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Glatoriana


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(because 'Glatorian' doesn't at all sound like a plural in and of itself and 'Glatorians' sounds inescapably lame.)

 

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I hesitate to go into any sort of great detail, because having seen the (very clear) leaked pics I might unintentionally talk about something that can't be discerned in the 'official' ones...

 

So I shall be brief: I like these so much.

 

Delightful recolored pieces all around – even in the little ones! They have so many of them! And then there are a bunch of innovative designs on the Glatoriana, which alone would make them really cool, and then they have such wonderful aesthetics going on even besides that! They have fewer new pieces than past years, which is fine by me, since they make up for that with so many recolored ones. I'll go into more detail once legit clear pictures have emerged, but for now I'll name only my two favorites.

 

Strakk. He may have no recolors, but look at him. He is the most perfect embodiment of Ice there has ever been in a Bionicle set. White over light blue and dark blue the way he has it – it looks absolutely awesome. And then his body, too, is such a simple but such an ingenius technique – I will rave about it at much length once it's properly visible.

 

And Gresh is just awesome. Not only does he have a ton of recolored pieces, but his build is so awesomely spiky, yet also smooth! It's a perfect combination. As is lime over dark greeeeen!

 

And Vorox. Tan. LOVE. <3

 

That is all for now. Can you tell I'm excited?

~ ToM

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I'm waiting for Mr. Icy Thing not for his interesting torso, but because he appears (as in, non-leaked pictureness appears) like on of the coolest (no pun intended) villans we've gotten yet. Just because of the crest things.

 

And yay brown.

 

HERETIC. TRAITOR. BURN HIM AT THE STAKE.

 

TO THE ANGRY MOB SUPPLIES STORE

 

EVEN THOUGH I AGREE

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"Ew"?

 

"Lime"?

 

...

 

HERETIC. TRAITOR. BURN HIM AT THE STAKE. :P

I agree, to an extent. Lime has been overused in recent years and Mata green seems to have been discarded. =/

 

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TAAAAAAAAN

 

Now we just need more reddish brown. ^_^

 

BtB

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"Ew"?

 

"Lime"?

 

...

 

HERETIC. TRAITOR. BURN HIM AT THE STAKE. :P

Well, in some ways I agree with CF. Lime has been over used in the last couple years.

 

However, this year I like. The lime this year is quite nice.

 

velox_trans.png

 

Edit: Wow . . . I said basically the exact same thing Bunda did O_o

 

Also:

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TAN FTW!!!!

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"Ew"?

 

"Lime"?

 

...

 

HERETIC. TRAITOR. BURN HIM AT THE STAKE. :P

limeftw.png

 

Should've used Nocturn, but whatever.

 

Anyway, I agree with your comments TOM, cept that weird Latin-esque plural name (it is neutral, so you use -a). :P

 

Shakar

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Seran doesn't like Glatoriana. It sounds amusingly like 'Victoriana'.

 

Seran doesn't like Glatorian. It sounds amusingly like 'Gladiator'.

 

Also, where is the loving for Skrall?

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The love for him is mostly in things that can't be discerned in the small, blurry picture. D: It will come! (Though he does have a wonderful color scheme.)

 

And no. I don't like 'Glatorian' either. So I made it a more interesting plural. :3

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Tan...YES! WE HAVE AN ACUTAL STONE-RELATED COLOR AGAIN!

 

Sorry, Hewkii, gemstones don't count, otherwise the yellow would be OK.

 

2009's sets are made, not of plastic, but of WIN. Win that has been melted down and made to look like lego pieces, but still win.

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I like Vorox too. LURVE the tan. Gresh isn't very good in my opinion, and if I'm correct, his chestplate sticks out and leaves a big, stupid space in his torso. Strakk and Skrall are cool, too.

 

*is burned at stake*

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Tan canister dude has a tan Mata foot on his back (check the pics). You know what that means.

 

MAHAAAAAAAA

 

Other parts (blue firesword) :drool: also look intense. From a MOCist's perspective, I can't see how anyone with the money would turn some of these down.

 

From a story perspective, of course, I'm indifferent. Kinda scary the effect leaving our favorite characters behind has. :blink:

 

Glatoriana? Really? I think Glatorians sounds much better. Glatoriana is too... I dunno... metropolitan-sounding for my taste. No idea why. But can't you picture some fashion mag with the name "Glatoriana"? It's almost got "glamour" in it, only not!

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Tan canister dude has a tan Mata foot on his back (check the pics). You know what that means.

 

MAHAAAAAAAA

 

Other parts (blue firesword) :drool: also look intense. From a MOCist's perspective, I can't see how anyone with the money would turn some of these down.

 

From a story perspective, of course, I'm indifferent. Kinda scary the effect leaving our favorite characters behind has. :blink:

 

Glatoriana? Really? I think Glatorians sounds much better. Glatoriana is too... I dunno... metropolitan-sounding for my taste. No idea why. But can't you picture some fashion mag with the name "Glatoriana"? It's almost got "glamour" in it, only not!

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Tan mata foot? *checks*

Sweet!

And yes, money is definitely the issue. Or the need or not for some of those pieces.

 

-CF

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