Check out Halo Bricks: instagram.com/halo_bricks/ Check out ImaginArt's Channel: www.youtube.com/@ImaginArt24 Head over to Popcorn8's store: www.mercari.com/u/682217577/ FIGURE ID CODES: (The last 2 digits really matter) CE Marine - 187304TC Orange Grunt - 174303TC Flood Brute - 187364TCAC Jega - 187366TC Helljumper Spartan - 187462TC Blue Elite - 174363TC CQB Spartan - 174361TC Purple Brute - 174365TC

@superk9letsplays419

5 ай бұрын

When is this releasing?

He’s never beating the living in the mega factory allegations

@DemarcationMedia

8 ай бұрын

At this point...you might be right

@BaggedRanchGirl

8 ай бұрын

@@DemarcationMediaOMG CONFIRMED CONFIRMED! I will write to all the tabloids about this(kidding)

I love that each box comes with 5 brutes floods, open floods for everyone.

@DemarcationMedia

8 ай бұрын

I agree!!

@zenstriker9108

Ай бұрын

I can check on that, the boxes on the way can’t wait to check them.

Mega keeps making each series better.

@DemarcationMedia

8 ай бұрын

Agreed 110%!

I am convinced you have a tent inside of the Mega factory and live in it every time a new series is about to drop. You probably snag them when people aren’t looking, lol. Seriously though, it’s awesome that you got all of those. If you ever did decide to sell any of them, especially the CQB, I will be one of the first to buy them. Keep up the great videos as always! :)

@DemarcationMedia

8 ай бұрын

XD A tent? Nah just a sleeping bag in the air vents. This case is pretty much entirely claimed, but if I can managed to get more, they will be made available. It is a big If though

@ParmesanProductionsStopMotion

8 ай бұрын

@@DemarcationMedia A sleeping bag! I should’ve known…

@Beriothien007

8 ай бұрын

@@ParmesanProductionsStopMotion this rumor of Lego is not true. I have a (too) long comment explaining this. But I will sum it up by saying that I used to work in Target and Toys R Us(Toys R Us was way before so it doesnt apply for today but target does) and this is not how stores operate. LEGO doesnt have that power. Stores rent shelf space and can ONLY dictate how their rented shelves look, not the surrounding shelves.

@ParmesanProductionsStopMotion

8 ай бұрын

@@Beriothien007 What are you talking about my guy? I never said anything about Lego, I simply made a joke about how Demarcation Media gets his sets early.

@Beriothien007

8 ай бұрын

@@ParmesanProductionsStopMotion I apologize, My comment went to you instead of another commentor

15:30 "I used the scalper to destroy the scalper"

@DemarcationMedia

8 ай бұрын

It's not scalping if you sell 'em for a good price! But you have the concept down XD

that rule that lego has should be illegal, kinda makes me really dislike lego

@ImaginArt24

8 ай бұрын

What rule is that?

@ImaginArt24

8 ай бұрын

Nm let lego die

@DemarcationMedia

8 ай бұрын

Lego has some good parts and some not good parts

@ruufiss9922

8 ай бұрын

@@DemarcationMedia yeah but limiting your competitors retailers is completely unfair. if this wasnt a toy company i bet tons more people would care. but it is just a toy company ig. but fr theres only 4 sets that are mega in my stores. its all halo thank god, but still just the dang ol troophog from infinite and helmets mostly.

@smoldoggy1005

8 ай бұрын

Monopolies are illegal in this country but they’re trying to work around breaking that law. They’re disgusting

For the elite to be a heroes figure I'd want it to have the printed orange shield generators aswell as accurate shoulder plates.

@DemarcationMedia

8 ай бұрын

Why orange?

@mitchyoung4173

7 ай бұрын

@@DemarcationMediathe orange bulbous half globes found on halo 1 and 2 elites I believe is what he is talking about. I believe on the inner forearm and somewhere on their legs

@DemarcationMedia

7 ай бұрын

@@mitchyoung4173 If it's that small of a detail, I think it's fine if they don't have them. Only the Mega CE elites have inner arm printing

@mitchyoung4173

7 ай бұрын

@@DemarcationMedia yeah I don't have an opinion, just clearing up what OP was talking about

for A9, they should just put a pack of 4, one of each pod, on their website it's like they, probably mattel tbh, COMPLETELY FORGOT THEY HAVE MATTEL CREATIONS I get the whole "low cost sets are put online" but honestly, that's a huge cope and they would absolutely be able to make their money in doing so the solution to putting 5 dollar sets on the website, if they're THAT CONCERNED, just put it up like "case of heroes, case of blind bags, one of each pod, hell idk, one of each hh in a set sold like series 14 was on Amazon" stuff like that

@DemarcationMedia

8 ай бұрын

Bundles is the way to go!

