LEGO® Bionicle 2007 Barraki | Review
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- Опубликовано: 7 авг 2024
- The creeps from the deep! This week we dive into our villains from the 2007 Bionicle line, the Barraki. These 6 warlords ascended from The Pit to assert their dominance onto the Matoran, and stood as the main enemies to our Toa Mahri. Being one of the most hyped up set so far in this series, will they live up to the hype?
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Set Background: 0:00
Unboxing: 1:45
Model Review: 3:35
Overall Thoughts, Pricing, and Score: 9:34 
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The Barraki were such a game changer. For several years, I'd only bought 2 at most out of a wave of Toa or villains. When they're all practically the same, you can just pick your favorite color and leave it at that. This was the first group since the Nuva where I bought the whole wave. Each Barraki was a fresh experience, and they come together beautifully. I'm of two minds about how skinny some of them are, though. The times I DID try to bulk them up, they just ended up looking more like Toa. As in more generic. I think they wanted these characters to look more organic than usual by minimizing the pistons and other robotic textures? I do like how ghostly it makes a character like Pridak. It's more about the stature for me. Not perfect, but a breath of fresh ai- oh, maybe not.
That last part cracked me up, but I do agree with you. Also I have bulked them up a bit with ccbs shells and it works well on them in my opinion.
Besides, I don't know how healthy it would be for them, being mutated and then living underwater for centuries.
It's like they lost their former glory, both mentally and physically... except for Carapar, my baby and beefy crab.
Can't relate, masks gave everyone their own identity and unique weapons were more than enough to get me to buy all six
Where can I get them?
@@boogie1434 The first couple waves of Toa, you at least have different arms, Onua's hunch, Pohatu's reverse torso, there was just enough variety that it didn't feel like the same figure in six colors. But then you have the Bohrok, the Rahkshi, the Vahki, etc. There's a reason the term "clone sets" became a thing. The Metru still had a LITTLE variation, but the Hordika had non besides masks and weapons. The Inika brought a littler variety with the types of armor and bits like Nuparu's claws, but if you built one of them you mostly knew how to build the other five.The Barraki and Mahri were the most variety we'd ever seen.
Creeps from the Deep still remains to be my favorite bionicle introduction/ad. Unironically, it's a piece of art and introduced me to Cryoshell. The nostalgia runs deep with this amazing, but not flawless line.
Cryoshell 😍
Nothing can top the Mahri commercial. It is a fucking masterpiece.
so true. Just rewached and i got chills running down my spine😅 I can remember me sitting on my dads pc and watching that add over and over on youtube. It was the best for sure
These guys are hands down my favorite villains. They are not mindless drones, incompetent criminals, these are warlords. They once ruled the entire universe and even were a threat to Mata Nui. Even mutated and imprisoned they still were still as dangerous if not more so then when they were on land. They even managed to beat the Toa albeit briefly, Also their designs! Each one is made to look like the creature they command. Pridak’s face is even covered in the blood of those he’s killed (I know it’s just supposed to behis design but come on!) lego just got it right in 2007 this is my favorite year of Bionicle!
One of the great parts of the last few years of Bionicle is certainly the depth of the lore and just how fleshed out every single character is!
Didn't the Piraka kick the Toa's ass worse than the Barraki? Regardless though the Barraki are complete bad-asses.
Yeah basically Toa Inika / Mahri were dope lol I was so disappointed the Nuva got beaten up so badly by the pirakas
Eh, the Piraka got done dirty by the marketing, they were a lot more threatening, but the ads gave them that incompetent thug feel instead.
@@PetitTasdeBoue I feel like it’s because the Toa Nuva just fought animals and drones in Mata Nui and they haven’t fought other beings like themselves yet, so they didn’t exactly know what to expect. But I don’t know if that’s true or not. I might be wrong.
I think the reason they didn't include additional armor was due to the fact that they are based on marine animals and wanted to make them look as organic as possible. Carapar is the only one that has armor and that reflects the type of marine animal he depicted.
I feel like they could have done Metru thigh armor to at least cover the holes
plenty of marine animals have amor
@@pokemonduck it depends on each animal and, in the sea, not everyone have one.
Aside from the fact that many marine animals do actually have 'armor', I don't think the issue is that the Barraki don't have enough armor. The real issue is how thin and straight some of their sections are. Rounded armor parts would've made them look more organic.
