ToaGatack Posted February 16, 2015 Share Posted February 16, 2015 So like, is this a thing? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bfahome Posted February 16, 2015 Share Posted February 16, 2015 No. 6 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The 1st Shadow Posted February 16, 2015 Share Posted February 16, 2015 The logo style is very reminiscent of the G1 packaging, so I suspect it's just a clever photoshop. 1 Quote ~Your friendly, neighborhood Shadow ~Credit for Avatar and Banner goes to NickonAquaMagna~ Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Makuta Miras Posted February 16, 2015 Share Posted February 16, 2015 (edited) Either way, you can see a 1:1 of the movie-style Kraahkan on the side of the box, so I'd say no. Edited February 16, 2015 by Miras: Makuta of Awesome 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Iblis Posted February 16, 2015 Share Posted February 16, 2015 I'd suggest asking this person. Wait don't, they're either a liar or incompetent. But seriously that/those Set ID number(s!) is/are very suspect, & don't even get me started on the image... Quote ~ Sophistry: A way to be antidisuncorrect. ~ In a decade you might convince maybe a small tribe of people. In a decade you might also conquer one million km2 of land, & in over a thousand years you might have over a billion followers. I like building things. Please don't break the big ones. & evidential philosophies that dare to extrapolate beyond an individual's direct experience aren't easily built. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Anapouri Posted February 16, 2015 Share Posted February 16, 2015 I think I remember seeing that exact Makuta build on Brickshelf one time, not too long ago.... Quote Self Moc: Critques are welcome!MOC: Okotian Chrome-Back (rahi)MOC: Okoto Cave-Crawler Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lyichir Posted February 16, 2015 Share Posted February 16, 2015 Wow, that's not even vaguely convincing as a fake. Look at that lack of detail. And that suspiciously-consistent blur. And the lack of correct graphics on the box, and outdated logos. And if that's not enough, direct your eyes to the set number, which is completely out of sequence with the other sets. I'll be disappointed if anyone gets taken in by this, because it looks like the creator of this fake hardly even tried. 3 Quote Formerly Lyichir: Rachira of Influence Aanchir's and Meiko's brother Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chro Posted February 16, 2015 Share Posted February 16, 2015 I'll be disappointed if anyone gets taken in by this, because it looks like the creator of this fake hardly even tried.Pretty sure they didn't.I could be misremembering, but if I'm not, then this was a really quick thing done for fun, not actually intended to fool anyone. Quote save not only their lives but their spirits Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Iblis Posted February 16, 2015 Share Posted February 16, 2015 And if that's not enough, direct your eyes to the set number, which is completely out of sequence with the other sets. & if my eyes aren't mistaken the set number on the box can't actually be 77069 anyway!; the middle number is not a zero, I think the last two are meant to be either 44 or 49 but I can't really tell...Regardless as you say the numbers don't really match the pattern (70778 to 70795 [inclusive]) we've seen so far of Bionicle G2, & to my understanding TLG was trying to avoid going back to the "pick any arbitrary number for a set" that they had for a while... Quote ~ Sophistry: A way to be antidisuncorrect. ~ In a decade you might convince maybe a small tribe of people. In a decade you might also conquer one million km2 of land, & in over a thousand years you might have over a billion followers. I like building things. Please don't break the big ones. & evidential philosophies that dare to extrapolate beyond an individual's direct experience aren't easily built. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
UnderscoreChronix Posted February 16, 2015 Share Posted February 16, 2015 It's an obvious fake that's been around for a very long time now. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Xabla Posted February 17, 2015 Share Posted February 17, 2015 Yeah, I fell for this but then I saw the other "sets" to be released with this. https://33.media.tumblr.com/ca56bfeef679fbc743de0b56bd4fbef2/tumblr_n937ilUF8D1schn9vo1_500.png http://i.ytimg.com/vi/CQS73wtzM1w/hqdefault.jpg http://media.tumblr.com/01a506b6d4f3666f777276df1812c8cc/tumblr_n8nezvox6W1rkpnbdo1_250.png http://i.imgur.com/Rc5y576.jpg http://media.tumblr.com/7043f942deb6a4b477802a3ef582c6df/tumblr_n90qgoTnba1tcpi0oo1_400.jpg Last one's got to be real right? Wonder who made these. Quote cringe Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Anapouri Posted February 17, 2015 Share Posted February 17, 2015 That first link is a NeoShifter, haha.http://ecx.images-amazon.com/images/I/51zDSXprgCL.jpg Quote Self Moc: Critques are welcome!MOC: Okotian Chrome-Back (rahi)MOC: Okoto Cave-Crawler Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Prowl Nightwolf Posted February 17, 2015 Share Posted February 17, 2015 What is that a Bionicle knockoff from Mega Bloks? 1 Quote "A stranger will always be a stranger unless you give them a chance." || <- My Pokémon | BZPRPG Characters: Po-Matoran Doseki & Nui-Jaga Scorpio; Ga-Matoran Orca Matoran und Panzer: Doseki & Glitch | Marvel RP PC | Mata Nui Monopoly: Come... Own a piece of the legend! