If you enjoyed seeing a bunch of Rahi in this video, then check out this other video where I showcase revamps of all the 2001 Rahi sets: th-cam.com/video/IF6pC-eEvZw/w-d-xo.html
@@thehypest6118 Don't forget the significantly higher pricing, this set alone was ~23 USD adjusted for inflation. 42148 and 42163 are probably the closest in similarity in modern lego technic both having nearly double the piece count as 10024 and only costing 10USD. So with modern Lego pricing for budget sets you'd probably look at 10024 being a 6~7 dollar set. If they'd even sell such a set to begin with. And significantly lower amount of new SKU's. Almost no competition and fear of counterfeiting from sources like AliExpress. And specifically to Lego, significantly less licenced sets of which Lego didn't themselves own the licence. The consumer smothered creativity to save a buck.
This was one of my favorite sets as a kid! I love how much it fleshes out the environment of Mata Nui, the fact you could build so many different creatures from one set really sparked my imagination. My parents must've ordered it for me for a birthday or Christmas because I had no idea how rare it was or that it was online exclusive until now!
You gotta rotate the 'vulture' like Rahi. I dunno, but the instructions kinda messed up. I feel like the red Gali hook is supposed to be it's beak and you got the two trans studs above it representing the eyes.
@6:52 you have the Kewa Backwards, we are looking at its tail in all the shots. This bird is the same one we see in MNOG. They are all over Le-Koro with different colors instead of grey, like green, blue, and red. Its also the same bird that Takua can call with his flute to fast travel with! This model is actually my favorite, his beady little eyes are super cute! Hopefully you can spin him around and see the true Kewa!
This is pretty hilarious, especially because he mentions how it doesnt resemble a vulture at all. But now that you mention it it seems so obvious, with the large read beak. In Ben's defence though: I checked the instructions, and it is consistently shown at the same angle we get here. I would love to see another angle now!
To my knowledge, the animals this set can build were designed beforehand to populate the setting of Bionicle, and then the set was made to be able to build them. This marginal status may be a part of the reason why the set was so limited in sale, but its interesting regardless. I wish there were more such "creator" sets made to flesh out more story-heavy of Lego's brands. There's tons more Rahi in 2001 products that we have only seen in small renders, or even games, both GBA Quest for the Toa and cancelled PC Legend of Mata Nui. Goats, snakes, bats, and a downsized version of Muaka and Kane-Ra mysteriously labeled as "wolfrat".
I didn't have internet access at the time, but I remember seeing this set in the Lego Catalogs we got in the mail. And those all had mail-order forms at the time so you could do that to obtain em too. Not just online only.
Just did a bit of research on it. Turns out official art and the instructions show it backwards. But looking at it from the other side, yeah it looks way better. Wild that the instructions themselves tell you to build it the other way around haha
@@BenCossyOfficial could it be to make the building process easier? but then they forgot to flip it on the last instruction page Whatever the reason, the online game alone already confirms the red studs and hook piece are meant to be the face
@@BenCossyOfficial these birds also appear in the mata nui online game, strange how the box shows it differently when its clearly meant to be the other way
I actually used to have a german 2003 shop at home catalogue, and apparently they had alot of trouble getting rid of this set back in the day. By 2003, 1 years after release, they were selling this set for 7.50€ (the german rrp was 15€ in 2002)
Oh wow, I forgot about the Fikou spiders. I never had this set, but I used to build those in every colour I could. I like it even more in retrospect. Just a perfect simple design.
I have this set too. In the states, I picked it up at Toys R Us, but I also remember seeing it at a Lego store in Downtown Disney. I lived in SoCal so it wasn't a trek like it was in later years. They were creative but the Bohrok from the next year waves blew these guys out of memory.
Wow, the fact that this was online only is very interesting! I did see half of the red gearbox at a bricks and minifigs in the bin and thought it was just a common technic part tho, very sad
Back years ago I was in the Lego magazine club. You'd get catalogs in the mail and this set was in there for order. I'm not sure if I still have the book.
