I can't say I see it. I've seen people try, but it just looks incredibly awkward.

Then again new Gali is so utterly perfect maybe I just don't want to change her.

Tahu's pretty sweet. The only ones I don't like are Onua, Pohatu's blandness, and Lewa's weapons.

I made Onua a giant akin to his portrayal in the new flash shorts.

I've tried this technique before during Hero Factory, I don't like it. It makes her torso too awkward to look at, in my opinion. So I think the subtle body shape they got going with Gali is already pretty good.

I think I read somewhere that Onua and Pohatu seem intentionally designed to be the shortest, considering their G1 figures were the shortest. I think it's quite impressive for Onua, who's a large figure otherwise, to be shorter than the rest.

That's why I never tracked down the old-school Bionicle sets - every joint on the two I have has broken at some point in time. I wish they're re-issue some of the old sets like the Toa Metru with the new joints, that'd be so cool.

Agreed on Pohatu, he seems like an afterthought. It's like they had really cool ideas for the other 5, so they half-assed a Pohatu just to complete the set.

Hmm, I disagree, I feel Pohatu is one of my favourite ones. He has a very nice sleek and self-contained look, and his details are just enough to give him personality.

The one I feel wasn't executed that well is Lewa. He's still a good figure, but his details are plain in comparison to the others (if there's one Toa who's bland, in my opinion, it's Lewa, not Pohatu). Plus the head articulation thing is really unfortunate.

Pohatu's nice, but he lacks any real "boom" aspect like how the others have cool armour or weapons, he's very rudimentary.

No Gali's best water beats fire and becomes ice.:p

And that's what we call a Law Bomb.

You know who's awesome?
http://vignette2.wikia.nocookie.net/...20120511082901
Hahli is awesome.

I hope she comes back too.

Hahli was cool. She went from bit Matoran character to a freaking Toa x2. (almost x3!)

Water douses flame, melts ice, erodes stone, turns Earth to mud, and forces air to flee. Water can also give life, and take it away. >:D

Gali is the most powerful Toa for sure. Plus, she's also the only one to ever use her Nova blast. She's a champion and deserves to be deputy of the Toa more than Kopaka. (then again any of them are just as equal as secondary leaders behind Tahu)

Meanwhile, Macku was all but forgotten.


Agreed. Fully.

Also, am I the only one who always saw Pohatu and Onua as "Those Two Guys" due to the fact that they tended to get less screentime combined than any of the other four did individually?

Firstly:
http://turakii.com/images/Macku_Hewkii21.jpg

Secondly, I agree, those two did get the short end of the screen time stick.

That that's about the only thing anyone remembers of her is exactly what I mean.

I think it's kind of because, as far as their elements go, they're more or less... redundant. Earth and Stone, not a lot of differentiation there, even if the biomes were vastly different.

I do wonder if they'll do a version of the Toa Metru for G2. Though I wouldn't mind entirely new characters, either!

I guess these can go here. First looks at what, in my opinion, look to be fantastic new constraction figures from Star Wars:

http://i.imgur.com/Pv5jExF.jpg

http://i.imgur.com/G845e56.jpg

Source: Here’s Your First Look at Lego Star Wars Buildable Figures of Obi-Wan Kenobi and General Grievous

Much better than those Technic sets they tried during the Prequels.

Now that I think about it... I remember when I was a kid and went to some store and bought myself a Bionicle kit or two with my allowance. I believe I had a dark red one and a blue one, maybe Gali. But I also remembered a Bionicle commercial that featured, one of my favorite, if not my favorite, songs "Move Along" by All American Rejects.

Do you remember if they had ball-shooters or ripcord spinner discs?

Nope, I remember little to nothing about them now. I believe I lost them when me and my family moved.

Well, if you remember buying them during the time of those commercials, odds are they were two Toa Inika or two Piraka. If earlier (due to you mentioning dark red) Toa Vakama and Nokama either as Tow Metru or Hordika.

And Move Along is a really enjoyable song.

Try hearing it six times every night for a year. You'll change your tune, I assure you.

Move Along is definitely one of the best songs in my book. But Hero is kind of stall to me. I don't understand why people like it so much.

Well I got Tahu today and he is just such a cool set. I'm happy bionicle came back.

Now, some things I'd like to say about this new line. Does anyone else feel like Lego is playing it a bit too safe for this line. I mean the protectors don't have names and LOSS was defeated so, quickly.

Now I know that there are like two books coming later in the year. But does anyone feel that there are missed opportunities in this new story? Now I my self am okay with it, but feel like there could be something more to it.

Yea I had a hands on with Tahu for the first time from a school friend, and man those sets are HUGE compared back to the Glatorian days man.

Creeping in my Soul, and Closer to the Truth were my top favorites.

I like that they've simplified things, but at the same time, one of the things I loved most about the original one was the massive amount of world-building that went into, the sheer depth and scope of everything.

This new stuff, great as it is, just feels so... underwhelming.

Currently they are playing it safe. Bionicle hasn't been the star of LEGO for years now (that goes to Ninjago these days), so I'm guessing they're testing the waters first to see how it'll fare.

Apparently outside the fans, the general audience relates better to a more simplified mythology, rather than the complex one that Bionicle G1 became, hence the toning down with the unique names. But who knows, if Bionicle G2 is successful, LEGO might dare to be a little bit more ambitious.

One thing's for sure, they didn't skimp on the toyline and for that, I'm happy.

They're deffinitely not going as story-heavy to start.

To be fair, OG Bionicle didn't start that in-depth either. It took a few years to get that deep.

But still, the characters and locales were already plenty fleshed-out. Damn near everyone had a name at the very least.

But that was only because of the MNOLG.

Bionicle 2015 really needs a game like that.

Exactly.

So has anyone else seen the new 2016 winter wave sets? I'm personally in a mixed bag with them, but I'm sure once they are released I'll really enjoy them.

I've seen them. I think they're very creative and it's refreshing to see that they're experimenting with different building styles.

I won't be going crazy and buying the whole collection at once like I did with 2015, but I will definitely be looking to pick them up over the year. Personally, I love the idea of the Creatures better than the Protectors, and the combining feature is superior to 2015's. Love them!

Don't really like them, don't need them, the 2015 ones are enough. Probably the only exception is Tahu. Tahu looks good.

I think the combos really improve the look of a lot of them, to the point that I think some of them are designed with the combos in mind. I absolutely love Gali's combo, in particular, but most of them are great.

I dunno, I feel like the same issue with the gold masks is being repeated here. the smaller three Toa don't have any gold, so the combos just look...eh. Gali looks decent when not combined though. Kopaka in particular looks pretty poor without being combined and even then he doesn't excite me. Tahu and Onua are better, but there's plenty of stuff I don't really like about Onua to make up for that.

I think I kind of warmed up to the idea of gold masks on the smaller Toa through the web animations. :) Initially having only the masks be gold was weird, but since the gold masks are almost all Gali, Lewa and Pohatu wear in the web animations, I got used to it.

Funny thing you mentioned Kopaka, he's actually one of my favourites. :D I like his build and I feel his weapons are fantastic. Tahu on the other hand, while I do like a lot, is one of my least favourites so far, mostly due to the different textures.

It seems we have very opposite opinions. :lol

I think I just like the 2015 version of Kopaka too much. I don't like the 2016 one's mask and his colors aren't that well coordinated. His weapons are pretty slick though.

The only reason I like Tahu as much is probably just because he has blue. Really makes the color scheme pop. I do also like his mask, but mainly, tiny bits of blue. It's definitely a problem that he has too many kinds of armor and textures going on, and his weapon is one of the more boring ones.

Meh. I just love me some animal sets.