{"id":866,"date":"2012-02-18T17:56:52","date_gmt":"2012-02-18T22:56:52","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/halofanforlife.com\/?p=866"},"modified":"2012-02-18T17:56:52","modified_gmt":"2012-02-18T22:56:52","slug":"my-haul-from-mega-bloks-at-new-york-toy-fair","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/halofanforlife.com\/?p=866","title":{"rendered":"My haul from Mega Bloks at New York Toy Fair."},"content":{"rendered":"<p>I was extremely fortunate enough to even be able to attend this event. It was even more a surprise that I was given some of the following, let alone be able to win some at the Mega Brands LAN party.<\/p>\n<p>First here is my haul, minus another copy of Reach, which I gave to my brother-in-law. As well minus the minifigs and prototypes (you will see those below).<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/halofanforlife.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/02\/My-Haul.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-867\" title=\"My Haul\" src=\"https:\/\/halofanforlife.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/02\/My-Haul-300x238.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"238\" srcset=\"https:\/\/halofanforlife.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/02\/My-Haul-300x238.jpg 300w, https:\/\/halofanforlife.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/02\/My-Haul-1024x814.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/halofanforlife.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/02\/My-Haul-377x300.jpg 377w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Here is all of the die cast sets in a micro diorama:<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/halofanforlife.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/02\/Die-Cast-micro-diorama.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-868\" title=\"Die Cast micro diorama\" src=\"https:\/\/halofanforlife.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/02\/Die-Cast-micro-diorama-300x216.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"216\" srcset=\"https:\/\/halofanforlife.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/02\/Die-Cast-micro-diorama-300x216.jpg 300w, https:\/\/halofanforlife.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/02\/Die-Cast-micro-diorama-1024x739.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/halofanforlife.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/02\/Die-Cast-micro-diorama-415x300.jpg 415w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/halofanforlife.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/02\/Die-Cast-microfigs.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-869\" title=\"Die Cast microfigs\" src=\"https:\/\/halofanforlife.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/02\/Die-Cast-microfigs-300x113.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"113\" srcset=\"https:\/\/halofanforlife.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/02\/Die-Cast-microfigs-300x113.jpg 300w, https:\/\/halofanforlife.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/02\/Die-Cast-microfigs-1024x387.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/halofanforlife.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/02\/Die-Cast-microfigs-500x189.jpg 500w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Here is a look at the base plates combined:<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/halofanforlife.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/02\/Combineable-baseplates.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-870\" title=\"Combineable baseplates\" src=\"https:\/\/halofanforlife.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/02\/Combineable-baseplates-300x91.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"91\" srcset=\"https:\/\/halofanforlife.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/02\/Combineable-baseplates-300x91.jpg 300w, https:\/\/halofanforlife.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/02\/Combineable-baseplates-1024x311.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/halofanforlife.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/02\/Combineable-baseplates-500x152.jpg 500w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Minifigs, translucent weapons, and prototypes!<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/halofanforlife.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/02\/Minifigs-and-prototypes.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-871\" title=\"Minifigs and prototypes\" src=\"https:\/\/halofanforlife.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/02\/Minifigs-and-prototypes-300x143.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"143\" srcset=\"https:\/\/halofanforlife.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/02\/Minifigs-and-prototypes-300x143.jpg 300w, https:\/\/halofanforlife.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/02\/Minifigs-and-prototypes-1024x490.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/halofanforlife.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/02\/Minifigs-and-prototypes-500x239.jpg 500w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a><a href=\"https:\/\/halofanforlife.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/02\/Prototypes-and-PAX-minifigs-and-weapons.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-872\" title=\"Prototypes and PAX minifigs and weapons\" src=\"https:\/\/halofanforlife.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/02\/Prototypes-and-PAX-minifigs-and-weapons-300x191.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"191\" srcset=\"https:\/\/halofanforlife.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/02\/Prototypes-and-PAX-minifigs-and-weapons-300x191.jpg 300w, https:\/\/halofanforlife.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/02\/Prototypes-and-PAX-minifigs-and-weapons-1024x654.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/halofanforlife.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/02\/Prototypes-and-PAX-minifigs-and-weapons-469x300.jpg 469w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a><a href=\"https:\/\/halofanforlife.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/02\/Translucent-weapons.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-873\" title=\"Translucent weapons\" src=\"https:\/\/halofanforlife.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/02\/Translucent-weapons-300x57.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"57\" srcset=\"https:\/\/halofanforlife.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/02\/Translucent-weapons-300x57.jpg 300w, https:\/\/halofanforlife.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/02\/Translucent-weapons-1024x195.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/halofanforlife.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/02\/Translucent-weapons-500x95.jpg 500w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>She&#8217;s only one of two from what I&#8217;m told.<br \/>\n<a href=\"https:\/\/halofanforlife.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/02\/Cortana-Unpainted-prototype.