Sun Jul 12, 2015 11:01 am
omegabob wrote:
> Maybe I don't know enough about Halo or what the Firebase was in the game
> but I don't understand the hate for the Firebase set.
A few years back at a show (a Toy Fair or convention, I can't remember) there was a display with a set called the Firebase that consisted of tall defensive walls constructed around a series of UNSC buildings and gun turrets with a huge mountain that looked to be in the neighborhood of a foot tall by two feet wide forming the back side. Along with some figures (among them what looked like Sgt. Forge) were a green troop carrier Warthog, a Cyclops, and a Covenant Vampire.
The fans lost their collective minds.
The problem was, it was a prototype that wasn't even greenlit for production and wasn't even supposed to be photographed, but photos got online nonetheless. Ever since that day, certain elements within the Halo Mega Bloks community have felt entitled to own a Firebase that looks exactly like that prototype. So, Mega releasing a set called "Firebase" that is in any way, shape, or form less than what that leaked prototype was is apparently a grave insult requiring pistols at dawn.