| The first-person shooter series Halo, made by the | | | | known as Gravemind. These parasite infect and |
| famous Bungie Studios, exploded almost a decade | | | | take over other living creatures and become an |
| ago onto the Microsoft XBOX video game | | | | army for the Flood. |
| system. Since the first entry in the series, Halo | | | | Halo players become very familiar with the |
| has become one of the most beloved video | | | | environments, characters, shorelines, and vehicles |
| game franchises of all time. Its gameplay is | | | | in each game in the series. They are quite likely to |
| almost unparalleled in terms of quality, and it's | | | | purchase or collect memorabilia concerning the |
| story is a gripping sci-fi epic; all of these are | | | | game, especially if they are competing on |
| reasons why Halo Figures are selling well. | | | | XBOX-live's multiplayer Halo arenas. Multiplayer |
| The player's character, Master Chief, is at the | | | | Halo games have a culture all their own and their |
| forefront of the near-apocalyptic action. Master | | | | participants are quite intense. |
| Chief is a genetically and cybernetically enhanced | | | | Action figures from every blockbuster science |
| super soldier, trained beyond the peak of human | | | | fiction movie and video game have been |
| ability. Another playable character, The Arbiter, is | | | | purchased and collected by adult and child fans, |
| an exile from the alien Covenant, and fights | | | | especially those that fall into the "gamer" crowd. |
| alongside the human forces. Another main | | | | Particularly popular are the multiple iterations of |
| character is Cortana, an artificial intelligence with a | | | | Master Chief and the variants on his Spartan |
| female personality. The player also fights alongside | | | | Armor that can be worn by multiplayer |
| human military forces, some of whom become | | | | participants. |
| central to the story. | | | | Also popular are die-cast and plastic replicas of the |
| Against Master Chief and the Human race is the | | | | vehicles from the game series. The playable and |
| alien alliance known as the Covenant, which is | | | | popular alien creature named The Arbiter is also |
| made up of various powerful species. The second | | | | very collectible. Finally, since the artificial intelligence |
| and extremely powerful antagonist to both | | | | named Cortana often fits into the palm of the |
| humans and the Covenant is known as the Flood. | | | | characters hand in an anthropomorphic (and |
| The Flood is a parasitic life form made up of tiny | | | | curvy) female avatar, she is an exceptionally |
| creatures, controlled by a collective intelligence | | | | appropriate collectors item for fans of the game. |