I’m currently building an oldie but a goodie… the Halo Mega Bloks EVA’s Last Stand 96937 from the Halo Mega Bloks Summer 2011 wave!

I’ll cover the figures (particularly the Mega Bloks Hunters) in the full review, but today I want to shine the spotlight on the build of a much underrated part of this set–the diorama or playset portion of the set that’s often overlooked in favor of the figures…

There’s quite a few more pieces to this Halo Mega Bloks set than I was expecting. For some asinine reason, I was imaging the set as just being five big pieces: two Hunters, the EVA Spartan, a big chunk of wrecked Warthog, and a chunk of terrain to set it on. Clearly, that is not the case.

I was actually surprised to see that the Hunters come broken into pieces instead of being pre-built like most every other Halo Mega Bloks figure that comes in a boxed set is, but I’ll save talking about the Hunters in detail for the full review.

This is just a handful of blocks, but it creates the groundwork from which both the destroyed Desert Warthog and the terrain itself will be built on top of.

At this point, the Warthog is really starting to take shape and you can see pretty clearly where the build is going.

The cracked window on the Warthog is a terrific touch. I feel like it really adds some “personality” (so to speak) to the situation.

The battlefield is looking a little bit bland, so we’d better add some bushes and a wheel broken off from the Warthog to make the situation look more dire…

…not to mention adding the turret itself onto the Warthog. At least that stills works!

And presto! The completed wrecked UNSC Warthog is complete!

The build turned out to be not as basic as I was expecting, but does that necessarily make this a quality set? And for that matter, do the featured Halo figures included in this set (a pair of Covenant Hunters) outshine the entire playset?

Tune in this weekend, when I’ll fully review the Halo Mega Bloks EVA’s Last Stand 96937 set and answer precisely those questions!