What Sets Did You Regret Getting?

[FrozenFlash]

We all know that some sets are cool but you'll probably regret getting it. It could be any set from any theme. For me, it's probably Mahri Hahli. Those lime green pieces break so easily . Also, I'm not sure where this goes. Lego Sets or here?

[Takanuinuva]

I don't think any lego set is worth regretting getting. Though I kinda wish I hadn't bought extras of the Mistika and Phantoka. Cause I had gotten a couple of them for for free from my cousin who was getting rid of them. Though you can't exactly predict that stuff.

[Mare Tranquillitatis]

As Takanuinuva said, none of the LEGO sets should be ever made object of regret, but it can happen. For me, it happened when I bought Kongu Mahri instead of Hewkii Mahri. Hewkii was better IMO and had better parts to MOC with, but the store apparently ran out of him. :/ Same for Nuparu Inika instead of, again, Kongu. I really wanted that crossbow!

[Sumiki]

All sets are useful, since I consider sets more for parts than anything else.I do remember accidentally getting a second Kaxium instead of the Cendox, but I was able to use its parts to convert it into an alternate model. That's the closest I've ever gotten to "regretting" getting a set.

[CeeCee]

None. I love all my Bionicles and would be very annoyed if one of them got lost.

[LewaLew]

Kongu Mahri, though it was more because I later found myself wantin Jaller more.

[Black Six]

Moving to to LEGO Sets...

[Dralcax]

Vultraz.

[Logan Tec]

hmm its hard to say a second toa Vakama instead of Whenua sure i thought he was cool at the time and forgot i had on all ready but the only way for me to make Whenua is with my parts form other sets still wish i got him to :l but on the other end i just use my Bionicles for parts i keep them around for a day or to then BAM into the parts bin ya go i all ways wonder about recreating all my sets some day well i'm geting off topic a bit so i'm going to end this post

[Axilus Prime]

Gorast. Got her by a mis-shipped Takanuva '08, and they wouldn't give me a refund. So I got stuck with what is, by far, the worst canister set of 2008.

[Makuta_of_Oz]

Jimi Stringer. I only got it for the helmet. I later ended up getting Black Phantom for his helmet and his weapons, making Stringer pointless.

[Based Goomy]

Fangz. I thought he was just awful.

[Aanchir]

There's no sets I absolutely regret getting (any pieces can be useful), but there are ones I regret getting when I did, or ones I regret getting when I could have gotten something else. One that stands out (since I was recently discussing this in the comments of someone's blog) is the Manas. It was not one of the most interesting Rahi by any means. The remote controls were a neat gimmick for the ever-present battle function, but the unwieldy movement of the Manas made battles sluggish rather than energetic. Also, the RC motor/battery box brick wasn't useful for much else. If I had an opportunity to play with all the Rahi back before I bought them, I would have gotten the Tarakava or Muaka and Kane-Ra instead. I never ended up getting a pair of Tarakava, and it was years before I bought Muaka and Kane-Ra from a Brickfair (or was it Brickfest?) vendor. Both of those sets have brilliant, dynamic, and fun-to-use functions that put the Manas's simultaneous punching-and-driving and the little gear that flips down to disable them to shame.Other sets I regret getting? Hmmm... I have trouble thinking of specific examples. I suppose I regret getting Makuta and Takanuva instead of getting Takutanuva (who came with a promotional mask). And I regret getting the Alien Avenger when I could have gotten the Interstellar Starfighter (the UFO theme in general is one I regret some of my investments in, since so few of its parts are easy to apply elsewhere-- the Interstellar Starfighter's fiber-optics stand out as an exception). But overall there are few sets that I would consider a bad investment unless there was a better set to invest my money (or, in the case of the Alien Avenger, Christmas wish two years running) in at the same time.

[Rama~Swarm]

In retrospect, aside from BZPower, I regret Bionicle. During my time building with just Bionicle I lost all skill I had with System lego and now I feel like I have to relearn everything.

[Paleo]

None. All the sets I've ever gotten (and the ones I haven't) have some really useful pieces, so even duplicates are appreciated.Wait. Scratch that. Every set is useful EXCEPT for Metru Nui Matoran.

Edited October 1, 2012 by Paleo

[Rausaro]

I personally regret getting some of the Voya Matoran. They had little functionality or use, compared to previous matoran forms.

