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Re: 2005 release dates
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Mon, 24 Jan 2005 14:26:33 GMT
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In lugnet.technic.bionicle, Huw Millington wrote:
> Visoraks are out already in the UK, with no sign of the Toa Hordika, which I
> find a bit surprising given they came out before xmas in the USA.
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> Does anyone know why? Are they being skipped here? Maybe they will be
> released in the fall, when presumably the US will get another range of
> canister sets. Or maybe, you'll get Visoraks in the fall and well get the
> Hordkias. Whatever, it's a bit strange and not normal, and likely to result
> in a lot of transatlantic parcels going backwards and forwards!
I think there's a couple of reasons. In the past, some of the new releases have
been shipping in non-North American areas first, for a short time (a matter of a
few weeks)... the Toa Nuva, for instance, came out in the UK first. From what I
remember, it has to do with fairness of releasing new product (Singapore had the
first Exo-Toa, for example), and also because of availability. There's a
relatively lower volume in the UK than there is in the US, so if there's a more
limited amount of sets, they might be released in a market where they won't sell
out in a few hours.
It's always been followed up pretty promptly in other countries, although I do
know Australia frequently seems to be on the short end of the stick... they just
got the Mata Nui Matoran figures that were released in the US more than a year
ago!
I have a pretty good feeling that the Hordika will hit Europe at about the same
time the Visorak will be available in the US... probably sometime in February,
March at the latest.
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> I have to say, the Visoraks are easily the coolest Bionicle beasts. They
> look truly mean, the colour schemes work well (black/light orange is my
> favourite), there's enough variation between them parts-wise to make them
> interesting and even the brown one looks good!
They definitely look cool. They're spider-like enough that my wife doesn't want
any in the house!
- Kelly
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| Not to appear to stupid here, but What is a Visorak? Are there pictures out there? I got one of the TOA Hordiak ad became despondent when I discovered it's cool looking weapon was 1 part not 2 separate parts. The silver is a stiff rubbery plastic (...) (20 years ago, 24-Jan-05, to lugnet.technic.bionicle)
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| Visoraks are out already in the UK, with no sign of the Toa Hordika, which I find a bit surprising given they came out before xmas in the USA. Does anyone know why? Are they being skipped here? Maybe they will be released in the fall, when (...) (20 years ago, 24-Jan-05, to lugnet.technic.bionicle)
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