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The kit is both an excellent display piece, and a solid play toy for a 6 year old. Since I cannot give it 4.5 stars, I’ll give it four stars as there are slightly more 5 star qualities.
5 stars:
They fit as well as Lego, and there were no blemishes or missing pieces.
All pieces were printed vs. decals, and the prints were all crisp and clear.
Improved turret fit. Some of the previous turrets on other Mega Bloks models would come off the base piece when the turret was too large of the number of studs the shaft was attached to. They now have an actual turret ring and it is rock solid, even surviving rough play by a 6 year old. It may be the most durable/playable brick turret design I have seen.
Assembled Tread Units. The tread assemblies on previous Halo sets are one piece assemblies. For the first time these are built up. The fit is excellent and they work. I have no idea why one reviewer had trouble with them, as my 6 year old does not. They have some interesting half-width pieces to keep the proportions right. I only wish the treads were built up like Cobi, and then you could use them for all kinds of military vehicles.
Durable Design. One place Lego stands out is the thought given into the design of almost all of their kits. This is clearly their equal. The entire structure has stood up to very rough play from a 6 year old, and the design and assembly is clearly thought out. ‘nuff said.
4 stars:
The instruction manual. With any of these Mega Bloks sets using the darker military colored patterned pieces; it can be a little hard to tell the black from the black patterned from the dark green patterned pieces. This also maybe my middle aged eyes, as my six year old son has no problems. On the other hand, he does occasionally need some help with the assemblies. This is not a Lego Creator level kit, and the description makes that clear stating Age 8+.
I will state the Lego instructions for a more complex kit, like Technics, are easier to understand and are the kind that deserves 5 stars. On the other hand, Lego will use bright colored interior bricks very often just to make the interior structure easier to see and understand. Of course those bright bricks are not as useful to build other military vehicles from.
No numbered bags. I’m only giving this four stars because of how many people hate this. We presort all our pieces into four parts boxes that fit in a large Plano 3700 rack system. Since we do them all at once, it doesn’t make any difference to us at all. If you do not presort your pieces, this could be a real problem. If you only presort them one bag at a time – you’re still going to sort them all, the Mega Bloks non-numbered bags just means you have to sort them all at once. Just a heads up.
Personal Preference:
Patterned pieces. You either love it, or hate it. I prefer the appearance, and in my opinion it keeps them from the “toy” look. On the other hand, the green and tan/brown patterned pieces are not going to work for use of the bricks outside the type of set – so patterned tan really only works for military or weathered vehicle builds in that kind of arid environment.
Specialty pieces. Instead of a limited number of large specialty pieces, there is a slightly larger number of small specialty pieces. This makes them more versatile, as you can build up a larger variety of small assemblies to make some excellent assemblies. Think the vehicle/aircraft equivalent to some of the pieces used in Lego modular buildings.
Minifigs. These are NOT Lego minifigs. They are updated, multi-position, armor/accessory changeable figures. The do NOT have the classic Lego look. They ARE more versatile then Lego minifigs, are clearable superior to Lego minidolls (Friends figures) and can take very realistic poses with weapons. They have to be assembled from multiple small pieces. The first time this can be tricky, but by the second or third figures it is actually quite easy and you appreciate the versatility.
Dumb but accurate to the game secondary armament. The extra hull gatling gun is a massive vulnerable point in the design. It’s dumb. However, it’s true to this version in Halo. I’m just complaining, my little boy could care less.
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I gave this set to my two boys (ages 8 & 10), figuring it would be a good way for them to spend an afternoon. My 8 year old loves Mega Bloks sets and we have multiple Halo and Call of Duty sets, but this is by far the largest set either of them have tackled.Upon opening and looking at the instructions, the one thing that I immediately noticed was that the pieces for each step are scattered throughout all the plastic bags, so pretty much every bag needs to be opened before you can get started building. It would be nice if the pieces in the bags could be grouped by steps better.I would say that the age rating guideline is pretty accurate as my 8 year old definitely struggled more and was easily frustrated compared to my 10 year old so I wouldn't recommend it any younger unless they have a proven track record of liking sets with many little pieces and precise directions.As far as the actual build, the instructions were easy to follow and the only hold up we had was on step 35 where we missed a piece and it took looking over the instructions for an extra 10 minutes to figure out where we went wrong. The total build time took about 3 hours with one kid mainly doing all the building. We had no missing pieces and actually had a small pile of extras left over at the end as my boys assure me is normal.Once fully assembled it really does feel solid and the boys played with it like a real tank, smashing it into other vehicles we have around the house and it held up very well in the "attacks." I especially like all the details on the tank, like the cockpit that opens, and that the back of the tank opens (the kids called that the sick bay). Overall I was really impressed with the quality and durability and with how well all the moving parts work.I received this item as a free sample from Mattel.
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