Mega Bloks Halo 97174 - UNSC Mammoth

My son (aged 10) got this toy for Christmas and loves it! Building it was challenging and he needed adult help, but he had lots of fun watching it evolve.It has made a great addition to his Halo Mega blocks collection and he is enjoying using it in his play.Got it half price so quite good value!Not sure I would pay full price for this though!

My 12 year old son saved up and bought this for himself and he and his dad spent many hours constructing it. Although the pieces are small the booklet was quite self explanatory and not too difficult to construct and the end product looks amazing!I have to say it was well worth it! He is thrilled and spends a lot of his time playing with it. We now have a long list of other halo mega bloks that he would like for his birthday! Would definitely recommend :)

My son was really excited to get this and of course it took a long time to build. Unfortunately one of the wheels was broken and a few pieces misshaped so another wheel would not stay on. It was such a large box it was difficult to return so his excitement soon turned to disappointment after he had built it as the wheel (not the broken one) keeps falling off. He had to take it apart and put the misshaped pieces so that he could manage with a wheel missing on both sides!!

this set is great you need some patience to sort it out but it is well worth the time. it could maybe do with some more figures. I would definitely recommend this to someone who has the money and the patience for this item (written by my son)

takes a while to put together but well worth the money I brought a warthog and 2 Mongoose to go inside looks great easy access only down side is the stickers but there easy enough

A must for all die hard halo fans, build quality good, instructions quite good. Excellent centre piece, talking point - or alternatively great for 10 year olds (and above)

I love it, but also hate it. Amazon kindly offered this at a reduced price and, having a son who is Halo mad, I picked it up for Christmas without really paying much attention to what it was. I don't even know what Halo is, but he likes it. Imagine my surprise when, the following day, a truck turned up with a heavy crane to deliver a huge box of Megabloks containing six million pieces. Okay, I lied, it was a heavy box containing 2030 pieces. This was put aside until the big day.Of course, when he saw it he was incredibly excited and couldn't wait to build it. Sorry, couldn't wait for ME to build it. As he opened bag after bag of plastic pieces and tipped them into pots and tupperware boxes, I felt my heart sink. There was enough here to build Buckingham palace, and the instruction manual was as thick as the bible and up to Megabloks usual poor standard (The blocks are drawn too darkly and it's sometimes hard to see what you're supposed to be using.). The stickers were already peeling off the backing.Anyway, he started and quickly got tired and wandered off to play with the figures. I started and after two hours barely dented the pots full of pieces. After Christmas dinner I continued for a few hours until I came across two missing pieces - not small pieces, but two large pieces. Quite annoying. My son decided that he wanted to play with the half completed item and stuck the wheels on and took it away. I carried on a few days later and ended up staying up most of the night to get the bloody thing finished. Along the way I found another missing piece. Luckily, the missing pieces did not mean I could not finish it. And eventually, after hours of sifting through bloody bricks I finally had a finished Mammoth and an horrendously excited son who promptly took it off me without even a thanks as I was slumped over the table mumbling like a lunatic. The sound of fingers rattling through bricks still echoed around my head, and I felt like it was end of era.So completed? It's pretty good. Doors open up so my kid's 'Warthog' can roll in, and the top lifts off both the front and back sections so you can stick figures in the cockpit and storage area. It's huge as well. As I don't know what it's based on, I can't vouch for its authenticity, but it looks good to me. That's not to say if I ever come across the sadists who concocted this beast I will have to restrain myself! Having said that, this kept me away from the booze.What I quite like about it is that it's pretty durable when completed, and will probably withstand plenty of knocks. Although no doubt my kid will start to customise it himself.The missing parts were annoying (Two large windows and a section of the gun) but I made an order for missing parts on the Megabloks website, so hopefully they will arrive soon. What's more important is that the intended audience (My kid, although when he's in bed I've been having some battles with it - after all the bloody effort I put in to putting this together, I feel it's my right to play with it!) think it's awesome and 'the best xmas present I've ever had.'From my point of view, the instructions could be better printed, and being slightly colour blind it was difficult to tell the difference between some of the parts. Missing pieces is really not good, so it's docked a star for that. If they turn up it might go up to five.

Great toy, and Mega Blocks do like to advertise how many thousand pieces it has in there... but that's kinda annoying when you're spending days building the thing - so many parts that could've been built in 1 item, Mega Blocks like to use 10 pieces to do the same - the number count looks impressive, but it's more frustrating really... esp so with younger kids who lose patience / attention easily.The Mammoth itself is great tho.

Y'know there probably are a few cons somewhere in my thoughts on this thing... but I honestly can't get past just how huge and pure awesome it is. I am not sure whether 'It's bigger than the DOG!" should be viewed as a pro or a con? It's not perfect. But it is a helluva ton of fun.

This set is truly grand. At 2000+ pieces, it was challenging and fun to build. The mammoth towers of any other mega bloks set and looks greatl in Ia battle scene. With all its nooks and features, its perfect for an army on the go; it holds about 20 figures as well as a warthog and a couple of mongooses. For the price, it really isn't a bad deal either. Admittedly, the three figures its comes with, though cool on their own, aren't quite enough to pilot it one, (though it comes with a wide array of weapons) but that's a small complaint for any collector.Some flaws in my set were a single missing piece and shoddy stickers. Mega brands is friendly and will replace missing and defective pieces for free though, so its really nothing to stress about.One thing to note is that the mammoth is not 100% game accurate as far minor details go, and nor is it to scale. Mega Bloks stated this fact in a video and the instructions offer a comparison.My verdict 10/10. Can't wait for upcoming Scarab to have something to match this impressive behemoth.

