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Welcome to the forum, Melanie. It's nice to see that I'm not the only German member here on Eurobricks, even though I usually only hang around in the LEGO Action Figure discussions. I hope you enjoy EB as much as I do.

Ah, thank you Aanchir. I didn't liked the Piraka that much, so I they are among the few canister waves whose names I didn't memorized. Since I now see the golden feet, I'd say they could improve Eris' design, but I think completely golden feet would be better. But to be honest, I'd prefer the legs orange or yellow, although that would increase the number of colours used for her design. EDIT: Completely missed Jetrax99' question, sorry for that. I know, it was probably not serious, but I still can actually answer that: 2005/2006 was the time when I didn't paid much attention to Bionicle because the sets didn't appealed to me. I wasn't a fan of the Hordika and the Visorak, the Piraka were also kinda weird and the Toa Inika could had been cool if it weren't for their weird heads which look awkward from most angles. The only set of 2006 that I consider worth mentioning was Axonn, and my Self MOC owes much to him.

First of all, thank you all already for all the nice comments! I always appreciate any feedback. Before I'll fix the few typos I just spotted I'll answer your questions though. I... think so. The thing is, I usually don't pay much attention to the other shelves in the LEGO store (usually only Hero Factory, Star Wars, Lord of the Rings, Chima and the shelve with minifigures and other rather exotic stuff), but I do believe I saw something from Duplo's Jake and the Neverland Pirates in the display. They did have all six Chi Builds on the shelves though. I'm right now wondering who's Reidak. I guess a Bionicle villian? Since I usually make review for every constraction set I buy, you can at least expect me to review Cragger since I really want to get him too. I'm not so sure about the other 4 however, mostly because I already know that the upcoming Hero Factory wave contains many sets I wanna get and even mine budget for fun stuff has its limits. However, Laval and Worriz are also interesting to me due to their design and parts. I don't care much for Razar though, and I'm on the fence about Gorzan.

Oh no, don't worry, I didn't took any offense. The thing is, for me as German, it's the other way around. "Drillfist" sounds kinda badass as long as you don't try to translate it. That applies to many other character names as well. For example, Zero from the Mega Man franchise could be easily translated to "Null", but that sounds incredibly dumb (especially since calling someone a "Null" is actually an insult in German, it's like calling someone a loser). The same goes for Transformers. Many character names can be actually translated into German, but luckily most of the time they are not. Beast Wars was an odd example though, since Terrorsaur and Blackarachnia were translated ("Terrorsaurus" and "Schwarze Arachnie" respectively), while some other names (like Dinobot) are pronounced in German letters instead of English (I hope it's understandable what I mean with that).

Took me long enough, but my review for Eris is finally here.

