HUGE THANK YOU TO Inco_Dunked on Reddit for the codes and the figures! FIGURE ID CODES: (The last 2 digits really matter) CE Marine - 187304TC Orange Grunt - 174303TC Flood Brute - 187364TCAC Jega - 187366TC Helljumper Spartan - 187462TC Blue Elite - 174363TC CQB Spartan - 174361TC Purple Brute - 174365TC
I’m wondering wether to get most of these (not kegs or the cqb I all ready have them) or the hornet recon set, what your opinion? edit: got both!! edit 2: didn't get the flood brute and got another cqb
Those Halo Wars two brutes, one grunt and one elite army building squad sets were my first Mega Halo sets ever mainly because I was waiting for years long enough when the Halo sets got better looking worth getting and those guys were my first I went and got two of those sets and have a special place in my heart and still miss them.
This series is so far, the best new art Blind Bag series Mega EVER made. I love basically everything about it. So many army builders, the fixed Plasma Rifle, CQB, AC Jega, the return of the Halo Reach Grunt, them straight up reissuing the CE Marine, etc. The only things that stop it from being perfect is the Grunt and Brute being rare, and the Brute using that weird light grey color for the body.
@@DemarcationMedia if they were based on the in game model, they should use H3 armor. If they were based on the concept stuff, they should have used a dark color for the fur.
I appreciate the review, Zee. The Universe series of blind bags remains undefeated. On another note, I really don’t know how the blind bags and the heroes haven’t been cancelled or discontinued. Being largely only available at Meijer, Fred Meyer, and Kroger. And with MEGA refusing to offer them online, how they continue to justify their existence financially to MEGA is beyond me. With Walmart and now Target pulling the plug on both lines, that’s almost seven thousand locations where these are no longer sold. Speaking of which, where is Heroes 19? Don't the new Blind Bag and Heroes series usually drop at the same time?
OMGOMGOMG im just getting back into halo, and with designs and printing like these im getting hit HARD. Excellent review as always, great figures, great commentary on the paints and designs with color variation, and its overall a classic great review. The purple visor looks great with that green, and it really shows the kind of ridiculous color variations that they think of but also look good. And idk if the referring to the other helljumpers was in this series of sets since ive been out of the game of mega for a while, but there was also a pink helljumper thats really nice.
Im just surprised they actually made the brute form in general. The original human combat form from the old style figs had the original hosts head absent and just a little nub where it should be for the reason of "being to graphic for kids" so im glad to see that mentality is gone and they dont seem to care if its to "graphic" with how the flood head comes out of the brutes mouth and all that. Now... just gimme a Dead Space fig hahah
mega needs to fix distribution or sell these on mattel creations, i never saw heroes 16-17 or infinite series 5. I only saw universe series 2 and HH 18 in a random store in my town. Target is super poopy in NJ and so are the walmarts, last time i saw mega was the wasp
The spartan forearm on the elite is accurate, because in universe there is kind of a divit in the arm, which that forearm recreates. And the other forearm is not a new mold, its from the prometheans
The elite looks beautiful don’t get me wrong, but they were so fricken close to making him very accurate. I’m very surprised they used the correct foot pieces, the ones that are actually from the Halo 2 Anniversary model. But the shoulders should have been a recolor of the Maverick Series Elite Commander Shoulder pads. And my other small gripe is the Spartan forearm on the right, but on the left forearm I’m pretty sure that is a recolor of the Promethean Soldier forearm mold which works good I just wish it was for both. But all in all those are minor things that figure in itself is fantastic along with the rest of the series. I’m just PRAYING we get good distributions of these because I can already see the scalpers foaming at the mouth to sell one of these for like 15. Great video review. Just one question, what is the best way one could go about buying these early or when they release not getting charged over price?
So, upon checking the reference images, the Spartan forearm actually is pretty accurate. Finding these can be done two ways: find somebody with a Kroger near them who is willing to grab some for you, or check Paulmart's Ebay store or Popcorn8's Mercari store
Definitely! I remember being devastated that the elite flood lost, fearing that we'd never see a super articulated flood fig, but instead, we got 3 different combat forms just a few years later! Genuinely wonderful stuff, I wish other groups did the same!
I clicked instantly as soon as I recognized the CQB helmet. They finally did it, I really hope to obtain this or at least a possible better future iteration of that figure at some point. I NEED it.
I seen u on reddit message the guy who u got this from i assume lol tht is so cool to see u so active in the community tht i just know where n how you got this just such a cool thing to watch n i am soooo excited for this series i cant stress it enough. I will army build all of these even the helljumper lol
I found these new packs at the store yesterday and bought 3 packs I got the marine the hell jumper and the blue elite great addition to my collection. Going to keep searching for jega
Every smaller set release I wish I had a Kroger near me. Next state over does! But where I am doesn't! Hopefully Meijer will stock up on these soon, I've seen some online say that their Meijers are doing a reset for Mega and some other toys, so maybe these will be on shelves after that
A great series of figures. I think if we got an actual odst over the helljumper spartan, it would be a perfect selection of figs. I'd like them to stop giving 2 spartans in blind bag series. Especially as commons. I'm really happy about the change to the flood combat form.
