When is this releasing?

At this point...you might be right

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

Agreed 110%!

I agree!!

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

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

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

@@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.

@@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.

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

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

What rule is that?

Nm let lego die

Lego has some good parts and some not good parts

@@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.

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

Keep your eyes peeled, especially in Krogers and Meijers

@@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.

Bundles is the way to go!

Why orange?

@@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

@@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

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

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

@@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.

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

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

@@Snipes.Apollo 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

Thanks!

Thanks!

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

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

@@DemarcationMedia absolutely!

@@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.

@@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

Same for me, stores have like nothing

Very much looking forward to Season 5

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

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

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

Thanks! @@DemarcationMedia

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

@@DemarcationMediayou good??

@@DemarcationMediaoh my goodness, everything all right?

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

@@Peachghost4348 Yep! It's mostly just annoying

I try!

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

Not had blind bags in England since 2016 :(

At least you can find blind bags in your area

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

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

That has actually been an idea on my list for awhile

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

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

That's why you buy and resell the rest

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

Seeing the Spartan Armor packs in stores is pretty good

That torso joint was SO PAINFUL

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

@@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

That is true! Hopefully it sells well

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

Yeah it’s sad

I found like 7 hive exterminators at big lots

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

I also love your videos keep it up❤

Daannggg you're lucky! Most people never see blind bags in stores anymore

Yeah I know it's quite rare😎

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

I have no idea, only time will tell

Weeelllpppp that woulda been smart of me to check that XD

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

I believe Mercari is a US locked thing

@@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

I live in Canada but still a distribution issue for Canada

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

@@DemarcationMedia that’s a shame

Yeah it's all moving to online

He does not

Ey nice!!

Ohhhh heck yeah

They would match the Helljumper only

@@DemarcationMedia in colour? Or in peg size?

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

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

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

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

Yep, sadly the scalpers are rampant

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

Nice!

hi @DemarcationMedia!

Same for me. Tons of Pokemon, no Halo

I hope they do make her in the next Heroes series

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

They need to move ALL of it there

XD Pringles Dubbo

That would be awesome!

The Pokemon line is EVERYWHERE and it gets old

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

@@DemarcationMedia thanks

@@combineguy48 Good luck hunting

I use a Pixel MC 650

Yes, but not really a solid army builder in green

That was the idea except they're already releasing

Yeah, I'm just as confused

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

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

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

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

That's why he's the rare

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

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

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

These are only in a few stores even in the US

At least we have MEGA Pokémon

XD Yep, I'm on IG and FB

@@DemarcationMedia nice! Wider audience!

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

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

Not a bad little army!

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.

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.

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

@@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

@@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.

Hello there

nice vid@@DemarcationMedia

btw do u make stopmotion@@DemarcationMedia

check the pinned comment?

Explained in video

Explained in video

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

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

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Ya no tengo extras, se vendieron todos.

@@DemarcationMedia que mal... 💀

I no longer have any of the extras

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

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

Also are your hands okay

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

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

Explained in video

@@DemarcationMedia ya I saw thanks 😊

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

Nooooooo, Lego would RUIN it

LEGO is watching always lol

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

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

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

@@DemarcationMedia trueeeee

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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.

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

Yeah, blind bag hunting in stores is tough

But remember it can be fun sir 👀