew makes up 2/3rds of that crew haha. ps hey todd don't forget to toss the fans a bone once a year and say hi to us.

[Fartrhino]

dang that's cool, +5 flood added to want list.

[Sanghelli]

I don't like the flood. I always thought they were boring, but I'm glad that people like the figures.

[w00tiness]

Flood in Halo 1 = scary. Ever tried to melee one of those guys?

[GreenAvatar]

i personally feel the flood figure is more of a visually pleasing figure than others in the series....except for the brutes....all the small details are great. i just hope there's a least a bit of articulation to it...hard to tell from the pictures.

[Avatar_of_Chaos]

Flood in Halo 1 = scary. Ever tried to melee one of those guys?

I once managed to finish The Library using nothing but melee and nades :eek:

[Bulldozer36]

I once managed to finish The Library using nothing but melee and nades :eek:

That level scared the bejezus out of me first time I played it. Now, not so much but it's still a challenge on Legendary.

[Avatar_of_Chaos]

the only thing that ever made me jump playing Halo was the first time that I had a Hunter break down a door right next to me while I was halfway through The Maw

[RaoulOD]

I once managed to finish The Library using nothing but melee and nades :eek:

Nice.

I think my proudest Halo 1 moment was beating the whole game on Legendary using the Needler as my primary weapon.

Not as hard as you would think it would be. Of course, the hard part was running around half the time on Two Betrayals with an empty needler...

[Avatar_of_Chaos]

ha

[RaoulOD]

Yeah... at one point I think I had an empty needler in hand with a rocket launcher with only two rockets left as my other weapon.

There was much dying.