The Mask don't actually give the Toa their Elemental power. It is actually innate within their species like the Mataron. Their kanohi masks give them special powers like Shielding, Levitation, Underwater Breathing, Speed, X-ray vision, Strength and more.
@@Meowthatsrightttt Well, Mahri were unable to breathe outside the water, and phantoka got special armour made by Arthaka. Also, levitation is not flight. There is mask of flight tho
Best aesthetic to me. Toa Mata were my favorite because they're all basically Terminator flavored Power Rangers. Their spindly bodies made them look more believable to me for some reason.
0:00 we do know it: In the time before time, on the mysterious island of Mata Nui, six canisters washed ashore on a golden beach and new and powerful legends were born. Tahu, courageous Toa of Fire; Lewa, agile Toa of Air; Gali, noble Toa of Water; Kopaka, powerful Toa of Ice; Onua, wise Toa of Earth; teamed with Pohatu, mighty Toa of Stone. They battled the darkness of evil Makuta and the terrible menaces he unleashed that threatened the Toa, and the world.
In the city of Metru Nui, you can discover how six new heroes confront the danger and protect the danger from a mysterious force. * Music Ensues * They are the Toa Metru. Extremely adept, powerful, equipped, ready for any challenge. They know they're duty, but can they stop this faceless opponent? A mystery to be revealed, at bionicle.com.
allow me: the Great Spirit descended from the heavens carrying we, the ones called *the Matoran,* to this paradise. we were separated, without purpose...so the Great Spirit illuminated us with the 3 virtues: *Unity, Duty...and Destiny.* We embrace these gifts, and in gratitude we named our island home *Mata Nui,* after the Great Spirit himself. but *our happiness is not to last...* for Mata Nui's brother, Makuta was jealous of his honours and betray him, casting Mata Nui into a deep slumber. Makuta is finally free to unleash his shadow... *and unleash them, he did.*
Gathered friends, listen again to our legend of the Bionicle. In the time before time, the great spirit descended from the heavens, carrying we, the ones called "the Matoran" to this paradise. But we were separate and without purpose, so the Great Spirit illuminated us with the Three Virtues - unity, duty and destiny. We embraced these gifts, and in gratitude we named our island home "Mata Nui" after the Great Spirit himself. But our happiness was not to last, for Mata Nui's brother, the Makuta, was jealous of these gifts and betrayed him. Casting a spell over Mata Nui, who fell into a deep slumber. The Makuta was free to unleash his shadows. And unleashed them, he did.
@@returnedtomonkey8886 Agreed I really got into it towards inka/mahri, I do think the monster designs of the older sets were a bit cooler though, and the Inka mask mounting system sucked, pretty sure the masks were rubber if memory serves and I can't imagine those age as well in terms of durability.
these cans were just the very best. i can't get over how perfect they got it on the first try. theyre simple, classy even. given the usual tropes of kids toy presentation at the time, it was really unusual to see such slick, understated packaging. the silvery grey combined with the muted metallic color top made such a statement. as a child seeing these in the shelves, i was immediately taken in by how mysterious, and quiet they were, which kinda mirrored bionicle as a whole back in the first era. as a child of the 90s. i grew up in the era of X-TREME, where garish and loud and in-your-face attitude was the meta, and then in the middle of all that there's this clandestine, solem, lord-of-the-ringsy setup with sentient robots who talk like shakespeare. i had never seen anything like it, and to this day, i still haven't.
God I can't believe that Bionicle went from saving Lego to being canceled, to a pitiful reboot, to failing again. What I would do to live in the timeline that they were never canceled.
The 2015 sets were all pretty good in my opinion, except for maybe skull Scorpio and LOST. Though not all of them were bad, the 2016 sets were not quite as good as 2015’s, but the features they had were pretty good
@@TwinMulligan The sales tell all. People just didn't like the CCBS bones-and-shells system, Bionicle should have stuck to its roots as a technic subtheme
This is probably the most nostalgic line of toys for me. A couple of years ago, I bought a 2001 Kopaka and Nuju to keep on display. I might just have to complete the original collection at some point. Nice video, man!
@@AndreasFunnell Absolutely, and since posting the comment above, I've purchased a lot more cool old sets. I don't have display room for anymore now, so I probably have to sell some of it again, haha!
My major complaint about these guys is one single piece: The torso. Compared to the way the Rahi are built, I think the torso piece really limited the creativity, as well as over standardized the Toa. Just a year or so before, LEGO made the Slizer bots, which also used very similar construction techniques including having the torso house a lot of gear systems, except these had torsos made of multiple pieces, which allowed for greater variation between the elements. Breaking it into just two pieces would already be enough, top and bottom. But oh well. I am way too nostalgic about these guys to be stuck on that.