Stuff like this is why the earliest days of Bionicle are my favorite, the old rahi sets were full of excellent play features and made almost entirely of basic Technic pieces, so you could make these yourself if you had enough Technic parts, though you may have to forgo color accuracy
First time discovering this channel. Love how genuinely positive and pleasant your commentary is. Really chill and I think captures the nostalgia and vibe of LEGO so well. A lot of lego community content is just a bit… serious? Also, the community MOQ showcase is an amazing idea, both showing some really awesome designs, while also giving back a bit and allowing these folks to be acknowledged. Definitely earned yourself a new sub 😁
@6:47 I hate to say it Ben, but I am 100% sure you have this model facing the wrong way!! the transparent red studs are the eyes and the red claw is like a beak.
Cool video! Love the narration. For the snake play feature I think it was rather intended to move the head by twisting the little gear at the bottom, which you can see clearly around @8:46
I've been a bionicle fan since the early sets, and i've never heard of this set, i was really impressive with the variety of builds and i love all the nostalgic play features, thanks for showing this off!!
Ooo a Bionicle set I haven't seen before, that's a nice surprise! Really charming too, I really like it despite how much it shows it's age. Also I think the kangaroo is my fav too but I'm also an Aussie so maybe there's something to that.
I got the set back in the day, but I got it through the monthly Lego catalogue I would get in the mail alongside my Lego Magazine subscription. Speaking of the magazine, I actually got two of the Toa Nuva sets from it MONTHS before the wave was released publicly.
This explains why, when I picked up a bit less than half of this set at a thrift store for 50 cents, I couldn't find where the parts came from without asking more knowledgeable Bionicle fans (I didn't understand how to use Bricklink yet at the time). Not a single orange piece was included, only one of the Technic panels was included, only one of the Technic motorcycle chain looking bits was there, but it DID have the two expensive torso halves.
So glad I bought this set back in the day at Legoland Germany! What a fantastic set, always love the different rahi designs from the early years of Bionicle.
It gives me pause to consider that the only reason we got one final recolor of the Throwbot/Slizer gearbox might be that an ostrich appears in the background of Po-Koro in a Flash game, and LEGO got parent complaints that kids wanted playsets of all of those Rahi. I think the Husi in the Mata Nui Online Game might have had Scuba’s blue gearbox, actually, and this has been dubbed the Ta-Wahi variant. I love this piece as a Toa torso component, though! You can see its influence on the design of the first Toa torso/gearbox, which was felt through 2009 and beyond due to the gearteeth in the hips introduced with the Toa Metru. And it’s nice to gave them in yellow, purple, and dark grey, since there are no classic Toa torsos in those colors. I’ve always meant to perfect a Voriki MOC using Spark’s gearbox… And, yeah, sorry to see the Kewa facing backwards. I grew quite fond of the Kewa who would answer my flute and let me fast-travel around the Mata Nui Online Game… although Kapura never failed to beat me to my destination once the Chronicler’s Company quest started!
12:28 I'm pretty sure this is based on the original concept art and prototypes for the Bahrag that depicted them as giant spiders that carried Bohrok on their backs.
Dang I haven't thought about this set in so long! I never got it as a kid, but I definitely remember seeing these designs somewhere (I think I saw them either in the rahi book or an ad in a Lego magazine). These are all so fun and charming! Thanks for the trip down memory lane!
This used to be one of my favourite sets as a kid. I remember going on a special birthday trip to one of the few Lego stores near me that for some reason carried it. Just remembering how different the Lego store looked and felt to how they are today filles me with nostalgia.... I probably still have the box somewhere, though flatpacked.
In an alternate timeline lego not only never discontinued bionicle but they also got a little insane with the world building regarding the rahi. I imagine I'm a very happy lad in that timeline.
I used to get the LEGO catalogue back in 2002! This set was listed with a bunch of other 2002 Bionicle sets at the time. I can't imagine they sold that many, considering the other Bionicle stuff that was available. (For reference, the Lego catalogue also promoted the old Galidor toys, lol)
I built a much larger Takea Shark using mostly older Bionicle and Technic for the head, and CCBS for the rest of the body. Pushing the back of the head opens the mouth, and there's an empty socket on its back for attaching certain Bionicle figures as a rider. Also, imagine jousting, but riding sharks!
