LEGO Bionicle Episode 14 "Beware Their Tails" Released

[Hapori Tohu]

Bionicle.com has been updated with the fourteenth 90-second story episode for this year, titled "Beware Their Tails". The Toa escape their confinement beneath the great arena only to find themselves in a graveyard where the evil Skull Scorpios are on the prowl. Can they defeat the Scorpios and find the tomb of Ekimu the Mask Maker? Or will they lose their masks and become the graveyard's newest tenants? Follow the link above to watch the episode and find out!

 

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[TuragaNuva]

I was just talking to a friend recently about how Pohatu's greatest enemy seems to be scorpions: the Nui-Jaga, the Skull Spider in his set being a scorpion, and now Skull Scorpio. I'm happy to see that it's now canon that he hates them

[Toa Jaton]

Once again,Pohatu seems to know what his enemies are when seeing them for the first time(ep 8).He also seems to be a master of Spinjitzu   [or you could do this (:)K ]. 

[Votuko]

It's what we've all been waiting for: That time of the week when some guy over-enthusiastically posts the hidden letter from the animation and tries to make words out of it!

 

 

This week is brought to you by the letter "U", bringing our total to "YIU--".

(From current patterns, we can probably expect two more letters.)

Personally I have no idea what this could be. "YIU" is possibly the most unpronounceable syllable they could have made with three letters, so I'm unsure how likely the "future character name" theory is now.

 

My suggestion would be that the word will be "YIUGH", the sound Kulta makes when he inevitably is defeated in the animations. Or could it be an acronym - "Yellow Is Unlikely... Toa Colour?"

[Ayliffe]

 

11/10

[jed1ndy]

It's what we've all been waiting for: That time of the week when some guy over-enthusiastically posts the hidden letter from the animation and tries to make words out of it!

 

 

This week is brought to you by the letter "U", bringing our total to "YIU--".

(From current patterns, we can probably expect two more letters.)

Personally I have no idea what this could be. "YIU" is possibly the most unpronounceable syllable they could have made with three letters, so I'm unsure how likely the "future character name" theory is now.

 

My suggestion would be that the word will be "YIUGH", the sound Kulta makes when he inevitably is defeated in the animations. Or could it be an acronym - "Yellow Is Unlikely... Toa Colour?"

 

Someone already suggested that it might be 'UNITY' to potentially hint at the theme of next year's sets.

Called it!

 

 

 

 

This episode has another letter in the background. That's an I, correct?

Nah, it's an H.

 

 

YH?

The letter on the building is, in fact, an "i".

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

This is the best episode yet. Am I the only one who thought Onua's broad shoulders prevented the pistons from crushing him? (Before we saw Kopaka)

I did too.

Add me to the party.

This episode has another letter in the background. That's an I, correct?

Nah, it's an H.

 

 

YH?

Isn't that a Nuva symbol?

While the Okoto alphabet ("y" and "x" are reversed) resembles the Nuva symbols, they are not the same. There are some obvious parallels (like the "t" character almost being Tahu's Nuva symbol upside-down), but no symbol is identical.

 

EDIT: Kapura'd.

 

EDIT 2: I'm calling it: the word is going to be a scrambled-up "unItY". We will probably have nine episodes, and if we get a letter at the current pattern of every other episode, we have five letters. Also, considering the theme of the Toa next year (if you saw Amazon), then the word isn't that surprising.

[The 1st Shadow]

"Beware their tails?"

 

Beware their tails?

 

Surely, that can't be a reference to "Beware my stinger tail?"

 

On a side note, I see Kopaka is still shielding his best friend from danger, a whole generation later.

[Click]

All I can think of is that ridiculous Vorox meme...

 

...yeah, that's the one, T1S

Edited September 4, 2015 by Click

[Toa of Gallifrey]

Yay, 2009 reference. 11/10 Scorpio best grill confirmed.

[Votuko]

Huh. People still discuss things in the Official 2015 Topic?

 

I guess "UNITY" makes sense, too.

I'm a bit disappointed though that the hidden word isn't some sort of reveal, maybe related to all those Vahis...

And what if they spend the rest of the three years' Easter Eggs telling us "Duty" and "Destiny"?

