First up, it's not Lego. The Brick Quality is not as good. Mega has come a long way from the crumbly polystyrene bricks of the early Halo days. They are now using ABS, the same material as Lego. But the feel isn't the same. The bricks have mach sharper edges. It takes much more force to connect and separate them then with Lego. Your fingers will really hurt after building a massive set like this. But in many ways it's worth stepping outside the Lego comfort zone to see how another company designs something on par with Lego's D2C or Ultimate Collector Series sets.
A few other words of caution. While yes it looks like that cool playset you had when you were 9, this is very much an Adult/AFOL level set. There is very little color variation throughout the build. It is thousands of very small hard to differentiate parts. Where guessing wrong on a part will have you undoing 2 hours worth of work. This is an Adult tier building set. Even putting the figures together will require an adult. Do not buy this for younger kids. I would say a very advanced 11 or 12 year old, or better yet 13+. With 16+ being ideal. The younger crowd will love playing with it when done, but getting it there is challenging.
The set itself is amazing. A magnificent mix of recreation of a classic toy, mixed with some really clever brick building design. It's a lot of really great brick sculpture and architecture, all in muted shades of sand green. The set is huge when completed. Roughly the same size as a Lego Modular Building. It's a Dollhouse design. And it perfectly recreates, and improves on the classic Castle Grayskull playset. Every detail and feature from the original toy is recreated in brick form. And at a scale that allows for more figures in play.
Inside the big gorgeous box, covered with wonderfully rendered art the set is broken down into 4 smaller boxes. Each smaller box contains 10-20 numbered bags. So Mega has finally followed Lego's lead in that regard. Be warned, it isn't quite as smooth as Lego's. With each bag you will find lots of parts left over as you move on to th enext. Those leftovers get used and absorbed later into the build. So you are never quite clearing your active parts tray. It's a little harder to keep organized than a big Lego build. The instructions are a massive square bound book that is almost 2' wide. Which makes it awkward to find a surface to sit it on to keep open. Make sure you have really good lighting as well. Some of the part colors are very subtle. You will need good light to tell what is called for in the manual and to tell the pieces apart.
The build is an education in clever build techniques. Mega has a broader assortment of SNOT pieces, which they use in some interesting ways. It's a fun build. A little tedius at points, but very rewarding as the various sections come together. Particularly intriguing is it uses some tricks and techniques that you would only ever see in Lego fan MOC's. Not in actual sets. Such as the rounded tower build.
The versions of the figures included in this set are from the original He-Man toys and the comics included in the toys. So Teela is in her original Green Godess form, not the cartoon version. Man At Arms doesn't have his mustache, etc. Other figures available in the line are cartoon correct. The exclusive figure to this set is the Sorceress.
Overall this is a great set. And will look impressive on display alongside many of your Adult tier Lego sets. Yes it's Megablocks (or whatever they are called this week?) But it's among the best that Mega has offered and well worth adding to a collection.
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The Heroic Warriors find a secret passage along Grayskull's outer wall. |
The Sorceress casts a spell to communicate with the Orb of Power. |
3 floors, 6 figures, an amazing amount of detail and 1 incredible battle. |
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Only He-Man's Power Sword can lower the mighty Jawbridge. |
Move between floors on a working elevator that slides up and down. |
Slide the throne to activate the trap door that leads to the prison chamber below. |
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So happy I took a chance on this set!
I passed on this when it first came out, even skipping it on a big sale. Needless to say when it went out of print and the price skyrocketed I was kicking myself. This time around I grabbed it and I couldn’t be happier. It’s very much designed to honor the original toy and has so many little Easter eggs to the show and mythology I absolutely love it. I even got one with the original box design not there one pictured now so that was a bonus. Only negative was that the mini figures came completely apart and tore up my fingers assembling. But I 100% recommend this set
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