Buy Mega Bloks Dragons Metal Ages: Ramparts of Ryousan PlaysetMega Bloks Dragons Metal Ages: Ramparts of Ryousan Playset Product Description:
- Battering Ram
- 26" Tall
- Build the Legend
Product Description
The Odaku battle the Norvagen and Draigar armies for a mystical Dragon Krystal and supremacy of this massive defensive fortress, and your child leads the charge! Ramparts of Ryousan is a giant playset that kids can build and rebuild into two key configurations: a great defensive wall and an imposing tower. The archenemy Shadow Dragon Gryndel has wire-frame articulation making him fully poseable. Kids can launch magnetic projectiles at the fortress and witness Metal Ages magic as they attach to the huge iron doors that protect it. The siege tower magically unfolds, letting action figures scale the castle walls. The amazing battering ram is a metallic dragon machine that blasts through the double doors to knock out all invading warriors. Kids can reverse sides and trace the cavern maze leading to the legendary Lodestone Krystal. Playset comes with six action figures, accessories, traps and play areas inside and out.
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4 of 4 people found the following review helpful.
3 Hours of working to put this together and it barely holds.
By whocares
This is a very impressive looking castle. The battering ram is great fun and the whole thing is beautiful. I would be a great addition to the Oduku Armory. However, the artists who designed it were let down by the engineers who figured out how to make it work.The pieces barely snap into place if at all. My son was looking forward to this for days. I consider it unfair that they put so little work into the construction design. If this were to be put together and sit on a shelf to look at it would be difficult.Instead, it is very upsetting for both parent and child. I've found similar issues with other MegaBloks toys. For all of thier good points (beautiful design, background story), they seem to have lost sight of the point.Toys are to play with.
1 of 1 people found the following review helpful.
New schtick, still cool...but not perfect...
By Insectman
Okay, I guess you can consider this the headlining piece of the Mega Bloks Dragons METAL AGES line. Aside from being the most expensive, it's also the largest.Overall, the design asthetic of METAL AGES seems to be a generic "oriental" theme. It combines elements or Chinese, Japanese, and even Mongolian art and design...at least in my opinion. It's great to see something other than the usual European derived stuff we've seen in the past (not that they weren't cool too). The warriors are 70% new...except for the legs. The weapons are the coolest yet. They range from axes, swords, decorative crossbows, to weird...uh...things. They kinda remind me of Battle Beast weapons (if you're a fan of 1980's toys). Now on to this actual set...As soon as I saw this, I wanted it- no, needed it! It looks so cool. Plus the dragon has a totally new look too. As usual, this set can be kind of hard to assemble; I'll agree. Alot of Mega Bloks sets are tough, for some reason. The top layer, which contains the main play area, and most decorative elements...is built in four major sections to be later attahed to the bottom layer. I found the top layer pretty easy to build without hang-ups, but the bottom- UGH! I highly recommend building this on site...whether you're playin' or displayin'...and on a flat surface. I've often ignorantly tried to build some Dragons sets on my rug, and failed. The main problem is the base is built in section, not one piece, and is loosely held together by a few crummy peg blocks. Despite this set back, I got my set together fine, but newbies might wanna invest in some patience before attempting large sets like this.The bottom layer utilizes the quick-build style pieces like the large Fire & Ice Dragon Mountain set. The castle wall pieces are all new! The relief sculpture near the doors is new as well, and very cool. The doors are pretty darn neat and have magnets in 'em to keep them shut. Above the gates is a section housing a decorative battering ram. Release the lever in the middle and it busts the doors down, knocking out any enemies in it's path. However...I thought battering rams were used to break INTO castles? Eh, still neat though. Surrounding that doorway piece are four other sections. To the right, are a decorative, throne-like section and another room with a piece of crystal atop it. A stone spiral staircase leads to this area from behind. To the left are a catapult area, and another decorative tower with torches. Not bad, but mostly decorative...no major gimmicks or action features. You also get a rolling seige tower with hinged gang plank, and a nice little wheeled cannon with dragon motif. The dragon is neat, and all new as well. In trying to keep with that oriental theme, the dragon is snakelike and looong! It still had bat-like wings though. Except for the hinged jaw, the body has only bendy wire articulation, as well as some small pieces of removeable armor. The tail has a great grappling claw perfect for hooking in victims! You's think the dragon would be impossible to dispaly, but being semi-stiff, he actually props up nicely amidst the castle walls. The extra brick column can be used to help keep him up as well (hey, you gotta use that leftover piece for something). The figures are surprisingly few, but still awesome. The Odaku are great, as I stated before. The Norvagen forces get a color change as well as new torsos...complete with double pegs for weapon storage (I assume).The best parts of this toy are the new design detail and theme. I love the new dragon and warriors. There's lots of room for custom creations...especially when combined with other sets.The only bad things are the usual problem of sturdy construction and lack of internal castle detail (nothing going on 'round back). The biggest specific problem is lack of figures! Overall, METAL AGES suffers from a severe lack of armies. True, you can buy multiple sets or troop builder packs, but who wants to spend more money?On the whole this set is quite awesome to behold, but still needs a bit of work. Recommended for your Mega Bloks kingdom!
