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Yeah some of the Bionicle sets are also already set to retire on Shop at Home. I wonder if Lego is selling out their stock quicker and instead of restocking has just decided to retire products from Shop at Home?

It definitely looks like an official Lego revamp of the Club Car. Simple, yet effective.

Yeah I forgot the Knights Kingdom II figs used Galidor Joints. However Knights Kingdom II showed up in 2004, two years after Galidor was sold. Thanks for the 10/10 score! :)

If you saw that topic title and wanted to throw up a little, I can't blame you. If you want to check your window to make sure the bombs aren't falling, you can do that too; but I assure you this review is not a sign of the apocalypse. This is an intent to remedy a small issue we have here in the action figure forum: We don't have reviews of any Galidor sets. Yes. I just said that. This is a review of a Galidor set. Actually, it is a review of two Galidor sets. Galidor has become the butt end of a lot of jokes from the AFOL community. We all know it was an attempt by Lego to introduce a radically new system, in conjunction with a T.V. show to advertise the new line. While we know that the product-T.V. show-movie approach would work for later themes such as Bionicle, Ninjago, and Chima: Galidor was a major flop. But here is the interesting thing, which makes this review very timely. Galidor lives on in the toy shelf right now! That is right, as we speak the spawn of Galidor is at your local supermarket. But don't expect to find it in the Lego aisle; look instead for the actions figures... Yes I'm talking about Hasbo's line called Heromashers which in short sums up everything Galidor was. Looking at the Hasbro spawn though, it becomes clear why Galidor flopped in Lego's hands while a nearly identical idea can be successful in Hasbro's... Galidor, was an action figure line not a construction toy. Yes, while Bionicle, Slizer, and Hero Factory were all "construct-able action figures" they all shared compatibility with Lego's main products. They were built from the ground up, following instruction booklets. Despite their different style, these "constraction" figures all followed Lego's typical design features. However when Galidor was first built, it had nearly ZERO cross-compatibility with Lego products, (although by the end of 2002 the Exo-Toa set would introduce a Technic piece that was compatible with Galidor [EDIT: In the comments Frozen Assasin and Kalta the Noble Mind pointed out that Galidor-Rachet system compatibility pieces where also included in Alpha Team in 2003, and Knights Kingdom in 2004]). Despite this, Galidor was still very very far removed from the core Lego products. Yet back in 2002 I was just an 8 year old kid... I was not aware of Lego's marketing schemes or how far removed Galidor was from the core Lego product. When the ads for Galidor showed up in the Lego Magazine and Catalog; I wanted it. By the end of 2002, I had five of the main Galidor sets; plus several small McDonalds Happy Meal toys. And while the Lego fan community has oft treated Galidor in the same categories as Ebola and Smallpox; I have kept all of mine. So yes, now 13 years later; I present this review of Lego's Galidor sets Allegra and Nick Bluetooth Deluxe. Set info here: http://brickset.com/.../8317-1/Allegra If I remember right in the Galidor story; Allegra was a friend of Nick Bluetooth and the two got sucked into "The Outer Dimension" together where they had to fight evil in SPACE! Yeah. From the Lego fan's perspective Allegra is a 11-piece $10 USD set (Brickset states Allegra has only 10 pieces, but having it in hand I can testify there is 11). That is right, the price for piece ratio for Galidor is nearly 1 piece = 1 dollar... Allegra's play-ability is increased by including this... um... this... orange dog thing. I have no idea what the heck that thing is supposed to be. Allegra is built with 9 pieces and the dog thing with 2. All the pieces are exclusive to this set. Allegra's head has a hole in the back to insert a rubber head piece. Or it can be used to shove a Galidor limb into it. Or shove another head onto it... It is a very strange place to have a connection joint. The orange dog thing is actually aligned to sit perfectly over Lego studs. The feet don't have any tubes though, so the clutch power is non-existing. However, the color of the dog thing is "Old Dark Gray" if anybody wants to see more old gray pieces. Be warned though, that orange rubber tail piece is permanently attached to the dog thing. The Imperial Guard is included for scale. Here is Allegra, and our next subject of review Nick Bluetooth together. Hahli Inika is included for scale, and shows that the Galidor figures are as tall as the Bionicle Inika-type builds. Note that Nick here has his normal arms... Set Info here: http://brickset.com/...luetooth-Deluxe And here is Nick with his action arms! Yes those are airplane wings... Included with the wings were rubber darts similar to those used in the Exo-Toa; but with a Galidor-unique mold which Bricklink calls "Technic Competition Arrow, Solid Shaft with Black Rubber End." My Shi-Tzu destroyed those parts nearly a decade ago, so I don't have them to photograph. Nick also comes with a transparent blue iPad, which was used in the Galidor story for its Google Galaxy Maps features. Nick with his airplane wings showcases Galidor's play gimmick, Lego called it "Glinching." Glinching was Galidor speak for "the magical sci-fi ability to change limbs with other beings and machines." Nick was some chosen one because he could Glinch with things from the other side of the universe or some complex plot hole like that. All Galidor characters (except Allegra) could glinch to a certain extent. To repeat, Hasbro Heromashers anyone? Nick has a total of 15 pieces and sold for a price of $15 dollars. Yes, Nick is the same price as the the 87 piece Gali: Master of Water from this year. Nick's price per piece ratio is so bad, it makes Lego Star Wars look cheep! Now for a MOC gallery to show what wonderful MOC's glinching can create... Well, looks like Lego has successfully recreated the mutant toys from Sid's house in Toy Story!! I have a love hate feeling for these sets. They were part of my childhood, and I am glad that I still have them because I now view them as a piece of Lego history. I feel had any other company than Lego had produced these, they would have been a toy store success (again, looking at Hasbro there). But Galidor is so far removed from Lego's core style, the results are jarring and alienating. Still, Galidor is home to some exclusive parts, and Nick and Allegra here were the only human stylized constraction size human heads (without masks or helmets) from 2002 up until Obi-Wan and Luke came out this year. I like this theme in short, because it fails so miserably and I just like seeing it like that. Even better, these sets can still be found on Ebay or Bricklink near their original MSRB! How many other Lego sets that are 13 years old can you find at their original MSRB? So if you have an interest in strange toys, and weird themes chase down a Galidor figure for kicks and giggles. Just pretend it is not a Lego product and you should be fine. Overall rating: Two stars.

