Coming to major retail stores like Wal*Mart, Target, and Toys R Us is the Mega Bloks Halo UNSC Hornet vs. Covenant Vampire. Both have been released before, but never together. If I’m correct, these are both revised builds from the previous releases.

The set includes:
• Buildable UNSC Hornet with in-game lights and sound
• Buildable Covenant Vampire
• UNSC Troops: Spartan in Recruit maroon, Spartan in Engineer green, Spartan in Soldier green
• Covenant Troops: Elite Storm in copper, Grunt Storm in copper, Elite Zealot in silver

Here’s the toy description: The UNSC Hornet is a versatile UNSC aircraft with a nose-mounted heavy auto cannon. The sound of the Hornet turbines roar to life as two Spartans prepare for take-off. Engage the heavily armed Vampire and strafe its Covenant assault unit with the new UNSC Hornet, now with motion-activated lights and authentic in-game sounds!

Getting SIX figures in a set is always cool. Three being Spartans? Better yet! I like that we also get a Storm Grunt, Copper Storm Elite and a Zealot Elite (especially that it’s in silver). I don’t really have a need for another Vampire though. Personally, I’d rather have had the Covenant Sniper tower instead with a Jackal or two. Still, for those who never got the Vampire (which was only previously available in the ODST Scorpion/Vampire set), then this is a good alternative.

-Sal