Bought this guy on Amazon, the one website that has managed to see me through the two year MCX drought in my area.
I have to say, I really like this figure, In fact, he's one of only two Non-Chief Spartans that are displayed in my Marine base camp. And the Spartan Laser, the reason I bought the figure, does not disappoint looks-wise.
Unfortunately, this figure has pretty much every defect known to man. In order to salvage the figure, I had to swap out every single piece except the red armor (which is mispainted). The Spartan Laser also has some kind of defect, though I'm not sure what it is. It nearly broke the figure's hand when I tried to pose the figure with it, so none of my figures can actually hold it.
I am going to paint this figure and see how salvageable it is, but if I can't fix it, 12 bucks isn't a big a loss as say, a Heroes Series 5 figure.
In other news, the quest for the Halo Mattel Series 3 ODST is still going somewhat strong, but ennui is starting to get to me. Today is the last ever day I am going to look for it. As far as I can tell, the ODST is the only Series 3 figure NOT sold on Amazon or eBay. If anyone knows a website where it's for sale, please tell me. I want to give Mattel my money, but it's kind of hard to buy something that nobody sells.
I have to say, I really like this figure, In fact, he's one of only two Non-Chief Spartans that are displayed in my Marine base camp. And the Spartan Laser, the reason I bought the figure, does not disappoint looks-wise.
Unfortunately, this figure has pretty much every defect known to man. In order to salvage the figure, I had to swap out every single piece except the red armor (which is mispainted). The Spartan Laser also has some kind of defect, though I'm not sure what it is. It nearly broke the figure's hand when I tried to pose the figure with it, so none of my figures can actually hold it.
I am going to paint this figure and see how salvageable it is, but if I can't fix it, 12 bucks isn't a big a loss as say, a Heroes Series 5 figure.
In other news, the quest for the Halo Mattel Series 3 ODST is still going somewhat strong, but ennui is starting to get to me. Today is the last ever day I am going to look for it. As far as I can tell, the ODST is the only Series 3 figure NOT sold on Amazon or eBay. If anyone knows a website where it's for sale, please tell me. I want to give Mattel my money, but it's kind of hard to buy something that nobody sells.