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>>11003085I have question: should we stop making threads and just combine into /pbbg/?
new yoroi
>>11003091 naw. Although the boards have been fucked with this stupid auto-sageing we should still have a thread. But I'm good with crossposting as well. Say "fromage"
>>11003596cool, would like to see a new hayabusa
>>11003701That's not legally possible anymore that's why they created the yoroi.
>>11003767why is it okay to make elephant and hornet and other halo 3 sets? did they not include rights to multiplayer armor in the MCC?
>>11003791NTA, but it's because the armor was collab with Ninja Gaiden or something.
>>11003795oh that sucks
>>11003918It’s really dumb we didn’t get any new MH stuff with the new generation. I mean, it’s not like they’re doing anything else at Mega.
>>11003959And those little "Barbie:" fireplugs were useless.
Received a shipment of KO CoD figs yesterday; one of the store's listings was for 5 random figs for 5 bucks which I understood to be like the random Halo figs I'd previously bought several times before. Was surprised to see that they have actual blind bags for not-CoD, going by the listing pic and reviews there's at least four different series but they sent me 15 from the same series.Only opened one so far but presumably they all come with a stand and a sprue of weapons and gear, not bad at all for a buck a pop. The fig needs to be fully assembled like all the other such not-CoDs but this was one of the easiest I've ever had, everything popped in without a struggle. Already ordered another batch, hopefully they send me some from a different series but no big deal if it's more of the same.
>>11004356 Interesting. The ones I've gotten were in "squads" I'm sad I missed the orange / red the Fire Fighting knock-offs. I saw a few of those sets on Amazon later - for much more.
>>11004466Yeah most stores do the squad option where you know exactly what you're getting and they often include some heavy weapons, got a few of those in the same order. So far this is the only store I've seen with the random figures option for the not-CoD stuff. Yeah too bad about those, hopefully they'll come around again, was bummed out when the tan German figs were no longer available but a year later they're back in production so who knows.
>>11004490These little fucks would have been so fun.
>>11003791>>11003798yes its trademarked for ninja gaiden
>>11004794What happened? I remember seeing some firetrucks then I heard nothing.
>>11005280Probably limited runs to gauge interest, only to find out the military dudes are far more desirable I guess. Had Mega kept their Probuilder line going we probably would've got something like it, another for the "what if" pile.
>>11005280I dunno. they had a bunch of different support and rescue units, police, fire and paramedic and some peopl esaw the sets with fire dudes on Amazon - but eventually they dried up on Ali.
Did the build in bag thing, just cuz.
bros I got the outriders mongoose from ali expressthe set was factory sealed
>>11007290Nice, it’s probably their best 4 figure $20 set. Too bad it never really released.>>11008735Always loved the monster vs WW1 or WW2 soldiers like NecrovisioN or some of CoD Zombies.
>>11008730This is a very nice image. Something about it gives me wallpaper vibes.>>11008732>>11008735Love the little trench you’ve built here.>>11008738Comfy.>>11008743Very nice posing.
>>11008738but that's forbidden love
>>11009120probably because they stole everything
>>11009188 Thanks it's this little trickle by the beach the flow changes year to year.>>11009196 Nothing is forbidden.>>11009188 nice posing but blurry.
>>11011504 okay .. this is what I had intended to post there. but it was so dumb left it.
>>11011507lmfao
>>11011504>nice posing but blurry.It looks like the focus was off. What camera were you using?
Heads Up! / Attention!Mega Unboxed website has been discontinued, MEGA set building instructions for adults at https://shop.mattel.com/blogs/mega-building-instructions
>>11014140Mattel sucks and is the worse thing to happen to Mega.
>>11014174*worst
>>11012582Are there MEGA cameras? (aside from the April one)
>>11013750It's a Lumix /Panasonic DC-7570 it's a good camera with it's only weaknesses over my previous one are the lack of a dedicated documents setting ( which it work-around-able) and it's not as night sensitive.
>>11014140 MeGA was a loss-leader / joke to Matty. Any later successes were unintentional. The shit distribution was worse and worse despite endless promises to fix things. X-files needs Scully. Aliens could have had a masterbuild APC or more figures (like fucking Ripley) MotU Heroes sets were cancelled. - or simply couldn't be found. Bullshit builds like the fucking x-box.So much promise. pissed away.
>come into thread to check if people were just talking halo>tons of pics of cod and other linesYou guys are the best
>>11015308 bro this is awesome. Do you mind if I copy it?