I am absolutely in love with this series! Hope one day I’ll be able to put my hands on a few of these bags!

@DemarcationMedia

8 ай бұрын

Keep your eyes peeled, especially in Krogers and Meijers

@imadubsfan1

8 ай бұрын

@@DemarcationMedia Any other locations they'll be sold at? I'm in the west coast and we don't have any Krogers or Meijers around us.

Man, as an on and off Hall Mega fan, I've been really frustrated by the difficulty to get any sets! If the stuff you say about lego is true (which I definitely believe it is), its no wonder that my best place to find anything is my local CVS! I'm seriously ticked at Lego, and I think that anti-competition BS should be thoroughly punished! I love Lego and all, but that should not be tolerated!

@DemarcationMedia

8 ай бұрын

I think it would help a lot if Mega went full online

@headcrabking9054

8 ай бұрын

@@DemarcationMedia absolutely!

@Beriothien007

8 ай бұрын

@@headcrabking9054 this rumor of Lego is not true. I have a (too) long comment explaining this. But I will sum it up by saying that I used to work in Target and Toys R Us(Toys R Us was way before so it doesnt apply for today but target does) and this is not how stores operate. LEGO doesnt have that power. Stores rent shelf space and can ONLY dictate how their rented shelves look, not the surrounding shelves.

@headcrabking9054

8 ай бұрын

@@Beriothien007 okay! That actually does make a great deal of sense to me as well, but I'm still disappointed by the lack of any Mega Halo stuff on store shelves. It's absurd to me that my local pharmacy is still the single greatest place to get new MCX Halo sets

Cant wait to do our video for this

I wish canada still got these, haven't seen one since infinite series 3 blind bags and halo heroes series 14. The last thing we apparently got nationwide was universe series 1 but it never showed up here, I wish someone couls talk to mega construx about it because at this rate we may never get another box of these.

@thewayforward8543

8 ай бұрын

Heroes/blind bags are currently not offered by Mattel to be ordered by any retailer in the Canadian market.

@SnipesS01

8 ай бұрын

@@thewayforward8543 That's pretty much what I'm saying but simplified. Thing is the only way we can ever hope to change that is if we can get a bigger youtuber to talk to mega about it.

@DemarcationMedia

8 ай бұрын

Simon over on the Domain has talked to them about it and is continually bringing our feedback about distribution to Mega

@SnipesS01

8 ай бұрын

@@DemarcationMedia did the domain post about it or did you just talking to him in private?

@DemarcationMedia

8 ай бұрын

@@SnipesS01 He's the official Mega Ambassador and has been putting out polls to help Mega gauge who is getting sets and who is missing out

I gotta say his hands seen better days

@DemarcationMedia

8 ай бұрын

That's what happens when you set an oven on your hand XD

@Peachghost4348

8 ай бұрын

@@DemarcationMediayou good??

@BaggedRanchGirl

8 ай бұрын

@@DemarcationMediaoh my goodness, everything all right?

@DemarcationMedia

8 ай бұрын

@@BaggedRanchGirl Oh yeah, it's a minor inconvenience

@DemarcationMedia

8 ай бұрын

@@Peachghost4348 Yep! It's mostly just annoying

Awesome video!

@DemarcationMedia

8 ай бұрын

Thanks!

amazing job on 11k🎉

@DemarcationMedia

8 ай бұрын

Thanks!

The halo Infinite helmet that uses flood tentacle foliage is based off of extraction from halo 4 and is coming to halo infinite in season 5

@DemarcationMedia

8 ай бұрын

Very much looking forward to Season 5

Sadly, my only way of getting mega is Albertsons that sell blind bags for $5.99 if they are there. Its getting pretty bad for the halo mega community, but we gotta stay strong

@thunderslug1066

8 ай бұрын

Not had blind bags in England since 2016 :(

@DemarcationMedia

8 ай бұрын

At least you can find blind bags in your area

Where I'm at, Mega is bone dry except for old sets that came out 2 years ago. I managed to get a cull case of Universe Series 1 and sold 4 grunts and 4 elites to different friends who wanted them for army building.

@DemarcationMedia

8 ай бұрын

Same for me, stores have like nothing

thanks for mentioning me in the video

I like ur thinking about helping the community

@DemarcationMedia

3 ай бұрын

I try!

@Ouptimuss

3 ай бұрын

What u could do is buy 3 and then give them to more people that way it could help it faster but of course that’s going cos lot of money but at lest ur trying

If the hell jumpers and brutes were switched this would’ve been a perfect set. Currently the hunt has been pretty sad although I've been posting most places I find stocked in the Mega Domain that way others can have an easier time finding what they want. I'm ordering a case of this I'll probably be redistributing most of it.

