Hexann Posted June 19, 2013 Share Posted June 19, 2013 (edited) The title states it clearly, but I'll give you an explanation anyway. What Bionicle pieces did you think appeared as most overused in sets? Edited June 19, 2013 by Damaracx 7.0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Taipu1 Posted June 19, 2013 Share Posted June 19, 2013 (edited) Staff of light piece ended up being pretty overused, and I can't say its even that brilliant a piece. Lewa Nuva's Air Katana are also used quite a lot, but they are awesome. Edited June 19, 2013 by Taipu1 Quote - Taipu1.HighFly MatoranShowdownBZPRPG ProfilesHave you seen my Blog? I understand if you haven't Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Madara: Mangekyou Master Posted June 19, 2013 Share Posted June 19, 2013 The Black Ruru was a piece I felt long outstayed its welcome. On a more weapony level, I think the Takanuva blade was used quite a bit. I wouldn't go so far as to say it was overused, but it got a little old after a while. Quote STAR WARS GALAXY AT WAR ... we have cookies Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hexann Posted June 19, 2013 Author Share Posted June 19, 2013 Zamor Spheres. I think you guys can all guess why. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kaanfight Posted June 19, 2013 Share Posted June 19, 2013 probably the bordahk staves, and also the toa metru/hordika leg platings Quote TANNOHK-KAL FTW!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! In a world filled with peace, one shadow will spark a war My epic, Shadow Destiny: http://www.bzpower.com/board/index.php?showtopic=10089 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AdaptingChaos Posted June 19, 2013 Share Posted June 19, 2013 (edited) The black and blue pins along with the black, gray, and red axles. LMAO just kidding, to me it was the bohrok feet along with the piraka lower legs and yup that black ruru was a bit annoying to see after it being used on Whenua. Edited June 19, 2013 by AdaptingChaos Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dralcax Posted June 19, 2013 Share Posted June 19, 2013 Lewa's katana, Bordahk staffs, and the Staff of Light blades. Particularly egregious in that trap thingy in the Karzahni set. Those three have just become generic blades for any occasion. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mr. Cup of Fail Posted June 19, 2013 Share Posted June 19, 2013 Well that is easy i seen may to much of the Bohrok Eyes and Mata Feet. Quote My Topics MOCs: Construct-a-Astronaut __________________________________________________ Find Me On Flickr Twitter Youtube Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TechnicRage Posted June 20, 2013 Share Posted June 20, 2013 Clearly the Avohkii, which is used on every Toa MoC and in a handful of sets. Also the Inika body, people should show some creativity. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Arzaki Posted June 20, 2013 Share Posted June 20, 2013 The black and blue pins along with the black, gray, and red axles. I was gunna say that D: Quote I got Monster Hunter World on PS4, add me at bmrjw2 if you want Also I play FFXIV, my main is Anastasia Willow on Exodus but I've got characters on every NA datacenter. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hexann Posted June 20, 2013 Author Share Posted June 20, 2013 (edited) probably the bordahk staves, and also the toa metru/hordika leg platingsI was going say the same thing.....Karz...... Edited June 20, 2013 by Damaracx 7.0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
gunconvoy Posted June 20, 2013 Share Posted June 20, 2013 The staff of light being changed from a legendary tool to a simple matoran tool. As well Borahok legs. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
slifer3000 Posted June 20, 2013 Share Posted June 20, 2013 Lehvak-Kal shield. It should have stayed Lehvak-Kal. Pewku could have used normal Lehvak claws. Quote Knock Knock Who's there Hoff Hoff who Yes Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Arzaki Posted June 20, 2013 Share Posted June 20, 2013 Lehvak-Kal shield. It should have stayed Lehvak-Kal. Pewku could have used normal Lehvak claws. Normal Lehvak claws are a-symmetrical. Maybe the designers had OCD. Quote I got Monster Hunter World on PS4, add me at bmrjw2 if you want Also I play FFXIV, my main is Anastasia Willow on Exodus but I've got characters on every NA datacenter. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tahukan Posted June 26, 2013 Share Posted June 26, 2013 The red plus shaped peg Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
