McFarlane Toys Halo Reach Series 1

If you have any interest in figures at all, you will be blown away by the value here. The package includes a shotgun, two grenades, and his kukri knife. The knife does not fit in the sheath, as many point out, but I think he looks better holding it. The grenades fit into his hands or attach to his belt. The shotgun will not sit well in his hands like in the picture. It will fall out if blow too hard on it. The shotgun is better off attached to his back, where it is still a little easy to knock off, but sturdy enough to not be a huge problem. His head rotates very cleanly. The arms are a little harder to position, but can be mostly contorted the way you'd want. My only joint-related issue is that his knees won't bend at 90° angles, so you can't quite make him sit perfectly.

The paint job is great on the figure, and the overall attention to detail is amazing. He looks amazing on my shelf, and was a great deal.

Emile is in my opinion the coolest guy in noble team and when i got him i was very excited but once i opened it, i was really let down. he cannot hold the shotgun he comes with. his hands are exactly the same on each side so it is very hard to hold the small handle on the gun. even once i got him to hold that part of the gun his hands were too small to hold the pump of the shotgun. also as soon as i attached the gun to his back the little clip that holds it in place snapped. the most disappointing part was the knife it comes with. he cant hold it and it wont go int its sheath. so it will get lost easily with no place to put it. he will also not pose well in any way. his limbs are ratchet jointed, so they are hard to get into a good position. he wont stand either because his feet are round and narrow. haloreach with macfarlane i have seen good quality in all areas included above and also with the paint. but on Emile the paint was horrible, especially on the head. the skull on the visor was very crude and did not look at all like Emile's real carving on his mask. the actual visor paint did not go all the way to the base of his helmet, like it does in the game. on the torso they really only concentrated on the minuscule details and not the bigger things like his grenade sling. all over him you can see paint splashes and streaks where they messed up while painting. normally macfarlane was best at paint but on this one it looks like all the cared about was mass production. pretty much he was a fail