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Re: Studs invade Bionicle world en masse!
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Fri, 1 Jul 2005 04:41:32 GMT
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In lugnet.technic.bionicle, Keith Hui wrote:
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Hey guys, check out the new Battle
of Metru Nui set. This is the first time I see that many studs in a Bionicle
set.
I’m not usually into Bionicle; I am a fan of Technic proper, but I saw this
and have to say WOW!
Kids now get to get into hot brick building action besides the battle itself
- no more just-assemble-50-pieces-and-play instant gratification for them!
Granted there are juniorized pieces and this huge building is still rated
ages 7+.
Draw your own conclusions from this. Let the debate begin. ;>
Keith
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I am skeptical. I am old-school technic, and hated bionicle at first, but
confess that I have learned to like it, and I have spent more on Bionicle this
year than on system Lego this year (granted, I had 5years of Bionicle to catch
up on, while I have been buying system Lego for a long
I came to like Bionicle because of the added versatility of all those funky
parts, especially the various hinges, not because I liked to pretend I am Toa
Nokama. So, my perspective is obviously not that of the average Bionicle buyer.
Still, to me the new “system” bionicle sets are just juniorized LEGO sets with a
few interesting Bionicle parts. Obviously TLC is marketing the younger set,
trying to transition them from Bionicle to system lego. Frankly, I think they
would have been better off trying to transition them to real Technic. It seems
logical that as a kid outgrows Bionicle, he/she would want a more complex build,
more mechanically intesting model - not Jack Stone’s version of Bionicle.
The first two years of Bionicle had some cool sets with very interesting
mechanics and functionality (Boxor, Cadhok and Gadhok, Exo-Toa). They seem to
have abandoned that (I am told they did not sell well), but to me that was the
best of Bionicle. Another old>new example.
Oh well. I’m still depressed somewhat about how 8421 turned out. Maybe I’ll be
more upbeat once that wears off, but I doubt very much any of those new
Bionicle/System sets will see their way to my house unless they are 50% or more
off.
Gyl
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| (...) They had to do something... four years of releasing six heroes, six villainous henchmen, and various support sets was getting old. How often can you mutate a Toa and get kids to buy one with new armor or weapons (sorryImeantTools)? So I have (...) (19 years ago, 2-Jul-05, to lugnet.technic.bionicle, FTX)
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| (...) I was and still am very skeptical of the Bionicle stuff. I love the technic pieces, but I just keep finding that so many of the newer sets have pieces that are very limited in use. My first purchase of a bionicle set was because I was in (...) (19 years ago, 15-Aug-05, to lugnet.technic.bionicle, FTX)
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| | Studs invade Bionicle world en masse!
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| Hey guys, check out the new (URL) Battle of Metru Nui> set. This is the first time I see that many studs in a Bionicle set. I'm not usually into Bionicle; I am a fan of Technic proper, but I saw this and have to say WOW! Kids now get to get into hot (...) (19 years ago, 1-Jul-05, to lugnet.technic.bionicle, FTX)
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