fishers64 Posted June 26, 2013 Share Posted June 26, 2013 (edited) Ball sockets. Particularly the standard ball-to-axle. Edited June 26, 2013 by fishers64 Quote Hero Factory RPG | Bionicle Mafia XXIX: Storyline & Theories Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Van Hohenheim Posted June 26, 2013 Share Posted June 26, 2013 anything the Inika had, really. they all became old by the time 2008 rolled around. seriously, 3 years with nothing different whatsoever? Quote Previously known as Aiwendil. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hexann Posted June 26, 2013 Author Share Posted June 26, 2013 Lehvak-Kal shield. It should have stayed Lehvak-Kal. Pewku could have used normal Lehvak claws. Normal Lehvak claws are a-symmetrical. Maybe the designers had OCD. .....DEATH THE KID OCD! *Ahem* Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Madara: Mangekyou Master Posted June 26, 2013 Share Posted June 26, 2013 Oh, the little blue peg/pin combination. Quote STAR WARS GALAXY AT WAR ... we have cookies Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pantera Posted June 26, 2013 Share Posted June 26, 2013 Umbra's long axle piece that connected his whole weapon together, obviously. Takanuva SoL piece, Lewa Nuva's blades, Zamor Spheres (ugh, waaay too much), Inika and Piraka lower legs, etc. Bordakh blades were overused between 2004-2006/7. From my memory, they seem to have disappeared nearly in 2008. lol Also, the Hau. Think about it. Not only have we seen repeats of the same model (2001), but even different incarnations of it. Quote Led Zeppelin? Yes. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
<Reverb> Posted June 27, 2013 Share Posted June 27, 2013 Inika torso pieces. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Erebus Toa of Darkness Posted June 27, 2013 Share Posted June 27, 2013 Green and orange metru eyes (I mean seriously did they forget that they had different colors once upon a time?)And inika everything appeared way too much after 06 that was all we got. Quote "There was no way that was an ordinary Toa, no Toa killed like this. No Toa fought so mercilessly. This hooded thing had single handedly killed hundreds of his Rahkshi children with twin gleaming swords. No that was no Toa.... that thing was Death himself.... Last thoughts of an unknown Makuta on Toa Erebus Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sumiki Posted June 27, 2013 Share Posted June 27, 2013 I've never had a problem with Inika torsos, mainly because they were so much more versatile than people give them credit. As far as pre-made torso parts go it was pretty much the best one we got - if I had to choose which torso to overuse I'd take the Inika torso any day. Not to say it's not overused, but it didn't become used to the point of utter redundancy. Bordahk staffs were always the most annoying to me, because of all the Vahki staffs I thought they were the least interesting. Didn't stop them from being crammed on to any larger set, though - it was almost if they had a bet to cram them on every playset that they could, and as such there were a few instances where they looked far out of place. Not only that, but we didn't even get some recolors - I know they probably would have looked pretty good in black. Quote avatar by Lady Kopaka Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Arzaki Posted June 27, 2013 Share Posted June 27, 2013 The reason why Inika pieces were so overused is because they're useful for people who aren't good with custom bodies and stuff. And Lego can't go around selling stuff with bodies like Chro's MoCs, the 4 year olds would be too confuzzled. Quote I got Monster Hunter World on PS4, add me at bmrjw2 if you want Also I play FFXIV, my main is Anastasia Willow on Exodus but I've got characters on every NA datacenter. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Makuta Luroka Posted June 27, 2013 Share Posted June 27, 2013 (edited) Guurahk staffs, av matoran heads, multi resistant shields, and metru heads Edited June 30, 2013 by Malignus Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Legendary TNT Posted June 27, 2013 Share Posted June 27, 2013 Guurahk staffs, av matoran heads, multi resistant shields, and inika headsHow were Inika heads over used? They only came out once if I remember correctly, and that was with the Inika. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sybre Posted June 27, 2013 Share Posted June 27, 2013 6+ sets was too much for even Squid Launchers! Quote mindeth the cobwebs Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Aanchir Posted June 27, 2013 Share Posted June 27, 2013 (edited) I can't think of any parts that were overused, myself. Some parts were used a lot, like Takanuva's Staff of Light, Lewa's Air Katana, the Toa Inika torsos, or the various blades from 2007. But I think calling these parts "overused" is looking at things entirely wrong. Rather, they kept being used because they kept being useful.You don't just discontinue and replace a piece because you think people might be tired of it. It's bad business, especially since a lot of your profits might be coming from people who have never owned a BIONICLE set, or at least people who haven't owned enough BIONICLE sets to really grow tired of any particular piece. Plus, the more use a particular piece gets in sets, the more profitable the mold is.Think of it in terms of classic LEGO. Is the minifigure "overused"? How about the 1x2 brick? The 2x4 plate? The 1x1 round plate? The Technic pin? Of course not. These are iconic elements of the building system. Eliminating them to replace them with something that looks different but performs more or less the same function (or, alternatively, something more specialized that performs the same function, but not as well) would be folly of the highest degree.This is part of why I really like Hero Factory's tendency to reuse pieces, and to design them with years of potential use in mind. It's more in line with proper LEGO design philosophy than to release a bunch of parts with specialized shapes and textures for variety's sake alone. Edited June 27, 2013 by Aanchir: Rachira of Time Quote Latest MOC: PAIGE (Prototype Artificial Intelligence, Gynoid Expression) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Arzaki Posted June 27, 2013 Share Posted June 27, 2013 I can't think of any parts that were overused, myself. Some parts were used a lot, like Takanuva's Staff of Light, Lewa's Air Katana, the Toa Inika torsos, or the various blades from 2007. But I think calling these parts "overused" is looking at things entirely wrong. Rather, they kept being used because they kept being useful.You don't just discontinue and replace a piece because you think people might be tired of it. It's bad business, especially since a lot of your profits might be coming from people who have never owned a BIONICLE set, or at least people who haven't owned enough BIONICLE sets to really grow tired of any particular piece. Plus, the more use a particular piece gets in sets, the more profitable the mold is.Think of it in terms of classic LEGO. Is the minifigure "overused"? How about the 1x2 brick? The 2x4 plate? The 1x1 round plate? The Technic pin? Of course not. These are iconic elements of the building system. Eliminating them to replace them with something that looks different but performs more or less the same function (or, alternatively, something more specialized that performs the same function, but not as well) would be folly of the highest degree.This is part of why I really like Hero Factory's tendency to reuse pieces, and to design them with years of potential use in mind. It's more in line with proper LEGO design philosophy than to release a bunch of parts with specialized shapes and textures for variety's sake alone.Well said. Quote I got Monster Hunter World on PS4, add me at bmrjw2 if you want Also I play FFXIV, my main is Anastasia Willow on Exodus but I've got characters on every NA datacenter. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Van Hohenheim Posted June 27, 2013 Share Posted June 27, 2013 I guess what was wrong with the Inika bodies was that I started buying around 2007, right when they were starting to become commonplace. Quote Previously known as Aiwendil. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Erebus Toa of Darkness Posted June 27, 2013 Share Posted June 27, 2013 The reason why Inika pieces were so overused is because they're useful for people who aren't good with custom bodies and stuff. And Lego can't go around selling stuff with bodies like Chro's MoCs, the 4 year olds would be too confuzzled.A Chro moc as a Lego set..... My god that would be beautiful. Anyways back on topic. We had new body types almost every year. We had mata then mata again, metru, hordika, and then inika and piraka. Only once we got to karda nui did we get new torso's in the form of the Makuta. Quote "There was no way that was an ordinary Toa, no Toa killed like this. No Toa fought so mercilessly. This hooded thing had single handedly killed hundreds of his