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-874\" title=\"Cortana Unpainted prototype\" src=\"https:\/\/halofanforlife.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/02\/Cortana-Unpainted-prototype-300x133.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"133\" srcset=\"https:\/\/halofanforlife.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/02\/Cortana-Unpainted-prototype-300x133.jpg 300w, https:\/\/halofanforlife.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/02\/Cortana-Unpainted-prototype-1024x454.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/halofanforlife.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/02\/Cortana-Unpainted-prototype-500x222.jpg 500w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>You can see to the right of the pic, the sprue on her head where she was attached to the completed mold.<br \/>\n<a href=\"https:\/\/halofanforlife.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/02\/Cortana-Unpainted-prototype-head-sprue.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-875\" title=\"Cortana Unpainted prototype head sprue\" src=\"https:\/\/halofanforlife.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/02\/Cortana-Unpainted-prototype-head-sprue-300x283.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"283\" srcset=\"https:\/\/halofanforlife.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/02\/Cortana-Unpainted-prototype-head-sprue-300x283.jpg 300w, https:\/\/halofanforlife.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/02\/Cortana-Unpainted-prototype-head-sprue-1024x967.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/halofanforlife.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/02\/Cortana-Unpainted-prototype-head-sprue-317x300.jpg 317w, https:\/\/halofanforlife.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/02\/Cortana-Unpainted-prototype-head-sprue.jpg 1370w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Brute coolness! The headdress is a flexible plastic. The final will be sturdier, yet still somewhat flexible so it won&#8217;t break as easily.<br \/>\n<a href=\"https:\/\/halofanforlife.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/02\/Brute-Chieftan-Prototype.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-876\" title=\"Brute Chieftan Prototype\" src=\"https:\/\/halofanforlife.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/02\/Brute-Chieftan-Prototype-300x121.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"121\" srcset=\"https:\/\/halofanforlife.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/02\/Brute-Chieftan-Prototype-300x121.jpg 300w, https:\/\/halofanforlife.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/02\/Brute-Chieftan-Prototype-1024x416.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/halofanforlife.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/02\/Brute-Chieftan-Prototype-500x203.jpg 500w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/halofanforlife.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/02\/Translucent-beam-rifle.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-877\" title=\"Translucent beam rifle\" src=\"https:\/\/halofanforlife.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/02\/Translucent-beam-rifle-300x237.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"237\" srcset=\"https:\/\/halofanforlife.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/02\/Translucent-beam-rifle-300x237.jpg 300w, https:\/\/halofanforlife.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/02\/Translucent-beam-rifle-1024x809.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/halofanforlife.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/02\/Translucent-beam-rifle-379x300.jpg 379w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a><a href=\"https:\/\/halofanforlife.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/02\/Translucent-needler.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-878\" title=\"Translucent needler\" src=\"https:\/\/halofanforlife.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/02\/Translucent-needler-300x200.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"200\" srcset=\"https:\/\/halofanforlife.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/02\/Translucent-needler-300x200.jpg 300w, https:\/\/halofanforlife.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/02\/Translucent-needler-1024x682.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/halofanforlife.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/02\/Translucent-needler-450x300.jpg 450w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>For those wondering, the die cast line is about 1\/4 the size of the regular bloks line. See in this comparison shot between the older Scorpion and the Die Cast one:<br \/>\n<a href=\"https:\/\/halofanforlife.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/02\/MB-DC-Scorpion-comparison.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-879\" title=\"MB-DC Scorpion comparison\" src=\"https:\/\/halofanforlife.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/02\/MB-DC-Scorpion-comparison-300x78.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"78\" srcset=\"https:\/\/halofanforlife.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/02\/MB-DC-Scorpion-comparison-300x78.jpg 300w, https:\/\/halofanforlife.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/02\/MB-DC-Scorpion-comparison-1024x268.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/halofanforlife.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/02\/MB-DC-Scorpion-comparison-500x131.jpg 500w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Thanks for checking out my blog as always, more to come!<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>I was extremely fortunate enough to even be able to attend this event. It was even more a surprise that I was given some of the following, let alone be able to win some at the Mega Brands LAN party. &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/halofanforlife.com\/?p=866\">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":[4,6],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-866","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-collecting","category-bloks"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/halofanforlife.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/866","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=866"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/halofanforlife.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/866\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":881,"href":"https:\/\/halofanforlife.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/866\/revisions\/881"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/halofanforlife.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=866"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/halofanforlife.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=866"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/halofanforlife.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=866"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}