if i remember right, Priaka was the original ancient name for the Skaakdi and the Priaka from 2006 called themselves that was because it more authentic or whatever.
it's almost hilarious that Stars was a wave meant to celebrate Bionicle's history and then they made a set based on a character that had never appeared as a set before
Because nektann (A.K.A bootleg vezok) isn't a piraka. Infact nektann is only a standard skadi. Of course there's a clone army of him. But when he was fighting Tahu it was a 1v1 battle.
Nektann is so unhappy because of bionicle stars. Nektann's thoughts: the story says I'm taller than average skakdi, so why am I made small? Lego: budget cuts nektann: what do you mean budgets cuts? Me: Lego and Greg f, one of you is lying
Honestly, I think stars would of been a success if they were part of a titan set and the titans were mata nui and makuta teradax and when I say titan I means *TITAN* they could of been bionicles biggest titans ever big enough to have the stars act as mini figures.
I think the bionicle stars should have been titan versions of older sets, or maybe special Inika builds. LEGO basically downgraded some older sets and sold them. What do you think?
Bionicle was supposed to continue beyond 2010. Maybe the team had a short amount of time to finish the story and final toys quickly which resulted in sets like this. But yeah, I would have liked these sets to be bigger.
In my opinion, these were still better alternatives than ending the theme at 09, since I'm not fond of the idea of ending the series with new characters we barely know, even if the Glatorians were good sets
hmm, well this review told me i built him wrong, thanks eljay for your usefullness, thanks eljay, i think this guy is kinda one of the most perfit stars for the roles, the piraka where good and for it to be a guy we wouldnt havent of gotten, good review eljay.
I actually really love the stars. I grew up with them and had a lot of fun collecting them when they were out. Do get the articulation problem though that’s a bit stinky but other then that their really fun figures and they weren’t bad especially for what the bionicle team had left since LEGO was shutting down the theme.
I love stars, they are extremely underrated. But if I designed stars I would include: 1)Tahu 2) Taka Nuva 3) Rahkshi 4) Matoro 5) Makuta teridax 6) Piraka
Tai Wind the Nektann in VNOG were robot drones that the Warlord Nektann built and named after himself. The 6 piraka emulated and built some drones on Voya Nui.
אני לא אמרתי שהם היו סטים טובים, אני רק אוהב אותם כי הם מזכירים לי את הזמן שהייתי קטן והייתי יכול לקנות ביוניקל בפיראט האדום. וראקשי גם כן היה די מגניב.
it should have been gudunga for blue, take out the green guy and put in the green piraka guy since he is the leader of the piraka and would make a better piraka to have for a send off than some guy we barely knew before but yeah gudunga should have been the blue one, give the final line a bit of versatility in the build since all the others are just boring basic builds, add a bit of a gumdrop in on those basic humanoids maybe then replace the skrall guy with the black inika guy, i can never remember the inika names, and then i think it would be perfect, 3 good guys, 3 bad guys, all great characters
Pretender Bionicle didn't die for Hero Factory. Bionicle's plug was pulled when The Legend Reborn finished production, and the story team had to make something new. Don't be angry at the line for existing - in fact, be grateful because without it, we wouldn't have gotten Generation 2.
welp the first thing you said is right but gen 2 ... i thought it would go 10 years again or something like that but ... well :D what ever come next ( if ) i will make bionicle out of it :D
Pretender I would have wanted it to last longer too, but that shouldn't discount what we have. Next spring doesn't have a new dedicated constraction line, but we're still getting Star Wars buildable figures.
I never thought of the Piraka as smiling or grinning. I thought of it more as a display of intimidation, as you might see some animals do in the wild.
Tbh thok was really the only piraka that was smiling/grinning. The rest were just showing their teeth lol.
Hoang Spybio if you look they all minus zaktan were smirking not grinning they had an over confident smirk
Avak
I felt that some were grimacing
>:D -thok
I've always seen the Piraka "grins" as more like huge teethy scowls, like they're just seething with rage.
"I finally make it as a set and my first appearance is this arthritic mess! And they wonder why I frown!"
I used to think that this was Vezok until his actual name was confirmed.
Ninjanicktf same
Ninjanicktf Didn't everyone think that?