I know they're pretty limited, but the Toa Mata and Nuva have all and will always be my favorite sets. Nostalgia? Maybe. But the colors and masks were just so, so good.
the nuva are disappointing to me :/ the changes aren't that big to justify collecting all six (unlike the OGs), I still got 3, lol... same with the bohrok and bohrok-kal... just some silver bits and new masks (which are cool, ngl)
my very first Bionicle was the quick Toa Mata of Stone Pohatu!, he was always so cool to me how differently he was made, and when the Nuva came out and I saw the new armor and the claws I imediately told my Mom that my favorite Lego just got more Cooler!. Pohatu is just the Best Toa, Ever!.
mine was Onua, cuz he had both hands and "fingers" (claws) and the mask was cool, and the green eyes - and the fact that he's a little hunchback mole man, lol... Pohatu was my least favorite, because he used his leg (I think I gave him a second cog so he could "walk"), he alos reminded me of the red slizer that had his head between his legs (what were they thinking?! I was building the guy "normally" with his head up)... but that was just my stupid-a$$ kid self, now I think Pohatu is OK - all the six OG are
G1 Masks have individual abilities. They do not grant elemental powers, but they unlock the one Toa actually has, so maskless Toa can't use his/her element.
Akamai might look weaker, but keep in mind that he got all the battle-oriented mask powers, Shielding, Speed, and Strength, and he also has Pohatu's foot extension, so his kicks'll probably hurt a lot. I also like to think of his other hand as a skull hammer/club. The man has a fricking claw ribcage and shoulder pads too, so he's built like a tank.
@@spacedoctor6858 yeah, but it's stated that his mask was the Kanohi Aki, the Mask of Valor, which, like i said, has the powers of speed, shielding, and strength
It's sad to think we will never see anything like _Bionicle_ from LEGO ever again. These toys were such a major part of my childhood. The story, the characters, the lore of the _Bionicle_ universe were all fantastic, and the comic books were the best reading material LEGO ever published. You know, I like to think that Bionicle inspired the armor permutations in _Halo 3,_ since many of the helmets introduced in that game and beyond look very similar to _Bionicle_ masks... the EOD, Rogue, GUNGNIR, and GRD helmets in particular.
This is one of the better reviews I’ve seen on Bionicle sets. Most people that do reviews find out that the good guys are the Toa and the the bad guy is Makuta and that they live on Mata Nui. But you have actually done your research on Bionicle and you know stuff like mask names. Nice job! 👍
I plan to do it for all of the 2001-2003 waves as those are the sets I have right now. If people really enjoy the series though or if I get hooked on them then it’ll definitely extend on to the rest of the line
Ngl, my favorite of the Toa Mata is Pohatu. Something about him having super speed and his kicking gimmick is awesome, and his design is pretty good too. I think I prefer the Mata over their Nuva forms though, mainly because it seems the masks on the Nuva come off whenever a gnat lands on it, whereas I don't have that issue with the Mata. Still gotta give Kopaka Nuva love though, he was my first bionicle, me and my Grandma went to the dollar store one night and there they were, Bionicles, and they were awesome as fuck. Now I am 23 and regret giving all of my bionicles away, so I went out and bought some old sets at a steal :) got all 6 Nuva and 3 bohrok (w/ Krana!) and Gahli Mata and Pohatu Mata. I haven't felt that happy in so long than when I picked em up, played with them and took em apart and built stuff with them. I wish we could get something that amazing again
Tahu: I have a super cool flaming sword Gali: I have a pair of hooks that I can use for fighting or climbing rocks Lewa: I have an axe for cutting through trees and enemies Onua: I have strong metal claws that can dig through hard rock Kopaka: I have a sword and a shield to protect myself and the others Pohatu: I can kick really hard
Only issue with this is that the masks grant a special power, not an elemental one. The Kanohi Hau grants a shield, not fire. The Kanohi Miru grants levitation, not air. Other than that, great review!! 😊
Can't believe that i still have a chance to see these models at this quality once again. Thank you for your videos. Hope you make more. I can't stand the new BIONICLE :( Sadly.
That was pretty good. I'm mostly impressed that you have sets that new or almost new with such a small channel. I'd argue on a couple of your points (namely on articulation), mostly because it's unfair to judge a set on what came later down the line. Also, it's a little ironic that the Bohrok (the most clone-like of all the sets) also sold the best, so perhaps a common build model has more value than people think.