[T.B.O.C]

I've never regretted buying any BIONICLE set, though some are worse than others. Lego sets... none that I can remember. I only buy sets I want, usually.

[Great Being Velika]

Mistika Tahu. I never really liked the dark-red-on-silver color scheme, or how they changed his Kanohi Hau, or how there were no mask packs to get all of their Kanohi.

[Creep Of The Deep]

The Karzahni set and Nuparu Inika. I saw both Matoro and Nuparu on the store, and I was going to pick Nuparu but I changed him for Matoro. I went there the next week and Nuparu was gone.

[Meiko]

Almost every Bionicle set. They were great while the line existed, but as a HF MOCist, I can never find good ways to incorporate the majority of Bionicle parts into my HF MOCs.

[Kumata]

I didn't regret buying it, but I regret selling Evo 2.0 - I bought him again about a year later.

[Sir Kohran]

The Kal. Completely useless and subsequently the first 'six team' I didn't buy in full.

[~garnira returns~]

Pretty much any standard (boring) HF hero (not the villians). especially the 2.0, 3.0, and some of the breakout editions. I regret all of the 2.0, (I bought all of them), 3.0 and smaller breakout because they would have 2-3 "good" parts, and the rest would repetative, and in some cases, useless. Joints and chest parts are too big for a matoran, and too small for a toa/medium sized character. Don't get me wrong, the parts are useful, but I have enough rahi, titans, and other characters that can use the parts for more "abstract" mocing, and I need more standard inhabitants for my "island".http://hf.biosector01.com/hf/images/5/55/2067_Evo_2.0.jpghttp://hf.biosector01.com/hf/images/e/ec/6217_Surge_Pose.jpg <--------- for clarification, its this build, that I regret buying so much of.http://hf.biosector01.com/hf/images/d/d4/2144_Nex_3.0.jpg

[Aanchir]

Pretty much any standard (boring) HF hero (not the villians). especially the 2.0, 3.0, and some of the breakout editions. I regret all of the 2.0, (I bought all of them), 3.0 and smaller breakout because they would have 2-3 "good" parts, and the rest would repetative, and in some cases, useless. Joints and chest parts are too big for a matoran, and too small for a toa/medium sized character. Don't get me wrong, the parts are useful, but I have enough rahi, titans, and other characters that can use the parts for more "abstract" mocing, and I need more standard inhabitants for my "island".http://hf.biosector0...067_Evo_2.0.jpghttp://hf.biosector0..._Surge_Pose.jpg <--------- for clarification, its this build, that I regret buying so much of.http://hf.biosector0...144_Nex_3.0.jpg

I don't understand about "too small for a toa/medium sized character" because those HF sets you linked to are all about the same size and proportions as the Toa Mata. Would you have regretted buying the Toa Mata the same way?Granted, I understand that you probably bought the BIONICLE sets for more than just MOCing parts, and so it's not as big a deal for you if you don't use them It's nobody's place to tell you why you should or shouldn't buy a set, but I thought I might throw that in. Edited October 13, 2012 by Aanchir: Rachira of Time

[~garnira returns~]

@ Aanchir"Granted, I understand that you probably bought the BIONICLE sets for more than just MOCing parts, and so it's not as big a deal for you if you don't use them It's nobody's place to tell you why you should or shouldn't buy a set, but I thought I might throw that in." I'm not sure I follow. I am not telling anyone to not buy a set, neither have I been told not to buy a set. I confess, I probably should of added why I'm concerned with the porportions: because I am working on a potential stop motion series, and Characters of the same spieces should be roughly the same size, or it will look off. I am trying to use the same general poportions that the 2008/2009 characters used, if that clears anything up. Oh, and I forgot to mention that the series (if it comes to be) will have mocs for most of the characters, and I need more matoran, and that means more matoran limbs, which are not quite as readily available as they once were. No hard feelings. I admit my previous comment was pretty vague.

Edited October 13, 2012 by ~garnira returns~

[Archer Vonn]

All of them that way I didn't get so emotional when it ended

[Aanchir]

@ Aanchir"Granted, I understand that you probably bought the BIONICLE sets for more than just MOCing parts, and so it's not as big a deal for you if you don't use them It's nobody's place to tell you why you should or shouldn't buy a set, but I thought I might throw that in." I'm not sure I follow. I am not telling anyone to not buy a set, neither have I been told not to buy a set. I confess, I probably should of added why I'm concerned with the porportions: because I am working on a potential stop motion series, and Characters of the same spieces should be roughly the same size, or it will look off. I am trying to use the same general poportions that the 2008/2009 characters used, if that clears anything up. Oh, and I forgot to mention that the series (if it comes to be) will have mocs for most of the characters, and I need more matoran, and that means more matoran limbs, which are not quite as readily available as they once were. No hard feelings. I admit my previous comment was pretty vague.

