I am not allowed to go to the San Diego Comic Con this or any other year, mainly because my penchanted for buying anything plastic, articulated, and limited edition would send me to the poorhouse faster than...well, faster than my normal lifestyle, which says a lot. SDCC sees tons of limited edition toys every year, and these two from McFarlane Toys would surely get my wallet open, silly concept or not. Sold together, the clear CQB Spartan
is joined by the not-so-clear Spartan Soldier EVA "HellSpartan"...basically Spawn-painted Spartan armor. Considering Spawn has been everything from anime to commando to samurai to refridgerator repairman, this really isn't that far a stretch. Right now it looks like some hobbyist kitbashed the thing together, though I am sure it will look lovely sealed in its little, limited-edition package. I'm going to just start sending McWhertor money now, build up a fund so he can grab me one of everything when he stops by this July.

'HALO 3' COMIC-CON EXCLUSIVE FIGURE ANNOUNCEMENT & PHOTOS [Spawn.com - Thanks Juan!]

Thanks a lot, guys. Now Billie Edington over at MTV's Multiplayer thinks we all have some sort of odd body paint fetish. Remember last week when I posted about her quest to build a Halo 3 costume? Remember when nearly half of you suggested she go the body paint route? Well, Billie does.

Fortunately, she ignored you and instead came up with a plan. The first step involved hollowing out a Special Edition Halo Helmet. Something, incidentally, one of our readers emailed was possible earlier this week. Now she just has to figure out how to see out of it.

Then she pieced together the rest of the armor, which she's broken down into nine distinct parts, by ordering from paintball and athletic gear companies. Next step, paint it all up and put it together.

And Now To Shop For That Master Chief "Halo" Halloween Costume... [MTV Multiplayer]

Halo Edition 360 $400 with 20GB HDD

The Halo 3 Limited Edition Xbox 360 will sell for $400, Aaron Greenberg, group product manager for Xbox 360, told us earlier today.

The limited edition "spartan green" console, he expects, won't even survive the holiday rush. It comes packed with a "spartan green" wireless controller, "spartan green" headset, a play and charge kit and a wimpy, wimpy wimpy 20GB harddrive. That's right, it may be "spartan green" but this 360 is no elite. The special 360 will also include a slew of special Halo themes and gamer pics, he said.

I asked him why the Halo edition console won't come with a Halo edition copy of Halo 3, he said it was something they debated but decided in the long run it didn't make sense. Microsoft believes people would likely rather decide which version to buy on their own. I also asked if there were any plans for a limited edition Madden 360, since that is their targeted game for the price drop, and he said that Microsoft doesn't think that a special edition console really fits the Madden demographic.

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