Nickon's Bionicle 2016 Summer Wave Megareview
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- Опубликовано: 7 июн 2016
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Hopefully people will still watch this one despite me having uploaded it in the middle of the night. That's it for 2016 Bionicle reviews. • Bionicle/Monkie Kid ME... 
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This video is just so sad, i really cant understand why there was no third year. You sound so hopeful and confident and it reminds me how i felt last year. what a shame.
Yeah... I was naive.
In the morning, I'm going to change the thumbnail so that my head is trapped in Quake Beast's shoulder-mouth.
Ouch!
XD
Loved the review as always!Not much to say in they of thoughts on the beasts, but they look better than I thought.
So glad Ekimu finally can stand with the other Toa in battle!This set is just what I was hoping for!It's just what he deserves.
When I look at Umarak the destroyer my mind always goes back to one thing:Titan Joker!
Even the way he's just oozing with sickly green...Something, makes him look like he's been using some really bad stuff with nasty side effects to hop himself up.
Can you do something Undertale? please?
Bradley Bradley
But... why? It wouldn't mean anything.
That ending speech breaks my heart every time
Coming back to this review has made me pick up and play with and appreciate my own G2 sets again. I really can't bemoan G2's shortcomings in light of all the fantastic things it brought us... I just wish we'd have gotten that third year.
Ekimu : I AM TAKANUVA, TOA OF LIGHT
what do you mean worng line?
My headcanon for Umarak's head connectors is that the Mask of Control drilled into his horns, making his already painful-looking mutation look even more painful.
At the end of the day, it's really nice to escape from all the negativity of the BIONICLE community about these sets and see a more positive analysis that does point out the flaws. I appreciate it, Nick.
As for the sets, Umarak the Destroyer looks amazing. I'd go as far as to say one of the best G2 figures, coming short (or tall? Er...) of his previous version, which is STILL my favorite BIONICLE set of all time.
I just wish Lego would get the leg proportions right. If they kept Umarak's normal thigh pieces he would have been even taller. Doesn't make sense how they got shorter. Ekimu's legs feel really weird too. Still pretty great.
And now a question for the summer 2016 story: do you think Ekimu is going to die in a spectacular battle of Creation vs Destruction?
No idea. Anyway, thanks.
I fond cronk on YT....man is this fanbase Getting smaller
And I absolutely LOVE the look of Ekimu! The astral description is spot on!
This video is amazingly emotional at the end... I love it
I feel the skull villans are good as individual charecters and the beasts are better as minions
Am I the only who thought they looked unremarkable In the advertisement but thought they looked awesome in real life?
I guess. I am really indifferent towards the Toa, I really like Ekimu, despite him "overthrowing" Mata Nui.
Man, I love you reviews. You have such a creative imagination it's refreshing. I look forward to more of your reviews.
Damn dude, I can't find ANY 2016 Bionicle figures at my Toys R Us.
Every wave I decide to go look for some, I always seem to arrive late to the party. The shelves are almost always picked clean. Usually the only guys left are Pohatu and Gali, and even then, there were only like 1 of each left.
I think Bionicle G2 might be catching on with more kids than we thought.
Well, apparently not enough to give it a third stinkin' year!!
@@GreyTheGamer06true man, Lego begame a disgusting profit Organisation. I mean more disgusting than any other company. My aunt worked at lego as an engineer and there is nothing left of the glory. Only fanboys accept the higher prices.
@@cannilony Yeah, I'm still interested in themes like Ninjago because of the story, but I almost never get any LEGO sets outside of Birthdays and Christmases because they have become so expensive.
Awesome review dude. You changed my mind on these sets, especially Ekimu. Great job!
I wasn't going to get these sets... Until I saw this video. They look pretty cool, and your video got me excited about purchasing them!
Wow! I'm glad you and I share the same idea of the Beasts coming from dormant Shadow Traps that metamorphosized!
I'm surprised it hasn't crossed more people's minds.
another great review, don't think I ever mentioned it before but I really like how you interpret all of the designs of the sets and how they look its really awesome
Bionicle inspires me.
+NickonAquaMagna Quote of the year material right there.
Gotta say, your G2 advocating skills are borderline impeccable... at least where these guys are concerned. Nicely done!
Everyone applaud maxilos on his recovery. We all knew he could do it 😀
Bionicles are actually the thing that got me into LEGO
and I desperately want an Umarak the Destroyer. He looks amazing
I cannot wait to get all of these sets now. Thanks for the video, Nick!
No prob.
What I'm planning to do is get several of each of the beasts so that it looks like I have an entire army of them on my shelf. I think that it would look pretty cool alongside the Toa that I already have on display. Overall, I think that this wave looks great, and I cannot wait to complete it.
