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Hello everybody, welcome to Chima month Last week, my store finally stocked the Chima 2014 Constraction sets. Today I'm providing an opportunity. As long as they're in stock, I am willing to pick them up and send them to you for MSRP + Flat Rate shipping. I ship from a US post office, so there shouldn't be any issue with insane oversea shipping fees. Simply PM me your address and what you'd like me to purchase for you, and I'll provide you with the Paypal that I use. Once I receive payment for both the set(s) and shipping, I will purchase and send the set(s) to you. Large Sets - $22 Chi Sir Fangar Chi Fluminox Medium Sets - $17 Chi Cragger Chi Laval Chi Panthar Chi Vardy Chi Mungus Shipping - $6 I'm not asking for anything in return, I am simply acting as a middleman to help spread Chima 2014 across the US.
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When I first started joining conversations in this community, I came across a lot of people complaining about how much they disliked the so-called Inika Builds. At the time, I thought they were referring to the Toa Inika. I personally didn't much like the Toa Inika, and after seeing some of the sets that my friends owned, I decided not to buy any myself. But, as I engaged more in conversations, I came to realise that people were referring to everything post-2006 as "the Inika builds" and accusing Lego of "reusing the same designs". I'm sorry, what? I didn't see these complaints after the Toa Mata became the Toa Nuva, even though their body designs were nearly identical. Every year leading up to 2006 used the same designs as every other set in each year, but 2006 was the last year that happened. Look at the Barraki, or the Mahri. None of them were even remotely similar. They were all different, and unique, and the same goes for every set that came in later years. Look at the Phantoka, or the Mistika (especially the Makuta sets). And the Glatorian only carried on with the tradition of creative and innovative new designs. I really don't understand why there's so much hate, or why people seem to think everything after 2006 used the same builds. 2007 onwards were my favourite years for sets (excluding the Stars in 2010). Does anyone else feel the same way I do? Or am I the minority here?
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Hero Factory introduced really cool mini-fig sized (well, generally, they were a little taller, though appropriately so) heroes. LEGO has made these for Bionicle in the past, and I think we all know how those looked. But "Invasion From Below" shows that LEGO is still (at least partially) open to constraction sets in mini-fig scale. So since Bionicle is probably coming back in 2015, do you think LEGO would try making play sets for Bionicle on the mini-fig scale again? If so, do you think they would use system bricks and plates for them like they did before or try using technic like they did for "Invasion from Below" (I personally hope they would use technic, I don't know what it is but there's just something so wrong about seeing system and Bionicle together...). I don't think it's an outright bad idea, but it would largely depend on how they're made. A bad set is a bad set, whether or not the concept it good. So... yeah, what do you fellas think?- 19 replies
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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) ?
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What actual, complete sets could you make out of the various Bionicle parts tubs released? I know that, for example, 6638 had two Kraata containers, and that 6620 makes a Red Vahki. The list of tubs: 6620 - Ultimate Accessory Set (Red Vahki) 6637 - Ultimate Battle Set (Nuju, Nokama, Red, Green & Blue Vahki) 6638 - Ultimate Creatures Accessory Set (Two Red & Two Blue Vahki, Two Kraata Containers) 8711 - The Ultimate Bionicle Set 8713 - Ultimate Bionicle Accessory Kit (Old little sets like Matoran and Turaga???) 8715 - Bionicle Exclusive Accessories (Vahki???)
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Not going to go into details, but I am convinced by the leaked images that have been seen. They are consistent with a lot of the hints we've heard, and the person who originally photographed and posted these images seems trustworthy. Furthermore, they seem consistent with BIONICLE on a thematic level: masked heroes with fantasy weapons versus beastly-looking villains. If it turns out they are fake and I have been tricked, I will not be the least bit ashamed, by this because these are the most convincing BIONICLE concepts to emerge in the past five years. I'm more than happy to concede a victory to any trickster or Internet troll who is prepared to go to such lengths to fool me. I anxiously look forward to official teasers and information. Perhaps the LEGO Group might be announcing something during Comic Con, or perhaps we'll have to wait until November or December when the LEGO Club Magazines tend to tease the next years' themes. Overall, I'm optimistic for the theme. The pics we've gotten are obviously not remotely good enough to form a definitive opinion on how I like the sets. But what I can see looks promising indeed.
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Can we talk for a minute about how awesome the Toa Nuva's double-function weapons were? Looking back I think that might have been one of the coolest features they brought to the table. Swords that turn into a surfboard! Blades that turn into ice skates! Axes that turn into flippers! Chainsaws that turn into caterpillar tracks! You saw a bit of this with the Toa Metru designs as well (Vakama's launcher/jetpack, Nuju's spikes/snowshoes, and Matau's swords/wings), but I don't know if it was quite as elegant as with the Toa Nuva weapons since some of the weapons had to be a rather peculiar shape for that dual functionality to work. I can't even quite tell what Nuju's crystal spikes are supposed to resemble in weapon form, unlike the Toa Nuva where the function of the weapons was fairly clear in both forms. After that, BIONICLE didn't do a lot with dual-function weapons again, which is kind of disappointing. The Hero Factory rookies from 2010 sorta-kinda did this, but it wasn't very heavily advertised, and wasn't quite as dynamic a transformation. Furno could use his dual fire shooters either together or separately, or attach them to the back of his arms to act as jet propulsion. Surge could use his lightning shooters as two shooters, one dual shooter, two swords, or one dual sword. Breez could either throw her boomerangs or use them as harpoon guns. None of these transformations were nearly as radical as the Toa Nuva's tools. After that, it seems like the LEGO Group has adopted a much different design philosophy with weapon pieces, creating them with designs less specific to a particular character or tool, and while I appreciate that as a designer and as a MOCist, it does mean the closest thing we've seen to a Nuva-style dual-function weapon was Stringer's BRILLIANT guitar/sonic cannon in 2012. I guess it makes sense. The most versatile of the Toa Nuva weapons, after all, was also the one with the least dramatic transformation Lewa's Air Katanas, which only vaguely resembled wings when he held them a particular way. But at the same time, this remains one of the features of the Toa Nuva that feels incredibly special to those sets, even in hindsight when other special features they boasted like silver weapons and sturdy plate armor are no longer so unique or revolutionary.
