Comments on: Hal vs. Hal

By: Briggs

Briggs — Sun, 23 Aug 2009 15:49:05 +0000

I really picked up this pack for the Abin Sur… but I would love to be able to recycle that Sinestro body into Holiday Hal… How does one get a hold of the head cast by Spymagician?

By: chad

chad — Sat, 22 Aug 2009 23:02:47 +0000

see the pictures shows Mattel is at least trying to make up to fans who are mad over holiday hal and knowing they will never be able to consider their collection complete with out Hal and can never get one since Holiday Hal makes that immpossible.

By: Thomas

Thomas — Fri, 21 Aug 2009 22:27:22 +0000

Personally for me all is forgiven with the great Hal cast from Spymagician!

By: Oklahoma's Man of Steel

Oklahoma's Man of Steel — Fri, 21 Aug 2009 15:28:25 +0000

As far as I’m concerned, thanks to Spy, I have Holiday Hal. Even if they made one now I wouldn’t buy it because I already have it!

By: Darren

Darren — Fri, 21 Aug 2009 14:18:42 +0000

This makes me sad and happy at the same time!

I really think mattel dropped the ball on this one in the first place, it made me so angry when i first heard about it. I am happy to get more GL characters, but looking at this I wish the bodies were a little more exact so I too, can do the spy trick! I will anyway.

Good to see direct side by sides to see how they differ!

By: Joe G.

Joe G. — Fri, 21 Aug 2009 10:35:45 +0000

I think the paint jobs and logo on the new three-pack GL bodies look way better than the paint job and logo on Holiday Hal. I can’t wait to get my casts of that head from Spy Magician. And I agree with Daikins that giving flight suit Hal a lantern to hold really elevates the figure to another level.

Thanks for the comparison photos, Ham!

By: Newton Gimmick

Newton Gimmick — Fri, 21 Aug 2009 06:42:59 +0000

Mattel’s latest Hal is a total fail as a Hal GL. However I much prefer the SDCC GL body. Three cheers for SpyMagician. Savior of the universe!

By: Emerald

Emerald — Fri, 21 Aug 2009 01:36:09 +0000

Oh, I figured that was the point of the blog… my bad. I’m still surprised how many collectors don’t mind that the SDCC Hal head looks in no way at all like a classic Hal Jordan. Green Lantern without his mask, yeah…..that’s great, but…..
Thank the toygods for Spy Magician’s contribution though. I was thinking of doing the same thing when I had the chance to get the two test shots of Holiday Hal. I passed because of the price, but I bet Spy will break even.

By: Daikins

Daikins — Fri, 21 Aug 2009 01:22:50 +0000

Just got the Spy head, and I love it. Paint is perfect. Fit is perfect. Everything in the universe is good (except that I don’t have Barda, Deadshot, Volcana, the new 3-packs….).
Aaargh, this never ends, does it?
I will say that if you give flight suit Hal one of the Lanterns (got mine for a Kiliwog fig on clearance), it makes the figure so much better. If they ever do a Clark Kent or Bruce Wayne, it’ll be a great figure to have. I never gave a crud about Sinestro in the GL outfit, so I’m totally happy to have flight suit Hal, GL Spy head Hal, and Abin Sur.

By: Richard Grayson

Richard Grayson — Fri, 21 Aug 2009 01:19:55 +0000

He looks funny without his collar painted green. Apparently Matty thought so too, since in the head-swapping photo on the back of the card, they painted his collar. Way to not show people what they’re getting Matty!

By: Ham Salad

Ham Salad — Fri, 21 Aug 2009 01:16:52 +0000

I agree that Holiday Hal was a bad idea. But how does a photo comparison of it and the SDCC Hal prove that?

By: Ham Salad

Ham Salad — Fri, 21 Aug 2009 01:15:43 +0000

I picked it up not too long after the first one hit eBay. (Note: This is not the first one that was sold on eBay.)

By: xrmc20

xrmc20 — Fri, 21 Aug 2009 00:59:53 +0000

Thanks for the photos.

I’d love to see a pic of Holiday Hal next to the Sinestro body from the GLC 3-pack with one of Spy’s Hal heads on it. You send me the Holiday Hal, I’ll take the pics and send it back to you. Deal?

By: darkknight30

darkknight30 — Fri, 21 Aug 2009 00:59:44 +0000

Ham is that you or a young Ron Jeremy in the picture?

Love the Holiday Hal figure. Like the Hal Jordan figure. Never realized how long his neck was until the comparison shot. Thanks!

By: Emerald

Emerald — Fri, 21 Aug 2009 00:50:49 +0000

“Holiday Hal” was a bad idea. Period. And this blog proves it.

By: Batman

Batman — Fri, 21 Aug 2009 00:37:17 +0000

Hal’s head looks a little bigger on the GL body than I thought it would. Mine’s still in package. Maybe I’ll just leave it there.
Sorry if its been mentioned, but how did you get the Holiday Hal?