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Anapouri Posted February 17, 2015 Share Posted February 17, 2015 Pretty much. I bought one of them to see what they were like when they first released them. Basically, they're these mech suits powered by a little tiny guy that rolls up into a ball. They're really poorly made and the joints tend to break or not work correctly (too tight or too loose). Also the little guys broke easily as well. They were held together by these little ball joints on a thin peg molded into their body parts and those could snap and break off, making it impossible to reattach their arms, legs, or heads. But yeah. Quote Self Moc: Critques are welcome!MOC: Okotian Chrome-Back (rahi)MOC: Okoto Cave-Crawler Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Iblis Posted February 17, 2015 Share Posted February 17, 2015 Pretty much. I bought one of them to see what they were like when they first released them. Basically, they're these mech suits powered by a little tiny guy that rolls up into a ball. They're really poorly made and the joints tend to break or not work correctly (too tight or too loose). Also the little guys broke easily as well. They were held together by these little ball joints on a thin peg molded into their body parts and those could snap and break off, making it impossible to reattach their arms, legs, or heads. But yeah. Would you believe that I've seen people on these fora refer to Mega Blocks as a respectable brand?So who knows maybe a set as bad as the picture in the OP might just appear, only released by Mega Blocks. 1 Quote ~ Sophistry: A way to be antidisuncorrect. ~ In a decade you might convince maybe a small tribe of people. In a decade you might also conquer one million km2 of land, & in over a thousand years you might have over a billion followers. I like building things. Please don't break the big ones. & evidential philosophies that dare to extrapolate beyond an individual's direct experience aren't easily built. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Anapouri Posted February 17, 2015 Share Posted February 17, 2015 I'm just hoping that, whatever is the new Makuta whenever they get to that, that it looks good and has interesting functionality. 1 Quote Self Moc: Critques are welcome!MOC: Okotian Chrome-Back (rahi)MOC: Okoto Cave-Crawler Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lyichir Posted February 17, 2015 Share Posted February 17, 2015 Pretty much. I bought one of them to see what they were like when they first released them. Basically, they're these mech suits powered by a little tiny guy that rolls up into a ball. They're really poorly made and the joints tend to break or not work correctly (too tight or too loose). Also the little guys broke easily as well. They were held together by these little ball joints on a thin peg molded into their body parts and those could snap and break off, making it impossible to reattach their arms, legs, or heads. But yeah. Would you believe that I've seen people on these fora refer to Mega Blocks as a respectable brand? So who knows maybe a set as bad as the picture in the OP might just appear, only released by Mega Blocks. Compared to pretty much all other clone brands/bootlegs? I'd consider Mega Bloks respectable. After all, they've long since "grown out of" shamelessly copying Lego's own designs, so while their overall quality is still awful, their part and set designs are at least original instead of stolen outright. 1 Quote Formerly Lyichir: Rachira of Influence Aanchir's and Meiko's brother Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Iblis Posted February 17, 2015 Share Posted February 17, 2015 Compared to pretty much all other clone brands/bootlegs? I'd consider Mega Bloks respectable. After all, they've long since "grown out of" shamelessly copying Lego's own designs, so while their overall quality is still awful, their part and set designs are at least original instead of stolen outright. I won't deny they're getting better, but frankly compared to say "legitimate" brands, they're still pretty bad.I think respectable indicates something that has more merits than what is essentially honesty. So yes I was probably being too harsh on the second line (of that quote), but the "kinda okay" of the "meh" isn't what i'd call "good"...If they made pieces that last, or had more pieces than an equivalent-priced LEGO product, I could understand the term respectable being tied to them. But at least in Australia, they aren't that much cheaper than LEGO sets, and well, the quality of plastic isn't even close; I've seen a fair few Mega Blocks been broken within a month, even some of the dodgiest Bionicle sets seemed to last much longer! They might portray the illusion of being a cheaper (but still good) product, and that's probably got more merit to it in other places, but really don't think they're a respectable brand. Not "the work of all that is evil" etc, but still not ...above average - unless of course you count bootlegs in your averaging process. Which is somewhat kind of like saying that your boat is overpriced because people manage to travel 1400km in one trip, never-minding the amount of people that have drowned between say, Indonesia & Christmas Island (which is a completely different topic!).It's really not the baseline you want to set for building a boat. And Bootlegs really shouldn't be the standard for legitimate brands, so yeah, I really don't see how Mega Blocks is above average... 1 Quote ~ Sophistry: A way to be antidisuncorrect. ~ In a decade you might convince maybe a small tribe of people. In a decade you might also conquer one million km2 of land, & in over a thousand years you might have over a billion followers. I like building things. Please don't break the big ones. & evidential philosophies that dare to extrapolate beyond an individual's direct experience aren't easily built. