doodleloot Posted July 15, 2014 Share Posted July 15, 2014 So recently I've ordered a 2001 Kanohi pack (the bag version, not the cardboard box) together with some other stuff on eBay.When my order arrived, I opened the Kanohi pack first. And to my surprise, I found an infected Hau inside, like the ones that came with the Muaka set. Does anyone know in wich quantities these wered distributed in the Kanohi packs? I have never heard of anyone else finding an infected Hau like this. Quote Hail Denmark Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
emily Posted July 15, 2014 Share Posted July 15, 2014 They were included in the Kanohi packs in very small quantities - save perhaps the misprints, they were the hardest to find. The infected Kanohi had to be hand-painted, the cost of which limited their distribution. Quote believe victims. its actually not that hard, and youd look kind of bad if you were to, say, side with an abuser because theyre your friend Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bonesiii Posted July 15, 2014 Share Posted July 15, 2014 (edited) I have never heard of anyone else finding an infected Hau like this.*Raises hand* I got one in the only mask pack I ever bought, back in 2001. But that was the box type. Edited July 15, 2014 by bonesiii 2 Quote The Destiny of Bionicle (chronological retelling of Bionicle original series, 9 PDFs of 10 chapters each on Google Drive): Part 1 - Warring with Fate | Part 2 - Year of Change | Part 3 - The Exploration Trap | Part 4 - Rise of the Warlords | Part 5 - A Busy Matoran | Part 6 - The Dark Time | Part 7 - Proving Grounds | Part 8 - A Rude Awakening | Part 9 - The Battle of Giants My Bionicle Fanfiction (Google Drive folder, eventually planned to have PDFs of all of it) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TERIDAX941 Posted July 15, 2014 Share Posted July 15, 2014 You mean there was a way to get it without paying an arm and a leg by purchasing the Muaka set? That's quite a shocker... Quote Formerly Iron_Man5 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lyichir Posted July 15, 2014 Share Posted July 15, 2014 You mean there was a way to get it without paying an arm and a leg by purchasing the Muaka set? That's quite a shocker... Sure was. You just had to buy mask packs until you got one, which, given the rarity, might have cost you more than the Muaka set in the long run. 2 Quote Formerly Lyichir: Rachira of Influence Aanchir's and Meiko's brother Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
doodleloot Posted July 15, 2014 Author Share Posted July 15, 2014 Interesting, thanks for the help everybody! Quote Hail Denmark Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TERIDAX941 Posted July 16, 2014 Share Posted July 16, 2014 You mean there was a way to get it without paying an arm and a leg by purchasing the Muaka set? That's quite a shocker...Sure was. You just had to buy mask packs until you got one, which, given the rarity, might have cost you more than the Muaka set in the long run. But in that case you'd also end up with some really good masks like the gold/silver or many of the Toa's various colors. I'd say for a collector it'd be the better deal (unless you love tigers and bulls) Quote Formerly Iron_Man5 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Toa Smoke Monster Posted July 16, 2014 Share Posted July 16, 2014 I didn't know that Infected Hau came in the Mask packs. I assumed that they were only on the Muaka sets. Even though they were rare, its really neat that one could get an Infected Hau in this way. Quote Everyone is one choice away from being the bad guy in another person's story. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lyichir Posted July 16, 2014 Share Posted July 16, 2014 You mean there was a way to get it without paying an arm and a leg by purchasing the Muaka set? That's quite a shocker... Sure was. You just had to buy mask packs until you got one, which, given the rarity, might have cost you more than the Muaka set in the long run. But in that case you'd also end up with some really good masks like the gold/silver or many of the Toa's various colors. I'd say for a collector it'd be the better deal (unless you love tigers and bulls) The gold and silver masks were only available in the second series of mask packs. The infected masks, to my knowledge, were only in the first series of mask packs. It's true a collector could build up quite a collection by buying that many mask packs, but I'd argue that just about anyone else would be missing out on one of the best sets of early Bionicle. Muaka and Kane Ra had a great function that made