I wasn't trying to say you had done anything wrong; that part of my post was just to make it clear that I wasn't trying to make you feel ashamed of not enjoying Hero Factory as much as BIONICLE even though some aspects of them are similar. Everyone is perfectly entitled to their preferences. Apologies for not making that clear; I certainly didn't want it to seem like I was accusing you of anything.If you are aiming for 2008-2009 proportions then that totally explains why you'd have difficulty using many Hero Factory elements. Personally, while I used to like using 2008-2009 proportions and elements (the Inika build's proportions offer a lot of creative freedom), I've grown fonder of the more realistic proportions of many Hero Factory sets, and the parts being more intercompatible with one another means I don't have to have such a huge collection with me at college to build creatively.In the future, if you want to acquire certain Hero Factory elements without buying full sets, Pick-A-Brick tends to offer a decent selection of parts, and of course Bricklink tends to have pretty good prices though it can sometimes be difficult to get all the parts you want from the same seller.

[Nuparu1995]

Thank goodness I've never sold any of mine!

[Kakaru]

Brutaka, because I should have bought two of him instead of one when I had the chance.But in all honesty, I rather regret getting the red visorak because the white one was so much better.

[The 1st Shadow]

As far as I know, I've never regretted buying a set. Except for Nuju Hordika and Kualus. But that was only for a couple weeks, and I'm okay with them now. (Well, Nuju, anyways... Still not sure about most of the Rahaga)

[BioSlayer]

mcdonalds barraki(If it counts).

[Velox]

Ehh...my answer to this is both all of them and none of them. I loved them when I bought them, and I still like them now -- I don't regret the happiness that I had when I bought them. However, I some-what wish that I had never bought any in the first place, because I would have so much more money to buy books and other things that I care more about now. And because if I had never bought them, then I couldn't miss them either. But, so, all in all I don't regret buying them. Maybe there are a couple I wish I hadn't bought, but I can't think of any and don't really care to go look through my collection that's now in a box in the garage.

[that guy from that show]

I suppose Axonn. It's not that he's a bad set, on the contrary he is awesome. The fact is that I bought him with a $35 dollar ebay gift card when I could have used it to get some cool vintage space sets.

[Taipu1]

Ehlek. Pretty much every joint on him broke, I couldn't have foreseen that, but I may just as well have bought the head and spines, and nothing else. And I never use those...

[Hiccup_62]

none of them really though i wish i got into it in 2003

[27sean]

Regret... hmmm... probably the Atlantic sets that came out a few years ago. I spent way too much money on them, and I would have much rather used it on something else if I could.

[christo1096]

Ehlek. Pretty much every joint on him broke, I couldn't have foreseen that, but I may just as well have bought the head and spines, and nothing else. And I never use those...

agreed, Ehlek and Hahli Mahri

[Obsessionist]

Pretty much the only sets I regret getting are ones that went on sale shortly after buying them.

[th!nk]

Gorast, definitely. I bought it for the wings, which I must say are quite nice (currently being used on a slightly modified Krika), but aside from that it really is quite dull... I don't have many uses for lime parts, and the silver claws are rather annoying to use in an aesthetically pleasing manner due to their design... Between that and the relatively few parts I probably should've passed it up. Oh well.Other than that I don't think there are any I regret, most of the sets I haven't liked as sets (many of the inika, for example, mainly due to the ugly rubber heads (which I also disliked the design of as a whole)) have still come with useful parts for MOCing or whatever (most inika parts bar the heads, for example), and as a kid I generally kept to getting what I thought was really cool because I had to make the most of any opportunity for a new bionicle.Oh, the Red visorak was also pretty lame, I could've bought one with more useful pincers for MOCing (though I had the black and white ones). I don't even use the feet, as I already have four from my two Axonn's (neither of which are using them).

Edited November 13, 2012 by th!nk

[Unauthorized Autobiography]

Takadox, Vastus, Nokama, Hahli...Half of my Bionicle sets. And Meltdown too.