You know, it's the first time I realize that the thing on your avatar is a Cyberman

Ew, yeah, I've seen it a million times, but it just kind of was "there". Kooky.

I admit that the 2001 Toa had more complex bodies, but these guys make up for it in posability with knees and elbows. Like 2001, their masks are pretty damn nice n' oldskool too.

I'm not going to compare them to Nuva, because those guys blew megablocks compared to the 2001 Mata, at least that's how I've always felt about them. And it must have to Lego as well, for we never saw those shitty, melted blobs of plastic napalm burning on their face ever again.

EDIT: OH MY GOD, I just noticed something wonderful about all these sets!

Not ONE of them has an asymmetrical mask! All their heads are going to be able to be used as armor! THANK YOU, THANK YOU LEGO!

~Wrack'n'Ruin~

post Today, 03:41 PM

Wow, Atakus suddenly looks evil.

And that's sad, too. He was such a nice guy in "To Kill a Mockingbird".

0_0

<_<

Go refresh you memory.

Okay, ALMOST nobody))

Definitely love the way Strakk's torso made. Clever, clever. So hunchbacked)

Always did took CGI of actual set packaging to convince me :p

Though the Av-Packs don't appeal to me that much (as new line packaging), I must say that the CGI department did a great job on diversifying the backgrounds for our elemental themed Glatorians. Particularly Raanu, Malum, Metus and Straak! The fire castle and the ice cave looks marvelous (self induced names for settings), hopefully even more so in the movie!

-Iggy

EDIT: OH MY GOD, I just noticed something wonderful about all these sets!

Not ONE of them has an asymmetrical mask! All their heads are going to be able to be used as armor! THANK YOU, THANK YOU LEGO!

Also: No "gun only" sets. Although with the new lighter more compact guns, and the fact that they look more melee-ish, I probably wouldn't have minded so much. :)

But still: Woohoo finally good pics woohoo!

Also: No "gun only" sets. Although with the new lighter more compact guns, and the fact that they look more melee-ish, I probably wouldn't have minded so much. :)

But still: Woohoo finally good pics woohoo!

Yes. And more importantly, this means that we have reached the final stage of the pictures. All that is left is actual sets to show up in stores.

I was thinking they might be earlier because the pics came earlier. Remember the Piraka? Those prototype pics came in October and the Piraka arrived early December. The Glatorian pics came WAY earlier, so I'm thinking late November...

I'm salivating over those delicious backdrops. Beautiful. Really sets the stage for the wild and untamed (hopefully) feel of next year. Better still, they're all unique. No more background recolors/duplicates!

I guess you've all noticed the stairs in every single backdrop? I wonder what they means... >_>

All so very epic.

Zesk... I shall purchase. I don't really care how much they charge for him. He's epic. Like, really. I'm tearing up.

Vorox... I'm not really sure what those things sticking off of the sides of his head are, but the rest of him looks sweet. I was right about the brown = WOOT

The new armor looks very nice. But... uh... why does he have 3-long pins holding the armor on? O_o

My must-have list currently includes:

Vorox (brown)

Strakk (love)

Zesk (uber love)

Tarduk? (need moar pics)

Tuma? (need moar pics)

Gunnar said:

How can you tell?

---Vertea--- said:

As a fan with nothing else to go on, I scrutinize every little minute detail of the thing. I did not notice the chest, however, so i guess I'm not all that crazy, then XD

I recognized Skrall's armor the moment I saw those little pics. :P

Antrozek said:

It's me or in the right there's a scorpion over the stairs?

PS: 777 stairs XD

omg omg omg love

~VBBN~ said:

Ikki o said:

The Toa Mata beat these by far, yep, but the Nuva were always very mediocre what with their bubbling masks and cartoony armor style. One point where these win over even the Mata is posability -- plus, their colors in some places are even more elementally intertwined.

Mata > Glatorian > (long list) > Nuva

-Ikk

Yeah, the colors are great. Possibly my favorite out of any series. Well, maybe the Piraka had better... but these are very very awesome as well.

