Item: Master Chief Halo 2 life size statue
story: as some of you probably know, I am a huge Halo fan. I search "Halo statue" multiple times a day, every day in hopes of finding this statue. I've wanted it (bad) for a couple years, and this is probably the item I most wanted to add into my collection. They pop up every now and then, but they are way too pricey. Finally one was listed for a (very) fair price. So this Master Chief statue popped up on ebay two weeks ago and I saw it shortly after it was posted. I messaged the seller (located in New Hampshire, local pick-up only) and we ended up making a deal (quite a bit lower than the asking price, so that was cool). I ended up heading to the East Coast this weekend to pick it up. My girlfriend went with me and we ended up taking her Malibu instead of my dad's pick-up truck (which was smart in retrospect as the statue made it home, plus the truck sucks in the snow). The entire last week (since we decided to take the Malibu) and the whole drive there I was worried about it fitting in the car (the Malibu has a large back seat and trunk, and I took measurements) but I knew it was going to be tight. We get to the seller's house and ended up getting Master Chief into the back seat quite easily (the base and the statue are two pieces), and ended up getting the base in the trunk but basically had the trunk all the way open with tons of bungies holding everything in place (I have a picture or two of the transport that I will upload later once the girl sends me them). We had to leave the back window open on the way home as Chief's foot was sticking out by a few inches, but we wrapped it in a bag, tarped it, and put cushion around the openings were the cold air was flowing in (which would have been quite annoying for an entire 13 hour drive hour). Overall it ended up working nicely, and we had decent weather for the drive (hit heavy-ish snow on the way there in Michigan and Ohio, and then hit snow in the same two states on the way home). We also spent the day in Salem and a Cape town close to it before we ended up driving to the statue's location (left Thursday night from Michigan, got to Mass. around 7pm Friday, got a (very cool) hotel right off the water for the night, woke up and moseyed around Salem, and then went to New Hampshire for the statue. I always enjoy going to the East coast for all the amazing seafood. We also ate some amazing pizza... mmmm East coast food.
TL;DR: finally got the Master Chief statue I've wanted for a long time. Got to take a nice weekend excursion to the East coast to grab it.
