Killer Toa03

As a huge fan of the Elder Scrolls and Fallout 3, I would love to see Bethesda make a Bionicle game. I have complete faith in their know-how to make a fantastic world for the Bionicle franchise.

Its a good idea. The Toa Mata sealed in their canisters can fetch over $100 in many cases. It all comes down to how popular this new line is, and what the demand is like in the future. I plan on getting maybe 3 or 4 of each mainly for MOCing, then possibly reselling later on. Hopefully I can keep the cardboard boxes in nice condition in the mean time. Just put them in a storage bin. I "preserved" my entire Lego collection in decent quality storage bins for 11 years during my dark ages.

I basically have everything from 2001-2003 and now 2015.

Its a good idea. The Toa Mata sealed in their canisters can fetch over $100 in many cases. It all comes down to how popular this new line is, and what the demand is like in the future. I plan on getting maybe 3 or 4 of each mainly for MOCing, then possibly reselling later on.

I completely agree with you. The chest printing is beautiful and adds great detail to the figures.

A Toa of time is interesting, but I have a hard time imagining the Bionicle universe without the Light vs Dark theme.

The 2015 story will become more coherent as time goes on. I don't remember the Toa Mata having such a great story when they first launched, the story developed over time. The Toa Mata are iconic, there's no doubt about that, but the 2015 Toa have much more playability and much better construction techniques. I have never bought a Hero Factory set so the parts were all new to me, and I am only impressed. Oh and the Throbots did not have a story, but they did pave the way for Bionicle.

Take it or leave it, no one is forcing anyone to love these new sets. There's no way that Bionicle could be rebooted without using existing elements, that's completely ineffective when it comes to keeping costs down. I personally feel like Lego did a fantastic job resurrecting Bionicle, infusing them with new pieces (new for Bionicle at least), while keeping the old feel and aesthetic of the first gen.

I have similar memories of building in the backseat of my parents cars. I know I built a couple of Toa and some smaller city vehicles. I also used to bring a bag of random pieces to build small MOCs. Oh those were the days!

Not yet, but I'll keep an eye out for that issue.

I can't understand why there would be complaints about the chest printing... You can't please everyone, but come on...

Keep in mind that the Gen 1 Bionicle sets were mostly based off of the Technic parts bin. Expect more exclusive parts for Bionicle in the future.

I really feel like the 2015 Toa have a ton of flair and personality. As a matter of fact, they make their predecessors look bland and quite outdated ( that's a given considering that the Toa Mata are 14+ years old). I will always love the 2001-2003 Toa Mata and Nuva, but this reboot was executed in a very stylized, polished, and respectful manner, definitely honoring the Original Toa.

The stickers aren't great, but it would have been great if Lego had just printed those parts. My main gripe is how the masks aren't very secure on the new heads.

I was a huge skeptic of this reboot. I can now say with great confidence that I was wrong. The new Toa are undeniably the real deal, but they have evolved to fit in with the times.