don’t kill the cringe, kill the part that cringes
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let the cringe die.
kill it, if you have to.
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love that stuff
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Primaris Toa inbound…
Wait thats just a Toa Nuva
I am Throughly disgusted.
This is why i don’t buy legos anymore.I just buy bionicle.I swear,if lego keeps on not seeming to try actually cool and enjoyable sets it is going to go bankrupt.
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Ya can’t please everybody I suppose
I imagine that spice girl fans are quite happy about these sets
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Irnakk was the perfect way to promote combo models. I wish it was something Lego did more often. I can imagine them selling Toa Jovan with red and white recolors or Umbra with a green ruru.
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Maybe this could set up and foster an actual successful reboot of Bionicle.
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All Brickheadz are lame.
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In retrospect: IMO, HF was way better than G2, at least when it comes to the story and the characters.
The story of Hero Factory was, not that great, but (!), it did its job well enough. It certainly could have got some use of a darker tone, and more developed characters & lore, but overall, it provided a good enough foundation, for a very versatile sandbox-like theme with its basic setting and premise.
Though, G2 overall, had better sets, with some pretty neat looking & useful parts, (e.g. 2015 armor add-on) but every time, I look back on the HF sets from pre & post CCBS introduction phase, I can’t help, but feel, that G2 could have used the same or a similar kind of creativity, when it comes to the character’s appearances.
Most notably, in the case of the villains.
The skull gang was alright for what they were, but the 2016 elemental beasts were… Meh, at best.
Imagine, if they had more varieties, like the Breakout & Brain-attack villains, or if they had more nuanced tribal aspects, like what Which-doctor had.
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Also, HF had more time for worldbuilding.
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Yeah, that too.
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personally i like the beasts - but maybe to fit tha animal theme of the year - have them be part animals - like mermaids, harpies, Minotaur styled fing and have umarak be a centaur or the aforementioned minotaur
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i like HF and G2 not above G1 though
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I think G2 gets a lot of undeserved hate, but so does HeroFactory. Both had potential to be great, and both were…
…at times.
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I think Nuva Symbols are a good idea. Sure, I agree that their appearance in the story was a little too convenient for the bad guys, but I like the idea of having them as a sort of counterbalance to the Toa Nuva’s enhanced powers. Like, you’ve got increased powers and new abilities, but if your enemies steal your artifact, you’re powerless.
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I agree with this. As you said, it’s a counterbalance, and it kind of makes sense that these extra-powerful Toa might need an external source to store their extra power.
What I don’t like about the Nuva Symbols is the specifics of how they work.
How can the Nuva Symbols tell if they are in “friendly hands” or not? It makes way more sense to me that the Symbol is required to be in contact with the Toa (or at least in their general vicinity), or, if available, on their Suva. The story could have worked exactly like this with just a few minor changes that don’t actually affect the plot.
Another thing I don’t like about the Nuva Symbols is the way that they’re tailored to the 2003 story in ways that don’t really make sense as a general concept in the larger universe. Why would the symbols be designed to fit in the Nuva Cube? What happens if a Toa Nuva is created that doesn’t have a Nuva Cube? I agree that it makes sense for a Nuva Symbol to be able to undo a Toa Seal in lieu of an actual Toa, but that doesn’t explain why the Nuva Cube was even created in the first place, or why the Nuva Symbols were designed to fit in it.
And finally, it doesn’t really make sense that Artakha would have made the Nuva Symbols. Again, what happens if a Toa Nuva is created that doesn’t have a god-like figure watching over them? (Although, admittedly, Greg has only said that the Nuva Symbols were “most likely” made by Artakha)
In summary, I really like the concept of the Nuva Symbols as external power storage for a Toa Nuva, but I don’t like the in-universe specifics of how they were used in the story.
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Ah, very true. I’d agree with that as well, and
I feel this makes much more sense storyline wise.
As for the Nuva Cube, maybe that was only a thing because there was a Toa Seal active at that time. But it’s still kinda iffy
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They won’t. This isn’t the late 90’s. LEGO is the largest toy company in the world and they (usually) know what they’re doing.
As strange as these out of nowhere one-off licensed products may seem to us long time fans, the simple fact is: they sell.
I’m not saying that I like it that way, but that’s just the way it is.
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Try saying that to Trolls World Tour.
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