One possible way to get the _Slizer_ gearbox (Part 32166) in red is to dye the parts from white to red. It's an interesting technique that I have learned from Brickthumb, and that not every part (or rather, parts that are not made out of ABS plastic) can be dyed. Plus, there are also a lot of other factors to account for when dyeing LEGO parts. But the end result is often worth it! It opens up a whole new door for MOC potential because it allows for pieces to be in new colors beyond what The LEGO Group produced them in, like a purple Miru, or black Toa Nuva legs. I would love to see a _Bionicle Inspiration Series_ episode focused on dyed LEGO parts! (And yes, Brickthumb's experiments with dyeing LEGO pieces purple allowed him to build Kopaka as a -Slizer of Energy- Toa of Gravity.)
When I learned about this set as a kid I actually realized I had the pieces to build the Fiku Spider (except in black and the Toa head had eyes in it 😅) Such an adorable and timeless little guy
I need just the dark grey mata foot to complete this set... not fun when most bricklink stores don't differentiate between the dark grey & the much more common dark bluish grey😢 Finding this in Australia with the shipping is going to be a with hunt but I am determined to find the correct colour foot 😂
@@ZannyAisling it absolutely is not correct. A lot of the rahi featured stuff that was done again later but better, or other sets even before them did better
“back in the day” doesn’t specify this set though! ;-) (and speaking generally i’d say the first two years of bionicle WERE a high point for set functions, though i guess theres later technic vehicles - both bionicle and bioniclen’t - that probably surpass them? i will admit my own inexperience.) (it should be noted that i was not making a serious argument to begin with, hence also calling the original comment a boomer…) edit: ok i misread ‘a lot of THE rahi’ as ‘a lot of THESE rahi’ so the first comment wasn’t relevant sorry for being snide there. i don’t know many sets all from the same theme at the same time coming out with stuff to rival the rahi in general but like. idk maybe.
I never had the original set, but I've got enough pieces off Brick Link to build the Husi, the Ruki Fish, and two Ussal crabs for my 2001-2002 Bionicle collection. Also have the Po-Koro cows and the smaller red and yellow fish from Ga-Koro you see in MNOG but which were never part of any sets. I love that you can see the part usage for the animals in the game well enough to construct them from miscellaneous pieces in the real world.
Man I always wanted this set as a kid, but never had any idea on how to properly get it.... I'd love if LEGO used big chunky technic parts to make weird things like this again.
@@BenCossyOfficial yeah you fumbled that one a bit, I see what you mean with that wiki page, unfortunately its literally flying past the camera in that animation, you're seeing its butt there. on the same wiki, you can see a screenshot from the game of a blue variant of the bird flying toward the camera. he has cute red eyes above his Gali-hook beak *edit* on the same wiki, theres a funny little note toward the bottom confirming this. "Oddly, both promotional art and the sets' instructions have the Goko-Kahu facing backwards."
Almost got that set when I was young, luckily I convinced my dad to get me the 8549 Tarakava instead even though it's not nearly as rare as this one but in turn it's much cooler and more fun. Also from what I remember the old Lego/Bionicle website was super jancky, which is one of the reasons I didn't get it and managed to upgrade to a more expensive set was because just going to the store and buying a set was way simpler to us back then.
Hey! I've got this guy. I was a huge Bionicle fan. I have the comics, movies, games, and I've got nearly all but the last couple sets. I had the Lego magazine subscription and this was in it. The magazine had one of those ordering cards that you can mail in with a check, so my Dad ordered it and sent the card. In about a month, the Bionicle showed up.
I recently just finished building all the models in my own colour schemes, they're really fun to mess around with! The Hoto is the only one I have in canon colours
I have it from back in the day, even including an (extremely banged up) box! It was not only available online, I got it from Legoland Billund along with the free copper Huna and Komau promos.
you have to turn the vulture around. the hook is its beak and the little studs are its eyes. i also feel like the feet would be better if put on horizontally to look more like birb feet but thats not in the instructions i think
I had this set back in the day! I'm pretty sure I bought it at Legoland Windsor, must have been one of the few places where you could buy it in person. I had no idea how rare it was so I sold it on ebay years ago for like £20, wish I'd held on to it now lmao
I made a white and bule Ko-Wahi version of the Hikaki with a punching Matoran arm from 2001 for the nose. And it's base on the GBA game called Bionicle: Quest for the Toa. I also made a Younger Pewku base on what she look like in Mata Nui Online Animations. But with orange claws instead of yellow snice they did not came in yellow.
