Jump to content

The most underated set(s)


I Exist

Recommended Posts

Do you feel there is a set or many sets that were really underated ? Like sets everybody seems to be complaining about but

you think is great ? Or a set no one talks about but you think is genius ?

 

For me, it would be the Turaga. These were pure genius to me. They look simple but had many pieces and a great design as well as a cool function. Also like the colors they choosed for them.

 

What is your underated set(s) ?

"I feel far far away from everything I've ever known, but when I look back, I think of you"
LewaKini.png
Credits to Eeko for the banner. Lewa is awesome.

Link to comment
Share on other sites

Underrated... People use this word to describe something they like and others don't.

For me, that would be Jaller Inika due to his mask design and ability, heat-lightning manipulation and a mentality waaaay cooler than Vakama's. He is particularly similar to Tahu in that aspect, actually.

SRC9Wkk.png
Link to comment
Share on other sites

For me, that would be Jaller Inika due to his mask design and ability, heat-lightning manipulation and a mentality waaaay cooler than Vakama's. He is particularly similar to Tahu in that aspect, actually.

This topic is about the sets, though.

 

Anyway ... does Voporak count? I think Voporak counts. He's pretty awesome as a set (since he was released in a boxed form), but I don't think he gets much love.

 

~B~

Edited by Ballom
Link to comment
Share on other sites

I'll have to agree with all of this. And yeah, Vaporak counts.

What I like about Vaporak is that he's one of the rare boxed combo sets that acutally look like a titan-sized set on his own,

and not only a combo.

  • Upvote 1

"I feel far far away from everything I've ever known, but when I look back, I think of you"
LewaKini.png
Credits to Eeko for the banner. Lewa is awesome.

Link to comment
Share on other sites

I'd say the McToran. I think it's understaded what awesome colours they had, like purple, sand blue, teal and yellow. The pieces are also so esthetically pleasing, especially the ancient-looking head piece. It's strange how the characters are so well appreciated, but the sets have so few reviews.

Edited by Oroki
  • Upvote 2

banner1.png

Link to comment
Share on other sites

Sidorak, Roodaka, and Keetongu are some pretty nice sets. Most notably, they were the last titans before the Inika and Piraka torsos came out, and thus the last set of titans with completely custom made torsos (there are some individual exemptions). Not that later titans were all bad, but I honorably hold these three guys as the last of a sort of extinct breed of sets.

"What we see depends mainly on what we look for" -John Lubbock
Link to comment
Share on other sites

The Bohrok Va. These guys introduced interesting variations to the Turaga built with moveable feet and necks, and were also adorable! Menacingly adorable, but still! >\^^/<

 

I'd say the McToran. I think it's understaded what awesome colours they had, like purple, sand blue, teal and yellow. The pieces are also so esthetically pleasing, especially the ancient-looking head piece. It's strange how the characters are so well appreciated, but the sets have so few reviews.

I must disagree; I think the McToran are some of the most universally beloved BIONICLE sets of the entire series. They don't have many reviews probably because they are quite simple, which is part of their appeal, but also leaves not a whole lot to be said of them. They also weren't sold in stores, so people didn't really need a second opinion on something that they didn't directly purchase (except for secondhand websites, which admittedly is where most fans get them).

"You are an absolute in these uncertain times. Your past is forgotten, and your
future is an empty book. You must find your own destiny, my brave adventurer.
"
-- Turaga Nokama

nichijou2.jpg

Click here to visit my library!

Link to comment
Share on other sites

  • 3 weeks later...

The Vahki were really menacing and cool looking. They could've been better but weren't that bad tbh.

 

Hewkii Mahrii doesn't get enough credit in my opinion. I'm not the biggest on the Mahrii in general but Hewkii just looked hot! (quotes from Macku's diary  xD )

 

Honestly the list goes on and on. A lot of them aren't so much underated, but rather just out-shined by the fan favorites. Bionicle has very few flat out bad sets, almost all of them have something to love/like.

  • Upvote 1
Link to comment
Share on other sites

I think some of the most underated sets are 2007 matoran sets because althopugh there were only 2 Matoran and 2 Rahi, they had a high piece count

 

 

Do you feel there is a set or many sets that were really underated ? Like sets everybody seems to be complaining about but

you think is great ? Or a set no one talks about but you think is genius ?

