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I called a LEGO store near me (in Canada) and they told me that the summer wave of Bionicle is to be released on June 1st. They also told me that only a select few stores will actually carry them (so in this case, the larger locations) and that otherwise they would only be made available for purchase online. I mentioned Umarak and his apparent later release date, they said that there was another set coming out, but they didn't know the details themselves..and they couldnt confirm whether this was Umarak or not. I think it is...so he might be made available in July. There is a lot I still do not know...other than what they told me about the sets solely being made available in select stores or online.

Yup, it is

The same thing occurred to me when I visited two LEGO stores near my area (Toronto, Canada). I went to two of them, one said they would no longer be carrying Bionicle sets at all, the other said they were switching them to online purchase only to make room for other themes. The only sets they had were some of the 2015 sets on clearance. If it's true that they would be making room for the new summer wave of sets, then why were the Uniters/Umarak completely missing from the LEGO store I went to? Seems odd to suddenly transfer sets that literally came out months ago when last year they were still available in-store when the Skull Villains came out in August. I suppose it could be for some other reason....but it's a little disquieting to say the least.