As you know by now, Microsoft brought the Halo Warthog to Sydney as part of their promotional activities for Halo 3: ODST. We were curious to find out how much it might cost to keep it here.
There’s only one Warthog in the world. It was custom built by Peter Jackson’s Weta Workshop back when they were gearing up to make a Halo movie. That’s it pictured right there.
Kotaku reader James wanted me to ask Bungie producer Curtis Creamer, in town to show off Halo 3: ODST, how much it would cost to rent the Warthog for the weekend.
“I don’t know how much it would cost to rent it, but I have heard that you could buy a Warthog. WETA would make one for you, but the cost of it is something around $500,000,” replied Curtis.
Seriously? Five hundred grand?
“You can make anything happen with enough money!” he added.
Right. Who’s keen to donate a dollar to the Get Kotaku A Warthog charity?
Matfei
August 11, 2009 at 2:11 PM
I would, if I get to drive it :P
Report PermalinkToolboy
August 11, 2009 at 2:13 PM
I’m in as long as i get a spin in it.
Report PermalinkIs the donation tax deductible?
chuloopa
August 11, 2009 at 2:17 PM
i’d donate $2 to that!…
Report Permalink…as long as it could be kept in melbourne :P
Klas
August 11, 2009 at 3:02 PM
I’m pretty sick of the damn puma already.
Report PermalinkJames-Mac
August 11, 2009 at 3:10 PM
Thanks for asking Dave… I didn’t really think you would.
Now if anyone’s interested… one of my kidneys has just gone onto ebay… bidding starts at half a million.
Oh, and I’d gladly throw in a few dollars towards the cause… but instead of Melbourne, how bout Adelaide?
Report PermalinkThen we’d need that machine gun.
chuloopa
August 11, 2009 at 3:30 PM
we could settle for Adelaide…i travel there from time to time… but it would be nice if we could leave the the car alone for an hour or two and be safe in the knowledge that the wheels would be there when we returned
Report PermalinkIndefinite Implosion
August 11, 2009 at 3:50 PM
ahhh just leave someone stationed on the machine gun turret and the wheels would be safe :)
Report Permalinkon a more serious note… how much would people pay to rent something like this for the weekend?
someone could totally build one and rent it out heaps and it’d pay for itself
alas, you need money to make money(and warthog’s) as they say and being a poor uni student I don’t exactly half a mil to get one built to rent…
James-Mac
August 11, 2009 at 4:01 PM
You’re probably right…
Maybe we could leave it in Perth.
W.A is backwards enough that they’re still living in the 1950′s, and if there’s one thing I know from listening to old people talk, it’s that there was no crime in the 50′s.
Report PermalinkThomas Baskerville
August 11, 2009 at 3:13 PM
I’d donate some cash…as long as it gets a cross country road trip.
Report PermalinkPathetic Halo Stan
August 11, 2009 at 3:42 PM
half a million? who am i, the sultan of brunei?
Report PermalinkBrad
August 11, 2009 at 4:35 PM
If it were for a true replica (not one built on a standard 4wd chassis) I’d sell my house ;-)
Report PermalinkSCU
August 11, 2009 at 5:17 PM
If we all make donations saaay… $50? We all pitch in together to help out/ buy/ make suits and then mod some paintball guns to look the part, i think we could make a mighty nice private army.
If every riot-policemen wore a halo suit, the world would be a better play
Report PermalinkGonzo Carr-Gregg
August 11, 2009 at 11:20 PM
Was at the sydney launch party thing the other day…
Report Permalinktalked with the guy who won the comp to drive it.
he didnt even have an xbox.
GRRR