Game of Thrones we're talking eight
seasons 73 episodes critically-acclaimed
loved by millions and very very much
over so why is it that mega construx
has just come to market with this
buildable Daenerys and Drogon buildable
collectible set this is $70 u.s. comes
with seven hundred and thirty five
pieces and while we're talking about
numbers the wingspan from tip to tip
fully stretched out is about 35 inches
just short of a yard or 89 centimeters
very close to 0.9 meters this is
substantial it's just really really late
it's not even all about quantity here
either there is some good quality with
the sturdiness of the build good use of
different types of materials which I'll
show you in more detail and plenty of
articulation and pose ability I mean
look at this this is not a toy first
collectible maybe kind of thing this is
designed for Game of Thrones nerds to
proudly display however they want
wherever they want and for folks who
like to put things together you know
like to assemble kits this is a proper
building kit it relies only the very
minimum on specialized pieces you can
see the head we'll get in a little bit
closer and take a look at some of the
parts the head is its own thing it's
unique for this model as it needs to be
there are some frilly pieces that are
new and the wings are unique to this
model but most of the other pieces are
just regular mega construx parts that
you've probably seen in many other sets
that they've released in the past
they're just normal brick based building
set kind of components let's focus on
these wings for a second these are made
from a heavy
draping cloth has a tendency to just
fold up on its own you know has a lot of
weight that causes it to to bunch up
properly doesn't get too crinkled up I
didn't even bother to iron this out I
could have gotten a little bit of that
the folding line out of that can I get
even a little bit a little bit better
but this is backed up with some skeletal
kind of work behind there which you do
have to build up yourself and it just
wants to flow to gravity and if you
don't want it to do what gravity wants
it to do then just stretch out those
those fingers of sorts to keep it taut
it's got a pretty nice print here I do
wish that it was a little bit less
translucent a little bit more opaque
just a little because I can't see some
light through there I do have obviously
a lot of light in my studio here most
people won't see through this in most
situations but in some you will some
realistic situations you will but I
really like how this folds up you can
fully almost fully really fold those
those Wings in or you can get them in
pretty close and then the arms do have
ball joints that have an interesting new
piece inside that I personally haven't
seen previously they may have done it
before but they've added in a silicone
piece a little silicone insert there
that adds some extra friction to these
large ball joints and you've got another
one right here
the same yeah that's just a little
little finger falange they had that you
can also move around which is useful if
you're going to pose this on to the
ground especially these are all on ball
joints so they can actually go up and
down not just in and out just
interesting and you can just slightly
change the orientations of these little
claws at the tips and all for the legs
these are ratcheted so they're very very
strong and also fly in and out and then
here you have a friction headed ball
joint it's able to go forward and back
also side to side as needed smaller ball
joint down here at the ankle
still has some friction in it not nearly
as much but weight of the animal will
the beast will be supported mostly on on
the heel and the ball of foot here the
foot does have ball joints for the toes
the claws here so these gonna be moved
around adjusted as you need including
with the kind of thumb there if you need
a little bit more support for some poses
the whole thing does hold itself
together pretty well just in general
this is built better than a lot of the
more recent highly articulated animals
and necks that that mega has done all of
these frilly bits are a silicone
material and they're just inserted in
between bricks so you do get a little
bit of gap there works out just fine
though holds in with plenty of clutch
power holding it together got a lot of
marbled pieces mostly marbled pieces
used throughout this with multiple
colors put together so nothing looks too
plain nothing looks too boring but this
all works out pretty nice thing they
even double up as you get up here so I
guess I kind of skipped the body a
little bit too much there but the body
is fully built up minimum number of
really large pieces again specialized
stuff is kept absolutely to a minimum
really scaly down here you can see
inside just a little bit not too much to
appreciate the work that you as as a
buyer as an owner of this have to put in
to this to put it together came with all
the pieces that it was supposed to plus
a whole lot more
I feel like Megha actually planned for
some mistakes I don't know what what
goes wrong in the the post-production
press and that post-production process
but they the post design process
sometimes actually a little bit too
frequently these days they'll have an an
addendum to the instructions and an
errata bag that has extra pieces that
were missing or that need to be replaced
relative to thee the main ones that are
produced for the set but in this case
didn't even call that out they just have
a whole extra bag of parts
and there are a few places in the build
where I was like a missing pieces this
is not good but now they were they were
included plus lots more I ended up with
a whole handful of extra pieces so I
don't mind that you know as long as the
pieces aren't there I can build the
thing and then yeah ball joints here
doesn't go all around up and down quite
a bit of articulation there I personally
could do for a little bit more I
wouldn't mind if there was a little bit
more but it's not bad and then the head
has a combination of machine painted
human assisted and human applied paint
applications so just the kind of hair
brushing technique used towards the
backs here you've got some masking used
for the eyes on either side like the
teeth are either masked in or done by
hand and then there's a gum line it's
also put in to make it show that that
dark red this one's off just a tiny bit
on this side it's actually a little bit
better on this side but I do believe
that's done by hand it's not bad for
something that's that's mass-produced I