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Earlier I was looking at how this year's Hero Factory sets compare to similarly-priced BIONICLE sets in terms of complexity. Turns out they fare rather well. Let's look at one in particular: 44024 Tunneler Beast. Tunneler Beast is a $9.99 set coming out this summer (as such, it's at the lowest price point for this year's sets). It boasts 59 pieces (45 if you don't include the minifigure or his accessories) and 20 points of articulation (15 if you don't include the jaw and fingers, which only rotate along one axis each). A typical Piraka cost $9 in 2006, which according to WolframAlpha would be about $10.60 in today's money. Each Piraka had 41 pieces (plus one extra for Hakann and Thok's weapons) and 13 points of articulation. If we reach back a bit further, the Vahki cost $9 each in 2004, which would be $11.32 today according to WolframAlpha. Each one of those had just 32 pieces and only 10 points of articulation (perhaps eleven or twelve if you count the squeezable launcher-jaws, but that's being extremely generous since those couldn't really hold a pose). Now, obviously I'm being a bit selective here. There are a number of BIONICLE canister sets that had more pieces than Tunneler Beast, particularly if you don't include the minifigure and accessories (though several of those sets, like the Toa Mahri, are inflated by lots and lots of ammo pieces, not to mention a plethora of pins and axles). I don't know if any canister sets have more points of articulation than Tunneler Beast, though. Chirox had just 17 including the chest that splits open, and Pridak had just 16 even if you count the mandibles separately. Even Gorast, with her six limbs, had just 18 points of articulation including the wings! And in any case, you have to be just as selective to suggest that Hero Factory, as it exists today, is considerably LESS complex than BIONICLE sets of similar size or price. Just food for thought. I'm personally fascinated how far Hero Factory has advanced since 2010, when the $7 hero sets were pitifully simplistic and repetitive even by BIONICLE standards. There are some rumors floating around that Hero Factory might be ending soon, and now that it's been around for four and a half years those rumors are starting to seem more believable than every other year of its life that they've been thrown about. But we've been assured that its building system is here to stay, and that gives me great confidence that the NEXT constraction theme will not be hindered by such a rocky start. The new building system really did put Hero Factory on the fast track to greater complexity and diversity of designs, and this year I feel like the Hero Factory sets in general not just one or two have finally stepped out of the long shadow of their BIONICLE predecessors.
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As the title asks, which Chima characters do you think would be great as constraction figures? They don't have to be potential future sets, so even minor characters or non-set characters from 2013 would be OK. It can even be an alternate costume of a character who's already been a constraction set, though keep in mind that the costumes, weapons, and color schemes of the constraction models rarely match the corresponding minifigures. From last year's characters, I would love to see a Windra constraction model. Worriz's head piece is not specifically gendered, so it could easily be recolored and printed without facial scars (and maybe even with eyelashes) to represent Windra. Also, her color scheme (same as the Wolf Legend Beast) is awesome! Crug would also be amazing, since his color scheme is so different from the other crocodiles. He could use a brown Cragger head with a silver jaw, and he could use the brown paw pieces from Ogrum as muscular shoulders. Lagravis would be another great character. He's a major character with a color scheme distinct from Laval, the other lion character who has appeared as a constraction set. G'Loona would be fun as a "child" character. But at the same time, a child character wouldn't make a whole lot of sense from a story perspective, since characters like G'Loona, Skinnet, and Wonald are not old enough to use CHI, and the constraction sets are ostensibly supposed to represent the characters' CHI-enhanced forms. Among 2013 characters, it would be great to see the spider tribe leader Spinlyn and the scorpion tribe leader Scorm. Sparacon and Scutter are also interesting spider and scorpion figs, but their story importance is not quite so great, and also I like the idea of one tribe's fig being bipedal while the other has multiple legs. Spinlyn is also a female character, which is great for diversity's sake. A bat like Blista would be cool but not nearly so unique, since there are so many Chima characters with wings. Still, if there were a constraction wave based on this year's first wave, you'd probably want him to complete the villain trifecta. All three could use Tr. Bright Green weapons instead of Tr. Blue or Tr. Red weapons like last year's heroes and villains. Post your own suggestions and how you think they might be able to be designed!