>>11015317Seen this one in a past thread, really cool>>11015310Holy cow thats one cool shot! Nice work
>>11014420DESU no one cares about MOTU
>>11003596Can't even find the first Red one, Now were on the like 3rd??This line is a god damn mess
>>11015528Mexican standoffs are the ideal showcase for small arms.
>>11015575True! Used to them a lot when the COD line first came out but then they stopped selling them where I'm from. Are all the figures in the pic from COD or also other lines?
>>11015770Most of the figs in the standoff are KOs actually; the exceptions are the dude with ballcap in lower right of this pic (from the Terminator line) and the ski mask dude in suit, he's Mulder with Mulder's head on a KO fig squaring off with him. I am a big collector of lego-scale firearms and I find they tend to look better in Mega hands than Lego.
Did a bunch of studies of figs holding various 3rd party weapons, been a while so figure I can share them again.
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>>11015831Kinda insane how many different ones are on the market, this isn't even all of them by a long shot but these tended to work best.
>>11015832Last one
>>11015313 Please do. I've got a new "fire" piece >>11015317 That's a deal gone terribly wrong.
>>11015910Gold can have that effect on people.
>>11015542 I disagree. Also it was MEGA that got me interested in some of the larger figures. I never really cared for the original when it was on - but the soft reboot in 2000? was okay. But you are entitled to your opinion and dislikes.
Hard to believe it's been a whole year already, was kinda hoping we could go again this year but things didn't pan out, oh well.
Didn't get to accomplish half of what I planned but was fun all the same.
This was a bitch to do with the wind
>>11015927>>11015933>>11015934 Great shots. no matter what pics you plan on taking you will always take only abou t1/2 plus the ones you thought of while there. The cottage I can usually escape to is being MASSIVELY RENOVATED (again) so I suspect that "the beach" may not happen for me as well.
>>11015951Was the wind that ate up my time and patience, those three shots and this one took close to two hours and I was done heh. Too bad about the cottage, always enjoy seeing your shots. I'm off for two weeks and plan on doing some major cleaning and organizing which will serve to make putting ideas together easier - for too long a big chunk of my collection rests idle in container towers and inaccessible bins.
>>11014398Oh, you have a legit camera. I use my ancient Iphone SE from 2016. I was going to suggest some advice I heard while doing some basic "research" into photography, but you probably already know that. >>11014323I have no idea. Your best bet would be looking through the Monster High, Minions, Hello Kitty, American Girl, My Life, and Barbie sets to see if you can find anything. Lots of good accessories in all of those lines. >>11015307>>11015308Nice post-apocalyptic images. I really like the second; just feels like a bunch of dudes that randomly found each other and are chilling.
>>11015981 Playing (and cosplaying) S.TA.L.K.E.R. led me to buying joes. ( I never did. ) and that led to MEGA.
>>110155684th actually
>>11015317Sorta-kinda reminds me of the ending to Far Cry two.>>11015575Nice minifig on the left. I wish I weren’t so autistic about keeping mine together.>>11015814I like this angle more.
>>11017206>I wish I weren’t so autistic about keeping mine togetherI hear you on that, the headswap only lasted as long as the setup heh.
>>11017569I’ve only ever done a few in all my years; two out of necessity, one just because I thought i looked better. Picture related is the latter, I can’t remember if I changed the helmet and the shoulder pads or just the helmet. I know something was changed and I’ve kept it that way.
>>11003085Looks like Mega might lose the Pokemon license to LegoTaken from eurobricks:I saw a comment on the 'Clown" IP set on r/legoleaks which was posted on insta by TandNBricks with clouds that look like Simpsons clouds which makes alot of people think its a Krusty Burger set (Clown codename seems too on nose for that to me as codenames usually have no affiliation with theme/set as thats the point of a codename). Anyway the comment posted TandNBricks Aprils fools post telling people to decide whether the below list is a joke or realSimpson will returnHorizon isnt a one offLOTR will return in 2025Pokemon is comingEndor is next mbsIndiana Jones will returnIt's heavily rumoured that a Lego Horizon game is in the works and likely will mean sets based off it and if (BIG IF) "Clown" is Simpson related that makes first two real so might mean that all are actually real and was a very early tease to them all. Even if true could just mean another giant set or a wave of sets, who knows.
>>11018420>mega loses pokemon to legoPlease be real
>>11018420What a retarded thing to do. Man, I hate leakers; they always play games instead of just telling people the answer. My guess is that some of these are true and some are false. That Lego Horizon thing seems legit given the rumours. Pokemon coming and Indiana Jones returning seem fake to me. I mean, Pokemon is quite literally the only thing Mega has at this point. Something would have to go terribly wrong for them to lose/give up the license (Mattel being retarded).
