Brikkyy13
Brikkyy13
Country: Australia Gender: Male
Joined: December 30, 2012
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Hello all! Today I bring you another BIONICLE 2015 review, this time it's the flagship set: Tahu! At 89 pieces, this is one of the three larger Toa with the high $20 (USD) pricepoint. So, how good or bad is this set? Read on to find out! Before I start, I would like to apologize for the bad quality photos, my camera ran out of battery during the photoshoot, so I did have to improvise with my phone.
Box, contents and build
The box, like all of the other new sets, is a flimsly hexagonal cardboard box. The front has the bell-bottomed fire wielder riding the lava waves, and the back has him showing off his gear function. Yes, gears are back!
The instructions are oriented landscape instead of portrait, and feature the same image as on the front of the box. The inside cover has a comic that is an extended version of the one featured on the box.
A smorgasbord of new pieces are included in this set. These are:
- The gearbox
- The Mask of Fire and Skull Spider masks
- The head and eyestalks
- The armor clip-on piece that looks like an original mata torso (six in gold included)
- The massive sword/board piece
I, personally, haven't seen these pieces before so I am assuming these are new, but I am not 100% sure. These pieces are:
- A redesigned 8-tooth gear with additional ridges on the top/bottom
- A CCBS spacer joint
With these parts I'd like to go into a bit more detail. On the left is the chestpiece. Though it isn't new, it does have some excellent printing. I really like it, but I do understand why many people hate it. The only gripe I have with it is that it's asymetrical, but that's just my OCD tick :P. On the right we have the new Mask of Fire (FKA Hau). Initially, like most people, I absolutely hated it... until I had it in my hands. What seemed oversized and square turned out to be amazingly sleek and... well, perfect. Sure it's not as rounded as the original Hau, but it's an amazing revamp. It may look unattractive in photos, but trust me it's excellent.
The build is your standard constraction build: legs, torso, arms, finishing touches. Easy, simple, quick build that offers no challenge to experienced builders such as myself, however I'm sure it would be a challenge to the younger builders; I remember when I was 8 years old having trouble snapping my new BIONICLE sets' joints in place.
Finished Product
The first thing you build is a bright-green Skull Spider. I think that these Skull Spiders are amazing, they have amazing articulation for only 5 pieces, though I do wish that they would include more than one in each set. When the figure is armed with swords/axes/guns it seems like overkill. To me it seems like trying to destroy an ant with a tank.
Now for the main part of the set... TAHU! After 5 long years we have our precious Toa of fire back! This is the 5th version of the character to be released, and the 3rd that I have gotten (I also have the 2001 and 2010 versions). This iteration stands very tall, and towers over almost all of the figures released this year. The features that stick out the most are the two sets of swords: Small, gold ones and large silver ones that double as a surf board.