I think it is a mini thornatus too. I'm guessing that like l said before, all the sets have a gold bonus, like the clear sparkly Avohkii that came with the 2003 Taknuva. That would make sense, each object would be like a token for the year in the story. I hope that they don't mark the price up because of the bonuses. I also doubt that collectibles are back, because the Hau would be on all the sets. I think there is interest in the past years of BIONICLE, I know a younger fan (I got him started in BIONICLE), who likes the story and has more 2001-2004 sets than me (ebay FTW). All I can say is this is the best marketing decision LEGO has made since picking up the Batphone and calling Advance to create BIONICLE.
~iL