This set reminds me of the older style of LEGO motto for designs. Minimal new pieces and creatively to fill the gaps. Nowadays tons of new pieces to to complete with screen accuracy. My favorite of the designs is a tied between the Spider and Kangaroo.
Bricks and Minifigs in TX didn’t want go through my bionicle sets. I had about 60 sets. 3 were a bit larger and the rest was regular sets. They just wanted to give me a bulk offer. They were all complete but just vaguely disassembled.
Oh, I actually have this set. It's hardly intact at all, since I actually played with it as a kid, but I do have the gray foot floating around somewhere.
I have this set, but I have no idea how I acquired it. Either it was given to me for Christmas and my folks got it for me from the LEGO website, or it may have been a Toys R Us exclusive in the states. I'm pretty sure there was at least one shop at home catalog that featured it.
I have a video guide talking about the best ways to buy Bionicle/HF sets and part right here. It'll give you plenty of options to get good deals :) th-cam.com/video/KM7okxOj2h0/w-d-xo.html
The question i have is only using the parts in this set can you actually make a toa design...and I mean only what comes in the box, no extras or repaints
Weird question… but why did you place the vulture with its head as its arse ? As soon as you said „vulture type creature“ i saw the red part as its neck, the long orange claws…well…as claws… did you make a mistake here or am i wrong ?
If you enjoyed seeing a bunch of Rahi in this video, then check out this other video where I showcase revamps of all the 2001 Rahi sets:
th-cam.com/video/IF6pC-eEvZw/w-d-xo.html
this set shows how much love and care was put into the rahi, nature and worlbuilding of the first year of bionicle.
It was the second year of Bionicle though (2002)
It was a different world my friend, of opportunity and passion and yet to be smothered creativity
@@thehypest6118 Don't forget the significantly higher pricing, this set alone was ~23 USD adjusted for inflation. 42148 and 42163 are probably the closest in similarity in modern lego technic both having nearly double the piece count as 10024 and only costing 10USD. So with modern Lego pricing for budget sets you'd probably look at 10024 being a 6~7 dollar set. If they'd even sell such a set to begin with.
And significantly lower amount of new SKU's. Almost no competition and fear of counterfeiting from sources like AliExpress. And specifically to Lego, significantly less licenced sets of which Lego didn't themselves own the licence. The consumer smothered creativity to save a buck.
I appreciate that Australians are legally obligated to call their money 'dollary-doos'
This was one of my favorite sets as a kid! I love how much it fleshes out the environment of Mata Nui, the fact you could build so many different creatures from one set really sparked my imagination. My parents must've ordered it for me for a birthday or Christmas because I had no idea how rare it was or that it was online exclusive until now!
You gotta rotate the 'vulture' like Rahi.
I dunno, but the instructions kinda messed up. I feel like the red Gali hook is supposed to be it's beak and you got the two trans studs above it representing the eyes.
I was about to point this out until I saw your comment lol
Yeah, that’s how it looked in MNOG. It’s the same Rahi bird you can summon by playing the flute.
two trans studs 😳
I was thinking the same
@6:52 you have the Kewa Backwards, we are looking at its tail in all the shots. This bird is the same one we see in MNOG. They are all over Le-Koro with different colors instead of grey, like green, blue, and red. Its also the same bird that Takua can call with his flute to fast travel with! This model is actually my favorite, his beady little eyes are super cute! Hopefully you can spin him around and see the true Kewa!
It's an Aussie thing, everything gets flipped the other way
This is pretty hilarious, especially because he mentions how it doesnt resemble a vulture at all. But now that you mention it it seems so obvious, with the large read beak. In Ben's defence though: I checked the instructions, and it is consistently shown at the same angle we get here. I would love to see another angle now!
Ben collecting Bionicle Sets for "well over 25 years now" with the Theme being 24 years old 😂
Bionicle first released in 2000 in Australia and Europe, before the rest of the world got it in 2001. So technically, "25 years" would be correct.
@@masterofgaburincho…What year is it again?
@Kelvoraax It's 2025 and I am a time traveller from the future 🤖
@@Kelvoraaxwrite 2000 through 2024 out on a piece of paper, you’d have 25 numbers
Can’t believe in 2009 I casually decided to pick up one of these sets sealed in open box relatively affordably.