It was price cuts, some of the titans went a bit over budget and the barraki got some pieces removed, at least according to the designer of pridak
These are my personal favourite sets of all time, for Bionicle. If the Piraka started the trend of unique villains that aren't horde members, the Barraki are the set-line which truly defined it. Not a single build repeats itself. This was truly peak design level. Despite my favourite set year being 2004, I absolutely adore 2007's Barraki.
Rightly said: what makes the deal about these sets is that, at the time, even we "experienced" kids would have never imagined to build something like them.
Lego did something conceptually new while mostly sticking to old moulds.
The Barraki felt like "premium MOCs" to me, a young MOC-er, so they inspired to up my game too!
I stopped buying Bionicle after the Vahki sets, I grew out of them a bit and moved onto other things. But once the Barraki were announced, I couldn’t not get them. They remain the greatest Bionicle set in my opinion, such fun designs and great builds. They were the first set I actually completed, getting every single one. In the past I got my favourite colours and left it at that. I love these sets
These are the best canister set builds in my opinion.
Where the Barraki are concerned, I think they are better when their lore is taken into account. They're warlords who are significantly reduced from their previous state which lends to their desperation to retrieve the Ignika. I think those extra ten pieces you mentioned could have actually gone towards a little accompanying creature in their undersea armies. The builds are solid and they are probably the most colorful bunch until 09. They really are awesome villains with vibrant personalities and a massive place in the larger story. Great to have you back!
Ehlek was my first Barraki, i had the ill fated Lime green joints and he broke extremely quickly. So i went to using his claws for mocs I did. I personally love the design of them seeming to lack armor, or feeling "unfinished" to me it added to the idea they are underwater creatures, so of course they would look different from the Toa, but the lore also helps this given they are mutated. So it would be assumed that if we ever did get sets of them before their mutation, they might actually have armor and look more like what we have gotten in earlier sets. The squid launchers where never something I liked so i often took them off the set, just because I felt they looked cooler without them.
My favourite villain team of the whole theme. I love how feral they look, each of them nails the "creepy" vibe.
I remember with the squid launccher you had to have the 2 small protrusions on the bottom and the big one on top, it was consistent. They are quite stretchy and could easily go across a whole room. Loved the yellow, white and blue ones.
I remember getting Pridak and being surprised that lego gave him "bloody" teeth and tips on the fins. Definatly used the parts in a later moc of a vicious titan sized beast that had bloodied talons after a fight against its prey
One of the designers made a video explaining that the barraki were supposed to have more parts but budgets got in the way. He said Pridak for one was supposed to have more joints to thicken his back but lego was tightening the pockect strings for this set they had to re-engineer his waist
Note about the squid launcher- make sure their eyes are pointed up.
2007 was definitely the best year for bionicle in story, characters, and sets. The only issue is the lime green pieces but hey, a small price to pay for perfection.
This is honestly my personal favorite wave of villains!
Such unique designs that excel at the theme the Bionicle team was going for.
Despite their drastic differences, they look great together, and certainly seem a force to be reckoned with!
11:10 truly the saddest moment in all out brick history 😢
These guys might be my favorite set of 6. Hotly contested by the Metru and Phantoka, but the concept here comes across SO strongly. Amazing new molds with strange organic designs, amazing color schemes, distinct creature concepts for each king. Just incredible. I see what you're getting at calling them bare, but I think the punch of these guys is their heads and weapons -- they're emaciated, horrid things with spindly bodies and vicious, deadly "sharp bits." No substance, all malice. I agree they could have been more fleshed-out, but I think that's not enough to keep them from being THE villain group, to me.
I find it interesting you reviewed the Mahri before the Barraki! Technically it was the six kings who came out first, if I remember correctly.
The Barraki will always have a special place in my heart.
For being the first set that got me into Bionicle and being the first set I've ever completed.
Carapar was my first Barraki I ever bought, but Pridak will always be my favorite one and Kalmah was the last Barraki I needed to complete the whole set.
Overall despite their flaws I will always look at them with rose tinted glasses and nostalgia. The memories I get seeing them makes me feel like I'm 6yrs old again.
