BIONICLE-themed LEGO Ideas projects reached 10k twice. First time, it was a beautiful system diorama made by Sokoda, which was later rejected by LEGO. Second was GSR which is still waiting for the end of review stage. But not so long ago, a project which didn’t reached 10k yet, received something what others didn’t- Staff Pick status, what proves that it was noticed by someone from Ideas team.
Maybe it’s naive, but I believe that GSR will be rejected because it’s too complex and the hero of this post won’t. We have nothing to loose, so I’m here to ask you for support for the Toa Head Statue, which has only 2 months left for getting missing 1/3 of the votes needed to pass the current stage.
I know that it is possible, because in last 7 days, it earned already 1k more, so getting another 3,5k shouldn’t be a big problem.
Maybe most of BIONICLE fans won’t be willing to support a system set, but I’m gonna give it a shot anyway
I need to support this. I would totally buy it, since it makes for perfect scenery in a Bionicle diorama. If it included a usable Kanohi, as seen in its ad picture, even better!
Original set doesn’t have any and LEGO always been rather lazy about Ideas projects.
Still, if someone will make a proper instruction, I’ll gladly order additional pieces from BL to crown this Toa Head with my favourite Kanohi. Or at least, the Kanohi which will be easy enough to make
Wasn’t Sokoda’s project a Staff Pick at one point?
Either way, it’s still super cool that a Bionicle project would get the Staff Pick.
Speaking of, we should be getting those results any day now; past years have had the Second Period results announced anywhere from late January to late February.
Oh xD
I was talking with a guy who wanted LEGO to release human sized Kanogi for this set as an exlusive part and after hours of explaining to him why LEGO won’t do it, I totally forgot about Hau lying on the “sand”
Nah that’s not naive. I believe it’s chances are slim, especially if TLG believes only stuff from the 01-03 era is recognisable.
I still think it has a lot going for it, but I’m biased.
Yeah I’ve shared it around and voted for it before, same with the mini Tahu one which I guess is moot now due to events.
But yeah as an art piece it’s geometry is really nice and captures that island look etc. of the early years.
Then I will be free of this mortal plane
Yeah I’m not hyping myself too much for it, if anything I’m thinking about the contemporary’s I voted for and which of theirs I’d like to see win.
If anything I should be prepping the half made instructions so they’re ready to share on Bricklink afterwards. Still, who knows what will happen.
Not so long ago, this project had problem with reaching 6k, now it has 8.273 ^^
I think, we have a real chance to make it hit 10k. LEGO probably will reject it anyway, but what’s important is to create another symbol of our unity, doesn’t it?
At the end of January, I’ve made an YT video targeted for Polish audience and with guys from my DC, we started a campaign of spamming on other DC and FB groups about this project. I’ve even asked DuckBricks if he would make a vid about Toa Head Statue and he pinned my post. Later, he made his video which has been noticed by Faber this week. Now we have a Faber’s support and it was enough to help Toa Head Statue get 350 votes in half of a day.
Now, THS has both “Staff Pick” and Faber’s support. Until yesterday, I was thinking “LEGO will probably reject THS anyway, but we’ll at least show again our demand for BIONICLE to return.” But now… Now I really see a chance that we’ll see it produced. Faber created a pression after all
Even if this makes it (which it most likely will at this point) I don’t see it being a set. Even though it got staff pick, that just means it’s a model the staff of Ideas likes; that doesn’t mean it’s a model the people in charge of choosing winners will like. If it were a mask, it would have a good chance, but the head just doesn’t have that iconography to people unfamiliar with Bionicle. It’s just a grey block to anyone else.
I don’t think we’ll know until September. If I’m remembering the Lego Ideas structure correctly, it will enter review in May, and then they spend the next four months going through all the other models that made it in that review period.
I am pretty bummed that that the great spirit robot didn’t get made. I would have actually genuinely liked to have bought that. Now I have to piece it together myself if I want it. Which is a real challenge because I am not that great knowledgeable when it comes to building with system.