^Santaends, I feel flattered you read my reviews :) I do have more Bionicle reviews on Brickset than here though. Anyway, my first introduction to CCBS has this July. I played with the old Bionicle system though up until 2007. I can attest that the old figs do "look" more detailed. But their construction was more simplistic. There is a video on YouTube by Jangbricks where he compares the 2015 Lewa to his predecessors and showcases this. As you can see though by the debate here in this thread there are lovers and haters of both CCBS and the Old Bionicle. That being said they are fully cross compatible systems, using the same ball joint design. As Aanchir said, the new Bionicle story is quick to catch up on, and if you don't want to watch the videos you can read a plot summary for 2015 on the BioSector01 Wiki. Edit: just saw your newest post, seems you saw the videos then :)

I was pleasantly surprised by CCBS the first time I built with it this year. I think it is an improvement over the old system, since the simple pieces can be used for multiple situations. With that said, I have a soft spot for the old Bionicle style. I kind of wish I had more skill with Technic pieces, because a CCBS fig riding a Technic airship would be awesome. I do see with this debate a mirror to when people debated Lego System vs. Old Bionicle. The funny thing is, since they are all from Lego they are all cross compatible. So yes CCBS can connect to Lego and via that to Dublo and Galidor Joints. It's a well designed system when you think about it.

Yeah I looked it up too after I made my earlier comment. I guess it actually is cheap. But for a MOCer the pieces are so multi colored they would form a "ra1nb0w warr10r" so it isn't a good park packs for AFOLs. But if a corporation wants to build crazy colored mini builds, be my guest (48 pieces per bag is very limiting).

I have the old sand green one, the new mold looks like an improvement!

Lots of bags, and a marketing scheme to dupe corporations which focus only on "group workshops to reinforce the corporate environment" instead of hiring accounts who can tell them they can buy a lot of Lego cheaper

Wait, Samurai Jack is back? Cool, nice surprise!

