we got what's hot! New (5) from $70.00 + $5.99 shipping There is a newer model of this item: Mega Bloks Hello Kitty Beach House Megabloks Hello Kitty House-Create and decorate a two level home for 2 Hello Kitty figurines. -Over 65 pieces to create and decorate Hello Kitty's home. -Comes with cute stickers to further customize every room in the house. Product Type: -General / Creative. Number Of Pieces: -50 - 100. Age Range: -5 - 8 Years. Dimensions: Overall Height - Top to Bottom: -19.5 Inches. Overall Width - Side to Side: -11.25 Inches. Overall Depth - Front to Back: -3 Inches. Overall Product Weight: -1.25 Pounds. Hello Kitty Big House Ages: Four and up Pieces: 70 At a Glance: Design and decorate Hello Kitty's house Customize house with 70 pieces and dozens of stickers Interlocking bricks snap securely in place Easy to redecorate, offering endless play possibilities Compatible with other Megabloks Hello Kitty building sets Four-room structure comes preassembled for quick play.
Includes figures, furniture, and stickers for decoration. The Megabloks Hello Kitty Big House makes interior decorating fun and easy. Using the dollhouse set's many pieces and stickers, children ages 4 and up can create a sweet, personalized living space for Hello Kitty and Mimmy. The set pieces snap on and off, so kids can undo and recreate the space as many times as they like. The Big House is also compatible with other Megabloks Hello Kitty building sets (sold separately), so kids can collect and decorate an entire town for Hello Kitty and Mimmy to explore. Create Hello Kitty's Dream House Turn your child into Hello Kitty's interior designer with this whimsical multistory dollhouse. The four-room house comes preassembled, but your child will need to add floors, furniture, and all the cozy, cute extras that Hello Kitty is sure to love. Ideal for decorating and redecorating, the house comes with 70 small pieces of furniture, appliances, and household items that are easy to grip for small hands.
The interlocking brick design allows kids to stack and snap items securely into place, keeping everything intact until the next remodel. Design Promotes Imaginative Play The set includes basic, picture-only assembly instructions and suggestions on where to place lamps, beds, sofas, and chairs. But the real fun comes from deciding how to set up and decorate the house. Should Hello Kitty have her own room or bunk together with Mimmy? What about making a rooftop patio where the two can eat their cupcakes? Dozens of stickers allow for further customization. Your little designer can hang Hello Kitty's family photos on the walls, attach vegetable stickers to the counters, add a fish tank, and even decide what items should go on Hello Kitty's bedroom shelf. This set offers endless possibilities for roleplaying and interacting with Hello Kitty and Mimmy. The Big House set is also compatible with other Megabloks Hello Kitty building sets (sold separately), allowing kids to add a schoolhouse, flower shop, candy shop, playground, and more to create an entire town for Hello Kitty.
What's in the Box Hello Kitty Big House, Hello Kitty and Mimmy figures, 70 pieces, stickers, and assembly instructions. See all Product Description 11.2 x 3 x 19.5 inches 4 - 15 years #217,781 in Toys & Games (See Top 100 in Toys & Games) #2,893 in Toys & Games > Preschool > Pre-Kindergarten Toys > Activity > Building Sets #6,266 in Toys & Games > Building & Construction Toys > Building Sets 3.9 out of 5 stars 5 star54%4 star21%3 star8%2 star7%1 star10%See all verified purchase reviewsTop Customer ReviewsVery pleased!Stickers, and putting together.Megabloks Hello Kitty House setGreat!Total crap, total waste of moneyThis LEGO is real poor quality the pieces broke right away and the LEGO ... See and discover other items: hello kitty games, hello kitty items, big blocks 28.6 x 7.6 x 49.5 cm ; Shipping Weight: 930 g Item model number: 10822U Date first available at Amazon.ca: July 21 2011 Be the first to review this item #121,499 in Toys & Games (See Top 100 in Toys & Games)
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Today I would like to address a subject that often comes up in comments but we haven’t fully explored in an article as of yet. So here it goes; LEGO vs. Mega Bloks. Mega Bloks is a Canadian company, that is basically looked at as a LEGO rip-off and copycat by LEGO fans, with lower quality products and cheaper prices. They use the same studs-and-tubes design as LEGO, package their sets similarly, and their sole purpose seems to be to trick parents and kids into buying a Mega Blocks set instead of a LEGO one. However Mega Blocks also has a niche for themselves by owning some unique licenses – something that LEGO fans may find interesting and venture to explore. Mega Bloks have the rights for making Thomas the Tank Engine, Hello Kitty, Need for Speed, Halo, World of Warcraft, Barbie, Hot Wheels, Skylanders Giants, and Call of Duty sets. Some of you may comment “LEGO is best and all other brands are evil rip-offs that should be burned!” – but hear me through before throwing stones bricks at me, and perhaps you will gain a different perspective.