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A lot of people are bothered by the differences between Hero Factory and BIONICLE, but today I was thinking about some of the story-related decisions made by the Hero Factory creators that really did do favors for the theme and its fans. Unlimited Heroes: There was something poetic about BIONICLE's "Six Heroes, One Destiny" tagline in 2001, but when you think about it, it was a creative limitation on fans that later BIONICLE story arcs did well to do away with. Back in 2001, there were a lot of constraints on BIONICLE: there were only six Toa, only six Turaga, only six villages, and only six Matoran tribes. These constraints were a limitation for fan-created stories. To create characters like Voriki, Toa of Lightning, you had to actively contradict the official story at every turn, particularly if you wanted your character to interact with the official characters overtly. Hero Factory instead encouraged fans to create their own missions and their own heroes by demonstrating that officially, there were millions of heroes far more than you'd ever get to meet in the official storyline. The online mission log, mission ticker, and testimonials even provided examples of these heroes and the variety of missions they were assigned to. This allowed fans to create their own heroes with whatever powers and personalities they could dream up. . Many Destinies: The "One Destiny" part of the classic BIONICLE tagline can be used as a metaphor for another problem the BIONICLE storyline had. Namely, its characters' quests were part of a singular overarching saga with very few gaps. There were few mechanisms for characters to get new tools, armor, or masks except with a scripted transformation. This limited what fans could do with the official characters in their own storytelling, building, and role-play. There was no way to create new forms for official characters unless they set their stories before or after the official story, because you couldn't cram a new form between two quests. And form changes were often tied closely to the idea of "destiny" most of the time, a character could only transform if they were destined to do so, and it was not a reversible process. The "Adaptive Armor" of 2008 made the characters more adaptible, but the story didn't take great advantage of it. In Hero Factory, "upgrade" mechanisms were in place from the beginning: first by refitting heroes with new gear, like in the Furno Bike or Bulk & Vapour sets, and later with more elaborate upgrades that completely altered the heroes' armor and equipment. Furthermore, missions didn't have strict placement on a linear timeline, allowing the characters to go on new missions of any importance at any point between the ones portrayed in the main story. They could even team up with people's original hero characters or face off against people's original villain characters on those missions: since each mission was more or less self-enclosed, there was very little danger that such missions would end up contradicting future missions in any way. . Powers Tied to Design: I remember that back when the Toa Inika, Toa Mahri, Phantoka, and Mistika were introduced, changes to their design were often explained by fans with the idea that they weren't designed with specific characters in mind: they were created as generic characters, and identities, colors, and powers were assigned to them later. It's not clear how true this was, but it could certainly hold true with many character designs and mask powers. The Piraka's powers and personalities had no irrefutable ties to the individual set designs, nor was there an obvious connection between many most post-2003 mask designs and their powers. Later BIONICLE waves began to improve on this: the Barraki's powers and personalities were expressly tied to the sea creature motifs they were based on, and the powers of the Makuta in 2008 were largely connected with their bat and insect motifs. The Glatorian designs also had clear elemental motifs matching the characters' tribes, though they weren't tied to powers right away since none of the characters had special powers before Mata Nui arrived. Hero Factory likewise assigned most powers and personalities based on the character and weapon designs. But the 2.0 and 3.0 heroes, despite powers that matched their new forms, did not have obvious design ties to the heroes' previous forms and characterization, other than pretty strong consistency in their color schemes. The Breakout series changed that for good. The characters returned to using their original masks or new masks designed to resemble them, and many parts of their design paid tribute to the characters' original powers, personalities, and motifs. Stringer, the sonic-themed hero, got a guitar cannon and speakers in his shoulders, while Evo, the weapons expert, got a hefty Tank Arm. Subsequent forms, equipment, and powers for the heroes remained extremely character-driven. . Powers Not Tied to Gender: BIONICLE definitely deserves praise for the decision to have female characters, which came as a result of pressure from franchise manager Lena Dixen. At the same time, the way it dealt with gender was somewhat lackluster. Gender was tied to the tribe or powers of a character: at first, only blue water-oriented characters were female, though later characters who didn't appear in the sets introduced new "female" elements like Lightning and Psionics. Like the constraints I mentioned at the beginning, this was very limiting. Even worse, this rule was more only ever broken to allow a male character to have a traditionally female element, never the other way around. The only female Glatorian or Agori to appear was a water-themed character. Hero Factory thankfully didn't come up with any rules for what characters had to be like to have certain powers, not even with regard to color scheme. This meant that your custom hero could be male or female regardless of its color scheme or powers. The official story still has downright pitiful gender ratios, but fan-created characters have absolute freedom in terms of gender, powers, colors, and motifs. . Obviously I'm not trying to hold this up as evidence that Hero Factory was better than BIONICLE as a whole. I could be here all day writing up a list of ways that the BIONICLE story was well planned and well executed, or ways that the Hero Factory story has been poorly executed. But at the same time, I appreciate these kinds of differences between the two themes especially, because they are indications that a theme's design is informed by its forerunners' strengths and weaknesses alike. It's a sort of creative evolution, even when a theme is taking lessons from wildly different themes (like how BIONICLE took lessons from themes like Alpha Team and Star Wars rather than just from Roboriders and Slizer, or how Ninjago took lessons from themes like Exo-Force and BIONICLE rather than just from the previous Ninja theme).
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What is the most prized lego set in your collection in your collection? It can be from any theme past or present, constraction or system. Tell us your favorite For me its the Tower of Orthanc from LotR, although the Sentai Fortress from Exo-force, and Limited Edition Toa Norik take a close second place.