[J46 Nui]

Once again,Pohatu seems to know what his enemies are when seeing them for the first time(ep 8).He also seems to be a master of Spinjitzu   [or you could do this (:)K ]. 

 

To be fair, in the book when it was going through these events, it explains that Pohatu ran into the Scorpios back in the stone region.

[Toa Smoke Monster]

I like to think that the two Skull Scorpios were trying to stop Onua and Pohatu from destroying more of the city, as they attacked them first.

[IXRollOutIX]

So not only does Kopaka never get his mask stolen at all, Pohatu never actually has his mask drained. What's with all these non-canon masks, man?

[MavezIgnikari]

"We could take a peek in the building with the huge mask maker sign"

Oh Lewa.

[believe victims]

So not only does Kopaka never get his mask stolen at all, Pohatu never actually has his mask drained. What's with all these non-canon masks, man?

 

Sure sucks that the toy company that makes toys made what made sense as a toy rather than catering to the whims of story.

[IXRollOutIX]

 

So not only does Kopaka never get his mask stolen at all, Pohatu never actually has his mask drained. What's with all these non-canon masks, man?

 

Sure sucks that the toy company that makes toys made what made sense as a toy rather than catering to the whims of story.

 

 

You know what else sure sucks? Your un-called for passive aggressive sarcasm. 

[Rooster Nui]

So not only does Kopaka never get his mask stolen at all, Pohatu never actually has his mask drained. What's with all these non-canon masks, man?

It is strange that it's occurring just now, but I'm completely fine with it. Sometimes there are just too many masks for the story to handle, I guess. 

 

Also, woot-woot for more symbols. I like how they've hidden them. They're not too hard to spot, but easy to miss.

[fishers64]

Can I just say that Gali pose looks really good?

 

"We could take a peek in the building with the huge mask maker sign"

Oh Lewa.

"Yes, I'm sure that's a fake out. They would hide the mask maker under the ordinary graves. Not in plain sight for any enemy to find him." - Pohatu

 

 

So not only does Kopaka never get his mask stolen at all, Pohatu never actually has his mask drained. What's with all these non-canon masks, man?

Skull Scorpio hasn't put the mask on his face yet. That's what drained Lewa's mask. We may yet see Pohatu's mask being drained. 

[believe victims]

 

 

So not only does Kopaka never get his mask stolen at all, Pohatu never actually has his mask drained. What's with all these non-canon masks, man?

 

Sure sucks that the toy company that makes toys made what made sense as a toy rather than catering to the whims of story.

 

 

You know what else sure sucks? Your un-called for passive aggressive sarcasm. 

 

 

I suppose my response was a bit unnecessarily caustic. I apologize. I just don't get all this clamor about "non-canon masks". Why is it such a big deal that some of the set masks don't actually pop up in the story? The story doesn't exactly have time for all of them (and I don't even know how the scorpions are supposed to put on a mask to drain it) and they can't just leave the drained masks out of the sets for the sake of adhering to canon when that will hurt sales. It just seems like much ado about nothing.

[Wazdakka]

 

Once again,Pohatu seems to know what his enemies are when seeing them for the first time(ep 8).He also seems to be a master of Spinjitzu   [or you could do this (:)K ]. 

 

To be fair, in the book when it was going through these events, it explains that Pohatu ran into the Scorpios back in the stone region.

 

So are there naturally occurring Scorpios? Are they just like these (vicious Rahi), or are "Skull Scorpios" somehow different, a twisted beast?

[Toa Smoke Monster]

 

 

Once again,Pohatu seems to know what his enemies are when seeing them for the first time(ep 8).He also seems to be a master of Spinjitzu   [or you could do this (:)K ]. 

 

To be fair, in the book when it was going through these events, it explains that Pohatu ran into the Scorpios back in the stone region.

 

So are there naturally occurring Scorpios? Are they just like these (vicious Rahi), or are "Skull Scorpios" somehow different, a twisted beast?

 

I'll put this in spoilers just in case someone hasn't read Island of Lost Masks yet.

 

 

The book doesn't go into much details about the Scorpios outside of their battle with the Toa. It just says Potahu and Onua encountered him while they were going through their respective regions. But just based on how it is worded in the book, it's reads like Pohatu had seen them as their real life sets look. So I think that the Scorpios are the same all over Okoto. But that would just be my guess.

