{"id":19772,"date":"2015-02-17T17:15:40","date_gmt":"2015-02-17T22:15:40","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/halofanforlife.com\/?p=19772"},"modified":"2015-02-17T17:15:40","modified_gmt":"2015-02-17T22:15:40","slug":"new-york-toy-fair-halo-review-mega-bloks-getting-started-and-qa","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/halofanforlife.com\/?p=19772","title":{"rendered":"New York Toy Fair Halo Review: Mega Bloks getting started and Q&A"},"content":{"rendered":"

\"NYTF<\/a><\/p>\n

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Okay, I KNOW you folks are starved for my Mega Bloks reviews form Toy Fair. While I’m editing the photos, I thought I’d at least get this started with some general shots. After this I’ll be posting several articles on Mega Bloks stuff from Toy Fair.<\/p>\n

First off, me standing by the Mega Wall at the Mattel booth. This particular booth was Buyer only…well, except for a certain exception…\"Intro<\/a><\/p>\n

This next photo show Andrew “Sparky” Sparkes, Vice President, Preschool & Girls Brands, MegaBrands, formerly Boys Brands toys\u00a0Mega Brands at left as well as the director of Matty Collector from Mattel at right. Most apologies that I can’t recall his name, ATM.\u00a0\"Sparky-Mattel\"
\n<\/a>In the above photos, Sparky talks briefly about Mega Brands joining with Mattel as well as just some of the products they are coming out with this year. Beyond Halo, Mega will also be producing Call of Duty, Assassin’s Creed, Spongebob, Despicable Me, and Terminator lines, to name a few of their licenses. I’ll have articles\/pics of those other licenses after I post all of the Halo stuff.<\/p>\n

Below I’m talking with one of the Mega Brnads reps about the new line of toys scheduled for the Fall release this year. One thing to note, we WILL be getting Halo 5 toys BEFORE the release of the game itself!!! For that I am excited.
\n\"Me<\/a><\/p>\n

I’ll have lots of more close up pics of the various sets and figures you see in that pic above.<\/p>\n

I took a bit of time asking Sparky questions about the Halo line. Heh, to take from the pic above, I cropped the photo of Sparky. This was his answer to many of my questions as he wasn’t allowed to divulge certain specific information at this time.\"Sparky
\n<\/a>“Um, I don’t know.” Or, “I can’t say.”<\/p>\n

Here are some of the questions asked of the Mega team (not just Sparky):<\/p>\n

HFFL:<\/strong>Will there be different color Drone (Yanme’e) micro action figures?<\/span>
\nMB:<\/strong> Yes, there will be both a red and a green version in the upcoming Firebase set.<\/p>\n

HFFL:<\/strong> YES!!! So not only will we get 2 more variants (we’ll just need the blue version after this), we are also getting a super cool Firebase. You can see that above, but I’ll have more pics later to show that have better detail.<\/span><\/p>\n

HFFL:<\/strong> What’s the signature series set for Halo this year?<\/span>
\nMB:<\/strong> We can not say at this time. However, the Terminator Bust will be the signature series set for that line, slated for 2016.<\/p>\n

HFFL:<\/strong> Will there be a pick a blok website (similar to Lego)?<\/span>
\nMB:<\/strong> We definitely know of the desire for that. With Mattel we now have a better and broader outlet for this. More to come later. (This is paraphrased, so don’t quote them exact on this)<\/p>\n

HFFL:<\/strong> More army building multipack sets coming?<\/span>
\nMB:<\/strong> Yes indeed. Check out our booth.<\/p>\n

HFFL:<\/strong> I did and they are awesome. Again, more pics to come…<\/span><\/p>\n

HFFL:<\/strong> Can you say what exclusives there will be and to which stores?<\/span>
\nMB:<\/strong> Can’t specifically say which sets, but can say that the exclusives will follow the same pattern as years prior. Target, Toys R Us, for example.<\/p>\n

HFFL:<\/strong> So…about those set names leaked by ToyWiz?<\/span>
\nMB:<\/strong> Those were just code names we used. We knew they would get leaked, so we were careful to not use the actual names.<\/p>\n

HFFL:<\/strong> Well, it was fun speculating on those names anyway.<\/span><\/p>\n

HFFL:<\/strong> Thanks for taking the time to answer some questions.<\/span>
\nSeveral from Mega Brands in some form or another:<\/strong> You’re welcome and thanks for supporting our toys for many years.<\/p>\n

-Sal<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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