Acheté en promo sur un coup de coeur, ce set ne m'a pas déçu. Il s'agit d'un set signature, c'est à dire un set d'excellentes facture où les détails sont importants (et le nombre de pièces aussi). C'est équivalent au set UCS chez le concurrent à la différence qu'il n'existe pas de version grands publics du set Mammouth.Le set est dans une boîte d'excellente facture mais encombrante. Elle fait 1m de largeur environ pour 50cm. Dedans, on trouve 1 manuel en grand taille (A3) et 2 boîtes contenant les pièces. L'intérieur de la boîte ainsi que les 2 boîtes de pièces sont décorés au couleur de l'UNSC.J'ai mis environ 3 mois à le monter en passant 1h à 2h par semaines à le monter. Cependant, le set contient + de 2000 pièces donc le temps de montage est considérable. Une fois montage, il est imposant. Il occupe beaucoup plus d'espaces que le Pélican. Mais on a un sentiment d'accomplissement une fois fini :)Le gros point négatif apparaît rapidement : chez le concurrent, les sachets de pièces sont numérotés pour faciliter le montage. Ici, les sachets sont regroupés par pièces et il est donc nécessaire d'ouvrir rapidement tous les sachets pour récupérer les pièces. Les instructions sont plutôt clair et il y a une petite introduction sur le véhicule avec les détails techniques.Au niveau des figurines, 3 sont livrées avec dont une de personnage : Larsky. Le set est suffisamment grand pour y inclure également des figurines (notamment des mini figurines). On peut également y loger un Mongoose. Par contre, il ne sera pas possible d'y loger un Warthog comme dans le jeu.Je suis plutôt heureux de ce set. En tant que fan d'Halo et collectionneur, il trône fièrement parmi ma collection. Cependant, au vu du prix, il est plutôt réservé aux fans de la franchise ou aux collectionneurs. Mais il fera également plaisir aux autres.

Jedes Jahr veröffentlicht Mega Bloks ein ganz besonders detailreiches und aufwendiges Set als Teil der sogenannten "Signature Series". Diese Sets wenden sich in erster Linie an Sammler und eingefleischte HALO Fans, wie auch mich. Eines dieser besonderen Sets ist der HALO UNSC Mammoth. Sein Name ist Programm: Die opulente Verpackung lässt sich elegant aufklappen und erwartet den Erbauer mit zwei seperaten Pappboxen voller Bausteine. Die Boxen sind von HALO Logos (UNSC) überzogen und machen wirklich was her. Mit mehr als 2000 Teilen (2000!) garantiert dieses gigantische Set einen kompletten Tag voller Bauspaß. Auf diesen möchte ich nun genauer eingehen.Die ersten Seiten der großformatigen schicken Anleitung zeigen den Mammoth aus HALO 4 mit technischen Details und Rahmeninfos. Auch die einzelnen Bauschritte sind leicht verständlich und gut nachvollziehbar illustriert. Etwas besonderes bei jedem Mega Bloks Set sind die Figuren. Sie weisen einen enorm hohen Detailgrad auf und sind durch ihre vielen Kugelgelenke sehr flexibel. Auch ihr Zubehör stammt nicht von schlechten Eltern. So sind verschiedenste Waffen, Granaten, Jetpacks und Rucksäcke aus den Spielszenen aus HALO 4 perfekt adaptiert und dem Set beigelegt.Da ich viele Bausätze der dänischen Konkurrenz mein Eigen nennen kann, kann ich nur feststellen, dass Mega Bloks in Sachen Qualität in nichts nachsteht. Die Passgenauigkeit ist top und es gibt keine fehlerhaften oder gar fehlenden Teile. So gestaltet sich der Zusammenbau über circa 10 Stunden (für einen geübten Erbauer) als sehr angenehm, abwechslungsreich und spaßig. Die Funktionen des Mammoth wurden toll aus dem Spiel übernommen und alle wichtigen Features sind im Modell inbegriffen. Auch den Maßstab des Fahrzeugs finde ich hervorragend gewählt. So können sämtliche Spielszenen innerhalb wie außerhalb des Gefährts toll nachgestellt werden.Ein besonderes Highlight ist es, dass im Heck des Mammoth (wie im Spiel) Platz für ein Gefährt ist. Ich empfehle sowohl aus realistischen Gründen in Bezug auf das Spiel als auch aus farblichen Gründen den EInsatz eines Nightops Gausshog.Zusammenfassend ist festzustellen, dass der Mega Bloks Mammoth eine perfekte Portierung eines epischen Gefährts aus einem Videospiel in die Welt der Bausteine darstellt. Der Umfang des Sets ist beachtlich und die Konstruktion bereitet eine Menge Spaß. Daher spreche ich (gerade für Sammler und HALO Fans) eine KLARE KAUFEMPFEHLUNG aus!Viel Spaß beim Bauen, euer Mister T.PS: Zu allen HALO Mega Bloks Sets, die online gehandelt werden: Achtet auf die enormen Preisschwankungen bei den Sets. Oft sinken bzw. steigen Preise von einem auf den anderen Tag um bis zu 50€. Also nehmt euch für den Kauf genügend Zeit und beobachtet die Preisentwicklung.

Davvero molto bello e dattagliato, richiede pazienza nella costruzione, sono oltre 2000 pezzi, per gli appassionati di Halo è da acquistare, anche se il prezzo è elevato. Unica nota negativa, come spesso mi è capitato con le costruzioni Mega Bloks, è la mancanza di alcuni pezzi, che però si possono richiedere gratuitamente dal sito web Mega Bloks.