Thank you! I got the entire waves from 2001-2003 sealed 4-5 years ago and figured rather than keeping them sealed I should go ahead and build them all since it’s been such a long time since I had them as a kid. Bionicle is one of if not my favorite themes so I figured it would be worth the pain of opening sealed sets to relive it all and produce reviews and other content related to the theme. It is tough to not judge sets without bias of what came down the line, my issue with articulation is that they did it for the combination models, so they solved the problem but chose not to include it on the base models. It is interesting with the bohrok being such good sellers. Part of it could be due to them being the first “build an army” type of set for the theme and they were rather inexpensive
Bohroks sold so well, lego just rereleased them as Kal. Also, as hard as it is to review early Bionicle without comparing them to later models, you're doing pretty good job at it. I would say that you're the best reviewer I've seen in years. I love your format and style, as well as the amount of research you seems to put in your videos. I kinda wish you weren't grouping clone sets together so we would have more of your videos to watch^^
My favourite waves of Toa in order is Mata, Metru, Mahri. The Mata looked really good. All of them had amazing mask designs, and unique weapons from one another. Their colour schemes were great as well. Their main flaw was that they were smaller and simpler than the waves that came afterwards. I for one am a fan of simple yet solid designs, which is why this wave is my favourite. Also paired with the fact that they came from the coolest era of Bionicle IMO. The Toa Metru had the perfect balance between play features and articulation. Their mask designs were great, and their overall designs were very refreshing. Their main flaw was that they lacked colour variation of the prior waves. This was something they fixed with Lhikan and the Toa Hagah. I also never liked that their arms are angled in such a way that when you swing their arm too far, it hits their head. The Toa Mahri brought lots of diversity in designs, where together, form to make an awesome looking team. They are what I wished the Inika were. They brought back masks similar to the Toa Metru, and brought back melee weapons (my favourite kind of weapon). They were also larger and weighed quite a bit more than the previous waves asides from the Inika. Their main flaw is that their torsos are less complete from previous waves, and some were given quite a bit more love to their designs than others. You can't tell me Hewkii costed the same amount of money to produce as Jaller and Hahli.
@@AllOutBrick Currently I'm staying in Indonesia for a couple of months due to work stuff, and there's an online seller here who sells almost every Bionicle set at its original price and sealed. Sadly it doesn't ship to other countries :')
Revisiting this for the first time since 2020, all of the parts in medium blue on Gali (8533) remain exclusive to that set. As is the case for the "Voodoo arm" on Lewa (8535) in lime green. Apart from Lea's Axe, each of the Toa's weapons would eventually be repurposed or recolored in other themes as well, with the Climbing Hooks from Gali and the Digging Claws from Onua (8532) being the most common.
Man, my first Toa was Pohatu. What’s special about set specifically, is that I stole it from my older cousin and that’s what sparked my Bionicle craze 😂
Huh I remember these I wish they didn’t struggle with sales so they were still made I used to love these especially as they made new series and got cooler
Just got all the his mata yesterday Tuesday just the canisters are cool will be opening this things on Friday for someone who missed g1 and g2 perfect way to start 20 years later
uhh actually the masks gave them additional powers such as shielding, strength, speed, water breathing, levitation and xray vision. not elements. there was very few elemental masks back in the day and non gave them toa level range of use over the element. your thinking g2 for elemental masks
@@AllOutBrick at least you know now, make sure you're looking at legitimate sources of bionicle lore. i'd advise looking at biosector01.com next time you write scripts
Also I wanna add that in the history, the masks they searched didn't have color, they were silver, until a Toa put them. In that moment the mask taken the color of the Toa. Now in set, the different color version of the masks were sold as collectibles. It was in BIONICLE G2 that the masks granted them elemental powers. Now in G1 there were some mask with elemental powers, but none of the six shown here.
Wait I’m really getting back into Lego and as a kid I had a wide variety of sets and themes..now I’m mainly focusing on Star Wars only but I have all of the original Bionicle sets. Are you telling me these are worth a lot of money? Cause I personally don’t care for Bionicle all that much. I wouldn’t mind selling these. I have these like miniature versions of these original ones as well. I’ve been going through all my old sets from the 90s-mid 00’s trying to see which ones have appreciated and need rebuilding and I literally left all the Bionicle sets behind in a cardboard box. Wow I feel so bad for neglecting them lol
It wasn't the make of the canisters that caused memory loss, it was the damage done to the pod that left them floating until Takua summoned then to the island
@@roguespartan2854 Do what by accident? The Toa Mata had been ejected from the Codrex long ago, like a thousand years before, shooting up into the air and then down into the water, but the canisters were malfunctioning. From what I gather the Turaga asked Takua to gather the Toa Stones in order to summon the Toa Mata though, but I could be remembering that wrong. Anyway, doing so caused the Canisters to drift towards the beacon the energy from the stones created in the Amaja Nui circle at Kini Nui once Takua placed them down into them. Otherwise they had been drifting in the water aimlessly for a thousand years. They were ejected the moment the Great Spirit "fell asleep" though.
