Technical Specifications: Build Time: 1 minute to sort pieces, 1 minute to build Set Piece Count: 106 Minifigures: X2 Spartans, Silver Armored Banished Brute Weapons: Assault Rifle, Gravity Hammer, Mangler, Pistol, Bulldog (Shotgun) Accessories: X3 figure stands, additional standard torso, shoulder armors and helmet, muzzle flashes, X4 frag grenades, scopes, silencer, Banished crate Special Features: Armor locker opens/closes Cost: $15 US Mass Retail. I got mine from Wal*Mart ONLINE.
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The front of the box shows most of the contents in a series of plastic bubbles. (There are more things hidden behind the bottom piece of cardboard.) The back of the card shows some more of the contents and their names.
Technical Specifications: Build Time:Â roughly 45 minutes to build (Your time will vary from mine as I took pics along the way for this review.) Set Piece Count:Â 414 Accessories: Buildable display stand Cost:Â $30 US Target
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The front of the package shows the completed helmet on the buildable stand as well as an inset photo of the back of the helmet with the AI chip being inserted into it. The back shows much the same as well as the buildable Energy Sword set.
Technical Specifications: Build Time: 1-2 minutes building each figure. Set Piece Count: varies by figure Minifigures: Imperial Grunt, Elite Minor (purple), Marine, Mk VII Blue Spartan, Active Camo Master Chief, Yellow Gungnir Spartan, Blue Holographic Pilot, Buildable Pelican Accessories: In order from above: x2 Sticky Grenades, Energy Sword, Assault Rifle, Brute Shot, Battle Rifle, Carbine, Sidekick pistol, buildable stand Special Features: Removable Armor, angular plate (used as figure stand) Cost: $3-3.50 US (Mass Retail) ONE figure per pack OR Ship parts in the case of the Pelican
Here is a look at the front of the bling bag for this series.
Technical Specifications: Build Time: Set Piece Count: 2024 Minifigures: Master Chief, the Pilot, Banished Hunter Weapons: Ravager, Assault Rifle, Commando, pistol, x2 Frag grenades Accessories: X3 figure stand, buildable fire extinguisher, medium sized crate Special Features: Cockpit opens/closes, roof opens/closes, troop bay splits opens/closes, bay door opens/closes, retractable wheeled landing gear (front), retractable landing struts (rear), wings and nacelles pivot 360°, nose gun rotates 360° and pivots Cost: $150 US. Mine was sent to me by Mega Brands for the purpose of this review.
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The front of the package shows the set in a awesome action shot. The back shows some of the action features, the alternate build and a few of the other new sets out (as of this writing).
Technical Specifications: Build Time: 1 hour to build (Skiff), 30 minutes each Wall/Skitterer from Alternate Build (Your time will vary from mine as I took pics along the way for this review) Set Piece Count: 452 Minifigures: Spartan Mark VII, Grunt Conscript, X2 Brute Warrior Weapons: Commando, X2 Mangler, Plasma Pistol, Ravager Accessories: X4 figure stand, Special Features: Alternate build via APP, which features a Turret Wall and (Somewhat) Skitterer from Halo Wars 2. Cost: $40 US. I got mine at Target. A second one was sent to me by Mega Brands for the purpose of this review. I used it for the alternate builds.
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The front of the package shows the set in a fun action shot. The back displays some of the action features as well as alternate build.
Technical Specifications: Build Time: Sorting 1 minute, Build 3 minutes Set Piece Count: 98 Minifigures: Spartan Hazop, Grunt Conscript Weapons: Shotgun, Plasma Pistol Accessories: X2 figure stand, Covenant Power Core, 6 trans-blue projectiles Special Features: x2 Projectile Launchers Cost: $10 Dollar General Exclusive (US)
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The front of the package shows the set in a cool action shot. Pardon the yellow $10 sticker as that was put on there by Dollar General. An attempt was made to remove it for a clean pic, but the box paper tore. (Thankfully, I took the pre-sticker removal shot as well.)
Technical Specifications: Build Time:Â Varies wildly depending on if you build from printed instructions, alternate PDF instructions online, or build something of your own. From printed instructions, the build was roughly 30 minutes, from alternate build (PDF), about 40 minutes. Set Piece Count:Â 450 Minifigures: Gungnir, EVA spartans Weapons: Rocket Launcher, Shotgun, Ravager, SMG, DMR, AR, Sidekick, Commando, Energy Sword Accessories: X2 figure stand, x2 Frag Grenades, x2 muzzle flash, x2 projectile flash Special Features:Â Alternate build via APP. Cost:Â $30
I received a set of this from Mega Brands for the purpose of this review.