Always our favorite villains from Bionicle (besides the obvious and maybe the Sand Tribe bois). Unique design based on a subject we were always interested in, a creepy appearance, abilities based on the creatures they were based on, and a funny joke with Takadox looking like a mantis because mantis shrimp. Also it's thank to them we got introduced to one of our favorite bands of all time. 2007 was always our favorite year and the Barraki were a big part of it. All seven of them
I got 4 of my barraki from the Bionicle parts bin what is essentially a goodwill run by the red cross. *One of them was Ehlek.* His limbs were all disconnected when I found him, *sockets weren't even cracked.* I carefully reassembled him, *no damage.* Even today he happily stands with his fellow barraki on their shelf in near perfect condition (missing can and instructions of course)
Ahh these were my introduction to bionicles. Ah memories 😥
They are the Barraki. Meaning Warlord in the matoran language. They are competent, smart, and deadly. They put fear into the hearts and minds of all but the most brave, insane, and Makuta Teridax. They come. Prepare your graves. Because it is the only mercy you will ever have with them.
ufffff such a collection, these boys where my whole childhood
Wooo
Woohoo, finally! Was waiting this since forever, great review as always!
Been a while! Good to see you back in the swing of things
love your videos,glad to see people still care about bionicle..hope one day lego will bring back some of this sets
This brings back memories because Takadox was the first and only Bionicle set I ever got as a kid. I also remember getting Happy Meal toys from the 2006 and 2007 toylines.
FINALLY!!!! GODDAMN THE WAIT WAS INSUFFERABLE. Glad to see you back.
Omg finally!!! These are my absolute favorite line of Bionicles!!
I'm a simple man. I see an All Out Brick video, I smack that Like button.
This is the way
As awesome as the toa where these are just so cool to see, they are all unique and have their own vibe going on, but I totally agree with you they need a little more plastic them to make them fantastic
Precisely
I always liked that Pridak has torso articulation, I wish we saw that in more than just him & Maxilos
Fun fact about the squid launcher. According to one of the designers, the original version worked really well. So well in fact that they were a safety hazard and had to be intentionally sabotaged.
Yea, really wished that he had one so we could get a 3d model
Out of all the lines are own. None have brought me as much joy as the Barraki and the Toa Mahri
Barraki were my favorite Bionicle villain sets.
The first ever canister set wave I completed, absolutely love these guys!
Really enjoying these reviews. Class!
Hopefully we can get a score tally/matrix in the future. I'd like to see which sets you think are the best/worst.
Woohoooo! Glad to see you back in action Christian! Love the Barraki, easily the best canister design
Great to be back!!
this channel deserves much more subs
Truly one of BIONICLE's best waves. The variety here is amazing!
You forgot to mention that takadox has a glowing in the dark mask. I don't remember if before something like that happened
The underwater bionicles were peak bionicles
One of my favorite set waves. Worth the wait!
The Barraki were my second and final complete team of villains. Four out of the six would have their heads reused or recolored later on. Kalmah (red) was my first, while Carapar (the seaweed yellow one) was my last. Takadox (blue) was my third, and he marks the final appearance of the Visorak feet and Piraka legs in Metru blue (earth blue). His twin knives also appeared in one other constraction-scale set and one of the minifigure-scale playsets (8926) that year. Kalmah's knee and shoulder armor in the melded pattern is unique to him and Thulox (the red Hydruka), and he is the first canister-size set to have the Rahkshi legs and Piraka torso in Metru red (New Dark red). His tentacle would appear in other colors over the following five years, appearing the most often in black. On Carapar, all of the seaweed yellow parts are exclusive to him, and he is the second of three sets to have the Toa Metru hip piece in Keet-orange (flame yellow). He is the first of three sets to have the Inika legs in dark stone gray, and the Rahkshi feet in the same color are exclusive to him. His head-along with Takadox's appears in two other colors later on. Mantax (black) was my fifth, and he-along with Pridak (white) marks the first canister set to have the Rahkshi legs in black, as well as the final appearance of the Piraka knee armor in the same color. His feet are also in other sets later on in different colors. The Rahkshi torso beam in black is new to Bionicle, but it technically debuted in two "Vikings" sets in the two years before that. The mid section of his tail in black also debuted in the second of those (7021) in '06. Ehlek (green) was my second, though I honestly don't remember having the lime joint problem, considering that I had two of the three '07 sets with them. He was the final set to have the webbed Piraka feet and the Vahki leg and hip piece in Metru green (earth green). He and Pridak are the only sets to have the Toa Metru double socket joints in lime green and white respectovely. His electric spikes appear in other colors later on, and he is the only Bionicle set with the Technic 4x4 angular beam in lime green. Lastly, Pridak, was my fourth Barraki, and is the last set to have the Toa Nuva limbs all together. His feet appear in one other set, but are recolored in Metru green. The Mahritoran blades on his shoulders in white also appear in only one other set after this...
wow, thanks for the cool facts.
