Mega Bloks Halo Pelican Gunship Set 97129

I saw the Mega Bloks Halo Pelican Gunship Set 97129 on the shelves of Toy Kingdom at Megamall last Saturday, At first i was so hesitant to buy the set for two reasons: One, the ship was too large it won't fit in my display cabinet, and two it costs Php 7,499.75, I was also thinking what made this different from the first pelican and realizes that this one is a gunship and the first pelican is a dropship. Then the kid in me decides to pick it-up, i already skipped on earlier sets which in time made me realize i need most of them for my collection, resulting me buying online which cost more because of the shipping.

The set has 1161 pieces which took me approximately 9 hours to build the pelican. The only mistake i had was putting the pieces of bricks on the floor and not sorting each of them which took me more time looking for each pieces, well... it's a lesson learned.

 

The Pelican features in-game light and sounds. and has a button on the side to activate the electronics.

The button is almost unrecognizable, almost hidden, my 6 years old daughter asked how to turn on the electronics and told her "It's motion activated you can tap anywhere you want", so i always press the button everytime she taps anywhere, which at first i thought was funny, but later on she keeps throwing small things on it thinking the electronic features gets activated, and i finally told her the truth where the button really is.

On the front is the dual-opening cockpit where you can fit 2 Micro-Action Figures on each seats.

Below the cockpit is the skid

At the top is an opening hatch with a gun which reveals the large open-space interior of the ship, the interior has 4 seats, 2 seats on each side where you can fit 4 MAFs inside.

next on the top is also a duct which also opens up to reveal the turbine fans.

On the lower side is a hidden compartmen where you can place and attach weapons.

At the back is the opening ramp. Another feature is the side cannons which turn side to side, you can also put your MAFs to sit and hold the cannons.

Although it is a very complicated build(i had back aches, buttaches and pain in the knees after building it) i enjoy it and was very satisfied with how it turns out

Plus it has a very close resemblance to Halo 4 Pelican pictured below.

The set also comes with cool figure assortments:
1 Silver Spartan Scout
1 Blue Covert Ops Spartan Operator
1 Blue Covert Ops Spartan Pathfinder
1 Promethean Knight Battlewagon

The Spartans are the “not quite” figures of Sarah Palmer (Spartan Scout), Carlo Hoya (Spartan Operator) and Tedra Grant (Spartan Pathfinder) of Fireteam Majestic from the Halo 4 Spartan Ops multiplayer mode.

The Promethean Knight Battlewagon also has a motion-controlled light-up feature, and gets activated whenever you  move the figure around(it's true and not the practical joke i set-up for my daughter).