Review: 41571 Mixel Tuth

It's Monday again and time for another Medix tribe Mixel.

Bag.  MSRP is $4.99.  Which gives us a $0.07 Price per Piece.

Instructions.

Parts.  Plenty of Plates, Brackets, Slopes, and Tiles,  Some Bar Plates, Clip Plates, and Ball Joints.  The Minifig Pickaxes are nice too.

Build.

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+).  Another great score.

Review: 41566 Mixel Sharx

I'm going to finish out the week with the Pyrratz tribe.

Bag.  MSRP is $4.99.  Which gives us a $0.09 Price per Piece.

Instructions.

Parts.  Plenty of Female Ball Joint Plates but only one of each Male.  Odd.  Tooth Plates, Flange Plates, Plates, one Clip Plate, Slopes, Vehicle Mudguards, and Bricks w/Studs on the side are all useful.  The Minifig Barrel doesn't seem that great though.

Build.

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+).  Here we are again.

Review: 41563 Mixels Splasho

Let's move on to the "MCFD" tribe today.

Bag.  MSRP is $4.99.  Which gives us a $0.07 Price per Piece.

Instructions.

Parts.  Quite a selection.  Plates, Slopes, Tiles, Bar Plates, Clip Plates, new Headlight Bricks, Brackets, Round Bricks, only a few Ball Joints though.  A Minifig Flower Pot and Vehicle Mudguard Bricks are the real standouts to me.

Build.  Frame & 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+).  Another great score.

Review: 41569 Mixels Surgeo

I'm starting with the Medicos. because I want to use the parts from this set.

Bag.  MSRP is $4.99.  Which gives us a $0.08 Price per Piece.

Instructions.

Parts.  A fair amount of Plates, a decent selection of Ball Joints, new Headlight Bricks, and Slopes.  There's also a Radar Dish, some Technic Bricks, and Bar and Clip Plates that are useful.  The one weird inclusion is the 1x3x1 Door.  Of course, I'm drooling over the Dark Bley Minifig Bananas.

Build.  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+).  It's a Mixel set, should we be surprised at this point?

Micro Mecha 3

I'm feeling lazy on a Friday, so let's finish the week out with a pic post.

Microframes Group by thomastamblyn.  A nice group shot.

Powersuits by Antoine.  Some 

great character in these builds.

Light Assault Mini-Mech by HammithATF.  Most of the micro
mecha I post are bipeds, I'm trying to switch it up with this one.

Mini Power Suits by KNight.  These are a copy of

another design by Sage the 13th with a bit of tweaking.

Legosaurus Showdown by thomastamblyn.
These are both fantastic.

Battle Report: October Surprise

Another five players managed to get together and play a game despite life trying to get in the way.  This is what happened.

The point totals for the beginning of the game were as follows:
Occam's Spork (4 frames & 10 systems) = (6 points per asset) * (5 assets) = 30 points.
   White -- 2Rh/2Ra/2Y/2W.
   Brown Silent Soldier -- 2Rd/1B/1G/2W.
   Red -- 2Rh/2Rd/1G/2W.
   Orange Missile Monkey -- 2W+SSR(x3).

Tom (4 frames & 15 systems) = (5 Points per Asset) * (5 assets) = 25 points.
   Blue Swarmer -- 2Rh+d8/1B/1Y/1Gd8/2W+SSR.
   White Armored Swarmer -- 2Rh/2B/1Y/1Gd8/2W+SSR.
   Yellow Medium Tank -- 2Rd/2B/2W+SSR.
   Lime Recon by Fire -- 2Ra+d8/2Y/2W.

A Team (4 frames & 14 systems) = (5 Points per Asset) * (5 assets) = 25 points.  (Cyclops)
   Purple Recon by Fire -- 2Ra+d8/2Y/2W+SSR.
   Black Swarmer -- 2Rh+d8/1B/1Y/1Gd8/2W+SSR.
   Yellow Static Soldier -- 2Rd/1B/1Y/2W.
   Lime Medium Brawler -- 2Rh+d8/1B/1Gd8//2W+SSR.

Narbey (4 frames & 16 systems) = (4 Points per Asset) * (5 assets) = 20 points. (Skitterers)
   White Recon by Fire -- 2Ra+d8/2Y/2W.
   Yellow Soldier -- 2Rd/1B/1G/1Y/2W+SSR.
   Orange Soldier -- 2Rd/1B/1G/1Y/2W+SSR.
   Red Soldier -- 2Rd/1B/1G/1Y/2W+SSR.

Me (4 frames & 16 systems) = (4 Points per Asset) * (5 assets) = 20 points. (Ostrichs)
   Lime Medium Brawler -- 2Rh+d8/1B/1Gd8/2W+SSR.
   Purple Tank -- 2Rd+d8/2B/2W.
   Red Tank -- 2Rd+d8/2B/2W.
   Orange Recon by Fire 2Ra+d8/2B/2W+SSR(x2).

