With my coverage of New York Toy Fair coming to a close, I’ve still got Mega Bloks toy reviews to do. Here is the last of the 4 current Metallic ODST/drop pod series.

Mega Bloks Metallic Series ODST (Green): Set #97419

Technical Specifications:
Build Time: N/A
Set Piece Count: 11
Minifigs: ODST (Metallic Green Highlights with Grey Under Armor)
Weapons: Magnum
Accessories: 2X4 Blok with Metallic Green “Halo” printed on one of the long sides.
Price: $4.99
Special Features: Two-part Drop Pod mold (Not a buildable drop pod)
And on with the pics! (Click pics to make BIGGER)

The packaging is the drop pod itself, which is a two-part mold. There is a thin sheath of clear plastic that surrounds the pod to keep it intact while hanging on pegs, while waiting to be bought. I just like how they look like hand grenades!  The metallic green paint looks great. It makes me think of this ODST as a cross over from being a marine to an ODST.

This pic shows the contents of the pod, as well as the pod separated into it’s respective two pieces. The minifigure does not come assemebled. It takes no time at all to put it together though. Same as the others, with the exception of a Magnum for the mini figure.

The insert sheet shows all four of the sets.

Finally here is the minifig close-up.

It has a great metallic sheen to it. I really like the teeth markings above and below the visor. The blok the fig stands on comes with it and is imprinted with the word “Halo” on it, in Metallic green ink to match the mini fig’s detail color. The green ink is a nice medium toned green. Not too light nor dark. These ODST drop pod figs are really well done.

Here’s the video review:

Summary: No time needed to build this as it’s just the figure, weapon and its’ stand.

Overall Rating: I give this set 10 out for 10 medals.

For the money, this is a good deal. Consider that the single blind pack minifigs are $3-4, for the same or maybe a dollar more, you get the two-part drop pod. If you’re a fan of ODSTs then these are the sets for you!

You can see this set and more at Mega Bloks Halo product page HERE.

Thanks for reading and let me know what you think of the review. If you have this set yourself, please give me your thoughts on it too!

-Sal

A very cool new little entry into the Halo line is this Wombat. It’s also called an Osprey and more technically the F-99 Unmanned Combat Aerial Vehicle.

It’s a small set with an ODST and the drone itself. Depending on cost, this could be an army building set. I expect it to cost about $10-12.

Here’s another shot from a higher up angle. If you squint you can barely make out the name of the set being “ODST Wombat”.

Here it is display with the ODST figure underneath it.

This is a neat entry into the line as I said at the beginning. It’s a rather obscure little vehicle, but pretty cool nonetheless. Pics are from Figures.com. I cropped and color corrected them for clarity.

So will you get this set? For sure I want it. Now if I could just get more of the ODSTs themselves…

You can read up more on this vehicle HERE.

-Sal

We’ve barely just got series 8 in stores, then series 9 is announced and now series 10!!! WOW, that’s a lot of Halo minifies to collect. (And I like it!)

Well, let’s see what we have here (click pics to make bigger):

1. Blue Enforcer Spartan (Halo 4 style)
2. Translucent Orange Recruit Spartan
3. Marine large helmet (Halo 4 style)
4. Translucent Smoke ODST
5. Arctic Camo Gungnir Spartan (AWESOME)
6. Translucent Purple Jackal (What? VERY COOL!)
7. Commander Sarah Palmer YES!!!
8. Gold Mark VI Spartan with silver visor
9. Brute Captain
10. Active Camo transition Brute Stalker (First transitioning A/C figure!)
11. Purple Storm Grunt
12. Green Spartan Pilot

Here’s two more shots of these, the first is a composited shot from 3 files, cropped for clarity:


With exception to the Grunt, Jackal and A/C Trans Brute, the rest all look to have the new articulation.

I’m really stoked for Palmer, Arctic Camo Gungnir and the translucent figs. I’m not at all disappointed in the rest though. Great army builders all!
Pics from ToyArk.com

-Sal

This Halo 4 Marine weapons pack is different than the one release just a short time ago. The biggest difference is that it has the new articulated mini fig.

This is a GREAT set for several reasons.
• Army building Halo 4 style Marines
• Stocking up on mini-fig weapons
• Sandbags. YES, SANDBAGS!

Man, if I can afford it, I’d love to have 10 of this set!!
Pic from figures.com. Cropped and Color Corrected for Clarity.

Here are two new pods coming. You saw the copper ODST pod yesterday. Here’s a better shot of it:

You can see it too has the new articulation for the mini fig.

Here is a new Elite pod:

Is that Metallic Purple paint? Why YES it is!

What I really like about these pods is that they are MUCH less in price than the originals. I’m happy that Mega saw that many collectors didn’t really need to have the blok built pods. This allows Mega to crank out more pods and be less expensive, giving us more figures to collect. THANKS Mega!

-Sal

We’re getting a 4-pack from Spartan Assault. However, given the character selection in this set, it really could be from anywhere. That isn’t a detractor, just a statement.

From right to left we have: Spartan Pilot, Brute Captain (awesome!) Gold Storm Elite, and an Active Camo Brute Captain with A/C Bruteshot (shown upside down in the pic, LOL). It’s a nice selection, though I would have loved to have that Brute Captain (painted) to be in one of the blind pack series as I’d like to have 3-4 of it. This set should retail for around $12-14. Pic from ToyArk.com

Next we have the final Crawler needed to be made, the Sniper Crawler.

In this pic from ToyArk, we see that the set includes a Sniper Crawler, Binary Rifle, Light Rifle, 2 Pulse Grenades (never been made before!), a clear blue baseplate, and what I’m assuming is a Forerunner turret. At first I thought is was a Sentinel, but clearly by the design it’s not. I expect this set to retail for $7-8.

I definitely want 2-3 of those crawlers sniper sets! Now with the regular and Alpha crawlers also being done with Blue highlights, I think it’s only a matter of time before we see this one as well with the blue highlight treatment.

-Sal

Here are two very cool multi-packs coming soon. These both have the new style articulation.

Up first, Fireteam Crimson:

Spartan minifies shown are from left to right: Enforcer, Mark VI, Scout, Orbital (EVA), Recruit
Photo from ToyArk.com

New is Fireteam Venom (a NEWLY named Fireteam!):

Spartans in green from left to right: Commando, Gungnir, Oceanic (COOL!), Scout
pic from ToyArk.com

Additionally, there is a fifth Spartan in this not shown in the pic above. This pic from Figures.com shows the figures rearranged. Then additional one (Bottom middle), looks to be a Spartan Warrior. I’ll try and get clarification on that.

I’m VERY happy that we’re getting Fireteams. Now if only we could get Fireteam Majestic… Yes, we’ve been slowly getting them in sets, but they are of the older articulation. If I’m going to get these Fireteam sets, I want Majestic and in the new articulation.

-Sal