That American Narrator
Hey, if you have the money for it, go to town. Maybe you could even make slight differences between them all so it looks like they have unique traits despite being members of a species. Every tiger has different stripes.
I've never tried to revamp a set before, but I'll definitely try to! Thanks for the great idea!
i was VERY dissapointed when these came out, but you have changed my opinion and im getting one of them :)
I love all these sets even more after this video! I'm definitely going to order these off lego some time soon, and i'll definitely be getting the pieces to make Ekimu's Falcon!
I have a theory about what the storyline for 2017 might be.
(First half: Winter Wave)
Makuta summons six immortal arcane sorcerers, known as the Shadow Sages, from another realm, known as the Twilight Realm, and has them find and steal the Mask of Ultimate Power. To defeat Makuta, and the Shadow Sages, and get the Mask of Ultimate Power, the Toa must travel to a temple on a faraway island, where they will find six ancient entities who call themselves the Guardians, and ask them to help them enter the Twilight Realm, as they have fought the Shadow Sages in the past. The Toa succeed in entering the Twilight Realm, but fail to defeat the Shadow Sages, because of how powerful they are in the realm, than outside the realm.
(Second Half: Summer Wave)
The Okotans have no idea what have happened to the Toa, so a young Okotan volunteers to find them, and bring them home. With the aid of the Guardians, the young Okotan travels to the Twilight Realm. However, the atmosphere in the realm changes the young Okotan into a tall Toa-sized being with powers over light, while those who actually come from the Twilight Realm, (the Guardians, and the Sages), and the Toa, who are biomechanical beings who didn't come from Okoto in the first place, are not affected. The young hero, now taking on the name, Takanuva, proceeds to practice his new powers, and once he is ready, he defeats the Sages, and rescues the Toa, and together, the seven heroes defeat Makuta, and either A: destroy the Mask of Ultimate Power, or B: take it from Makuta, and seal it away from Okoto, and the Twilight Realm, never to be used again.
Nope.
Dude, that’s a cool story. It’s so good. It’s a shame that Bionicle Got cancelled :/
4 years later and this comment still punctures a hole through my heart.
Even though there won’t be a third year (unless it’s resurrected for Lego’s anniversary) this backstory is pretty cool. Although, if I may float a suggestion, instead of shadow sages, perhaps we could give them a new name, maybe…….RAKSHI!!
I always thought I was gonna skip this wave.
Yet once again, your brilliance changed my opinion.
Also, this was posted on my birthday :D
Wooooo happy belated birthday. Enjoy your toys.
NickonAquaMagna Thanks man :D
Your end thoughts were exactly what I was thinking.
I feel the umarak masks are fragments of the mask of control
These Summer wave Bionicle set designs are awesome, I really wish I could've gotten them while they were still out. They looked great, especially the Lava beasts since they reminded me of the Makhai from Wrath of the Titans.
just from watching this, the beasts are a good bit smaller that I thought, but they also seem more substantial than I first thought.
Can you give us a short how to video on the Toa modifications you did? Because I really like how they look in this video!
You mean take them apart and assemble them on camera? Uh... I'd probably forget how I did it the first time and not be able to do it again.
Imagine an alternate universe where Lego advertised the hell out of Bionicle G2 and it did well. I'll miss bionicle again. Hopefully G3 will be amazing like the last two. (maybe a metru nui G2)
Yeah...
NickonAquaMagna now that I think about it, if lego were to continue the story of G2, there could have been toa (Toa Metru) who were the ones who brought peace to the island of Okoto, until Makuta created the mask of Ultimate power.
‘I can’t wait to see what else they come up with’
‘I feel this wave was very good for Bionicle in terms of sets’
-Bionicle gets cancelled due to poor sales-
lol R.I.P.
great review, also in regards to enemies to face the toa, I think shadow wraiths would be really cool, maybe they were ancient warriors and kings from another island who makuta has raised to fight for him, each of which can fight the toa one on one and may even be slightly more powerful
I really wish we got a wave of the protecters as toa if the line continued would've been nice to get a extra team of toa for g2
good review, and good choice in music.
I don't really mind the black connectors for Umarak's horns. It kind of looks like crystals started growing from the sides of the MoC, as well as horns growing from Umarak himself and taking the gold horns from the MoC with them and fusing together.
I think that those pieces really capture the image that Umarak isn't supposed to look the way that he does. Even the new horns couldn't come out unscathed from the mutation.
No thoughts on "Journey to One"? I would think you would talk about that at least a little bit. Although, not all the episodes are out yet, so I guess that's understandable.