To my knowledge, the animals this set can build were designed beforehand to populate the setting of Bionicle, and then the set was made to be able to build them. This marginal status may be a part of the reason why the set was so limited in sale, but its interesting regardless. I wish there were more such "creator" sets made to flesh out more story-heavy of Lego's brands.
There's tons more Rahi in 2001 products that we have only seen in small renders, or even games, both GBA Quest for the Toa and cancelled PC Legend of Mata Nui. Goats, snakes, bats, and a downsized version of Muaka and Kane-Ra mysteriously labeled as "wolfrat".
Getting all the pieces to build every single build from this was so cool.
I didn't have internet access at the time, but I remember seeing this set in the Lego Catalogs we got in the mail. And those all had mail-order forms at the time so you could do that to obtain em too. Not just online only.
I have seen this set a few times,
Never knew its *This* rare.
I super love the concept of this set, "A few parts, but Lots of instructions!"
Seems like you put the Vulture backwards lol, with the 2 red eyes and beak laying on the ground facing backwards
Just did a bit of research on it. Turns out official art and the instructions show it backwards. But looking at it from the other side, yeah it looks way better. Wild that the instructions themselves tell you to build it the other way around haha
@@BenCossyOfficial could it be to make the building process easier? but then they forgot to flip it on the last instruction page
Whatever the reason, the online game alone already confirms the red studs and hook piece are meant to be the face
@@gatex33d74 It's possible that was the reason, who knows
Yeah it's for sure meant to be the other way
@@BenCossyOfficial Does it look more like a Vulture now? because you said it looked like a dragonfly XD
@@BenCossyOfficial these birds also appear in the mata nui online game, strange how the box shows it differently when its clearly meant to be the other way
I actually used to have a german 2003 shop at home catalogue, and apparently they had alot of trouble getting rid of this set back in the day.
By 2003, 1 years after release, they were selling this set for 7.50€ (the german rrp was 15€ in 2002)
Oh wow, I forgot about the Fikou spiders. I never had this set, but I used to build those in every colour I could. I like it even more in retrospect. Just a perfect simple design.
I have this set too. In the states, I picked it up at Toys R Us, but I also remember seeing it at a Lego store in Downtown Disney. I lived in SoCal so it wasn't a trek like it was in later years. They were creative but the Bohrok from the next year waves blew these guys out of memory.
I think alot of times Toys R Us exclusives in the US were Lego Store/Shop at home only in other countries
Wow, the fact that this was online only is very interesting! I did see half of the red gearbox at a bricks and minifigs in the bin and thought it was just a common technic part tho, very sad
Back years ago I was in the Lego magazine club. You'd get catalogs in the mail and this set was in there for order.
I'm not sure if I still have the book.
Stuff like this is why the earliest days of Bionicle are my favorite, the old rahi sets were full of excellent play features and made almost entirely of basic Technic pieces, so you could make these yourself if you had enough Technic parts, though you may have to forgo color accuracy
First time discovering this channel.
Love how genuinely positive and pleasant your commentary is. Really chill and I think captures the nostalgia and vibe of LEGO so well. A lot of lego community content is just a bit… serious?
Also, the community MOQ showcase is an amazing idea, both showing some really awesome designs, while also giving back a bit and allowing these folks to be acknowledged.
Definitely earned yourself a new sub 😁
@6:47 I hate to say it Ben, but I am 100% sure you have this model facing the wrong way!! the transparent red studs are the eyes and the red claw is like a beak.
Cool video! Love the narration.
For the snake play feature I think it was rather intended to move the head by twisting the little gear at the bottom, which you can see clearly around @8:46
I've been a bionicle fan since the early sets, and i've never heard of this set, i was really impressive with the variety of builds and i love all the nostalgic play features, thanks for showing this off!!
Ooo a Bionicle set I haven't seen before, that's a nice surprise! Really charming too, I really like it despite how much it shows it's age. Also I think the kangaroo is my fav too but I'm also an Aussie so maybe there's something to that.
i find it funny how the shore turtle can fly for some reason keep up the good work ben im looking forward to you're next videos
I got the set back in the day, but I got it through the monthly Lego catalogue I would get in the mail alongside my Lego Magazine subscription.
