Aanchir Posted January 30, 2014 Posted January 30, 2014 Toy Fair photos here and here! The sets look fantastic! Quote
ShadowWolfHount Posted January 30, 2014 Posted January 30, 2014 Those cocoon look like something you'll see in Mega Bloks. Quote
Zenerius Posted January 30, 2014 Posted January 30, 2014 (edited) I agree with you Aanchir. If only we got some more close up photos. Again, I can foresee the coming of a TTV video showcasing these photos along with the photos of the Chima Ultrabuild sets. Hmmm.... I thought photography was prohibited... Anyway, who cares. New photos for speculating! Edited January 30, 2014 by Zenerius Quote
Dorek Posted January 30, 2014 Posted January 30, 2014 I didn't notice Queen Beast having a crown before, go figure =P. Makes it even cooler. Quote
Infernum Posted January 30, 2014 Posted January 30, 2014 (edited) So, the cocoons are each made up of 3 identical pieces? I see a single one of Tunneler. I wonder why the cocoons didn't come with the first wave, maybe they were still in production/development? Edited January 30, 2014 by Infernum Quote
Dorek Posted January 30, 2014 Posted January 30, 2014 Well, you don't see the cocoons until they go underground, which is technically the midpoint of the year; it hearkens back to the BIONICLE way of developing two separate waves with their own features, even if the story is continuous. We just happen to get the entire thing at once because that's the way the episodes go. Next year they should totally do mini-episodes to actually keep things fresh. Quote
Xeros610 Posted January 30, 2014 Posted January 30, 2014 (edited) wow!, it loooks like crystal beast's head is actually trans light blue!, cool, well, sadly, tunneler beast, in this pictures don't have a cocoon.... or at least that I can see, because it is kinda sad even the crawler set got one and that will let this set like the only one without a cocoon. oh and i'm so glad we are getting green quaza spikes, and 4 in one single set! .Seems like those spider-like things on the queen beast look amazing, and it looks like they actually were in a trans-like color. all in all, these look great in my opinion. Edited January 30, 2014 by Xeros610 Quote
Infernum Posted January 30, 2014 Posted January 30, 2014 Well, you don't see the cocoons until they go underground, which is technically the midpoint of the year; it hearkens back to the BIONICLE way of developing two separate waves with their own features, even if the story is continuous. We just happen to get the entire thing at once because that's the way the episodes go. Next year they should totally do mini-episodes to actually keep things fresh. Good point! I hadn't thought of that. Two mini episodes would be cool, but imagine the speculation between them. The cliffhanger endings would be speculation-food! Quote
Zenerius Posted January 30, 2014 Posted January 30, 2014 Next year they should have the minifigures universe intertwine with the HF universe. I have already written a story based on the openings of rifts between universes. Minifigures having mechs, punching the Hero's mechs in the face, then the Heroes making new mechs, etc. That would be pretty awesome if you ask me. Quote
Jetrax99 Posted January 30, 2014 Posted January 30, 2014 Next year they should have the minifigures universe intertwine with the HF universe. I have already written a story based on the openings of rifts between universes. Minifigures having mechs, punching the Hero's mechs in the face, then the Heroes making new mechs, etc. That would be pretty awesome if you ask me. I disagree. I'd rather not see more HF minifigs. I hope next year they go back to standard figures. Quote
Zenerius Posted January 30, 2014 Posted January 30, 2014 We wouldn't necessarily have to have minifigure heroes. Maybe instead of hero mechs we could have regular heroes, fighting the minifigure mechs? Quote
Kalhiki Posted January 30, 2014 Posted January 30, 2014 Crystal Beast: Trans head. 'Nuff said. (Oh, and those cocoons look fantastic. Heck, everything looks great!) Quote
ShadowWolfHount Posted January 30, 2014 Posted January 30, 2014 Crystal Beast: Trans head. 'Nuff said. Dude almost everything on him is Trans-Blue, also we are getting Core Spike in Lime Green (i think that the color, hard to tell ) Quote
DOTM Shockwave Posted January 30, 2014 Posted January 30, 2014 The new sets are amazing (Crystal Beast = all that trans blue). Also, @ Furno falling out of his mecha. Quote
ShadowWolfHount Posted January 30, 2014 Posted January 30, 2014 I disagree. I'd rather not see more HF minifigs. I hope next year they go back to standard figures. I agree with you, I think they should just stay with standard HF Figures but just do the HF minifigs for this year i another year that is not this year. Quote
Takanuinuva Posted January 30, 2014 Posted January 30, 2014 I just noticed there doesn't seem to be any blue backed red jumpers. Quote
ShadowWolfHount Posted January 30, 2014 Posted January 30, 2014 I just noticed there doesn't seem to be any blue backed red jumpers. Ya i just noticed that as well. I wonder why there isn't, unless there really is one but i can't see it. Quote