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You know, I fully understand that there are a lot of people who will never like Hero Factory. And I respect that. Tastes differ, after all. But something I'll never understand is how often I hear claims about 2010 Hero Factory sets being better than subsequent series. It seems like selective memory at its finest. Let me refresh your memory: in 2010, there were 15 sets total. Six of those were heroes like this one or this one. Let's run through the features, shall we? Two-piece limbs. The beam is reasonable by Av-Matoran or Agori standards, but Av-Matoran and Agori standards are not very high. The ball cup is prone to breaking (as with the Glatorian heads and fists that these sets also reused), there are very few connection points, and of course it has a molded joint rather than a functional one. The shell is an extremely specialized shape with only one connection point. Some people have found other uses for this piece, but they are few in number, and in general it's pointlessly overspecialized even by BIONICLE standards. . Three-piece torsos. The beam is a nice-looking shape with decent proportions, but its connection points are quite limited. It's a step up from the Av-Matoran and Agori torsos, so I guess it deserves at least that much credit. There were four styles of torso shell (1, 2, 3, 4. Functionally, they were interchangeable, with the same two connection points and the same bulky, highly restrictive shape and size. Again, pitiful even by BIONICLE standards. The Hero Core was purely decorative, and while their single connection point could be used to attach to all sorts of things, they were pretty limited in use except as a specialized torso decoration. . The feet weren't too bad, and I still use the ones I got from Breez in the Breakout series. If used the way these sets used them, they have a disproportionately chunky ankle, but by adding a two-module axle you can make a foot with much more attractive proportions. . As far as weapons were concerned, the rookies (Furno, Surge, and Breez) got the better deal. Each got two weapons with two connection points each. It shouldn't be any surprise that Furno's and Surge's continued to see use in future years. Stormer, Bulk, and Stringer didn't fare so well. Instead of having specialized weapon pieces and specialized limb pieces, their weapon arms were the worst of both worlds. Molded elbows? Check! Only one connection point? Check! Loads of specialized details? Check! They looked all right, at least from the outside, but as building elements they were pretty shoddy. Plus, this meant you got an odd number of fists and limbs. Joy. . The helmets were not really a step down from previous helmets. They looked pretty cool and had lots of personality. It was nice when they came back for 2012. Not so nice that the Glatorian head with its brittle ball cup came back with them. . Did I mention that each of these sets has less than twenty pieces? It's true! And as we just established, many of those pieces are overspecialized and extremely limited in use. The sets are also all built 100% identically except for their weapons. "But that's just six sets! That's not even half!" Well, yes and no. The other sets include six villains, two vehicles (that come with their own lackluster hero clones), and one set that includes both a hero AND a villain. So more than half of the figures for the year are heroes. The villains are pretty good by BIONICLE standards, but they're all humanoid, and the mid-size villains have just 4050 pieces (the Glatorian, Glatorian Legends, Phantoka, and Mistika were the same price, had far more parts on average, and had far more diverse designs to boot). The larger villains, Von Nebula and Rotor, are pretty solid designs, as are the two Technic-intensive vehicle sets. So if you focus on just those four sets, then 2010 was a pretty solid year for Hero Factory! If you look at the year as a whole, though, you have a year of sets that neither lives up to BIONICLE nor goes to great lengths to carve out its own identity. ----- Since 2010, Hero Factory sets have gotten more and more diverse, complex, and creative. The heroes in 2011 each had between 29 and 31 parts and had an armor layout unique to that set. Only one of them, Breez 2.0, used one-piece weapons: every other hero had a more elaborate multi-piece weapon design. The villains had between 48 and 63 pieces, much closer to BIONICLE's standards. Some of the summer villains had non-humanoid builds, and one of them was a massive titan similar in height to 2007's Maxilos or 2008's Takanuva. Furthermore, there was a new building system in which parts were designed to be as intercompatible as possible. Want to stick a torso shell on a limb bone or vice-versa? Nothing's stopping you! Want to attach a limb bone to the midpoint on another limb bone? Go right ahead! This allowed for all kinds of creative builds in the years to come. Oh, by the way, the issue of fragile joints was almost completely eliminated, with only a few legacy BIONICLE parts still using the old, brittle ball cups. 2012 pushed things even further. Instead of all heroes being small canister sets and all villains being larger box sets, there were heroes and villains at all price points. The heroes broke away from formulaic color schemes and equipment Evo's reinforced boots and Tank Arm would not have been possible in the 3.0 series where all the limb shells in a hero set were the same color. All the villains had creative builds and equipment, though the larger villain sets were still humanoid in build and posture. Also, the heroes had helmets, printed torso shells, and equipment specially tailored to them as characters. In BIONICLE, a claim often surfaced that sets were designed first and assigned to existing characters later, hence the discrepancy between different iterations of a character. Nobody could make that mistake about this series. Nex's precision laser, retro helmet design, and communications antenna all spoke to his role as the team's communications specialist, and Evo's heavy-looking boots and Tank Arm spoke to his role as the team's heavy weapons specialist. Likewise with the other heroes: the only one whose gear didn't strongly reflect his role in the team or his previous design sensibilities was Furno. 2013 was not so much of a step forward. The heroes' gear was more uniform, and the villains' builds were consistently humanoid (except for the glorious Dragon Bolt). But the weapons for the sets continued to get more elaborate, and most of the sets integrated action features of some kind (and no, not just launchers). Piece counts continued to increase, and color schemes became more diverse. And this year? The piece counts for the mid-size sets have left all previous mid-size sets (including all BIONICLE canister sets) in the dust. The builds have become incredibly diverse (helped by the fact that there no longer needs to be a humanoid set for every hero). A Hero minifigure has been designed, with excellent proportions and helmets more or less accurate to the full-size heroes. Are the recent Hero Factory sets flawless? No. But when were they ever? Certainly not in 2010, when Hero Factory was still in BIONICLE's shadow, and evoking more of that theme's worst characteristics than its best ones. It's not that there weren't things to like about the 2010 Hero Factory sets. The heroes had endearing proportions and aesthetics. The villains had diverse themes and expressions. And of course, if you like BIONICLE-style titan builds, the theme offered two of those at a reasonable price. But overall, I feel like the year's weaknesses were more crippling than its strengths were redeeming. Design quality has been much more consistent in subsequent years, and for the most part it's been improving.
