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Here's a Covenant Phantom, part of the Mega Blocks Halo range. £90. £90. That's $147.35 to you Americans. Compare that to a Stormraven. £50/$80, full-price direct from GW.

I think the real display of how insane this is is this, though;



Three little guys, two plates, some weapons. £25/$40. That is the same as a 10-man Tactical Squad with all their many bells and whistlles.

Spoilered for images, click for more nonsense.


And no, it's not just the Halo brand, or just Mega Bloks. I see plenty of things that are insignificant little LEGO market stalls and the like that go for absolutely crazy amounts of money.

well at least you dont have to paint it?

Better yet, you don't even have to buy it!

No but it is pretty pricey. I just bought one of those big Lego Star Wars walkers for a Christmas gift. It set me back some moneys.

Well, at least GW is not the only company overpricing their little plastic figures.
I have spent way too much money on both companies *sigh*.

Welcome to the "Being a nerd is expensive"

Anyone else think that Covenant transport is kind of...horrible looking? Covenant architecture and LEGOs really do not go well together.

If it was lego it might work but it isn't...
Megablocks are weird...

I don't have to buy it, I know . I'm not really complaining, I'm just... incredulous, I guess. I also find it interesting to find something even more extortionate than Games Workshop.

Also, that's exactly the thing. Megabloks is weird, yes, but LEGO is also insanely expensive. I see this at my local supermarket all the time. It's unfortunate, because it is clearly designed to gouge parents of their money; the kids just want the sets, they have no concept of what it costs. My regular opponent's little brother has probably £500 (about $820) in Halo Megabloks alone - and he's not even a fan of the series! What's funny is that this is a great deal more money than said opponent has in Salamanders.

And yeah, I agree. The curved nature of Covenant design doesn't lend itself well to LEGO blocks.

EDIT: It is sort of a complaint, though. I remember the days when you could buy a huge bucket of assorted LEGO for pretty cheap, and that was hours of entertainment for an imaginative child.

On Target.com the Warthog sells for $25.00 and the Phantom goes for $85 on Amazon.com. I think you brits are just being ripped off. That or someone thought that Pounds are worth less than dollars.

Agreed with the above. I've seen the small 3 man packs for around $10 US here.

A lot of companies don't have the same prices in the UK/EU that they do in the US.
That is to say something might be $100 in the US which would be about £60 in the UK. Instead it's $100 in the US and £100 in the UK which is actually about $160 dollars.

Yeah Halo Megabloks are comparatively cheap stateside. Our brothers on the other side of the pond are being had.

I'm not sure if that makes it better or worse!

I have a friend whom collects Halo Megabloks. He never seems to have a price problem.

Try being the insane person like me who collects Lego and GW. I have more Lego then wargaming stuff by a ton. Even now into my 30s my parents still send me a Lego set every Christmas. I once built and played a 3000 point bretonnian army out of old school Lego knights and forestmen sets.

Agreed with the above. I've seen the small 3 man packs for around $10 US here.

I agree, those are totally $10 packs from Wal-mart or Meijers. Same with the ones where you get three Spartans and a turret, or the equivalent for the Covenant. Vehicles like Warthogs are about 25-35 dollars. Just a guess abut that Phantom would put it at around 50 bucks.

The price of American goods often is inflated in the UK, on top of which you have to consider that UK retail prices include a 20% VAT increase, as well as a 3-5% import duty, while US prices usually ignore 5% or more Sales Tax that will be added at the till.

In other words, you look at a price of $100 in a US website and the UK equivalent will be $130 just because of differences in tax policy.

 Devoted-to-the-machine wrote:
Try being the insane person like me who collects Lego and GW. I have more Lego then wargaming stuff by a ton. Even now into my 30s my parents still send me a Lego set every Christmas. I once built and played a 3000 point bretonnian army out of old school Lego knights and forestmen sets.

I collect both too, but I'm still young; that excuse will last for a few more years yet!

 Devoted-to-the-machine wrote:
Try being the insane person like me who collects Lego and GW. I have more Lego then wargaming stuff by a ton. Even now into my 30s my parents still send me a Lego set every Christmas. I once built and played a 3000 point bretonnian army out of old school Lego knights and forestmen sets.

A bit off topic, but I remember there used to be this really good site for picking up a lot of the old OOP lego sets. I don't remember much other than that, but do you have any recommendations?

-Shrike- wrote:I collect both too, but I'm still young; that excuse will last for a few more years yet!

Yeah, then you will be justifying buying sets "for your kids"

Sasori wrote: A bit off topic, but I remember there used to be this really good site for picking up a lot of the old OOP lego sets. I don't remember much other than that, but do you have any recommendations?

bricklink.com is the hands down best for older sets reasonable prices compared to ebay. Its ran by collectors for collectors.