NKD Posted January 3, 2015 Posted January 3, 2015 Scorpio was $6 more, his model was well constructed, and it was worth more than $20. This guy, however, i feel is overpriced. for 144 pieces, he looks surprisingly simplistic. his function sucks, and the spiky teeth are a sore excuse for a weapon. I hope he goes away quickly, because he's a sore excuse for the main villain... Stupid useless Bohrok ripoffs... Quote
One Very Agile Cat Posted January 3, 2015 Posted January 3, 2015 (edited) Scorpio was $6 more, his model was well constructed, and it was worth more than $20. This guy, however, i feel is overpriced. for 144 pieces, he looks surprisingly simplistic. his function sucks, and the spiky teeth are a sore excuse for a weapon. I hope he goes away quickly, because he's a sore excuse for the main villain... Stupid useless Bohrok ripoffs... You gonna be okay, dude? I mean, LOSS is pretty bad, but jeez don't let it ruin your day. Edited January 3, 2015 by One Very Agile Cat Quote
NKD Posted January 3, 2015 Posted January 3, 2015 You gonna be okay, dude? I mean, LOSS is pretty bad, but jeez don't let it ruin your day. I'm good. Quote
Aanchir Posted January 3, 2015 Posted January 3, 2015 I have a feeling people wouldn't be nearly so hard on Lord of Skull Spiders if it weren't the only dedicated villain set for the wave. In general, a lot of the criticisms center around it being a poor excuse for a "main villain"... but really, do we even know enough about this year's to assume Lord of Skull Spiders is truly the main villain and not just a "Disk 1 Final Boss" like the Morbuzakh? And we never even got the Morbuzakh as a set in the first place — the closest thing the first wave of 2004 had to a "villain set" was Ahkmou! Compared to that, I think that it's great to get an adversary this size at all, even if it's not a match for all six Toa working as a team. A lot of the people who have gotten Lord of Skull Spiders since the sets actually started showing up in stores have reported that they really like the design and consider it a worthwhile purchase. Perhaps thanks to these sorts of negative reviews they simply didn't go into the purchase with inflated expectations. Personally, I think the set is definitely a formidable monster, and could definitely be a threat to an individual Toa. Incidentally, I've gone ahead and built the Lord of Skull Spiders on LEGO Digital Designer now that the instructions are available online. Its size is about 25 modules long by 12.5 modules tall by 22 modules wide. In other words, it's about as long and half as tall as an average Toa is tall. For comparison, that's about the size an adult gray wolf would be relative to a human. I imagine a lot of people would have second thoughts about whether they could beat a poisonous spider the size of a gray wolf in single combat, let alone if it commanded an army of smaller spiders whose bodies alone were around a foot long! Quote
NKD Posted January 3, 2015 Posted January 3, 2015 I have a feeling people wouldn't be nearly so hard on Lord of Skull Spiders if it weren't the only dedicated villain set for the wave. In general, a lot of the criticisms center around it being a poor excuse for a "main villain"... but really, do we even know enough about this year's to assume Lord of Skull Spiders is truly the main villain and not just a "Disk 1 Final Boss" like the Morbuzakh? And we never even got the Morbuzakh as a set in the first place — the closest thing the first wave of 2004 had to a "villain set" was Ahkmou! That's the point! I'd rather have some great heroes to destroy the older villains, then have Lego shove down this simplistic thing that seems useless as a villian. Morbuzakh was menacing!, this guy just tells spiders to do their best impressions of facehuggers from the Aliens franchise! And right now, they are selling him as a main villain. all is not forgiven if they say, "Oh! he was just fighting for Makuta!" (side note: their new lore seems way to simplistic compared to the first one. two masks per person{and they already have one}, no longer named turaga, seemingly no great beings, etc. etc.) He better be one of many in his species, because the facehugger ripoffs are more menacing than this guy! Compared to that, I think that it's great to get an adversary this size at all, even if it's not a match for all six Toa working as a team. A lot of the people who have gotten Lord of Skull Spiders since the sets actually started showing up in stores have reported that they really like the design and consider it a worthwhile purchase. Perhaps thanks to these sorts of negative reviews they simply didn't go into the purchase with inflated expectations. Personally, I think the set is definitely a formidable monster, and could definitely be a threat to an individual Toa. Incidentally, I've gone ahead and built the Lord of Skull Spiders on LEGO Digital Designer now that the instructions are available online. Its size is about 25 modules long by 12.5 modules tall by 22 modules wide. In other words, it's about as long and half as tall as an average Toa is tall. For comparison, that's about the size an adult gray wolf would be relative to a human. I imagine a lot of people would have second thoughts about whether they could beat a poisonous spider the size of a gray wolf in single combat, let alone if it commanded an army of smaller spiders whose bodies alone were around a foot long! I guess you cant argue with statistics, but he really is a step back from enemies such as Tuma, who was the last of the sets that i would call "disk 1 final boss," He was menacing! He had a whole tribe as his army! He seemed like a true final boss of the glatorian era! He was cool! A wolf-size spider who tells facehuggers, with about the survivability of a minecraft silverfish, what to do? Not really that cool... Quote
Agent Fusion Posted January 3, 2015 Posted January 3, 2015 (edited) A little off topic, but in the new game, LOSS seems to suffer from a minor case of Dragon Bolt Syndrome, in that it is larger than the actual set. Another thing to note is how it attacks, by dropping down and attempting to crush you, which makes a fair bit of sense, looking at its design and function. Edited January 3, 2015 by Agent Fusion Quote
Voxovan Posted January 12, 2015 Posted January 12, 2015 Screw all haters, LOSS is a fantastic set. I was planning to modify him, but after seeing the set in person, I'm perfectly fine with the way he is. Quote
BrickBuilder3213 Posted January 12, 2015 Posted January 12, 2015 I can't wait to get this guy. From the looks of him, if you remove the white spikes from his legs, you could attach Skull Spiders to them. That way, he could deploy them when they're needed. Quote
MakutaDreadscythe Posted January 27, 2015 Posted January 27, 2015 (edited) Recently got him and did indeed replace the limbs with CCBS. Unfortunately he is pretty much a level 1 boss, which wouldn't be so bad if he wasn't the only villain. Granted that's what wave 2 is for, but from the perspective of a kid, you have all these heroic characters who have nothing to fight except a somewhat large spider. Something I find curious is the pricing and the size of it. I'm baffled as to why he isn't a higher price tag, higher even than the £15/$20 sets. I get it, he's supposed to be accessible for most consumers, but in all other media LOSS is much larger and there is emphasis on the toa fighting him as a team, when in reality he is technically smaller than half of them by default, and equal at best to the others. I don't think a Witch Doctor sized set would have been too much of a gamble considering you only require one of him. Makes a good parts pack though. Edited January 27, 2015 by MakutaDreadscythe Quote
LegendaryArticuno Posted January 28, 2015 Posted January 28, 2015 The only reason I would get this set is because it comes with 6x 4m black shells and 6x extenders. I'll grab this when it goes on sale. Quote
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