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If Bionicle were to make a return (and please, don't start a debate about that possibility here), what characters would you like to see in the new line of sets? And what pieces should be used (the new HF plating, or the old Bionicle armour)? Share you thoughts; I'm very interested to hear what everyone's opinions are.
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Alright so we have seen the Alpha 1 Team from the 1.0 to now (that is the 2014 IFB), so i like to know if anyone is sick of seeing that team over and over again and do you want to see a different Hero Team like Zed 4 because with BIONICLE, they used different Toa team like the Metru and Inika (not just for story) and with story it can add something new to there story and add a lot more things to make some new things. so do you want to see a different Hero Team and why. For me i don't mind seeing a different Hero Team because it is good to see LEGO using one Team but it'll be great to see something different and have a different Team that we can get to know about that team story and for set it be good to have different Color, Weapons and Helmets.
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SolisMagna.com BZPower Topic (No, it's not official.) This topic is meant for discussion and Q&A about the new BIONICLE fan site, SolisMagna.com. The idea of SolisMagna.com developed over time. It originated as a project to recreate the 2001-2003 BIONICLE sites with modern web development techniques (which I still plan on doing actually), but then I thought, "Hey, why not do an entire reboot of the early years and sell revamped sets alongside it?" So I started planning for that, but then I realized that what people really wanted was a continuation of BIONICLE rather than a reboot. Thus SolisMagna.com truly began. I knew that this was the way to regenerate interest and activity throughout the community, and I knew I couldn't accomplish it alone. I looked to BZPower to advertise the cause and recruit the best staff members available. The response was great and I received tons of applications. We currently have 21 staff members. This project isn't about bringing back BIONICLE, but it is about keeping it's memory and community interest in it alive. We are not looking to make personal wealth from this project. The staff members will be paid when we begin to sell sets, but the actual profit made will go towards improving the sets and the entire project. Current Staff Members: Set Designers: Chro (Team Leader)Arc (Co-Leader)TabarisTenebrisCarpeNocteSteve The Squid (Modalt Masks) Storyline: iBrow Voltex (Team Leader)Eljay: Toa of Mangosteen (Co-Leader)Kahi (Co-Leader)ProtalgifLegolover-361 Media: ~garnira returns- (Team Leader)The Phantom Terror (Minecraft Server Administrator)Fastcar800 Developers: Ora_unit_SR388 (Team Leader)Falcon Lord (Co-Leader)Guurahk Entertainer (Game Design Leader) General: Capt. Ranaki PakewaParaur Merengibohrokmasterboston100Strack / Dovahkiin Updates to come: Main site and forums will be finalized in the coming weeks.First sets to be released in January to early February. Feel free to ask any questions about this project below or discuss it. We will answer any questions we can.
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If some of you guys didn't know, the pictures of the new 2014 Hero Factory sets are out and in my opinion they are not that good mostly "Evo Walker" and "Evo XL Machine", and the only ones that are good are the Villain, "Stormer Freeze Machine" and "Furno Jet Machine". Leaked images removed. -B6 Hope to see some feedback of what you guys think about these sets.
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So we all have a lot of Bionicle Character that was not made into a set, so i like to know out of all the character, which non set character you like to see as a set. I choose Nikila, Kaj and Nidhiki as his Toa form.
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Hi guys, I might be picking up some Galidor sets from a friend soon, and I would like your opinions on the sets. Whether they're fun to play with, etc.