Well, with nearly 2 1/2 years since I watched the entire Animaniacs series; I have finally started on the individual Pinky and the Brain episodes. What surprised me is that while I haven't watched a lot of them since the days Bush was President and Bionicle was on Mata Nui... I still remember a lot of stuff, and jokes from episodes. Even stranger, some of the jokes are still relevant 20 years later... Kind of wish that mice duo was still around though, they would have a field day making fun of how messed up society is now. What else, my college dorm doesn't have a TV hooked to cable right now; so I am not watching a lot of new stuff. I still haven't seen any off Star Wars The Clone Wars: The Lost Missions despite the fact I watched all five seasons on Cartoon Network before it was canceled. I have only seen two episodes of Star Wars:Rebels while I was on an airplane. What else, I haven't watched The Simpsons in forever either, although I occasional watch clips from classic episodes online. Yeah, I'm kind of lazy right now with my cartoon watching... School does that to people I guess.

Looks cool. I have read a lot of material about HO layouts which lift up the base using 2" foam board. By using Lego bricks it looks like you have done the same in Lego, and as you mentioned it should improve scenery and provide a place for wiring.

OPEN AND BUILDZ NOW!!!-Says the AFOL in College who doesn't have a job right now to supply bricks on a regular basis...

I was at my cousin Travis's house, back in 2003-4ish I believe. He introduced me to the online game called Millsbury (you know, that cereal company version of MNOG? ). I had to create a user name. My cousin was one of the few people I knew at the time who had an Xbox (the old ugly black box one!) So my username; xboxtravis. I used the same username again in 2006 when I signed up for BZpower. I eventually added the 7992 to the end to distinguish me from the odd chance one other person uses the name (never found one though...). Rest was history. If you get on my Mocpages account though, or my RRPictureArchives contributor page you'll see my real name loud and clear.

I don't know, I saw some Banboa in a local Wal-Mart here in the U.S. The sets where race car sets, and the designs were original so it wasn't a completely cloned set in that sense. But I was kinda surprised to see Banboa make its way all the way to a small town America Wal-Mart store. The only clone bland I tolerate is Mega-Blocks since to be honest, at least their designs are original and their quality is half-decent; but I have never bought myself Mega-Blocks, and I only have a few samples from gifts. Judging by the few Mega-Blocks gifts I own or have seen at friends houses, the quality is blech. Speaking of Mega, here is hoping that now that Halo is T rated (same rating as Star Wars Battlefront) that if their license ever expires with Mega that Lego might pick it up . Here is a Brickset article from 2013 which covers all the clone brands: http://brickset.com/article/7722/reviews-of-chinese-clone-brands

The modulars fit the scale of Lego Trains nicely, everything else is kind of dwarfed in comparison to the big train.

I remember Spybotics being released when I was a kid. I think Mindstorms 1.0 was already on the market before Spybotics was released. If I remember right, Spybotics was integrated with a digital game, and the programming was a lot simpler than Mindstorms. I never played with one, but I remember them being featured in the Lego Catalog and Lego Mania Magazine back in the day.

Santa Sheev Palpatine, Coal for the Nice kids, weapons for the Naughty ones!

Oh I've lost track of which Bionicle books I bought as a kid... I do have the DK Lego book from the late 90's and the DK Lego Harry Potter book.

The Avenjet looks like a late 90's space set, I don't know if I like that or not. But yes, I want some new Iron Man figs!!

Can anything be as flat as the Inika build though? These figs do look like they are a bit better than that.

I can't choose one... Probably be something from Rush or Queen.

We visited Legoland California in 2003 when I was 9 years old. My parents wanted to get me copy of Fort Legoredo (6792-1); but I told them I wanted to get the two early release Rahkshi instead. I still have those two Rahkshi, but I want to step on a brick every time I recall I could have had Fort Legoredo instead...

I was out of the country for 2014, so I caught up with them all in 2015: Here are some favorites mostly from those you all have already mentioned. The Lego Movie Mockingjay Part 1 Guardians of the Galaxy Big Hero 6 Captain America 2 Definitely the surprise ones for me where The Day After Tomorrow: Live Die Repeat which was surprisingly fun, witty, and the closest interpretation to a Halo multiplayer session come to life I have ever seen. Also The Imitation Game, a bit of history I was not aware that had happened dealing with the rise of the modern computer.

Rush. I am not sure if you guys would count all their music as metal, but they do have a lot of Prog Metal stuff from both their earlier albums and their newer albums. Even if their late 80's stuff was synth-pop... Other than them though I only have a basic knowledge of metal, I do know a few Metallica stuff, and the pop hits from Ozzy and Guns N Roses. But my musical taste is a mix of almost all rock types, from The Beatles, to Queen, all the way down to modern indie/alternative stuff.