Now that we know more about the plot and 2015 villains, it would be a good time to throw my suggestions forward.
2016-Race for the Mask of Control
After Ekimu is awakened, he forges new masks and tools for the tribe villagers as the Ancient City is being reconstructed by the Toa. Unknown to the toa, the battle beforehand drew the attention of several warriors and monsters from other lands.
Sets
Winter
-Villagers of Ice, Water, Fire, Jungle, Earth and stone each with recolors of the Toa masks
-Six ādark hunterā inspired characters that serve as counterpart to the toa
Summer
-A titan guardian with the mask of control
-Toa Nuva with specialized armour and masks
I have a theory that every Bionice villain wave from here on out will be based on a certain part of the skeletonā¦this yearās being the skull, obviously.
Next year weāll get āLord of Femur Spidersā or something.
I think he probably saw the Darth Vader Ultrabuild pictures and decided to make his theory seem credible by describing/drawing those.
I wouldnāt say Iām āthe oneā but I tend to be skeptical.
And I never said it was legitimate. Just thought Iād share it since itās interesting, fake or otherwise.
āI donāt really have that much info. Just assumptions based on the preliminary sets i saw. Was at a family funeral 2 weeks ago and started talking to my sister. Found out my 9 year old nephew was going in for a lego āplay testā. I took him instead of her and it turns out this little guy had been part of the target market play testing or whatever itās called 3 times now. Got to see what iām assuming are the preliminary winter 2016 wave sets. First of all, they looked very preliminary. Some were using recycled masks, and even glued together parts as well as some weird bumpy parts that were grey that looked like they were 3d printedā
ā¢ There were 6 villains a larger Ekimu figure and a small thing which i think may be developed into 6 small sets?
ā¢ The Ekimu figure was basically in between Tahu and Ekimu design wise
āThey sat down with my nephew and a few other kids while the parents all talked. They asked them which ones they liked and what they liked about them, asked what colours they would like better (2 kids said gold) The ekimu figure was the kids favorite and they all seemed to be enjoying the little thing tooā
ā¢The little thing was quadruped and sort of resembled the bionicle tarduk but with a sort of spiky head that was trans neon green and attached to the body.
ā¢ By pressing a function on the back the head shot off. It sort of looked like a ghost on a body but with a face.
ā¢ The bad guys had the same body function/shooter on one arm but the ghost things that shot off didnāt have faces, but designs instead. They might be the collectable for this wave.
ā¢ The little guy was basically a shooter with legs attached and little claws
ā¢ There was the use of a platinum like colour on the villains chest armor. It was definitely not silver. A lot shinier. Itās longer than the toa chest plates but still fits on the 2 studs body pieces i think.
ā¢ A new armor piece that most of them had was an armor add on that comes out at an angle and then curves down. It was that weird dark grey as well as their masks
ā¢ The villains looked pretty futuristic but not in a robot way.
They were very streamlined looking. 4 or 5 used what look to be rounded leg armor pieces, havenāt seen them before.
ā¢ One guy was tan with trans purple accents and some platinum armor.
ā¢ Had 2 of those new shooters as arms (with trans purple ghost things) and a cape. That set really stood out for me.
ā¢ There was a platinum, dark grey and trans orange guy that used those rib cage pieces on the tops of his arms.
ā¢ Had a club in one hand and a shooter in the other.
ā¢ There was a trans blue, platinum and black guy that had weird long legs
ā¢ There was a another that was trans yellow and platinum and dark grey. It had horns. unexciting except for a new whip piece that was trans yellow, the new shooter and a cape.
ā¢ the big bad guys have those shooters as one of their forearms in their respective trans colour
ā¢ it had a bumpy/spiky texture. This piece looked pretty finalized
ā¢ yea the head/ghost thing shoots right off
ā¢ also ekimu was the only one with gears.
ā¢ 2 of them had capes though
ā¢ there was also a rounded leg piece that was used and those armor add ons are more rounded than pointy.
Thoughts;
This was posted after the images of the Star Wars Ultra Builds were revealed, so the leg piece he may have simply copied from the Ultra Builds to further his support.
The idea of Ghosts has been done before, however I could honestly see Bionicle attempting the head shooter function, though not sure entirely how ghosts would work with Biomechanical beingsā¦
Either way, I like the āshooter armsā idea and the small sets. Not sure what theyād do for a larger Ekimu thoughā¦
So, those are organized crazily, so Iāve done a set-by-set break-down for convenience:
Ekimu: larger than Mask Maker, smaller than Tahu, has gears
Little quadruped thing: spiky, trans-neon green head, function on the back knocks the head off, was basically a shooter with legs attached and little claws
Trans-purple guy: was trans-purple and tan with platinum armor, had two new shooters as arms, trans-purple ghost things, and a cape
Orange guy: had platinum, dark grey, and trans-orange, used the rib cage pieces on his arms, had a club and a shooter\
Blue gal(?): had trans-blue, platinum, and black, and āweird legsā
Yellow guy: trans-yellow (probably will actually be green), platinum, and dark grey, had horns, a new trans-yellow whip piece, the shooter and a cape
fifth & sixth villain: ??? (my guess is theyāll be trans-light blue and trans-green, to complete the color group)
These claims donāt sound like they are wrong, but they donāt sound right eitherā¦ They seem possible, but they also sound suspicious. Iāll hold back judgement until later.
