Review: 70127 Chima Wolf Legend Beast

Day three of the Chima Legend Beast Reviews.

Box.  MSRP is $9.99 for a $0.09 Price per Piece.

Instructions.

Stickers and App Card.

Minifig.

Parts 1.  Plenty of Slopes and Plates, some Female Mixel Joints and Tooth Plates, a couple of Lampholders, and one Clip Plate.  I really like the printed Slope piece.

Parts 2.  Plenty of Plates, Slopes and Mixel Joints. some Brackets, Tiles, and Tooth Plates, a couple 2x1 Plate w/Bar (open ends), one Claw Bar Holder, and one Large Horn.

Build.  This guy is big.


The Questions:
Can you build something -- a frame, station, or starship -- right away?  Yes.  (+5)
Is it below, at, or above the golden ratio?  Below.  (+5) (The Golden Ratio is $0.10 per part.)
If you can't build a frame right away, or choose not to, does it have parts you should be able to put into use right away?  Yes.  (+5)
Does it have more than a handful of immediately useful parts?  Yes.  (+5)
Score: +20 (A+).  

Review: 70126 Chima Crocodile Legend Beast

Day two of Chima Legend Beast reviews.

Box.  MSRP is $9.99 for a $0.08 Price per Piece.

Instructions.

Stickers and App card.

Minifig.

Parts 1.  Look at all those Tooth Plates.  Plenty of Cheese Slopes too.  Some Studless Slopes, Plates, Barbs, and Male Mixel Joints.  A couple Bar Plates, Clip Plates, Tiles, Boat Studs, and a Bar Tile.


Parts 2.  Plenty of Brackets, Plates, Studless Slopes.  Some Horns, Clip Plates, Wedge Plates, and Female Mixel Joints.  A Tile, and aFemale and Male 2x4 Hinge Plate.



Build.  I was going to use the 2x4 Hinge Plates as the core of this build but decided against it.

The Questions:
Can you build something -- a frame, station, or starship -- right away?  Yes.  (+5)
Is it below, at, or above the golden ratio?  Below.  (+5) (The Golden Ratio is $0.10 per part.)
If you can't build a frame right away, or choose not to, does it have parts you should be able to put into use right away?  Yes.  (+5)
Does it have more than a handful of immediately useful parts?  Yes.  (+5)
Score: +20 (A+).  

Review: 70125 Chima Gorilla Legend Beast

Let's start out the Chima Legend Beast reviews with the Gorilla.

Box.  MSRP is $9.99 for a $0.09 Price per Piece.

Instructions.

Stickers and ??? card.

Minifig.

Parts 1.  Some Mixel Joints, my favorite part the 1x2 Mod. Plate w/Vert. Bar, Plates, Exo-Force Robot Arms, Brackets, Slopes, and 1x1 Round Tiles.

Parts 2.  More Mixel Joints, Log Bricks, Slopes, Bionicle Ball Joints, Brackets, Plates, A Clip Plate, and some Bar Plates, 

Build 1.  My first attempt at a build from this set.


Build 2.  I also managed two other Frames out of this kit that can't
be made at the same time as Build 1.


The Questions:
Can you build something -- a frame, station, or starship -- right away?  Yes.  (+5)
Is it below, at, or above the golden ratio?  Below.  (+5) (The Golden Ratio is $0.10 per part.)
If you can't build a frame right away, or choose not to, does it have parts you should be able to put into use right away?  Yes.  (+5)
Does it have more than a handful of immediately useful parts?  Yes.  (+5)
Score: +20 (A+).  A great score, but the somewhat monochromatic nature of the parts colors may limit this set's usefulness.

Review: 41546 Mixels Forx

Here's a rare Saturday post from me to finish out the Weldos tribe.

Bag.  MSRP is $4.99 for a $0.07 Price per Piece.

Instructions.