Was my favorite toy as a child. I played so much with the green one that all pieces snapped and broke. And I kept playing with it cuz I used to love it so much. Than kne day my mom threw jt away.
the guy who designed pridak actually made a documentary at his time at lego.
apperently the previous year lego went way overbudget, the mahri shooters where going to be really expensive compared to other peices. pridak actually had *two* spines. and the origional design for the squid launchers where so powerful that they cut through aluminum foil. they had to severely nerf the launchers which is unfortunate, but alright. the more i look at these guys the more i like them.
Just subscribed 🙌🏼 I got in love with bionicle with these 2006 sets, I only got the toas and not the Barrakis, I always wanted them because I just loved there transparent pieces, caught my small kid eyes instantly. So glad I now make and have adult money to buy them 😂
something I'd add that I haven't seen in the comments so far is that pridak and elek both have poses that they are designed to have, not sure about the others. Pridak's feet fold up to be a shark fin, and make him look like a shark. Elek can roll into a ball and crawl on all fours. Just another neat little play feature they added.
absolutely loving these badasses, sets are cool as hell, the variety makes the difference and give them some individual traits. also the canisters are beatiful
I was just searching up these sets a few days ago. Man, you really deliver!
Edit: I used to have carapar before I lost it somewhere. Funny how I liked these more than my 7-ish year old self.
Finally man bringing in that good stuff 🤘
👊
effing finally! I've been looking forward to this one for a month
welcome back bro
I took out all my bionicle after 3-4 of storage and the green one's neck just shattered , it sucks :-(
Bionicle emperor is back! Sick review. Had Ehlek back in a day.
CREEPS FROM THE DEEP
Hey All-Out Brick I would recommend you use lime green nail polish and mod pods to repair lime green Bionicle parts
You were gone for a month. 😥😥😥
Glad youre back. Missed your content.
I would love it if by the time you finish reviewing all the bionicle you do some sort of review video highlighting the best Toa/villains, combiners, matoran, Titans, theme overall. Be fun to watch
I remember going to the states for vacation and seeing these in a store. they weren't available in Canada at the time. My mind was blown and I immediately grabbed Takadox and Ehlek
I remember these, reminds me of my mom. Wish i had one again, my grandma sold all my bionicles.
These are awesome
Every time the Spotify shuffle gods bless me with the absolute playlist all-star, Creeping In My Soul by Cryoshell, I smile, as I'm brought back to the time I first saw the cinematic masterpiece that is the Barraki commercial.
Love these guys
That is so cool and awesome man
You have to consider the fact the Barraki were mutated by the Pit into "hideous monsters". The "bare bones" look you reference I always took to be just that: they were meant to look skeletal. Just my take on it, I think was intentional.
They are pretty spindly and thin but really it comes down to the posing. If you stand them up full then they look bare but if you put them in a menacing crouch then they really all come alive
These guys are honestly my all time favorites, I agree they are a it upolished but oh boy are they gorgeous!
Man I remember seeing the barraki commercial as a kid and I thought it was the most awesome thing ever. I say the one set I had every villain and toa was the Barraki/Mahri. Didn't have the Titans tho, except for my big blue boi Gadunka
i was 7 years old when they came out. Time flies 😅
I was worried something had happened to you after in the Mahri video you said you couldn't wait to do the Barraki "next week" and then vanished without a trace. Good to see that wasn't the case. But as for these guys, I'm really surprised you didn't go through and talk about each one by themselves a little the way you did the Toa Mahri since there's several interesting points you didn't even mention, such as Takadox glowing in the dark, Pridak's articulated waist, or Kalmah's tentacles being rubbery and flexible.
I was always bothered by the lack of torso armor on Kalmah (similar to my opinion on Mahri Hahli), and that honestly bothered me more than some of them having bare limbs despite it being a clear issue. I will say, though, that the bare limbs and stick torso work in Takadox's favor instead of against him since they allow for a lot more folding of his limbs and make him look more like the scheming type rather than the strong type (an appearance that suits his canon character perfectly). I had Takadox and Carapar, and I still consider them to be the best-designed Barraki. In fact, I still have my Takadox after having to purge some of my old collection, and he was my favorite Bionicle for years before I recently got a Vezon & Fenrakk and gave the title to that set. But Takadox will always be special to me, and he looks hella creepy when you see him staring at you in a completely dark room.
