Top 10 MOST DISAPPOINTING Mega Halo Sets 2020 to 2023

In this video, I take a look at the 10 most DISAPPOINTING sets from 2020 until 2023...
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[@michellerahe4853]

Honestly after 2020 happened I was upset with how Mega handled the numbers as far as distribution. Like the figure series with the hyped Haunted helmet figure was so rare for no reason

[@ruufiss9922]

And then they barely made like any falcon sweep sets from what it seems.

[@DemarcationMedia]

It's not so much how Mega handled it, it's how Mattel handled it

[@VistroB279]

It’s hard being in a hobby for this brand of construction toys, prolly due to how Infinite has been received by fans and new gamers alike, and while I can’t blame them, it’s still a shame. It’s like a big rarity to see Halo sets be sold alongside the Pokémon stuff in brick and mortar stores.

[@DemarcationMedia]

@@VistroB279 It isn't just Halo sets, all Halo merch is rare in stores

[@akirahisui-lucario5636]

@@DemarcationMediathe best place to look is possibly Meijers, which is basically the superior Walmart. It’s located in the Midwest.

[@Pillsbarry07]

I'm really hoping that we get some odst themed sets this year

[@John.S.Patton]

Hopefully a NMPD troop hog (bungie troop hog)😊😊😊

[@DemarcationMedia]

More NMPD and H3 ODST sets would be awesome

[@briankiller4503]

The set hive exterminators and the set hornet recon

[@drunkvax]

I’m just hoping we see shelves on sets this year

[@chonkychief1400]

Megas main issue has been the distribution, something I blame on halo infinite’s quick decline and Lego being so oppressive on store shelves, but outside of that id say most of the sets releases have been really good, despite some small issues here and there! The haunted Spartans color scheme was off putting at first, but I like the color, and not liking the color scheme is totally fine. Great video and keep up the awesome content! Let’s hope 2024 can turn distribution around!

[@DemarcationMedia]

Yeah that's true, the Halo slump really made it tough

[@LeelynnH]

Eh it is chonkey cheif!

[@rezboifrybread]

@@DemarcationMediaAll Megas shelf space is being taken up by Pokemon 🥲. Used to be all Halo

[@DemarcationMedia]

It is. It's sad

[@RazgrizXMG0079]

I don't even see halo sets at my local target or walmart anymore

[@imlewishehe]

I believe Mega needs to sit in front of a camera and explain what is going on with distribution. Mattel has to be neglecting them or something for it to be this bad

[@DemarcationMedia]

It's definitely Mattel's fault. And also the fact that stores don't want to carry Mega Halo since Halo has been struggling

[@NightmareZerogbs]

Really says a lot about both the design team and whoever is in charge of distribution that the sets have been incredible, near unanimously praised, yet I fully agree with this list because A LOT of things are unavailable in most of the world. Mexico never sold the Marine Gear Pack and the Spartan Gear Pack, we didn't get the Mercenary and UNSC 3 figure sets, we never got the Infinite Series 1 and 5 Blind Bags, getting Heroes is A NIGHTMARE...But by far, the biggest disappointment is the Falcon Sweep, because it is the one that actually HURTS to have missed on, specially because it DID get to store shelves here in Mexico...for hours, scalpers snatched them all up, fuck them, they're the bane of being a collector.

[@DemarcationMedia]

Scalpers do seem to ruin everything

[@dynestis2875]

I enjoy doing my scalping tho

[@smoldoggy1005]

Huh, I thought you were gonna say something about the Haunted Spartan having a horrible color palette 😂😂😂 it was funny how Mega used a render of Haunted with the Bungie blue during the vote. They should’ve had him debut in that color with an eternal flame attachment.

[@DemarcationMedia]

I love the Haunted's colors XD

[@Danxiky08]

I mostly agree, like phantom and the skiff’s build looks a bit too bare. One more thing about the odst drop pods, they were just a case for the figures. They could’ve done what they did before and make a functional one.

[@DemarcationMedia]

The pods were indeed all about the figures. I would honestly want Mega to re-release them in a single pack, maybe without the pods

[@RapidActionAnimations]

Definitely agree with the majority of your choices. I felt since the 2018-2019 lines mega has declined in many ways. Despite that they’ve put out some great sets I just think they should focus more on figure only packs as those were amazing back in the day.

[@thunderslug1066]

2023 has absolutely been a turnaround for Mega, 2020 wave was defo impacted by Covid (lots of reused parts) and they've been playing catchup since.

[@ruufiss9922]

Idk I personally want them to focus on structure type sets, we have enough hogs, ghosts, banshees, choppers, Things like the floodgate set are awesome for diorama builders like me. A cool little new Mombasa set would be sick, could buy 4 of them and then you'd have a small city block of New Mombasa

[@CloneCommanderCrater1102]

I've got to disagree with that. Mega has gotten so much better with print detail and brick quality in the last couple of years. The only thing they've gotten worse at is distribution which isn't entirely their fault.