Speaking of the magazine, I actually got two of the Toa Nuva sets from it MONTHS before the wave was released publicly.
This explains why, when I picked up a bit less than half of this set at a thrift store for 50 cents, I couldn't find where the parts came from without asking more knowledgeable Bionicle fans (I didn't understand how to use Bricklink yet at the time). Not a single orange piece was included, only one of the Technic panels was included, only one of the Technic motorcycle chain looking bits was there, but it DID have the two expensive torso halves.
So glad I bought this set back in the day at Legoland Germany!
What a fantastic set, always love the different rahi designs from the early years of Bionicle.
It gives me pause to consider that the only reason we got one final recolor of the Throwbot/Slizer gearbox might be that an ostrich appears in the background of Po-Koro in a Flash game, and LEGO got parent complaints that kids wanted playsets of all of those Rahi.
I think the Husi in the Mata Nui Online Game might have had Scuba’s blue gearbox, actually, and this has been dubbed the Ta-Wahi variant.
I love this piece as a Toa torso component, though! You can see its influence on the design of the first Toa torso/gearbox, which was felt through 2009 and beyond due to the gearteeth in the hips introduced with the Toa Metru. And it’s nice to gave them in yellow, purple, and dark grey, since there are no classic Toa torsos in those colors. I’ve always meant to perfect a Voriki MOC using Spark’s gearbox…
And, yeah, sorry to see the Kewa facing backwards. I grew quite fond of the Kewa who would answer my flute and let me fast-travel around the Mata Nui Online Game… although Kapura never failed to beat me to my destination once the Chronicler’s Company quest started!
12:28 I'm pretty sure this is based on the original concept art and prototypes for the Bahrag that depicted them as giant spiders that carried Bohrok on their backs.
2:17 and free shipping
Dang I haven't thought about this set in so long! I never got it as a kid, but I definitely remember seeing these designs somewhere (I think I saw them either in the rahi book or an ad in a Lego magazine). These are all so fun and charming! Thanks for the trip down memory lane!
This used to be one of my favourite sets as a kid. I remember going on a special birthday trip to one of the few Lego stores near me that for some reason carried it. Just remembering how different the Lego store looked and felt to how they are today filles me with nostalgia.... I probably still have the box somewhere, though flatpacked.
Always amazed at how Ben can put out this many videos :O
In an alternate timeline lego not only never discontinued bionicle but they also got a little insane with the world building regarding the rahi. I imagine I'm a very happy lad in that timeline.
I used to get the LEGO catalogue back in 2002! This set was listed with a bunch of other 2002 Bionicle sets at the time. I can't imagine they sold that many, considering the other Bionicle stuff that was available. (For reference, the Lego catalogue also promoted the old Galidor toys, lol)
i always thought the kewa was mean to have the red hook as it's face
It is. For some reason the instructions for this set show it as if its tail is its head.
I remember getting this set. I loved building all the various Rahi as a kid, and then recognizing them in the Gameboy game.
I built a much larger Takea Shark using mostly older Bionicle and Technic for the head, and CCBS for the rest of the body. Pushing the back of the head opens the mouth, and there's an empty socket on its back for attaching certain Bionicle figures as a rider. Also, imagine jousting, but riding sharks!
One possible way to get the _Slizer_ gearbox (Part 32166) in red is to dye the parts from white to red.
It's an interesting technique that I have learned from Brickthumb, and that not every part (or rather, parts that are not made out of ABS plastic) can be dyed. Plus, there are also a lot of other factors to account for when dyeing LEGO parts.
But the end result is often worth it! It opens up a whole new door for MOC potential because it allows for pieces to be in new colors beyond what The LEGO Group produced them in, like a purple Miru, or black Toa Nuva legs. I would love to see a _Bionicle Inspiration Series_ episode focused on dyed LEGO parts!
(And yes, Brickthumb's experiments with dyeing LEGO pieces purple allowed him to build Kopaka as a -Slizer of Energy- Toa of Gravity.)