Small recommendation, Hydraxonn and Maxilos as one review
love bionicle. tnks to make this
*creeping in my soul invades my head*
The best 2007 winter sets
Man, I have Pridak but really wish I had gotten more of the 2007 sets. The barraki all looked so cool. I originally wanted to get ehlek, but pridak was the only one i was able to find at the store at the time
These are a mystery for me... I remember buying one of them when i was young, it was either the white one, or the blue one. But im sure i had two of them at home, and i remember holding the red one in my hands and showing it to my grandpa, but i dont remember buying, or ever playing with it😂
Some of the best from Bionicle. Easily
You got my sub!
These were my favorite, hands down. The first wave where i had ti have all of them!
That blue baraki has nice transparent parts.
THE WAIT IS OVER!!! 🙌🙌🙌
The Barraki are arguably the best villain wave of all Bionicle G1. No clones, all unique. (I want to include the Mistika/Phantoka Makuta, unfortunately they are similar in some way and limited of the wave parts...)
I was skeptical about them when I started collecting, but one on one they made me love them.
Despite Ehlek's lime joint dilema, he's my favorite. I just love these spines. Are you going to try the combiners? the only one worth trying is truly amazing... (Yes, I mean the Zyglak)
Thanks for saying "until next time", last time you said "until next week" it felt like a month passed. 😅 Wait...
I reckon the mistika makuta are on this level, but there's only 3 of them...
@@JOCoStudio1 I really love the Makuta Mistika, specially Krika, but them being limited with these pesky Av-Matoran limbs are a truly letdown. :/
Zyglak Is awesome but has an illegal build
I had carapar as a kid, I think it’s actually the last bionicle I ever got. Still love the colour and the really cool head shape.
Creeps from the deep gonna be freaking up your mind
Creeps from the deep gonna be feeding off your spine.
Creeps from the deep gonna be making Piraka look like baby toys.
Ahhh The Barraki....my very first bionicle waves.
I freaking love the Barraki. Still my favorite line of Bionicle villains.
I really agree that their build lack armor and bare but i don't mind that alot cause i think that make them more of a threat since they have little armor and still can bring a decent fight.
This is sick.
These are definitely the coolest villains from bionicle, I love they all have unique builds
I recently got the Tarakava set from 2001 and I was surprised about the playability of those Bionicle from that era, they were not only lego constructions, but also toys as such. Now I watch this review, I have realized how Bionicle evolved into a more action figure-like line, probably in order to accompany those kids as they grow up. Does anybody else have this feeling too?
I love every single one of them
Okay, so left to right; shrimp, squid, crab, manta, eel, shark? I get that right?
I loved the baraki the blue one was my favorite due to it glowing in the dark
Interesting video
Those &$@& lime joints!
My first Barrakki was Ehlek. I got him for my birthday after spending half a year hyped for the set. And then his torso turned out to be literally one liftam. And then the squid launcher turned out to suck. And then the joints broke. I remember his leg and head hanging limply, which was just sad. I got to go to the store for a replacement but those joints broke too. I then got replacement parts from online customer service, which would break randomly but could at least be replaced because there were plenty.
Ever since I barely touched the figure in fear of damaging it again.
Needless to say the whole experience wasn't a fun one and I my whole enjoyment of the new sets took a hit. I still kind of hate the whole breaking joints issue. Lego should have done a large-scale recall and fixed their mistake as soon as possible. And then the 2008 era joints came and they all snapped (albeit in a controlled way). It was then I learned lego can be far less about quality than they claim they are.
Bionicle was about taking them apart, building combo models, and putting them back together again for me. The lime joint issue really should NOT have happened. And even if it did, they should have done more than passively make the customer ask for a replacement. And the 2008 joints are especially inexcusable.
WORTH-THE-WAIT BOYS !!! LET’S GOOOOO !!!!
LFG!
I still have the green, black, blue, and green one.
The part that I really like about these is the masks.
I always loved the sea monster look they have. I hope to get them too, maybe.
By the way, where do you buy your sets?
I remember I wanted one of these but never got my mom to buy me one only got Matoro but still a cool wave
One thing i don’t like about Carapar is that they did not ad his second pincer. In the books, when we first meet Mantax, we read this:
”Carapar has two pincers of his own, and the longer reach on top of that”.