~Bunda

Edit: Where did these pics come from? I'm wondering if they're legal for BZP...

Edit2: Nvm. There's already a topic, so I guess I'll just watch and see...

AAAWWWWESOME

I've never seen backgrounds this good. 2001 practically sucks in comparison with this. Look at that fire-castle! Jesus!

I notice that the staircases all lead to some sort of light source. This is especially noticeable on Gresh's canister... Reminds me of the temples behind the Turaga, but with the variety of the Toa's backgrounds. I love how ethereal Terix and Berix's backgrounds are, as well.

Oh, and thank you, Fero, for showing off Skrall's head from that angle. He has an awesome head.

The one thing I dislike is that on Tarix and Skrall the Thornax are attached a bit awkwardly. When I get Skrall I know I'll be moving the launcher to his forearm, like on the prototype. (He's still my favorite one, though!)

And yes, actual brown!

But seriously, based on the look of these guys I can't help but feel that they're demigods or something.

Oh! OH! I get a prize! I get a sticker!

Look closely at the pic of Strakk:

Under the Inika armor, you can see a little blue 1-long-pin-with-stud snapped into the Metru hips that keeps the Inika armor from flopping about! Hooray! I was right about how to build Strakk, and how Lego was gonna fix the floppy Inika armor... I feel so smart. ^_^

~Bunda

Yaaay for the bundament

Wow, those new set pics blow my mind. Gresh has definitely gone through the most change, but it hasn't been for the worse. With all the nifty backgrounds, sharp pictures of the sets, and the minor hype, I am REALLY ready for 2009!

-Z

Gresh: Awesome! I love his new bat-like face and the way the colors blend. His two-colored weapon is pretty win, too.

Vorox: Hm... I don't like the eye effect in the CG, but he's still pure bad-assery.

Strakk: Ice-blue!!! I love it! The new armour will be useful in rahi.

Tarix: Gold! And I like how he has the launcher attached with an old joint on top of the new hand. Pretty spiffy!

Malum: Okay, he just got a whole lot cooler. I was iffy when those small CG pics came out, but now, with those weapons, He might be the first of the fire sets so far to be on my wishlist.

Skrall: WAAAAAY awsome. The spidery thing means that we can use more imagination and our own creatures as adversaries!!!

Atakus: Glow in the dark?!?!? On an impulse set?!?!? That guarantees him.

Berix: ....maybe. He's pretty neat, but the face might bug me.

Zesk: Cooler than the rest!!!!

Metus: The cool new mask is great, and I love the shield. New parts AND RECOLORS!

Raanu: Not as cool as Malum, but still okay

Tarduk: once again-batlike. I'm beginning to think that the Jungle element will be VERY unique.

On another noe, the black-yellow mix color on the madu Thornax fruits is pretty neat-O

Something I find strange is the lack of life counter pics on the cans and boxes that I thought were there before. This makes me think these aren't the final, final boxarts. Dunno though.

~Bunda

Something I find strange is the lack of life counter pics on the cans and boxes that I thought were there before. This makes me think these aren't the final, final boxarts. Dunno though.

~Bunda

They might be on the back of the canisters...

They might be on the back of the canisters...

I really am eager to see the backs of the canisters. It might show something relevent to the story.

EDIT:

Look closely at the tops of the masks- they all have little indents like the original masks. I wonder if these new faces have a plus rod that goes in from the top...

Edited October 28, 200816 yr by ---Vertea---

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Posted this on OGD, but it's really intriguing, so I shall put it here as well

1. Will Pridak putting the wall that Zaktan destroyed back together end up revealing new details in the Brotherhood's plan?

2. Also, I wanted to know how important the 2009 universe is to the 2001-2008 universe, or vice versa? You just seemed to put some emphasis that there was a bond there.

-Z

1) Possibly

2) I would say one would not exist without the other.

-Z

Posted this on OGD, but it's really intriguing, so I shall put it here as well

1. Will Pridak putting the wall that Zaktan destroyed back together end up revealing new details in the Brotherhood's plan?