[@DemarcationMedia]

More figure packs with bits of terrain would be perfection

[@DemarcationMedia]

I agree with that too

[@gelatoruntz7393]

Mega’s distribution definitely declined much earlier than 2018, 2019, & 2020 with Target getting less & less as the years went by starting in 2014 i remember being 13 & going to the most recent newly constructed Target not having hardly any Halo & Call of Duty Mega Bloks on the shelves & the giant displays Halo Mega Bloks had at any Target were gone (with the exception of the most recent one i’ve gone to since its opening in 2014 in Fl that had a small display for Call of Duty & Halo when it first opened on 2014), i’d say the last good year for Mega for Target as bad as the declining in distribution was 2020 possibly 2021 but definitely 2020 was the last good year from 2010 to 2013 were good for Target & possibly Walmart whereas for Toys R Us 2009 to mid 2018 had the best distribution & even had whole side of an aisle of Halo Mega Bloks/Construx & other brands Mattel was producing before the closure of all Toys R Us stores in the US.

[@EmperorVoid126]

Bro my target stopped selling halo sets completely, all pokemon and car mega sets. That store was my go-to for sets because it was so close and they always had them.

[@DemarcationMedia]

Well the COD line is just done, the license ran out. That's why those vanished. Halo vanished because Target seemingly decided Halo wasn't worth their time while it was struggling

[@gelatoruntz7393]

@@DemarcationMedia i think due to Toys R Us filing for bankruptcy in 2017 & officially closing in 2018 & then seemingly return in some way in 2021 is what started the decline for other stores to distribute Halo Mega Bloks/Construx including the other brands Mega had as well

[@gelatoruntz7393]

@@DemarcationMedia kinda figured at some point the COD line was gonna go & wasn’t gonna make it to atleast 10 years

[@DemarcationMedia]

Unfortunately you were right

[@MasterBo360]

I think it's crazy that I have a story about the Falcn Sweep set and the 20th pack. My Mickey from the twentieth pack was severely misprbted so I contacted mega customer service and they informed me they could neither replace the figure or the set he came in so they offered me a “comparable replacement set”. That set turned out to be the UNSC Falcon Sweep. I was extremely excited and amazed that a 100 dollar hard to find set was given to me in place of a figure from a different hard to find set. My theory on the replacement is that the two sets have two figures in common so the system may have recommended it as a comparable replacement. But how cool is that?

[@DemarcationMedia]

Dang, that is pretty slick. Shows how weird Customer Service is right now but hey, hard to complain when that happens

[@KingPrintmaker]

I bought a rare Tmnt samurai set that had severe Gold Brick Syndrome for all the gold connectors and customer service apologized, said they couldn’t replace the missing pieces and instead sent me an a rare Donatello. i honestly assumed I’d never find that Donatello.

[@introvertwithbricks]

I told my buddy I'll buy a knockoff set before I give a reseller 600% markup whether it's MEGA or LEGO! I will never buy from a greedy reseller!

[@DemarcationMedia]

Yes!!

[@noahhernandez7110]

So the sets themselves aren't disappointing for the most part it's the release of em

[@DemarcationMedia]

I do agree

[@TomJurassic]

Thanks for continuing to keep it real, DM. I'm gutted with the way things have gone with MEGA recently. The return to awful distribution really ruined my excitement for the line and has led to me stopping collecting. I have been tempted by the TV show sets but am not willing to import them, and I would have loved to get the ODSTs but there is no chance of finding them. It's been disappointing seeing steps forward with distribution, but not enough done to sustain it.

[@DemarcationMedia]

I think it really comes down to Mattel and their mishandling of things. I'd say keep your eyes peeled for the TV Show sets. Amazon UK had them up for a bit, and I expect to see a few restocks.

[@greg-nx4jq]

halo mega has always had a very special place in my heart so when im presented an opportunity to collect the entirety of noble team & a falcon im elated! One small problem which i shouldhave seen sooner given this is a set which originally had a limited release. But I genuinely cannot believe that after mega announced the falcon sweep to be re releasing, and the first thing this communitv does as soon as its up for preorder is scalp 145 of them to resell on ebav for 3x the retail price?!!??!?!? Complete lunacy however it is what it is! I am sure that a lot of people are probably as equally annoyed by this as i am but i dont want to come out guns blazing at mega however, i have no idea how they could promise a thoroughly stocked set and have it sell out in less than 24 hours. For me that was the most disappointing halo mega set release this year but lets hope they can pull their distribution connections in check especially over here in Australia considering there are only TWO stores that stock the halo mega line (not including other mega lines which does give me some hope) not to mention the fact that only five sets are or were available for purchase ie, recon getaway, razorback blitz, hornet recon, ghosts of requiem and the mongoose outriders (which sold out instantly of course. Anyway sorry for the rant but i love your vids as they help me stay informed of all things halo mega while they fix distribution

[@DemarcationMedia]

It sucks but if we avoid buying the overpriced listings, people will realize they can't try to sell it for that much

[@rileyjorden3422]

Came across the haunted by itself on the sales rack at a dollar general in North GA.. couldn’t believe it. Sadly only had 1 left

[@DemarcationMedia]

At a DG!?! Dang, that's a crazy find

[@r0mansstopmotions63]

Another comment, I love how your test for a good air vehicle is if it’s strong enough for flying around the room

[@DemarcationMedia]

Hey, you gotta swoosh those vehicles! That's what they're made for!

