My Patreon / nickanderson This took FOREVER to edit. I made this to be THE definitive, ultimate review of the 2015 winter wave Toa. Share with anyone you think might like it, please. Thanks for watching.
A line with so much potential, that never met it due to poor marketing, 35 incredible sets with more personality than any constraction theme before, pushing ccbs to its limits, happy 5th, Bionicle generation 2
I had the green Rahkshi as a kid because I just saw a commercial one day and thought it looked cool, but outside of that I have no working knowledge of Bionicle (or Lego or toys in general). Yet not only did you keep me transfixed throughout the full length of this video, but now you've got me planning on getting a Lego-loving younger cousin of mine Gali this Christmas. My friend, you have a gift.
I have a friend who can't stand the "Hero Factory system". I'll direct him here as well. I've been trying to convince him otherwise for a while, so I thank you for this review.
I was planning to do so. His other problem is the story. I've stated that it is a reboot, thus allowing the individual to accept one or both, however one feels about it.
That American Narrator What I find interesting about the story is how it feels like it's a story being retold. Sure, it's not as epic and amazing and detailed as others may wish it to be, but this way it feels like a legend, a tale to easily be told and shared with others.
I was shocked walking in a store and seeing Bionicle return. I LOVED Bionicle through my high school years (Onua was the first one I got) and I was sad that it seemed to sort of fade. When it came back, i wasn't thrilled about the character designs...that is, until I saw this video. Now the high schooler in me wants to start collecting them again. Thank you for your insight and for reaffirming why i loved this series :)
I really want the set designers to see this. It'll give them huge boost in confidence from all the negativity that they are recieving for the summer wave. Great job, Nick!
Trimondius is a dick with sub-par mocs whose only talent is his ability to flame-hate anything that wasn't a part of his childhood. In his mind, If it wasn't around in his days as a 10 year old boy with high functioning autism, it isn't a quality set. Honestly these 2015 Toa are so much better than any of the Toa from Gen 1.
Funny thing is, I was a ten year old boy with high functioning autism at the time the original line was released, too. So that doesn't really play into this, much. It's something else.
That AFOL speech was beautiful. :) As for the Toa, I adore these sets, mostly because they feel like an evolution of Hero Factory, by having more detail and personality to the figures, with Kopaka being my favorite. If we get sets as good if not better than these in the future, Bionicle's future will be brighter than ever. :)
I’m still watching Nick’s videos even years later, in this case 6 years. I will always love Bionicle, and with Bionicle Day coming tomorrow, 8/10 (810nicle), now is a great time to reminisce. Thanks for all these different videos you made, Nick. Not just Bionicle but all of your Lego videos are excellent. As much as I love Lego Star Wars and Star Wars in general, Bionicle will always be my favorite Lego line. Excuse the nostalgia for a moment, but I have such fond, lovely memories thanks to Bionicle that may never be replicated. I will always be grateful for that magic that Bionicle brought into my life.
I think Nokama's mask looks more feminine than the original Gali mask solely because it's so rounded. The lack of really definitive and sudden edges gives it a softer and warmer feeling than the others. It's still a mask, but there can be non-misogynistic ways to make her mask look more feminine. Her body looks way more feminine than any past toa though.
Gosh, it was like listening to myself! I agree with every single word (boy, even with your points about Toa Metru: those have been my favourites for many reasons like the story and the balance between gears and poseability). To me the new Bionicles are the best thing Lego could have ever done and, as a true fan, I'm proud of the end result. I haven't built anything like Onua since 2009 and no design had ever amazed me until I built Gali but, above all, it's been awhile since I built characters, not action figures, not "toys", but actual characters and that's what makes Bionicle different from any other thing! I could feel all their powers, all their personalities while building them and I have the same feels everytime I pick up one of them. Perfect review/overview, I'm happy to see there's someone like you out there (sorry if I wrote something wrong, but I'm a 17 Italian student, so I'm still practising my English).