Strangley Nektaan isn't a Piraka he is a Skaakdi the piraka are a group of 6 six skakdi "Piraka" is just a gang tag
Yes.
if i remember right, Priaka was the original ancient name for the Skaakdi and the Priaka from 2006 called themselves that was because it more authentic or whatever.
oh ok
I tought Piraka just meant "thief" or "criminal" in Matoran?
Don't think so the piraka call themselves piraka id have to look it up
YO YO PIRAKA.
YO YO PIRAKA
THE GANG IS ON THE LOOSE
NOTHIN YOU CAN DO
The beast is on the move
Y O Y O Y O P I R A K A
YO YO PIRAKA
"this is vezok"
a very dusty vezok,
Pretty decent set. I bought all of the Stars when they came out, since it was the last wave. Nektann and the Rahkshi are my favorites
My favorites are also Rakshi and Piraka, and are also the only Star sets I have.
My favourite were Skrall and Taka Nuva.
it's almost hilarious that Stars was a wave meant to celebrate Bionicle's history and then they made a set based on a character that had never appeared as a set before
I like how GregF changed the character to a completely different one halfway though. It gives the Stars at least a little more merit.
wait... if the piraka beat the nuva then how does mata tahu have a chance?
Because nektann (A.K.A bootleg vezok) isn't a piraka. Infact nektann is only a standard skadi. Of course there's a clone army of him. But when he was fighting Tahu it was a 1v1 battle.
Even though his a warlord, he doesn't have the strength that the piraka had, and of course he doesn't have a cool 2 bladed weapon thing. Ask greg why.
Two reasons:
a) The Piraka are explicitly stated by Makuta to have gotten lucky.
b) Unlike his fight with Zaktan, Tahu fights smart.
agetten stars Tahu is far more powerful I think he may even be the most powerful
the thing I hate the most about this set is that nekktan was said to be way taller than most skakdi, but he was about half the size in his set.
Yeah you're right, if I'm going to buy him, I'll definetly revamp him to be story accurate.
@@jaczylijaaleniepowiemkto3243 just buy the rubber spine piece and the weapon. It’ll save you some money.
@@TheCakesCup26 Thanks. 👍🏻
Nektann is so unhappy because of bionicle stars. Nektann's thoughts: the story says I'm taller than average skakdi, so why am I made small? Lego: budget cuts nektann: what do you mean budgets cuts? Me: Lego and Greg f, one of you is lying
I want to make a larger Nektan with the same head, but using two of them as shoulder pads as well
This was by far my favourite Star.
It hurt that he's named piraka but is not actually one of the piraka
This was oddly the only Stars set I had. It was alright, but even as a kid I thought the Stars line was underwhelming.
I wish the stars where the same but where the Inika build.
This was my last G1 set I bought in stores.
Nektan be like: WHY I AM NOT A TITAN
I think it would be better to call him nektann but he could be called piraka because he is meant to represent them
I remember being super hyped to get Nektaan and he is still one of my favorite Bionicles to this day
I think I will incorporate him in my story.
I died at the intro
Even though I knew his name is Nektann, hearing it aloud makes me think "Nek-tan." Please tell me nobody made kawaii/moe chibi drawings of him.
Now I wish I could draw.
Honestly, I think stars would of been a success if they were part of a titan set and the titans were mata nui and makuta teradax and when I say titan I means *TITAN* they could of been bionicles biggest titans ever big enough to have the stars act as mini figures.
Are the OG Piraka really smiling? They look like they're grimacing or growling.
I read somewhere that Nektann's weapon was designed bu Greg Farshtey.
Nah, it was another fellow, a moderator on the forums.
Samuel Frew Ah, okay.
Why are all of the stars smaller than the older bioncle sets
I think the bionicle stars should have been titan versions of older sets, or maybe special Inika builds. LEGO basically downgraded some older sets and sold them. What do you think?
Bionicle was supposed to continue beyond 2010. Maybe the team had a short amount of time to finish the story and final toys quickly which resulted in sets like this. But yeah, I would have liked these sets to be bigger.
In my opinion, these were still better alternatives than ending the theme at 09, since I'm not fond of the idea of ending the series with new characters we barely know, even if the Glatorians were good sets
hmm, well this review told me i built him wrong, thanks eljay for your usefullness, thanks eljay, i think this guy is kinda one of the most perfit stars for the roles, the piraka where good and for it to be a guy we wouldnt havent of gotten, good review eljay.
