What years' waves were the best?

[Toa Doublebee]

I respect everyone's opinion, but I find 2009 sets getting votes ludicrous.

Edited April 10, 2015 by Toa Doublebee

[LegoSWfan]

I respect everyone's opinion, but I find 2009 sets getting votes ludicrous.

Me too.

[Petewa]

The Mahri Toa, the shape of Hahli's Faxon was a clear callback to the Kaukau, And Hewkii's Garai to the Kakama, Kongu looked like a boss, with an epic bearded mask, and Jaller's crab was adorable,

 

 

The Rahkshi because they were,

 

 

The Tohunga because they were so simple and yet so cool,

And they were little babies! I' was coo'

[Cwog]

The Mahri Toa, the shape of Hahli's Faxon was a clear callback to the Kaukau, And Hewkii's Garai to the Kakama, Kongu looked like a boss, with an epic bearded mask, and Jaller's crab was adorable,

 

 

The Rahkshi because they were,

 

 

The Tohunga because they were so simple and yet so cool,

And they were little babies! I' was coo'

The Rahkshi were...? What? Would you care to elaborate on your thought?

[Toa Doublebee]

 

The Mahri Toa, the shape of Hahli's Faxon was a clear callback to the Kaukau, And Hewkii's Garai to the Kakama, Kongu looked like a boss, with an epic bearded mask, and Jaller's crab was adorable,

 

 

The Rahkshi because they were,

 

 

The Tohunga because they were so simple and yet so cool,

And they were little babies! I' was coo'

The Rahkshi were...? What? Would you care to elaborate on your thought?

 

 

 

I'd imagine he meant they waz the best wave.

[LegoSWfan]

Or that they simply were.

 

The the rahkshi are so cool to him that they need no explanation.

Edited April 11, 2015 by Decepticonwarrior

[Cwog]

Or that they simply were.

 

The the rahkshi are so cool to him that they need no explanation.

I guess so. I'm not a huge fan of the Rahkshi myself.

[hiddenderek]

I wish there was an option for the 2015 sets. The Protectors/Toa of this year are my current favorites. I think the Bohrok will stay my all time favorite villains for now though. They have such a great blend between form and function that Bionicle has been hard pressed to capture since. That's why I don't like years like the Barraki, simply because there was zero funciton outside of a silly blaster. 

Edited April 11, 2015 by hiddenderek

[LegoSWfan]

 

Or that they simply were.

The the rahkshi are so cool to him that they need no explanation.

 

I guess so. I'm not a huge fan of the Rahkshi myself.

I am. Rahkshi FTW.

[Cwog]

I wish there was an option for the 2015 sets. The Protectors/Toa of this year are my current favorites. I think the Bohrok will stay my all time favorite villains for now though. They have such a great blend between form and function that Bionicle has been hard pressed to capture since. That's why I don't like years like the Barraki, simply because there was zero funciton outside of a silly blaster. 

I excluded because I wanted to see people's opinion on Gen1 sets. I think I'll make a new poll asking about gen2, right here and now, they were purposely excluded. I agree with you that the 2015 Toa are better than 2001-2010

[Toa Doublebee]

 That's why I don't like years like the Barraki, simply because there was zero funciton outside of a silly blaster. 

 

A blaster that, after hearing rumors online about how easily it breaks, I was to afraid to ever use.

 

 

 

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 I think I'll make a new poll asking about gen2, right here and now, they were purposely excluded.

 

Oh boy. Imagine that. Another decade of BIONICLE. I'l be in my late 20s when you'l make that poll.

Edited April 12, 2015 by Toa Doublebee

[Cwog]

 

 That's why I don't like years like the Barraki, simply because there was zero funciton outside of a silly blaster. 

 

A blaster that, after hearing rumors online about how easily it breaks, I was to afraid to ever use.

 

 

 

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 I think I'll make a new poll asking about gen2, right here and now, they were purposely excluded.

 

Oh boy. Imagine that. Another decade of BIONICLE. I'l be in my late 20s when you'l make that poll.

 

Not quite what I meant, buddy. Here it is, sooner than expected. http://www.bzpower.com/board/topic/18251-which-winter-2015-sets-are-best/

[P~M]

I voted Voya Nui Resistance, Toa Mahri, and Barraki.

 

I tried to vote for the waves that had the most original set designs. I really liked the way the Voya Nui Matoran had varied designs, and I wish the rest of that year's sets had been the same way. Sure, we got some variety in feet and weapons and other minor things, but overall the Piraka all had the same design, and obviously the Toa Inika established the "Inika build" for years to come. It's a shame that the Piraka and Toa Inika weren't more varied like the Matoran were, since 2006 is my favorite year overall--I loved the titans, and the story in my opinion was phenomenal.