Bro you just made me see bionicle in a whole new way and the best I have seen since 2003 man thank you for making that video I have the pros of ice stone and earth I made a pro of light and a meter of light and I have lewa tahu and kopaka
NickonAquaMagna Yup. Sucks to be that guy. This is extremely well thought out- I enjoyed it immensely, and hopefully I'll get around to getting these, although by the looks of things it won't be soon.
You've perfectly summed up my rather disparate feelings on the new Bionicle. These new sets just have so much more flavor than the classic sets, while having a much more unified aesthetic. It's rather amazing what Lego accomplished with the new line.
Looking back at this video, Lewa's 2015 design reminds me quite allot of Fallout 4's Power Armors. As you basically said, the way the chest of the armor and his mask look, it makes it feel like he's a more slim dude controlling a larger, bulkier tank-like exosuit of a body.
You summed up pretty much everything I've ever tried to preach and more all in one video. This great service to the community deserves a trophy or something.
Lenaka Studios, thanks. I don't mind Jang, though. He's just trying to keep his videos clean and inoffensive so more people will be comfortable watching them. You do see his actual feelings and opinions leak through sometimes, but I guess he's learned to keep a lid on it for the most part. BTW, you might want to enable replies while you're at it.
Could you make a toa mahri Review ?,i mean you're not forced to,but there are some great things about that year that really grab my attention,for exemple hahli "wings",napuru's mask wich makes him look like a scuba diver, matoro's head hunched down showing a bit of his introverted personality(well for me at least) And since the atmosphere from these year Was underwater i think you should make a vídeo showing off you're personal thoughs
It's amazing how most of this rings true even to this day. I've rebuilt G2 entirely over the past year or so, and I'm still impressed by what CCBS can offer, and how Technic these figures can be without resembling a standard Technic set - and I've owned these since 2015! Even other lines with figures like Chewbacca opened my eyes to complexity in a normally standard release, to get specific shapes and details of figures distinguishable from each other. And I enjoyed the gearbox so much, I bought a second copy of Ekimu & Skull Grinder, parted it out, and built one of my best Bionicle MOCs to date with that frame in mind, with a figure who can hold his pose for the most part. Thank you for this thorough review, even down to the chest plate patterns.
Nick, you have made some of the most detailed and understandable points on both pro's and con's of the toa sets as not only toy sets, but also as characters, and that makes this review mean more to listen to, than the other reviews I've seen on youtube. Before I've seen this video, my younger brother and I went to Target to buy some of the new sets, and came home with Tahu, Kopaka, the protecters of fire, ice stone, and earth. So far we've enjoyed what they had to offer.
It’s unbelievable that people say these look too simple, in my case it’s to complex, there’s just so much to look at, but great nonetheless, Good review
Ahh bionicle they realy did represent the original disign i still have all my old first series bionicles and i will never get rid of them there so near and dear to my heart
Great video! I was already fine with CCBS since I did find some of the Hero Factory villain sets rather cool looking, but you really explained why this system really works, especially with the new Bionicle sets. I admit that it took a LONG while for these new designs to grow on me, but I only have Tahu so far and I love him. He's the perfect blend of nostalgic throwback and modern engineering that made me happier with a LEGO set than I have in years. Probably with the 2007 Bionicle Titans before the plastic quality went downhill. (I'm real careful with my Glatorian Mata Nui, though his arms didn't last) I never had any of my old Mata, Nuva, or Metru Toas survive my childhood intact or with all the parts needed to rebuild them. At best, I could make a patchwork Inika. I loved those sets growing up, but now I see their problems and respect the updates this new Character and Creature Building System provides these new Toa with. I'm very interested in what they're going to do with this in the future.
You made a point that made me realize something about G2 of bionicle, I did not enjoy the new story as much as the new character design, but that's just it the new story was made for the new generation, with this perspective in mind I understand now what Lego was trying to do.
