Apparently M$ was quite irritated that this existed, piggy backing on the popularity of their HALO franchise:
Liberty Ammunition removed all mention of HALO from their website, rebranding the ammunition simply as “civil-defense” now.
If you wanted to get some for your collection though, Midway USA still has some 9mm +P for $20 per box.
There’s a huge article on this ammunition over at Kotaku you can check out for more information.
Thoughts?
Hat tip: hocklermp5
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Haha! That’s so dumb. At least they didn’t copy something from Apple, they would have gotten sued.
Its only because the company used a Mac…
ahh… A double entendre…
OOO fancy 2000fps in their 9mm luger loading. I think I am going to have to buy some.
Halo still exists?
100000% Possitive that was just some stupid mistake… Aka “Oh my nephew is a designer”, he could design the box for cheap! I’ll give him a call” and he asked “hey what do you think we should call it?”
The Halo font is a cheap knock off, as are the crappy PS effects. Horrible typography, crappy negative/white space, woah – did he use a grain filter? not as n00b as I thought – lvl up! – the clear space is ridiculous, and the overall design, (much like 99% of the ammo boxes out there) is complete crap.
*reminds me of a project I’ve been meaning to kick off*
Redesigning the worst ammo boxes…
They mention HALO ammo here..
http://www.libertyammunition.com/liberty-ammunition-products/civilian-rifle-ammunition/
WTF is Civilian ammo?
Has this ammunition been tested and proven to penetrate through an Elite’s energy shields, helm, and skull with five shots or less? If not, then I call shenanigans!
considering they dropped the trademark 2 moths ago, i think they already realized it wasn’t going to work.