Iruini Nuva

 

What ccbs and bionicle needs is to use certain colours for sets and not use anything else in those sets' colour schemes.

If you want to build stuff it's way better to get 5 sets of black and gray skeleton pieces than one set of black, one set of orange, one set of light blue, one set of trans-lime, and one set of light gray.

 

Also, the number of recolors LEGO can sustain at any one time is limited, so if you want all the neutral bone pieces colored on a set-by-set basis then you'd probably have to get rid of at least half of the other recolors.

 

Economies of scale wins the day again. Torn on this one. I loved the colors schemes of sets like Hahli Mahri (or, say, the '01 Toa), but yeah, with the much higher piece-counts we're getting today, totally makes sense to leverage color as an accent. That's more of a CCBS mentality anyway (for better or worse).

Also helps scale-up MoCs from smaller collections. Now I can own all 6 Toa and leverage the neutrals from all 6 (plus colors from 1-2), instead having a situation where I can use parts from, say, Tahu and Onua, but Gali is 90% useless (to that MoC) because it's all blue.

Form vs. function, in that sense.

I would be very interested in the toa cards also if anyone happen to have any doubles.

Seconded. Was not aware that there were promo cards--very interested. Same with 197.

Inclined to agree that there's probably a Makuta set incoming. It strikes me as ever-so-slightly odd to show off multiple, large concept models, if only because the final production one probably won't be as flashy, but hey, you know they made 30 versions of the '03 Makuta.

Regardless, if the whole premise is that "Makuta takes many forms", nothing keeps them from doing an "ultimate" form in 2017 Wave 2 or w/e (see: Umarak 2.0).

I see conclusions neither here nor there.

So far, been enjoying the 2016 sets the most. Bit more of a callback to G1 technic builds (though still retaining its own identity). Really enjoyed the Protectors though. Bought a couple of duplicates there, even.

I picked 2015 because of the novelty of seeing old sets being redone in 2016. It always kinda felt like after Lego releases a line and or wave of sets, they just forget about them. Technic Star Wars anyone? I doubt anyone has thought of those since 2002

For what it's worth, I still have parts to the old green and tan Pit Droid reasonably accessible, ha.

​I played more Overwatch and the skill level change once you reach lvl 21 is very noticeable, jesus. Also to the Tracer who targeted me for like 3-4 consecutive matches last night: screw you.

Level 21 (rank/xp) or Level 21 (MMR/competitive)? Currently rank 98 here, can confirm that there are excellent level 30s and terrible level 150s, haha. That said I agree that there's a ramp-up for those first ~25 levels. After that, level starts to correlate more to just time played vs. innate skill. They won't get harder forever.

I've had pretty terrible luck lately (town isn't big enough, I think).

Big find recently was a bunch of 05-06 sets sealed at my grandmother's. Guardian Toa 2-pack (w/ shrink intact), Matoro Inika, several Piraka. Believe there was an open Iruini and Reidak too.

I also picked up a Muaka and Kane-Ra for maybe...half off at a Kohl's in late 02 or 03. Suppose it wasn't overly rare back then, but it was a good price (~$40 for a $70 set).

 

So would this let you get the Toa without their canisters?  That would be a bit disappointing given the role the canisters played in holding your mask collection.

Toa Hanahtu may know for sure, but I'm pretty certain boxes like these contained the component sets with their original packaging.

 

The box certainly seems properly sized for that. Remember seeing one of these on eBay a few months back, don't recall if it was open with photos or not, but I got the impression it contained the original canisters and such.

So many goodies! Where did you guys scrounge all of these up?

Playing a ton of competitive Overwatch over here too (PC). Mostly main Soldier 76/Genji. My group knows that if there's a Bastion/Torb on the other team, it's 100% my job to dispose of it, haha.

Really excited for Ana. I used to main Val in Evolve tournaments and such, so a flexible dmg/heal/cc character is really up my alley (basically the same reason I play Soldier).

