Rayfist wrote:
I hope this new LEGO game completely destroys it so we can finally hear an end to Minecraft. This is what we've been waiting for, for years. A game where we can build endless possibilities with endless features. It's true you could build whatever on minecraft but you were granted with such a limited editor.
You said everything. I really am looking forward for LEGO Worlds, it is already in my STEAM wishlist as the most wanted game.
@Builder
I just want to correct you wanted to mean "Metru Nui" at a point, not "Mata Nui"

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I am very happy to see that everything arrived exactly in the same state as I shipped and that you are equally happy to own them. As you know I only wish that you take good care of the figures/merch as I did all this time.
As for the gifts, it was a way to express thankfulness for accepting the deal and I am also happy that you liked them!
I personally did not feel quite identified with the Metru Nui storyline/sets back in 2004 hence why I did not do the effort to get all Vahki and all the Toa Metru. I think it was when BIONICLE started to lose mystery, a very important element that made me get really into this franchise back in 2001. Anyway, I did not want to fully sell my Metru Nui collection so I only kept Toa Vakama, Vahki Rorzahk and an official blue shirt also from Vahki Rorzahk. Talking about that, Vakama is currently assembled side to Rahkshi Guurahk on my desk to serve as maneuverable decorations

. I like to alternate the figures that are assembled on my desk and change the pose from time to time.
Needless to say that my favourite BIONICLE year was the first. The Toa Mata were simple figures but yet very good-looking and fun to play with. The Rahi were a bonus too because they had lots of pieces and could be used for plays involving Toa VS Rahi combats. I also love the mystery around the Year 1. The following year was also very good, the Bohrok are equally amazing enemies. I loved the rolling-ball concept along with the Krana (kind of a brain for laics) discarding. However, I am not as fond of the Toa Nuva as I am with the Mata in terms of design but this is a matter of personal taste. In terms of story it was a good follow up of the previous events. As for Year 3, I think it is where things started to get awkward for me: although Year 3 had excellent sets (I love the Rahkshi, the main Titan sets are also very good) the story gave a lot to desire. There are a lot of things that do feel wrong in the Mask of Light movie that I only noticed them last time I rewatched it.
Back to the initial subject, as Builder said it was thanks to that selling that I managed to collect the whole Wave 1 of BIONICLE 2015. It was a sudden decision because I admit that the episodes, some browsing in the official website, watching BrickBuilder's YouTube channel (I recommend it to everyone that enjoys to see someone assembling LEGO sets) with his accelerated buildings and figuring out around a month ago that one of my classmates also grew up with LEGO BIONICLE and has got an impressive collection and knowledge about the franchise lore, my interest to collect all the figures grew but the only obstacle was really the cost it would involve (the figures are much more expensive than the original sets but then, there are more pieces and the inflation factor...

).
I really had lots of fun assembling them all, it really feels good after so many time (without counting the Tahu, Protector of Fire and the Lord of the Skull Spiders purchase of February/March) without buying/building a new set. Even the smell of unboxing a set is still identical to the smell I remember to feel in my childhood (LEGO fans do know it is very unique)! I am even planning to purchase some LEGO Classic bricks for free assemblage in my free times whenever I am in the mood for that kind of creativity (which reminds me to next time I visit my grandparents, to look for my old bricks and bring them home). I guess LEGOs are things that I will always love no matter how old I am they really came up in my childhood to stay in a place on my heart.
Here are photos I took last month, which exception of Tahu, the Protector of Fire and the Lord of the Skull Spiders (which were bought around February/March) and Kopaka that I took a photo to him some days ago (I was actually unlucky with Kopaka because it missed some stickers inside the package so I had to order them separately from a BrickLink seller to be able to have a fully complete figure. From the dozens of purchases I did since a kid it is the first time I experienced getting a set with a missing part!):
Tahu ->
http://puu.sh/ihG3D/8a12b7dfc6.jpg
Protector of Fire ->
http://puu.sh/ihHr3/9577f7538f.jpg
Onua ->
http://puu.sh/ihHuo/aa4623f499.jpg
Protector of Earth ->
http://puu.sh/ihHw5/ddc6c06a82.jpg
Kopaka ->
http://puu.sh/ihHyv/7b04f21ae9.jpg
Protector of Ice ->
http://puu.sh/ihHA7/5f62f9a2af.jpg
Gali ->
http://puu.sh/ihHDw/7d217288d9.jpg
Protector of Water ->
http://puu.sh/ihHG0/71982db30a.jpg
Pohatu ->
http://puu.sh/ihHHi/e074637bc9.jpg
Protector of Stone ->
http://puu.sh/ihHIY/7809360b01.jpg
Lewa ->
http://puu.sh/ihHKm/fdbee53173.jpg
Protector of Jungle ->
http://puu.sh/ihHOL/30810b2224.jpg
Lord of Skull Spiders ->
http://puu.sh/ihHQp/e37f49a1e6.jpg
Promo "set" (Polymer bag with half-transparent orange Mask of Fire along some extras) ->
http://puu.sh/ihHV2/36b748f16b.jpg
Looking to the Toa it really gave me a nostalgia feel. For me these 6 will always be the true heroes of BIONICLE. These new figures have something really great which are extra joints, something it sadly lacked in 2001. I like them all in general although I think they screwed up with the new Mask of Jungle. The original Kanohi Miru was really good and this new one is...................... right.
I have knowledge of the Wave 2 sets and they are disappointing, especially the Skull Scorpio one that I think it is the worst of them all. Now the Mask Maker VS Skull Grinder, that's definitely a must have once I have the chance to buy it. As for the others I am not planning to collect them at this moment.
And to finish this post, I will share here a finding I did in the place where I bought almost all the remaining sets, a Piraka Vezok real-life statue! I got impressed to see a 2006 character in plain 2015:
http://puu.sh/ihIpy/5fe41968e8.jpg
End of the wall of text. Time to sleep!