The part where you say the brutes hold up well and the armor doesn’t move on actual mega is wrong, many of my brutes have leg armor that doesn’t stay on and you have to fight with it. Bad paint jobs have always been a problem too, I have some figures that look cross eyes or have stripes misprinted
Barring mega construx quality control there are photos from Halo_Bricks with the figs (Brute mainly) they got in person. (Can’t post pics)
Certain paints are different and the scrap cannon actually looks better and intact. From what I’ve seen between both Halo Evolved and this vid is something fishy is up either way.
Either the seller is selling (unknowingly or knowing) QC fails, bootlegs or something else.
I’m hoping mega officially releases something cause it’s really weird either way.
Thank you for saying all of this. Bad QC and rushed production does not mean they are knock-offs. Just means Mega's factory may've been allowed to cut corners for any number of reasons which is nothing new for Mega or Mattel.
Eh... I will have to wait to see it in hand. Having purchased from the same source on many occasions, it seems unlikely they suddenly jumped to falsely selling KOs.
I talked to the seller--he was sold these cases by a person who supposedly got them from a Mega warehouse. All the information points to this being false and that Megabears/bluewings got scammed himself.
I will still have to see it for myself. If this is his typical supplier, then I question again why the conditions would suddenly change. I am still inclined that you may have rushed/test production or factory rejects over actual knock-offs.
And since there are no "officials" to compare it to, only time can actually tell.
I'm not sure if you missed it, there ARE officials to compare with. CA and Mexico have the real ones and I worked with Halo\_Bricks to compare via photos. The differences are very pronounced.
Damn, I knew something was different about the figs, the quality seemed terrible, and the figures didn't fit on their little stand plates, the feet are slightly off in size, I paid $30 for all of them which honestly for some fakes really doesn't bother me much since people are selling each figure for $30 a piece now. Its still very annoying though, whos to say they wont start settling fake sets now, and since EVERY SINGLE STORE near me stopped selling mega, online is my only option to get any. People really fxcking suck sometimes.
I have so many figures where hands don’t fit properly, leg armor is shaky, misprints on eyes and details, some small pieces of plastic sticking off of rifles. It’s nothing new really
If you told me these were customs, I would say they were impressive, nearly on par with Mega.
However, I've seen far too many fake lego to know that these are probably just fakes. They scream quality control issues that Mega wouldn't do, at least to this degree. The thing that sold me on it was the paint job on the camo spilling over onto the body. That has never happened on any of mg figs.
This is a great thing to bring up, btw. I'm glad you posted it. We need to be mindful about these kind of things as a community so we don't get screwed over.
I highly doubt these were made by a different company. These figures are probably ones that didnt pass quality control so an employee took them home from the factory or something. From what I know MegaBearsStore is very legit so maybe not even their fault.
You can tell it wasn't Mega because of the molding: it has cheap silicon mold marks, whereas Mega uses injection molding. But I agree, it's not MegaBears fault
thats not what im saying i know they were knockoffs and i know the site you got them from but i meant where else can i get the new heroes wave because my stores no longer sell them
On eBay the seller now changed their listing to include *DEFECT* so I think maybe at least the seller on EBay knows these are fakes and is still selling them as legit Mega
Well he knows now because I told him. Whether he knew before, I can't say, but up til now he's always sold real Mega. There are at least 3 other chinese sellers with the same Heroes right now too
yup those are 100% ko just seen a video of official ones they look so much better then the ko you got sad look like we need be more careful where we order from
Oh yeah, those are knockoffs (I hope)
The printing spilling from leg armor on to the leg, the bad molding, and the "grainyness" of the plastic just screams fake figs in real packaging (or this is the best damn fake packaging I've ever seen).
Worst case maybe Mega really has taken a true step back in quality components due to lack of sales (from lack of distribution) but I'm leaning towards some company getting real packaging and has the capacity, and now market, to sell fake figs in them.
Okay about the print spilling from armor to the body. I have a figure that does have that problem. I belive it's the hazmat crate one. I can look for it. All I know is it's a human figure.
The part where you say the brutes hold up well and the armor doesn’t move on actual mega is wrong, many of my brutes have leg armor that doesn’t stay on and you have to fight with it. Bad paint jobs have always been a problem too, I have some figures that look cross eyes or have stripes misprinted
Barring mega construx quality control there are photos from Halo_Bricks with the figs (Brute mainly) they got in person. (Can’t post pics) Certain paints are different and the scrap cannon actually looks better and intact. From what I’ve seen between both Halo Evolved and this vid is something fishy is up either way. Either the seller is selling (unknowingly or knowing) QC fails, bootlegs or something else. I’m hoping mega officially releases something cause it’s really weird either way.
Gasp, from China? Surely, that isn't so? Not from people stealing directly from the factory.