 

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Ha! If only! I had one friend who was in the proto squad (I remember I was a year too young to sign up at the time ((but like, who even would have checked.. I'm still beating myself up for not trying)) and had one (a Yo if I recall), but it got lost in his lego collection somewhere and was never seen again. Such a shame!

 

Always wanted a set of Nui Jaga. Wife found a great set (box, instructions, ​rubber bands) for Christmas last year.

​Still to come...probably a Keetongu. I [somehow] have one sealed, but I'd rather not crack it open. Would love a set of Nui Rama too.

Much appreciated. Calendar marked, awaiting further instructions.

25 here. I'm actually super impressed to see a fair amount of < 20s. Curious what it'd be like to drop into Bionicle in the second-half of the lore.

Also voting Twitch. Any further news on dates?

Enjoyed the stream. Thanks for covering my question!

Have a fair number of rare items, though I don't think many fall into the super-rare category:

• 3x Copper Huna (US) + 1x Euro version
• Chrome Hau
• 7x Gold Vahi
• TNGM
• 3x Poisoned Hau Nuva
• 2x Infected Hau
• Few Shadow Kraata
• A couple of the TRU exclusive tubs (2004, 2005)

Also have some other oddities like an Onua poster that uses the 2001 comic panels (never seen them since) and original storyboards from LoMN.

Recently came into possession of some other goodies that probably trump my old list:

• Movie Edition Kraahkan
• Sealed Guardian Toa 2-pack

Good Trades:

• KingLucent Excellent communication; quick shipping; safe packaging; great to work with.
• InkAlchemist1994 Great communication and easy to work with. Shipped quickly.
• Shattered Slumber Good communication, pleasant negotiation. Forgot one piece, not the end of the world.

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Trade completed successfully, would recommend.

Also PM'd.

For Onu-Wahi, Quest for the Toa gives us some insight (see attached image from BS01). The Papa Nihu region, at least, feels like a rocky version of Le-Wahi. There are also some surface images in the story/art cards from the Quest for the Masks/Rahi Challenge TCG. I've attached one of those for reference as well, but there are a couple more involving Nui Rama, etc.

Not a tremendous amount of insight, and I'm not sure how canon these sources are, but they make at least the Onu-Wahi coastline feel consistent with Mata-Nui's tropical island-ness. Doesn't the road to Onu-Koro start in a jungle in MNOG, too?

Every time 

Ha, I still pronounce it with a "Lay".

Appreciate the video though. You covered some of the gear functions that I hadn't figured out yet from the pics--most helpful.

Did my part for the cause. The giveaways are a nice touch.

I remember seeing that post. Maybe it was an early experiment of the AR tech they use in Lego stores now (although this seems to work via RFID/NFC instead of optically)? Either way, probably intended more as a promotional tool (tours, etc.) rather than something for consumers.

Would be lots of fun to mess with, though.

I haven't managed to watch The Legend Reborn, but I did watch the three older films. I think I liked Web of Shadows best, because spiders. And I thought Roodaka was cool.

 

To be honest, I don't exactly see why anyone feels the movie portrayals of the characters in those films are deficient. I don't mind the muscles, those kind of were what cemented the idea that bionicles were biomechanical beings in my seven-year-old mind.

Legend Reborn was serious cut below the others, finally saw it on Netflix the other day. :/

Didn't know people had a problem with them. Visually, the movies are probably one of the more accurate portrayals of the characters, no?

Hard to say between Legends and Web of Shadows. The characters and plot are tighter in WoS, I think (largely because it can ignore most of the Toa/Rahaga). That said, I think some of its depth comes from prior knowledge of the surrounding lore, so it stands less well in isolation.

Legends of Metru Nui is easier for a newbie to digest and has the best soundtrack by far. Character arcs are adequate, given that each can only have a few minutes of screen time. 

Mask of Light is good on its own too, but the ending always feels a bit contrived and abrupt.