I had him as a kid
Does the spine limit head articulation like the other Piraka?
Tristin Fong I think so
IMO you shouldve begain the recaps with tahu, and ended with tahu
Now that was badass intro skit
saving the best for last i see😊
lukaza12 I'd have to agree - the Rahkshi sets were very well done.
@@nujuat hehehe...
Isn't the muscle thing backwards? Maybe I'm just forgetting 😅 loved the review!
Eljay, would you do Hero Factory recap reviews or your own reviews on the ttv team's creations including yours?
He already said he won't.
I actually really love the stars. I grew up with them and had a lot of fun collecting them when they were out. Do get the articulation problem though that’s a bit stinky but other then that their really fun figures and they weren’t bad especially for what the bionicle team had left since LEGO was shutting down the theme.
I mean my favorites are still the Toa Mata originals and they had the least articulation out of all sets.
The bionicle stars was the first and only series I've collected
I love stars, they are extremely underrated. But if I designed stars I would include:
1)Tahu
2) Taka Nuva
3) Rahkshi
4) Matoro
5) Makuta teridax
6) Piraka
That skit!
I have to, yo yo piraka
Wasn't Nektann the name of some generic enemy in VNOG?
Tai Wind yes but they looked nothing like this tbh
Tai Wind the Nektann in VNOG were robot drones that the Warlord Nektann built and named after himself. The 6 piraka emulated and built some drones on Voya Nui.
Yep, the Nektann drones were named after the warlord.
I like nektann, he is the only star that I own and I think he's kinda cool, for a star anyway.
לא. זה זבל של דרך לסיים את ביוניקל.
הראקשי היה הכי טוב לדעתי. +איתי ארבל
אני לא אמרתי שהם היו סטים טובים, אני רק אוהב אותם כי הם מזכירים לי את הזמן שהייתי קטן והייתי יכול לקנות ביוניקל בפיראט האדום. וראקשי גם כן היה די מגניב.
בפיראט האדום... חח רק בטויס אר אס
מאיזה שנה אתה אוהב את זה?
2009 די מאוחר, ממתי אתה?
2007. הברקי זה הדבר הכי טוב
hi, where can u find these old sets on web?
Giorgio Federico Bricklink.com
And ships for europe are good or eventually i get poor ? Ahah
Yo Yo, Piraka.
do the G2 sets you know for the lols
Anyone else disappointed when they found out this wasn't Vezok?
it should have been gudunga for blue, take out the green guy and put in the green piraka guy since he is the leader of the piraka and would make a better piraka to have for a send off than some guy we barely knew before
but yeah gudunga should have been the blue one, give the final line a bit of versatility in the build since all the others are just boring basic builds, add a bit of a gumdrop in on those basic humanoids
maybe then replace the skrall guy with the black inika guy, i can never remember the inika names, and then i think it would be perfect, 3 good guys, 3 bad guys, all great characters
I love nektann!
maybe he frowns because his teeth arent as white as vezoks
YO YO PIRAKA
Yo yO pIRaka
Nektan was and still is pretty cool but he should have been bigger than the pirakas
*DUMB KEED INTENSIFIES*
i swear
i gonna buy every Set ( if ) Hero Factory comes Back Rip the good pieces Out and. burn them Down !
i Luv Bionicle so hard D:
Pretender Why?
i dont know i just love bionicle
and i really cried as a kid when bionicle died the first time for this "stuff"
Pretender Bionicle didn't die for Hero Factory. Bionicle's plug was pulled when The Legend Reborn finished production, and the story team had to make something new. Don't be angry at the line for existing - in fact, be grateful because without it, we wouldn't have gotten Generation 2.
welp the first thing you said is right
but gen 2 ... i thought it would go 10 years again or something like that but ... well :D
what ever come next ( if ) i will make bionicle out of it :D
Pretender I would have wanted it to last longer too, but that shouldn't discount what we have.
Next spring doesn't have a new dedicated constraction line, but we're still getting Star Wars buildable figures.
Nektan
#dumbkid thumbs up if you get the reference
8902 was a well-designed set, at least when compared to this. This looks like some cheap knockoff.
This piraka looks fkn awful
bionicle stars, what a great way to say goodbye to Bionicles....
SAID N ONE EVER!!!