for one of the most thrilling competitive "games" of any of the paired Rahi or Toa. 3 Quote Formerly Lyichir: Rachira of Influence Aanchir's and Meiko's brother Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tuuli Posted July 16, 2014 Share Posted July 16, 2014 Cool find man I just recently got the infected hau too with muaka so I wonder where they are coming from Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TERIDAX941 Posted July 17, 2014 Share Posted July 17, 2014 You mean there was a way to get it without paying an arm and a leg by purchasing the Muaka set? That's quite a shocker...Sure was. You just had to buy mask packs until you got one, which, given the rarity, might have cost you more than the Muaka set in the long run. But in that case you'd also end up with some really good masks like the gold/silver or many of the Toa's various colors. I'd say for a collector it'd be the better deal (unless you love tigers and bulls) The gold and silver masks were only available in the second series of mask packs. The infected masks, to my knowledge, were only in the first series of mask packs. It's true a collector could build up quite a collection by buying that many mask packs, but I'd argue that just about anyone else would be missing out on one of the best sets of early Bionicle. Muaka and Kane Ra had a great function that made for one of the most thrilling competitive "games" of any of the paired Rahi or Toa. Ah well, I sadly wouldn't know, I never had the chance to own any of the 2001 Rahi sets. Quote Formerly Iron_Man5 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ballom Nom Nom Posted July 17, 2014 Share Posted July 17, 2014 Wow, that's quite the lucky find! Especially since the 2001 large Rahi appear to be somewhat difficult to find, and the mask costs quite a bit on its own. ~B~ Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BMM95 Posted July 17, 2014 Share Posted July 17, 2014 (edited) I just ordered a mask pack on eBay and also I ordered a rare yes I repeat extremely rare smoke kaukau on eBay for only 12.99 I hope the mask pack contains rare masks I can't wait they are coming in a few days wahooooo!!!!!!! I have never heard of anyone else finding an infected Hau like this.*Raises hand* I got one in the only mask pack I ever bought, back in 2001. But that was the box type. Cool man Edit: Double post merged!-Wind- Edited July 18, 2014 by -Windrider- Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lyichir Posted July 18, 2014 Share Posted July 18, 2014 I just ordered a mask pack on eBay and also I ordered a rare yes I repeat extremely rare smoke kaukau on eBay for only 12.99 I hope the mask pack contains rare masks I can't wait they are coming in a few days wahooooo!!!!!!! The "smoke" (Trans. Brown) Kaukau is not really any rarer than other recolored Toa Mata masks to my knowledge. It's the Kaukau worn by Onua, and as such I would expect it to only be as rare as, say, a red Miru or black Kakama. 2 Quote Formerly Lyichir: Rachira of Influence Aanchir's and Meiko's brother Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BMM95 Posted July 19, 2014 Share Posted July 19, 2014 I just ordered a mask pack on eBay and also I ordered a rare yes I repeat extremely rare smoke kaukau on eBay for only 12.99 I hope the mask pack contains rare masks I can't wait they are coming in a few days wahooooo!!!!!!!The "smoke" (Trans. Brown) Kaukau is not really any rarer than other recolored Toa Mata masks to my knowledge. It's the Kaukau worn by Onua, and as such I would expect it to only be as rare as, say, a red Miru or black Kakama.BUUT finding one on eBay is extremely rare and you can't find them on any other website except bricklink or etc so it's rare to me oh also I found an orange ruru in my mask pack yesterday that I also ordered on eBay and got in the mail yesterday so is that considered uncommon or rare? because you can only get the orange ruru in the manas set or if your lucky a mask pack like I got Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lyichir Posted July 19, 2014 Share Posted July 19, 2014 I just ordered a mask pack on eBay and also I ordered a rare yes I repeat extremely rare smoke kaukau on eBay for only 12.99 I hope the mask pack contains rare masks I can't wait they are coming in a few days wahooooo!!!!!!!The "smoke" (Trans. Brown) Kaukau is not really any rarer than other recolored Toa Mata masks to my knowledge. It's the Kaukau worn by Onua, and as such I would expect it to only be as rare as, say, a red Miru or black Kakama. BUUT finding one on eBay is extremely rare and you can't find them on any other website except