yeah, I've got all six of these ^^ the nostalgia is strong in these (the Nuva rehashes were kinda lame, so I only got 3 of these: red, black, and brown... 3 base bohrok: again red, black, and brown - 'cuz they're combinable... and a one red rahkshi... and a lonely turaga Whenua... and the Muaka & Kane-Ra... and that's my rather small, incomplete bionicle collection, because I got too old for these and fell out, which bums me out, because the toa metru were pretty dope + the second movie which they're in... The Slizer/Throwbots collection that I have is a little bigger, but not complete, either... like two short, yeah, the light brown one and the purple one I do not own... but I've got the newer orange one and the one that rides the huge chopper bike, that one's such a fun build, the alt build is fun, too... Roboriders, the slizer successors and bionicle predecessors, I think I have only two: Onyx/black, and Power/yellow - again, a combination build... plus the tiny red volcano climber four wheeler... and that's all I've got, not to brag or anything)
That is some iconic lockdown hair. I've watched a bunch of your other Bionicls videos but never paid attention to the dates, so I'm assuming this was early on in the series?
Good review my guy! I just wish you would have shown some of the posters that came with a few toa you had their. You Actually had 2 different releases of the Toa Mata there! Some came with mini posters and cd's and some didn't.
The usage of the Hau always confused me; it can only shield the individual, the Hau Nuva could shield others; so what if someone used the regular Hau while someone was piggybacking off them? Does it just fling them away from the wearer like “sorry no protection for you Kohli-head!” 😭😭
i wish i had them all, i only got Gali, i also had Gali Nuva but some of the pieces were lost and the way i got Gali was from Ebay and i got Gali Nuva from my aunts house in my cousins room
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The Mask don't actually give the Toa their Elemental power. It is actually innate within their species like the Mataron. Their kanohi masks give them special powers like Shielding, Levitation, Underwater Breathing, Speed, X-ray vision, Strength and more.
Yes, but without their masks, their elemental powers are halved.
@@ФилипКаровић Yes, I'm aware of that little fact.
Mask of underwater breathing and levitation seems useless when the mahri and phantoka came 😅
@@Meowthatsrightttt Well, Mahri were unable to breathe outside the water, and phantoka got special armour made by Arthaka. Also, levitation is not flight. There is mask of flight tho
there were a few masks that solely contributed to elemental powers though, like the masks of light and shadow
Best aesthetic to me. Toa Mata were my favorite because they're all basically Terminator flavored Power Rangers. Their spindly bodies made them look more believable to me for some reason.
0:00 we do know it:
In the time before time, on the mysterious island of Mata Nui, six canisters washed ashore on a golden beach and new and powerful legends were born. Tahu, courageous Toa of Fire; Lewa, agile Toa of Air; Gali, noble Toa of Water; Kopaka, powerful Toa of Ice; Onua, wise Toa of Earth; teamed with Pohatu, mighty Toa of Stone. They battled the darkness of evil Makuta and the terrible menaces he unleashed that threatened the Toa, and the world.
In the city of Metru Nui, you can discover how six new heroes confront the danger and protect the danger from a mysterious force.
* Music Ensues *
They are the Toa Metru.
Extremely adept, powerful, equipped, ready for any challenge.
They know they're duty, but can they stop this faceless opponent?
A mystery to be revealed, at bionicle.com.
allow me:
the Great Spirit descended from the heavens carrying we, the ones called *the Matoran,* to this paradise. we were separated, without purpose...so the Great Spirit illuminated us with the 3 virtues: *Unity, Duty...and Destiny.* We embrace these gifts, and in gratitude we named our island home *Mata Nui,* after the Great Spirit himself. but *our happiness is not to last...* for Mata Nui's brother, Makuta was jealous of his honours and betray him, casting Mata Nui into a deep slumber. Makuta is finally free to unleash his shadow... *and unleash them, he did.*
Gathered friends, listen again to our legend of the Bionicle.
In the time before time, the great spirit descended from the heavens, carrying we, the ones called "the Matoran" to this paradise. But we were separate and without purpose, so the Great Spirit illuminated us with the Three Virtues - unity, duty and destiny. We embraced these gifts, and in gratitude we named our island home "Mata Nui" after the Great Spirit himself. But our happiness was not to last, for Mata Nui's brother, the Makuta, was jealous of these gifts and betrayed him. Casting a spell over Mata Nui, who fell into a deep slumber. The Makuta was free to unleash his shadows. And unleashed them, he did.
After almost 2 decades i managed to get my hands on these guys. They aren't the best bionicle had to offer but they are iconic none the less.
@Tesla-Effect Sorry but i'm biased towards inika/mahri tbh. I started with toa matoro.
@@returnedtomonkey8886 Agreed I really got into it towards inka/mahri, I do think the monster designs of the older sets were a bit cooler though, and the Inka mask mounting system sucked, pretty sure the masks were rubber if memory serves and I can't imagine those age as well in terms of durability.