I've been a member on Eurobricks for something like 3 years now. It was also 3 years ago when my local LEGO store opened. But I'm still absolutely clueless about new releases until I spot them on the store shelves. And that happened just earlier this week when I found out that TLG already released the Legends of Chima Ultrabuilds here in Germany (though in my defense I should mention that I was kinda busy being on a convention last weekend). Well, it's been a while since TLG had two original constraction lines at the same time in their sortiment. Back then it was Knight's Kingdom, a fantasy theme about knights (as the name suggests) which coexisted with LEGO's well-known more sci-fi Bionicle franchise. After the rather mediocre sells of both the Ben 10 and Superhero Ultrabuilds TLG decided to make Ultra Builds for the already established Legends of Chima line (which is the successor to the incredibly successful Ninjago). But instead going for Laval or Cragger, I decided to get Eris first - despite the fact that her Ultra Build was already criticized for various reasons. But how much of the critic stands true? Let's find out (after this incredibly long intro). Set name: Chi Eris Set Number: 70201 Price: 14.99 Euro Pieces: 70 Year of release: April 2013 (Europe), apparently August 2013 (USA) The bag Just like the Hero Factory sets, the Chima Ultrabuilds come packed in nice resealable bags. The front of the bag shows Eris flying through the skies of Chima with a floating island behind her (which just reminds me of the floating islands which were here and there part of the displays in various stores - those things were simple but very cool designed). You can also spot Eris minifigure head in the upper right of the bag, hinting that this is her super-powered version. Urgh, making a picture of the back was a pain. But to make sure that you can appreciate it properly... I decided to scan it this time after I emptied the box bag. The big picture shows Chi Eris in her natural environment (she didn't got any action features we got used to with the past waves of Hero Factory, so there's plenty of room for a beatiful landscape - oh, there's also Chi Worriz in the background!), and below that there's a mini comic showing how Eris goes Super Saiyan to kick Worriz' butt (I'm surprised it's Worriz, not Razar though). There's also a picture of the combiner model which requires Eris and Laval. Oh, and there's of course also the chunk of legal text. And the choking hazard in plenty of languages. What would be a review of mine without a size comparison of the packaging? Eris' bag is roughly the same size as the bags of Deluxe sets like Ogrum. Enough about the bag, let's take a look inside! The parts Eris comes with 70 parts (10 parts more than Ogrum, though Eris costs 2€ more). As you can see, she comes with lots of bones, white shells, transblue shells and a few golden pieces. Overall a nice collection of parts, though there aren't many recolours or new parts. Let us start with highlighting the most exclusive part to this set - Eris' head. If you compare it with the minifigures head you'll probably notice that this head looks far less feminine. In fact, it looks radically different from it. I wouldn't say it looks necessary masculine but rather has an ambiguous gender. Given that generic look I wouldn't be surprised if TLG will use this head again in a future set (and I'd be more than happy if this set would be Eglor). If you put aside the issue with the resemblance to Eris (or the lack of resemblance), it looks actually quite cool and would be great for MOCing. This picture was supposed to show the nostrils on the beak, but it's blurry. Oh well. The top of the head. One thing of interest is the connector of the head. It doesn't face downwards but backwards. Like all Chi Builds (except Gorzan, who got the Hulk chest), Eris comes with a recoloured version of the super hero chest which features a printed pattern. While I was a bit disappointed with this piece (I'm not a fan of printed pieces, and I don't like the asymmetrical design of it), it grew on me while I was building her because it shines really nice. I suppose TLG decided against placing the Chi sphere in the middle of the chest due to the shape of the part. However, I wish TLG had gone the extra mile to give them unique torso plates similiar to those of the 2.0 heros instead of printed shells. But that was probably not in the budget. The new blade piece, which are used in Eris' battle axe. The shape of this piece is very versatile, which is a big plus for MOCing purposes. In case you were wondering, this piece is in the same blue as Stormer XL's swords. Oh, and one thing I forgot to take a picture of... The mold for these blades features a minor improvement over Stormer's (or Furno's) swords: The blades aren't bend, which results in an even axe blade for Eris. Eris' wings itself aren't new since they were already featured in a few Chima sets (mostly Eris' eagle jet), but the colours are new. Chi Eris got 4 golden and 2 white wings. It's a very nice piece, and I hope to see it in even more colours in the future. A few pictures of interest from the instructions The cover. Same as the bag minus the age recommendation (Geez, I'm 23 years too old for those... ). Yet another picture of the combiner. I haven't