Mobile Alternative Zero: Dino Strike

Today we will be using Mantis King's none LEGO review system.

The other day at WalMart I came across the Toy bins for under $10 Toys and came across an interesting blind ball purchase from Zuru toys, Dino Strike. I figure I snag two and check it out.

Is it below, at, or above $10 per Frame?

All this blind spheres were $5.97 That's not to bad of a price depending on what we get inside. +5 points

Orange Slices?

So the item inside comes in pieces split between these slices. The plastic quality seems decent and it very 'classic' solid dinosaur toy despite coming in pieces. I caught some trouble trying to put on the styg's legs and one of their hands seem backwards though. From my two it looks like they are all design with a head/tail wiggle mechanism.

Chilling before a fight...

Looking for Peaches...

Is it a good size to use in a game?Yes? Well the tail and head sort of make them almost too big so I say yes but probably should ignore the tail and head to focus on the body for measuring hits/attacks. +5 points.

How many removable parts does it have to represent systems? 

So looking at the pictures they all generally come with two blasters, a head armor and back armor for the blasters. Seems to be a few with only one blaster. So easily these two could be one Defense and 2 Range System of some kind so +5 points.

Does it have enough parts you can remove to represent White Dice damage?

This gets kind of tricky, the armor holding the spring blasters I call one white die then just tip it over for the last one or you could pop the head back off but it was a pretty tight fit so I be wary. Given this case we will go with 0 points for this one.

Over all this gets us a score of 15 points or A. I am tempted to go get more but it looks like I just be running range system armor only with them so most likely not but could fun.

LEGO Spider-man's Mini Spider Crawler 30451 Review for MF0

The Bag

Picked this up at Target in the Holiday section along with several others; behold LEGO posts from DCB! Is it still October? Who is haunting this once noble spaces? Alright let's get into the review.

Web Baller Frame

Can you build some sort of creation right away?

I built this little quad frame, surprised this set didn't include the circle plate with bars but seems the good new padlocks make them a bit unneeded if designed right. +5 points.

Parts 1

Is it below, at, or above the golden ratio? The Golden Ratio is $0.10 per part

$3.99 / 73 = $0.05 per part! Very good deal indeed. +5 points

Parts 2

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

The shear number of padlocks at the price point make this set worth it but the parts do lean toward quad or other such frames then the classic humanoids though. +5 points.

The Minifig

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

Another easy yes for +5 points.

The Build

Total: This is an easy A+ set just for the padlocks, the planned out build could easily become a frame itself with some other parts, almost a 'frame in a bag' but not quite there. Either way it be hard to pass up this set.

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Frame Card

Nerf Review: Cobra RC-6

The Box

So Alpha Strike line is starting to show up in stores (Found mine at Target) and at $10 it was hard to not snag it just to get an idea of what this offers.

The Blaster

So the main product, the blaster which is a six shot rotation T Pull side arm style blaster. The performance out of the box is about Elite line style and T Pull is pretty easy. The handle style though is sort of annoying, if holding it tightly feels weird and possibly hurt after awhile. Simple solution is gloves or grip tape. The blaster has no screws, it all clipped together so probably easy to take apart but from videos I seen the plunger is dropped design and doesn't really allow for spring replacement.

Look at some of the Clamps on the Blaster

Next you get 12 (yes 12) darts in the package so you get two loads of darts for the blaster which it seems will be a common thing for the Alpha Strike line which is almost unheard of in Nerf Blasters!

The 'bottles' and the darts

Targets are not the biggest thing for Nerf War but they are fun at home. The four pieces come together in sets of two that fit together but are universal fits so any pieces come together to make it. They easily fall apart which is fun and the bottles have enough bottom base to stand as single pieces without being put together.

Bottles Assembled.

So for Nerf War Hobbyist and/or Modder I don't think it the best thing for us but I think it a fun box for the hobby and a great entry level product for the hobby at large. I suspect the entire line will be that which is great.

Mobile Alternative Zero: Super Deformed Mobile Suit Series

A Box

So I picked these up while visiting the Japan Pavilion at Disney World's Epcot Center. I could tell they were similar to the Converge Series that Mantis King Reviewed but clearly were a different line as Converge was there as well so I figured I check them out for MF0: RA.

These are the Ones I picked up

See I will start with the Unicorn Gundam as our primary example than share photos of the other 3 with comments. Will save the final review for the bottom using sort of an average of all four sets for the review.

Packaging/Parts

Unicorn Assembled

All the model's heads and arms come off easily along with the accessories but are secure enough to still use in games without falling apart when they move. Also with the way it design I don't expect much wear and tear to happen on these models.

Chub Comparison

RX 78 2 Gundam Layout 

RX 78 2 Gundam Assembled

Marasai Layout 

Marasai Assembled

Woundwart Layout

Woundwart Assembled

Group Comparison

Review Questions

Is it below, at, or above $10 per Frame? 

I believe I got these for $8.99, I have seem to have thrown away box/receipt with out writing down the amount. +5 points.

Is it a good size to use in game?

They are all smaller than a chub but still about the same height as a Classic and foot print still Chubish so I will say yes. +5 Points

How many removable parts does it have to represent systems? 

Well it averages to about 3 systems each for 0 points.

Does it have enough parts you can remove to represent White Dice damage? 

Between the ability to remove arms and the head, along with my believe with minimum wear and tear I will say Yes for +5 points.

Total: We have a A level series of sets for MF0 that should be fun and interesting to see on the field. Check out the fun below.

LEGO Seasonal Santa 40206 Set Review for MF0

The Set

I picked this up from Barnes and Noble but I believe I also saw it at TRU. According to the box there is also an elf shop set but I have not seen it.

Season Frame?

Can you build some sort of creation right away? 

Yes, I made this not bad frame and most likely could of pushed out a station along with easy Cover. +5

Parts 1

Parts 2

Is it below, at, or above the golden ratio? The Golden Ratio is $0.10 per part.

$9.99 / 155 = $0.06 per piece going under ratio for +5 points!

Parts 3

Parts 4

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

Several useful frame parts but not really in the SNOT range though. +5 points.

Parts 5

Parts 6

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

Sort of an even mix bag of a set so will go with a 0 points score on this question.

The Set

For Fun, Santa meets Abstract Horror Santa

Total: So all together we get an A set which is cool though mostly red but also kind of a fun set to have around your house but most will probably just want the parts to build frames which is what this is all about.