{"id":2704,"date":"2012-08-27T15:52:00","date_gmt":"2012-08-27T20:52:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/halofanforlife.com\/?p=2704"},"modified":"2012-08-27T15:52:00","modified_gmt":"2012-08-27T20:52:00","slug":"toy-review-halo-mega-bloks-unsc-armory-pack-ii-set-96996","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/halofanforlife.com\/?p=2704","title":{"rendered":"Toy Review: Halo Mega Bloks UNSC Armory Pack II Set #96996"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"https:\/\/halofanforlife.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/11\/Mega-Blocks-logo-fix.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" title=\"Mega Blocks logo fix\" src=\"https:\/\/halofanforlife.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/11\/Mega-Blocks-logo-fix-300x208.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"208\" \/><br \/>\n<\/a><strong>UNSC Armory Pack II: Set number 96996<br \/>\n<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>Technical Specifications:<\/strong><a href=\"https:\/\/halofanforlife.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/12\/Tech-Specs-logo.gif\"><br \/>\n<\/a><strong>Build Time:\u00a0<\/strong>1 minute sorting, 1 minutes build. Total 2 minutes.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Set Piece count: 22<\/strong><br \/>\n<strong>Minifigs:\u00a0<\/strong>White AA Spartan with extra HAZOP helmet.<strong><br \/>\n<\/strong><strong>Weapons:\u00a0<\/strong>SMG, Assault Rifle, Battle Rifle<strong><br \/>\nAccessories:<\/strong>\u00a0N\/A<br \/>\n<strong>Special Features:\u00a0<\/strong>N\/A<\/p>\n<p><strong>Price\/Value:\u00a0<\/strong>$6-7 US<\/p>\n<p>FA nice little set for building up your Arctic Spartan ranks. The only minor issue is that I was surprised that the baseplate wasn&#8217;t white instead of the green that it is. The extra helmet looks a little out of place on the figure as it&#8217;s not as detailed in paint apps. Still, it&#8217;s nice to have options.<\/p>\n<p>Here are the pics.<br \/>\nClick on images to see a larger version.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/halofanforlife.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/08\/MB-UNSC-Armory-Pack-II-BOX.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-2710\" title=\"MB UNSC Armory Pack II BOX\" src=\"https:\/\/halofanforlife.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/08\/MB-UNSC-Armory-Pack-II-BOX.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"576\" height=\"838\" srcset=\"https:\/\/halofanforlife.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/08\/MB-UNSC-Armory-Pack-II-BOX.jpg 576w, https:\/\/halofanforlife.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/08\/MB-UNSC-Armory-Pack-II-BOX-206x300.jpg 206w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 576px) 100vw, 576px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/halofanforlife.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/08\/MB-UNSC-Armory-Pack-II-contents.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-2711\" title=\"MB UNSC Armory Pack II contents\" src=\"https:\/\/halofanforlife.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/08\/MB-UNSC-Armory-Pack-II-contents.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"788\" height=\"648\" srcset=\"https:\/\/halofanforlife.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/08\/MB-UNSC-Armory-Pack-II-contents.jpg 788w, https:\/\/halofanforlife.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/08\/MB-UNSC-Armory-Pack-II-contents-300x246.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 788px) 100vw, 788px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/halofanforlife.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/08\/MB-UNSC-Armory-Pack-II-FIN.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-2712\" title=\"MB UNSC Armory Pack II FIN\" src=\"https:\/\/halofanforlife.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/08\/MB-UNSC-Armory-Pack-II-FIN.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"859\" height=\"648\" srcset=\"https:\/\/halofanforlife.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/08\/MB-UNSC-Armory-Pack-II-FIN.jpg 859w, https:\/\/halofanforlife.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/08\/MB-UNSC-Armory-Pack-II-FIN-300x226.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 859px) 100vw, 859px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>The AA Spartan looks good. I think this is the first &#8220;male&#8221; version of the AA Spartan.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/halofanforlife.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/08\/MB-UNSC-Armory-Pack-II-Alt.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-2713\" title=\"MB UNSC Armory Pack II Alt\" src=\"https:\/\/halofanforlife.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/08\/MB-UNSC-Armory-Pack-II-Alt.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"576\" height=\"838\" srcset=\"https:\/\/halofanforlife.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/08\/MB-UNSC-Armory-Pack-II-Alt.jpg 576w, https:\/\/halofanforlife.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/08\/MB-UNSC-Armory-Pack-II-Alt-206x300.jpg 206w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 576px) 100vw, 576px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p><strong>Summary:<\/strong>\u00a0A nice little set with virtually not build time. Worth the price.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Overall Rating:<\/strong>\u00a04.5 out of 5 medals Add an extra weapon and a frag grenade and I&#8217;d have bumped this up to 5 medals.<\/p>\n<p>-HFFL<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>UNSC Armory Pack II: Set number 96996 Technical Specifications: Build Time:\u00a01 minute sorting, 1 minutes build. Total 2 minutes. Set Piece count: 22 Minifigs:\u00a0White AA Spartan with extra HAZOP helmet. Weapons:\u00a0SMG, Assault Rifle, Battle Rifle Accessories:\u00a0N\/A Special Features:\u00a0N\/A Price\/Value:\u00a0$6-7 US &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/halofanforlife.com\/?p=2704\">Continue reading <span class=\"meta-nav\">&rarr;<\/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":[6],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-2704","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-bloks"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/halofanforlife.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2704","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=2704"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/halofanforlife.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2704\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":2714,"href":"https:\/\/halofanforlife.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2704\/revisions\/2714"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/halofanforlife.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=2704"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/halofanforlife.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=2704"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/halofanforlife.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=2704"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}