I’ve completed editing the pics to go into the review for the Halo Mega Bloks Covenant Spirit Dropship. I had started out with 155 pics. Took that down to 112 to edit. A few of those I decided not to use. In the end, I had 98 pics to edit.

The review itself will be broken down into three parts. I will post part 1 tomorrow, part 2 on Monday and part three on Tuesday.

On a related note, I’ll be starting the build for the Kodiak Siege and will have the review for that set sometime this coming week as well.

As you might have seen by the teaser I dropped yesterday, I was building the Halo Mega Bloks Signature Set: Covenant Spirit Dropship.

I’ve completed the build. Now to edit the photos. Of which, there are 110 pics to edit. Yes, ONE HUNDRED and TEN pics… So it’s going to be a couple of days before I get the review up. This is going to be in a few parts, just as I’ve done with each Signature Series Halo Mega Bloks before.

Just a tease…

Will have the review of this up in a few days.

Mega Bloks UNSC Kestrel Strike

Technical Specifications:
Build Time: 10 minutes sorting, about 30 minutes building (your time may vary)
Set Piece Count: 289
Minifigures: Spartan War Master (Orange with white highlights); ODST Black/Grey; Alpha Crawler, 2X Crawler (regular), Watcher, Promethean Knight (original Halo 4 basic version)
Accessories: Buildable Forerunner Weapons stand; UNSC Weapons locker and weapons pod, both with baseplates. Light Shield with display stand/baseplate, buildable stand for Kestrel (to make it look like it’s hovering)
Special Features: Kestrel wings and tail pivot
Cost: $30 US; Mass Retail set

This was an unexpected set. I for one am VERY happy it was made, for a few reasons. For one, I wanted the Spartan from the game (Spartan Strike). I liked the Kestrel, so having it in the in-game green colors (as opposed to the previous ONI REAP-X silver color) was welcome. Lastly, getting more Prometheans is always a plus, much more so when it’s the original Knight! That one was ONLY available in the Cauldron Clash set. So again, I’m very happy to have the one back at retail.

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Mega Bloks Dual Mode Warthog

Technical Specifications:
Build Time: 15 minutes sorting, about 1 1/2 hour building (your time may vary)
Set Piece Count: 330
Minifigures: Spartan Warhammer and Hermes (both stone w/spatter color)
Accessories: Magnum. Hydra, 2X figure stands in tan camouflage
Special Features: Wheels spin, both turrets rotate 360 when on base, slight suspension for wheels. Removable parts to change from Gauss Hog to Rocket Hog modes
Cost: $33-35 US depeding on where you get it from. Mass Retail set

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Mega Bloks Kubros Master Chief

Technical Specifications:
Build Time: Less than 15 minutes sorting and building combined.
Set Piece Count: 147
Accessories: Buildable Assault Rifle
Special Features: Head swivels at neck, arms swivel at shoulders
Cost: $15 US Mass Retail

Kubros is a new line from Mega Bloks that takes characters from many franchises and makes large cubed versions of them. The head is disproportionately larger than the body, giving a feeling of them being akin to either Chibis or Funko figures, but in Mega Bloks form.

Master Chief is the first for the Halo portion of this line. There are several other characters from other franchises to date. For instance Assassin’s Creed, a few of the Ninja Turtles and enemies, Hellboy, Spock and Worf from Star Trek, Terminator, He-Man, Skeleton and more.

Will we get anotehr Halo Kubros character? I hope so. If I had my choice, I’d like to see the Arbiter next, then Cortana as they are the most pivotal characters in all of Halo, besides Master Chief.

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Mega Bloks Halo Heroes Series 2

Technical Specifications:
Build Time: Less than 1 minute
Set Piece Count: Between XX-XX depending on which figure
Minifigures: 
Spartan DeMarco w/ DMR (painted)
Spartan Gungnir (Orange with white circles) w/Lightrifle (painted)
Sergeant Forge w.Shotgun and Pistol (bot painted)
Spartan Scout (Green with Yellow pinstripes) w/AR (painted)
Spartan Oceanic (Silver with Purple pipping) w/BR (painted)
Romeo (ODST) with Sniper (painted)
Special Features: Stand with t-bar to put figure in action pose
Cost: $5 US per figure

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Mega Bloks Brute Chopper Raid

Technical Specifications:
Build Time: less than 1 hour ( including sorting and building)
Set Piece Count: 221
Minifigures: Brute Captain, Spartan Kat
Accessories: Buildable Bubble Shield, Bubble Shield generator, figure stand, pistol, Brute  Mauler
Special Features: Chopper wheel rolls, pivot chassis
Cost: $21-23 Depending on where you buy it from. I got mine from Amazon.com

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