http://bionicle.lego.com/en-us//movies/BIONICLE_retrospective_4min.aspx This is close. Anyways, the underwater set get the red one. Green is okay. He's short. Blue got a nice feel to it. All the rest I didn't buy; ugly or uninteresting. Underwater baddies...I got green, blue, and yellow. White, red, and black were sort of interesting but I didn't really want them. I didn't buy any of the Titans, but I missed out on the four-armed one. Although, there was an Toa exclusive for wal-mart. Another water toa with a water bike thing. It looks great, but $20. Also, I read somewhere that some shipments didn't come with a certain piece. They stop then released some a while back, but there was still some reports of the missing piece. Edit: Here we go http://shop.lego.com/ByTheme/Product.aspx?p=8939&cn=433&d=351#reviews *is sad* Lego set barely stay on shelf for a year. I missed out on some great stuff.
Dark Mirror is one of the online serial stories for 2008, it involves Takanuva going into a sort of "pocket universe" where Toa have gone evil and now rule the universe as the "Toa Empire". The only "good guys" left to stand in their way are the (omfg yes...) heroic forces of the Dark Hunters and Brotherhood of Makuta. Effed up much? Those little demon starfish things that come with the new Makuta are shadow leeches, mutated Kraata designed to suck whatever element a being has in them and replace that power with shadow. We've already seen how it can suck the energies out of Matoran (ala the new Shadow Matoran), and in Dark Mirror Takanuva ran into one and almost died. B/c of all the light it sapped from him he now controls light with one hand and shadow with the other. Yes, Matoro did die, and it was one of the best written moments in the entire history of the lore. A fitting end for a true hero. Lego's trying something different this year canister wise, releasing three villains with three heroes instead of just grouping them together separately. The Makuta are the same price as the Toa (with the exception of Mutran and Vican @ Walmart and Icarax @ TRU). Phantoka is just a collective term for the six of them that means "air spirit" or w/e. As for new Takanuva- Might just be me, but does anybody else see a striking resemblance to the Makuta of Metru Nui from 2003? DN
Looks cool but I don't think I can use him for my comics. Edit: I think I can use him for my comics. And I read Dino's post more clearly. My bad.
Takunavu's pretty sweet, and the Vahki's (sp?) are awesome. I like how they can stand on either 2 or 4 legs My fav has to be Nidhiki (sp?) The 4 legged dude that looks like a breed from the queen Alien If you don't have any of the dvd's yet, they're not bad, and there's a few Bionicle video games out in the used bin you can get for cheap. I dived in pretty hard there for about a month or so.
I used to collect these things...then they came out with six more, and then more and more and more... I do have the big dude with the "pet" on the chain...I like that one.....and the latest ones they just released look interesting....I might pick up one or two of them...
just to be a geek, that was from 03, but it was still the original line back then, not metru. Usually I would get 3 out of every six, but I stopped come the barrakki, I only got mantax and caracpar, and stopped altogether by the time the mahri came out. also, Split Lip, some of the titans are pure win. Especially Axxon.
Well I guess I get my geek moment then too Seeing as how Makuta have been confirmed as a species, its no longer viable to just call any one of them Makuta, it gets to confusing. So now they're either identified by their home town (i.e. Makuta of Metru Nui or the Makuta of Zakaz), or they're name (Chirox, Icarax, Vamprah, etc.). So the Makuta from 2003 IS the Makuta of Metru Nui, he just moved on up to Mata Nui once his little pact with Vakama was nullified, (something about giving the newly amnesia'd Matoran and their Turaga elders several years of peace before he would be allowed to attack them again). DN
Pardon my french, but: That is too fucking awesome. I like the idea of a reverse universe of sorts. Do you have a link to this online story/comic featuring this former-one-hit wonder? Or is it not out yet? I'm going to get Nuparu and Hewkii, later. I have made it a personal goal to get one of each Toa from each group, even all six if I can. BIONICLE just got so much cooler.
I love the new Takanuva, as well. He looks fantastic! Pictures of the three other Toa Nuva have been released as well. If you'd like me to post them, I'd be glad to.
1) Are they out yet? 2) How much? 3) What about the rest of the Toa? No Tahu, Gaili, or Onewa? (I can spell the old releases but not the new ones )
Here's a toa nuva page with pics, with some story stuff http://www.toymania.com/features/toanuva.shtml
Thanks! They all look great. Except my (of course) favourite: Tahu. His mask... it looks too happy. Too slim and tall. The angry/squat/rounded head is what gave him all that character. From what I can see, the others have all retained their character (even Kopaka with his Nuju mask) but Tahu just looks like generic red toa to me. Oh well. Maybe I'll find him a new mask. Or maybe they'll change it. (it is a proto pic)