@DemarcationMedia

8 ай бұрын

Ordering cases is the way to go right now in this wasteland of Mega

You should do a comparison of every new articulation marine that mega has made id love to hear your thoughts on them

@DemarcationMedia

8 ай бұрын

That has actually been an idea on my list for awhile

My target actually has good distribution every now and then I’ll try and get some out if there is extras

@DemarcationMedia

8 ай бұрын

Wow, I haven't heard of many Targets having Halo anymore

Awesome video, thanks! I really hope Mega has a better year for distribution in 2024. Small update, I've managed to get a full Hero series 17 and 18, but getting the older ones at decent prices is hard. In Mexico there is a big Mega group on Facebook but prices are crazy. Scalpers get their hands on a lot of figures. I've bought a couple extra figures that I hope can go to people that can't find them, but it's also tough not having real friends in the community to trade and sell at retail prices to. Hoping to make some connections soon so that I can help nice folks looking for cool figures that shouldn't be hard to find. Resellers don't make getting this figures easier :( P.S. there'll be a cool Halo convention in Mexico next week and a lot of people will be selling Mega (sadly, at very expensive prices). Buut, there'll be a real nice custom Hayabusa armor on sale by a local 3D printing group at the event. Let me know if we can connect so I can send one your way if possible! (I've heard they'll open international shipping when the exclusive armor is available too!)

@DemarcationMedia

8 ай бұрын

Do you have Discord? That's a really good place to sell without the scalpers knowing. Squad 45 is the server I admin and also The Domain server is a good one as well

@ianalbarn

8 ай бұрын

I do have discord. Where can I join the servers? :) I'd love to help the community @@DemarcationMedia

@DemarcationMedia

8 ай бұрын

@@ianalbarn Head over to the Domain's channel, he has a link to it there

@ianalbarn

8 ай бұрын

Thanks! @@DemarcationMedia

The red strip pulls so you don't have to use scissors

@DemarcationMedia

8 ай бұрын

Weeelllpppp that woulda been smart of me to check that XD

@russellpenner3487

8 ай бұрын

@@DemarcationMedia hahaha I just thought it was entertaining more than anything lol

For a CQB Halo Heroes line figure they should make Daisy from Halo Legends

@DemarcationMedia

7 ай бұрын

That would be great if they modded the head to work better

I have a kroger marketplace near my house but they havent updated since halo heroes 15 got the hornet recon and the spartan armor packs but other than that not a thing

@ebomb1133

8 ай бұрын

Same here bud. I have a few I check consistently and I still see ROWS of Locke and Decimus on shelves. It's a shame bc they are still great figures. I've seen some pop up universe series 2 blind bags here and there

@DemarcationMedia

8 ай бұрын

Seeing the Spartan Armor packs in stores is pretty good

I found some halo heroes series 13 at a CVS. hope that at least kinda helps.

@DemarcationMedia

8 ай бұрын

CVS is a good spot to look, though it appears as if a lot of them are phasing out Mega :(

@Dinomanjc

8 ай бұрын

Yeah it’s sad

@Dinomanjc

8 ай бұрын

I found like 7 hive exterminators at big lots

Besides the fur color they used for the Brute, this series would have been perfect..... But then they made the most rancid figure ratio I have seen. Not only did they make the Brute and Grunt rare, there is more Spartan Helljumpers than Elites. What the hell where they thinking. I still love this series but man, it's so frustrating how close they were to perfection.

@DemarcationMedia

8 ай бұрын

I have no issue with the grunt being a rare, but I do agree that there should have been more Elites than Helljumpers

I love halo mega bloks i wish for it to keep on climbing up i want a covenant phantom set i have little money though so i want halo be cheaper and more available everywhere i live in maine so I'd love to have some halo mega bloks in Maine.

@DemarcationMedia

5 ай бұрын

We haven't had a Covie Phantom in years. But yeah I agree, more availability would be great

Target does have a new exclusive set from mega. The mega halo Xbox 360

@DemarcationMedia

8 ай бұрын

That is true! Hopefully it sells well

hey guys ill definiatly be doing a side small review for four of them.

the marine is looking like a older version.

@DemarcationMedia

7 ай бұрын

I mean, he's based on Halo 1 and a re-release of the one from the Clash On The Rings blind bags

I’d rather have them sell the pods individually, i have a full set of the pods but romeo and mickey are in bad shape with printing issues, I’d like to just get a replacement for them so i have the crew without major printing issues

@DemarcationMedia

8 ай бұрын

That isn't exactly the most profitable way for them to sell the pods though. $10 pod plus the shipping would make people mad or they'd have to do lower shipping and take a loss

Finally getting around to this video. Building the figs was never that bad. With the sole exception of the mid torso joint. That was infinite pain. Curious what Simon is hinting at. Only notable thing I've seen is return of the spiker. Everything else I've seen people mention around places. Edit 1. I don't lament the loss of these pods. That is the plastic pod itself. Edit 2: the crazy thing. Lego is the world's number 1 leading toy company as of now. They were the least effect by the market crash and have seriously pulled ahead of all their competition. Edit 3. Meh. Mega do be doing H4/5 armors better then 343i