 

Again, the Toa Mahri were very varied (heh) in their designs, with each Toa having a completely different torso, and the weapons, armor, and masks were all really well-designed. If I had to pick my favorite six-set wave of all of them, it'd be the Toa Mahri.

 

The Barraki, like the Toa Mahri, also had a great deal of variation, which I guess is to be expected with Pit-mutated creatures. Not much can be said about the Barraki's designs that can't be seen immediately upon looking at them--they're scary, they're unique, and they're out to get you! Not a huge fan of those launchers, though.

 

I think if I had to pick a favorite set out of every Bionicle set, it wouldn't be from any six-set wave, but rather a titan. I think Brutaka would have to be my favorite: his torso is just so detailed, and that sword--you can't argue with The Sword.

[Sharnak the Bohrok Lord]

It's a controversial opinion, but I liked the Glatorian. Looking back, they were really good sets and some of the best examples of the inika build.

[P~M]

It's a controversial opinion, but I liked the Glatorian. Looking back, they were really good sets and some of the best examples of the inika build.

 

Yeah, the Glatorian were good. Sure, arguably a lot of them were Inika clones, but they were more than that--they each had their own quirks.

[ToaKapura1234]

VNRT, Mata, and Piraka. I think you should add a Titans category, thought that might be a pain considering the lack of unifying elements between them.

[Cwog]

Kapura, that's right on the nose. There are no real waves or teams, but rather individual titans.

[2Tie]

Man, my votes seemed to join the consensus, and I can see why

 

The waves I voted for were the ones with the "most" variation in them. The old bohrok-rahskhii-vahkhi-visorak-piraka waves in which they're all pretty much the same set with different variations kinda cheapen them; To get one set is cool and fine and dandy, but collecting the whole wave is less of an incentive when, after building one set, you can build the rest of them. I liked the variation that the "main" 2007 sets brought, lots of different constructions and designs that all still meet a same feel. As for the smaller sets, I had to cave into my nostalgia and choose 2001's tohunga and turaga. They had fit perfectly into the first mysterious year, with their simple yet strange builds, tribal yet mechanical motifs... and even though they were small, even the turaga had variation to almost each set (albeit a small one). I was hooked from my very first turaga for a reason.

[Owlexander]

 

I respect everyone's opinion, but I find 2009 sets getting votes ludicrous.

Me too.

 

 

Same here.

[Cwog]

I really liked 2009's sets. Soft reboot gave Bionicle a bit of a new style, and some of the sets were really nice. I didn't vote for any of them, though, because I felt that there were better ones.

[P~M]

Yeah, I agree. I never understood the hate for the 2009 sets. Some of them were really cool.

[Cwog]

One of the main reasons I don't like some of the 2009 sets are A) the brittle pieces, and B) the confused styles. The sets took pieces from 2004-onward, and a lot of the styles in those pieces didn't quite belong.

[Owlexander]

One of the main reasons I don't like some of the 2009 sets are A) the brittle pieces, and B) the confused styles. The sets took pieces from 2004-onward, and a lot of the styles in those pieces didn't quite belong.

 

The lime greens... THE LIME GREENS!!!!

[Cwog]

 

One of the main reasons I don't like some of the 2009 sets are A) the brittle pieces, and B) the confused styles. The sets took pieces from 2004-onward, and a lot of the styles in those pieces didn't quite belong.

 

The lime greens... THE LIME GREENS!!!!

 

Are you referring to the brittle lime pieces, or the large amount of lime that we saw in Gresh, Vastus, Tarduk, and Tuma? In any case, as much as I love Gresh's color scheme, I like Lewa2015's more.

[Noxryn]

Bohrok Va were cute, adorable and neat little figures even if the krana falling out of their backs was a bit troublesome. For heroes I went with Mata (I liked the Metru, too) since they were the six I was most hyped up for when I heard about this line releasing, and have the best memories receiving (as almost all of them were gifts tied in with big personal days/events).

 

For villains: the Bohrok. Hands down, I adore my little bowling balls of doom.

[LegoSWfan]

 

One of the main reasons I don't like some of the 2009 sets are A) the brittle pieces, and B) the confused styles. The sets took pieces from 2004-onward, and a lot of the styles in those pieces didn't quite belong.

 

 

The lime greens... THE LIME GREENS!!!!

The horror! They snap if you look at them wrong!

[Owlexander]

 

 

One of the main reasons I don't like some of the 2009 sets are A) the brittle pieces, and B) the confused styles. The sets took pieces from 2004-onward, and a lot of the styles in those pieces didn't quite belong.

 

The lime greens... THE LIME GREENS!!!!

The horror! They snap if you look at them wrong!

 

 

*looks over scared* *somewhere, a lime green piece snaps* EEYAH! ;~;