Where did you find them
@@etirpseditsI found a TON on etsy, I ordered toa mata kopaka yesterday from etsy for relatively low price
@etirpsgames Ebay.
these cans were just the very best. i can't get over how perfect they got it on the first try. theyre simple, classy even. given the usual tropes of kids toy presentation at the time, it was really unusual to see such slick, understated packaging. the silvery grey combined with the muted metallic color top made such a statement. as a child seeing these in the shelves, i was immediately taken in by how mysterious, and quiet they were, which kinda mirrored bionicle as a whole back in the first era.
as a child of the 90s. i grew up in the era of X-TREME, where garish and loud and in-your-face attitude was the meta, and then in the middle of all that there's this clandestine, solem, lord-of-the-ringsy setup with sentient robots who talk like shakespeare. i had never seen anything like it, and to this day, i still haven't.
That is a great way to put it
"first try" what about robo riders (also in cans), these came before the bionicle... and yeah, bionicle hit different
@@ArinJager1 those were just before my time, actually, but i'd love to track some down.
@@GuiltlessGear a solid foundation for the bionicles, slizers/throwbots, too
Keep up with it bro. With this production value you’ll make it big.
Thanks man I appreciate it! One video at a time
Honestly, I really just want Bionicle to come back
Yeah people wouldn't mind if they came back as rereleases or continuing the story
Bionicle will never be forgotten ever.
God I can't believe that Bionicle went from saving Lego to being canceled, to a pitiful reboot, to failing again. What I would do to live in the timeline that they were never canceled.
At least most of the sets were good.
The reboot was fine!
The 2015 sets were all pretty good in my opinion, except for maybe skull Scorpio and LOST. Though not all of them were bad, the 2016 sets were not quite as good as 2015’s, but the features they had were pretty good
wokeness is such a shame
@@TwinMulligan The sales tell all. People just didn't like the CCBS bones-and-shells system, Bionicle should have stuck to its roots as a technic subtheme
Bro, this shit is my childhood. Many thanks for covering
This is probably the most nostalgic line of toys for me. A couple of years ago, I bought a 2001 Kopaka and Nuju to keep on display. I might just have to complete the original collection at some point.
Nice video, man!
They're very cheap nostalgic display pieces compared to Lego's other lines!
@@AndreasFunnell Absolutely, and since posting the comment above, I've purchased a lot more cool old sets. I don't have display room for anymore now, so I probably have to sell some of it again, haha!
My major complaint about these guys is one single piece: The torso. Compared to the way the Rahi are built, I think the torso piece really limited the creativity, as well as over standardized the Toa. Just a year or so before, LEGO made the Slizer bots, which also used very similar construction techniques including having the torso house a lot of gear systems, except these had torsos made of multiple pieces, which allowed for greater variation between the elements. Breaking it into just two pieces would already be enough, top and bottom. But oh well. I am way too nostalgic about these guys to be stuck on that.
I know they're pretty limited, but the Toa Mata and Nuva have all and will always be my favorite sets. Nostalgia? Maybe. But the colors and masks were just so, so good.
the nuva are disappointing to me :/ the changes aren't that big to justify collecting all six (unlike the OGs), I still got 3, lol... same with the bohrok and bohrok-kal... just some silver bits and new masks (which are cool, ngl)
That camera quality is beautiful.
my very first Bionicle was the quick Toa Mata of Stone Pohatu!, he was always so cool to me how differently he was made, and when the Nuva came out and I saw the new armor and the claws I imediately told my Mom that my favorite Lego just got more Cooler!.
Pohatu is just the Best Toa, Ever!.
mine was Onua, cuz he had both hands and "fingers" (claws) and the mask was cool, and the green eyes - and the fact that he's a little hunchback mole man, lol... Pohatu was my least favorite, because he used his leg (I think I gave him a second cog so he could "walk"), he alos reminded me of the red slizer that had his head between his legs (what were they thinking?! I was building the guy "normally" with his head up)... but that was just my stupid-a$$ kid self, now I think Pohatu is OK - all the six OG are
G1 Masks have individual abilities. They do not grant elemental powers, but they unlock the one Toa actually has, so maskless Toa can't use his/her element.
The greatest Toa Mata review i have ever seen . Like
Got the mask lore incorrect, but good review.
Man I remember these. I had the red one. It felt like my most valuable toy, don't know why. The attachable sword blew my 8 year old mind back then :D
Man I loved these things as a kid
I'm a big fan of Bionicle from Guatemala, love this kind of videos, keep it up! We hope to see more reviews of every generation.