@DemarcationMedia

8 ай бұрын

That torso joint was SO PAINFUL

@renardnoir2581

8 ай бұрын

​@@DemarcationMedia👏

I find halo mega in cvs sometimes but only heroes and blind bags

@DemarcationMedia

6 ай бұрын

Most of my CVS stores have gotten rid of Mega :(

@richardpitts3206

6 ай бұрын

@@DemarcationMedia that’s a shame

128 is too much for me. I just want a few of each figure.☹️

@DemarcationMedia

8 ай бұрын

That's why you buy and resell the rest

The other factor that can help would be that mattel puts all the newest sets up on mattel creations due to that fact that not everyone is getting the sets. I haven't even seen anything new in my local stores. Only "new" thing i bought was red team's warthog and the new hornet. I haven't even seen the blind bags.

@DemarcationMedia

8 ай бұрын

Most stores don't carry blind bags anymore. Theft seems to be the biggest reason

@k02ak

8 ай бұрын

@@DemarcationMedia that doesn't surprise me. The last and only time I saw a blind bag, it was torn open and the gun was the only thing remaining from it while still in the toy aisle

Give me a flood brute

I appreciate the coverage Zee long winded but: There's been a lot of misinformation surrounding that Jang clip that’s been making the rounds in the Mega fandom. Merchandisers can and do send compliance reps to check for brand standards that will measure shelf space if they have reports that say another product is encroaching on their allocated (rented) shelf space. You see this more in the grocery section, usually in the junk food section. Chocolate companies and soft drink companies are especially notorious for this. LEGO, though, is in no way telling the likes of Walmart, Target, Amazon, etc. what they can and cannot do. “Eighteen inches of shelf space” is absurd. The idea that LEGO is threatening to pull its products from shelves is simply not true. Perhaps with a small one-off location like a “mom and pop,” but not with any notable retailer. Threatening to pull your stuff is not a game any company wants to play with any of the aforementioned retailers. LEGO can and does call their rep and complain like they do when a retailer puts something out early when they are not supposed to effectively leaking something that has not been announced, straining their relationship with, say, Disney, surrounding a new movie (typically Marvel/Star Wars). That’s usually as far as it will go, though. Companies rent and, in some instances, quite literally own shelves in some stores; it depends on what has been negotiated with that retailer. Herein lies the issue: Mattel rents or buys the shelves and invests what they want where they want; hence, the Barbie section is huge and the Mega section is often small. There's not enough room for the entire lineup, so Pokémon sets take up available space, as that’s what consistently sells the best. I also don’t know what deal has been arranged. (Between Mega and Nintendo, they likely have high expectations.) Different agreements with different retailers explain why Target has a fairly big area for MEGA and why Walmarts are usually small and near the floor (eye level is more expensive). Mattel could choose to rent more shelf space, but it is also competing for that space with LEGO and other building block brands and does not feel that it’s worth the cost in most cases. Too long didn’t read; Mattel doesn’t think it’s worth the cost or effort to expand the MEGA section over what it currently has. So space is limited to what currently sells the best (Pokémon).

@DemarcationMedia

8 ай бұрын

I would be curious to know where Jang got his info. He's been in the Lego game for a LONG time and has a huge knowledge base for these things

@Beriothien007

8 ай бұрын

Thank you, finally some one says it. People take Jang as gospel because of his size but its simply not true

@DemarcationMedia

8 ай бұрын

@@Beriothien007 If you have any source for it being not true, please pass it along

@DemarcationMedia

6 ай бұрын

@tildencats9523 The xbox set and Halo's resurgence could be enough to bring it back

Any indication these are going to be sold by the case on EE like the last two blind bag waves?

@DemarcationMedia

8 ай бұрын

I have no idea, only time will tell

Ramos was a green ODST. Granted it's a named character... but the real reason I'm commenting is I had an idea for a comparison video. The new red team rescue flame hog vs the original flame hog.

@DemarcationMedia

8 ай бұрын

True, but not an army builder one. I'd have to get an OG flame hog but that's not a bad idea

At least where I live halo is dying out in stores, I used to at least see some sets but as of recently all of the sets have been nowhere

@DemarcationMedia

6 ай бұрын

Yeah it's all moving to online

i almost have all of it all i need is the marine

@DemarcationMedia

2 ай бұрын

Nice!

@Minigameskid9901

2 ай бұрын

hi @DemarcationMedia!

It especially hurt trying to get the torso onto the waist

@DemarcationMedia

7 ай бұрын

Ohhhh heck yeah

I just ordered off of ls3d 5 minutes ago

@DemarcationMedia

8 ай бұрын

Ey nice!!

