Mega Bloks Halo UNSC attack Gausshog set

Another day, another Mega Bloks Halo set, this time it's another Warthog, as well as 2 mini figures, a Master Chief and a new Halo 5 Arbiter. Same as yesterday with the Ghost set I will first give my thoughts on the vehicle, which is in this set is a UNSC warthog with a Gauss turret. This is a mega bloks Warthog, I own many of them, and to no surprise I'm sure, they're all very similar, it is however in colour very similar to the CE Halo warthog which I sadly do not have the privilege of owning, and I really like the colours on this thing, black with yellow accents. So I like the colours, and, unlike the Ghost yesterday, I'm not as annoyed by all the specialised parts on the Warthog, probably since I have the first generation warthog and I can see with my own eyes how much better this design looks. But again, this vehicle isn't incredible, my favourite mega blokes Halo warthog is the Warthog Resistance set, I think it looks brilliant, and while I obviously don't hate the look of this one, in fact I love the colours, it's just not as cool as the warthog resistance hog. Also, now being more critical, the turret is definitely an improvement from the last piece of shit Gausshog I bought, but while it doesn't have the same stability problem as the last one, it still has a stability problem, one that I've managed to at least sort of mend using my spare parts, I will however give it the benefit of the doubt and say this is an isolated issue, since it doesn't effect any of my other hogs. Something I'll also put down to an isolated issue is the stiff wheels, they have no problem rolling, but their suspension is crap. Wrapping up the vehicle part of the set, I do like this a lot more than the Ghost I got yesterday, and I actually like this warthog, it's just not an upgrade on any of the more recent hog designs, and mine, or at least hopefully just mine, has a few issues, but it's not a bad little thing.

Now for what I really bought this set for, the mini figures, remember how I said Jul 'Mdama was no Thel 'Vadam, here we have a Thel 'Vadam, in his new Halo 5 armour, which is all removable and interchangeable. He too, as well as using the new armour system, uses the new mini figure design with improved articulation, and I still love the new articulation, and for the most part I like the armour. I think that his armour looks dumber in mega bloks form than in what I've seen of the game, which is to say up until the helmet I think his armour looks fine for design and sculpt, maybe not for colour, but let's talk about that helmet first. It's a clumsy thing, you can't see it in the photo, but it has spines on the back that from what I've seen of the game is actually part of his body armour, but for some reason on the toy it's attached to his helmet, greatly limiting head articulation. Minus the pretty big issue of the head however, his articulation is solid. As is the Chief's, who also uses the new design and armour. What makes this Chief stand out however is the colour, he is a much, much darker green than previous figures from mega bloks, but this isn't a bad thing, I think it looks great, but it makes me think why does his paint have such a dark tone when Arbiter's doesn't, I think the Thel figure would look a lot better if his gold armour a darker shade, but that's just me. Finally, you might notice it on Chief in the photo, he has a crack painted into his visor, which is really cool, it's just cool, nothing against the poncho, it was cool, but it's good that Mega Bloks included that little detail.

This is a much better set than the Covenant Commander set, not only does it have a much better vehicle, even if that vehicle is nothing mind blowing on it's own, but just like that set, it has 2 great mini figures, even if one of them has a dumb looking helmet that hinders articulation pretty badly, they're both figures of important characters, and they're both sweet little figures with all their articulation. I'd say this set is worth it if you like these characters or you like the Halo Mega Bloks line.

*This post has a bugged layout for some reason, I can't fix it either, hopefully it won't happen again, apparently the main photo of the hog is in the centre.