R/C Vehicles Based on “Halo 3”

Halo 3: ODST comes out this fall and I know a lot of people are really looking forward to it.  I’ve got some Halo toys of my own so I’m thinking that other fans of the games might be interested in the fact that some remote control vehicles, inspired by ODST, have hit the market.

R/C vehicle producer, NKOK, has announced their fleet which includes faithful representations of the M12 Warthog LRV, M274 Mongoose ULATV, and Hornet AAV.  From the images that I was sent, I can tell you that these collectibles look pretty awesome!

The Halo R/C Vehicles will be available exclusively at Toys R Us (in-store and online), GameStop (in-store and online), Walmart Canada, Blockbuster, and specialty retailers through Diamond Comic Distribution. They will also be available for purchase online at www.target.com.

The Warthog R/C car has a top speed of about 7 MPH which makes it the fastest of the collection.  Signals are received at 27 MHz and you’ll need six AA batteries (four for the Warthog itself, and two for the controller).

The unit comes with a Master Chief and Blue Spartan figurine and the rear-mounted M41 Light Anti-Aircraft Gun turret is fully moveable and has a place to position one of the figurines (which is great because I hate when you’ve got a figurine and you can’t put it on the vehicle!).

If you’d like to relive those Team Capture the Flag matches, the Warthog is perfect.  It’s now available at an MSRP of $24.99.

The M274 Mongoose is a faithful representation of the ATV used by the UNSC forces in Halo 3.  This vehicle also comes with a Master Chief figurine and reaches a top speed of about 6 MPH and receives signals at 49 MHz so it would be pretty cool to race it against the Warthog.

As with the other model, the Mongoose requires six batteries (four for the Mongoose and two for the remote control).  It will be available in late September with an MSRP of $24.99.

Gamers became familiar with the AV-14 Attack VTOL Hornet in Halo 3.  The R/C vehicle is an indoor flying helicopter, lifted by a pair of gyroscopic propellers. It features stability and precision speed control which I think is pretty cool.  I’ve never owned a remote controlled chopper so I am very interested in how this one works.

The Hornet can be switched from A to B to C banks to fly along with two other Hornets simultaneously since it is operated by a Tri-band infrared control selector.

The remote control is powered by six AA batteries and the Hornet itself runs on a rechargeable Li-Poly battery. The Hornet will be released with the Mongoose in late September and will be offered at an MSRP of $34.99.

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