When I learned about this set as a kid I actually realized I had the pieces to build the Fiku Spider (except in black and the Toa head had eyes in it 😅)
Such an adorable and timeless little guy
I need just the dark grey mata foot to complete this set... not fun when most bricklink stores don't differentiate between the dark grey & the much more common dark bluish grey😢
Finding this in Australia with the shipping is going to be a with hunt but I am determined to find the correct colour foot 😂
Play features back in the day are so much better than the ones today
Okay boomer
okay boomer
its correct but also ok boomer
@@ZannyAisling it absolutely is not correct. A lot of the rahi featured stuff that was done again later but better, or other sets even before them did better
“back in the day” doesn’t specify this set though! ;-)
(and speaking generally i’d say the first two years of bionicle WERE a high point for set functions, though i guess theres later technic vehicles - both bionicle and bioniclen’t - that probably surpass them? i will admit my own inexperience.)
(it should be noted that i was not making a serious argument to begin with, hence also calling the original comment a boomer…)
edit: ok i misread ‘a lot of THE rahi’ as ‘a lot of THESE rahi’ so the first comment wasn’t relevant sorry for being snide there. i don’t know many sets all from the same theme at the same time coming out with stuff to rival the rahi in general but like. idk maybe.
I never had the original set, but I've got enough pieces off Brick Link to build the Husi, the Ruki Fish, and two Ussal crabs for my 2001-2002 Bionicle collection. Also have the Po-Koro cows and the smaller red and yellow fish from Ga-Koro you see in MNOG but which were never part of any sets. I love that you can see the part usage for the animals in the game well enough to construct them from miscellaneous pieces in the real world.
Man I always wanted this set as a kid, but never had any idea on how to properly get it.... I'd love if LEGO used big chunky technic parts to make weird things like this again.
Never knew this existed. I am incredibly pleased.
Was the Kua the right way around? Usually reviews have the red hook as its front acting as a bird beak
I was going off how it looks in the Wiki - Like this bionicle.fandom.com/wiki/Goko-Kahu
Still, flipping it around might actually look better haha
The official render is definitely backwards. This design is actually used in MNOG and the GBA game and the hook is its beak.
@@BenCossyOfficial yeah you fumbled that one a bit, I see what you mean with that wiki page, unfortunately its literally flying past the camera in that animation, you're seeing its butt there. on the same wiki, you can see a screenshot from the game of a blue variant of the bird flying toward the camera. he has cute red eyes above his Gali-hook beak
*edit* on the same wiki, theres a funny little note toward the bottom confirming this.
"Oddly, both promotional art and the sets' instructions have the Goko-Kahu facing backwards."
Almost got that set when I was young, luckily I convinced my dad to get me the 8549 Tarakava instead even though it's not nearly as rare as this one but in turn it's much cooler and more fun.
Also from what I remember the old Lego/Bionicle website was super jancky, which is one of the reasons I didn't get it and managed to upgrade to a more expensive set was because just going to the store and buying a set was way simpler to us back then.
The Fikou spider is the love of my life
Hey! I've got this guy. I was a huge Bionicle fan. I have the comics, movies, games, and I've got nearly all but the last couple sets. I had the Lego magazine subscription and this was in it. The magazine had one of those ordering cards that you can mail in with a check, so my Dad ordered it and sent the card. In about a month, the Bionicle showed up.
The way the Makika’s mouth opens when you push down on its back kind of reminds me of Moo Deng, or perhaps a desert rainfrog squeaking.
I recently just finished building all the models in my own colour schemes, they're really fun to mess around with! The Hoto is the only one I have in canon colours
I have it from back in the day, even including an (extremely banged up) box! It was not only available online, I got it from Legoland Billund along with the free copper Huna and Komau promos.
5:48 Reminds me of real-life smiley faced spiders.
I got this when I was a kid. I still have all the parts too. The little red tube might've gone missing but the lil spider was my favorite
I have the piece that is worth $30 3:01 but I don't know how much it is because mine is black. Could you tell me how much it is in Black
you have to turn the vulture around. the hook is its beak and the little studs are its eyes. i also feel like the feet would be better if put on horizontally to look more like birb feet but thats not in the instructions i think
I love how most part are easy to get even if they aren't 1 to 1, like the small tube can be replaced with those small lightsaber blades
That old Lego Website really took me back
I had this set back in the day! I'm pretty sure I bought it at Legoland Windsor, must have been one of the few places where you could buy it in person. I had no idea how rare it was so I sold it on ebay years ago for like £20, wish I'd held on to it now lmao
I HAVE THIS ONE! Got it from an ebay sale a decade and a half ago! Loved the crab!
