{"id":13644,"date":"2013-09-26T10:06:13","date_gmt":"2013-09-26T09:06:13","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/pinkoddy.co.uk\/?p=13644"},"modified":"2016-03-18T23:59:07","modified_gmt":"2016-03-18T22:59:07","slug":"halo-mega-bloks-am-i-missing-the-point","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/pinkoddy.co.uk\/blog\/2013\/09\/26\/halo-mega-bloks-am-i-missing-the-point\/","title":{"rendered":"Halo Mega Bloks &#8211; am I missing the point?"},"content":{"rendered":"<p style=\"text-align: left;\">I first heard of the game Halo when someone died from playing it. The 20 year old, Chris Staniforth, had developed deep vein thrombosis (DVT) and died of a lung blockage \u2013 as he was spending too much time playing the game on his Xbox 360. Of course, this could be argued that it wasn\u2019t the game in question that caused his death, but it did lead me to discover that this was indeed not a game for children. It has a 15 certificate too. So I was very surprised to find that you can buy Halo Mega Bloks toys!<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/pinkoddy.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/09\/halo_mega_bloks.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\" size-medium wp-image-13646 alignleft\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/pinkoddy.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/09\/halo_mega_bloks.jpg?resize=297%2C300\" alt=\"Halo Mega Bloks - am I totally missing the point, is it an oxymoron, aren't the 2 complete opposites in age for who they are aimed at\" width=\"297\" height=\"300\" data-recalc-dims=\"1\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\">Now maybe I do not understand what a \u201cnormal\u201d teenager is like because my children (all of them even the 4 year old) have grown out of Mega Bloks, they\u2019ve moved on to Lego. Maybe it\u2019s because they feel that Mega Bloks are babyish \u2013 and that, in actual fact, the Mega Bloks have a fresh new appeal in providing such a more grown up toy? It\u2019s not a risk I am prepared to take this Christmas though I tell you.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\">The only other thing I can think of is that Mega Bloks are indeed aiming this product at children who are indeed too young for its content. Arguably the actual toys are just figures that shoot (at aliens by the way, so that apparently makes it okay). I know lots of parents let their children play games that they are not old enough for the certification, but surely that is different from a large retailer of children\u2019s toys such as Mega Bloks actively seeming to encourage it? What is this saying about the distributors too?<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\">May be I am missing the point. Is it a clever oxymoron? Mega Bloks obviously know a lot more about children\u2019s toys than I do \u2013 is there a market? Have you bought Halo Mega Bloks toys as a present? What age are the children that are playing with them? Do they know the link to the game or are they just appealing due to the \u201cin-game sounds\u201d and enhanced weapons?<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\">You may also be interested in <a href=\"http:\/\/adadcalledspen.wordpress.com\/2013\/09\/24\/is-grand-theft-auto-suitable-for-a-9-year-old-a-guest-post-by-pols80\/\">this post<\/a> about whether Grand Theft Auto is suitable for a 9 year old.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\"><em>This is not a sponsored post.<\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>I first heard of the game Halo when someone died from playing it. The 20 year old, Chris Staniforth, had developed deep vein thrombosis (DVT) and died of a lung blockage \u2013 as he was spending too much time playing the game on his Xbox 360. Of course, this could be argued that it wasn\u2019t &#8230; <a title=\"Halo Mega Bloks &#8211; am I missing the point?\" class=\"read-more\" href=\"https:\/\/pinkoddy.co.uk\/blog\/2013\/09\/26\/halo-mega-bloks-am-i-missing-the-point\/\" aria-label=\"Read more about Halo Mega Bloks &#8211; am I missing the point?\">Read more<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":13646,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"om_disable_all_campaigns":false,"_uag_custom_page_level_css":"","_monsterinsights_skip_tracking":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_active":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_note":"","_monsterinsights_sitenote_category":0,"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[12],"tags":[2683,2682,2684],"aioseo_notices":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/pinkoddy.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/09\/halo_mega_bloks.jpg?fit=440%2C443&ssl=1","uagb_featured_image_src":{"full":["https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/pinkoddy.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/09\/halo_mega_bloks.jpg?fit=440%2C443&ssl=1",440,443,false],"thumbnail":["https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/pinkoddy.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/09\/halo_mega_bloks.jpg?resize=150%2C150&ssl=1",150,150,true],"medium":["https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/pinkoddy.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/09\/halo_mega_bloks.jpg?fit=298%2C300&ssl=1",298,300,true],"medium_large":["https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/pinkoddy.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/09\/halo_mega_bloks.jpg?fit=440%2C443&ssl=1",440,443,true],"large":["https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/pinkoddy.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/09\/halo_mega_bloks.jpg?fit=440%2C443&ssl=1",440,443,true],"1536x1536":["https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/pinkoddy.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/09\/halo_mega_bloks.jpg?fit=440%2C443&ssl=1",440,443,true],"2048x2048":["https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/pinkoddy.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/09\/halo_mega_bloks.jpg?fit=440%2C443&ssl=1",440,443,true]},"uagb_author_info":{"display_name":"pinkoddy","author_link":"https:\/\/pinkoddy.co.uk\/blog\/author\/pinkoddy\/"},"uagb_comment_info":18,"uagb_excerpt":"I first heard of the game Halo when someone died from playing it. 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