I think that the mega halo stuff should move to Mattel creations

@DemarcationMedia

8 ай бұрын

They need to move ALL of it there

So when it comes to mercari are there deferent cost depending on your country and if so is there a way you can change that so it shows it also do they ship internationally

@DemarcationMedia

8 ай бұрын

I believe Mercari is a US locked thing

@mathewkariga8859

8 ай бұрын

@@DemarcationMediawell shit I live in Canada man I hope I can get the figures I want ac flood brute and elite cqb also I like lego but why they do mega dirty

@zenstriker9108

Ай бұрын

I live in Canada but still a distribution issue for Canada

now, if i got doubles, i'd use UNSC Spartan III Customizer Pack to diverse them...i mean, what else you gonna do with the extra heads?

@DemarcationMedia

8 ай бұрын

They would match the Helljumper only

@Scotty-Z70

8 ай бұрын

@@DemarcationMedia in colour? Or in peg size?

@DemarcationMedia

8 ай бұрын

@@Scotty-Z70 Color. Peg size is the same across all figures

@Scotty-Z70

8 ай бұрын

oh...whew. because i like painting, but don't like sanding@@DemarcationMedia

Name the CHIPS: "Pringles"

@DemarcationMedia

8 ай бұрын

XD Pringles Dubbo

Why wont Mega just make some cool old CE series. I mean they havent made life por from CE yet also marines in CE was awesome, with diffrent headwear, no just helmets

@DemarcationMedia

5 ай бұрын

They were very focused on H3 this last year, but with Halo Universe Mega has said ANYTHING is on the table

CQB IS FIRE. Zero access. Imma just wait till they drop daisy-023 red CQB from legends as a hero

@DemarcationMedia

8 ай бұрын

I hope they do make her in the next Heroes series

I didnt realize scalpers where so bad for halo mega untill i started trying to find imfinite seires 5 it took 3 hours and 4 different sights

@DemarcationMedia

7 ай бұрын

Yep, sadly the scalpers are rampant

@Rouge42

7 ай бұрын

Sucks to see I used to collect mega during old articulation and stoped for a long time only came back because I saw an odst set in walmart very nice stuff sucks to see scalpers ruin everything they touch

@DemarcationMedia

7 ай бұрын

@@Rouge42 That's the collecting scene as a whole really, 2020 showed scalpers that there was a market for hobby stuff

Next Halo universe series 4 please they need to make a halo reach marine

@DemarcationMedia

7 ай бұрын

That would be awesome!

Lego has been getting more and more cut throat and i really don't understand why, they're already stupidly profitable and as you said they basically already have a monopoly over building brick sets only thing i can think of as to why they're this way is they're a corporate mega company that wants money and nothing else, and maybe because they're STILL salty about their patent on what is basically the best selling toy ever, going out of date and thus opening the flood gates before they could do anything about it

@DemarcationMedia

8 ай бұрын

Yeah, I'm just as confused

@alanderek1231

8 ай бұрын

As Lego becomes more valuable more people invest and as more people invest the more they want to see a return on investments so Lego has to become more cutthroat

Today I learned you have social media.

@DemarcationMedia

8 ай бұрын

XD Yep, I'm on IG and FB

@BaggedRanchGirl

8 ай бұрын

@@DemarcationMedia nice! Wider audience!

@DemarcationMedia

8 ай бұрын

@@BaggedRanchGirl Yep, plus IG is where the majority of my photography goes

@BaggedRanchGirl

8 ай бұрын

@@DemarcationMedia yeah im trying to build my following on social then on KZread

Jega army builder figure its always weird to see a named character in a blind bag

@StalwartWartyard

20 күн бұрын

Would you consider someone that sells them for 40 a scalper for the full set ,also would the 2000 dallor infection form as a scalper or a great deal or just a joke the lego thing is crazy I never heard someone say that before

@DemarcationMedia

20 күн бұрын

40 for a full set is basically retail. And for the infection form, I have no idea if what that person thinks they have

@DemarcationMedia

20 күн бұрын

That's why he's the rare

@StalwartWartyard

19 күн бұрын

​@@DemarcationMediayah cuz named characters are not good army builders

I feel like 343s consistent blunders with Halo has done a lot of damage to Mega. They're missing a lot of new and old Halo fans.

@DemarcationMedia

8 ай бұрын

Yes, and also older fans are too attached to nostalgia, so both things cause a lot of problems

My Walmart and target don’t have halo no more kinda sad because I’m gonna have to order sets from resellers

@DemarcationMedia

8 ай бұрын

Same for me. Tons of Pokemon, no Halo

I wanted to ask if you know if the you bought these packs from on mercari sells Falcon sweeps

@DemarcationMedia

8 ай бұрын

He does not

Every time I go to a target and look for some potential mega sets, all I can find is Pokémon, and I go once a month to see if they even added some blind bags to purchase but there is still 5+ old Pokémon sets, and I’m stuck to Mercari and Amazon for sets or minifigs , I’m tired of it because I have to buy overpriced sets like the falcon from halo reach, which it was really hard to find a price that’s not 300+, but I still like Pokémon I think it’s a really good line I even bought some sets, but I still prefer halo.