I came to your channel from a shoutout from Mandr in 2018. I now cherish my 2015 Bionicle sets and wish i could get more sets from the early 2000s. Easily the best videos covering Bionicle g2
I always imagined lewas mask was made of shutters and he’d press a button on the side of his head to raise them up. And wow the toa of air were never my favourite despite me growing from the beginning of hero factory, but when these come out he was the only one I could afford at the time and looking back he really meant a lot to me because I liked to imagine all the functions of his design.
This is probably one of my favorite videos on RU-vid. Your explanation of the reasons for CCBS' style and... well, building system, was really good and interesting. Thank you for this video.
I’m very late here, but I’ve been watching your videos as of late, and I have to throw my hat in. On the note of “Hero Factory parts,” I have to say I never got angry about that. Even when Bionicle was first on shelves, I just saw them as LEGO pieces, and with all the sets I’ve gotten from Bionicle and other lines I got into thanks to Bionicle, I just thought of LEGO pieces as constantly evolving. New ones came, some stayed, some went. I just saw the new pieces for Bionicle G2 as juts new pieces, and I loved how they all looked different, especially Onua. I loved seeing characters that physically distinct as LEGOs.
Y'know i've been looking at Hero Factory for a while when they first introduced the CCBS system and I thought man it would be cool to see Bionicle in this system and I was right c:. My only really concern or criticism is really the masks and the way they were attached. I wish I could use the new masks in the old head for moccing but i'm forced to use the new heads. Aside that the rest in the sets are awesome and definently worth for the pieces. Can't wait to get these soon as well as this year's line ^^ ( :V it also helped that you know how to sell people on details and quality)
You told us you weren't asking for likes or subscriptions, but this video was of such high quality, thought and care, I felt far more obligated to, far more convinced to than all other youtubers who ask it every video. I have to thank you, for how cool this video was. I can't say I completely agree with you on all parts, for example I don't feel CCBS is a perfect system and it leaves a lot of gaps, holes, skeletons and overall a less solid look than Bionicle often had before, but overall you presented your opinions so professionally and openly and that is something I very much appreciate!
Thank you. I make a point of not asking for those things, because I know how annoying it is when someone asks you to sub to them when you may not even know what kind of content they make. It can easily have a reverse psychology effect and make someone LESS likely to sub, because they'll think that person is kind of shady. Apparently, it does work for some people, but I don't need that because I'm comfortable knowing that everyone who subs to me does so of their own accord, because they, well, actually ENJOYED my stuff and are asking to see more of it. That's what it's all about. And as for CCBS... yeah, I don't quite think it's perfect either. I don't think it can ever really be because I feel there's always going to be more that you can do with it. I mean, look at how much they've added to it in the last few years. And now we have gearboxes! Who knows what else they'll whip up in the years to come? And they could always give us new bones an' whatnot that are more compatible with the older pieces we have, down the line. Like I said, who knows? My point what that I feel it's a pretty ideal base to build upon, and not the "problem" some people think it is. Like I said in the video, people used to think G1 Bionicle was a "problem," too.
Pohatu master was my first g2 set. And I loved him. After growing up, I’ve grown to appreciate his character design the most. I enjoy his asymmetrical style. And also because I’m short. And so is he.
Awesome review! But, in HF's defence, they were supposed to be like action figures, with no function and such, except they were BETTER than most action figures, because you could customize them and such. Not to mention how easy it'd be to give them a gearbox. Also, why does your Vakama have orange arm bones?:P
Another great thing about the new CCBS parts is that they are less sharp and more smooth-edged than the old Bionicle parts were. As fun and enjoyable building my very own Bionicle figure was back in the day, I can't deny that it was a fairly physically painful feat trying to assemble and disassemble those sharp pieces with your barehands. I still love those stylish retro Bionicle parts though. They are still very in dear to my heart.
OMIGOD. This is a huge review. But it really tells the true meaning of these toys and absolutely destroys any opposition to these toys. Doode. Great job. Thumbs up.