>>11018420I doubt it but I hope so.
>>11004356>>11004466Got my next order in, six more packs of five bags each. Four of the bags were the same set as the first order, one was of this different set and the last back was a mix of the two. Have opened and assembled all the bags from the original and these are the results. The front and back of the bags imply there's 12 different figs in the series; in 38 bags I can confidently account for 11 different ones, though admittedly I lost track of which weapon sprue came with a particular fig. I ended up with a single sprue unlike any of the other ones (included a Vector smg) and the apparent figure list on the back shows one with a bolt-action sniper rifle that didn't make an appearance so who knows.There's two different vests/webbing, boot types and colors of hands; three colors of belts; four different heads (as far as I can tell) and types of headgear and some figs also included a bandana. QC issues were minimal, given the cheapness of the figures; one soldier had a deformed piece for attaching the legs (had a spare from previous orders), another was missing his beret, a couple heads had a minor fault with an eye from the pinpricking process to make the eyes. A few figs had random extras of body pieces (all included by default an extra arm joint piece). You'll notice the troops with the less common boot type (with kneepads) are standing at attention rather than more at ease like the rest - those boots can't really stand that far apart on studs, whereas the other boot type are angled inwards and conversely can't really stand at attention.I went ahead and ordered another half-dozen sets, telling myself last time heh.
>>110193568 bags from the second set later; liking the color scheme better than the first but it's very apparent the contents are quite different from the artwork on the bags. The front and back strongly imply just about every different soldier should have a large firearm of some kind - 1 in 4 of mine fit this and they appear to be the same soldier. Everyone else gets a pistol, knife and gear sprue (oddly one of them is in a dark grey color rather than black as with all the others). I feel the weapon sprues were generally consistent with the other set, hoping I'll get some more of this second one to see if the under-gunned trend continues. Not that it matters to me, could easily give every figure a FAL in one hand and and UMP-45 in the other and barely make a dent in my arsenal.
>>11015828>>11015831>>11015832>>11015833Good variety in weapons. It sucks you still have to do that weird broken arm pose some times, but such is life in the zone. I’ll be forever thankful for that one Anon that showed me to just have them actually hold the gun by the part between the receiver and barrel, and position the other to just look like it’s holding the trigger.
>it's all just figures nowWhat the actual fuck happened to Mega?They used to do actual proper sets. I even still have some of the old Dragons castles. Their themes were the coolest shit imaginable. I decided to check what they're up to nowadays and they seem to have become a tiny action figure line. Even Halo doesn't have any actual sets for sale. What happened?
>>11019672There's a few uses of that technique in there, notably in the last panel of the last pic, demonstrating a BAR and Garand that are often included with KO figs. Could've done further studies with various bolt-action rifles, maybe another day. This was 7 years ago with every CoD weapon available at the time, some definitely more awkward than others.
>>11019679Well thraxus and the 2 leaked sets are proper based
>>11019679 Matty Bought them and is using them for a loss leader. Mega comes up with a brilliant plan. starts to release figures and then Matty cuts off their production budget and they have to stop. Then they write off all the shit that didn't get shipped to Mexico or Dollar stores.MEGA promises to fix the problem - and then cuts more production.rinse / repeat.
>>11019356>>11019408Nice selection. Where are you getting these blind bag guys again? I currently have my eye on a Ludo plush at Ali both my girlfriend and I are planning on fighting over.
>>11020220Listing is here:https://www.aliexpress.com/item/1005006340762830.html
hm hmm
>>11023599I can see them picking up the license, could be cool.Probably won't get it since I hate Fallout's aesthetic. If they expand on it and do more creatures and perhaps a Death Claw then that's a guaranteed buy from me.
>>11023599sadly we will never get the vet ranger figure
>>11023599I know I want an introduction to the world of Fallout. So I guess $80 seems reasonable for 1 figure, a dog and a Vault door. Bring back the single heroes you pieces of shit.
>>11023786 They won't or it will be part of a $120 set.
>>11024094I mean the witcher shit was overpriced and it flopped, same for the got shit.
>>11023599Knockoff brand costs more tha lego? Not surprised it flops then
>>11018420>horizonRIP MEGALEGO POKEMON HERE WE GOOOOO
>>11024502>L*go pokemon
>>11024502we won no more pokeshit
>>11019679Yeah, Mattel dropped the ball hard. You can tell the people actually designing the sets are putting in a lot of effort, only for it to not even be put on shelves despite the demand.