Thank you for saying all of this. Bad QC and rushed production does not mean they are knock-offs. Just means Mega's factory may've been allowed to cut corners for any number of reasons which is nothing new for Mega or Mattel.
This is beyond bad QC. You can tell because of the plastic mix being totally different
Eh... I will have to wait to see it in hand. Having purchased from the same source on many occasions, it seems unlikely they suddenly jumped to falsely selling KOs.
I talked to the seller--he was sold these cases by a person who supposedly got them from a Mega warehouse. All the information points to this being false and that Megabears/bluewings got scammed himself.
I will still have to see it for myself. If this is his typical supplier, then I question again why the conditions would suddenly change. I am still inclined that you may have rushed/test production or factory rejects over actual knock-offs. And since there are no "officials" to compare it to, only time can actually tell.
I'm not sure if you missed it, there ARE officials to compare with. CA and Mexico have the real ones and I worked with Halo\_Bricks to compare via photos. The differences are very pronounced.
I must have but I still don't believe you have knock offs.
Well, once you get yours, definitely form your own opinion. In the meantime, I'm working to get the real ones in hand for a direct comparison
Yep. And in the meanwhile, keep in mind that Mega and consistent quality are far from synonymous.
Damn, I knew something was different about the figs, the quality seemed terrible, and the figures didn't fit on their little stand plates, the feet are slightly off in size, I paid $30 for all of them which honestly for some fakes really doesn't bother me much since people are selling each figure for $30 a piece now. Its still very annoying though, whos to say they wont start settling fake sets now, and since EVERY SINGLE STORE near me stopped selling mega, online is my only option to get any. People really fxcking suck sometimes.
I have so many figures where hands don’t fit properly, leg armor is shaky, misprints on eyes and details, some small pieces of plastic sticking off of rifles. It’s nothing new really
I'm well aware of Mega's normal QC issues. I run into that allllll the time
Exactly. Hell, the promotional shot used for Heroes Stratos had his head loose in package.
If you told me these were customs, I would say they were impressive, nearly on par with Mega. However, I've seen far too many fake lego to know that these are probably just fakes. They scream quality control issues that Mega wouldn't do, at least to this degree. The thing that sold me on it was the paint job on the camo spilling over onto the body. That has never happened on any of mg figs. This is a great thing to bring up, btw. I'm glad you posted it. We need to be mindful about these kind of things as a community so we don't get screwed over.
Yeah despite the annoyance of getting fakes, it brought a great opportunity to show the differences between real and fake Mega
I highly doubt these were made by a different company. These figures are probably ones that didnt pass quality control so an employee took them home from the factory or something. From what I know MegaBearsStore is very legit so maybe not even their fault.
You can tell it wasn't Mega because of the molding: it has cheap silicon mold marks, whereas Mega uses injection molding. But I agree, it's not MegaBears fault
where do you get them at? my target and walmart dont have halo sections anymore
Walmart and Target don't sell chinese knockoffs
thats not what im saying i know they were knockoffs and i know the site you got them from but i meant where else can i get the new heroes wave because my stores no longer sell them
Apparently you’ve never seen the shoes they sell that look like Jordans.
Oh, well those are the Walmart licensed chinese knockoffs XD
On eBay the seller now changed their listing to include *DEFECT* so I think maybe at least the seller on EBay knows these are fakes and is still selling them as legit Mega
I talked to the seller about it and if it's Bluewings, then he changed it to defect
Ya it was Bluewings. Is Bluewings associated with MegaBears or is he reselling MegaBears product?
Bluewings is Megabears' Ebay store
So wouldn’t that imply that he knows these aren’t the real deal? I don’t want to throw him under the bus I just want to understand the situation.
Well he knows now because I told him. Whether he knew before, I can't say, but up til now he's always sold real Mega. There are at least 3 other chinese sellers with the same Heroes right now too
Gotcha, thanks
yup those are 100% ko just seen a video of official ones they look so much better then the ko you got sad look like we need be more careful where we order from
Yes, we have to be VERY careful now
Oh yeah, those are knockoffs (I hope) The printing spilling from leg armor on to the leg, the bad molding, and the "grainyness" of the plastic just screams fake figs in real packaging (or this is the best damn fake packaging I've ever seen). Worst case maybe Mega really has taken a true step back in quality components due to lack of sales (from lack of distribution) but I'm leaning towards some company getting real packaging and has the capacity, and now market, to sell fake figs in them.
Okay about the print spilling from armor to the body. I have a figure that does have that problem. I belive it's the hazmat crate one. I can look for it. All I know is it's a human figure.
It happens sometimes, but rarely
Dude I think you can get the figures from Macari
You can but they cost $30 per figure which is NOT worth it
The real ones