Friday, May 1, 2020

Purity: Mega Bloks DPJ11 Destiny Cabal Interceptor Review

It's been so long since I've reviewed a Mega Bloks Destiny set that they've been discontinued.  Which is a shame as I've liked all of them so far.

Box.  MSRP was $29.99 for a $0.08 Price per Piece.



Instructions.









Minifig.

Parts 1.










Parts 2.  4x4 Round Plates!

Parts 3.  I like the marbling
in the White bricks.





Parts 4.  3x3 Round Jumpers
and Projectile Launchers.




Parts 5.  The 4x5 Slope w/Cutout is neat,
I've always liked the 2x2 Bar Plates, and
there's a 2x2 Double Sided Plate too.





Parts 6.  Round and Square Bar
Studs, Double Sided Male
Plates, and Double Sided
Female Plates are all cool.


Parts 7.  Trans Light Blue
Bar Connectors, Trans Dark
Blue Textured Tiles, and
Rounded Cheese Slopes.





Parts 8.  Giant Grille Tile!
Textured 2x2 Tiles and
two different size T-Bars.

Parts 9.  Printed Tile, Jet
Exhausts, and Arm Pieces.




Parts 10.  Trans-Blue Stadium Tiles.

Build 1.  Two Frames,
Soldier loadouts.


Build 2.  Three Stations.

Build 3.  Three 1 Hit pieces of Cover
and one 2 Hit piece of Cover.

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+).  Nine builds and plenty of leftover parts, this was an excellent set.

2 comments:

  1. Hi,
    I am new to MF0 and I have never had/used Mega Blocks or any other off brand Lego. Are they of similar quality and do they really intermix well? With strong connections et?
    These Destiny sets look really cool!

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  2. Mega Bloks works fine with Lego. I have more than a few designs that combine both brick types. https://www.flickr.com/photos/35895569@N05/albums/72157710174985696

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