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Hello and welcome! >>>BACK!!!V2.0! Yup, finally got around to re-posting my topic after the major forum downtime. So, here we go again! V2.01 V2.02! Re-posted. Again and again and again...Once upon a time I was a very dedicated Bionicle collector, and a Lego master builder extraordinaire (or at least I like to think so ) and over the years I purchased a great deal of Lego until I had a very near complete Bionicle collection. While I wish I could hang on to them, if only for memories sake, my interests are rapidly changing and my room could use some things cleared out of it. As you can probably guess by my long list of owned sets, these take up a good portion of my room and closet and some extra spending money would be very useful to me right now. And so I am finally moving on and selling this gigantic collection of mine. And what better place to do it then our lovely BZP forums! ALL sets are in top condition (with two exceptions explained IN DETAIL below the set list) and ALL come with the original instructions and canister (if they came with one). I have gone through each and every set and checked that they are complete and in good condition. EDIT: After digging out and locating all my old canisters, and I have discovered that they did not survive the years as well as the sets did. The canisters themselves are still in fine working order, but many of the stickers are peeling slightly. This seems most major in the Toa Hordika and the Piraka. If you'd like I can tell you the condition of all the canisters you are purchasing. Now, for the most part, I am only interested in cash. I do not wish to trade for other Bionicles or LEGO Bricks, because that would defeat the purpose of selling this entire collection. The only thing other then cash I am interested in is anything bass or electric guitar related, or other band things (E.g. Drum stuff, microphones, cables etc). To put it all in a list… I WANT:Money/Cash/More Money! USD ONLY PLEASE! Band related stuff (E.g. Bass, electric guitar, or drum stuff, microphones, cables, etc)Table of Contents-Introduction--Table of Contents---Collection Pictures----List of Sets-----Extra Stuff------Non Storyline Sets-------A Notice About Collectibles--------Damaged Sets---------Successful Trades----------Guidelines/Rules/Other StuffNow, onto my collection.But first, here are some pictures. As my collection is so large, I couldn’t fit them all in one photoCanister Set Group Shot 1 Canister Set Group Shot 2 Canister Set Group Shot Titans Small fries >> http://www.brickshelf.com/gallery/thaddeusl1/BionicleSets/dscn0968.jpg Battle Vehicles >> http://www.brickshelf.com/cgi-bin/gallery.cgi?i=4809649And here is the almighty list!ALSO!! Prices are not set! I need these guys gone so if you wish to make a slightly lower offer, I may take it. I may be more likely to take it if you are purchasing multiple items LEGAND: Black=For Sale_Green=SOLD_Red=On hold/Trade in progress Turaga $3 Each8540 Vakama8541 Matau8543 Nokama8544 NujuToa (later designated "Toa Mata") $8 Each8531 Pohatu8532 Onua8533 Gali8534 Tahu8535 Lewa8536 Kopaka (see "Damaged sets" below!) $5Bohrok Va $2 Each8552 Lehvak Va8553 Pahrak VaBohrok $6 Each8562 Gahlok8563 Tahnok 8560 Pahrak8561 Nuhvok8564 Lehvak8565 KohrakToa Nuva $8 Each8566 Onua Nuva8567 Lewa Nuva8568 Pohatu Nuva8570 Gali Nuva8571 Kopaka Nuva (Kopaka Nuva has no instructions and no canister. Ever so sorry for this)This set is $4.8572 Tahu Nuva (I have TWO of these) BOTH SOLD! The second set has a canister but no instructions $5 for this set.Bohrok-Kal $5 Each8573 Nuhvok-Kal8575 Kohrak-Kal8576 Lehvak-Kal8577 Pahrak-Kal8578 Gahlok-Kal 8574 Tahnok-KalMata Nui Matoran $2 Each8582 Matoro8583 Hahli8584 Hewkii8586 Macku8585 HafuRahkshi $6 Each8588 Kurahk8587 Panrahk8589 Lerahk8590 Guurahk (I have 2 of these) 8591 Vorahk8592 Turahk2003 Titans8593 Makuta $158594 Jaller and Gukko $158595 Takua and Pewku $158596 Takanuva $25Metru Nui Matoran $2 Each 8608 Vhisola8612 Ehrye8607 Nuhrii8609 Tehutti8610 Ahkmou8611 OrkahmToa Metru $6 Each8601 Toa Vakama8602 Toa Nokama8603 Toa Whenua8604 Toa Onewa8605 Toa Matau8606 Toa NujuVahki $5 Each8614 Nuurakh8615 Bordakh (I have TWO of these) One on hold!8616 Vorzakh8617 Zadakh8618 Rorzakh8619 Keerakh2004 Titans8621 Turaga Dume and Nivawk $158622 Nidhiki $158623 Krekka $158811 Toa Lhikan and Kikanalo (I have TWO of these) $25 Each. BOTH SOLDRahaga $2 Each4868 Gaaki4869 Pouks4870 Kualus4877 Norik4878 Bomonga4879 Iruini Toa Hordika $6 Each8736 Toa Hordika Vakama8737 Toa Hordika Nokama8738 Toa Hordika Whenua8739 Toa Hordika Onewa8740 Toa Hordika Matau8741 Toa Hordika NujuVisorak $6 Each8742 Vohtarak8743 Boggarak8744 Oohnorak8745 Roporak8746 Keelerak8747 SuukorakSpecial8762 Toa Iruini $82005 Titans8755 Keetongu $158756 Sidorak $158761 Roodaka $15Voya Nui Matoran $2 Each8721 Velika8722 Kazi8723 Piruk8724 Garan8725 Balta8726 DaluPiraka $7 Each 8901 Hakann8900 Reidak8902 Vezok8903 Zaktan8904 Avak8905 ThokToa Inika $8 Each8727 Toa Jaller8728 Toa Hahli8729 Toa Nuparu8730 Toa Hewkii8731 Toa Kongu8732 Toa Matoro2006 Titans $708733 Axonn $158734 Brutaka $158764 Vezon & Fenrakk $25Mahri Nui Matoran and Hydruka $2 Each8929 Defilak8930 DekarBarraki $7 Each8916 Takadox8917 Kalmah8918 Carapar8919 Mantax8921 PridakToa Mahri $6 Each8910 Toa Mahri Kongu8911 Toa Mahri Jaller8912 Toa Mahri Hewkii8913 Toa Mahri Nuparu8914 Toa Mahri Hahli8915 Toa Mahri Matoro2007 Titans8922 Gadunka (I have TWO of these) $12 Each BothSOLD! 