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Review of MB3602 Hidden Loot
MSRP: $4.99
Pieces: 20
Figures: 2
This small set is similar to the 3601
3601 Pieces of Eight and incudes two figures, a small terrain piece, weapons,
treasure, and a scenery element. The packaging is much like what I described in
review of the 3601 but the pouch is black.
The characters in this set are the highly articulated “Collectible Micro Action
Figures” like others in the
Pyrates line. The privateer is Dagger Tremaine (perhaps kin to the
apprentice silversmith?) while representing the Skeleton Crew is Hatchetfoot
(about whose kin I don’t care to speculate). Dagger has black pants and boots,
a red coat, a lopsided belt, an earring, and a black head band, and he wields a
brown and silver pistol. Hatchetfoot wears gray boots, a black belt, gray
bracelets, and a black headwrap, and he wields a translucent blue axe like those
wielded by others of his crew.
The set comes with a treasure chest and 10 large “emeralds,” which are those
very clever 1x1 faceted tiles, in trans-green. A large, black scorpion is
included to guard the treasure; this is a one-piece element like the spiders and
snakes in other Pyrates sets, with no stud-attachment points. The scenery piece
is a brown flagpole with a black flag emblazoned with the Pyrates logo.
Whoever came up with the flag-standards in the Dragons line really lit on a
clever idea; the four-stud attachment is pretty strong and it just looks good.
Whereas in those sets the attachment is perpendicular to the shaft, here it runs
along the shaft so that the flag points horizontally.
The base is one of the small terrain pieces, again styled like a wave-licked
rock or tiny island.
Additional features are: a coin for use with the included map and “webcode.” I
haven’t tried this out yet because I get an error message from the Mega Bloks
website, but I’ll keep trying; a press-on tattoo with the same Pyrates logo. I
forgot to mention the tattoo in my review of 3601, but I think that it’s a nice
marketing point. Sure, I don’t expect to put it on my arm because my
workplace has rules about that kind of thing, but I could see kids enjoying it
just fine.
Overall I’d say that this is another great little set and an inexpensive way to
get your hands on a pair of Pyrates figs if you want to check them out for
yourself. I’d definitely say that it’s worth the $4.99. Critics will note that
LEGO’s 6251 came with more figures for $6.50,
but that was fifteen years ago, and anyway the Pyrates figs are IMO a lot
cooler. If Mega Bloks puts out a pack with more figures, even for $6.99 or
$7.99, I’ll snap it up as soon as I see it.
Although I just can’t say enough about these cool micro action figures, it
appears that I can say too little. I’ve previously neglected to mention
that the hand (which have thumb-and-fingers rather than lobster-like pincers)
actually have molded fingers. This appears to be exclusive to the Pyrates
figures, because the current
Marvel figures don’t have this feature. However, the old Mega Bloks
astronaut
figures did have molded fingers, albeit with the aforementioned pincer
design. FYI.
All in all, this is a nice little set.
Dave!
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