like the the overall production of this
and this opens up got a dark red tongue
down in there as well closes up not too
far still shows the teeth yeah it's
pretty good you put that one single horn
piece in in the top and then there are
just a couple handles here for Daenerys
to hold on to the thing you know give it
a little bit of a little bit of grip she
doesn't have a proper seat or anything
but these figures do have some
limitations to how they can articulate
they did not give her cloth pieces for
the further dress so there is the
limitation to the articulation there let
me go ahead and show you the figure up
close I have to admit in some lighting
conditions this figure does not look so
good in in the head in the face but when
you get up close enough you can really
appreciate it the head sculpt is new and
unique for this character and the paint
applications are pretty crisp and pretty
well placed keep in mind the scale of
what we're looking
not a large action figure okay this is a
tiny thing it's considered micro scale
so to get that level of detail at this
kind of size in something that's
mass-produced is actually very
commendable and don't look at just the
head but also look at look at the rest
you know look at the the light yellow
colored lines that are printed on there
the wavy pattern that's printed in there
the silver band is actually a straight
piece that you have to bend around and
then you kind of put one end lock it
like through the end through a hoop at
the end it's a little bit awkward and
especially awkward to to kind of pose it
on the figure but I am definitely
nitpicking there the hair sculpt is
fantastic that's the actual color of the
plastic there that they use that very
very pale yellow and then the face is
actually painted on I think you can
actually see what maybe I was gonna say
it's a fingerprint but I actually don't
think it is I think it's just a little
bit of a shrinkage that occurred over
there just looking at the the detail
really up close but yeah the hair mold
is fantastic that's all part of st.
piece as the head itself and they even
paint the the neck under there which is
a very nice detail to head that in so it
really helps to to sell the whole thing
and this has the normal articulation of
all the modern mega constructs figures
only limited by the shape of the the
garb she does have the waist
articulation and legs are also Jake
evaded hopefully I can get this in there
and you know you've got the slits there
so you are able to take advantage of
some of the articulation of this swift
kick right there the legs of Jarrell
also able to splay around the hip joint
on either side has a ball joint in there
so this is able to rotate around and
everything it's it's pretty good
you know especially for this size I
really don't think he could have been
done too much better I personally think
the shape of the nose is a little bit
off possibly a little bit too aqua line
a little bit too too thin and pointed uh
just just to me but the rest of the
shape is good and I think the compromise
of including the the holes to represent
the iris and pupil area and then adding
also the white or the cornea as as paint
I think is a pretty good pretty good
compromise there rather than just you
doing one or the other or painting in
the irises which can look also dead I
think this looks pretty good in real
life you know from from more real normal
angles than looking at it so close here
at 4k at the end of the day I'm
impressed with this thing I'm not
impressed with the name Black Series
here that's definitely a derivative from
a competing company making constructs is
run by Mattel but the set itself is
really good it's too bad that they show
this this computer-generated rendering
on the box because it takes a little bit
of the life of the thing away yeah it's
consistent and posed exactly how they
want with absolutely no wrinkles where
they don't want them in in the cloth and
everything I don't feel like it's
unrealistic this depiction but I think
the real thing looks better and looks
more more present than this the face is
a little bit better shown here and
definitely they I don't know what that's
that's called the chain that goes around
her is showing a little bit better here
but the real set the actual thing is
pretty proper in having all that
articulation is wonderful having to put
the whole thing together from lots and
lots of little pieces is enjoyable the
build process is good there's nothing
frustrating about it they do have the
ability these days to put parts into
numbered bags and they fully take
advantage of that legal right now that
the old anti
competitive patent on that idea has
expired
so small bags of pieces it's very easy
to identify the parts yes they were
missing some pieces from the main bags
but they I said they include that extra
bag that has more than you need to
finish everything up including the right
things plus extras so this is good and
the price to volume of stuff ratio is is
decent when you stretch it all the way
out you definitely have something that's
really impressive I think when you fold
the wings in it really shows you more of
the total volume of what's really here
you know because I mean this is mostly
just skinny stuff you know there's no
there's no depth to that so most of what
you're paying for is in terms of
material here is just down the body and
70 bucks for that I don't feel a little
bit high to me it's not unreasonable but
it is a little bit high once you stretch
the wings out though it becomes really
really impressive really really
impressive
being able to pose at any kind of way
including great ways to hang it from a
ceiling something like that or to really
condense it down for display on a desk
it's nice to have those options you know
it's just well produced overall it's
just late just really disappointed that
Megha wasn't able to bring this to
market like when they should have before
season 8 premiered
yeah season 8 for a lot of people was
disappointing but that would have been
the correct time you know before it was
over
people were still hyped up we're gonna
get to the climactic finale you know it
was just the right time but instead
they're after it and even if season
eight had been fantastic and everybody
had loved it I mean I personally enjoyed
it but a lot of people didn't but even
if it had performed really well I still
feel like this is just late to market
and that's too bad really cool set
though hope you enjoyed this look at it
thanks for watching I'll talk to you
soon