Rahkshi children with twin gleaming swords. No that was no Toa.... that thing was Death himself.... Last thoughts of an unknown Makuta on Toa Erebus Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hexann Posted June 29, 2013 Author Share Posted June 29, 2013 The reason why Inika pieces were so overused is because they're useful for people who aren't good with custom bodies and stuff. And Lego can't go around selling stuff with bodies like Chro's MoCs, the 4 year olds would be too confuzzled.We had mata then mata again, metru, hordika, and then inika and piraka. Only once we got to karda nui did we get new torso's in the form of the Makuta. What you said and not only that, but we also got the Bohrok Bodies in 2002, Rahkshi bodies in 2003, Kongu's body in 2007, and what you said about 2008. 2009 and 2010 were really the only years where nothing new torso-wise came into being, well, that is, at least from what I can remember. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Arzaki Posted June 29, 2013 Share Posted June 29, 2013 The reason why Inika pieces were so overused is because they're useful for people who aren't good with custom bodies and stuff. And Lego can't go around selling stuff with bodies like Chro's MoCs, the 4 year olds would be too confuzzled.We had mata then mata again, metru, hordika, and then inika and piraka. Only once we got to karda nui did we get new torso's in the form of the Makuta. What you said and not only that, but we also got the Bohrok Bodies in 2002, Rahkshi bodies in 2003, Kongu's body in 2007, and what you said about 2008. 2009 and 2010 were really the only years where nothing new torso-wise came into being, well, that is, at least from what I can remember. 2009 still had Inika and Metru hip bodies, but connected by different ways. Quote I got Monster Hunter World on PS4, add me at bmrjw2 if you want Also I play FFXIV, my main is Anastasia Willow on Exodus but I've got characters on every NA datacenter. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BBBBalta Posted June 30, 2013 Share Posted June 30, 2013 anything the Inika had, really. they all became old by the time 2008 rolled around. seriously, 3 years with nothing different whatsoever?That's a bit of an overstatement. Only one non-Inika set had their light-up weapons and none had their heads or their masks. Also, their leg armor (and shoulder armor to a certain extent) may have been used a lot, but they're great pieces that lend themselves well to MOCing. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Indigogeek Posted June 30, 2013 Share Posted June 30, 2013 I'm going to cover sets and mocs. Sets: taka staffs, metru lower leg, metru upper arm, mata feet, orange metru eye light, and everything the inika ever used. Moc: grey avohkii, and taka blades Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Makuta Luroka Posted June 30, 2013 Share Posted June 30, 2013 Guurahk staffs, av matoran heads, multi resistant shields, and inika headsHow were Inika heads over used? They only came out once if I remember correctly, and that was with the Inika. Sorry. Meant to say metru heads. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sardrox: Will of Makuta Posted July 2, 2013 Share Posted July 2, 2013 I agree with the Avohkii being overused in MOCs. The Hau is another common one too. Set-wise, the Chronicler's Staff was used alot as well: Iruini, Garan, Brutaka, Photok, it was used so much that its not really a "rare piece" anymore. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sinclair Posted July 2, 2013 Share Posted July 2, 2013 (edited) Plus rods and friction pins. Come on Lego, give us something different! Seriously though? These things:Edit: It's my 42nd post. I'm not panicking. Edited July 2, 2013 by Sinclair Quote hopelessly drifting, bathing in beautiful agony Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Green Blockhead Posted July 2, 2013 Share Posted July 2, 2013 The tiny black axel pieces. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hexann Posted July 2, 2013 Author Share Posted July 2, 2013 The tiny black axel pieces. Plus rods and friction pins. Come on Lego, give us something different! Oh, the little blue peg/pin combination. Ball sockets. Particularly the standard ball-to-axle. The black and blue pins along with the black, gray, and red axles.And to think: I was considering putting a big 'EXCLUDING [insert The Following Peices Above]' in bold, red, text. XD Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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