I made a white and bule Ko-Wahi version of the Hikaki with a punching Matoran arm from 2001 for the nose. And it's base on the GBA game called Bionicle: Quest for the Toa.
I also made a Younger Pewku base on what she look like in Mata Nui Online Animations. But with orange claws instead of yellow snice they did not came in yellow.
It’s a bird.A lot of people like birds.
Like a real life emu, it has no thought behind its eyes.
This set reminds me of the older style of LEGO motto for designs. Minimal new pieces and creatively to fill the gaps. Nowadays tons of new pieces to to complete with screen accuracy.
My favorite of the designs is a tied between the Spider and Kangaroo.
Those builds are amazing. Nowadays I have a feeling most of lego sets dont use cool mechanisms anymore.
these reminds me so much of VNOG (iirc some of them are in the game too)
the old gray looks so nice with red and orange
I do have this set, opened years ago. I didn't like it much as a kid. I did like the orange pieces put into other sets though.
Funny, I just managed to track it down and finally get my hands on it! My favourite build is the kangaroo
@ 6:43 you have have it backwards. The red hook is it's nose and where the red eyes are, not it's tail. and the grey Technic block it's tail.
How interesting they were selling it when I was a kid in Toys “R” Us. I was very lucky to have gotten it at the time.
I have the set! As I recall the instructions for one of the builds are screwed up. I wondered if they have her put out a fix.
Bricks and Minifigs in TX didn’t want go through my bionicle sets. I had about 60 sets. 3 were a bit larger and the rest was regular sets. They just wanted to give me a bulk offer. They were all complete but just vaguely disassembled.
Holy cow! I had this as a kid! I got him in a garage sale and just thought he was random parts put together!
Man this would have been a great set to have as a kid. There weren't many basic Rahi so the fact this one was an online-only purchase is kind of sad
Oh, I actually have this set. It's hardly intact at all, since I actually played with it as a kid, but I do have the gray foot floating around somewhere.
Bionicle need a comeback (probably would suck though)
It'll probably be overpriced tbh
Thus set shows even with weird lego pieces you can make so much
I have this set, but I have no idea how I acquired it. Either it was given to me for Christmas and my folks got it for me from the LEGO website, or it may have been a Toys R Us exclusive in the states. I'm pretty sure there was at least one shop at home catalog that featured it.
I still own this set from childhood (ordered it on Wiztoys in like 2006) plus 3 other copies I got from lots!
The Kewa is upside down; the part with the Gali hook is supposed to be the face
So ben, if u like all of the builds in this wonderful set, which 3 of the builds are your favorite???🤔 (top 3 fav)
1. Fusa (Kangaroo)
2. Kofo-Jaga (Scorpion)
3. Makika (Toad)
Not bionicle related, but where would you recommend getting hero factory sets?
I have a video guide talking about the best ways to buy Bionicle/HF sets and part right here. It'll give you plenty of options to get good deals :)
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@BenCossyOfficial thank you!
I NEEEED that red Throwbot/Slizer body!!
Lego bionicle: behold, our rarest set!
*B I R B*
bionicle really needs to come back.
I loved this set as a kid.
The gear box is the torso from throwbots in the 90s
For a complete collection, you need 15 of them for all 15 Rahi.
I'm on the mission to have all 15 models on the same shelf, the red halves are killing me but I've only got 4 left
I remember these rahi appearing in the first Mata Nui Online game.
It wasn't online exclusive, you could also order it over the phone
The Fiku Spider was from a builder set?!
I guess the shore turtle was a perfect design.
The question i have is only using the parts in this set can you actually make a toa design...and I mean only what comes in the box, no extras or repaints
I had this set but was hoping for more creatures so was a Lil bummed at the time.
What’s the difference between an ussall crab and a manas crab?
DAMN! This set can fit so many quirky guys in it!
Weird question… but why did you place the vulture with its head as its arse ? As soon as you said „vulture type creature“ i saw the red part as its neck, the long orange claws…well…as claws… did you make a mistake here or am i wrong ?