Product Description Orbital Drop Shock Troopers (ODST) are an elite branch of the United Nations Space Command (UNSC) special forces. Comprised of an all-volunteer fighting force of some of the bravest men the UNSC has to offer, the ODST have served valiantly in many campaigns against the Covenant, including engagements on three separate HALO installations. Measures 6" tall.
HALO 3 Shock TrooperOctober 8, 2008 I bought this for my son, on his 12th Birthday. He was totally stoked. He is a huge HALO fan, and we hit a home run with this one. It sits on his TV when he plays HALO.
A little less than thrilled....August 18, 2008 I love the ODST's. I think they're some of the coolest looking characters in the Halo games and I was really excited about FINALLY getting one for my collection shelf. The good news is- the character looks very cool. He's even shorter than the Chief- so it looks good scale wise. The bad news is- they did a TERRIBLE job with the pose joints. The legs can't move. The arms don't move well enough to even hold the gun. The gun is too small- so small you can't even swap it with one of the MC guns for variety- it's just not possible. The gun has a hole in it for the peg which- BTW - doesn't even fit in his back so you can't even mount the gun that way.
In the End Very cool character done as a very poorly constructed figure. Don't bother unless you're a ODST freak (like me).
DisappointedAugust 8, 2008 I recently purchased 3 ODST Marines from Amazon. The good: They look great. The bad: That's about it. Two of the marines had defects- one's hand fell off as soon as I opened the packaging, and the other's elbow was completely backwards. That wouldn't be a problem if the figure was a Spartan, but for the marine it completely ruined the figure because the elbow joint only bends. In the Spartan figures, they rotate, so you could just twist the elbow around.
Even the perfect one had issues. One, the hand was too small to hold the gun, two, the articulation is TERRIBLE compared to the other figures, so the figure can only hold the battle rifle up at waist level.
Don't get me wrong; I really like McFarlane. But for the ODST they did a less than stellar job.
Awesome little guyJuly 28, 2008 I love mine. The Mcfarlane Halo 3 toys are not as durable as many people would like. But they make up for it in detail and accuracy to the source material.
This ODST is arguably my favorite of the bunch so far, neck to neck with my steel colored CQB Spartan that I love to run around with in the game as well.
The detail, and paintjob is just superb. And like others have said, his scale in relation to the Spartans is great. It's really nice to see the regular UNSC soldiers represented in a set. Without looking so... dorky like in the old Halo I figures from years ago.
Hoping to get some UNSC pilots, regular troopers, and hey... who else wants one of those awesome female Dropship pilots!!! =)
nice for display, but not much elseJuly 26, 2008 I love the detail on the ODST but the first time I tried to pose him with his BR, which is not easy considering how small his hands are, his one hand snapped off. I've had this problem with only one other figure in my collection: Halo 2 active camo Arbiter(leg broke off) Also a couple of armor pieces come off way too easily. :-\ Maybe its just the one I got.
