Mega Bloks Forward Unto Dawn set. Part 1: Unboxing and sorting.

Normally when I do a review for a Mega Bloks set, it’s all in one article. However, given the size of this set and the time it’s going to take to get it built, I thought I’d go a different route for this one. For the next several days until I get the set completed, I’m going to be posting articles detailing the build process of the amazing set.

Up first is the unbloxing (yes I meant to do that, LOL) and the sorting of all the pieces.

This box is massive. Note the handle on top of it. It’s needed believe me!

A shot of what’s on the back of the box.

As you can see from above, when you first open the box you are greeted to some very nice interior artwork as well as the THICK instruction manual.

When you lift out the manual these 4 shoesized boxes are underneath waiting to be taken out.

See, I told you the instruction manual is thick!

On the back of the manual you have this fantastic compilation artwork of recent sets. It’s almost identical to the larger poster that was given away at FanFest in Toronto earlier this year.

The above three pics show three of the boxes contents. LOTS and LOTS of bloks!

And finally for this part are the sorted pieces. I had to photoshop two photos together to get these all in one shot.

As you can see I like to be a bit organized. I stack the same pieces together 10 high with leftovers in a smaller stack. Also, note the orange tabs on the parts list. I do this with very large sets like this.  What I do is catalog the parts against the parts list to make sure I have the amount is specifies. By putting a tab down on the part it lets me know it’s been cataloged. There are two more pages of parts and I did this with those as well.

Already I’ve spent 5 hours on this and that was all just in the unboxing and sorting…

I’m loving it though!

Stay tuned for follow up articles showing the build in progress!

-Sal

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I’ve got tons of experience with Halo gaming and collecting. I feel I have something to offer to the greater Halo fan community. Posts along the way will be about tips and tricks in the games as well as collecting and many more Halo related things. I’ll also repost interesting articles from the official site, Halowaypoint.com, or from fellow Halo fan sites. As I continue this blog, I hope to help gamers who want advice on the games, as well as any collectors with regards to where to find collectibles as well as deals, coupons and so on. You can also follow me on Twitter at: http://twitter.com/#!/HaloFanForLife or Facebook at: http://www.facebook.com/halofanforlife11. Welcome to my blog and I hope you’ll come back again and again. -Sal

5 thoughts on “Mega Bloks Forward Unto Dawn set. Part 1: Unboxing and sorting.

  1. Spent about 15 hours on this puppy over the weekend… Almost half way done lol. This is a very nice set, the scale is amazing as well as the detail on the hull. The best part for me however is we finally have a Master Chief mini fig. The decal sheet is limited so the details come from the bloks and not the decals (I hate decals my Rhino tank looks like crap because the decals have warped).

    Great job mega bloks for this set and curse you as well (wallet talking), that being said the price is fair for the number of bloks and detail.

  2. Well I just finished mine today it was a lot of fun (minus the nagging wife…). There wasn’t any missing pieces per se, but the 2x1x1 grate type pieces were messed up, as in I had 26 black ones and 46 gray ones and it was supposed to be 36 a piece so that kind of irritated me. All in all it was a fun build now back to finish up the other dozen or so sets that need to be build lol.

    • Shoot me some pics at my e-mail XSV and I’ll put them in an article later when I get mine done. I’d love to see the FUD completed at other fans places. -Sal

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