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    Analysis Part 1

    By Manducus,

    I recently won a bidding war on eBay for a "HUGE Lot Of 30+ Lego Technic Bionicles Plus Extra Parts, Masks, Cases, Etc." that costed me a whopping $38.44 for the total cost of the bid and shipping alone.
     
    My initial thought before entering the bid was "I only see 27 figures. Is someone pulling my leg?" From the picture alone, I was getting 27 figures, 8 containers, and a heap of spare parts. So I though to myself "Screw it. Let's bid on it." $39 for all of that seemed like a great deal, excluding the empty containers.
     
    The package arrived on my door a few days after the bid. The UPS guy didn't bother to ring or knock, leaving the package to soak up the rain on my front doorstep. I carried the wet box to my kitchen and opened it up.
     
    On closer inspection, there were actually 35+ figures (the extra parts actually belonged to a few smaller sets). Remember the 8 empty containers in the background? Turns out they weren't actually empty. Each one contained a built Slizer/Throwbot with a few disks and spare parts.
     
    Upon further analysis, every single figure was dusty and had extremely stiff ball joints. Whoever owned these guys must've built them and thrown them on a shelf for some time. Seriously though, the ball joints produce a horrible squeaky noise whenever I try to pose a set.
     
    Enough of this chatter. You came here to see what I got right? You all obviously came here to see one of the precursors of Bionicle: Slizers!
     
     
    Sorry for the lousy quality of the images and the lack of a white background, but not everyone in this economy can afford a white background and a good camera. And I'm not tech savvy enough to resize images to have them be shown here.
     
     
    Blaster/Blaster Slizer*
     
    Spark/Spark Slizer*
     
    *Only Spark and Blaster didn't come with containers
     
    Jet/Judge Slizer
     
    Electro/Energy Slizer
     
    Flare/Flare Slizer
     
    Granite/Rock Slizer
     
    Scuba/Sub Slizer
     
    Amazon/Jungle Slizer
     
    Torch/Fire Slizer
     
    Ski/Ice Slizer
     
    Disks (Including the one from Blaster's torso)**
    **Even further inspection shows that (counting from left to right) disk 3, 7, 11, and 14 glow in the dark
     
    Very few of the sets were missing parts (are disks considered as parts?), but all of them were in perfect condition. They all, however, had oddly bent disk thrower arms. Each figure had a somewhat weird and disturbing face. The 90s were scary.
     
    The only Slizer that I did not get is Turbo/City Slizer, but I do have its disk though. Weird. The fact that I'm missing a set doesn't concern me too much because I basically got a majority of the Slizer sets without even trying.
     
     
    This wasn't much of an analysis other than a showcase, but I'll be covering the Roboriders tomorrow in Part 2.
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    A Shipment of Pirakas

    By Manducus,

    So last Saturday, I ordered another lot of Bionicles. This time it was around $29.99 for five of the Pirakas, excluding Hakann, with free shipping. The shipment was expected to land on my doorstep on Friday, but managed to get here on Wednesday instead.
     
    A thing that caught my eye when I was going through the box's contents was this little notecard
     

     

     
    That was awfully nice of the sender to include a little thank you note.
     
    The back only showed my address and long with the sender's and the sets include with the package. The 95% represents how completed the figures are.
     
    I obviously had to censor out our addresses and the sender's name. I don't trust y'all well enough to stalk me.
     
     
    On a side note, a garbage bag was used to store the figures inside of the box and some of the figures were also inside of another bag.
     
    Reidak was in the large Ziploc bag while Vezok was crammed into that tiny Ziploc baggy. The container on top of the bags contained some bubble wrap and a regular Zamor Sphere.
     

     
    And here are some miscellaneous parts
     

     
    Oddly enough, the shipment came with Hakann's and Irnakk's spine (the sender most likely got set 8626), Hahli's wing, and only two Zamor Spheres.
     
     
    All of the Piraka below has seen a fair share of combat over the years. For most of the figures, they came with part 6558 instead of 32054.
     
     
    Here's Zaktan with a missing hand and his right thigh armour, including part 2780.
     

     
     
    Reidak came intact aside from his buzz saw. His right hand is also a newer mold.
     

     
     
    Thok is missing a hand.
     

     
     
    Avak is missing his right thigh's armour and the axle through his skull is a bit too long.
     

     
     
    And lastly, Vezok right shoulder spine connector bit is missing.
     

     
     
    Luckily, I can improvise and replace most of the broken and missing parts, including Vezok's head spine.
     
    For $30 for this lot, this was a nice steal, considering that a lone Piraka would've been auctioned off around $15ish on eBay.
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    I was fortunate to nab the last copy of Fates, which was the last one sitting on the shelves, at my local Walmart. Although I wanted Conquest, I got Birthright instead. Beggars can't be choosers.
     
    While I was there, I also grabbed a 16 GB card and an eShop card. Conquest, Revelations, and Map Pack 1 aren't going to total up cheaply.
     
     

     
     

     
    Played through it a bit. It has a lot of dialogue, but I didn't wait for a whole year just to complain about it.
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    Analysis Part 3

    By Manducus,

    After being dead for a week, I'm finally back from the morgue to post this.
     
    Strangely, out of all the sets, only the Bionicles were heavily in pieces .
     
    I couldn't get the best shots of the heavy amount of dust on the figures, but this'll have to suffice.
     
     
    Let's start off with the Toa Mata. The only guy I'm missing now is Kopaka, but on the flip side, I got another Gali and Tahu.
     
    A lone Kohrak with a Krana Su.
     
    With the exception of Onewa, I have all the Turagas. On a side note, Nuju is missing his head and mask, so I had to improvise. Strangely, most of the rubberbands for these sets dried out, giving them a clay-like hardness. In the end, I had to replace most of the rubberbands with generic bands.
     
    Next off are Nuhvok Va and Lehvak Va. Nuhvok is missing its Krana while Lehvak came with a Ja.
     
    Nothing new with the Toa Nuva here since I already have Lewa, Gali, and Kopaka. Although I did get Pohatu's mask. May his spirit be with us.
     
    And finally the Voya Nui Matorans. I ended up with two Piruks, not that I'm complaining.
     
    Has anyone else noticed that the Raus are comically oversized for the users's head?
     
     
    And this finally does it for the analysis. I might do more showcasings (they certainly weren't analysis or reviews) whenever I'm able to get a bulk load of Bionicles for a cheap price.
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    Analysis Part 2

    By Manducus,

    This is Part 2 of 3 of the analysis. The Bonkles you all have been waiting for, I presume, will be covered tomorrow.
     
    Today I'm going to be covering another Technic series that came in my order: RoboRiders
     
     
    Onyx
    Onxy in the dark
     
    Swamp
     
    Lava
     
    Frost
     
    Dust
     
    Power
     
     
    Like all the other sets, these too are chock full of dust. Enough dust to make my fingers dry and crack.
     
    Strangely, only Dust and Onyx have Slizer heads.
     
    Unlike the Bionicles and Slizers in the box, all of the RoboRiders were fully pieced together according to their manuals. Just like the Slizers, I ended up getting a good portion of this series's sets.
     
    I will analyze tomorrow sets, for real this time.
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