{"id":32912,"date":"2020-08-10T09:50:27","date_gmt":"2020-08-10T14:50:27","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/halofanforlife.com\/?p=32912"},"modified":"2020-08-10T09:50:29","modified_gmt":"2020-08-10T14:50:29","slug":"mega-construx-toy-review-point-defense-showdown","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/halofanforlife.com\/?p=32912","title":{"rendered":"Mega\u00a0Construx Toy Review: Point Defense Showdown"},"content":{"rendered":"\n
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Mega Construx Point Defense Showdown<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Technical Specifications:<\/strong>
Build Time:<\/strong>\u00a0roughly 75-100 minutes to build (Your time will vary from mine as I took pics along the way for this review)
Set Piece Count:<\/strong>\u00a0782
Minifigures: <\/strong>Master Chief (Infinite armor, muddy), Marine, Hyperius (Brute Banished leader), Grunt Assault
Weapons: <\/strong> Gravity Hammer, “Mangler” Energy Rifle, Assault Rifle, Plasma Pistol
Accessories: <\/strong>X4 figure stand, Communcations Backpack, Jump pack, x4 projectiles
Special Features:<\/strong>\u00a0Alternate build via APP.
Cost:<\/strong>\u00a0$80 US Target, $60 Amazon The set may be available elsewhere, but these were the only two places found as of this writing. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

A friend of mine got this for me early, for my birthday.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

And on with the pics! <\/strong>(Click pics to make BIGGER<\/strong>)<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The front of the package shows the set in a cool action shot. As well, it again shows the figures included at the bottom of the front of the box. The back displays shows another action scene, the weapons and accessories included as well as alternate build and two other sets available as of this writing.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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In the box you get an instruction manual, 11 numbered bags and a Orange bar labeled Mega Construx bag.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Here are the contents of the Orange Bar Bag.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Further opened, we have the following: The four included figures, some large pieces, the multitool, various other pieces, including printed ones.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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There are a few pieces with printing on them. The one with black printing represents one of the openings to the interior of the turret. It should be noted that this set is not to scale with the figures. If it were, it would be a LOT bigger as the printed doorway would be able to fit a standard figure through it.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Okay, let’s get into the build, shall we?<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Bags 1 and 2 are the rest of the Mongoose parts as well as the figure stands.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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This mongoose is the very same build as the one that comes with the Recon Getaway<\/a> set.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Here are the leftover parts I had from bags 1 and 2. (Mega has been putting in a lot of extra parts in their sets as of late and that will be reflected throughout the review of this set.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Bag 3’s pieces<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Bag 4’s pieces<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Bag 5’s pieces<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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We start the actual turret build with this odd looking assembly a few steps into the build. This will become one of the legs.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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There will be quite a bit of “side building” done to the legs of the turret, as noted by the studs on the side of the assembly below.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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This assembly is one of the two rear legs, not yet complete. On one side, there is a more angular side build, while the other has a more curved side build. I’ll explain why this is later in the review.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Mirrored builds of these legs are added to the start of the build of the front leg.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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The reason why one side of each of the rear legs has a more rounded side build is due to how they come together with the front leg assembly. Simply put, they wouldn’t connect properly if they had the bigger angular build. In doing the more rounded build, they won’t rub up against one another, yet will still maintain the overall look.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The leg’s progress in building with more side building, armor and some top and bottom pieces added.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Here are the leftover pieces I had from bags 3, 4, and 5.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Moving along, we have the pieces from bag 6 sorted out. I really like those translucent red parts!<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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And bag 7’s pieces. Lots of dark red pieces in here, to give it that Banished color aesthetic.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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With bags 6 and 7, we are introduced to a series of repetitive steps. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

In fact, steps 61-73 require you to build 3 sets of the same thing. These will become the base of each leg along with what I’m assuming to be a power core. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

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So we start by making this assembly three times. The hole on the top will be where the “power cores” go. The gap in the top is where the leg piece will be inserted later.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Black 2×2 rounded bloks are added to the bottom of each assembly.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Next we build those power cores. I’m assuming that’s what they are considering the Halo Infinite trailer we saw back in July (2020) and the need to take those turrets down. Also given how these sections has translucent pieces to them. That to me denotes energy. Taking those out would disable the turret.
At any rate, we build three sets of these. They start as a slim tall build with side building pieces on them, and then have slope pieces built on the sides to give this tri-sided look to them.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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The leg base assemblies are finished. Those red “tabs” jutting out will allow for the cores to be popped off of the bases. This is one of the action features of the set. I’ll show that later.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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We connect each of the bases to the legs. They are held in place with a “+” bar that runs through the base-leg-base. I didn’t circle that, but this is in the black rectangle piece below. You can see the “+” hole in the pic above, for reference.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Just a few leftovers pieces for bags 6 and 7.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Now we start building the turret itself.<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Bag 8 has a lot of side building parts to it!<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Bag 9 Has some of the more bigger parts to it.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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The first bulk assembly of the turret.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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We then add on a rather long section and continue to build up the turret from there. Again note the amount of side building studs to this assembly. At the bottom of this graphic, you can see that we’ve added some translucent red parts. This includes the projectile launchers!<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Just a few leftovers from bags 8-9.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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We move on to the last 2 bags of the set.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Bag 10 has a lot of greeblies and side building parts to it.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Bag 11 has some very cool wing and angled pieces with it, including some long thin slope pieces.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Adding those on really builds up the turret and armors it up! Also, this is where we finally add those Banished logo parts!<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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The turret is able to pivot up and down via this two-point ball joint assembly. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

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The turret is connected to the ball joints on the body of the turret, which in turn connects to a rotating pin (held in place and inside of the rounded black parts seen in the middle of the pic below).<\/p>\n\n\n\n

At this point the turret is complete.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Just a couple of extra parts left from bags 10 and 11.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Here’s a quick video showing how the power cores pop off.<\/p>\n\n\n\n