Great review as always by the way.
When do they come out?
I may make a quick video about it with screenshots when it's finished.
NickonAquaMagna Ah. alright then. Thought the series so far is decent, but not great. Then again, I could say the same for the old movies.
I suppose you'd do the review that way to avoid all the RUclips copyright bull going around?
*****
Yes.
Why are these sets so expensive new on eBay now? Ugh, these were impossible to find here in Turkey!
I wanted all the beasts.... I love everything about them, even the jaw! (and I don't mind the open joints on Storm Beast)
dev57
Go on AliExpress.
im sad I missed out on the last wave. I took Bionicle G2 for granted...
I _really_ don't want there to be another wave of Toa next year. Or, even if they do, have it be the Summer wave ffs... Too many heroes, not enough villains. Do what your used to do, LEGO! Release a wave of villains first, then the new batch of Toa! I seriously don't want another version each for the Toa past the Uniters - I'm already going to be using my still-built Masters' parts to revamp them the best that I can, and I do NOT want to have to deal with buying EVEN MORE BLOODY TOA. Make the (possibly) last year one filled with more villains, please. We've already got 24 sets dedicated to the heroes alone - leaving the villains with a measly 10. (I didn't include MMvSG because that set was basically balanced between sides. Well, kinda. Whatever. I'm tired.)
Like I said at the end of the vid, I too hope they mix things up. Of course I still want to see what new pieces or builds they can come up with, what sort of new style they give the Toa, but I wouldn't mind having some truly outstanding villains first. People LOVE Umarak the Hunter. A lot say he's their favorite G2 set of all. Well, what if we had an entire group, a wave of villains that were AT LEAST that good?
That would be _great_. Umarak tH is definitely the best villain set we've gotten so far, and I certainly wouldn't mind getting more villains on-par with the 'standard' Umarak set.
Umarak is actually the only summer 2016 set u bought. He just has such a Freddy Kruger, hulk kinda look.
And I always joked that the goo on his chest represents his power. The power to shoot dangerous syrup.
The funny thing is that he got the shadow traps turning into the beasts
You know I watched a video of how you can fix everything wrong with the Stormbeast's design it really only took 16 different peaces.
Neat.
I'm extremely surprised that you put this up so early. I expected you to hold off on them until at least Journey to One's Summer Wave Episodes came out to provide context for some of the decisions made with these sets. Then again, that could be chalked up to how surprisingly early these sets came out.
Honestly, I starting to have my doubts about these sets. Pre-release shots looked awkward, if not awful, but the more I saw of them from in hand videos, the more my initial thoughts seemed to be swayed in a different direction(I initially wanted Lava Beast the most of the $15 Beasts, but I liked how Storm Beast came out more, although this video really made Lava Beast look cool again. Still bleh on Quake Beast). Granted, I still REALLY want Umarak the Destroyer. I love all the little hints to his former self and the extent of his corruption, as well as his bulk despite not gaining much height, which may be my biggest disappointment with the set. The larger Ekimu I can take or leave, but I like to imagine the Hunter Mask he comes with as a makeshift Mask of Ultimate Power in case next years' sets fail to give us a physical representation of it.
I'd prefer it if they ended things next year. Granted, it'd be great to give G2 more time to grow and become something as great as G1, but it would be more satisfying for next years sets to be one final hoorah for the story and it ends at that. It may just be that way given how I STILL see tons of Skull Bashers, Warriors, and Scorpios shelfwarming my Wal-Mart for $8 with no 2016 Summer Wave in sight. That's just how I feel.
I found last bioincle sets at my local Walmart for 2 bucks. I was surprised sets were very cheap asked guy in charge of the section. He said that sets weren't selling very well and figures , so assistant manager wouldn't have summer wave in stock or other figures in the store.
Kids don't like action figures anymore. They just want ipads.
People have been pestering me about this one.
+NickonAquaMagna kids still do I have seen in person my niece and her friends play with toys still. Technology can keep kids entertain for so long.
definitely see how you'd need to thnk then rethink these a few times I like the evolution, though initial feeling is they may have gone a bit to Christmas tree with the crystal, translusence and stuff that destoyer is a hit, show's the potentential we'd've seen in a next wave wwwwWiked cool build, that Maxzillus(?) figure shown last
If they make unique villains next year I hope i'ts not like the piraka, because the piraka figures we're basically the same I hope they all look different as examples: A knight, a flying valkyrie and a four legged creature etc
Did you leave the rest of the sets as they were and only revamp the Toa, Protectors and Creatures?