[@slipy200]

10:35 The 20 anniversary set wasnt an amazon exclusive it happened the same thing with the floodgate, here in Mexico found the floodgate and the 20 aniversario pack in toy shops like juguetron, juguetibici and juliocepeda and in other stores like liverpool, sears and el palacio de hierro, online and phisically

[@DemarcationMedia]

It was an Amazon exclusive. Mega confirmed it. However, with these collectibles, exclusive isn't as definitive as it sounds, which is confusing as all get out

Interesting, I've visited juguetron and juguetibici every now and then and the only Mega products I've seen are from He-Man :( But it's fine, 'cause I managed to get Floodgate and the 20th anniv with discount from amazon :)

[@antoniomassaro8952]

I can't understand how it's possible that Mega products always end up in the hands of scalpers...

[@DemarcationMedia]

It's not just Mega. More than one collector fanbase is having issues. Even Lego has trouble sometimes

[@heer3379]

I remember the early drop pods.both covenant and UNSC ones that were fully functional

[@DemarcationMedia]

They definitely had more moving parts, though I've heard they were more fragile

[@PaulyRules]

Out of everything on the list I’m only missing a real red Yoroi,Dutch and rookie and all of blind bag series 5. Also I’m excited to hopefully participate in this milestone I recently got a new place to put my mega stuff and have a huge area just need time to put it together!

[@DemarcationMedia]

That's not too bad honestly. Nice!! Time to get pop'n'swapping then!

[@Bmatt_Productions]

I'm just happy I was able to get a falcon. I'm annoyed that I couldn't get the drop pods at all. I was looking forward to getting them but I never knew about how they were discontinued.

[@DemarcationMedia]

I'm hoping to be able to try and push Mega to restart production for the pods but we'll see if that actually will do anything

[@michaelpage3153]

It’s weird I can’t actually remember ever specifically stopping buying halo mega stuff when I was younger I think it was just the distribution problems because I never seen anything anywhere apart from online now. They used to be on every store in the uk back in the halo wars days

[@DemarcationMedia]

Yeah, I heard the UK used to even get stuff early

[@michaelpage3153]

@@DemarcationMedia yeah it was great always had sets on shelf’s so could pick them up anytime but honestly I don’t think I have seen one set on shelf’s in the last 5 years

[@halostopmotionandreviews]

The skiff or properly: "War-skiff" is actually featured in the halo encyclopedia in the banished section

[@DemarcationMedia]

So maybe we'll see it in game at some point

[@halostopmotionandreviews]

@@DemarcationMedia I hope so. Looking at the pictures of it. It looks like it's turret is a Scrap Canon.

[@FarkasFL]

The issue of series 16 is a bit strange, because near where I live, for almost 3 months there were figures from that series in the store, only Kovan sold out quickly, but until recently there were still Ik'Novus and Weapons But very good video, I really like your content comrade!!

[@DemarcationMedia]

You mean series 17? Series 16 is the one with the Haunted

[@FarkasFL]

@DemarcationMedia Of course, series 17, sorry, my mistake xd, but that happened after all

[@roguespartanstudios117]

this was a great video! I honestly think they should make more halo universe sets I would love too we a new prowler of sorts

[@DemarcationMedia]

I sure hope they continue to lean into the Halo Universe line

[@viperson9818]

Man the falcon sweep I was able to grab it on its last release but sadly my Carter was shipped with double back armor and no front. Since it wasn’t a continuing product release they were unable to send me a replacement front.

[@DemarcationMedia]

ahh darn. I would suggest using the 20th pack Carter's chestplate

[@luisr0987]

Im so glad to have luckily found the haunted figure and rest of series 16 randomly in my local shoprite

[@DemarcationMedia]

That is a lucky find!

[@AmirRavaille-jk3pu]

Thought of getting odst alpha 9 squad but boy they are pricey now

[@DemarcationMedia]

Yeah it's really sad

[@ruufiss9922]

Yeah, those drop pods. I bought one set, but my mickeys visor was missed. I got 1 falcon sweep, from entertainment earth. Wanted 1 or 2 more, missed the restock by a literal second, had everything ready at checkout, then it said it was sold out. Thankful i got 1 tho atleast.

[@saucebloks5243]

I had my 2 falcons pre-ordered from Entertainment Earth for months and it just kept getting pushed back and in the end I never got one and still don't have one because I couldn't justify $125 for the set which I already had ordered for $75 and as of recent I've seen it at $275-$320 on Amazon and it's insane. Fuck this.

[@DemarcationMedia]

Oof, visor misprints suck. And yeah those restocks were a 'move fast or miss out' sort of thing

[@EmperorVoid126]

The purple spartan in number 7 has a speed boost. I had a halo 5 set with a purple spartan that looked similar but same color and it had a speed boost power up in the req pack.