Akamai might look weaker, but keep in mind that he got all the battle-oriented mask powers, Shielding, Speed, and Strength, and he also has Pohatu's foot extension, so his kicks'll probably hurt a lot. I also like to think of his other hand as a skull hammer/club. The man has a fricking claw ribcage and shoulder pads too, so he's built like a tank.
They both have all 6 mask powers I think. The Toa Kaita were formed after the Toa Mata obtained their golden masks
@@spacedoctor6858 yeah, but it's stated that his mask was the Kanohi Aki, the Mask of Valor, which, like i said, has the powers of speed, shielding, and strength
It's sad to think we will never see anything like _Bionicle_ from LEGO ever again. These toys were such a major part of my childhood. The story, the characters, the lore of the _Bionicle_ universe were all fantastic, and the comic books were the best reading material LEGO ever published. You know, I like to think that Bionicle inspired the armor permutations in _Halo 3,_ since many of the helmets introduced in that game and beyond look very similar to _Bionicle_ masks... the EOD, Rogue, GUNGNIR, and GRD helmets in particular.
Seeing the pieces fall out the tub brought back memories of being a kid.
This is one of the better reviews I’ve seen on Bionicle sets. Most people that do reviews find out that the good guys are the Toa and the the bad guy is Makuta and that they live on Mata Nui. But you have actually done your research on Bionicle and you know stuff like mask names. Nice job! 👍
I always thought of Akamai’s two heads as a mace. So he’s all offense where as Wairuha actually has some defense.
It makes sense that Akamai was more offensive as his mask provided defense.
Those were the best set ever as a kid growing up
I usually watch tech and music content here on YT but Bionicle is definitely one of my most favourite topics. subbed!!
I come back to this video every now and then to get that sweet nostalgia fix. The canisters alone does it for me
I loved playing them so much as a kid, I even built a giant robot made of all of six toa mata, same with toa nuva too.
You gonna do this with the rest of the line?
I plan to do it for all of the 2001-2003 waves as those are the sets I have right now. If people really enjoy the series though or if I get hooked on them then it’ll definitely extend on to the rest of the line
@@AllOutBrick nice
Ngl, my favorite of the Toa Mata is Pohatu. Something about him having super speed and his kicking gimmick is awesome, and his design is pretty good too. I think I prefer the Mata over their Nuva forms though, mainly because it seems the masks on the Nuva come off whenever a gnat lands on it, whereas I don't have that issue with the Mata. Still gotta give Kopaka Nuva love though, he was my first bionicle, me and my Grandma went to the dollar store one night and there they were, Bionicles, and they were awesome as fuck. Now I am 23 and regret giving all of my bionicles away, so I went out and bought some old sets at a steal :) got all 6 Nuva and 3 bohrok (w/ Krana!) and Gahli Mata and Pohatu Mata. I haven't felt that happy in so long than when I picked em up, played with them and took em apart and built stuff with them. I wish we could get something that amazing again
Tahu: I have a super cool flaming sword
Gali: I have a pair of hooks that I can use for fighting or climbing rocks
Lewa: I have an axe for cutting through trees and enemies
Onua: I have strong metal claws that can dig through hard rock
Kopaka: I have a sword and a shield to protect myself and the others
Pohatu: I can kick really hard
Wow, such a nostalgia trip. Thanks for the video!
Only issue with this is that the masks grant a special power, not an elemental one. The Kanohi Hau grants a shield, not fire. The Kanohi Miru grants levitation, not air. Other than that, great review!! 😊
It's pretty interesting to see a handful of system elements included here. Nice to see.
The Toa Mata and Toa Metru were my favorites
Can't believe that i still have a chance to see these models at this quality once again. Thank you for your videos. Hope you make more. I can't stand the new BIONICLE :( Sadly.
I was there when the deep Magic was written. You did a clutch job citing it. Subscribed, bro
Missed these sets. Was too young to even get to the hobby. Just started interest in the Buildable figures line.
This video was great. Very nice editing as well!
I never knew the canisters had that rotating feature, that's so cool!
I’m going to start binge watching your videos now 👍🏽🔥
Welcome aboard!
That was pretty good.
I'm mostly impressed that you have sets that new or almost new with such a small channel.
I'd argue on a couple of your points (namely on articulation), mostly because it's unfair to judge a set on what came later down the line.
Also, it's a little ironic that the Bohrok (the most clone-like of all the sets) also sold the best, so perhaps a common build model has more value than people think.
Thank you! I got the entire waves from 2001-2003 sealed 4-5 years ago and figured rather than keeping them sealed I should go ahead and build them all since it’s been such a long time since I had them as a kid. Bionicle is one of if not my favorite themes so I figured it would be worth the pain of opening sealed sets to relive it all and produce reviews and other content related to the theme.
