Re: Halo Mega Bloks Quality Control issues?
I've noticed in general that MegaBlocks don't have the greatest quality control for any of their products stretching all the way back to the early and mid 90s.
Missing/sloppy paint applications, plastic flash still on bricks, "same colour" bricks having different colours while coming in the same set, stress marks after assembly, mispacked, short packed, and over packed parts in sets, inferior paint and plastic, the list goes on and on and on.
The lower quality control is how MegaBlocks could compete with Lego in the beginning, and they just never really upped it all that much since then.
Their licensed products usually have a bit higher quality control than their non-licensed stuff, though.
I mean, Lego's high price is because the company is very picky about quality control. Due to pressure from other brick brands (MegaBlocks in particular), they've had to lower their quality standards to cut a portion of their costs in order to actually stay on the market. If it weren't for Lego attaching itself to Star Wars so long ago and continuing with it, we probably wouldn't see it in stores this side of the Atlantic anymore.
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