[@DemarcationMedia]

I would agree, except in Halo Infinite, there aren't speed boosts like they had in H5

[@EmperorVoid126]

@@DemarcationMedia yeah, but mega isn't the most accurate sometimes. I mean, look at the alt builds for some sets

[@DemarcationMedia]

@@EmperorVoid126 Okay that is a fair point 😆

[@RudeAndObscene]

​​@@DemarcationMedia well it is Halo Universe not just Halo infinite

[@DemarcationMedia]

@@RudeAndObscene That armor is from Infinite

[@smartgunner0511]

I remember when they were supposed to come out. Alpha 9 I was in Hawaii and remember seen the tags and been excited. But short live happiness

[@DemarcationMedia]

Yeah, it's a very sad thing

[@illWillienumber31]

I can't decide between the all random spartan blind bag series and those silly little multiplayer helmet sets.

[@DemarcationMedia]

Whaaatttt, the helmets were awesome!!

[@coleguy8211]

Wow I didn’t know the story of the alpha 9 pods was really hoping I’d see them eventually and thought it was a distribution thing that sucks they were discontinued entirely damn

[@DemarcationMedia]

:( Yeah it's really disappointing

[@leonarddrawsisback4718]

i remember i try to ask you if the ODST drop pods or the hero's 18 weren't in store and it hurt when i heard they were gone and like the falcon i missed . ( I think Mattel should use Mattel creation to sell extra stock like the drop pods or have a batch orders to be ready to be made in huge demand and have poles to make people vote for set that should restock in Mattel creation .)

[@DemarcationMedia]

I sure hope they see the demand

[@StuHub]

I haven't bought a new Mega set in almost 10 years (Flame warthog), with my last blind bag in 2016. Used to find them in most supermarkets in Scotland. I haven't seen anything since, which is a real shame

[@DemarcationMedia]

Yeah, it is. It seems that a lot of Halo merch is moving to online

[@Sparks-117]

I was trying to get the Spartan Yoroi figure awhile ago and it was sold out so a few months later I remembered it and I figured why not check idk Amazon or EBay so that’s what I did. I don’t remember the original price or yoroi when it was in store shelves but the one that I found on Amazon is/was 40 whole USD. From the way it looks it seems like it has more “unique” molds and a Katana but still.

[@DemarcationMedia]

Plus half of those 40 dollar ones are fakes. You can get the silver one pretty easy though

[@blzmes]

Just now watching this but yeah I agree on that 20 figure pack, mine didn’t even come with a kukri knife for Emile

[@DemarcationMedia]

That's an oof

[@Denalmega]

It really sucks the skiff didn’t make it into infinite. I’m really surprised it hasn’t been Addie at this point. It’s basically just a brute prowler which would be so fun

[@MasterBo360]

I actually found the skiff as a crashed vehicle in the game in at least two spots so it is technically canon possibly it was a cut vehicle that they used as a wreck and still had the set made.

[@MasterBo360]

Can anyone confirm this? I know I have a screenshot of it but I can't upload it to these comments. But maybe that could redeem the skiff set a little

[@DemarcationMedia]

It is in game. I mentioned it. Don't remember where on the map it is

[@DemarcationMedia]

Having a Skiff full of brutes just zoom up over a hill and unload on you would be terrifying and awesome

[@headcrabking9054]

I find it amusing that a lot of the "disappointing" sets are actually really good, but poorly distributed

[@DemarcationMedia]

Just shows how good Mega's sets are!

[@headcrabking9054]

@@DemarcationMedia absolutely! As someone who recently got back into mega after a few years, it's heartbreaking to see that a variety of sets I would really like to have will simply never be available to me because of Mega's bizarre distribution system, and the fact that it feels like only scalpers get these sets

[@DemarcationMedia]

@@headcrabking9054 It really comes down to Mattel and their handling of things

[@LoganL17]

I found an old minifig one of the original elites from the very first tank set, no back holes no extra parts no nonsense

[@DemarcationMedia]

Uh what? All the old ones had back holes...

[@akirahisui-lucario5636]

Personally I don’t think the banished phantom isn’t a disappointment, I’m honestly glad we got another phantom after so long. There’s some vehicles I’d love to see as Sets - Blisterback - Banished Wraith - Banished Scarab - Grizzly Tank - Lich

[@DemarcationMedia]

I mean fair, I just can't move mine without it falling apart XD

[@akirahisui-lucario5636]

@@DemarcationMedia be really careful with that thing, one the pieces of mine broke. I thankfully repaired it. Handle it carefully with 2 hands

[@Amber-287]

I somehow actually managed to get all of the odst drop pods for retail, I just saw them at Fred Meyer one time i went there

[@DemarcationMedia]

Wait what?? Fred Meyer had them??

[@Amber-287]

I remember it being Fred Meyer, it could have been Walmart though, I cant remember exactly where

[@DemarcationMedia]

That's insane

[@zanejones707]

It's next to impossible to find mega constructs in the Midwest rn. Dollar general and targets no longer carry them in my area.