@DemarcationMedia

5 ай бұрын

The Pokemon line is EVERYWHERE and it gets old

It’s kinda sad that they don’t sell these at any stores anymore. It’s only the Pokémon

@DemarcationMedia

7 ай бұрын

Agreed. A bit part of the reason was theft--blind bags got stolen so much

Can I buy those from you? I just want the convenant besides the flood brute, and the green hell jumper, lol

@dylancrossman1640

8 ай бұрын

He stated in the video that all of them are going to be sold to his friends

@DemarcationMedia

8 ай бұрын

This^^ The links to them are in the pinned comment actually

I'll be honest with you. I don't think there's any way we can fight scalpers as long as Mega and Motel are working with them. When they put a set on Mattel creations and it sells out within a couple of hours they know they should put out more. Scalpers buy huge amounts so that fans are forced to buy from them. If Mattel announces they will put out more and continuously do so, the scalpers will stop buying because they can't make a profit. In the meantime Mattel is always going to make profit because somebody is buying their products (either the scalpers or the fans) Unfortunately I have dealt with collecting from Mattel for over 4 decades. I knew this was going to be the problem as soon as they bought Mega Brands. This and I know that Mattel's distribution is absolutely horrible and always has been. So as long as Mega is put out in amounts that scalpers can buy up immediately, they will always be working with the scalpers whether intentional or not

@DemarcationMedia

8 ай бұрын

Saying that Mega and Mattel are working with scalpers is not entirely a fair statement. This is an issue with many collectibles and toys right now and it doesn't matter if there are high amounts, scalpers will still find a way to sell for high prices. Take the action figure scene, for example. There are too many for the scalpers to buy all of, so you know what they do? They steal the heads and sell those online. The only real way to combat scalping is to drive the reselling prices down. Yes Mega could try to produce more, but that isn't a solution. On top of that, if the excess product doesn't sell (looking at you, Razorback), then Mega has lost money from it all.

@sheerkhanindustries4384

8 ай бұрын

Raising production is exactly what would work. Scalper's work on the basic premise that collectors are scared they will never find What They Want. So they pay a high price to get it to make sure they don't miss out. If Morris produced, then there is more invitory out there. The fear becomes less and the scalpers cannot get the extreme markups. Example: Again, look at when the Falcon Sweep sold out on Mattel Creations. If right away if it was announced that more were going to be made, the scalpers have to either continue buying all of the supply or sell as quickly as they could to not lose their money. If there's a fear of making too many then you let it be a pre-order so that you only make what people want. Comparing this to the razorback as comparing apples and oranges. When you look at more razorbacks being brought into target stores the market was already saturated. That's why they sat on shelves and do to this very day. That's got nothing to do with scalpersOr a product that people couldn't find. That was just target ordering too much and that's all it is.

@sheerkhanindustries4384

8 ай бұрын

If you took the alpha 9 team and put them into a 4 pack and sold it only on Mattel Creations you would control the scalping as well. Unlike their poorly planned attempt at selling the fan vote set, If they say for 2 months all the orders that are made will be filled it would stop the scalping. Everybody would have a chance to get it. And I'm not gonna call it scalping if it's a set that after a couple of years somebody had extras and sold it for a higher price. Let's be real. If you can't afford to buy a set of 4 figures in 2 months then you were not gonna be able to afford it if you found it in the store

@DemarcationMedia

8 ай бұрын

@@sheerkhanindustries4384 That is true. I think online doesn't have the 'quick buy' factor that allows people to ignore the price like in-stores do

