As show in the above pic, the set contains 518 pieces. This likely will mean it will retail at most place for between $45-55US. The set itself is based off the Spartan Ops mission “Core” (Episode 1-Chapter 5). I first saw this at New York Comicon back in October. It’s a mid-large set space wise and comes with 5 1/2 minifigs. I saw 5 1/2 due to the watcher. Though, it itself might qualify as a full minifig depending on articulation. I for one hope at least the ring wings rotate in some fashion. The Watcher comes with a clear display stand to make it appear as if it’s flying.

Here’s a look at the set outside of the box from a flipped angle.

The other figures are of note. We get TWO Crawlers. These are the plain kind, though Mega will undoubtedly make the sniper and/or Alpha Crawler. Personally I hope at least for the Alpha Crawler as I want to see it with those cool hard light spikes on it’s back.

We also get a new style Marine of the Halo 4 variety. I hope to build up an army of these. The spartan included is the “Soldier” version in green. I dig it. It looks great in minifig size and it includes a clear stand to pose as if using a jetpack.

The minifig though that is the BIG draw of this whole set is the Promethean Knight. It’s HUGE! Bigger than a Mega Bloks Hunter AND it fits the Watcher in it’s back.

The playset part of the set is neat. Lots of Forerunner structure to play/display around. As well, the set contains a few good tan baseplates as well as plenty of lava like plates.

For the money, the set looks good. I’m going to wait for sales to get mutliples of this. This is one set that I can see buying several of. The actual base area of the “Core” level is quite large.

One thing I really appreciate about this set is the Mega Bloks gave us a version of each Promethean in the set. A Knight, Crawlers, and a Watcher! Now to look for Commander/Battlewagon Knights in future sets.

So do you plan on buying this set? Multiples of it?

-Sal

Mega Brand’s 3rd (technically fourth) battlescape brings us Forerunner Sentinels! As well a cool Forerunner structure and a Reddish Mark VII Spartan.

The beautifully packaged set. Graphics are always top notch here.

A shot of the back of the box. Note that it shows when you combine the forerunner structure here with the one in the new Warthog set that you can make a Forerunner tower. Very cool!

The contents of the box.

All the pieces sorted. As you can see the majority of them are of the dark grey variety.

The Sentinel Enforcer starts to take shape.

The Enforcer is completed and looks GREAT!

Now we move on to the regular Sentinel.

The core of the Sentinel.

Back wings.

The back wings attached, the front arms, then attached. This is already starting to look like a Sentinel.

The head, detail, and attachment.

Note the Sentinel Beam on the underside of it! The Sentinel has 4 points of articulation.

Moving on, we now see how the Forerunner structure takes place.

The simple base portion as it attaches to the Battlescape baseplates.

Walls and ramparts are added, as well as the tall side parts.

The set is finished with the Sentinels being raised in the air with translucent bars. Also note the Reddish Spartan figure. It’s not entirely Red. It’s more a tomato red with a slight orange tinge. I like it!

I do plan on taking the Forerunner structure apart and making it into something else. However, as an option you can also simply remove the bloks that atach it to the baseplate and have this:

This is an ever so simple modification that still keeps the structure intact. The bloks from the underside have been added to the structure by the tall parts. If you have two of these sets, you could make a cool enclosed fort.

At 242 pieces, the set is a bit low on parts. However, you do get the LARGE battlescape. I was able to get this set on a buy one, get one half off sale from Toys R Us. Certainly that makes it worth it. I really hope we get to see the regular Sentinel again in future sets. It’s a great buildable “minifig.”

At $50 it’s a bit pricey. Other than that, the set is VERY cool!

I give this set an 8 of 10 medals.
-Sal

Here’s a look at one of the NEW combat unit sets from Mega Bloks. It’s the Covenant Combat Cobalt Unit. The set will cost around $15 US. Is it worth it? Read on!

Here’s the packaging. Great job here. It clearly shows all figures and accessories. Great presentation.

Here’s the card after the bubble has been removed. I like it. I may just find a use for this in a diorama.

This is all the contents of the package. I did not use the bloks for display. I’ll incorporate them into another project I’m working on.

Here are the figures closer up. These are FANTASTIC! Great painting on these. MUCH better than any previous version of the Brutes. And of course, as some of you know, I’m A HUGE fan of translucent figures. So, that grunt is VERY welcome into the collection.

As mentioned, this set costs $15. Is it worth it? Considering single pack figures run $3-3.50 each, at 4 figs, that would be $12-14. There are a few additional bloks. So you may say, well that just doesn’t add up. However, math wise yes, it doesn’t add, up, but QUALITY wise, it definitely DOES. These figs are AWESOME. I wish I could have a few squads worth of each minifigs. I like the brute figs. By far the best paint to date.

My only minor nitpick would be that I’d have preferred the painted grunt’s skin to be a much lighter shade of grey.

So I HIGHLY recommend this set to anyone who likes brutes and/or well painted figures.

I give this 9 out of 10 medals.
-Sal