[@DemarcationMedia]

You really have to buy them online

[@thispersonistedious1101]

I'm in Tennessee and they're pretty much impossible to find

[@joanfrias2267]

I’m extremely disappointed with the release of the odst drop pods because it was something I was excited for and never got to see it on store shelves and it discontinuetion was more devastating 😢

[@DemarcationMedia]

Release is a kind word. The they really didn't get released, which is the really sad part

[@the_don4671]

That Fred is from Halo Legends, i can tell bc of the knives on his shoulder pads

[@DemarcationMedia]

He actually isn't. The Legends Fred is a darker blue with a lot more print. You can see the differences here: kzbin.info/www/bejne/enWkqoake7eYhKM

[@TheRealAmericanMan]

I loved Halo Universe Series 1 AT THE TIME Because the Halo 2 Brute is cool and the Zvezda is just a neat transparent figure

[@TheRealAmericanMan]

And yeah Halo Heroes Series 16 is literally what would have released next when every store around me just dropped all of the Halo Mega sets and figures Every Walgreens CVS, Target, etc all dropped everything Halo Mega all at once for the first time in over ten years I haven’t seen a Halo Mega set in a store since

[@DemarcationMedia]

The brute is awesome, best figure from the lineup. And yeah, my area dropped all Halo as well, not just Mega but all Halo. Jazwares vanished too

[@christiantheserioustemplar3343]

It’ll be cool if Mega had made Gears of War sets after when they’re finished with Halo, I wish they make Gears of War sets

[@DemarcationMedia]

I would want both lines at once

[@christiantheserioustemplar3343]

@@DemarcationMedia I gotta agree with you on this one

[@smilph]

wow, i had no idea that there was drama behind Haunted’s release (or lack thereof). i’ve been passively following Mega Construx Halo (back when they were still called Mega Bloks and were still doing Halo Wars sets) and never really participated in the community. i always wondered why Haunted never came out, it’s my favorite Spartan armor and i was really looking forward to it. what a shame…

[@DemarcationMedia]

Yeah, it's a very unfortunate thing. Who knows, maybe there's just stock piled up in a warehouse somewhere. There is the other variant, the Pilot one from the blind bags

[@BasedMexx]

The noble team falcon sweep set is so expensive these days. A minimum of $200 from scalpers when it retailed for $70. I hope they eventually re-release the set because Mega Construx is missing out on printing money

[@DemarcationMedia]

I agree

[@Vladimir_4757]

Distribution was a pain as of late. I had to cough up $400 to get 2 falcon sweeps because I make my own mocs and there were a ton of useful pieces in it. Also I want a ton of Kovan's for MOCs and have been apprehensive about it because of the whole knock off issue

[@DemarcationMedia]

$400??? That's...not great

[@Vladimir_4757]

@@DemarcationMedia it was not. Scalpers are the worst part of this hobby. I’m surprised the flood gate set wasn’t scalped that badly since they seem to be going for their normal sale price

[@DemarcationMedia]

@@Vladimir_4757 The Floodgate has had a TON of stock

[@Vladimir_4757]

@@DemarcationMedia wish falcon sweep did RIP

[@Jedihotrod]

I always thought the blue Spartan looked caboose (7)

[@DemarcationMedia]

Maybe a bit

[@Global-Cortex]

My uncle got me the Falcon Sweep for christmas and I feel so lucky to even have it. Sadly my george came with Juns head so I'm missing that helmet.

[@DemarcationMedia]

What head did Jun have??

[@Global-Cortex]

@@DemarcationMedia his usual helmet George was just given the wrong helmet sadly

[@DemarcationMedia]

@@Global-Cortex Ah, dang

[@sheerkhanindustries4384]

I understand your point about that overspending because these are just pieces of plastic and there are other things you can spend your money on. But in reality these are just toys. Though matter what the prize you can always spend your money on something else that is more important. You even said that mega made more of the anniversary pack that stopped the scalpers and ended up letting everyone. I've been saying that all along when it comes to the Falcon Sweep. But they're not announcing they are making no matter how much you hope they will. That's why people pay the high price because they don't know if they'll ever see these sets at a lower price. So to plead with people not to spend the money that scalpers want is pointless. Bottom line is that Mega and or Mattel are working with scalpers. Not hand in hand but with what they do it works for scalper's purposes. Thank you more product is what shut sea opers down. It worked for the anniversary pack. And as long as they don't do it everything they do plays in the hands of those who are buying a brand new product raising the prices immediately.

[@DemarcationMedia]

It really comes down to Mattel and how they mishandle things. From what I've heard, they do the same with many of their other brands. Lazy distribution and lack of care for the fans. I feel Mega is held back severely by Mattel.

[@zb.1029]

The distribution for mega in recent years has been awful, I'm beyond lucky enough to have every set on this list. The falcon I almost missed by a minute and I was lucky enough to find 2 full sets of the pods, so I have one opened and one sealed, along with the case (not a full case just the box) I found at frank and sons. I really hope they fix these issues

[@DemarcationMedia]

I'm hopeful that Mega can find some way to fix things even with Mattel's poor handling

[@kbproductions2041]

I’ve been disappointed in Mattel for about a year now, ever since they haven’t restocked targets and everything has became impossibly hard to find, I live in the central us and many others I know personally can’t find anything mega anymore because of how bad the distribution became. I’ve essentially given up on mega until my job starts back up and I can actually order things online.

