Mega Construx Pokémon SCYTHER

I saw this on Amazon and thought it would make a fun little jokey present for my fiancé’s birthday. He loved Pokémon as a kid and Scyther was his favourite. I didn’t really look at it much before buying it and was expecting it to have quite chunky pieces (a bit more like Duplo I guess) and be really quick and easy to put together. I was pleasantly surprised to see, once he opened it, that it’s actually normal little Lego pieces and it was a bit more involved than I expected. The instructions were clear and there were no missing pieces - in fact, there were some extras included! I didn’t even realise that the figure is posable, and once set up it swings across and ‘chops down’ the little tree. It’s so cute. It took him about 20 minutes to make, which is reasonable for a small set (and much longer than I had thought it would take!) and he really enjoyed putting it together. We were both really impressed by this little set and I would definitely consider buying some of the other figures in future.

Kid loved it, it was bit confusing to assemble for him at first (he is 8) but looks great when assembled and bigger than expected too, worth it at the right price

My son loves it

As a family we’re well into our Lego, but we’ve had mixed results with “compatible brick systems”, some of which have turned out to be practically indistinguishable from Lego, while others have been very poor imitations. Luckily, this set is nearer the former than the latter, though you can tell it’s not Lego fairly easily. The plastic is glossier and somehow looks cheaper, and the weighting is different. The connection between pieces feels just slightly softer, somehow, as though microscopically it’s just not *quite* right. But it does build well, and it sticks together- it’s certainly not a disaster. Here’s what my seven-year-old daughter had to say about it: “Cool! Fragile. I did not like that there were no numbers on the bags (like you’d expect in a Lego set). Some of the pieces you might need an adult to help you with because some pieces wobble about are hard to fit together. He has quite a few weak spots so I think it should be made stronger in some places. It was not like Lego because there were lots of different pieces and there were no stickers (I like stickers). I think it should be for 7+, not 6+. I found the coloured dots on the instructions guiding where to put pieces confusing and not very helpful. I especially liked how the Pokemon can look like he’s laughing. When he is on the support stick he is a bit wobbly. All the poses that the character can do are super cool.” As grown-ups we’d agree with all of the above, except maybe to say that it’s not perhaps as fragile as all that- and we didn’t think the coloured dots on the instructions were all that bad, at least not in comparison to some of the terrible quality instruction sheets we’ve seen in some other not-Lego sets. The ‘spin action’- where Scyther can be turned around in order to knock the tree over- is quite a nice touch, and although it’s a bit of a one-hit wonder (literally perhaps), you can connect other bricks and get him knocking other items down if you feel so inclined. The current asking is twenty-one quid for this set, and that feels quite steep- even an equivalent Lego branded set of this size would typically be just under twenty quid I reckon. So we’re not wholly impressed, and it does seem a bit overpriced (probably because of the official Pokémon branding), but as far as Lego-but-not-Lego sets go, this is one of the better ones.

In the age of Pokemons this is very good set. Compatible with Lego and comes in a great colourful packaging great for gifting as a present. Kids up to age of 8-10 love to play with construction toys. The price is little lower than other construction you sets available on the market. The quality and colour vibrancy of the material are very good. Very colourful and recommended for a present.

My 6 and a half year old nephew really loved this mega bloks figure. He is getting into Lego at the moment but as is a big fan of Pokemon he didn’t mind it being mega bloks. He sees mega bloks as something for babies, bless him. This toy has become one of his favourites and builds constructs with Lego to use in black with this. The toy is very well made and offers hours and hours of fun.

my son was so excited to receive this as he loves everything pokemon but after spending nearly 2 hours trying to build it he gave up and left me to finish it off. whilst the quality felt good it didnt in my opinion match up to the quality of lego and some of the pieces didnt fit together without some persuasion. once constructed it didnt feel particularly stable but he still enjoyed playing with it. the instructions could have been improved on greatly and numbering the bags would have made construction so much easier.

This is a definitely not Lego but compatible with Lego building blocks set. The blurb says its ideal for ages 8+ the box says 6+. I built it with my 7 year old nephew. I cant see the average 7 year old building this on their own. My nephew was certainly confused by the instructions. I had to decipher the coloured dot system (it tells you which bit goes with which bit!). It takes a bit of working out especially as im used to the Lego system. Its ok once you pick it up though. My nephew needed me to help on occassion, but he was keen to do as much of it as he could. The pieces fit together well and the model the kit builds certainly went down well. The poor tree suffered repeated hits. Its nice that you build a model that actully does something. It does encourage play as well as just building 'a statue'. Id reccommend this to any pokemon fans who like building things or models in general. It may be a good place to start for a child thats growing up and wants to takle a bigger kit. This has 188 pieces but i dont think its overly complicated.