5 of 7 people found the following review helpful.Impressive-looking, but not without its flaws
By shaxper
It's nice to see Mega Bloks finally constructing a castle that doesn't look just like all the others. Rampart of Ryousan has a very distinct and Oriental look to it. It's tall and majestic, and those tall front doors are simply awe inspiring. There's also a good deal of detail and activity happening on top of the castle walls, inspiring a child's (or adult's) imaginative fancy.Unfortunately, the castle also has a good number of setbacks that anyone planning to buy the set should know about:1. This castle is exceptionally difficult to put together. It's not challenging; it's frusterating. The instructions are very vague when it comes to placing bricks on random spots on large base panels, wall pieces don't snap in the way that they should, fine detail points toward the end of construction force you to go back and correct errors you made in the begining, or (worse yet) cause walls to snap out of place, forcing you to backtrack and reconstruct a large chunk of the castle. Finally, when it's all done, if you even attempt to pick the castle up, it will crumble to pieces unless you've done a super-thorough and flawless job constructing it and handle it very delicately.2. There is absolutely nothing happening inside the castle walls. The other side of the castle walls is hollow and unfinished and, aside from a nice winding staircase leading down from the wall, there are no props, accessories, or details of any kind; just random pieces holding together the base plates. Mega Bloks really skimped out on this part.3. There are far too few figures included in this set. There are four Odaku people to defend the entire castle, and only two attacking enemies. It's very hard to play out a story with this set. Since the Odaku are a new race and the Norvaks are now clad in a new armor, you won't have any luck using figures from old sets to replenish the ranks either. Mega Bloks is really forcing you to buy more sets in order to build your army. In the past, all of their sets have included enough soldiers to get a good story going (sometimes including up to fourteen soldiers). This giant castle only includes six. Something isn't right about that.The special features of this set are interesting, but nothing to write home about. The generic catapult from previous sets is now attached to the roof, the generic cannon is now on wheels and shooting a magnetic projectile that attaches to the main doors, the main doors are also magnetic and close together (which is actually quite nice), the ladder on wheels is uninteresting, and a large hunk of Jade is included for no good reason. It reminds me of the krystals from Krystal Wars, but is less impressive and has no electronic function.Lastly, the dragon is simply pathetic. He's a cheap piece of bendable rubber with an opposable jaw. He looks impressive on the box, but is quite a joke when you take him out. Definitely Mega Bloks' worst dragon yet. Again, I think this is an attempt to make you buy more things. It seems like no coincidence that Ramparts was released along with a vast new selection of dragons that are sold separately.All in all, this is a beautiful set, but would be highly frusterating for a child to put together (it frusterated me immensely!), and is lacking in several departments (largely in an attempt to save money and make you buy more stuff). I'm still happy with mine, but you may not feel the same way. Ramparts of Ryousan would function better as an elaborate defensive wall protecting a seperate castle (as the title seems to suggest) than as a castle on its own. Mega Bloks just needs to get around to building such a castle to match the Odaku style now. They also need to stop skimping out in an effort to make more money.
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