I own both LEGO and Mega Bloks sets and have fairly extensive experience with both. In addition I’m one of those people who are not afraid to mix the two brands for an extended building experience. As this is a LEGO vs. Mega Bloks post, I will compare the two brands in various categories so you might gain a better understanding of the similarities and differences. Of course we are all familiar with LEGO minifigures; they are cute and chubby with a yellow skin (except for the licenses minifigs). LEGO minifigures are all made up of the same, fully compatible body-parts, so you can mix and match them any way you like. They also fit within the LEGO system with multiple attachment points. In recent years there has been a lot of focus on minifigures due to demand by LEGO fans and collectors, which resulted in a greater variety of facial expressions, better quality and more detailed printing, and even a series of collectible minifigures. Mega Bloks figures are very different from LEGO’s little guys.
They have articulated joints for a much wider range of posing. This is their biggest advantage. Most of them have unique moulds – which means they are not as interchangeable and customizable as LEGO minifigs. In fact, trying to pop together the mini ball-joints proves to be quite a challenge and many times impossible. In Mega Bloks sets the figures come fully assembled, whereas in their collectible packets they come in parts and you need to assemble them. LEGO has been releasing a wide range of accessories for minifigures; tools, weapons, body-armor, backpacks, and more. The details on the accessories tend to be general in nature, so the same design can fit into many different themes, and even serve different purposes. (For example a minifigure-size dinner-plate can serve as a decoration on a building, or a minifigure tool can become part of an engine.) As far as Mega Bloks, I only own their HALO line of products, so I can mainly compare guns and backpacks, not everyday tools and other weaponry.
In general, Mega Bloks accessories are much more detailed and only serve one purpose. They even come with printed highlights to make them as accurate as possible. They are popular with LEGO customizers who are looking for accuracy and detail. (Mega Bloks accessories are compatible with LEGO minifigures as even though LEGO and Mega Bloks figures are quite different, their size is about the same and they both have claw-like hands.) LEGO is known to be an expensive toy. Their mid-priced sets are in the $30-$50 range, which is not pocket-change. And not to speak of the larger sets! The advantage though is that LEGO elements are fully compatible and you can re-use them in an unlimited variety of ways. The same piece can be a brick in a castle-wall, or part of an engine. There are no junk-pieces in LEGO that can only be used for one thing. All pieces are used over and over in many different sets for many years, even decades. They can all interconnect in a variety of ways and be part of the full system.
If you have just a medium-ish LEGO collection you can reuse the parts again and again without having to buy more and more sets. This variability, and the fact that LEGO elements are very high quality gives them tremendous long-term value. The downside of this is that it is harder to achieve life-like detailing with LEGO. You would need to build in a fairly large scale and use many small elements if you want to be as realistic as possible. Mega Bloks, although based on the same studs-and-tubes system as LEGO, doesn’t focus as much on compatibility and connectivity, but more on life-like details. Their sets are more like models or maquettes that are fit together as a jig-saw puzzle, reusability of the elements and fitting into a comprehensive system is not the focus. They make a lot of specialized large pieces that are only available in one set. Making your own custom models and landscapes would be significantly difficult. You can also end up with heaps of pieces that you can only use one way and have little long-term value or play-value in general.
Mega Bloks is also known for lesser quality and precision, which is reflected in the cheaper prices. But they make things like camo-bricks with different colors fused together, which is very cool. Building instructions for LEGO sets are pretty easy to follow. In fact, there has been a lot of improvement in the last few years; colors are easier to differentiate, trickier assemblies have zoomed-in views, and there is a list of parts added in each step. Also, for larger sets bags are numbered so it is easier to build the set in sections instead of dumping all the parts in one big pile and searching endlessly. Mega Bloks building instructions take a slightly different approach. I found them to be a bit harder to follow – probably because I’m more familiar with LEGO’s instructions. I like the fact that they highlight the studs were a new piece goes. However they do not include numbered bags, even for their larger sets, which makes them very hard to figure out and put together, wasting a lot of time searching for parts.