Parts.  If you get two of these sets you can combine the bottom half of the Boulder piece with the top half in the Mixel Kramm set.  Plenty of Slopes, some Mixel Joints, some Clip Plates, a couple Clip Tiles, both versions of the Headlight Brick, the short Chain is interesting as are the Dark Bley Minifig Bananas.

Build.  Another Frame and a Station.

The Questions:
Can you build something -- a frame, station, or starship -- right away?  Yes.  (+5)
Is it below, at, or above the golden ratio?  Below.  (+5)  (The Golden Ratio is $0.10 per part.)
If you can't build a frame right away, or choose not to, does it have parts you should be able to put into use right away?  Yes.  (+5)
Does it have more than a handful of immediately useful parts?  Yes.  (+5)
Score: +20 (A+).  

Purity: Mega Bloks CNG75 Call of Duty UGV Drone

Another Call of Duty set for your Friday enjoyment.

Box.  MSRP is $9.99 for a $0.12 Price per Piece.

Instructions.

Minifig.

Parts 1.  Just some treads and a Wedge Brick.

Parts 2.  Plenty of Rims, more Corner Stud Bricks, some Clip Plates, an interesting Double Bar Tile, those "Tonfa" Bars are neat, as are the Bar Holder Bars.

Parts 3.  Those Axle  Bricks are only two plates tall, the minigun mounts on a Pin, and that's a Pin Bar in the lower left.

Parts 4.  The one thing that really sticks out here is the Inverted Cheese Slope in the lower right quadrant..

Build.  An IO Frigate and HVA.

The Questions:
Can you build something -- a frame, station, or starship -- right away?  Yes.  (+5)
Is it below, at, or above the golden ratio?  Above.  (-10)  (The Golden Ratio is $0.10 per part.)
If you can't build a frame right away, or choose not to, does it have parts you should be able to put into use right away?  Yes.  (+5)
Does it have more than a handful of immediately useful parts?  Yes.  (+5)
Score: +5 (B+).  Not a bad score and the set has some interesting parts.

Review: 41547 Mixels Wuzzo

This brings us to two-thirds of the way through of the Weldos tribe.

Bag.  MSRP is $4.99 for a $0.07 Price per Piece.

Instructions.

Parts.  We have a wide selection of different parts but not a large quantity of and individual part.  The most common item is the 1x1 Round Plate.  As you can see below, I managed to build a couple of things but I was stretching to pad out certain sections in the Frame.

Build.  A Frame and a Station.

The Questions:
Can you build something -- a frame, station, or starship -- right away?  Yes.  (+5)
Is it below, at, or above the golden ratio?  Below.  (+5)
(The Golden Ratio is $0.10 per part.)
If you can't build a frame right away, or choose not to, does it have parts you should be able to put into use right away?  Yes.  (+5)
Does it have more than a handful of immediately useful parts?  Yes.  (+5)
Score: +20 (A+).  

Purity: Mega Bloks CNG76 Call of Duty Hoverbike Raid Review

Let's take a look at one of the newer Megabloks Call of Duty sets.

Box.  MSRP is $9.99 for a $0.11 Price per Piece.

Instructions.

Minifig.

Parts 1.  Everything here should be useful.

Parts 2.  That "bike frame" piece at the top of the picture is going to be a bugaboo.  Those 1x1 Corner Stud Bricks are really interesting though.  The printed pieces are nice too.  As are the Bar/Bar (closed ends) pieces.

Parts 3.  I like those Trans-Blue Tiles, and the Inverted Clip Tiles too.

Build.  I managed an IO Frigate with a stand, my usual 2Ra/1Y loadout.

The Questions:
Can you build something -- a frame, station, or starship -- right away?  Yes.  (+5)
Is it below, at, or above the golden ratio?  Above.  (-10)  (The Golden Ratio is $0.10 per part.)
If you can't build a frame right away, or choose not to, does it have parts you should be able to put into use right away?  Yes.  (+5)
Does it have more than a handful of immediately useful parts?  Yes.  (+5)
Score: +5 (B+).  Not a bad score and the set has some interesting parts.