bricklink or etc so it's rare to me oh also I found an orange ruru in my mask pack yesterday that I also ordered on eBay and got in the mail yesterday so is that considered uncommon or rare? because you can only get the orange ruru in the manas set or if your lucky a mask pack like I got In general, masks that are available in both mask packs and sets are less rare than ones only available in mask packs (the infected Hau being only marginally less rare since its availability in mask packs WAS more limited than other masks). So the orange Ruru would be less rare than, say, an orange Matatu. Of course, this many years after the sets came out, rarity is driven just as much by demand as by distribution, since masks that are less valued by collectors will be cheaper and more obtainable than ones with a high perceived value. That probably accounts for the rarity of various Kaukau colors, since their transparency makes them quite valuable to MOCists, and as such there are fewer on the open marketplace. Quote Formerly Lyichir: Rachira of Influence Aanchir's and Meiko's brother Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BMM95 Posted July 19, 2014 Share Posted July 19, 2014 (edited) I wonder who has a purple kaukau? That would be cool or a translucent glow in the dark kaukau or a lava colored kaukauI just ordered a mask pack on eBay and also I ordered a rare yes I repeat extremely rare smoke kaukau on eBay for only 12.99 I hope the mask pack contains rare masks I can't wait they are coming in a few days wahooooo!!!!!!!The "smoke" (Trans. Brown) Kaukau is not really any rarer than other recolored Toa Mata masks to my knowledge. It's the Kaukau worn by Onua, and as such I would expect it to only be as rare as, say, a red Miru or black Kakama.BUUT finding one on eBay is extremely rare and you can't find them on any other website except bricklink or etc so it's rare to me oh also I found an orange ruru in my mask pack yesterday that I also ordered on eBay and got in the mail yesterday so is that considered uncommon or rare? because you can only get the orange ruru in the manas set or if your lucky a mask pack like I gotIn general, masks that are available in both mask packs and sets are less rare than ones only available in mask packs (the infected Hau being only marginally less rare since its availability in mask packs WAS more limited than other masks). So the orange Ruru would be less rare than, say, an orange Matatu.Of course, this many years after the sets came out, rarity is driven just as much by demand as by distribution, since masks that are less valued by collectors will be cheaper and more obtainable than ones with a high perceived value. That probably accounts for the rarity of various Kaukau colors, since their transparency makes them quite valuable to MOCists, and as such there are fewer on the open marketplace. I wish I could use my orange ruru for a moc but I don't have any ideas Look at my album and you'll see a few of my mocs Edited July 21, 2014 by -Windrider- Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mr. Cup of Fail Posted July 21, 2014 Share Posted July 21, 2014 That's odd of finding a Infected Hau but I'm now thinking of how many BZP member found one in there Mask Packs, maybe not a lot of people. Quote My Topics MOCs: Construct-a-Astronaut __________________________________________________ Find Me On Flickr Twitter Youtube Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Taria Pakari Posted July 21, 2014 Share Posted July 21, 2014 You mean there was a way to get it without paying an arm and a leg by purchasing the Muaka set? That's quite a shocker...Sure was. You just had to buy mask packs until you got one, which, given the rarity, might have cost you more than the Muaka set in the long run. But in that case you'd also end up with some really good masks like the gold/silver or many of the Toa's various colors. I'd say for a collector it'd be the better deal (unless you love tigers and bulls) The gold and silver masks were only available in the second series of mask packs. The infected masks, to my knowledge, were only in the first series of mask packs. It's true a collector could build up quite a collection by buying that many mask packs, but I'd argue that just about anyone else would be missing out on one of the best sets of early Bionicle. Muaka and Kane Ra had a great function that made for one of the most thrilling competitive "games" of any of the paired Rahi or Toa. Aye, the gold/silver kanohi came in the kanohi/krana packs. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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