It is tough to not judge sets without bias of what came down the line, my issue with articulation is that they did it for the combination models, so they solved the problem but chose not to include it on the base models. It is interesting with the bohrok being such good sellers. Part of it could be due to them being the first “build an army” type of set for the theme and they were rather inexpensive
@@AllOutBrick Fair enough.
Bohroks sold so well, lego just rereleased them as Kal.
Also, as hard as it is to review early Bionicle without comparing them to later models, you're doing pretty good job at it. I would say that you're the best reviewer I've seen in years. I love your format and style, as well as the amount of research you seems to put in your videos.
I kinda wish you weren't grouping clone sets together so we would have more of your videos to watch^^
My favourite waves of Toa in order is Mata, Metru, Mahri.
The Mata looked really good. All of them had amazing mask designs, and unique weapons from one another. Their colour schemes were great as well. Their main flaw was that they were smaller and simpler than the waves that came afterwards. I for one am a fan of simple yet solid designs, which is why this wave is my favourite. Also paired with the fact that they came from the coolest era of Bionicle IMO.
The Toa Metru had the perfect balance between play features and articulation. Their mask designs were great, and their overall designs were very refreshing. Their main flaw was that they lacked colour variation of the prior waves. This was something they fixed with Lhikan and the Toa Hagah. I also never liked that their arms are angled in such a way that when you swing their arm too far, it hits their head.
The Toa Mahri brought lots of diversity in designs, where together, form to make an awesome looking team. They are what I wished the Inika were. They brought back masks similar to the Toa Metru, and brought back melee weapons (my favourite kind of weapon). They were also larger and weighed quite a bit more than the previous waves asides from the Inika. Their main flaw is that their torsos are less complete from previous waves, and some were given quite a bit more love to their designs than others. You can't tell me Hewkii costed the same amount of money to produce as Jaller and Hahli.
Just bought Lewa sealed for 7$ and the feeling of opening that canister was just 💯
Hold up... what?! Where did you get that deal?!
@@AllOutBrick Currently I'm staying in Indonesia for a couple of months due to work stuff, and there's an online seller here who sells almost every Bionicle set at its original price and sealed. Sadly it doesn't ship to other countries :')
I envy you man!!
Pretty cool channel, glad I got suggested, subbed. Keep up the good work!
Just subscribed, these are the kind of bionicle channels we need!
Were all of these sets sealed? The sheen on the plastic makes them look brand new!
Hope you keep the bionicle line content, this is amazing:)
Ces canettes n'ont pas pris en une ride en 20 ans. Quelle beauté.
Please do the rest of the line, I loved Bionicles so much!
I miss these toys. I wish I kept it all together
That intro made me smile~
I really like ur videos. I hope this channel Will be huge
I hope so too! Numbers surely will come over time, let's build a great community first
I remember having the green and red ones and a later white one with a double ended spear
These toa are too cool keep it up
Is it possible to get these with the cases and everything in 2023?
Revisiting this for the first time since 2020, all of the parts in medium blue on Gali (8533) remain exclusive to that set. As is the case for the "Voodoo arm" on Lewa (8535) in lime green. Apart from Lea's Axe, each of the Toa's weapons would eventually be repurposed or recolored in other themes as well, with the Climbing Hooks from Gali and the Digging Claws from Onua (8532) being the most common.
Man, my first Toa was Pohatu. What’s special about set specifically, is that I stole it from my older cousin and that’s what sparked my Bionicle craze 😂
and your thief career (jk) 🤣
Huh I remember these I wish they didn’t struggle with sales so they were still made I used to love these especially as they made new series and got cooler
Such a nostalgia.
hold up, gotta respect that this guy went out and got sealed canisters of all 6 toa. Those are 20 years old now! Crazy to see!
Just got all the his mata yesterday Tuesday just the canisters are cool will be opening this things on Friday for someone who missed g1 and g2 perfect way to start 20 years later
ahh man i wished they release them again for collection
the Toa Mata are the childhood of many
Just bought all these guys they weren't cheap but they are great!
uhh actually the masks gave them additional powers such as shielding, strength, speed, water breathing, levitation and xray vision. not elements. there was very few elemental masks back in the day and non gave them toa level range of use over the element.
your thinking g2 for elemental masks
Yep. You are right. I messed up on that line, but the blog post on our site doesn't have that issue!
@@AllOutBrick at least you know now, make sure you're looking at legitimate sources of bionicle lore. i'd advise looking at biosector01.com next time you write scripts
Also I wanna add that in the history, the masks they searched didn't have color, they were silver, until a Toa put them. In that moment the mask taken the color of the Toa. Now in set, the different color version of the masks were sold as collectibles.
It was in BIONICLE G2 that the masks granted them elemental powers. Now in G1 there were some mask with elemental powers, but none of the six shown here.
For years, I thought the Golden Masks were fake, I had one for the Red one but I thought he was the only one who had one as a kid.