[@DemarcationMedia]

Unfortunately, Mattel really seems to be shooting Mega in the foot, so to speak

[@Noobmaster-pf7go]

It sucks man, I managed to get the falcon and I now have a job to be able to afford things, compared to when I was a kid to spend money on sets but barely anything to be found online or in stores like alpha 9 or blind bags and the heroes line

[@DemarcationMedia]

It's basically the same situation, except instead of money being the issue, it's the product

[@schreck1]

I used to have some of the sets that mega had when i was younger and I've been thinking about getting some again would you recommend me getting any of sets or anything for someone seeing if they would like to collect these

[@DemarcationMedia]

The ODST Hive Exterminators would be a great spot to start. It's still around the $25 mark online which is good and the set is amazing. 4 of the best ODSTs ever and a pair of drones. It's perfection

[@schreck1]

@@DemarcationMedia ok thanks I'll check it out I love halo so Im probably going to get a lot especially ODST there my favorite from halo

[@DemarcationMedia]

@@schreck1 Try the subreddit or Discords first, since it looks like the main Amazon listing doubled in price

[@MrMike-qi3hc]

I was hoping to get the drops of ODST a big team from me, that they cut like that is too dissapointed.

[@DemarcationMedia]

?

[@FlamingElmo]

"I'm not mad, I'm just disappointed."

[@commanderblyproductions9017]

This is a honestly a interesting list that I never thought how sets can be disappointing

[@DemarcationMedia]

It doesn't happen often

[@terrellpablo2395]

Lol love the halo wars music in the background

[@DemarcationMedia]

Gotta give the HW music some of the spotlight!

[@MidanMagistrate]

Man, I hope 2024 is a good year for Mega's distribution. The Mega section at my local Target has been relegated to a single cubic Foot of just Pokemon sets

[@DemarcationMedia]

I agree, mine is only Pokemon as well XD

[@MidanMagistrate]

@@DemarcationMedia It's so frustrating because there's so many new sets that look so good yet I never see them! God I wish they'd give us another year of remakes of old sets tbh like they did with Halo Wars, I'd love some remakes of the old Halo 4 sets like Orbital Banshee Blitz, or Containment Outpost Patrol but with the new Cyclops design

[@fademoonbeam1094]

Most definally for me it will be both of the series heroes line on this vid. For the simple fact of the “distribution” and not counting one of them we got the “fakes” line 😵‍💫

[@DemarcationMedia]

The fact that S16 had the Fan Vote figure too made that hurt a bit more

[@lunavaughn9313]

I'm surprised I haven't seen more people talk about how the rtas figure has the wrong torso armor and boots despite the fact that they have the moulds to do him correctly

[@DemarcationMedia]

That's one of those things that isn't worth getting mad about

[@operatorspectre7428]

23 had alot of ups and downs for mega

[@DemarcationMedia]

It did

[@pilotls1237]

Man I saw the notification 33 seconds after upload

[@DemarcationMedia]

That's pretty fast

[@tunakann7629]

Do you have a Patreon? After that intro I got the urge to buy you an electric spinning pedestal

[@DemarcationMedia]

Brroooo what a legend! I'm researching them now to see which one will work the best!

[@warehouseguy97]

At this point i have yet to find Halo Heroes 16 and 17. I'll probably never get my hands on them lol and im also disappointed at the lack of sets for 2024. I hope theyre really cooking something up this year.

[@DemarcationMedia]

It's way too early to be disappointed by lack of sets. Just because sets aren't leaked doesn't mean they aren't working on things

[@Void_tear3123]

When it comes to the set itself I’d say the hijacked banished ghost due to how bare bones it is but if we are talking about distribution, I’d say the UNSC Marine gear pack

[@DemarcationMedia]

The Hijacked Ghost had pretty solid figures, though it was a little barebones. Just not enough to get on the list. The Gear Pack was weird, it was readily available for awhile via Best Buy except you would get a random pick, meaning you had a 50/50 chance of ending up with the Spartan pack instead

[@thedeadbatterydepot]

Yes #10, I did customize with extra parts, to be amazing!

[@Armywarfair.]

At this point mega should just sell on Amazon now I have a feeling Mattel is going to sell the mega license within a couple of years from now due to the lack of stuff hitting shelf’s and no stores want to carry it anymore due to halo decline

[@DemarcationMedia]

Hmm maybe but Amazon has a huge issue with scalpers and buy bots

[@blobfish-jp5qe]

Thank you for these vids

[@DemarcationMedia]

You are welcome! Thanks for watching!

[@atfagent9430]

bro i am negotiating for more than double the price on the falcon sweep. i really hope it restocks before i just buy one😭😭😭

[@DemarcationMedia]

Right now, it is just NOT worth trying to get a Falcon Sweep

[@smokeyredmeadow]

I'm really disappointed that we haven't seen the old drop pod builds in forever. mega really hit it on the nail when they did the first drop pod sets. wonder why they changed it.

