Toa Matia

mmhmm that too

also, idk if this is a hot take or not, but I had a yellow Ruru made for my sand Tarakava and I think I might actually prefer the orange Ruru since it matches the side “arm” panels

for the sand tarakava you mean? eh i built one and i kinda prefer the white since it blends in with the official two better imo

man I’ve really needed one of these resin casters to make those Onua claws in red and yellow for the Nui-Rama protos, now I’m adding teal to the wishlist lol

I’m inclined to believe the Mata red Huna and the orange Hau are legit, or at least are the colors they appear to be, since I think the lighting would have to be significantly abnormal and/or photoshopped for orange to look so drastically different that it almost perfectly matches the known color of Mata red and vice versa. Also I’m pretty sure there was an orange Hau in Christian Faber’s video laying in the background of the early Toa prototypes (plus I just want to believe cuz I want it to be real haha)

well i’m gonna cry, i’ve been trying to get one of these!!i i gotta ask, anyone here have one for sale??

Yeah I’d like to know as well, I have a handful of them and I’m curious how they happen lol

I have the two lime ones, I don't suppose you'd trade the tan kanoka for those two?

Hmm you might be right, I have some DMs from 6/29 before the auction ended on 7/1 saying ”they’re asking 5k for the pearl gold Avohkii” that I now thought meant the Bricklink listing was before the eBay sale, but they’re out of context cuz we were talking in a group chat too at the same time lol, so I’m not sure if I meant Set You Up or someone else. Yeah that’s what I was thinking as I was typing, I realized it’s basically a “that’s mean of someone to do!” vs “if one person will pay it, then someone can sell/resell that high.” Whether or not we think it should happen a certain way, it’s happening the way it is regardless of how we feel lol. Obviously I would love for there to be a drop in prices, but it sure doesn’t seem like there will be. I mean, I’m lucky enough to have nearly everything for a collection already besides prototypes and stuff like that, so of course “everything” will seem very high when the main things that I watch the prices for now are brown Komau’s, white and yellow Huna’s, pearl gold Avohkiis etc lol

Let’s set the story straight here, Yo Yo did not “buy it for $3100 to relist for $5,000”. There was a toothbrush collector who had multiple of the toothbrushes containing the “pearl gold” (actually copper) Avohkii. A year or so back, he was in conversation with multiple people and recently reached back out to them and sold at least 5 that I know of to at least 3-4 buyers that I know. Without giving away everyone’s prices, what I’ve heard from people who bought them and now have them in their possession, the general consensus is that they each got them for under $500. Set You Up posted about his before the eBay listing even went live, so he couldn’t have bought it for $3,000 to relist on Bricklink at $5,000. If my deductions are correct, he got them from the same seller everyone else did, and most likely at the same price. AFTER the Bricklink postings at $5,000 the original seller became upset and was wondering if he had been scalped/ripped off, so he listed another one of his on eBay to see where it ended up. Then, probably largely influenced by that $5,000 Bricklink listing, the eBay auction ended up just over $3,000. Meanwhile the other buyers just paid the original seller a fair price to add to their personal collection for their own enjoyment. Basically, Set You Up (and Bionicle Universe too) posted their Copper Avohkiis BEFORE the eBay auction even appeared, so it’s not a case of trying to turn a $5,000 profit after paying $3,000, it’s more like they’re attempting to turn a profit of over 10 TIMES what they paid. And this isn’t new at all, Set You Up bought a prototype trans-orange shadow leech for $60 and immediately relisted at $1,000. This is where the “predatory” description comes from, but unfortunately yeah, if they have something I needed and no one else did I might have to buy from them too 🤷‍♂️ luckily that hasn’t been the case yet, but who knows lol

Any chance you happen to have any kraata cans or kraata in general? 👀 if so, please message me!

Sent you a PM 👍

I have a spare cyclone-4, do you have a spare cyclone-5?

I have a spare cyclone-4, do you have a spare cyclone-5?

Wow thanks man! Interesting, it looks like a grizzled old Turaga lol, I’ve gotta think of a name that shows that… 🤔

Yeah dude, I like the variety sodas too! Martian Poop is my favorite lol, it's marionberry flavored, which is apparently like blackberries. Dublin Fru Fru Berry, Henry Winehard's Orange Cream, Swamp Juice, and Dang! Italian Cherry are all really good too imo

I have a Toa Mata Nui with box and instructions all in good condition coming in the mail that I would trade for a trans-dark blue G2 Mask of Water if you or anyone else wants to do that trade 👀

Whoa that is so cool

If anyone has a cyclone-5 (pearl sand blue-pearl light grey) kraata, I’ll pay your asking price or make a trade as heavy in your favor as you need, I have lots of kraata now to trade including some spare cyclones (1 and 6) or some masks and krana as well

Well speaking of cyclone kraata, does anyone have a stage 3 or 5 they’d be willing to sell or trade? If so, please message me!

Yeah I didn’t know that, but somebody on discord showed this pic 🤯

I’m surprised Set You Up isn’t the highest lol, but yeah feels like another case of the piece just isn’t selling often enough to keep a steady price and eventually the only available listings will be 3x, 4x, 10x the ones that have sold previously, then eventually one person who’s either desperate, impatient, dumb, or all 3 will buy one and boom, now that’s what it’s worth 🥲

Also, are you Andre from the Bionicle Archives? Or a different Archivist lol?

Yeah that’s the same seller marking it sold then relisting once the “buyer” never pays lol! This is exactly how we got into the PGK and TOK mess

Man I really hope that's the case, even though luckily I do have most of what I need, it would be nice just in general. My only thought that makes me think it might not happen is how many people are like me in the sense that once we get a part/set for our collection we're probably not selling it...