I got all of the sets on Tuesday, and made a few improvements to them- for example, I covered up the top half of Umarak the Destroyer's back with some Techinc beams and panels, and gave him a new neck, and I also made Ekimu's legs and arms a bit longer.
Same.
In the meantime, it really annoys me that people keep asking when the next Bionicle review will come out, when they should realize it might not be for another year, because we all have to wait until the sets are out next year.
Diesel 20212
Well, it's mostly been people asking me when THIS review would come out. They seem to expect me to get the sets on day one (Even though I live in Maine, where sets take longer to reach the shelves) and think it should only take, like, a day to write, record, film, convert, edit, render and upload all of this. Geezum.
NickonAquaMagna I can understand that.
That Metroid Prime Phazon Mines Theme Though
I like your reviews very much and I agree with almost all of your points. Keep it up!)
But... Don't take it the wrong way please, but after seeing all of your reviews I can't help but notice a bit of a pattern. "This Toa\villain line is great!" - "No, disregard that, it was so-so, but THIS new line is REALLY great!". This was a case with Masters and Uniters, this is the case with Skulls and Beasts as well. I could cope with one case of Uniters, but here you say the same.
And I'm sorry, but I really don't think the Beasts are _that_ better than Skulls, at least because the Skulls at least had a reason to be what they are - skeletons reanimated by Kulta, and their flaws could be explained this way. Trans-red bits on all skeletons? Kulta's energy. Very slim bone pieces with no armor whatsoever? Those are literally bones. Asymmetric builds? Decay. 3 faces, all in silver\gunmetal? Those are skulls (humanoid skull, bull skull and a skull spider's body).
But how can you justify the flaws of this line? The awkward leg builds, the god-awful open joints on Storm Beast's arms, the unmovable jaw in one color, through which a balljoint and a headpiece's "chin" can be seen? Yeah, no, I'm sorry, but Skulls win here.
Storm Beast's function rules though. I didn't think they'd ever top the Skull Basher's one, yet they did.
I never thought the skulls were amazing, just that they pulled off some really neat tricks for how limiting some of the parts were and they got good mileage out of the elements they had (the bones an' such). Something about the beasts feels a little more... traditional, I could say? A little back to basics. When I stand them next to the skulls, the skulls just look kind of bland. I think the skulls are good... but I never said they were great. And the Toa from last year are pretty darn great, but I do think the new Toa are a bit more daring.
You know what stinks? EVERYONE IS SAYING BIONICLE IS ENDING THIS YEAR! Uh, I get so disappointed thinking of the potential if it ends. I'm not sure if it will end but please don't end soon.
I really hate hearing news about that. If Bionicle is gonna end then at least have end in 2017 where its got its third year done. That way it's main story feels complete and it can end on a high note.
I really hope G2 does get its last year I just have no idea if it will or won't. On the one hand a Lego employee supposedly said it would, on the other hand the timeline makes absolutely no sense. I just don't know what to think.
Ok, I do think the uniters are the best Toa yet. It's good we gottem because I remember all the awful inika build Tahu MOCS lol. We should just be happy it returned at all.
Yeah. The Bionicle community(mostly us older fans), are so jaded and pessimistic these days. We don't have concrete evidence on how Bionicle is performing. My little brothers absolutely love these new sets, and I'm so glad they get to have a similar experience as I did during G1's run. Yeah, sure, kids nowadays would usually spend their play time playing games on smart phones or tablets, but they would occasionally still play with toys and what not. Let the new generation have their fun.
I don't understand those people. From what I see we're in the proper middle of a trilogy: First part finds victory for the heroes, the second part is much more destructive and terrible, and the third part will bring it all to an end.
Plus we still gotta see the Mask of Ultimate Power before we see the end of BIONICLE again.
They don't just cause storms, quakes, and eruptions- the official Lego description reveals that Storm Beasts can summon LIGHTNING!
Well... that seems pretty obvious. Storms sort of imply lightning.
i thought of this just now the mask had permanently fused to his face and the horns had pulled parts of his head to out to extend the horns and makutert tortures him by making the horns grow like giving him a head ace if he disobeys him
its sad that g2 ended but we should hold the memory in are harts
While I can understand why they didn't make a new gold version of the connectors on Umarak the destroyer's tusks, part of me thinks they should've at leaat made 'em yellow or some sort of keetongu orange type color. Sure, it wouldn't have fit with the rest of the color scheme, but at least it would've improved the illusion of the tusks being part of the mask
Tbh, the beasts have grown on me but I still believe that Lego was out of ideas, so they grabbed some unused "Hero Factory:Invasion from Below" beasts and were like "Yeeeeaah, dat ill do."