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The front of the package shows the set in a cool action shot. I had to use Mega’s online graphic for this as my photo became corrupted.
Technical Specifications: Build Time:Â roughly one hour to build (Your time will vary from mine as I took pics along the way for this review) Set Piece Count:Â 567 Accessories: Buildable display stand Cost:Â $50 US Target I got mine from Mega Construx directly, for the purpose of creating this review.
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The front of the package shows the set displayed nicely on its buildable stand. While the back of the box shows the length of the sword, (25.12 inches/63.7cm). It also shows the Ring set and the (as yet not released as of this writing) Helmet set.
Technical Specifications: Build Time:Â roughly 75-100 minutes to build (Your time will vary from mine as I took pics along the way for this review) Set Piece Count:Â 782 Minifigures: Master Chief (Infinite armor, muddy), Marine, Hyperius (Brute Banished leader), Grunt Assault Weapons: Gravity Hammer, “Mangler” Energy Rifle, Assault Rifle, Plasma Pistol Accessories: X4 figure stand, Communcations Backpack, Jump pack, x4 projectiles Special Features:Â Alternate build via APP. Cost:Â $80 US Target, $60 Amazon The set may be available elsewhere, but these were the only two places found as of this writing.
A friend of mine got this for me early, for my birthday.
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The front of the package shows the set in a cool action shot. As well, it again shows the figures included at the bottom of the front of the box. The back displays shows another action scene, the weapons and accessories included as well as alternate build and two other sets available as of this writing.
Technical Specifications: Build Time:Â 25-30 minutes to build (Your time will vary from mine as I took pics along the way for this review) Set Piece Count:Â 301 Minifigures: Not Applicable Weapons: Not Applicable Accessories: Buildable display base Special Features:Â Not Applicable Cost:Â $30 US Target Exclusive. Full Disclosure, I received mine directly from Mega Brands for free.
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The front of the package shows the set on display. The back of the box touts the set shown at actual size. It also shows the Energy Sword set. Also a Target exclusive.
Technical Specifications: Build Time:Â 10 minutes to build (Your time will vary from mine as I took pics along the way for this review) Set Piece Count:Â 123 Minifigures: Elite Minor, X2 Marine (1 with goatee, 1 brown skin color), Grunt Minor Weapons: Tactical Shotgun, SMG, Plasma Rifle, Needler Accessories: X4 figure stands Special Features:Â Alternate build via APP. Cost:Â $20 US Mass Retail. I got mine at Amazon.
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The front of the package shows the set in a fun action shot. The back displays the action feature as well as alternate build.
Technical Specifications: Build Time:Â 30 minutes to build (Your time will vary from mine as I took pics along the way for this review) Set Piece Count:Â 314 Minifigures: Master Chief (Infinite armor), Marine, X2 Jackal Freebooters Weapons: Assault Rifle, SMG, x2 Plasma Pistols Accessories: X4 figure stand, Removable Sight for AR, x2 energy shields (for Jackals) Special Features:Â Alternate build via APP. Cost:Â $30 US Mass Retail. I got mine at Target.
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The front of the package shows the set in a fun action shot. The back displays some of the action features as well as alternate build.
Technical Specifications: Build Time: 25 minutes to build (Your time will vary from mine as I took pics along the way for this review) Set Piece Count: 218 Minifigures: Cream color Ultra Elite, Spartan Recon Weapons: Brute Rifle, Focus Beam Rifle Accessories: X2 figure stand Special Features: Alternate build via APP. Cost: $25 US Mass Retail. I got mine at Target.
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The front of the package shows the set in a fun action shot. The back displays some of the action features as well as other the Warthog Rally set, current available.
Technical Specifications: Build Time:Â 1 minute to sort pieces, 1 minute to build Set Piece Count:Â 52 Minifigures: Halo Infinite Master Chief, Banished Brute Warrior Weapons: Assault Rifle w/scope attachment, Brute Rifle, Brute Pistol, Gravity Hammer, Energy Sword, x2 Spike Grenades, x2 Frag Grenades Accessories: Green Master Chief figure stand, Dark Red Brute Warrior figure stand Special Features:Â N/A Cost:Â $10 US Mass Retail. I got mine from Target.
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The packaging is quite nice here. A unique design for the front. The back of the card shows what accessories are included.
