TMNT Mega Bloks Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles Revealed!

Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles Mega Bloks Figures Revealed

MEGA Brands shocked the brick-collecting world at the New York Toy Fair 2015, when they quietly announced that they had acquired the license to produce Mega Bloks Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles construction sets and figures. Yes, that’s right, for one it is MEGA Brands who snatched a license away from LEGO and not the other way around! Crazy, right? Anyway, it’s been a long eight months since the stunning announcements, but at last the first image of the TMNT Mega Bloks figures has been revealed! Are you impressed, brick fans?

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CODE NUMBER LIST: Mega Bloks Minions Series 3 Codes!

Minions Mega Bloks Series 3 Blind Box Figures Packaging

While we wait for the LEGO Minifigures Series 14 blind bags to hit stores in late fall (and yes, this is the Halloween-themed minifigures set leaked in the winter), blind bag lovers may need something else to tide them over this summer. And coincidentally, one of my favorite movies has its own blind pack figures getting a new series this summer, and they’re starting to hit stores! And with the Mega Bloks Minions Series 3 code number list, you can pull the Minion you want every single time!!

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Minions Mega Bloks Build-A-Minion Set Released!

Minions Mega Bloks Build-A-Minion Set

I’ve been more than a little bit negligent in my coverage of the Mattel Mega Bloks toys this year, but finally there’s a new theme coming out that I’m really excited about: Minions!

And while most of the summer sets haven’t hit stores just yet, one major new release has now arrived: it’s the Minions Mega Bloks Build-A-Minion set, which lets you construct a Kevin Minion over 15″ tall!

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New York Toy Fair 2015: Mega Bloks Minions Figures Galore!

New York Toy Fair 2015 Minions Mega Bloks Figures Display

People ask me a lot what the “Bloks” in “Bricks and Bloks” is for. It is, of course, not a misspelling–it’s for Mega Bloks. I don’t do a ton of coverage of Mega Bloks here anymore, as most readers don’t seem to like them. However, just about everyone loves the Despicable Me Minions. And at New York Toy Fair 2015, MEGA Brands revealed that by the end of the year, there will be over a hundred Mega Bloks Minions figures!

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CODE NUMBER LIST: Despicable Me Minions Mega Bloks Series 1!

Despicable Me Mega Bloks Minions Blind Boxes Codes

It’s been a while since I’ve posted a code number list for any series of blind bags/blind boxes, but finally a new series has caught my attention! Despite coming from a non-Disney animated film, the Despicable Me Minions have become long-lasting, favorite characters in pop culture. In 2015, the Minions will have their first movie of their very own–but before that, MEGA Brands is giving the Minions their very own series of blind boxes! And thanks to this handy code number list, you can make sure to pull exactly the Mega Bloks Minions Series 1 figure you want every single time!

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Mega Bloks Mighty Morphin Power Rangers Collector Set Released!

There are days when you feel old, and then there are days when you feel really old. Today is one of the latter for me, as I learned that today is the 20th Anniversary of the debut of the Mighty Morphin Power Rangers TV show in the United States–a show I thought I was too old for when it first aired. So yeah. I feel old today. But on the bright side, MEGA Brands has now released a special set to commemorate my being over-the-hill: it’s the Mega Bloks Mighty Morphin Power Rangers Collector Set 05836, containing Mighty Morphin Power Rangers Mega Bloks figures of all six original Power Rangers!

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