 

Edited September 5, 2015 by Toa Smoke Monster

[IXRollOutIX]

 

 

 

Once again,Pohatu seems to know what his enemies are when seeing them for the first time(ep 8).He also seems to be a master of Spinjitzu   [or you could do this (:)K ]. 

 

To be fair, in the book when it was going through these events, it explains that Pohatu ran into the Scorpios back in the stone region.

 

So are there naturally occurring Scorpios? Are they just like these (vicious Rahi), or are "Skull Scorpios" somehow different, a twisted beast?

 

I'll put this in spoilers just in case someone hasn't read Island of Lost Masks yet.

 

 

The book doesn't go into much details about the Scorpios outside of their battle with the Toa. It just says Potahu and Onua encountered him while they were going through their respective regions. But just based on how it is worded in the book, it's reads like Pohatu had seen them as their real life sets look. So I think that the Scorpios are the same all over Okoto. But that would just be my guess.

 

 

 

 

Seeing as the narrative describes them as "Skull Scorpios" and Pohatu only refers to them as simply "Scorpios," I personally took that to meaning Onua and Pohatu had encountered non-skeletonized versions of the creatures that naturally roam Okoto in their travels. Pohatu simply recognized them from their shape. There really isn't enough information given to prove it either way, though.

 

 

For what it's worth, if the "Month of Stone" poster is remotely canon in any capacity, there are clearly non-skeletal scorpio(n)s that exist on the island. Perhaps in multiple shapes and sizes. So there's that, too.

[Lenny7092]

Man, Pohatu really hates scorpions! They always find him wherever he goes! No wonder how they are his archenemies! They always bug him (Get it? LOL!)

 

Man, Skull Scorpios are tough! They single-handed-ly defeated every single Toa except Lewa... yet. Poor Lewa, again!

 

Gali made a funny face when Lewa pointed out Ekimu's tomb. Her unibrow is perfectly to look funny. Anyway, Gali isn't bright lately for some reason.

 

Nice G1 reference on the title! Reminds me of Vorox in 2009.

 

Since we notice that there is the Okoto letter U, I originally thought it is going to be "YIELD," but the U is making things different. I wonder what really is that word, unless you rearrange them to spell "UNITY". Hmm...

 

I wonder when will Kopaka's mask be stolen and Pohatu's being drained. Could they be non-canon? It's strange that this happens, and the Skull Creatures that we already saw in the webisodes just appeared and then disappeared when they are defeated, never to reappear. I had no idea why. Hmm... Well, it would be cool if they would come back. I hope that can happen.

[masterchirox580]

Wow these guys really like Lewa. And has Pohatu even seen a scorpion before? 

[believe victims]

Wow these guys really like Lewa. And has Pohatu even seen a scorpion before? 

Considering he was pursued by a swarm of them trying to get his golden mask, probably.

[Lyichir]

 

Wow these guys really like Lewa. And has Pohatu even seen a scorpion before?

Considering he was pursued by a swarm of them trying to get his golden mask, probably.

 

Good point! I'd almost forgotten that the Skull Spiders from the stone sets could be considered scorpions.

[UnderscoreChronix]

 

 

Wow these guys really like Lewa. And has Pohatu even seen a scorpion before?

Considering he was pursued by a swarm of them trying to get his golden mask, probably.

 

Good point! I'd almost forgotten that the Skull Spiders from the stone sets could be considered scorpions.

 

Skull Scorpios Scorpions.

[Nidhiki of the Shadows]

Ha! That G1 reference. xD It's so obscure and I love it!

 

Episode was pretty cool, had some good moments of comedy and even a throwback with Pohatu's hate for scorpions. Again, it's really fast but pacing didn't feel too much an issue here. The Skull Scorpio's got plenty of screentime and feel like a real menace.

 

-NotS

[fishers64]

The Skull Scorpio's got plenty of screentime and feel like a real menace.

That's striking - the Scorpios get more screen time than Skull Basher and Grinder combined. Somebody likes Scorpios. 

Edited October 6, 2015 by fishers64

[Makaru]

Pohatu confirmed for not lead of storyboard.