@brickman1175

8 ай бұрын

@@sheerkhanindustries4384 I have to agree with everything you have said. Whilst I admire Zee's attempt to rally the community to tackle the scalpers there is an obvious flaw in his plan (Sorry Zee but I've got to say it). If 'true fans' of the community carry out Zee's request and start buying boxes of figures (or any other Mega Halo product that is in demand) to then sell on eBay etc for a dollar or 2 more than retail, they are unlikely to end up in the hands of other 'true fans', it will be the scalpers that buy them all up, just for a dollar or 2 more than they would have paid originally, they'll still end up in the wrong hands being sold for 5 x retail the next day. Scalpers spend all day everyday on eBay and other sites checking listings and they often have the ability to act immediately. All this method would do is change the source the scalpers are buying them from. I also agree that the 'only' way to combat scalping is to make enough product to satisfy demand in the first place, a text book example of this is the 20th character pack. After an initial release that was almost instantly scalped form the face of the internet, they then went on to be sold for 12 months by scalpers for up to 4 x retail. MEGA then thankfully produced a second batch, these have been in stock on Amazon for almost 12 months at retail or often less. Now, all of the scalpers that bulk bought the first wave and very likely still have hundreds sat in storage can choose to either sell at retail and cut their losses or sit on them for an undetermined length of time, sitting on product isn't how scalpers make their money so which ever way you look at it MEGA delivered a firm blow to scalpers by doing the right thing with this set, producing more than enough to meet demand. This is how you beat scalping. I also wouldn't worry about Mega producing more than the market requires as without doing this they are destined to fail anyway and then all of this will come to an end. Lego almost consistently make sure they have enough product to saturate the market, so much so that Lego is always on clearance somewhere. I've heard Lego still manage to make a few $ profit whilst employing this tactic. For MEGA to survive long term they have to have product on shelf, right now that's Pokemon as that's what sells. I find it laughable how much abuse the MEGA HALO community throws at MEGA in the comments section of anything that's not HALO. It's IPs like Pokemon that are keeping the lights on whilst HALO goes through these dark times. We should be grateful that MEGA has Pokemon and other IPs or they probably would be in trouble. I'm not trying to offend anyone here and try to stay out of this kind of debate as I find the shortsightedness of many to be frustrating, it also bothers me how aggressive people are to MEGA in their comments sections. Seeing how aggressive people can get with no concern of how their comments will be effecting those people on the other end of them bothers me greatly, especially when these people always seem to be the ones that call themselves the 'biggest fans'. That's the longest comment I've ever written and bound to ruffle a few feathers but I guess sometimes you just gotta get it out.

.you can hear peoples thoughts? You have ESPN?!?!?! We have no Krogger. I have never seen Mayor. The last place i bought a blindbag was at Walgreens, and they are no longer carrying them. Heavy Sigh. I live in a small beach town. The closest Walmart is 13 miles away, and Target is about 65 miles away in a city.

@DemarcationMedia

Ай бұрын

Sadly I have no access to in store blind bags. Target dropped them for now

what mic do you use?

@DemarcationMedia

8 ай бұрын

I use a Pixel MC 650

I heard that Universe Series 3 blind bags technically don't release until next year right?

@DemarcationMedia

7 ай бұрын

That was the idea except they're already releasing

Ramos is a green ODST right?

@DemarcationMedia

8 ай бұрын

Yes, but not really a solid army builder in green

Im sad that these blind bags don’t sell in canada

@DemarcationMedia

8 ай бұрын

These are only in a few stores even in the US

@zenstriker9108

Ай бұрын

At least we have MEGA Pokémon

Hello demarcation

@DemarcationMedia

8 ай бұрын

Hello there

@FigureStories-wg4qs

8 ай бұрын

nice vid@@DemarcationMedia

@FigureStories-wg4qs

8 ай бұрын

btw do u make stopmotion@@DemarcationMedia

wheere can i get these? i cant find them on amazon or anything

@DemarcationMedia

8 ай бұрын

Right now, as stated in the video, Kroger Marketplaces, Fred Meyers and Popcorn8's Mercari store

@cheekygiraffe802

8 ай бұрын

@@DemarcationMedia thanks

@DemarcationMedia

8 ай бұрын

@@cheekygiraffe802 Good luck hunting

Another blind bags that probably I will never get with MEGA's terrible distribution. I was the one who posted the video about Jang on reddit. 😔😞

@DemarcationMedia

8 ай бұрын

Keep looking, if EE stocks full cases that could be your ticket

@zenstriker9108

Ай бұрын

👀

Porfavor vendeme uno de esos élites azules y brutes Floods 😣

@DemarcationMedia

14 күн бұрын

Ya no tengo extras, se vendieron todos.

@SpikeelDragon2008

14 күн бұрын

@@DemarcationMedia que mal... 💀

Which code is the flood

@DemarcationMedia

Ай бұрын

check the pinned comment?

Where did you get it from ?

@DemarcationMedia

8 ай бұрын

Explained in video

Where is the code to know what is in my bag

@DemarcationMedia

7 ай бұрын

Explained in video

Where did you buy this from?

@DemarcationMedia

Ай бұрын

With the majority of the reviews, I explain how I got the set in the video

when scalpers buy these things, and hoard hundreds of sets, is that still money going to mega? like are they buying all those sets from mega and then selling it for double to get more? if so, mega is probably doing fine financially. its Halo itself as a whole im more worried about honestly.

