Ektris

Yes!! Doctor Who made it! ~|ET|~

Now that there's crazy talk! You'd think it's a toyline we're talking about, where that is a completely common occurrence and is perplexingly not at all an issue to anyone when a new, unrelated storyline starts up. But that would be silly. This is serious business here. ~|ET|~

Oh, cool! It's totally going to mess with the list because the 5 summer sets made it perfect and now there'll be just one thing on its own row lol. But yeah, once we get a better image the packaging, I'll totally add it. ~|ET|~

Oh I know I've let myself go a bit overboard since moving and starting work. (And get mad at myself for it too...) If I didn't have that disposable income though, there's no way I'd be doing this. Apartment space, on the other hand...

... That's about how much just Magnus was, so... Yeah his blue one (can't remember the name right now) is about ready to snap at the hilt I think. It bent at it while trying to get it in. I really need to get some super glue and hope a tiny dab will sure it up some. Or just never remove it ever again I suppose...

Yeah... I spent a lot... S.H. Figuarts Kamen Rider Duke Lemon Energy Arms Figma Kirito BIONICLE Tahu - Master of Fire Nintendo Amiibo Diddy Kong Transformers Combiner Wars Alpha Bravo Transformers Combiner Wars Firefly Transformers Masterpiece Ultra Magnus Transformers Generations Skrapnel & Reflector Transformers Combiner Wars Silverbolt Star Wars: The Lando Calrissian Adventures Star Wars: The Han Solo Adventures BIONICLE Onua - Master of Earth BIONICLE Protector of Earth Transformers Generations Cosmos & Payload Nintendo Amiibo Samus Nintendo Amiibo Yoshi Nintendo Amiibo Peach Nintendo Amiibo Kirby Transformers Generations Brainstorm Figma Saber 2.0 BIONICLE Pohatu - Master of Stone BIONICLE Gali - Master of Water Transformers Generations Chromia S.H. Figuarts Luigi S.H. Figuarts Super Mario Diorama Playset C Nintendo Amiibo Bowser Transformers Combiner Wars Bombshell Transformers Combiner Wars Dragstrip Transformers Combiner Wars Skydive Nintendo Amiibo Donkey Kong So much came out this month that I had my eyes on. Wow. And circumstances had me able to get a lot of it right away that I probably would have waited for honestly. Transformers: Combiner Wars, man. So freaking awesome. And except for Powerglide, I got all I want from the first wave already! Thank you, for once, HasbroToyShop. I also snagged Chromia and Brainstorm from there, since they were completely skipped over (as the last wave of 2014) by stores here. And cemented my interesting in Masterpiece, we also have Ultra Magnus. This guy is huge and incredible and I love him. I finally got hardcore into Amiibo... Yeahhh... I really hate Nintendo for how they're handling these. Pretty much going to preorder from overseas starting with wave 4 just to make sure I actually get everything. But hey, some of these are pretty darn cool - like Bowser. That guy has some nice heft to him and the detail and paint work is incredible. By far my favorite so far. Duke and Kirito actually arrived at the end of December, but, well, I wasn't here to pick them up, so here they are now. Kirito looks great, but man is getting his swords into his hands just an absolute pain in the butt. Duke is yet another addition to my growing cast of Gaim and... eh yeah, wasn't too excited for him, but I do love his yellow lemony self in hand. Saber 2.0 finally also saw release after a couple delays and while I haven't messed with her too much yet, she's also a fine addition and Archer won't look so odd on the shelf by himself anymore heh. Luigi is... eh. What I expected based on Mario and looks good, but definitely not the best that Figuarts has to offer. Oh, and I picked up some more Star Wars books to add to the backlog while looking for calendars. I hate seeing that Legends banner. Hate it so much. But dang, those are some nice new covers they made for them! What's left... Hmm... I don't... Oh yeah! BIONICLE, baby! I meant to go slow with them, since they should last until the summer wave, but just a few weeks after their release and I already have 5/13. Oops? Ah well, when LEGO offers you free shipping, why not take advantage of it haha. It feels so great to have new BIONICLE sets in hand and all of the ones I have really impress me. Can't wait to finish off the wave, but that'll probably take some time. I also did buy a pair of bookshelves and finished putting them together yesterday. About half of the rearranging is done now. So some time in early February will be a new collection update. ~|ET|~

Just like I don't think they should be given the names of past characters... Completely random fan names are an even worse idea. There will never be a consensus, most don't make sense, and it's just generally going to be more confusing than anything else. ~|ET|~

Which is why I made a point of saying I put up mirrored links. And those are all still fine. Edit: There, switched around what are the mirrors and what are the primary images. ~|ET|~

Ah, but my five largest are on my neck and shoulder, so.... :X

Mole since birth... chance of developing into melanoma... So my biggest take away from this is my dozen or so super old moles are killing me. Awesome! (Also that sounds rather unpleasant and I hope you recover quickly.)

RIP my wallet... ~|ET|~

You mean like the Mask of Creation? Yeah, too bad they didn't include that in the set. It makes sense that he would be wearing the Protector mask he was buried in, since that was how he was when last seen. Canonically, it's the most common mask shape on the island, so if the Protectors were looking for a ceremonial mask to put on his face, it would probably be the shape of pretty much every other mask on the island. That said, he would probably look far more distinctive wearing his signature mask, and I can't wait to see some pictures of it on him. I like how you assume I missed the fact that it was already in the set on purpose. I KNOW it's in the set. I wanted him to have his OWN mask. You want sarcasm milk with your cookie? The Mask of Creation literally is his mask, so I'm not sure what the issue is...? ~|ET|~

Because electric things are the bomb. Thus was my name derived: Electricity. Electricity. Elektrisity. Elektrisity. Ektris. ~|ET|~

Good luck!