Just watched your video. I realize it’s almost a decade old at this point, but It hit me with a really REALLY hard memory of my Bionicle dream. I grew up in the Phantoka/Mistika era, and Cryoshell was an important part of my childhood. I’m a working adult now, and I just spent 80 bucks on a sealed new Tahu set on eBay. Thank you for reigniting my passion for Bionicle again, and you’re responsible if I go broke 😂😂😂 Edit: I 100% agree with how versatile these sets are with their MOC-ability. The CCBS parts are awesome for custom stuff, and I’m gonna see if I can get all 6 Toa and make a massive voltron/ megazord monstrosity. The Uniters are a whole different can of worms tho…
Interestingly enough, in other old lines like Vikings, a lot of Bionicle parts made it in the sets such as the ones with the bigger dragons, and I remember most of the time being Nuva legs pieces and parts that weren't as robotic looking. In a way, the sleeker, almost more organic-looking design of those pieces was good enough to enrich other Lego themes outside of Bionicle. Also, I always enjoy coming back to watch this MEGAreview.
I really enjoy this review and I agree with it, I think in many ways this new line improves in areas that older ones lacked (albeit I collected since the Mahri line) so it was refreshing to see that Bionicle is back and better than ever. While its not my favorite line (I have a huge soft spot for Phantoka) I can easily say this is the best quality line I have seen yet.
What I like about the new Kakama is that it's so streamlined. It fits with the original being the mask of speed, so it looks very aerodynamic. The small eye holes look like they're meant to keep coarse desert sand out of his eyes when he run. It also builds the new Po-Wahi, as this suggests it is a barren landscape, with massive sandstorms.
13:23 this is my first time watching this video, and I laughed for a minute about Kopaka having a ski pole. Not that it's a ridiculous idea, more that I feel silly never thinking of that before, very inventive! Up to now I had seen Kopaka's shield alternately used just as snow shoes, which is a little absurd considering how much power he has over ice and snow. Thank you for pointing this out!
One thing I really like about the toys is how Gali's mask kind of resembles how she looked in the Mask of Light movie. As I saw the movie first before I owned any of the toys, those were how they looked in my mind, jarring me when I saw how the toys looked. The fact that they made Gali's mask look like her movie version made 5-year-old me cheer.
Great video! I remember picking up the original Toa Tahu and Toa Kopaka at a garage sale and from that moment, Bionicle has been the most influential toy product line within my younger life. Now that I'm older, I was worried that the new take on Bionicle wouldn't be as fun building when compared to the older versions. Thanks for showing the detail within these toys! It was what I was hoping for. My only big concern is the new story line. I hope it grows into something as edgy as the the multiple different story lines the older Bionicle presented.
Well said, Nick. Well said. Even though I've already got all the Toa and pretty much love all of them for similar reasons to what you mentioned (e.g. colours, weapons, designs), this video makes me appreciate the Toa of Okoto even more. This video greatly points out on what makes these Toa stand out as not just Bionicle or CCBS figures, but as figures on their own right. I also loved hearing your thoughts and response on the AFOLs reactions of 'Bionicle Gen II' being "more of the same" or "too simple" or whatever cheap assumptions they said. Looking back over the last decade, I see Lego's line of constraction sets as an evolution chart and witnessing how far these sets have grown in not just complexity, but in finding the perfect balance of form and function. I feel that 'Bionicle Gen II' might just be the beginning of, if not already, the perfect ground of constraction. I can only wish that the designers at Lego will keep this momentum going to built it further. Great review, Nick. You've certainly entertained me as a Bionicle fan. I'll try my best to share this review with what few Bionicle fans I know. I'll look forward to hearing your views on LoSS and the new 'combiners'.
Also, don't mean to bug you or take some time away from you with this, but are you planning on reviewing the Summer wave of Bionicle sets, or at least share some initial impressions of them in a comment? Thanks.
GeorgeB435 Oh, I'll be making a fourth video about the summer wave for sure. It probably won't be as long as this one, since I'll have already gotten this big statement about CCBS out of my system.