[@DemarcationMedia]

The old old ones are kinda fragile

[@smokeyredmeadow]

@@DemarcationMedia really? I’ve had the arctic odst since I was seven, and it’s probably one of the most durable sets I’ve owned. Never fallen apart once on me

[@DemarcationMedia]

I've heard of the door clips snapping

[@TheGavn8er]

Am I the only one thinking that those brutes from the first set looked like they just came strolling out of Mordor?

[@DemarcationMedia]

You aren't the only one XD

[@sethswick5427]

I’m a little confused about the phantom set’s placing in this video. I personally own the set as well and I can understand the lack of a few details being a bummer but my set has remained rock solid on my end for awhile now. I’ve never had any issues with it wanting to fall apart on me. Maybe it’s a quality control issue??

[@DemarcationMedia]

I don't think it's a QC issue, it's mainly the design

[@xtreviousproductions680]

I wasn’t really able to get anything in 2023 other than the floodgate firefight set.

[@DemarcationMedia]

There were a handful of sets easily accessible throughout 2023, but getting the Floodgate is pretty awesome

[@halo_odst2616]

I was so excited when those pods got announced and this is how I found out they're gone. Agony.

[@DemarcationMedia]

😢 Yeah. It was a bad day when that was confirmed

[@DaCoolMike]

The main problem of MEGA is distribution and deciding to stop production on their other ips like Call of Duty making the small but loyal fan base of MEGA COD dissapointed, me included, just because it doesnt sell as well as HALO. And trust me asking MEGA to make more army building sets is not going to help because that encourages people from mass buying sets leaving no room for other collectors and even resulting to theft. I have heard people doing it on reddit like ripping a blind bag open or troop pack just to get the figure which maybe one reason why Target and Walmart are not to fond of buying stocks from MEGA. I mean I get it its cool to have a 1000 flood marines or several yorois but its not fun when people abuse it buying all the stock in one store and even scalping the hell out of it.

[@DemarcationMedia]

Mega didn't decide to stop COD. Their license ran out. Legally they cannot make any more.

[@DaCoolMike]

They didn't try to renew it?

[@GreenSoldierProductions]

I'm honestly surprised i managed to get myself a Falcon sweep, i mean it cost £100 because of tax and shipping fees and also took 3 months to get here, wouldn't do it again lol

[@DemarcationMedia]

Okay that's not horrible

[@GreenSoldierProductions]

@@DemarcationMedia not horrible but not great either, it’s $126 compared to the original retail price of $75, plus a 3 month shipment, would have atleast expected a bit faster shipping considering I sent an item to my friend in Australia in just over a week lol

[@DemarcationMedia]

@@GreenSoldierProductions With international shipping, that isn't the worst price. Those shipping fees sting

[@GreenSoldierProductions]

@@DemarcationMedia yeah it sucks lol, hopefully one day people can ship for cheaper

[@gietpudemee9155]

My main complaint (besides distribution) is the lack of "purely bad guys" sets. There so many sets featuring only UNSC, but there are almost non featuring only Banished/Covenant or Flood figures, making army building for any of these three factions frustratingly hard, with terrible distribution making it pretty much impossible :( Edit: Way too many Spartans!! If they have to put a good guy into every set at least make most of those instances Marines/ODSTs to at least give the bad guys a chance! There are probably more Spartans out there than Marines/ODSTs and Banished combined....

[@DemarcationMedia]

That is a fair point. I love getting more Spartans, so it doesn't annoy me much but I do understand that

[@-Mango_]

8:43 that purple is from a halo 5 req thing right?

[@DemarcationMedia]

No...it's from Universe Series 1 blind bags

[@careless4u764]

For the hell jumpers I got the one on the far right at walmart and they were just lying there

[@DemarcationMedia]

So they did make it to some Walmarts

[@ACEOFSPADES109YT]

On the brute chooper set they gave Fred a spartan laser wiki h isn’t in the halo infinite game either

[@ACEOFSPADES109YT]

For the blind bag I got the guy with the robotic arm and two white female spatrans which made kind of flustered

[@DemarcationMedia]

Mega takes creative liberties often

[@jackmcmorrow9397]

the most dissapointing ones were the UNSC boat and the Banished prisoner transports, because both of them never made it into the game. Sordid reminders of what could have been.

[@DemarcationMedia]

I don't think I've seen those

[@balloondrake3457]

Para todos los revendedores o compradores habituales, vender cada pieza en $500 o $600 mx ($29 usd o $35 usd) se están mamando, el chavo en el min 24:45 dice que allá se vende a $10 usd ($164 mx aproximadamente) por lo tanto ese precio de vender todas juntas a $2300 o $2500 mx ($150 usd) literalmente es una locura

[@DemarcationMedia]

Es una locura

[@ThatOneBagel]

i have to go to target to get mega stuff now, tho its always the same bs sets from 2 years ago. my walmart completely dropped mega as well

[@HolyRedEye]

I thought they dropped halo mega too since theirs nothing in their website anymore related to them. And I’m stores it’s always the same no sign of them as well

[@DemarcationMedia]

You still have Halo Mega in your Target??

