>>9256635>Todd didn't even give us a FalconNow granted, I don't have the greatest memory, so this might be apocryphal, but IIRC Todd showed off an absolutely massive Falcon at Toy Fair 2011 and then was promptly shot down by all the buyers for the major retailers, who did not want something so large and costly clogging their shelves. As far as I know that's why this was never released (and likely why we never got a Mantis, Pelican, or any other huge vehicles).
McFarlane's figures definitely had their problems, from H3 and ODST breakages to sloppy paint and molding on some Reach figures, but they also covered a huge expanse of the Halo universe, with tons of variants, repaints, and weapon arrays. I was not a huge fan of them when they were around, but I have grown fonder of them with time.