Well said, Nick. Another problem is that the animations that we seen, people are annoyed of how it's kid friendly, I mean c'mon, the animation is meant for the new Bionicle fans and beside, the new Bionicle team are new to this, yet they going to respect the roots of the G1 Bionicle. I think they should grow up from the old Generation and see how Lego work hard of bringing back our beloved series and beside, every toylines, such as Marvel, My Little Pony, Transformers, TMNT, etc are always getting rebooted so it's natural for the marketing. Beside, we all want Bionicle back and Lego did. Beside if Bionicle canceled the second time, then it's going to be our fault for it, so be grateful that we got our beloved series back.
While I love these sets, there are some things about them I don't like. 1. Red pins. I dont mind them being there as long as red is their color scheme, but I find them to be unnecessary when they're shown in sets that dont have red in their color scheme. But I'm okay with it as long as they're completely hidden from the naked eye, otherwise, they're gonna be replaced with black. The only exception, though, are the BIONCILE 2015 summer sets, because I like to think they represent some sort of wired-looking energy that's keeping them "alive." Or maybe it could also represent... no. Don't wanna think about it. 2. The gearbox. Now, I like the gearbox, as it has a lot of Technic connection points, and very customizable, but the problem with them is that LEGO made them a bit too low (high in Lewa's case.) I like to have the tops of the shoulders match the tops of breast armor pieces to make them more accurate to us humans. Yeah, it does require some, if not a lot of MOCing for the sets, but still, it's something. 3. The necks. The only thing about the new heads I don't like is that they're too low, and they don't get a lot of rotation (Onua is the only exception), but snap an extender piece on the neck, and that issue is fixed.
Right on the spot, Nick! I used to not like CCBS, but because the new BIONICLE shows how well it can be used, I'm liking it now! I tell you, Nick, you seem to be one of the only people who really can understand and retell the lore of BIONICLE correctly. I congratulate you for making this video. You captured the new 2015 Toa's essence and importance, and you showed successfully why this new BIONICLE is a major step for LEGO sets. Thank you for being someone to appreciate the new BIONICLE and show how important it is. We need more people like you in the BIONICLE community. You don't judge because of being biased. You look at the good things of the new BIONICLE. Now, the story isn't as good as it could be, but we still are in the first year. I hope it can get better.
Though I do miss the Bionicle pieces of old, these still feel like they were made for Bionicle, despite debuting 5 years before the reboot. Absolutely love the new line, hoping they get more than a frame in the next Lego movie!
I normally don't leave comments no videos, but I felt obliged to stop and say this is one of the first videos of length in YEARS to have me completely engrossed and entertained throughout the full 45 minute duration. I recently bought Tahu, Kopaka and Onua and their respective protectors for the first time since the entire Metru lineup, and I'm not 100% on them, but this video made gears start to turn (pun entirely intended), particularly the points regarding design, so I just wanted to thank you for putting things into perspective for me. All the best :)
Very well put man, just found out about the reboot early this year and couldn't of been happier. I was unaware so many people had an issue with the new bionicles. I think it's great that people like you are trying to keep the community strong and alive. Just picked up Tahu and Kopaka and was not disappointed, will collect the rest and am eagerly awaiting the summer sets. Really want the golden mask of creation hahahhahah
+TheAutobotPower I don't think the old system can really be considered technic. At least not in terms of the Toa themselves When people hear "technic," they don't think of all the hyper-specialized Bionicle/Throwbot parts used as armor or limbs. They think of gears, beams, things moving around, you know, like the Rahi back in 2001. Aside from the titan and vehicle sets, though, Bionicle sorta dropped that in later years. The most "technical" Bionicle's canister sets ever got in their later years could be using a pin to connect Inika thigh armor to a bone piece. Yeah, real riveting. If anything, these guys have a BIGGER emphasis on technic because of everything going on inside them, more than Bionicle G1 did later on.