Ekimu is top. He is just awesome, and I love that they even still gave him a gear function. So the animation was right all along. Of course people are all hung up on having green eyes over blue (which is pretty much the only negative), but... eh, with the trans-blue mask I get why they changed it. Also his shield is awesome. On all the skull guys: I love that the CCBS skeleton is in a color other than black. That's awesome. As for the bones... They do their job of being literally a bone perfectly. Stupendously. But it is definitely a little disappointing to see that they really will be useless for pretty much any other purpose. I also really, really don't understand the transparent orange plastered all over them. Why was it needed? Skull Grinder does fit the bill of the skeletal warrior he's supposed to be, which is good. I really like the printing on his chest. He probably has the "old decayed warrior but still clad in armor he fell in" look down the best. So he doesn't look bad, but still not wowed by him. Those shoulders look especially awkward and out of place. Skull Warrior: Well... if they're going to just reuse the same mask a lot, at least his is a different color. I like the idea of character with a longbow and really think it was pulled off well. But that is kind of the only thing really drawing me too him. Skull Slicer I'm really disappointed is wearing a Skull Spider mask. Really disappointed. I also wish he had more variety in his weapons instead of three swords - would make him a little more interesting. He suffers the most from the bones, though, and really wish there was some more armor at least on his thighs or shins. I'm really interested in seeing how the gear function works for his four arms. Basher is my favorite of the bunch. I love that he is a minotaur. However, his horns do look too awkwardly big because of how they are attached. Besides that, I like everything about the guy who's clearly the muscle of this group. Lastly we have Skull Scorpio and... Ugh. Uuuuugh I don't like him. Where to start? The unarticulated legs or that... thing attached to his behind? That contraption just looks ridiculous and not in any sort of good way. I also love those new versions of the Toa's masks. I would have absolutely preferred fully transparent ones (especially to complement the ones Tahu has), but what we're getting still look cool. ~|ET|~

Those microfigures are genius and I love them. The Helicarrier is amazing alone, though just far outside anything I'll be looking to purchase. ~|ET|~

Watched the last two Digimon movies I'd not seen before: Island of Lost Digimon and ... whatever the Savers one. For as much as I really, really, really dislike Frontier, Island of Lost Digimon/Revival of the Ancient Digimon was actually pretty decent. It was probably my low expectations, but it was probably my favorite I watched during that marathon. The Savers movie was just bad. I loved Savers, I wanted to see those characters again, but they were hardly there and the plot just nonsense. My biggest takeaway is questioning how these things can be called movies when they're so short. Especially Savers, not even being the full run of an episode. It's a shame, really, because it resulted in a lot of rushing and missing explanations. Also decided to watch a One Piece movie - Baron Omatsuri and the Secret Island. Wow. That was much darker than typical One Piece and not what I expected. But it was a good cap to my anime movie binge, because it was still good despite that. ~|ET|~

Ekimu actually does still have a gear function too. That's cool. ~|ET|~

So, people elsewhere are reporting that this is indeed happening in the US. Through some sort of URL manipulation they found a page that only half-loads as proof I believe. Or at least it was that way for me. The lack of a news update here made me a little curious about how genuine it is... or maybe nobody reported it yet haha. But anywho, anyone know if it's really happening - and at the same time, because some are saying March instead of February - before wasting a trip to the LEGO Store this weekend? ~|ET|~

It is undeniably too early. As was discussed extensively earlier in the topic... They were ruled prototypes and I made the decision to discount them. The only misprints still extant on the list were those officially recognized by LEGO as misprints via their own checklist from the 2001 BIONICLE site. Anyone can count them as they see fit. Go ahead. But there's also a model I tried to follow when originally crafting these. I was inspired by the checklists done for many Japanese import figures (notably S.H. Figuarts and Figma), which only list things officially released. There are dozens and dozens of prototypes for those (albeit unlike LEGO those things don't leak out to the general public), but they don't count for a complete collection. Because they're just prototypes. They are not official products. Yes, there are super rare items still included like the gold masks. Those exist in any line of collecting. Yet they are still official products. I know that you will disagree. Sorry. But that's the stance I'm sticking to. I was wondering about that. I'm really curious if there's a set ID number for it and how it's packaged... Might legitimize it more as a proper release and not just the handing out of a fancy mask. I lean strongly towards yes at the moment, but will probably wait until somebody gets one to add it. ~|ET|~

Ha, I knew them being up was a mistake. Still, we now have our look into the future and if these were all that were supposed to last until May... It's incredibly disappointing. ~|ET|~

I mean, a few months early is nice, right? I, for one, am super glad this piece will see a somewhat wide release. It's an amazing part and it will be nice for everyone to have! Haha yeah it was. The piece seriously is awesome - I like it a whole lot more than the transparent clear NYCC one. More people getting them is definitely a good thing. ~|ET|~

So in light of recent news, I'll be updating the mask checklist tonight to add the transparent orange Mask of Fire. I'll also upload the Kraata update I've been sitting on that adds much-needed labels. To the Flickr mirrors. Because Majhost is still down. Maybe I should do a complete flip around of which are the mirrors while I'm at it... ~|ET|~

Looks like the transparent orange Mask of Fire is about to become a lot less special. Lame. And lol I'm surprised you guys of all people didn't know of the "bley" Rhotuka. I remember being incredibly bummed by my Bomonga not having one back in '05. ~|ET|~

They are releasing them!? Kind of makes owning one less special, aw maaan. ~|ET|~