AnthonyP301

Thanks for pointing out that thread to me, Chasm . I posted about it there after I saw your post. I love the new pieces in the sets. I don't buy many constraction sets, I have Tahu, Vakama, Gali, Onua Jala, Huki, & Tahnok, and some Ninjago sets that use some CCBS parts (Ultra Dragon, Golden Dragon, Kai's Mech, & Cole's Mech). So I'm not extremely familiar with the CCBS bone and shell system. I like the head, masks, PoW's armor, etc. I must have been pretty lucky today(even though it's past midnight my time), especially since the stores closest to me only put new sets on the shelves a couple months after their initial release. I like the gear on the PoE's back, since it's reminiscent of the Toa Mata/Nuva and Metru amaong other classic sets. I don't mind the Protectors having the same masks since their builds are unique. It sure will be even more exciting 3-8 business days after I order more on January first or later!

I found the Protectors of Water & Earth at Target today!! There were 2 of each and I bought 1 of each. They were between some boxes of Star Wars and Chima. I've never seen an early released set before the DC Braniac Attack a couple minutes before I saw the Bionicle sets. I checked in Wal-Mart but its toy supply was as bad as ever. I was suuuuuuuuuuuuuuper excited when I spotted them!!! I was with my dad and I looked for him for a minute o show him the Braniac set, but I couldn't find him. He went to the LEGO aisle a few seconds after I saw them and he thought it was funny how excited I was. I wasn't a fan during Generation 1, but I still felt "Hau" great it was to see new Bionicle sets on the shelves after all this time. I guess seeing the new sets in stores isn't too common as of now so this feels pretty special. I definitely did not expect to see these, so I was planning on ordering Tahu,Gali, Pohatu, and maybe some of their Protectors. I'll still order some on 1-1-15, but it felt amazing to buy and build some on 12-22-14! EDIT: apparently the minor (to me) C-word is censored here, so I replaced the 6 number signs with "bad" when describing Wal-Mart

I found The Protector of Water and The Protector of Earth at Target today! There were two each and I bought one of each. I really love the sets!. I only got into Bionicle a couple of months ago but I'm so excited that it's back. I wanted to get Tahu first, but I wouldn't pass up this opportunity. This was also the first time I saw sets on shelves before they're officially released (they also had the DC Braniac Attack set). I like the multi-stud shooters, but I already lost one of the PoW's but there are extras). I like the boxes, they make up for the lack of canisters to me. The PoW's torso looks a bit too bulky to me because of the armor piece. I'm probably going to get Onua sooner than I expected to go with the Protector. I still would like to get the Toa in my elemental order (Ta, Ga, Po, Onu, Le, Ko).

I'll probably get a few sets at once, I'll definitely build Tahu first though. I'd like to get Gali, Pohatu, and the Protector of Fire at the same time. That's pricey though, $60.

Well, when I was 5 or 6 or so and my mom would take my sister and me to our neighbor's house. The boy that lived there had a set that I think was Matau Hordika. I thought it was pretty cool. I was aware of Bionicle but I didn't think much of it. Last summer I bought a bin of stuff at a yard sale since it had a lot of LEGO parts, mostly technic. It had what I think was Kopaka Mata, but I don't know where it is anymore. I heard a lot about Bionicle online since there's a lot of hype for 2015. I was really interested about it and heard the story was really good. I did quite a bit of research and watched a lot of videos about it in the past month or so. I recently bought a Tahu Mata with canister and silver and gold Hau's on eBay (without instructions or ball on chest). Before that I watched the first 2 movies and played MNOG. I also played what has been released of the fan-made MNOG 1.5. I just placed a Bricklink order for Gali, Pohatu, Onua, Vakama, Jala, Huki, Tahnok, Tahnok Va, Pahrak Va, some masks and parts to build a 2001 style Takua. I'm going to read the book series soon and I'm excited to go through the first 10 years (plus continued story) and am excited for 2015!