Sunday, September 29, 2013

LEGO Galaxy Squad Mini Mech Review for Mobile Frame Zero: Rapid Attack

Keeping up the tradition of using Mantis King's system.

Today we have Galaxy Squad's Mini Mech which I picked up from Target. I have been eyeing this one for awhile because it looked neat and I like the use of orange with it. Let's get started.



Can you build a frame, or frames, right away?
This is going to have to be a no BUT it makes for a great starting point for a four legged walker. -5


Is it below, at, or above the golden ratio?
Well we have a retail price of $3.99 with 28 pieces for $0.14 but I saw this coming. In the many times I looked at it I had checked the golden ratio which stopped me from buying it in the past. I decided I wanted the set and not the pieces themselves so I swallowed the G ratio on this one for personal enjoyment. Above for -10.

If you can't build a frame right away, does it have parts you should be able to put into use right away? 

Yes and in fact if you just kick the minifigure guy out, it might work as a good base platform to convert it into a full frame. +5




Does it have more than a handful of immediately useful parts?

This is very true, many of these parts are good for building frames and if you remove the driver I think you have a good base to get started with in fact. +5





So the results! Doing our math we come up with a total of -5 for a B- for this set. This is the worse score I have given and I really don't have any gut feeling about uping it or lowering it either. I think it is pretty much where it stands. If you like the look and think you can use it as a base as I recommend then go for it. I on the other hand will put it on the shelf with my minifigures. Might one more to see if I can turn it into a frame..hmm.

4 comments:

  1. This one has been tempting me for a while...

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  2. Saw this at Target, having just bought five of the Star Wars Umbaran MCH, I had to return it to the shelf. Only 28 pieces compared to the 49 from the Umbaran set.

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  3. I think I've bought a couple of these. Regardless of their MFZ value, I'm just a sucker for space Lego! I think only the chair and 6 stud long pieces wouldn't get used for Frames, though I might still want to use them for non MFZ space builds.

    Fair review, good set for cool pieces if you've already started a MFZ lego collection I think.

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    1. Thank you for your comment, you should check out Mantis King's review here: http://the-mobile-frame-garage.blogspot.com/2013/10/review-galaxy-squad-polybag.html

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