checked yet if the instructions are already online (which reminds me I have to check if the instructions for the Brain Attack combiners are online - I wanted to try Breez'/Ogrum's combiner out!). A few pictures of the instructions are dedictated to ads, showing the rest of the Chima line. This page shows all six Chi Builds in action. Oh dear, I'm so getting Cragger just for the colours and the neat head sculpt. Building the set Eris' build starts pretty much the same way as every HF build does. First she gets a part attached to her back and after that the legs are built. Then the legs get already armour and the arms are built. And here's the rest of her armour. Then there comes the head. Due to the socket and it's shape, Eris needs a separate piece for her neck. But every eagle needs wings, and they are the next step (the piece in the front is the wing skeleton without shells). And after attaching the wing bones to her back... ...she gets her wings! Now it's time to build Eris' axe. This is the upper part, which includes a fair share of TECHNIC pieces. Once finished you put it in Eris right hand. Then comes the lower part of the axe. This picture contains probably the most complex assembling I ever took a picture of. I hope you can figure out how it works. ... Okay, enough sarcasm. If you attach the lower section of the axe to Eris' hand as well, it will result in... The finished set So yeah, here we have Eris, leader of the eagle tribe, in her powerful Chi form. (and a few spare parts too) Design and playability Eris uses practically the same build as most HF sets did in the past three years, so she offers of course a fair deal of poseability. Her bright and vivid colourscheme looks also very cool and is well patterned across her body. However, similiar to some other Ultra Builds (like Big Chill or Iron Man), her head has a few issues regarding its poseability. You see, due to the feathers on her neck Eris isn't able to look downward. At least she can look upward, which is important for flying poses. One thing I don't like about her however are the wings, and this is mostly because of the wing bones. Eris' wings look very skeletal, and the very large bones don't help matters either. It's also nigh impossible to pose her wings in a relaxed position that looks good. I think Eris would look better if TLG had shorten the wing bones but had added the wings in a slightly different way which would put them closer together. Though to be fair, Razar has the same issue (although one could argue that the skeletal look works better for him, being an evil raven and such). I do however like the design of her legs. The lack of shell armour helps to give off the impression of sleek, bird-like legs, though it would be even better if her lower legs (or at least her clawed feet) wouldn't be black, but yellow, orange or even gold instead - it's really a pity that only Cragger (and arguably Gorzan, since he's mostly black anyway) can benefit from recoloured bones for his build. Her axe looks very cool though. Makes me wonder though how TLG got the idea to give the winged character an axe. And said character is also mostly white and blue. You know, all these things apply to my Self-MOC as well (although my Self-MOC got silver, not gold, has no animal motif and is male). Crazy coincidence, eh? Here's a comparison between Eris Minifigure form and her Chi form. Many people complained about how much Eris Chi form differs from her default appearance, and I have to agree here. It's partly because of the colours (like the much brighter blue of her minifigure), but also because of the rather masculine look of her Chi form. Of course, this stems mostly from the head (Eris' head is dominated by round shapes, and there also her round eyes, which make her look absolutely adorable, while the Chi head has sharp edges, looks dead serious and lacks any pupils), but I also think that Eris' overall design could had been at least slightly more feminine. For example, I wonder why TLG didn't used the Breakout torso armour for her, it's sleeker than the 2.0 armour, and let's face it, both look rather robotic. Here's a size comparison with a few HF sets. Eris is visibly taller than Breez and Ogrum (though Ogrum is a bit short when it comes to Deluxe sets anyway), but she's still a head smaller than Furno XL. Final thoughts Let me be honest here, Eris is not the best transition of a mini figure into an Ultrabuild figure. Be it the differences to her normal form, the ambiguity about her gender in this form or the design of the wings, the poor girl got a few issues. But aside from this, she's a cool set to have. Pretty much all of her parts have great potential for MOCing, especially if you desire to build something different than a robotic warrior (or at least someting that doesn't have a robotic head). I would recommend her if you like eagles or still need more white, blue and gold after Surge, Stormer, Frost Beast and Jet Rocka (I guess the next Brain Attack wave will hit shelves in mid summer both in Europe and the US, but I'm just guessing - so it's still possible that these will be released first in the US too). Otherwise you're probably better off with one of the other sets of this line (or even one of the smaller Chima sets - I seriously recommend you Eris' eagle jet, that thing is fun).