Wait I’m really getting back into Lego and as a kid I had a wide variety of sets and themes..now I’m mainly focusing on Star Wars only but I have all of the original Bionicle sets. Are you telling me these are worth a lot of money? Cause I personally don’t care for Bionicle all that much. I wouldn’t mind selling these. I have these like miniature versions of these original ones as well. I’ve been going through all my old sets from the 90s-mid 00’s trying to see which ones have appreciated and need rebuilding and I literally left all the Bionicle sets behind in a cardboard box. Wow I feel so bad for neglecting them lol
It wasn't the make of the canisters that caused memory loss, it was the damage done to the pod that left them floating until Takua summoned then to the island
HEY! I remember that. Didn't he do it by accident?
@@roguespartan2854 Do what by accident? The Toa Mata had been ejected from the Codrex long ago, like a thousand years before, shooting up into the air and then down into the water, but the canisters were malfunctioning. From what I gather the Turaga asked Takua to gather the Toa Stones in order to summon the Toa Mata though, but I could be remembering that wrong. Anyway, doing so caused the Canisters to drift towards the beacon the energy from the stones created in the Amaja Nui circle at Kini Nui once Takua placed them down into them. Otherwise they had been drifting in the water aimlessly for a thousand years. They were ejected the moment the Great Spirit "fell asleep" though.
WOW !!! The quality is GOOOOOOD !! Proud to sub ! 😉
I'm SO happy to see a new reviewer of bionicle ! I sub NOW
Just found ur channel, love the production! Very high end
I only managed to get the Happy Meal Version. Now I own nothing. From that time I recall Furby, Poochi and Aibo.
20th Anniversary of Bionicle (2001-2021)
yeah, I've got all six of these ^^ the nostalgia is strong in these (the Nuva rehashes were kinda lame, so I only got 3 of these: red, black, and brown... 3 base bohrok: again red, black, and brown - 'cuz they're combinable... and a one red rahkshi... and a lonely turaga Whenua... and the Muaka & Kane-Ra... and that's my rather small, incomplete bionicle collection, because I got too old for these and fell out, which bums me out, because the toa metru were pretty dope + the second movie which they're in... The Slizer/Throwbots collection that I have is a little bigger, but not complete, either... like two short, yeah, the light brown one and the purple one I do not own... but I've got the newer orange one and the one that rides the huge chopper bike, that one's such a fun build, the alt build is fun, too... Roboriders, the slizer successors and bionicle predecessors, I think I have only two: Onyx/black, and Power/yellow - again, a combination build... plus the tiny red volcano climber four wheeler... and that's all I've got, not to brag or anything)
That is some iconic lockdown hair. I've watched a bunch of your other Bionicls videos but never paid attention to the dates, so I'm assuming this was early on in the series?
Great video. You need more views forsure! Keep it up!!!
I really wanted these but I never got them now I gotta pay a hella lot of money your lucky to get your hand on these
Tan is a light brown. Gray however, is a darker shade of white.
Are you gonna do Hero Factory and Bionicle G2 soon?
Good review my guy! I just wish you would have shown some of the posters that came with a few toa you had their. You Actually had 2 different releases of the Toa Mata there! Some came with mini posters and cd's and some didn't.
I remember my dad bought me the green one. Memories…
They look like the coolest sodas in the world
I wish Lego can bring them back as rereleases with different and durable cans packaging
Pohautu came to me in the mail today. He came 4 hours late but hey, I got him. Am planning on buying onua next and then tahu.
HOW DID YOU GET THEM
The 2 toa heads on akami is a hammer made out of skulls.
Didn’t the gold masks just give them all their mask powers(shielding, super speed,etc.) not elemental powers?
yes your right
They did. Poor choice of words on my end for that, but the blog post for these sets on our site has the proper explanation
Where did you get all those back in 2000’s Bionicle? Are they still sold in online or any lego store?
Oooh the memories 😌😏
YES I WANNA SEE ALL OF THEM!!!
Akamai's two heads are supposed to be a warhammer/mace type weapon. But I dont blame you, it does look really weird cause it is two heads lol.
Nostalgia.
Welcome to the Montreal Canadiens, Christian!
will you review the rest of the 2008 and 2009-2010 sets after this?
Toa Mata = S tier (I personally give them a score of 9.0)
Awesome breakdown!
The usage of the Hau always confused me; it can only shield the individual, the Hau Nuva could shield others; so what if someone used the regular Hau while someone was piggybacking off them? Does it just fling them away from the wearer like “sorry no protection for you Kohli-head!” 😭😭
The best of the best 💪
i wish i had them all, i only got Gali, i also had Gali Nuva but some of the pieces were lost and the way i got Gali was from Ebay and i got Gali Nuva from my aunts house in my cousins room