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MitriX75 Posted February 17, 2015 Share Posted February 17, 2015 Compared to pretty much all other clone brands/bootlegs? I'd consider Mega Bloks respectable. After all, they've long since "grown out of" shamelessly copying Lego's own designs, so while their overall quality is still awful, their part and set designs are at least original instead of stolen outright. I won't deny they're getting better, but frankly compared to say "legitimate" brands, they're still pretty bad.I think respectable indicates something that has more merits than what is essentially honesty. So yes I was probably being too harsh on the second line (of that quote), but the "kinda okay" of the "meh" isn't what i'd call "good"...If they made pieces that last, or had more pieces than an equivalent-priced LEGO product, I could understand the term respectable being tied to them. But at least in Australia, they aren't that much cheaper than LEGO sets, and well, the quality of plastic isn't even close; I've seen a fair few Mega Blocks been broken within a month, even some of the dodgiest Bionicle sets seemed to last much longer! They might portray the illusion of being a cheaper (but still good) product, and that's probably got more merit to it in other places, but really don't think they're a respectable brand. Not "the work of all that is evil" etc, but still not ...above average - unless of course you count bootlegs in your averaging process. Which is somewhat kind of like saying that your boat is overpriced because people manage to travel 1400km in one trip, never-minding the amount of people that have drowned between say, Indonesia & Christmas Island (which is a completely different topic!).It's really not the baseline you want to set for building a boat. And Bootlegs really shouldn't be the standard for legitimate brands, so yeah, I really don't see how Mega Blocks is above average... I'll just leave this here.... 1 Quote "It's got a great defense mechanism... you don't dare kill it..." Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Prowl Nightwolf Posted February 17, 2015 Share Posted February 17, 2015 yeah, I have the arctic warthog myself. As cool as this is, let's keep in mind this topic is suppose to be about 2015 Makuta, Not Halo or how good Mega Bloxs are good at making their sets... Quote "A stranger will always be a stranger unless you give them a chance." || <- My Pokémon | BZPRPG Characters: Po-Matoran Doseki & Nui-Jaga Scorpio; Ga-Matoran Orca Matoran und Panzer: Doseki & Glitch | Marvel RP PC | Mata Nui Monopoly: Come... Own a piece of the legend! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MitriX75 Posted February 17, 2015 Share Posted February 17, 2015 There really isn't much more to discuss about 2015 Makuta, right? While I agree we've strayed from the topic, hasn't this image pretty much been declared fake? And by some weird miracle this was in fact a real image, wouldn't it be considered leaked content and therefore against the rules? Quote "It's got a great defense mechanism... you don't dare kill it..." Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Alucia Posted February 17, 2015 Share Posted February 17, 2015 Yeah that is a fake no doubt (as everyone has already said so far) It would be very nice to see but I highly doubt we will be seeing one this year.In protector form maybe but probebly not a full "titan" set at least not yet anyway. Quote Back from the darkness (will update soon) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
UngluedBike Posted February 19, 2015 Share Posted February 19, 2015 Pretty much. I bought one of them to see what they were like when they first released them. Basically, they're these mech suits powered by a little tiny guy that rolls up into a ball. They're really poorly made and the joints tend to break or not work correctly (too tight or too loose). Also the little guys broke easily as well. They were held together by these little ball joints on a thin peg molded into their body parts and those could snap and break off, making it impossible to reattach their arms, legs, or heads. But yeah. You couldn't ever get them to roll up properly. Quote Also, if you're a resident of the UK and like Bionicle, go ahead and join us at this awesome Facebook group: https://www.facebook.com/groups/BFUK7/ Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Xabla Posted February 19, 2015 Share Posted February 19, 2015 On my post, just look at the last picture. Why would that be in the same wave as Makuta? Look at the others. There not even part of the storyline. C'mon. This is fake, no doubt. Case closed. Quote cringe Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Saint-14 Posted February 19, 2015 Share Posted February 19, 2015 It's about as real as Voriki. Who, I can sure you, is very real. My favourite Toa, to be quite honest 1 Quote BZPRPG: Akamu, Toa of Ice Talk to me about Destiny! Ask me about stuttering and speech impediments!//Feel free to talk about Dungeons and Dragons with me! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Xabla Posted February 19, 2015 Share Posted February 19, 2015 It's about as real as Voriki. Who, I can sure you, is very real. My favourite Toa, to be quite honest Oh yeah… Did you know we have a leaked pic of him in 2016? 1 Quote cringe Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tahu3.0 Posted February 24, 2015 Share Posted February 24, 2015 The set looks cool but its defenetly fake especially that it wares the original Makuta mask. Quote I'm just a simple man, trying to make my way in the Matoran Universe Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Fry Posted February 25, 2015 Share Posted February 25, 2015 The same guy made a DooHeads photoshop. He revealed that it and the rest of his pictures were fake. Quote Visit my Bionicle 2001 site recreation! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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