I usually have a difficult attention to grasp. My brother was surprised that I shared this video with him simply for the sheer length, but you provide a lot of good points for Bionicle. That aside, I have Pohatu myself and couldn't help but mod him. If you don't like his shoulders, try raising them and moving the friction gears to wear the spacer on his right arm is. It makes him look beefier without taking away from his waste-lander look and sort of emphasizes his throwing arm thing.
38:40 I like what you did with Matau and Onewa. The sand green and dark tan pop with their main color. My main problem with the color scheme of the toa metru was that the dark bluish grey muted the color scheme too much for me. I know it works for team cohesion ,but they already have that with their builds. The only one I feel the dark bluish grey works good with is whenua. Too bad they never made any of the metru upper limbs in light bluish grey or sand red. I would love to use them for Nuju and Vakama.
I...am actually very glad you mentioned BrickLink, cause I didn't know about that, and there were just a FEW of the "earth" bionicles I didn't get, and I wanna go back and get them, as well as replace a few broken parts. After that, i'm SOOO running out and getting the new Onua and Gali. I love the new Gali design above all the others probably, and I'm really glad to see Bionicle come back.
Personally I allways though the older parts details helped them look more as robots, the Nuva might be my favorite design cus how you saw the internal parts under the armor, I think if they combined older parts with new armor they would be more appealing.
are people seriously mad that bionicle uses elements from hero factory? personally i LOVE the new level of customization that comes with these new bionicle pieces, the old ones were ridiculously restrictive. each piece had a definitive use for it, and as a kid, i always wondered why they even bothered having me build the bionicle sets in the first place if none of the pieces ever looked like they were made to go on another character. every time i tried to change up the pieces to make something new, it always ended up feeling wrong somehow, like the amalgamation i made was never meant to exist, but with these new sets, i feel like much of those restrictions are gone. the pieces from all the different sets flow nicely with one another and i feel like i can finally make bionicle characters that wouldn't look strange or out of place in their universe.
+Calibar Zero I think the idea is that the CCBS system (that is, the system HF used after the second wave) is too simplistic-looking and generic, as opposed to the highly-detailed look that a lot of Bionicle pieces had.
+boxorak Here's the ironic part: being too detailed doesn't always equal complexity. Just look at the Bayformers. Some people think that they're a jumbled mess of car parts. The overuse of the Inika/ Piraka build was getting redundant. We were getting the same pieces over and over again(ex: Inika/ Piraka armor and legs, Rakshii lower limbs, Toa metru limbs, etc.). But I still love Bionicle's old esthetic, and it seems that LEGO is bringing that back with the new pieces we are getting for 2016. I JUST WANT NEW FEET!!! I'm sick of the 2.0 CCBS/ HF feet!
I have to admit, the Toa Metru look great with your custom colorschemes. The original bluish-gray connectors made the sets seem boring and dull at times.
I see what you're saying with the video, and though I'm not the most fond of the ccbs method due to the look of simplicity, though that's likely because of how I've grown to absolutely love the way Bionicle works and snaps together with such a complex look to the parts making them really feel like true mechanical parts in many ways, and it saddens me that one day Bionicle's former parts will be all gone, no more spares left to buy online and soon the old style might- scratch that, WILL die one day. That said, I would probably grow to like this building system a bit more if limbs didn't look/feel so empty on the side adjacent to the armor you clip on. sure, the issue is relatively easy to fix on torsos, but on limbs it isn't as simple. I think that's my main source of dislike, the fact that Bionicle, in my eyes, always looked and felt more filled out, where as with ccbs it often feels so uncovered with so many things. the system itself is impressive in it's own right, being a quick way to make figures to play with (though not flawless, many of my hero factory limbs have broken from just sitting in a tub unused somehow), I just can't help but feel it isn't filled out and always empty somewhere, primarily the limbs. I don't hate it anymore as much as I had when it was first introduced, at that time I wanted to buy them just to burn them in anger, yes I have some problems, though now I can appreciate the work put into it yet cannot bring myself to love it yet with that flaw in mind.
