Lhikan’s Fire Greatsword: dualwielding massive blades that work as a flying surfboard.
There’s nothing cooler than that.
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This has honestly always surprised me; with all the Bionicle parts being used in System sets in the early 2000’s, you’re telling me there was never a single use for a giant axe?
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Tell me about it.
Even Pohatu’s foot additions got reused in another set.
Edit (1 hour later): “Another set”. Stupid Autocorrect
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The thing is, all the other tools are very versatile and have plenty of potential uses. Lewa’s axe is just an axe. It can’t be anything else but an axe.
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Probably the fact that it’s a single mold piece. If the blade had been printed independently of the handle, both would have plenty of versatility. The single mold tanked its future
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If the blade was separate from the handle then I’m sure the handle would’ve just been an 8L axle.
Actually, maybe that’s why it was a single piece! Lego doesn’t normally recolour axles, he’d be left with a black handle on his axe.
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True point. If the axe had been separated they likely wouldn’t have bothered with the pin hole near the base, would be a largely pointless mold
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Yeah, but I feel like there’s still plenty of fun uses for a giant axe.
Perhaps a booby-trapped tomb with axes swinging from the ceiling, or some kind of Technic axe-vehicle. Just look at this thing (Set 8648):
Many of the Turaga’s Badges of Office saw System use despite being about as generic as Lewa’s axe.
Not so much now, but set-specific recolored axles were actually quite common in the early 2000s.
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Yeah, even Matau’s staff got reused.
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When they needed those kind of booby traps, they’d just use system axes. They’re much smaller and can fit in a more compact space.
Equally, they only ever reused half of the Turaga staffs. Whenua’s got reused all the time, it’s just a small drill on a stick. That’s incredibly useful outside of the setting! Matau’s and Nokama’s are perhaps less so, but they’re still just a sawblade on a stick and a big trident. Nokama’s worked well for underwater builds, and Matau’s was good for low-effort weapons on Racers sets.
The other three never got used outside of Bionicle, because, like Lewa’s axe, they’re pretty useless outside of their intended use. Onewa’s is just a huge hammer and Nuju’s is a massive ice pick. Vakama’s is a flame on a stick, which could prove useful, but ultimately the existence of Tahu’s far more versatile sword neutered this.
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I personally love Lhikan’s dual swords. I really like the fact that it can be thrown like a glaive or wide enough to be used as a shield while also a very aggressive and forward. the same could also be said for Gresh’s blades or Tahu Nuva’s swords.
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Best Toa tool was any time a Po-Toa whipped a rock at somebody. I can get with that
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Bionicle Heroes “Po-Koro” gun.
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ohh yeah the Bionicle Heroes weapons do go very hard
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Absolutely. I would want to get a Inika weapon commissioned for a MOC myself.
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