The contents of the packaging are shown below. There is a small baggie of parts hidden behind the Mega Construx Halo graphic on the bubble of the card. You get quite a nice variety of things here. • Two special colored and named figure stands • Gravity Hammer • “Brute” Rifle (This hasn’t been officially named as such. I’m just using that term to differentiate between it and the Assault Rifle.) • Assault Rifle • Energy Sword • x2 Spike Grenades
In the baggie (shown above) you get: • “Brute” Pistol (Again, this isn’t official, just a temporary name) • Pistol • Attachable scope for Assault Rifle • x2 Frag grenades
The scope slides onto the AR. A nice fit. Do be careful not to lose, as this is a very tiny piece!
The Brute Pistol has some printing on the ammo drum. A series of mustard color ovals can be seen. It should be noted that this drum can spin.
The insert sheet shows how the figures are put together. Thankfully, that’s already done for you though. On the back side again, the accessories included.
Let’s take a look at those figures now!
Master Chief, now in his Halo Infinite Armor looks quite striking. Emblazoned on the left chest plate is “117”, Master Chief’s Spartan number. There is a very slight silver wash in places. Nice touch!
Here are the orthogonal views of Chief:
And now for the Brute Warrior. This is a very good figure. LOTS of detail in the armor. A nice mix of dark grey and dark red to denote the Banished look. The loin cloth is slightly bendable, so it shouldn’t easily break off. Again, another nice bit of attention to detail there.
Orthogonal views of the Brute Warrior. Something to make note here. The shoulder armor is the same as that of the Arbiter. That is NOT to say however, that this Brute got the armor from the Arbiter. Likely rather that Mega is reusing an armor piece. Regardless of why, I very much like it. The Brute looks sufficiently bulky here.
And finally the pair together! How will these two come to fight in Halo Infinite? Well, it’s not long now, before we find out.
Summary: A fun little 2-pack. It features Chief in his new armor. Also what is likely an army building Brute. LOTS of accessories to choose from to make your own adventure.
Overall Rating: I give this set 10 out of 10 medals. Why did I give it a 10 out of 10? • Two great figures and a plethora of accessories. • two color coded and named figure stands.
Here’s my opinion on the break down of the value of this set. (In US dollars) • Each figure with a weapon and the stand is worth $4 for a total of $8. • The additional four weapons I put at $2 total. • The four grenades (2-spike and 2-frag) I put at a total of $1. TOTAL: $11 (before tax and in U.S. dollars)Â
Given that the set costs $10 US before tax, I find this set slightly above value. Then when you add in the custom printed card front graphics, the value is even better!
Do I recommend it?  ABSOLUTELY! New Master Chief and a very well done Banished Brute. More than enough accessories and two special figure stands. What’s not to love!
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Okay, first things first, yes, it’s a little strange of a title for the set. However… THIS is the replacement/reissue of the Builder’s Forge set that barely saw distribution. I for one am VERY happy to see it released as I had been asking Mega (outside of social media) to re-release the set.
At a robust 450 pieces, the set should retail for between $40-50. There are several alternate/rebuilds with this set!
The instructions included show you how to make this small base, a mongoose and a mini pelican.
The alternate build allows you to expand on the base and you can rebuild parts to make a mini warthog!
I really like the holoboard included in the set!
As seen, the Builder’s Box comes with two Spartans. A Red Gungnir and a Blue EVA. Note the old style energy sword the Gungnir Spartan is holding! We haven’t seen that one in a very long time!
Here is the official text blurb from Mega about this set:
BUILDING BOX Features • 450-piece Halo-themed building set with special pieces, unique shapes, builder’s multi-tool and brick separator, and a resealable storage box • 2 highly collectible micro action figures, Spartan Gungnir and Spartan EVA, with authentic detail, 12 points of articulation and numerous interchangeable weapon accessories • Includes 3 building ideas to start the mission; many more available online • Ideal for ages 8 and up, this building set features detailed authenticity to strengthen creative thinking skills • 450 bricks and pieces combine with all Mega Construx building sets and are compatible with other name brands Product description Build your own Halo universe with this 450-piece creative building box. Prepare for battle with 2 micro action figures, special pieces – like wheels, risers, a shield and so many weapon accessories – custom piece shapes and a Halo-themed color palette. The set also comes with 3 building ideas to start your mission. The box even features a resealable flap perfect for storage. This creative construction set is the perfect tool to hone your training, soldier. Ideal for Probuilders, ages 8 and up What’s in the box? 450 pieces 2 micro action figures Set number: GPT03
