WorkbenchManiac

Okay, I see. Thanks for clarifiying. Well of course the bones look organic, they're plastic! Boom! Chemistry slam!

Well, that was... just as bland as expected. Not bad enough to be memorable, not good enough to be worthwhile, just a mild tinge of embarrasing would be "cool" marketing.

You see that where? In what? The trans-clear parts? I don't quite follow... Edit: Or do you mean you would like to see gears and such?

Or maybe it's just that green is a well chosen contrast to the dark orange, without being directly complementary to it. I think the color distribution on Pohatu is one of his strongest features, especially the slight asymmetry adds visual interest. Otherwise I agree with Lyichir when it comes to Pohatu's shortcomings, but I find myself quite enarmored with the little dude nonetheless.

I, too, will go for Ekimu versus bad guy first, the set looks great. But I just know I'll end up with all the skull villains. I might pick up some Star Wars sets if the parts look interesting, and chuck out the Star Wars specific heads, because I really, strongly dislike Star Wars.

Oh, the lure of the off topic debate. Beast Wars' connection to G1 is part of its fiction, and came later in that to boot. But I am not overly interested in the fictional connections, but more so in the design and development of the Beast Wars brand. From a developmental standpoint it was the first hard reboot of the Transformers franchise, with Hasbro handing the ailing brand to the newly acquired Kenner. They took the toyline into a new direction, which offended many older fans. Obviously this outrage subsided and would be hard to maintain, since Transformers these days reboots every other month or so. Which brings me neatly back to the actual topic: The only connection I am trying to draw between the ire Beast Wars initially sparked and the current dissatisfaction displayed by some Bionicle fans, is that any change of direction in a passionately beloved childhood property will result in the gnashing of teeth, which will over time be ameliorated and eventually subside entirely, as demonstrated in another brand that DecepticonWarrior apparently favors.

I just watched the Bionicle movie "Web of Shadows" for the first time. It's part of me trying to familiarize myself with the older material, to try and maybe understand the appeal. And that movie was full of stupid comedy. And teenage angst metaphors. At his admittedly early point in my studies into the history of Bionicle storylines I am left mightily wanting compared to the high accolades that are being heaped onto it. Edit: Please don't misunderstand that as a defense of the current storyline, which is vey simple and straightforward as well.

And if that is how you feel, then go ahead. You obviously don't have to like this new reboot. But keep in mind that nothing this new release of the Bionicle toyline brings will take away from the old stuff you like so much. That storyline, those toys and the related media are still there to peruse, whenever you need a quick nostalgia fix. And, going by your screen name, let me add a hearty "TRUKK, NOT MUNKY!" Somehow I believe you might know to what other childhood destroying reboot I am referring. Cheers!

And he does it so eloquently, too. It's heartening to see the staunch defenders of a children's toyline's maturity argue their points in such a well spoken manner.

You are aware that we are, in fact, talking about a line of children's toys? Bionicle is made entirely for little kids. *Says the 29 year old before happily fiddling with his toys. Something being made for children should not be seen as a stigma, and conversely not everything made fo adults is to be praised. To paraphrase C.S.Lewis:" What could be more childish than to desperately want to be grown up?"