Mega books has finally revealed the official box art for the Scarab coming out later this year.
I’m curious if this is in response to the finding of the set on TRU Canada and the poor quality graphic shown there?
In any event, here is the official box art:
First this to note here is the piece count. I myself had guessed that we might get between 2800-2900 pieces given the price of $270 (Canadian). I’m VERY happy that I underestimated the piece count. We’re getting a whopping 3,340 pieces in the Scarab set.
By far that is the biggest piece count set Mega has ever made. To compare, the Mammoth, last year’s Signature set had 2,030 pieces and the Forward Unto Dawn from 2012 had 2,877 pieces with it. So the Scarab clocks in at 463 pieces MORE than the Forward Unto Dawn!
As you can see from the box art, the set when built measures 15″ tall and 19″ long. Compare that to the Mammoth, which is 9.5″ high and 19″ long. We’re obviously getting a bigger set not just in piece count, but in space that it will take up.
I’m excited for this set. Was concerned when I first saw the TRU.ca picture. Hoping it shows up online soon as there is no TRU around me.
From what I understand, this was not supposed to be available until at least next month. Why it’s listed on TRU Canada I do not know. We can definitely surmise that the released image by Mega Bloks was to alleviate fears by fans/collectors regarding that image.