I mean... Come on.
you know what i think should be the villians next year? anti toa
6:20 bruisers arm went up and down not side too side
Great review now I want to go out and buy them (except they're way over priced in my local toys r us) and would you mind making a video about how you changed them? I do plan to mod them but I don't want to copy yours just see what you did.
I will, once I get a few more pieces to add to them. You can see my modded Ekimu near the end, at least.
11:37 what piece is beign used on pohatu's back?
that metroid prime world themes in general though
I love all of the sets from what I've seen of them, but because Bionicle ended, I can't find any of the sets without having to pay a fortune. Can anyone help me with this, or am I just stuck? If anyone wants to help me search, the only sets I have are both Umaraks, Kopaka, Pohato, and Lewa Uniters with their respective creatures.
Maybe bricklink?
I wish I owned at least one of the beasts. Their pretty good cannon fodder
Foreshadowing
Have you made a toa kaita-moc for the Uniters?
No.
Hey Nick, quick (or not-so-quick) question, what do you think of Lego Sonic now being an official thing. Personally the only thing I'm annoyed at are the news outlets calling Dimensions "the best Sonic game", because the best Sonic game will always be Super Smash Bros.
And I just realized I didn't put a question mark.
My mind is drawing a blank.
next year........
I actually tried to modify lava beast giving it bending thumbs
Storm beast is my favorite
Yo Nick, how do you feel 'bout Mighty No. 9?
I'm not comfortable talking about it until I've played the game.
+NickonAquaMagna
Oh, do you plan to play it?
spacedp
Well, yeah. I backed it years ago, now I'm just waiting for my key.
I swear Umarak's Destroyer form is to resemble BvS Doomsday
i actually love Umarak. Like he actually looks like a Bionicle
Well, so do this year's Toa, with all the new greeble that's been added. In fact, there are some fans who don't like that, who think they should've just kept rolling with the smooth ccbs look for consistency.
The 2015 figures are my favorite I don’t really like this year. the arms hanging back never bothered me. I love the mask of control though.
Do you play halo also please make a review if you do
I don’t what it is, but something about these remind me of the orcs from lord of the rings
They also remind me ALOT of doomsday from dc
And my favorite beast is storm beast he reminds me of a storm dragon
Are they out in Ireland
I wouldn't know that.
Sadly they arent.... But great review!
Kulta/Skull Grinder reminds me of Satan bro.
Anyone thinks those peaces that can make a dragon
I can't belive that i am like 500.
18:18 aged like milk
What about the combo model with the beasts?
What about?
Will you review it?
Ayy lmao
What for?
For the same reason you reviewed the rest of the wave?
Ayy lmao
Aw, man...
18:18 ahahahaHA*HAHAHAHAHA*
Indeed.
i almost feel cheated by lego after releasing what seems like such great and fun figures, i wanna blame it on advertising but i honestly cant, the old bionicle ads were perfect and are what got kids into this new expansive universe, in 2016 we got a choppy and poorly made netflix series that has so many plot holes, useless additions and mistakes it gives me a headache, plus the ads we got in 2016 were horendous, it was just your usual ''quickly the heroes need to stop the villain before he.. well does something?'' and dont even get me started on 2015, the small miniseries animated ''thing'' we got gave me an even worse headache, watching this and seeing you and the rest of the community excited after a decent summer wave makes me upset, now that i think about it i guess advertising is to blame, lego has already killed constraction, i guess its too late to keep complaining
G2 is basically just G1 but told in a different point of view
I don't like asking for likes but like so he can see it
I see it, dood.
am i the only one who thinks umaraks head looks like the motorhead logo?
Holy crap it does! XD
i.ytimg.com/vi/ly3bgpqxb5c/maxresdefault.jpg
WHAT ARE YOU TALKING ABOUT THE STORM BEAST WAS TERRIBLE
Pretzel Jedi News to me.
I’m just saying the STORM beat is awful
Thank you for reviewing my dumbass toys that are made for children.
Have I mentioned that I hate RUclips channel that impersonate other people.
first XD
...
it was completely necessary
what mods are youthinking of making to the figures?
Esc Boy
I've already made some mods with pieces I have laying around. I lengthened Storm Beast's arms and tail a bit, and bulked Quake Beast up... the only one already so perfect that I don't want to change it is Lava Beast. Umarak I just filled out and gave a more lifelike neck, and you can see the changes I made to Ekimu near the end of the video, along with all of the Toa.
+NickonAquaMagna You should check out PlayStippling's mocitorium on Umarak's neck!
Tran Le
I've seen it. Mine's different.
do you hate rotties because I'll unsub if you do P.S. rottie = rottweiler
No.