@DemarcationMedia

5 ай бұрын

It depends. A lot of the scalped stuff from China is likely stolen

So are you a Canadian citizen now or what lmao

@The_Local_Goose

8 ай бұрын

Also are your hands okay

@DemarcationMedia

8 ай бұрын

XD I'd have to be a chinese citizen, since that's where all the factories are. And yeah my hand should be 100% back to normal in a few days

@The_Local_Goose

8 ай бұрын

@@DemarcationMedia I thought you'd be stealing prototypes from the hq in Canada

i keep getting that STUPID odst spartan 4

@DemarcationMedia

4 ай бұрын

Broo that figure is awesome! But you can check the codes to make sure you don't get duplicates

Can I buy a marine from you

@DemarcationMedia

4 ай бұрын

I no longer have any of the extras

Is that really something Lego is doing? Thats scuffed up.

@DemarcationMedia

8 ай бұрын

I only know what Jang said but he does know a lot about Lego

⚠️⚠️⚠️WHERE⚠️⚠️⚠️

@DemarcationMedia

8 ай бұрын

Explained in video

@rtoney85

8 ай бұрын

@@DemarcationMedia ya I saw thanks 😊

If lego cares so much they should buy the halo mega franchise and make it better 🤷🏽‍♀️

@DemarcationMedia

8 ай бұрын

Nooooooo, Lego would RUIN it

@zenstriker9108

Ай бұрын

LEGO is watching always lol

I love Lego but there just kinda getting annoying with all there prices and the absurd rules

@DemarcationMedia

7 ай бұрын

Yeah...the Star Wars line has some obscene prices

Lego bricks break and crack way too easy I will always prefer to buy mega construx

@DemarcationMedia

8 ай бұрын

Certain colors do, most are okay. Brown is the worst though, it will explode

That Lego rule is just horrendous. Completely selfish and greedy of the company.

@DemarcationMedia

8 ай бұрын

Some people are saying that rule isn't true, but I haven't found more proof for either claim. But Lego is cutthroat with competition anyway

@withercraft9517

8 ай бұрын

@@DemarcationMedia trueeeee

I am honestly tired of this rumor. Jang, although I like him and enjoy his videos, is often ignorant in his views and puts out *alot* of false information. One of which is the one about shelf space and Lego. You can go to any store and measure the shelves and see that most if not all obviously have 18 inches of shelf space. Brands rent shelf space. Mattel buys it and has people design how the shelf is setup. Same with LEGO and Hasbro. They don't constitute what stores are allowed to have or not have because stores buy stock and sell shelves. Shelves are modular and each link is standard of 4-6 feet for toys. And shelves are rented per link. So based off Jangs misinformation, brands have to pay for say 6 feet, and have to give away 54 inches of the total 72. This simply isn't true and an inefficient way of stores operating. One brand cannot and does not dictate how other brands setup their shelves, they can only dictate how stores setup their product on the shelves. One such regulation when I was working at Target is that Lego can share one side of the aisle with other building block toys. I think it is harmful for Jang to spread this information. He is not a "holy one" in the sense that he knows everything. but because of his size and influence whatever he says is taken as gospel when it shouldn't. As I have said before in Simon's discord, the fault of MEGA's unavailability is at fault of ourselves and stores. Our nostalgia fueled Bungie Boners judged 343 into a hole, and created lots of company issues which came out with a mediocre game that didn't get sales. So stores don't want to buy a product that is iffy whether it will sell or not. Stores not buying product makes it incredibly difficult for MEGA to sell their product. Especially with a parent company that knows that MEGA is not their big money maker, That is HotWheels and Barbie. So it is not cost effective to put money into MEGA when that would allocate resources away from the big sellers. Its a cluster of screw-ups. Multiple things went wrong at the same time. One thing that would fix it is an online store. Mattel Creations or Mattel's other online shop holding MEGA would not entirely solve the issue, but could slow the decent. selling BBs in cases, Halo Heroes individually and all sets on Mattel Creations would create more money for the brand, getting the attention of big box stores.

@DemarcationMedia

8 ай бұрын

If you have any sources to confirm info to the contrary of what Jang said, I'd love to see them. I do agree in part though, the amount of negativity that the community turned into a laser-guided missile against 343 helped tank Halo and then Microsoft's bad choices tanked it more, which resulted in stores not wanting to carry ANY Halo toys. Even Jazwares is freakishly hard to find now.

Cap

@DemarcationMedia

8 ай бұрын

🧢

Yo I do not like Lego at all I dislike there sets and there instructions and honestly there so trash and over rated let's get Mega to the top

@DemarcationMedia

8 ай бұрын

Lego has some good things about it and calling it trash is a bit heavy-handed. Mega has a lot of good too and saying one or the other is better is hard

I hope I find some of these I haven’t had blind bags in awhile now 🥲 didn’t get any of the last series

@DemarcationMedia

8 ай бұрын

Yeah, blind bag hunting in stores is tough

@zenstriker9108

Ай бұрын

But remember it can be fun sir 👀