How come I never heard of these.
I recognize those! They’re pins for retail store employees during product launch events. I have one from a 2001 BIONICLE Launch Event package that I procured from another AFOL a couple years back. These event kits were originally sent out to various retailers and contained lots those badges, a Kanohi mask grab box and some pretty nifty cardboard cut-outs like this one:
(this counts as an “obscure BIONICLE product”, right?)
Maybe it was designed first?
It’s a piece of '08 promo art that I’ve personally seen before (though I can’t put my finger on exactly where though). It’s viewable in the BioMediaProject’s archive.
LEGO isn’t against producing highly specialized moulds for their limited-run Collectible Minifigures series. I think that the problem lies with the choking hazard standards Happy Meal toys have to adhere to (I imagine they’ve gotten more strict in the 15+ years since the McToran).
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Yeah, it’s on the tops of the Mistika canisters (with the Toa’s having the sleek portion on the front and the Makuta having the deteriorating one on the front) and on the background of the Phantoka posters.
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OH GOSH KILL IT WITH HEAT VISION
here is a useless piraka light
remember when there were system bionicle sets? I don’t. yet they exist
“but they forgot one thing it’s… ALIVE”
AND THE HAKANN TRAIN KEEPS GOING
on an unrelated note remember when the bohrok kal figures came with CDs? 
Edited for Triple Posting. Hey @MetalX-2001 please click the link to read our rules on multi-posting, thanks! - Waj
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System bionicle sets, the last hurrah for raised base plates (as far as i remember, the 06 play sets where the last to use raised base plates)
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i own that lunch box and bottle actually.
WELL THEN BEHOLD THE TRUE POWER OF THE PIRAKA ZAMOR GUN 
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AND THE HAKANN WATCH
ARE YOU READY FOR MCTORAN’S KIDS “HAKANN” MEAL 
here is an audio representation of this stuff https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hO-g28Evsww&list=PLXwTO5MwBvQWCsoh5slXu4gDmQnYPWGt8&index=8
hey remember when we found out pie was canon, WELL SO IS CAKE NOW
WAIT FORGOT TO KEEP UP WITH THE CURRENT TRENDS HERE IS THE PIRAKA OFFICIAL FIDGET SPINNER
WAIT WE GOTTA DO A ROLL CALL
THE BEAST ON THE MOVE
BULLY COMIN’ THROUGH
TRIGGER
TRACER
DRIFTER COMING TOO
ADD THE SNAKE THAT MAKES PIRAKA CREW
YO YO PIRAKA
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A hospital set in 2007/2008, along with an Indiana Jones set both featured a raised base plate, a pretty mediocre one, but one none the less.
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It may be ridiculous, but I have that one, and it wasn’t that bad (aside from the fact that it had a Vahki head as a launcher, that was a bit weird, but it worked I guess), and the eyes actually lit up!
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the minifig has 8 parts yet they managed to build it completely wrong
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hakann watch is pretty cool
after looking at it for the 300th time, I realised he is holding a vahki head
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it’s suppose to be like that
the spine will get in the way where you place minifig and the arm,there’s no clip so it’s gonna go like that
the body is upside down, what about that
pohatu syndrome
Found this on ebay, can’t say if it’s a legit product or not (as there is no brickapedia page and i can’t find any references to it from a quick google search) but if so… well…
it’s unique
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Who knew LEGO was in the spy business?
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It’s on bricklink → Camera, Spybotics 35mm Spy, Mock Cola Can Pattern : Gear 4196400 | BrickLink
Must have been some thing lego did to promote the Spybotics Mindstorms subtheme from 2002.
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