While I do wish there was an ODST, I think omitting anything to represent Halo 4/5 would be a miss. If anything, I maybe would have removed the CE marine in favor of an ODST but I'm not sure
First time in years I want them all, I will check out the stores. Here in México you can still find a lot of the past series, so I hope this will be around for a while too.
This is a series I would easily buy an entire case of. Hopefully Entertainment earth gets them wholesale. All kickass figures imo. If i had to pick, the grunt would be the lackluster one just bc we've gotten so many over the years.
I payed 8 bucks a figure back when clash on the ring was still somewhat available, I bought 8 of em 😭 it was the one blind bag I was not gonna miss out on!
The cqb being hunched like that is accurate to the halo 3 helmet, rather than the reach version. I have the mcfarlane halo 3 cqb figure in hand, and they do look quite similar.
The flood brute having a built in head is a lore thing, not a piece thing. In Halo 3, they are like that, with the infection form exiting from the mouth and splitting open the jaw.
These are really cool wish I'd be able to get them too bad I'll never see them in stores mega needs to sell these bags online along with the previous few series of blind bags i havent gotten some since infinite series 3.... havent found any after that series since....
@DemarcationMedia nope only place I'd be able to find them were at my one of my local targets and now that one hasn't had any for a looong time. It's great seeing all the new ones they are coming out with but it's hard to get excited when I'll have no chance of even getting them.
I found some in a toy store in a mall I got the elite 2 brutes the marine and jega going back this Sunday hoping they have the flood brute grunt and cqb
You should do a comparison with the 10th anniversary Tartarus Universe series 1 brute And Universe series 3 brute Mainly because they all have the same body, head, chest brace, and legs.
Definitely gonna grab at least three CE Marines, and at least one Elite, maybe two. Best army-building series we’ve had since Clash on the Ring. Also, is the shoulder armor loose on the CE Marine? My COTR Marine’s shoulder armor just slides around on his arm :/
The loose shoulder armor thing happens on any figure--you can fix it by either coating the clip area with some superglue to make it thicker, or using a tiny bit of sticky tac. I have multiple figures with that issue and they've all been fixed
Um... my kid just removed the visor from blind bag Spartan Haunted (Universe 5) and the freaking SKULL face is still molded in there. Not sure why I'm surprised - it makes sense from an economy of production stance, but now I'm thinking... the customization possibilities are kinda sweet.
I don’t know if it’s just me but it seems to be that the Brute Combat form looks more bland and less shiny compared To the Elite Combat Form and Marine Combat form.
Can't wait to drool over these never to get them since I live in the mid-Atlantic....But seriously great review my guy as usual. Hopefully...though I doubt it...these will be distributed fairly across all of the US and other countries/cities. Instead of only New York and California always getting everything. At least in the US lol.
Still cant get any flood figures i mean my customs are decent but I WANT SUM OFFICIAL i think my favorite is the marine my second favorite is the elite and my third is the brute but THEY ALL LOOK SICK
@@DemarcationMedia i hope so im also planning to get the floodgate firelight for Christmas and also the marine combat form i. Also working on a stop motion with so pop corn flood and some customs i made a while back but the customs arent too bad
I won’t be able to pick these ups my targets, Walmart’s, dollar generals, and any stores don’t sell mega halo only mega Pokémon and hot wheels sadly so amazon is my last hope if it disappears of amazon I will go insane.
the problem I have with the CQB is that the head looks almost the same as the old articulated one, and they make the visor look off, which offsets the chin which makes the problems you addressed with movement. other then that though, awesome series, I hope each of these new molds get used in sets, especially the new elite and brute flood. with all these halo 3 era figs coming I hope we get a halo 3 brute hammer chieftain soon.
@DemarcationMedia yeah I mean just the general head shape itself, the chin kinda sticks out more then it. And it makes the visor look funny to me like the top part of the "T" in the visor looks too tall and wide. Hard to explain
They made us piece by piece this, now they realize” our guys like this but it hurts their hands, time we punish ourselves by doing this, or just being nice, idk.”
Honestly, I preferred LS3D’s print of the CQB helmet, the Mega version is just messed up in terms of how too big the visor looks, which just disappoints me, I feel like they kinda reused the old head mold from an old articulation model. 😢
@@DemarcationMedia Still, the head is just so off and the visor is abnormally big. Thus I’m sticking with LS3D’s print, as his is a lot more faithful and is insanely sharp in detail too.
If rank the figures it would go 1flood 2elite 3brute 4jega 5CQB 6helljumper 7marine 8grunt I can't wait to get this series cause It's my new favorite blind bag series
