3A Halo Commander Carter

3A Halo Commander Carter (CC in short) is second figurine from 3A in my collection after the huge Metal Gear Solid Rex. Well, who is CC & what is Halo? Personally I am not sure who the hell is CC but Halo i do heard of it. This character is from one of the most well known 1st or perhaps 3rd person shooter game. Not going much into details & I myself never have my hands on but hey, this guy rocks & I have set my eyes on from his promotional picture. This is the normal release which we will be able to get it through major retails shop & cost at SRP USD200.

A quick glance from the box design is simple/plain which some drawings of weapons included for CC at rear. Once you have the box in hand, you will find it quite thin which means it will easily dented should you stack it at the lowest piles in your collections.

It also consist of brief CC history.

Once you open the box, you will find our well protected CC & an instruction leaflet/booklet in installation of batteries & how/where to attach the accessories.

As shown in the backside of the box, the accessories consist of 2 grenades, assault rifle, combat knife, 2 shoulder armor & 2 front bag? Most of the accessories is attach to CC by magnets. The details from 3A is magnificent.

The articulation is quite standard with a 12 inches action figure which only a few things I will highlight in here is the hand & neck. Each set of hand have a fully articulated fingers (3 points for fingers & 2 points for thumb). It is a huge con for myself due to the 2 points articulation provided in the thumb. It make CC unable to hold up the assault rifle in 2 hands as I planned.

Another downside would be his collar is limiting his neck movement bending downwards. This most likely reduce the photogenic rating for CC.

Other than that, I found the joints for CC is quite loose which make it quite hard to pose while supporting himself. My CC is unable to hold the assault rifle pointing straight ahead. It will always fall down to the resting position.

If I look at the bright side, details from 3A is marvelous. Providing with the correct amount of weathering & battle scar really does the job.

 

In overall, CC can be categorize as eye candy which translate to nice to see but not nice to hold category. I will definitely give you a wow from the cabinet & make you curse in trying to pose him as the magnets is not strong enough in hold the accessories in place. Does it worth USD200? If you are a fans from Halo & a figurine collectors, the answer most likely yes which I assume up to date this might be the one of the high end action figure available with wow factors in display. However in digging out this amount of money, I am expecting a more solid figure which at least able to hold his own rifle straight pointing towards the enemy.

* There is also LED light ups in CC which I didn't review on it.

Bandai 1/700 Scale Tokyo Sky Tree

Due to recent sharp drop in Yen, I finally made my purchase on this Bandai 1/700 scale Tokyo Sky Tree which I have keep my eyes on since it launch.

With current drop of yen rate, it reduces at least 20% in foreign exchange rate. So in here I am proud to present my open box review to the Tokyo Sky Tree. I bought it from Amiami with 26% discount amounting 28,990 Yen plus postage fees of 5,600 Yen total up to 34,590 Yen. (PS:- There is a smaller version should you want to place it in your desktop, 1/2400 scale Bandai Tokyo Sky Tree)

First impression is the box is super huge (Now I know why I am being charged with 5,600 Yen postage). For ease of comparison, I throw in RG Zeta together in picture below.

A few snap on the box art. I personally prefer the sides of the box arts showing the tower with the moon/shooting star as back drop. The box is similar to a PG Red Frame box. It come with handle at the top.

 

Inside, we have a tray of plastic runners. Each runners is carefully protected due to the fragile part of the Sky Tree.

It have 2 separate box (A & B). For your information, the material boxes is sealed. Material box A is the tower base while material box B is the LED lighting.

Is that all, not really, if you notice in the opened box there is a white cardboard on top. It hold the another set of runners for the Sky Tree.

I hope this review might help in giving an idea on how the Tokyo Sky Tree might look like before assemble.