 

For me, it would be the Turaga. These were pure genius to me. They look simple but had many pieces and a great design as well as a cool function. Also like the colors they choosed for them.

 

What is your underated set(s) ?

Lewa's an awesome Toa

 

This turaga from 2001 are my favorite sets

The Turaga had a lot of technic pieces

 

Umbra. I was the only one of my friends that owned him but i thought he was the coolest because of his roller blades.

Umbra's only good purpose was traveling at lightspeed

 

The Vahki were really menacing and cool looking. They could've been better but weren't that bad tbh.

 

Hewkii Mahrii doesn't get enough credit in my opinion. I'm not the biggest on the Mahrii in general but Hewkii just looked hot! (quotes from Macku's diary xD )

 

Honestly the list goes on and on. A lot of them aren't so much underated, but rather just out-shined by the fan favorites. Bionicle has very few flat out bad sets, almost all of them have something to love/like.

I think the Visorak are under rated

Edited by -Windrider-
Link to comment
Share on other sites

I reckon an underrated set/series would be the Stars

 

These sets bring back great Bionicles and we are lucky they gave us a chance to get them again

This. I wasn't around in the first years, so getting a Rahkshi set was awesome. Admittedly they weren't the best or funnest builds, but they served as nice tributes to the past 10 years.

toakopaka.png
Credit goes to Linus Van Pelt (Formerly known as Cherixon) and Spectral Avohkii Enterprises

My Memoirs of the Dead entry, Reflectons:

http://www.bzpower.com/board/index.php?showtopic=7351

 

Link to comment
Share on other sites

 

I reckon an underrated set/series would be the Stars

 

These sets bring back great Bionicles and we are lucky they gave us a chance to get them again

This. I wasn't around in the first years, so getting a Rahkshi set was awesome. Admittedly they weren't the best or funnest builds, but they served as nice tributes to the past 10 years.

 

 

Stars was a good idea but the execution was just ugh. Having a good idea and carrying it through are two different things, the latter being just as important as the former. Solving world hunger is a good idea and one way of doing this is killing anyone who feels hungry... not a great solution eh? But hey, LEGO probably didn't want anything to do with Bionicle at that point so it's kind of a miracle we got any sets, let alone honest attempts at tributes to the past. So I guess it is true they are kinda under rated in that people don't recognize that it was a good idea, sadly just not done well.

  • Upvote 1
Link to comment
Share on other sites

The Visorak don't get discussed much, but I personally really liked them. They were probably the closest thing we got to non-clone sets before 2007. The variety in colors and pieces they had was very much unlike the last few waves before them, and personally since I started collecting Bionicle in 2004 (2003-2005 being a weird period where they apparently thought grey was the best secondary color they could use) I really really liked that. Ohnorak was my first set with any yellow parts, for instance, so that was pretty exciting at the time. I also really liked their snapping pincers and the eye color variety (something we would lose immediately after the Visorak) and the subtle differences in their shell designs, and just generally everything about them, I found cool. 

 

The Hordika also get a bad rap, but I dunno. I thought they had some interesting weapons and the head designs were pretty cool, and as a whole I liked them. 

AXKP5KC.png


 


 

Link to comment
Share on other sites

Not sure if they're underrated, but I really like the Doomtoran from 2006. Each one had his or her own design, except for Garan and Velika sharing one. Plus the Bohrok feet were used in a really interesting way; I wouldn't have thought of using them as torsos.

Laughing_Man_Icon_by_CoyoteTracks.gif


Does anyone want to play the Master Chief Collection with me? I'm trying to get a team going for ranked. PM for GT.

Link to comment
Share on other sites

Join the conversation

You can post now and register later. If you have an account, sign in now to post with your account.
Note: Your post will require moderator approval before it will be visible.

Guest
Reply to this topic...

×   Pasted as rich text.   Paste as plain text instead

  Only 75 emoji are allowed.

×   Your link has been automatically embedded.   Display as a link instead

×   Your previous content has been restored.   Clear editor

×   You cannot paste images directly. Upload or insert images from URL.

×
×
  • Create New...