That's the front of a Mega Bloks building set from 1997 that really sets the building hobby back 25 years. Mega Bloks were made by Ritvik back then, they later called themselves Mega Bloks, then Mega Brands. Some family in Montreal started the company, which is now publicly held, and currently run by two of the founder's sons. I picked up three of the Planetoids series on clearance. This one is called LX-009 City. It's a huge box 28 inches wide, 17 high and nearly 5 inches thick. And it's friggin' ugly. It's got a thousand pieces. I never counted 'em. Just looking at them was more than enough. That icky green color is really something, isn't it, especially mixed with the purple. My picture just doesn't do the colors justice.
And this playset doesn't do a city justice. Three ugly buildings and a road that goes nowhere, just round and round, doesn't even make a crappy neighborhood. It sort of looks like a road race but there aren't any controls, and there's only one stupid lookin' car. It fits in the single slot that goes round and round the track. Here's a better picture of the layout. The second shows the car. That light coming out of the purple shape on top is really a light. It's just an oddly shaped penlight. I bet if you turned on the light on the car and ran it around the track in the dark it would be exciting. If you were a dog. And the car was covered in bacon grease. The kid below looks like he's having some fun, huh. He's gettin' paid, why wouldn't he be happy. The third picture is an over head shot of the 10 feet of Sky Track. You can see it loop round and round the three structures.
The universe is populated by ugly robots and aliens. There's one human guy. They have cutesy names too. There's a better shot of two of the buildings.
I call those large green pieces domes. I don't know what Ritvik calls them. They are wonderfully unattractive. I can't even imagine what the designer was thinking. I'm imagining he or she was thinking how versitile it would be. "You can make anything out of it." Anything ugly. Who would want that green for anything. Here's a couple of pictures of the dome and one of the car motor works. You build the body onto that red brick with wheels. I'll show you some more sets with that dome in them. As you can see it comes in green and dark blue.
I never even bothered to build the set. Some parts are still in their plastic bags. No one would really want these, so I'll find a home for them with some unsuspecting kids who think they are getting something. Toughen them up for the real world. Yeah, kid, LEGO imitators just aren't as good. Mega Bloks sets are better in 2007 but they still are not as good as a LEGO set.
Not sure what you've done with it.. but if you're still looking to get rid of it, I'll take it. :D
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Posted by: kamagra online | April 22, 2010 at 11:23 AM
We found a Planetoids LX-009 City in its box at the dump. Does any one have the instruction manual for this toy?
Posted by: Robin | June 06, 2010 at 08:23 AM
I was going through my sons toys and I found the planetoids 9316, still in orginal purple box w/green lid with the cardboard wrap around it,it is the gyro fighter, manual also in box. Any one interested I am willing to sell. Not sure on price yet I am checking on the value of it.
Posted by: alyce | September 25, 2010 at 11:02 PM
I had this exact set. It was pathetic. I never managed to build the entire thing. Kept distracting myself with combining it into different shit.
Posted by: Josh | February 15, 2014 at 12:39 PM
I bought this from a carbooters and i gavé no instructions where can i get them from
Posted by: jody ward | May 14, 2015 at 08:22 AM
Sadly I gave them away with the set and the kids who got them trashed them and tossed them out.
Posted by: Garth Danielson | May 14, 2015 at 06:28 PM
OH my god! I've been trying to find the name of this set for years. I was 10 when it came out. I had the spaceship and over the course of a year could never ever get it to work. Thanks for the lead.
Posted by: Blaine | September 27, 2016 at 02:19 AM
I have this set, the LX009 City...do you know what is the value?
Posted by: Vince | April 21, 2017 at 12:25 PM
No idea but I suspect it isn't worth much. Mega Blocks don't sell for as much as a similar size LEGO set might. You'd have to check it out on eBay periodically to get an idea of what it's selling for. I don't see any offered now, nor in the sold items.
Posted by: Garth | April 22, 2017 at 12:07 AM