VBBN Posted January 30, 2014 Posted January 30, 2014 Oh crystal beast, you are bought. Your glorious parts are bought. Hard to see the walkers but the Surge machine looks underwhelming, the whole backside is seriously lacking. However, the blue jumpers look neat and the cacoons are a fantastic addition. As for a red jumper with blue back, it looks like some sets aren't posed with jumpers, though it shouldn't be too hard to customize your own. My guess is all of the summer sets will end up having blue jumpers, or so I'd hope. Quote
BrickBuilder3213 Posted January 30, 2014 Posted January 30, 2014 Can someone put the pictures up on another site? I can't view them on Flickr for some reason. :c Quote
exxtrooper Posted January 30, 2014 Posted January 30, 2014 Can someone put the pictures up on another site? I can't view them on Flickr for some reason. :c Aren't we allowed to post them here? Feel free to take them down if this is prohibited. Quote
BrickBuilder3213 Posted January 30, 2014 Posted January 30, 2014 I'm pretty blown away by the Summer sets! The Queen looks pretty good, although the gold could easily be replaced with black to make it more show accurate. Tunneler Beast is just as cute as Jaw Beast. I'm a bit disappointed that we're not getting a cocoon with his set, but at least we're getting one of two new hero minifigures! Crystal Beast- Is just... <3 w <3 Beautiful. The fact that everything that we thought was azure on it is translucent just makes me so happy! >W< Breez and Bulk's machines are nothing special, to be honest. I'll probably just buy them for the cocoons. Rocka's Crawler Machine is a nice little set. Really, I thought it would be good by itself as a set, with a jumper... But when I found out that the smallest set in the Summer had a cocoon, I became stoked! :D Speaking of the cocoons, they're a nice addition to the sets. However, I'm a little sad that they were made as a replacement for lots of blue-backed jumpers in the sets. :c Surge and Rocka's Combat Machine... This is the only set that I can't really talk about. It's almost exactly like Jang's MOC of it, so there's nothing new that I can see... For the moment. Overall, I'm looking forward to buying all of these sets, along with some of the Chima Ultrabuilds! ^O^ Quote
xxlrocka Posted January 30, 2014 Posted January 30, 2014 I think the leafy cocoon pieces are made out of rubber! It looks so, at least. Other than that, is Lego deliberately stealing my money with all of these awesome sets? I feel the need to get them all! Quote
Darking Posted January 30, 2014 Posted January 30, 2014 Actually, the golden parts in Queen Beast ARE golden in the episode as well (you can clearly see it on the crown, but also on the spikes of her staff), but the lighting of the cave makes them look black if you don't pay enogh attention. Also, yes, there is a blue-back jumper, in the Beast Queen set. I'm afraid the rest are too far away for me to make conclusions already, but they're looking better than the first wave. Quote
Dorek Posted January 30, 2014 Posted January 30, 2014 If you want a specific blue-back jumper color, you can always mix and match from the first wave =P. So was the possibility of GITD discounted? I'm pretty sure the jumpers aren't going to glow, but those cocoon pieces... Quote
Shakar Posted January 30, 2014 Posted January 30, 2014 (edited) Nice pictures! So Crystal IS all transparent after all. I initially didn't like the idea of his head being azure since that's the colour of the bones, but now everything makes sense - just like Flyer Beast is yellow, he is tr light blue. Is a transparent Beast odd? I don't know, but it looks really cool at that's the most important thing. Tunneler Beast looks kinda boring to me, since he's devoid of azure, and I can't say I care much for a red Beast. Dunno, the other ones look exciting with their unconventional colour schemes, and then there's the classical black and red bad guy. Not sure if I'll pick this one up. I'll edit this post with my thoughts on the other sets later. I can't say much about the other sets, since we knew about most things and the angle is terrible as usual (God forbid them if they shoot 4 photos instead of 2 for those crappy bionicles!). I'm pleasantly surprised that Drill Machine, and probably Flea Machine as well, has TWO printed shells instead of one. Unfortunately, I'm not very interested on those two, aside from some pieces and possibly how they're built. Evo's unnecessary third Machine from the Queen Beast set features printed shells as well, which makes the Machine only slightly more interesting. For what I can see, Combat Machine looks disappointing. The hind legs look wonky, and the use of black Beast feet ruins the dichotomy between the two factions' aesthetic motifs. And the ship looks a bit underwhelming. I'll wait for more angles but I was already unsure about buying it, this might settle it. Now onto the Queen herself. She looks great! Too bad we can't see her abdomen yet, but I'm glad the gold "crown" is confirmed. I need more new gold pieces and it looks fantastic on her. Not sure about the tr. lime shells, they're limited to one area and I feel there are too many colors. I think I'll replace those with black shells. Edited January 30, 2014 by Shakar Quote
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