+ToaKoran But with many of the old figures, you'd have a thigh plate on one side of the leg and the other would be even more exposed, and the shins were completely hollow on the back. I really don't see how this is so much of a downgrade considering these problems were already there.
NickonAquaMagna I'm aware of that, but for some reason it just worked more in my eyes. With Bionicle the figures felt pretty good put together, albeit with their own flaws as well, but if you could not stand the slight hollowness you could fill in the gap easily with pieces, and the backs of their legs oddly enough never bothered me too much since the lets felt alright with just the armor on one side. I can't explain it too well, but it felt like it worked, in my eyes anyway. Yet with ccbs, as good of an idea it is, I wish there was some kind of part to clip on the back that looks like it belongs and fills it in, even if it has ridges cut into it for the flexibility to still remain, I know a part like that would be useful in more than just Bionicle, lots of sets could use it to fill in the limbs better. Currently, the only way I know how to make any of the limbs feel more filled in and look like they are still armored on both sides it to completely replace the ccsb limb pieces and replace it with rods and ball joints along with some small technic parts. Obviously I'm not saying "LEGO needs to do this, they all suck, LEGO sucks, hero factory building parts need better coverup", what LEGO does as a company is obviously for the masses, but at the same time adding some extra part options to clip on, pr just some easy way to fill in the empty limbs would make ccbs feel more complete, and probably result in a lot of cool sets to buy in the future.
Vakama is actually my favourite set too. He wears my favourite mask and has a really cool weapon for a canister set. Followed by Onewa. The toa metru were my favourite team too, which is why I went ahead and bought them all off bricklink.
Totally getting the Pohatu 'Wastelander' vibe. I'm imagining the stone village as being like Spargus now... and if you think about it, that's a lot like Po-Wahi, or at least how I imagined it.
I was over the moon when these sets were announced Being able to experience the original Toa whose initial release I missed was something I never dreamt of Needless to say, I completed the collection
As you were talking about Pohatu and his throwing arm, I thought back on your Nova Orbis story, on how Piras's sword arm suffered an injury and the female ta-matoran(forgot her name, but I know she's a close friend of Calor) made him a special armor for the arm that makes swinging more efficient and less strenuous. I'm amazed at how you can identify character traits that were never explained, by how the set itself is designed as a character.
G2’s Masters were a love letter to fans of G1, combining the best of the Mata and Nuba designs while still adding their own flair. The Uniters on the other hand…
@@NickonPlanetRipple For real, though, I watched your review on the Uniters immediately after writing that comment, and it managed to change my mind somewhat. XD
I'm a big fan of the Character and Creature Building System. It's a good leap forward in the constraction line. I really like how it's not only specific to one particular theme, but is versatile in that aspect. They made it into many themes, such as Hero Factory, Super Heroes, Chima and now Star Wars and Bionicle. It's just a great system, and I'm not sure why it has been getting so much flack. It really is quintessential Lego. And, like you were saying, more Lego-like than the Bionicle of old. I also like how parts from the previous run from Bionicle can still be used right alongside parts from the new CCB System. Good job, Lego!
mixing what you and JANG have said, this is the new building system for lego action figures. you can see they have tried and expiramented with the likes of Slizers/Throwbots, Bionicle, and Hero Factory for the Technic and things like knights kingdom for system with the ratcheting bricks to find an a good system. I definately would say the mixing the ball and socket system from HF with the old school gear system was a genius decision and design by lego!
I personally was, and still am, a fan of the old Bionicle sets. Thing is, I accepted CCBS from the start. Even now, I integrate old Bionicle and modern CCBS parts together, and I do it all the time. At least they use the same ball joints, people!
Mitchell Held, I don't think you have to worry about her actually breaking any one particular part, but she'll still try to take it apart and probably come to you asking you to put it together again. >shrugs
