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Subject: A Legend in the Making
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Freakin Sweet!!!!!!! Just gotta start counting down the days till the release date. Or if anyone already knows can u please tell me because i'm to lazy to look.

  • 03.22.2007 8:38 PM PDT
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Did you guy notice how all the people making the helmets didn't look happy?

  • 03.22.2007 8:49 PM PDT
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well i don't think seeing something that is made of plastic and having no idea what it is doesn't really put a jolt in some people

  • 03.22.2007 8:51 PM PDT
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I feel a little uneasy about Bungie/Microsoft making them in China, the land of Bird Flu and Private Property Communism. Don't get me wrong - I know some Chinese, and they're awesome people! But some people who fight for a little thing called equal rights might have something to say...

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  • 03.22.2007 9:28 PM PDT

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Wasn't this article supposed to make me feel like $130 is a fair price?
Because it didn't.
Plus, if they are making a Helmet every 12 seconds, why are you guys trying to convince everyone that it's so rare.

Posted by: Tinman123
Made in China apparently. Make stuff in America!


I agree with you.
Even though not even the 360 is made in America.

  • 03.22.2007 9:35 PM PDT

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Posted by: SketchFactor
In fact, the "cheap labor" is an attempt to make this product affordable for as many people as possible. Yes, it's $130, but it would be even more expensive under different circumstances.


Making the product affordable and paying more than a 100% mark-up are two different things.

Don't get me wrong, I understand that one day your job will be outsourced as well,
but that doesn't keep me from feeling that Bungie shouldn't have never posted this story.
In my opinion it was a lame way to make me feel like this product is a good deal.
You should have just left it alone and charged the price for it.

  • 03.22.2007 9:49 PM PDT

id rather have an asian who i know has had an education make it rather than someone like this.

  • 03.22.2007 10:20 PM PDT

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Posted by: IMABBALLPLAYER
id rather have an asian who i know has had an education make it rather than someone like this.

I have never seen anyone who looks like that in real life. I have seen people like that in movies.

  • 03.22.2007 10:29 PM PDT

Posted by: Tinman123
Posted by: IMABBALLPLAYER
id rather have an asian who i know has had an education make it rather than someone like this.

I have never seen anyone who looks like that in real life. I have seen people like that in movies.
well... then you have never been to my school

  • 03.22.2007 10:31 PM PDT

I want one. That is so cool. :)

  • 03.22.2007 10:36 PM PDT
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All I know is that I am sooooooooo freaking glad that I pre-ordered my copy already, I didn't even care when they sent me an email saying the price went up to $150 after shipping and tax. I want one now, but I guess I'll just wait until November...Bungie just has a thing for November releases.

  • 03.22.2007 10:37 PM PDT
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Umm.... why limited? Come one, everyone is going to buy this version, so why wouldn't you want to capitalize on the moment and start making tons of them. I haven't pre-ordered, so I'm not sure if I can get one. Anyone know if they'll sell this at a Best Buy or a Target?

  • 03.22.2007 10:39 PM PDT

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Posted by: IMABBALLPLAYER
Posted by: Tinman123
Posted by: IMABBALLPLAYER
id rather have an asian who i know has had an education make it rather than someone like this.

I have never seen anyone who looks like that in real life. I have seen people like that in movies.
well... then you have never been to my school

I live in the south(I am Spanish not Caucasian) and I have never seen anyone like that.

  • 03.22.2007 10:45 PM PDT
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Carnt wait Legendary all the way!

Has anyone else noticed that all the females in the last picture are wearing pink and the guys are wearing blue??? Does anyone know why? Seems a bit segregating!
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  • 03.22.2007 10:54 PM PDT
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Nice! Living in Sweden though, I'll probably never get my hands on one.

  • 03.22.2007 11:17 PM PDT

I FINISHED THE FIGHT!!! On Sept.25!

OHHH MAN!!! I gotta pre-order mine too!

  • 03.22.2007 11:24 PM PDT

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  • 03.22.2007 11:28 PM PDT
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ive posted in forums.. ive sent messages to mods......btu still nothing...can someone tell me if they know in which parts of the world is these being released.

  • 03.22.2007 11:31 PM PDT
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OMFG!!!!I want one sooooooo bad, GIMME GIMME GIMME!!!

  • 03.22.2007 11:36 PM PDT

I'll check into that.

  • 03.22.2007 11:37 PM PDT

Chinese sweat shops at their finest.

  • 03.22.2007 11:39 PM PDT



Making the product affordable and paying more than a 100% mark-up are two different things.

Don't get me wrong, I understand that one day your job will be outsourced as well,
but that doesn't keep me from feeling that Bungie shouldn't have never posted this story.
In my opinion it was a lame way to make me feel like this product is a good deal.
You should have just left it alone and charged the price for it.


There is no 100% markup. And the article IS in fact partly to help explain why it's expensive, but mostly to show how the thing is made, so no conspiracy theory there.

  • 03.22.2007 11:40 PM PDT
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oh great its made in china that makes me want just that much less, im almost sorry i preordered it. if im gonna pay $125 bucks for something they can damn well make it HERE!

  • 03.23.2007 12:18 AM PDT
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This'll be the shizzle!

  • 03.23.2007 12:41 AM PDT
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actually i dont think it took them 12 seconds to make one, if you look at the images they have liek 23+ people !

note i say 23 as i can physicaly see 23 working but there could be alot more on the other side and to the right of that picture

they mean every 12 seconds one appears, with 23 people making one you could be looking at 23 x 12 seconds to make 1 entire product, but on AVERAGE there is a product ready to go in 12 seconds if they all were sequenised again msot liekly even more than that becouse you cant see all the workers.


Building 36,000 helmets per week in a six day week, equals 6,000 per day, 3,000 per 10 hour shift, 300 per hour which all translates to one every 12 seconds.


http://www.bungie.net/images/News/InlineImages/legendary_fact ory01.jpg <-- how do you do lazy links cant figure it out :(

read it they say 300 per hour, and look at the image also they have more than 23 people making it
it isnt actually super fast to make the item, also enougher thing is if each helmet is made up of 22 pieces to the helmet and 5 more to the base, making it in 12 seconds will mean you fititng atleast 2 parts per second and you have small peices and big!

In short dont flame frankie and bungie, or even microsoft in that matter they did this to show why it costs, how much effort they put into it since 2005 so shut up or buy colelcters or normal edition.

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  • 03.23.2007 12:56 AM PDT