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==''Halo''== | ==''Halo''== | ||
[[File:Update cougarhuting.jpg|200px|thumb|Bungie employees "hunting cougars" outside the studio building with WETA-made replica weapons.]] | [[File:Update cougarhuting.jpg|200px|thumb|Bungie employees "hunting cougars" outside the studio building with WETA-made replica weapons.]] | ||
WETA Workshop produced weapon and equipment props for the ''[[Halo: Landfall]]'' short films, including replicas of the [[BR55 Heavy Barrel Service Rifle|Battle Rifle]] and [[ | WETA Workshop produced weapon and equipment props for the ''[[Halo: Landfall]]'' short films, including replicas of the [[BR55 Heavy Barrel Service Rifle|Battle Rifle]] and [[Type-2 Energy Weapon/Hammer|Gravity Hammer]]. A few of these replicas were auctioned off on [http://www.ebay.com/ eBay] in July, [[2011]].<ref>[http://cgi.ebay.com/Bungie-Original-Halo-Weta-UNSC-Marine-Armor-/320721173512?pt=LH_DefaultDomain_0#ht_500wt_1004 '''eBay''': Bungie: Original Halo Weta UNSC Marine Armor]</ref><ref>[http://cgi.ebay.com/Bungie-Original-Halo-Weta-UNSC-Battle-Rifle-/320722008423?pt=LH_DefaultDomain_0#ht_860wt_989 '''eBay''': Bungie: Original Halo Weta UNSC Battle Rifle]</ref> In early September [[2009]], a Bungie employee was carrying the replica [[Sniper Rifle System 99D-S2 Anti-Matériel|Sniper Rifle]] in public. Mistaking it for an AK-47, a well-meaning bystander called the Kirkland police, leading to a temporary lockdown of Bungie Studios. This incident led to the Bungie.net homepage joke "we promise to keep our sniper rifles off the street."<ref>[http://halo.bungie.net/News/content.aspx?type=topnews&link=BWU090409 '''Bungie.net''': ''Bungie Weekly Update: 09/04/09'']</ref> | ||
Weta Workshop also designed several ''[[Halo: Reach]]'' [[M274 Ultra-Light All-Terrain Vehicle|Mongoose ATVs]] for the [[Mountain Dew Honor The Code]] promotion. | Weta Workshop also designed several ''[[Halo: Reach]]'' [[M274 Ultra-Light All-Terrain Vehicle|Mongoose ATVs]] for the [[Mountain Dew Honor The Code]] promotion. |