Really neat MOC. I like the general idea and the colour scheme. If TLG would made all the shells in that blue, I'd try to build at least Swifta herself, although without her bike.

Very cool MOC, and bonus points for the German name. You know, since I'm German, I'm used that characters like robots have English names, so German names like "Bohrerfaust" sound a bit goofy to me. But it fits this guy very well.

First of all I'm sorry that the review is still not up. I'm kinda busy this week with other stuff (plus, I'm lazy). I checked again today and I actually figured out that the translucent blue in Eris' axe is the same that was used in Stormer XL's swords. I probably didn't noticed that at first since Eris' axe blades are only blue, while the swords were mostly silver with a blue blade.

I live in Germany. And before everybody gets jealous about the fact that the Ultrabuilds are already available here I'd like to remember you that we had to wait last year for the DC Ultrabuilds which were avaible earlier in the US. I might be wrong here (have to compare them), but it seems the plastic for Eris' axe differs from the plastic that was used in Stormer XL's blades. Concerning the process of the review, I took the pictures today and put Eris together.

Just wanted to tell you folks that I went to the LEGO store today and found the figures there. I already bought Eris, but she's still in her bag. You can expect the review tomorrow or the day after.

Given that I'll plan to buy a whole bunch of the HF figures this time again I'll have to cut back on the Chima figures. But Eris and Cragger are still must buys for me. Maybe I'll get Worriz as well. And maybe Gorzan, but that depends especially on how versatile his parts are. I don't want to buy a Gorilla guy just for its head (which I'd just use to try an Opimus Primal MOC, even though that would be very hard to pull off given the transformation...). The only one of these I'm not totally fond off is Razar. Not that his design is bad, it's just that Eris is very similiar and I'm not a fan of purple in the first place.

I second June/July as the release date for the new sets. Given that they hit shelves in Germany usually earlier (and I'm totally psyched for Surge, Stormer, Dragon Bolt and Frost Beast) you'll might expect a few reviews from me this summer again.

Nice review. Gahlok was actually my first Bohrok, and I really liked them due to their neat design and functions - and in that department they're also among the best Bionicle sets IMHO. I'm surprised that people confused the Bohrok eyes for fangs, since I always considered the Kraata more something like a brain module which controls the entire body (including it's eyes) of the Bohrok.

I like the revamps. The minigun looks really cool, same goes for the rocket launchers on the Terminater fellow (who also gives off a strong Dreadnought vibe IMHO).

You deserve them. The funny thing is, I actually meant the head of the humanoid, since I didn't realized at first it's Thornraxx' head. But the head of the hound is also really clever. Reminds me that I wanted to built some sort of lizard as a mount for one of my MOCs, and I was thinking about using Jawblades head for that lizard (it's the most lizard-like head that I know I own).

Really nice concept. Despite their differences in design, it's still clear that they belong to the same faction. I think you should move the codpieces on the medium and large one a bit up though. It hangs too low IMHO. But still good job!

That's an amazing MOC! After such ingenious things like the ribcage and the spine of the hound caught my eyes, I discovered even mor clever techniques when I looked at the smaller pictures, like the design of the head. I'm really impressed by it.

Ah yes, it was the Glatorian Legends. It kinda slipped my mind, though I'm also pretty sure that the first Wave of Hero Factory was released something around August, while the Savage Planet sets reached shelves in June.

Hmmm... April/May sounds even for Europe really early. May could be possible, and while I hope it will be possible, I'd expect June as well.

I'm usually a purist when it comes to LEGO, but right now, I'm totally amazed by the painted version of this giant MOC. But the built itself is also great, I think it would look better (read: more like the super-awesome painted one) if it would be white (okay okay I admit, I just want all those pieces in white). The head itself looks... strange. But interesting. It's also too bad that the rotor blades are featured in only one set, and an expensive one too. Well, I might order these from Bricklink one day. I like them.

The Eris MOC looks cool, but I agree with Aanchir. Also, I have to admit that this Eris doesn't look that much more feminine than the official set. To me, it just looks more bird-like.

I agree on the missiles. I use them in my Self-MOC for his shin guards. I wonder what "new" piece Andrew is referring to that connects Eris' wings. The wing skeleton is (as far as I can see) entirely made out of pieces we knew since Ordeal of Fire. Oh, did you notice that the banana ammo belt was shifted to Gorzan's mech? You're right, I'm not a brony. While I acknowledge the quality of the series, it's not my really my taste - when it comes to animation, I prefer the surreal humor of Adventure Time or the science fiction action of Transformers. And as I already said, I can relate to your situation regarding Fighting is Magic because Capcom pulled somewhat similiar crap with Mega Man Legends 3 in 2011. I'll put an explanation of the situation in a spoiler tag, since I'm going to ramble and it's reeeaaally off-topic.

No no no! Gorillas don't throw poo, they throw barrels! Didn't you learn anything from Donkey Kong? To go off-topic: I'm not surprised that Hasbro puts the game down, considering copyrights and such, but I'm surprised they put it down so late. To me, the idea of a beat'em'up based on a cartoon like My Little Pony: Friendship is Magic didn't make much sense in the first place though. I do still feel kinda sorry for all the fans who were looking forward to playing it (like a friend of mine) - I mean, I went through something similiar when Capcom cancelled Mega Man Legends 3 (and as long as Mega Man won't be included in the next Smash Bros., I won't forgive Capcom for this).

While I do like all these sets (especially the Black Gate and the Pirate Ship), I do miss something here: A Mumak, and also a set with Samwise (I don't want Shelob, partly because I already own 2 Frodos). But still, these look great!