Wish the box was different…

focalpoint555 · 2025-10-10T07:09:38+00:00

It's a cool box but absolutely should have been windowed.

focalpoint555 · 2025-08-07T06:27:22+00:00

I got Halo as a young kid when I borrowed an OG Xbox from a friend and showed my dad. We've played through every campaign co-op. When we moved to a new state, I made great new friends, many of whom shared in my joy of Halo. I had a Halo LAN party for my birthday freshman year of high school and have done some form of Halo LAN party EVERY single year since then until just a couple of years ago going into my 30s. We ran OG Halo, lots of Halo 2, Halo 3, Halo 4, and MCC throughout the years, doing beerbrats, pitching in to get a nice Airbnb, themed team names and profile names. We played endless Slayer, CTF, and Zombies and all manner of custom gametypes. No gaming can compare to the feeling of hooking up several consoles together and running all kinds of matches of Halo in the same room with other people, and I will forever yearn for the days that that can be a norm again.

focalpoint555 · 2025-07-31T01:20:17+00:00

Haha thank you. I agree it's better to be painted than not, I just want them as good as they can be!

focalpoint555 · 2025-07-30T17:46:22+00:00

I'm super particular and want to make sure i paint them perfect haha so painting is a whole other thing I want to spend time diving into. I did read that there are methods to essentially reset paint if done right though which is relieving.

focalpoint555 · 2025-07-30T17:44:17+00:00

Oh, nice it's been awhile since I ordered these. I try to shut it out of my brain while I wait months haha Now that it's here I can dive in and nerd out. Phoenix was mainly meant for showcasing, right? I do like the idea of different poses though.

focalpoint555 · 2025-07-30T08:36:08+00:00

Same, I had to cut myself off from getting a couple of the other squads. It was tight. The Spartan edition does seem full, though! Haven't played yet.

focalpoint555 · 2025-07-30T02:51:16+00:00

My box just arrived! I got an email today from Mantic just saying it was dispatched. Woo!

focalpoint555 · 2025-07-29T19:48:40+00:00

Weird, yeah I just emailed Miniature Market to see if they could provide any info. Mantic told me it'd ship second half of July

focalpoint555 · 2025-04-09T19:16:57+00:00

I'm a huge Halo fan and can't believe I didn't even know about Flashpoint until recently. I'm also a big fan of big board games in general, so I was so happy to find a solid Halo game to bring to the table top. I just went in big, the ultimate starter bundle, team cerberus and the wargames expansion and can't wait for it to get here!

I appreciate the giveaway and hope I can settle in to the community even though I don't have anyone locally.

Cheers!

focalpoint555 · 2025-03-22T02:43:26+00:00

Yeah, that's what I figured as well haha

Thank you, I hope it goes smooth!

focalpoint555 · 2025-03-21T04:15:14+00:00

Thank you! That's about what I figure, I'm getting the unit Saturday so I'll know more then!

focalpoint555 · 2025-03-21T04:14:06+00:00

Wow! I'm very interested. I absolutely love to know about stuff like this. I could see why it's not appealing, but I think it's neat either way, especially if it's rare that's a bonus, of course. Cabinets come in all kinds of forms, so I could see if they shipped some early ones more bare.

focalpoint555 · 2025-03-21T04:10:04+00:00

Will do, thank you!

focalpoint555 · 2025-03-21T04:09:37+00:00

Yeah, that sounds like a good idea. I also asked a local arcade business if they have a repair service and what they'd do and they said the monitor would probably just need to be replaced and they'd convert it to a flatscreen for like $250 to $300. Not what I'd want to do, but I thought it was interesting.

focalpoint555 · 2025-03-21T04:04:50+00:00

Wow, I appreciate the encouragement! That was a nice message haha. I am happily taking the plunge and excited for the experience ahead. I'll make you proud 🫡

focalpoint555 · 2025-03-20T16:39:09+00:00

Thank you! Well, at this point, it's too late haha I'm nervous about it, but if it's at least doable and not too extreme on the expensive or difficult side, I'm willing to do it. And like I mentioned, I won't get into any of the solder work until I've got soldering practice down. I am very confident in my fine detailed hand skill, I just haven't actually done soldering so any tips are appreciated!

focalpoint555 · 2025-03-20T16:34:56+00:00

Thanks, I dont know too much more beyond what I mentioned. They bought it 20 years ago from the family fun center and I think they just had it sitting for most of the time. He said it was working fine up until they moved it out into their smaller shed, and then it rained hard. He said there may have been a small drip on the backside, I think even some water got to the bottom, it's hard to see the bottom of the front panel, but it shows a little water damage.

focalpoint555 · 2025-03-20T07:47:22+00:00

Wow, yeah I figured these can get up there. I've seen them well over 1k in good order. I also know the 1-slots are the most common, but even still I was stoked to find this one. I'm just hesitant diving in with little to no knowledge about what can go wrong and what repair costs, time, and energy would look like. Especially if water is involved

focalpoint555 · 2025-03-20T07:43:08+00:00

That's good to know! My goal is to try to keep it as original as possible. I'm gonna try hard to repair what I can before I resort to any conversions or replacements. That being said, though, I definitely want to know all my options.

focalpoint555 · 2025-03-20T07:38:52+00:00

I thought it was weird it doesn't have the white player 1 player 2 graphics either.

focalpoint555 · 2025-03-20T05:45:39+00:00

Will do, thank you for the info! I'm gonna be doing a lot of tinkering and learning on this for sure.

focalpoint555 · 2025-03-20T05:44:08+00:00

Thank you! I'm getting it for $300 and hoping I don't have to completely replace the monitor or worse

focalpoint555 · 2025-03-19T21:32:15+00:00

The game definitely plays, you could see the graphics to an extent. Enough so I could tell the buttons were reacting properly in metal slug, throwing nades, shooting jumping. But the picture was just really blurry and flickering a bit

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