BingoBrown

Looks great! The original was one of my favorite Lego sets as a kid.

Uh, I was a little kid 20 years ago, and I'm pretty sure that I used my Forestmen as enemies of the various knight factions, much like Robin Hood vs. the Sheriff of Nottingham.

Colonel, Your attack boats remind me of the Orcs crossing the river Anduin in the city of Osgiliath in The Return of the King. Cool stuff.

Another small factor to consider is the price/piece ratio. The AT-TE is a slightly better value at 11 cents per piece compared to about 11.5 cents per piece with the Gunship. Also, the AT-TE comes with the blue STAP, which is a nice addition. I've only got the AT-TE myself, but the Gunship looks great as well. Can't go wrong either way.

Yes, there is killing. However, as the main character, you never kill any human, just a bunch of aliens that don't look human at all. Additionally, it's not a bloody game. There's no blood or guts flying all over the screen. You use primarily energy and projectile weapons. Even though there is a sword in the game, it just kills opponents without showing anything graphic. Overall, it's quite tame for a First Person Shooter.

See, that's where I think you guys have it wrong. I think there are a LOT of kids (10 and younger) that play Halo. I know some personally, through relations and friends. And I hear a ton of very young voices via voice chat playing Halo 3 on Xbox Live. Listen, any game that sells nearly 10 million copies can't be bought exclusively by adult gamers. I think there are a ton of kids that play the Halo games, some of which will be interested in Halo Mega Bloks. Another thing to consider is the fact that kids will buy toys just because they look cool, not because they have any prior experience with the source material. I'm sure plenty of kids will see Halo Mega Bloks as a viable alternative to Lego Space.

As of January 3rd, 2008 (last year), 8.1 million copies of Halo 3 had been sold. I don't think that's such a small demographic. I guess I'm probably a "Halo fanboy" that you directed your message at. I've never purchased a Mega Bloks set. Even with the Halo theme, I'm probably not going to purchase them. Now, if I find a nice Halo set, and it happens to be marked at a really cheap price, I might pick it up and give it a shot. Otherwise, I'll steer clear.

That might be the most narrow view of Halo I've ever seen. Clearly you haven't played the game (or if you have, for only a VERY brief period), or you would realize that it amounts to much more than what you described. Also, Indiana Jones kills a lot of people in his movies. Plenty of people (and droids, and clones, etc.) are killed in Star Wars (heck, the current theme is the Clone WARS). The current Lego Castle themes including trolls and dwarves is clearly Lord of the Rings-based, which has massive amounts of killing in the movies. Really Halo is no different than any of these similar Lego themes. Adventure-based stories often do include killing.

Don't know if anyone has seen this yet, but it looks like Mega Blocks secured the Halo license: http://toynewsi.com/index.php?itemid=14024 Of course, this is bad news for Halo & Lego fans that had hoped for Lego to get the license.