{"id":2553,"date":"2012-08-11T17:41:26","date_gmt":"2012-08-11T22:41:26","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/halofanforlife.com\/?p=2553"},"modified":"2012-08-11T17:41:26","modified_gmt":"2012-08-11T22:41:26","slug":"mega-bloks-toy-review-covert-ops-unsc-wolverine-set-97072","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/halofanforlife.com\/?p=2553","title":{"rendered":"Mega Bloks Toy Review: Covert Ops UNSC Wolverine set #97072"},"content":{"rendered":"

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\n<\/a>Covert Ops UNSC Wolverine: Set number 97072
\n<\/strong>Toys R Us exclusive<\/p>\n

Technical Specifications:<\/strong>
\n<\/a>Build Time:\u00a0<\/strong>10 minutes sorting, 1 hour build. Total 1 hours 10 minutes.<\/p>\n

Set Piece count:\u00a0<\/strong>330
\nMinifig: <\/strong>“shark grey” Spartan.
\n<\/strong>Weapon:\u00a0<\/strong>Assault Rifle
\nAccessories:<\/strong>\u00a0n\/a
\nSpecial Features:\u00a0<\/strong>Rocket launcher turns 360\u00b0 and pivots up and down.<\/p>\n

Price\/Value:\u00a0<\/strong>$54 US (I got mine for about $33 on sale-what the price should have been to begin with…)<\/p>\n

The Price is a high at $54 since the set has 330 pieces. Using the simple 10 cents per piece guideline, that should put the set at about $33 dollars. TRU is known to boost up the prices of their exclusives though. I bought this when there was a “buy one get one 40% off” sale. The other item I got was the Flood Siege set. So between them I paid what retail should have been on the two sets. I’m not certain if this is identical to the previous two Wolverines (Green Camo and Artic versions). I do believe there are some small differences.<\/p>\n

I was on the fence about buying this. Thank goodness for the sale price. I liked the green camo previously and the arctic one one was fine. I didn’t think this set would ever be made again. However, that color really has drawn me in. I just think it looks sleek. Nice and dark, yet not black. Very “Coverty” lol.<\/p>\n

Here are the pics.
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What’s in the larger bag on the upper left side of the previous pic:<\/p>\n

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Pieces sorted out to the brickyard:<\/p>\n

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The body starts to take shape: (note in bottom left I put on the front bumpers wrong, then fixed them by the lower right pic)<\/p>\n

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The hatch assembly with the hatch cover in place:<\/p>\n

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Rocket turret assembly:<\/p>\n

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Almost there. This build came together VERY quickly. Not sure if it’s because of my previous experience in Wolverines or that I’m just in a building frenzy as of late:<\/p>\n

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And now complete:<\/p>\n

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The one minifig:<\/p>\n

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What is a bummer about this set is that previous iterations included more than one minifig. The green camo and arctic versions each had a Hunter that came with them. I think that should have been included again, especially with TRU’s jacked up price. Ooh, maybe a Camo Hunter, that would have been awesome!<\/p>\n

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And finally the left over pieces and the minirig wolverine that I made from them.<\/p>\n

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(Use your imagination a little, you’ll see it, LOL)<\/p>\n

Summary:<\/strong>\u00a0This is a good set. TRU kind of screwed the pooch so to speak with the price. Bring it down to the $33-35 it should have been and it would be perfect. Include a Hunter at least and it would have been better.<\/p>\n

Overall Rating:<\/strong>\u00a04 out of 5 medals! Once again, the price is the major factor. Not MEGA’s fault, but rather the retailer. The addition of a HUnter would have really help justify the cost.<\/p>\n

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

Covert Ops UNSC Wolverine: Set number 97072 Toys R Us exclusive Technical Specifications: Build Time:\u00a010 minutes sorting, 1 hour build. Total 1 hours 10 minutes. Set Piece count:\u00a0330 Minifig: “shark grey” Spartan. Weapon:\u00a0Assault Rifle Accessories:\u00a0n\/a Special Features:\u00a0Rocket launcher turns 360\u00b0 … Continue reading →<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-2553","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-uncategorized"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/halofanforlife.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2553","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/halofanforlife.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/halofanforlife.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/halofanforlife.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/halofanforlife.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=2553"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/halofanforlife.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2553\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":2567,"href":"https:\/\/halofanforlife.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2553\/revisions\/2567"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/halofanforlife.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=2553"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/halofanforlife.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=2553"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/halofanforlife.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=2553"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}