[@spartanofhalo8818]

Honestly at first i didn't like the phantom, but after awhile i now love it.

[@DemarcationMedia]

Fair enough! It still annoys the heck out of me but the figures are top tier

[@connoreagle6843]

I’d agree that a lot of these are disappointing not because of their quality and build, but just the aspects surrounding their releases. I genuinely feel like I have seen less than 5 different releases of halo mega construx in my local stores in the past few years. It’s sad to see the distribution go to shit. I really hope a new Halo game can revive them.

[@DemarcationMedia]

If distribution hadn't been bad, this video would not have been a top 10

[@albertoa.rodriguez-toro3277]

I really hope mega drops Amazon and brick and mortar stores. Make a one month preorder window twice a year direct to consumer. Once they are profitable again we can consider stores again. All my stores are just packed with Pokémon always :(

[@DemarcationMedia]

That would be a terrible way to run things. That would drive rarity even higher up

[@albertoa.rodriguez-toro3277]

@@DemarcationMedia really? I suppose direct to consumer could pose issues but I haven’t been able to find anything in the wild for 4 years sadly. My region must be cursed 😭

[@DemarcationMedia]

@@albertoa.rodriguez-toro3277 Direct to consumer wouldn't be an issue, it would be doing limited preorders that would cause problems

[@albertoa.rodriguez-toro3277]

@@DemarcationMediaoh I get it! Yea I would not advocate for limited preorders! As many that want it should be able to order and do it in a one month window twice a year perhaps for 2 years (so four chances to preorder) for the lifecycle of each set. I wish they still had a full aisle at target and walmart. Those were the days 😢

[@DemarcationMedia]

I would love to see full aisles in stores again, but it definitely seems like online is the way things are going. Scheduled drops for multiple times per year might help if they chose to do that. Mythic Legions does something similar actually and it works out well for them

[@masterchefowl]

I really want the phantom figs but I don't want the phantom. The problem is for what I would pay for just the figs, I might as well get the damn phantom.

[@DemarcationMedia]

I'd say buy the whole thing, even if you don't build the Phantom, you'll get a bunch of Banished colored parts

[@thecatcherintheryemovie]

that alpha 9 placement made me jump back, but i get it, and it is messed up

[@thecatcherintheryemovie]

like the whole mattel thing

[@DemarcationMedia]

The sets themselves are epic, but not the release

[@meman176]

alpha 9 RIP i paid $40 recently and i consider myself VERY LUCKY i absolutely need to army build them still anyway like i just have to i only can if mega re releases them bc i dont got tht kind of money lol. i NEED THEM and im sad about the phantom i have not built it yet lol its ok i literally bought it for the figures to be honest...

[@DemarcationMedia]

$40 for all 4? That's retail. And yeah the Phantom's figures are amazing

[@BlaineVincentIII]

"Most Disappointing *Releases*" probably would have been more a more accurate title, given the context of most of the entries. (The Phantom absolutely deserved its place on that list though, due to the fragility of the actual product itself.)

[@DemarcationMedia]

Yes, though some were disappointing for reasons not related to release, thus the more general title

[@13thprotector64]

I won't lie, after like 2021, I stopped seeing Mega stuff in stores. I don't know where they all went

[@DemarcationMedia]

Most retail spaces dropped ALL Halo, not just Mega

[@Carolina_CrewChief]

ive not kept up with the halo mega construx lore, why did they stop selling in store? Ive not seen a single halo mega set in any store in almost 5 years.

[@DemarcationMedia]

Stores got rid of Halo back when the game wasn't doing well

[@TrueSavage555]

If I am gonna be honest, I feel like judging a set as disappointing by their distribution or something else not related to the actual set itself isn't a fair way to look at it. I think the term disappointing set should only go to stuff that sounded hype af thanks to leaks or teasers but what we actually got sucked or there was wasted potential in it. The Banished Phantom I definitely see as a disappointing set as I think a lot of us were hoping for a big solid build to rival the Pelican with lots of minifigures but instead, its no bigger than the og Phantom, it has only 4 minifigures. Some not even being that great of choices and the Anniversary Pack was also super disappointing because they implied it was gonna be a a whole line of set instead of one rancid one.

[@DemarcationMedia]

You're not wrong. However, actually finding 10 sets that fit the criteria of being disappointing for the content is very very difficult.

[@STAM24]

I got a spartan IV battle pack III for one cent at my dollar general.

[@DemarcationMedia]

One cent???

[@STAM24]

@@DemarcationMedia yes one cent

[@DemarcationMedia]

That's insane!

[@seawest04]

I personally can't say because I never see any halo mega construx in any stores at all.

[@DemarcationMedia]

You can't really buy them in stores anymore, it's mainly an online market now

[@Rtas-Vadumn]

They might of been trying to make it look like the diminished of Hope by painting it red but still😢

[@DemarcationMedia]

That one came from a different set. The one in the set was all gray