Vostok 7 Posted August 5, 2009 Share Posted August 5, 2009 Well, OK, not LEGO legos because that will never happen, but Mega Bloks picked up the HALO license and is now making crappy-LEGO-ish HALO goodness. http://www.megabrands.com/en/kids/halowars/collection.php I picked up a couple (the Hornet and the Scorpion) and the figures are super cool and the designs are very accurate to the games, but in true MEGA BLOKS fashion the bricks rarely fit together properly, suffer from poor build engineering, like to pop apart constantly, and some of the long thin parts come pre-bent from the factory. If you don't mind supergluing them together when you're done, they aren't half bad, though. The Scorpion and the Warthog have working suspension. They're planning on making much more stuff from the Haloverse and considering how prevalent HALO LEGO MOCs are on the internet, they'll probably sell these pretty well. Hopefully they'll get a Pelican out the door soon! If you didn't know, Mega Bloks also makes Gundam legos in Japan. I have a Zaku II! Same problem with the parts, but it sure does look cool to have a giant Zaku "lego". Vostok 7 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
gerwalk25 Posted August 7, 2009 Share Posted August 7, 2009 I saw those at Target. I decided not to get a set since the quality of Mega Blocks fail compared to Legos. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Excillon Posted August 10, 2009 Share Posted August 10, 2009 I used to have the RX-78-2 12" Mega bloks. It wasn't bad, except for the fact that those plastic polycap/balljoint wanna be things came to me broken, and I bought it new! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
anime52k8 Posted August 10, 2009 Share Posted August 10, 2009 (edited) If they were lego's this would be pretty awesome, but since it's mega bloks, its not. If a parent buy's they're kids mega bloks, it's a good sign they don't love their children. Edited August 10, 2009 by anime52k8 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Vostok 7 Posted August 10, 2009 Author Share Posted August 10, 2009 It just sucks that they can't get their act together. They make some cool stuff, especially now with these HALO sets. If only they could figure out how to engineer sets so they don't fall apart and make pieces that actually fit together properly. I mean, for some sets their price per piece is almost as much as LEGO's, it couldn't be that hard to use a better plastic and tighten up the tolerances a little! The bad engineering wouldn't be so bad if the pieces weren't either too loose or too tight. Vostok 7 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Vostok 7 Posted August 10, 2010 Author Share Posted August 10, 2010 Just finished the new Pelican set today. As crappy as some of the other kits are, the Pelican is awesome. Same issues with the pieces, but they threw enough pieces and cleaned up the engineering enough that everything locks together properly and doesn't fall apart when you touch it. It's big enough to hold 4 seated Spartans and a few more standing, as well as a weapons rack and when the loading ramp is down you can mount a machine gun (both are available from a cheap single Red Spartan you can buy, there's also a 4-pack of Spartans/Marines you can buy that have plenty of weapons and can fill out your compliment). Dunno if it can carry the Warthog or Scorpion, I doubt it can, maybe the Warthog but I don't have one yet to try. It may also be able to hold a Mongoose inside but I don't have one of those yet either. Either way, at $60 and nearly a thousand pieces, the Pelican is well worth it. http://www.megabloks.com/Shop/MEGA_Bloks/Halo/Halo_UNSC_Pelican_Dropship_96824/ Some of the other new sets: http://www.megabloks.com/Shop/MEGA_Bloks/Halo/Covenant_Wraith_96832/ http://www.megabloks.com/Shop/MEGA_Bloks/Halo/UNSC_Shortsword_96835/ http://www.megabloks.com/Shop/MEGA_Bloks/Halo/UNSC_Mongoose_96849/ Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
HappyPenguins Posted August 10, 2010 Share Posted August 10, 2010 halo legos? holy shiz, my boyfriend will poo bricks when I tell him.......hes such a typical fanboy =P Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bluemax151 Posted August 10, 2010 Share Posted August 10, 2010 I was pretty tempted when I saw these but I restrained myself not just because they are Mega Bloks but because I already have some McHalos. Kudos to Mega Bloks on these sets though. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kaiotheforsaken Posted August 10, 2010 Share Posted August 10, 2010 I freaking hate Mega Bloks, they should just include a tube of super glue/modeling cement in the box since they dont stay together normally anyways. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
one_klump Posted August 11, 2010 Share Posted August 11, 2010 Mega Blocks should offer the instructions on their website that you could purchase and download. That way we can use our Legos to build their nifty designs with superior materials. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Vostok 7 Posted August 11, 2010 Author Share Posted August 11, 2010 Mega Blocks should offer the instructions on their website that you could purchase and download. That way we can use our Legos to build their nifty designs with superior materials. That'd be great and all, but they use a lot of pieces that couldn't even be fudged with proper LEGOs. They have no qualms about popping out one-off pieces to make a certain design work, unlike LEGO. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
VT 1010 Posted August 11, 2010 Share Posted August 11, 2010 Mega Blocks should offer the instructions on their website that you could purchase and download. That way we can use our Legos to build their nifty designs with superior materials. Uh...you mean like this? http://www.megabloks.com/media/playbooks/96824.pdf If you go to the product page, you can find the link next to the gallery. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Wanzerfan Posted August 11, 2010 Share Posted August 11, 2010 If Mega Blocks comes out with a Mass Effect line, I will personally lead a lynch mob to go sack the company building. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
-Snowblind- Posted August 11, 2010 Share Posted August 11, 2010 (...) They have no qualms about popping out one-off pieces to make a certain design work, unlike LEGO. Except that, the last time I checked, Lego has been doing a lot of that in recent years as well. Not as much, of course, but they produce far more than basic building blocks these days. A lot of their recent sets have been gimmicky play sets instead of building block sets. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Vostok 7 Posted August 11, 2010 Author Share Posted August 11, 2010 Except that, the last time I checked, Lego has been doing a lot of that in recent years as well. Not as much, of course, but they produce far more than basic building blocks these days. A lot of their recent sets have been gimmicky play sets instead of building block sets. Yes, LEGO has been making a lot of specialized pieces lately, but after they introduce them in a couple sets you start seeing them everywhere in their sets. Mega Bloks will make pieces for sets that are used in only one of their sets. LEGO sets were pretty bad a few years ago, but since 2008 they've really been improving things, trying to get back to the "old way" but still with modern improvements. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
one_klump Posted August 12, 2010 Share Posted August 12, 2010 Well the instructions on the megabloks website is pretty cool, props to them for doing that. Now if we can get Lego to do it, we'd be set Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Stemp Fester Posted August 12, 2010 Share Posted August 12, 2010 BAM! Lego Instructions Unless you meant Lego instructions for Halo sets, which I can't be much help with... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Beltane70 Posted August 12, 2010 Share Posted August 12, 2010 LEGO may not have some of the custom pieces to do the dropship, but the instructions look like they could be easily modified to use with LEGO. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bluemax151 Posted August 12, 2010 Share Posted August 12, 2010 LEGO sets were pretty bad a few years ago, but since 2008 they've really been improving things, trying to get back to the "old way" but still with modern improvements. People on Lego boards might disagree with you. A lot of bitching about peices being made in China now going around Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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