Review: 8983 Vorox

[thelostfett]

After seeing what little amount of Bionicle reviews there were, I decided to review my favorite first wave Glatorian. Keep in mind that I no longer have the instructions or the original canister, but those things are not crucial to the set.

The canister, which is not mine, just a picture of the one on Lego.com, but it certainly does do a good job of making Vorox look tempting to get.

Here is all the pieces laid out. I love the color scheme, perfect for hiding in the desert sands of Bara Magna

(Note: The long black stick is not original, it is slightly longer then the one in the set, and also note his thornax launcher is not present because i broke it

One of my three favorite pieces of the set, the armor. Although its is just recolored Skrall armor, it has the perfect balance of style and barbarism

My only problem with this set, is the new type of joint connectors, I refer to them as "hands". The sides that grip the ball joints are much thinner then older versions and break almost routinely, so be very gentle when MOCing with them

Another of my favorite pieces, his helmet. It attaches to the top of his head, and leaves his mouth exposed, giving him a cool gladiator look

Although just like all Glatorian helmets, it leaves the back of his head exposed.

Here is his body midway through construction. Vorox does not have traditional body armor, just a regular torso turned backwards

here are his feet and fists attached, which leads me to my final favorite detail of the set...

...the fists! All Bara Magna characters with the exception of Fero, have them, and I have to say they are one of the coolest pieces I have seen. It allows for much cooler poses as well as better for playing, especially punching during play

Here he is all but completed. Can't you just picture him digging out of the sand right in front of an unfortunate Agori?

Something about Vorox just makes him look so amazingly cool to me, especially with his fifth apendage

The tail is great as a second attacking weapon and also for balancing during those black-belt, joint breaking kicks

Personally, I like shedding his weapons and putting him in beast mode, ready to leap towards unfortunate travelers.

"Mmmm, I bet they have got enough money for me to buy that Pure-bred Rock steed!"

Vorox enjoys shaking down the wealthy Agori!

Pros:

Great color scheme

Unique helmet

lots of great pieces for MOCing

Just pure awesome

Cons:

Weapon could look a little more...desert

joints break easily

You don't have one yet

Thanks for reading!

I just read a reply pointing out my error in head attachment, I have had this set since it very first came out, like first day it was available at TRU and I'm the kind of person who has to modify all their sets, so I guess I forgot its original build. Sorry guys, won't happen again

Edited September 3, 2010 by 3D Brickthing
Indexed and poll added

[Extreme Sadness.]

You don't have one yet

aah, but I do .

Anyway, very good review!Thanks to the comparison Pic, I now know what exactly makes the joints break, so thanks .

-ES

[prateek]

Good review. This line of sets was okay, but I really like that this one has a tail.

[exxtrooper]

The head is not connected that way in the offical set. In the offical set it had a Toa Metru arm working as a neck.

Shame on you.

[Zip]

The head is not connected that way in the offical set. In the offical set it had a Toa Metru arm working as a neck.

Shame on you.

The man speaks truth.

Unless you got one of the worst packaging errors of all time.

[underredsky]

thanks for ur review.I almost can not find any reviews about bionicle in chinese lego forums because they are not so popular in china.

what a pity~

8983 is outstanding and ur review is interesting. it is better if the pic is clearer.