8923 Hydraxon $158924 Maxilos & Spinax $258939 Lesovikk $10 (See "Damaged Sets" below!)Light and Shadow Matoran $4 Each8944 Tanma8945 Solek8946 Photok8947 Radiak8948 Gavla8949 KiropPhantoka $8 Each8685 Toa Kopaka8686 Toa Lewa8687 Toa Pohatu8691 Antroz8692 Vamprah8693 Chirox2008 Titans / Warriors8697 Toa Ignika $10 (see "Damaged Sets" below!)8952 Mutran and Vican $158953 Makuta Icarax $15Mistika $10 Each8688 Toa Gali8689 Toa Tahu8690 Toa Onua8694 Krika8696 BitilSummer 2008 Titans8699 Takanuva $252008 Battle Vehicles8941 Rockoh T3 $308942-1 Jetrax T6 $408943 Axalara T9 $55Agori $5 Each8972 Atakus8973 Raanu8974 Tarduk8975 Berix8976 Metus Glatorian $10 Each8979 Malum8978 Skrall8980 Gresh8981 Tarix8982 Strakk8983 VoroxExtra Stoof!Please do not ask to buy individual books or comic issues! The exception is the guide books. The reason I am selling them in groups is that in case I decide NOT to sell them(or they simply do not sell) I will still have a complete storyline that I can read should I wish. Books:All four Bionicle Chronicles AND The Mask of Life(Book) ALL for $15All ten Bionicle Adventures PLUS the Adventures Sampler ALL for $35All eleven Bionicle Legends ALL for $35 SOLDGuides books $5 EachBionicle: Metru Nui City GuideBionicle: Rahi BeastsBionicle EncyclopediaBionicle: Dark HuntersBionicle WorldBionicle Encyclopedia Second EditionComics:EVERY ISSUE Exept Glatorian #3 ALL for $40I have an extra of #25 #26 and Ignition #1 and #5 and I will add these to the comic collection UNLESS you make an offer on any of these four individual issues.Movies $10 EachBionicle: Mask of Light DVDBionicle: Legends of Metru Nui DVDBionicle: Web of Shadows DVDNon-storyline sets#1 SOLD!! I have a container that used to be a Toys-R-Us promotional item the 8713 Lego Bionicle Building Collection. However over some time it has lost it's label and aquired a few more parts from spair pieces from my sets, and also a few sets that I recieved from friends that I took apart and put in there. With the pieces that came with the set you could probably build a half dozen Vaki and a half dozen Rakshi!I will sell this for $20. Also please note that it is quite large and shipping could cost a little more then other items.#2 I also have a Jala Mctoran, with no disk. You can make an offer on it, I don't really know how much to sell it for.A notice about collectiblesI have many collectibles including Masks, Krana, Disks, Krana-Kal, Nuva Masks, Krata, and Rhotuka Spinners. My plan with these is to randomly slip them into sets that they relate to. So don't be surprised if your Toa comes with an extra mask, or your Visorak has a few extra Spinners. However, I do understand that many people are looking for specific collectibles to complete their collection. So if you are looking for something specific, please ask and I will let you know if I have it. Edit: I have decided to list my rare collectables.Three(3) gold Vahi (Mask of Time) $13 each ALL THREE SOLD!!Three(3) Disks of Time $3 Three sold A sparkly clear Avohkii $5One(1) Shadow Kraata (Power level 4)$7A Copper Noble Huna $7Here is a picture >> http://www.brickshelf.com/gallery/thaddeusl1/BionicleSets/dscn0995.jpgDamaged setsThree of my sets are ever so slightly damaged. They are minor damages, and these sets can still be built! But I have lowered their price to compensate for this.The first is Lesovikk. The problem is that two of his arm/leg joints have cracked slightly at the socket. I have a few pictures below, hopefully you can see the problem. You can still get his arms together, even if it does look like it's going to break. SOLD!! Pictures >> http://www.brickshelf.com/gallery/thaddeusl1/BionicleSets/dscn0971.jpg http://www.brickshelf.com/gallery/thaddeusl1/BionicleSets/dscn0975.jpgThe same problem occurred with Toa Ignika, this time it happened three times, once to one socket, and twice to another. Again, I have included pictures and again, it doesn’t really do anything besides give you a scare when connecting his arms together. Pictures >> http://www.brickshelf.com/gallery/thaddeusl1/BionicleSets/dscn0980.jpg http://www.brickshelf.com/gallery/thaddeusl1/BionicleSets/dscn0982.jpg A rather unfortunate accident involving Kopaka (Toa Mata) occurred very recently. In a turn of events that I don't fully understand, his sword was snapped into two clean pieces. Lucky superglue works extremely well on Lego pieces, and the sword is repaired. The small crack in the blade can only be noticed upon close examination. However, like the other sets, price has been knocked down because of this. SOLD! Successful Trades (Out of date. Old trades(from before the forum downtime) shown in this color)TaysterRed141MetriodHunterckmctritoaSkullKidCrunchbiteNuvaCHiKOElectric TurahkTAK The Voyager Click avmatoran AdaptingChaos vostrikov562 Randy Disher amanda113122 T.B.O.C Kayru Mask Collector Tenebrae Invictus GUIDELINES/RULES/OTHER STUFF#1 I require that you pay first. Once I have received payment, I will ship your order.#2 I require that you pay for any shipping costs that may apply. Also, while I can ship out of the USA, the shipping cost is so much that I would not recommend that anyone do this.#3 I live in the USA and therefore will only accept USD as payment. My preferred method of payment is Paypal, however I will accept cash or money order sent by mail (Send at your own risk!). No checks please!#4 If you would like, I can hold an item for you for ONE WEEK, after which I will sell it to the next offer.#5 I am not responsible for any items that become damaged during shipment. So far I have not encountered any problems, and I do my best to pack things in a way were they will be safe during travel.If you have ANY questions what so ever, would like to see pictures of individual sets, or would like to offer a slightly lower price for a set, please send me a PM and I will be more than happy to help! *Says like Vakama in MoL* Let the tournament begin!