2. Also, I wanted to know how important the 2009 universe is to the 2001-2008 universe, or vice versa? You just seemed to put some emphasis that there was a bond there.

-Z

1) Possibly

2) I would say one would not exist without the other.

-Z

VERY interesting, actually... I'm curious as to WHY they are each so important. What could it be that Mata Nui has that this universe needs, and why could he not exist without them...

AHA! Mata Nui need these beings because the are the only ones who can help him in a crisis, and they need him because his duty was to fight the evil that now spreads over this new universe. Greg DID say that MN had a greater purpose...

I am more excited about Bionicle than I have been in a very, very long time.

Just to throw a thought out there, it looks a bit like Berix's mask/head is a flip mask of sorts doesn't it?

Honestly, these guys look better without the balls in the launcher. It has a very energy weapon / 2-point stabbity-stab look to it as is. Very neat.

The only thing that could REALLY make me go more kookoo for Cocoapuffs at this point is if we hear of mask packs coming back.

I'd need a triple heart bypass, but I'd not complain.

Can't wait to see what happens next. There's still some sets in store for 2009, yes? Here's that OLD list from August:

IMPULSE 1/Atakus

IMPULSE 2/Raanu

IMPULSE 3/Tarduk

IMPULSE 4/Berix

IMPULSE 5/Metus

IMPULSE 6/Zesk

Bionicle HPP 4

Bionicle HPP 3

Bionicle SHP 1

Bionicle CORE 1/Skrall

Bionicle CORE 2/Malum

Bionicle CORE 3/Vastus

Bionicle CORE 4/Tarix

Bionicle CORE 5/Strakk

Bionicle CORE 6/Vorox

Bionicle SHP 3

Bionicle CORE 7/Stronius

Bionicle CORE 8/Ackar

Bionicle CORE 9/Gresh

Bionicle CORE 10/Kiina

Bionicle CORE 11/Gelu

Bionicle CORE 12/MATA NUI

Bionicle HPP 1/Fero & Skirmix

Bionicle HPP 2/Tuma

Bionicle MDP 2

Bionicle SHP 2

Bionicle MDP 1

Bionicle MDP1

Bionicle MDP2

I forget where we ended up with this. Some were actually the books, right?

Thanks for that list again - I couldn't find it.

So, there are going to be 2 more normal titans, 3 special edition sets and 2 or 3 larger sets right?

Other than the 2 titans and apparent thing that "CORE" is the large canisters and there's 6 more to go, I'm not sure what the other abbreviations are for. I doubt they reflect the current sets... and I doubt SHP means "ship".

I'm guessing:

HPP = High price point

SHP = Super-high price

MDP = Medium price

So we have two more titans... three big sets (creatures please)... and two medium sets. Wonder what those are. Maybe Hagah-like sets.

A new (and most likely fake) info about Mata Nui on BZP: Mata Nui will be released as a titan set, about Takanuva's size.

I think it's a fake, because the set list we got said Mata Nui is a canister set.

And is anyone going to post the "Makuta massacre" scene here!?!

Atakus : He is still the same...still cool. 8 / 10

Raanu : Looks a bit better on this picture. The mask is awesome 9 / 10

Tarduk : The pic is making him look a bit better tham before... 8 / 10

Berix : Better and better, the mask is original. 8 / 10

Metus : Improved mask...love the snowflake. He is the first small set that has new molded tool! 9 / 10

Zesk : Good, good, very creative. 8 / 10

Skrall : I still don´t get this 3rd wrist but nonetheless, he is a good set. Anyone noticed that life counter on his foot? 7 / 10

Malum : He is still the most awesome red set... 9 / 10

Gresh : The best canister set... 10 / 10

Tarix : Nothing special about this set, the gold pieces and his mask are the only things that save him. 7 / 10

Strakk : Where is the grin that made him so cool on the very first picture? 8 / 10

Vorox : He stole Hewkii´s weapon but the mask is cool so... 7 / 10

Fero & Skirmix : They totally look like the SE set...Fero probably has Skrall´s mask but they look decent. 8 / 10

Tuma : Awesome colors, awesome mask. 10 / 10