Very interesting. I've only ever remembered the game on Hasbro's website, I can't recall ever seeing a commercial or one in retail?? I grew up as mostly a Bionicle and Transformers kid. These sets don't strike me as Bionicle-esque. If anything they scream "Galidor" which ironically enough towards the end of its own line began producing figure elements that were more coherent. It's really interesting to see how many times Hasbro chased the same Bionicle market, personally I think Neo-Shifters was their best effort. The problem with their other attempts is that they were all too character specific. I'd rather buy a Transformer of Starscream, not a Bionicle Starscream. Even Lego ended up oversaturating their own market with character action figures. If anything Hasbro has the perfect opportunity to strike the iron while the competition isn't as aggressive.
yes! its this fench sitting that confused and threw off potential investment for these sets. Honestly they had some really cool ideas but they were trying to play to many difrent kinds of genres. I personaly loved them as just the figures they where. I never switched parts becuase they looked goofy.
@@extracrispychickenguy1425I Also think it doesn't help that a lot of the story concepts presented in the line are a bit too close to those already presented in Bionicle. While I understand Bionicle story isn't as original as it could be either, as a competitor, I'd try to separate myself from the competition as much as I can.
The game for Xevoz was *real* bad. It's just dice rolling, with some serious powergaming involved due to unbalanced pieces. Plus, the wear it generates on the parts themselves is something I recognized even as a small child. Some parts would be more likely to break because of the game, which is real bad. Still, I greatly cherish my complete xevoz collection (except for that carrying case that didn't have enough space and was noisy), and it did inspire me to take a crack at a few of my own Xevoz fan-ideas. Very time-consuming, though, not something I really do any more. Still, there isn't another toyline like Xevoz out there. There's space for it to be so, but it'd have to have better marketing. No marketing killed the franchise and we never got that sweet, sweet Rocka Huna figure.....
Bro that is literally the only set I wanted. I never cared for the neo sapiens but the hyper furys were the best. A lava surf bro was insane. I loved the concept about elemental action figures. The sad thing is, xevoz had so many great ideas but I feel like hasbo treated them as an after thought. There was potential there to rival transformer, bionicle, and power rangers. The potential is still there if hasbro ever wanted to try xevoz again. They would just have to make a better long term plan.
godddd I had these, I couldn't think of the name but this is a blast from the past!
This is really well put together I had thought your channel was around a lot longer considering the quality.
Thank you. I just have to put in the work and it will grow
Sad we dont have a toys R us anymore
I know. Today everything is digital
This should have 10000000 views ... lol
Would be great
Very interesting. I've only ever remembered the game on Hasbro's website, I can't recall ever seeing a commercial or one in retail?? I grew up as mostly a Bionicle and Transformers kid.
These sets don't strike me as Bionicle-esque. If anything they scream "Galidor" which ironically enough towards the end of its own line began producing figure elements that were more coherent.
It's really interesting to see how many times Hasbro chased the same Bionicle market, personally I think Neo-Shifters was their best effort. The problem with their other attempts is that they were all too character specific. I'd rather buy a Transformer of Starscream, not a Bionicle Starscream.
Even Lego ended up oversaturating their own market with character action figures.
If anything Hasbro has the perfect opportunity to strike the iron while the competition isn't as aggressive.
yes! its this fench sitting that confused and threw off potential investment for these sets. Honestly they had some really cool ideas but they were trying to play to many difrent kinds of genres. I personaly loved them as just the figures they where. I never switched parts becuase they looked goofy.
@@extracrispychickenguy1425I Also think it doesn't help that a lot of the story concepts presented in the line are a bit too close to those already presented in Bionicle. While I understand Bionicle story isn't as original as it could be either, as a competitor, I'd try to separate myself from the competition as much as I can.
Good video man
The game for Xevoz was *real* bad. It's just dice rolling, with some serious powergaming involved due to unbalanced pieces. Plus, the wear it generates on the parts themselves is something I recognized even as a small child. Some parts would be more likely to break because of the game, which is real bad.
Still, I greatly cherish my complete xevoz collection (except for that carrying case that didn't have enough space and was noisy), and it did inspire me to take a crack at a few of my own Xevoz fan-ideas. Very time-consuming, though, not something I really do any more. Still, there isn't another toyline like Xevoz out there. There's space for it to be so, but it'd have to have better marketing. No marketing killed the franchise and we never got that sweet, sweet Rocka Huna figure.....
Bro that is literally the only set I wanted. I never cared for the neo sapiens but the hyper furys were the best. A lava surf bro was insane. I loved the concept about elemental action figures. The sad thing is, xevoz had so many great ideas but I feel like hasbo treated them as an after thought. There was potential there to rival transformer, bionicle, and power rangers. The potential is still there if hasbro ever wanted to try xevoz again. They would just have to make a better long term plan.