Halo 2: Ranger Elite

[Lord Thrawn]

Greetings residents of Europe and the rest of the world. Today I've finally decided to post my review of the Halo 2 Ranger Elite figure that I recieved in the mail a couple of weeks ago.

Back View

Side View

The Ranger Elite stands at rougly 10 inches tall, 2 inches more than the series 4 Master Chief. As you can imagine, this creates a large contrast and boosts the Elite's intimidation factor. Lets leave the comparison for later, though, as first I'd like to write about the figure alone.

In this picture, you can see the posability of the Ranger Elite. He has 18 points of articulation, although his leg movement is limited as he has to be stabe despite his unusual anatomy.

His PoA:

Ankles

Knees

Hips

Waist

Tilting upper body

Shoulders

Biceps

Elbows

Wrists

Lower Neck

Upper Neck

These are illustrated in the following pictures.

Full Body Shot.

Arm Detail

Leg Detail

Torso Detail

Head and Neck Detail

Also included in the box are 2 plasma rifles which can be placed in the rubbery hands of the Ranger Elite to simulate their use of weapontry in the game. In addition to all the other guns in the Halo 2 Series, these are interchangable with other characters and all the figures can carry any of the weapons (except Grunts and Possibly the Flood combat form). This means higher playability and more fun.

Weapons Switched.

Now, back to the comparisons with the Master Chief. I figured this would be simpler to do with pictures than words, so I snapped a few pics showing just what these 2 figures look like together and the level over posability.

Ranger Elite wubs MC <3

MC doesn't wub Ranger Elite </3

MC and Ranger Elite are tired out.

Finally, I'd like to point out one detail the Joyride could have left out, but didn't. Beneath the goggles, one can see the eye of the Elite inside the suit.

A bad quality pic illustrating this.

Along with the eye, details like detailed soles of the Elite's feet and blue lines to define the muscles make this fig what it is. Superb.

If you like Halo, or if you just like the look of it, look on eBay. It's worth the

[Kahgarak]

These are the flying Elites in the H2 level Cairo Station,right?These dudes were annoying.

Anyway,this figure looks great!The eye detail is very nice too.Joyride sure got an eye for detail! :-| :-P .

[Echo]

Good review! I got this figure about a year ago. It is pretty spiffy, but not as spiffy as Jackal and Arbiter figures.

[Lord Thrawn]

Really? How is the Arbiter figure better? I don't own him, you see, and I was thinking of getting him sometime.

[Echo]

His eyes are too far up in to his helmet, but other than that he is a great figure.