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Lego Stories & Themes Bionicle Visorak: Battle of Metru Nui (8759)
Manufacturer : LEGO
List Price: $79.99
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UPC : 673419056656
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FEATURES
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885-pc. LEGO set
Use this set to reenact the Battle of Metru Nui
Includes a variety of bionicle mine-figures and a Visorak launching spider
For ages 7+
4-1/2Hx15Wx23L"
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Weight in pounds: 5.20
Dimensions in inches: 15.12 by 22.68 by 4.49
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REVIEWS
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Summary: Coolness galore!
Date: 2005-10-02
Rating: 5
Review: Whoa! Is this cool or what? This is one of the most action-packed Lego sets I've seen in a long time.
I haven't kept up with the Bionicle story over the years. I always just liked the action figures. The Bohrok were very cool, as were the Rahkshi. I began to lose interest in Bionicle when the Vahki came on the scene, but I still collected a few of them. As far as I can tell, the dynamic of Bionicle stories is usually the same. The heroic, robotic Toa versus a horde of monsters. That's pretty much what's going on here.
The Visorak are cute four-legged monsters with large pincers. There are eight of them here, and they are fighting against the six elemental Toa (humanoid robots). It should be noted that the Toa figures are not posable like other Lego minifigs. They're more like mini figurines. Each guy stands in his own heroic pose, and each guy carries his own unique silver weapon. There are spears, halberds, and battering rams. I'll forgive the lack of posability here because the rest of this set is so cool.
There are six different Visoraks (they have different styles of pincers). This set comes with eight, so two of them are duplicates. They're made of semi-flexible plastic. You can push down on a little monster's back and spring him into battle to knock down the robots. Very cool. The Visorak also glow in the dark. Both the Toa and Visorak figures have some great textured detail, and the Visorak have some very nice color detail as well.
Also included is a special edition monster, "The Great Visorak". Whoa! She must be like, the Visorak queen or something. Dwarfing the other Visorak in size, this cool monster is constructed from Technic Bionicle parts. She has snapping pincer action, a ripcord and spinner, and she can also launch the smaller Visoraks from under her belly, springing them into battle. Colors here are dark blue, some light gray, silver pincers, and a gold head piece. This is a really nice model, and loads of fun to play around with.
The backdrop for our epic confrontation between monsters and robots is a large techno-castle, which I presume is the city of Metru Nui. This castle is about as big as Vladek's Dark Fortress from the Knights Kingdom series (almost two foot wide), and it has similar action features. There are two catapults that can launch flaming boulders, and four collapsible walls. Place a boulder on the trap door above, push the collapsible wall, and it causes the trap door to open, dropping the boulder to go careening down the wall (which has now become a ramp). Inventive idea! Very cool. The centerpiece of the castle is a large red mask with a ripcord and glow-in-the-dark spinner, portcullis, and drawbridge of sorts. Instead of raising and lowering like a medieval drawbridge, this one recedes into the base of the structure. Gears are used to operate the drawbridge. The base of the structure also has two silver spears that can be manually launched (not spring-loaded).
At each end of the castle is a tall tower. There are a lot of decorative elements that spruce up the look of the castle. Antennae, flame pyres, transparent yellow lamps, futuristic railings, Toa masks, and decals for the collapsible walls. There are also vines that the little monsters can use to scale the walls, and they can be firmly snapped onto a vine.
This is a lengthy building project. There are over 800 pieces here, and a good blend of regular and Technic pieces are used. The most challenging part is the construction of the centerpiece and its various mechanisms. The rest is standard Lego fare. Colors are dark gray, dark red, black, a bit of light gray, some silver here and there, and just a bit of yellow for the decorative ornaments. The castle has a modular design. You construct one part at a time, then connect them all with connector pieces. The finished product is impressive but not portable. To move it, the best idea is to disconnect the modules and relocate them one at a time. Durability is only average as far as Legos are concerned.
This set was a great idea. Mini Toa figures, mini monsters, a cool fortress for them to fight over, and the Queen Visorak to boot. This is what I like. Lots of guys with cool weapons, lots of cute little monsters, and a really nice techno-castle with cool action features so I can stage an epic battle. My verdict: thumbs way up. Congratulations, Lego, on giving us a really fun set!
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Summary: The Battle of Metru-Nui
Date: 2005-09-01
Rating: 5
Review: This set is so cool. Even though it is expensive, I would HIGHLY reccomend this set. I rate it 5 stars. This set is really fun to build (it may take a few days, though) and play with. That big mask in the middle is my favorate piece. If you go to [...], you can watch a commercial for this set. It comes with 6 Toa minifigures, and (I think) 8 Visorak minifigures. I have this set, and days after I was done building it, I would still like to play with it. The Visorak minifigures glow in the dark, and, if you press on thier back legs, they jump. I like to line them up right next to each other and launch them all at the same time. This is a really great set.
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