Pictures of the start of the game.  I chose to be Primary Attacker.












Events of Turn 1 (DDC@11): I make a play for Occam Spork's Station with my Lime frame and come up short on my Movement roll.  He takes my Station with his Red frame in return. Narbey's Orange frame hits Occam Spork's Red frame for 3 damage.  Tom makes a play for A Team's Station and his White frame hits her Orange frame for 1 damage.  Her Lime frame returns the favor for 3 damage.  His Lime frame hits her Yellow frame for 3 damage.  Tom then makes a play for Narbey's Station and his Yellow frame hits Narbey's Yellow frame for 4 damage.  In return Narbey's Red frame attacks Tom's Lime frame for 1 damage, and it does the Station Dance.  To close out the turn Occam Spork's Orange frame hits my Lime frame for 1 damage.

Occam's Spork: 36 points.
Tom: 25 points.
A Team: 25 points.

Narbey: 20 points.

Me: 16 points.

Events of Turn 2 (DDC@8): My Lime frame hits Occam Spork's White frame for 2 damage in my continuing attempt to take his Station.  It, in return, hits back for 2 damage.  Tom's White frame hits A Team's Yellow frame for 2 damage.  Occam Spork's Orange frame hits the tower A Team's Station sits on for 1 damage.  My Orange frame hits Occam Spork's White frame for 2 damage.  Tom's Yellow frame hits Narbey's Red frame for 4 damage.  Narbey hits the tower damaged earlier for 1 damage and destroys it.  Tom then seizes the fallen Station.  Narbey's Red frame hits Tom's White for 1 damage and he does the Station Dance.  A Team's Lime frame melts Tom's White frame with 4 damage and takes her Station back.  A Team's Purple frame then hits Tom's Lime frame for 2 damage.  Tom's Blue frame hits Narbey's White frame for 5 damage.  I hit Occam Spork's Red frame for 1 damage with my Purple frame and he does the Station Dance to finish the turn.

Occam's Spork: 36 points.
Tom: 20 points.
A Team: 20 points.

Narbey: 20 points.

Me: 16 points.

Events of Turn 3 (DDC@5): In the ongoing battle for Narbey's Station, his Red frame hits Tom's Lime frame for 2 damage.  Tom's Blue frame then destroys Narbey's White frame with 4 damage.  My Purple frame then hits Occam Spork's Red frame for 2 damage and he does the Station Dance.  A Team's Black frame then takes the Station.  My Red frame hits it for 3 damage and she also does the Station Dance.

Occam's Spork: 30 points.
Tom: 20 points.
A Team: 20 points.

Narbey: 16 points.

Me: 16 points.

Events of Turn 4 (DDC@2): Occam Spork's Red frame retakes the Station it lost in the last turn. His Brown frame hits my Red frame for 1 damage.  It destroys Occam Spork's Red frame with 2 damage and takes the Station.  Tom's Blue frame destroys Narbey's Yellow frame with 3 damage and seizes the Station they'd been fighting over for the whole game.  My Purple frame destroys A Team's Black frame with 4 damage.

Tom: 25 points.
Occam's Spork: 24 points.
Me: 20 points.
A Team: 15 points.

Narbey: 8 points.

Thoughts & Observations:

• I really have to remember to get all the Rulers cleared off before I start taking the first pictures.
• We managed to use Single Shot Rockets for this game.
• Even  though I didn't fire any at all.
• Somewhere during Turn 2 one of A Team's frames got destroyed but I didn't write it down.
• There was a lot of Station Dancing this game.
• If you can't tell, the felt got moved around a little as people kept bumping Frames that were on the edge of the table and knocking them over.
• I did a bit better this game, I think I needed more Spotting capability though.
• The game came down to the final actions of the last turn.

Sales Alert: Bricktober Week 4

Target has 10696 Classic Medium Creative Brick Box for $27.99, 41062 Elsa’s Sparkling Ice Castle for $31.99, and 21126 Minecraft: The Wither for $32.00 this week.  The only one worth it is the Classic set.

There's also a bunch of sets with lowered prices that aren't on Clearance.  76037 Rhino & Sandman for $27.99, 76048 Iron Skull Sub for $20.99, 76030 Avengers Hydra Showdown for $15.49, 70128 Braptor's Wing Striker for $8.79, 70135 Cragger's Fire Striker for $17.99, and 41172 Water Dragon Adventure for $12.79.

Toys'R'Us is featuring a Buy One Get One 40% off sale on Friends, Minecraft, and Jurassic World sets.

Good hunting!