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Sets List Total: Not sure if all are complete but most are complete but what you see its what you get. In the lot are: Rahaga Iruni (top bag) COMPLETE Barrakai Carapar (lower bag) COMPLETE Jaller Inika Defilak Toa Metru Nuju Dekar Toa Mahri Matoro Toa Inika Matoro Mutran Barrakai Kalmah Barrakai Mantax Toa Nuva Tahu (complete) Red Matoran dark (forgot his name) Balta COMPLETE Nuhrii (mask not shown in picture but it has it) Toa Metru Whenua Toa Nuva Pohatu TOTAL SETS 17, Each set is $7 each, please buy more than one to save on shipping. SHIPPING IS FREE THE ENTIRE LOT IS $115 This is going for a good cause as I need to purchase something for someone dear to me, so please hurry before next month! Thanks
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If you don't know what a "holy grail" is, it's basically that one item that absolutely makes/would make (if you don't have it already) your collection. It's that one set you've always been after and want more than anything. For me, my holy grail were the Bahrag, Cahdok & Gahdok. I never got them in 2002 and I most definitely wanted them ever since. Well this past summer I managed to snag them in an eBay auction, and though loose and missing just a few pieces everything was in excellent condition - even the instructions. (The pieces I replaced easily enough - which is fortunate since the parts list the guy sent with them indicated a whole lot more pieces were missing, which just wasn't true.) And I must say, I am definitely happy I bought them. They're a fun set and really stand out on the shelf in contrast to all of the later, much darker, large sets. So - what's your holy grail? ~|ET|~
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How correct would you all rate the sizes and size ratios of different Bionicle sets.I thought Keetongu (in set form) would have had to be quite a bit bigger to actually be the correct size in accordance to a Toa Metru.And I'm not sure about the Matoran/Toa size ratio.
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Ok, I have some doubles of sets that I want to get rid of. I really want to trade for some sets or collectables, and here it is. Black means available, Red means on hold/in progress, Green means sold. HAVES:Sets:Toa Hagah Iruini-$6Rahkshi Guurahk-$5Jaller(from Jaller & Gukko)-$2Toa Metru Onewa-$5Nuhvok Kal)-$4Onua Nuva(2002)-$5Tohunga Nuparu(from Boxor)-$1Vahki Rorzakh-$4Hewkii Inika -$5Kanohi:Brown Akaku Nuva-$1Ultimate Dume Kraakhan-$4Dark Gold Kraakhan-$2Red Hau Nuva x2-$.50 eachBrown Kakama-$.50Yellow Hau-$.50WANTS:Toa Hordika Onewa and MatauI live in Canada, so I can only accept Canadian dollars. I can accept Paypal too.For trading, PM me your address and I'll PM your mine.
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Since I can't seem to find a topic about these yet, I'm starting one. Non-set discussion goes here, TV show discussion goes here.The first wave of sets will include a combination of model sets and "Speedorz", ripcord-based single-wheel bikes with several additional landscape features to allow for various types of gameplay. The Speedorz are essentially Chima's equivalent to the Ninjago spinners. In the summer there will also be six Hero-Factory-style buildable figures (constraction) in the spirit of LEGO Hero Factory, according to information in Toy News magazine.Now, enjoy some high-res pics of the first wave of sets from cache.LEGO.com:70000 Razcal's Glider [*]Box[*]Top view[*]Side view70001 Crawley's Claw Ripper [*]Box[*]Biting Leonidas[*]Back view with claws angled upwards70002 Lennox's Lion Attack [*]Box[*]Front view[*]Side View70003 Eris's Eagle Interceptor [*]Box[*]Body with head detached[*]Head with body detached[*]Razar stealing a Chi crystal from inside70004 Wakz's Pack Tracker [*]Box[*]Wakz vs. Equila70005 Laval's Royal Fighter [*]Box[*]Laval vs. Crawley70006 Cragger's Command Ship [*]Box[*]Detachable flier, side view[*]Detachable flier, front view[*]Lennox vs. Cragger[*]Lion Tribe speedboats70011 Eagle's Castle [*]Box[*]Lennox Speedor[*]Worriz Speedor[*]The castle[*]Speedorz colliding70012 Razar's Chi Raider [*]Box[*]Cockpit opened[*]Landscaping70013 Equila's Ultra Striker [*]Box[*]Front View[*]Lower module, back view[*]Upper module, back view[*]Full vehicle70100 Ring of Fire [*]Box[*]Combined with 70102 and 70103[*]Razar Speedor[*]Ring of Fire70101 Target Practice [*]Box[*]Gameplay70102 Chi Waterfall [*]Box[*]Leonidas Speedor[*]Landscaping70103 Boulder Bowling [*]Box[*]Crominus Speedor[*]Boulders collapsing[*]Weapons and accessories70115 Ultimate Speedor Tournament [*]Box[*]Lion gate[*]Laval Speedor[*]Cragger Speedor
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So, what's the weirdest thing a Bionicle set of yours has ever done? For me, it would be my Thok set disappearing for a few weeks, and then me finding it under a thin stick in my bedroom. Seriously, the stick was about 1/4 of the width of Thok. Weird.
