Today, since I had it here anyway, I decided to show a bit of my collection. It's not anything special, and I couldn't find all of my pieces (which is why there are gaps in some of the pictures) but this is most of it.
This is my collection of Bionicle Kanohi masks which have the stud instead of a plus-rod for attaching it to a face. Commonly known as Kanohi Olda, these are rarer than their plus-rod-bearing kin.
These are the Krana. Rubbery Bionicle brains which latch onto your face and mind-control you (in the story, not real life), these are some of the stranger collectibles. Note that the metallic-colored ones in the top row are the Krana-Kal, and the tan and green ones near the bottom are normal Krana.
These are the Kanohi Nuva. Some of the bulkiest masks produced, these never quite caught on the way the original Kanohi Olda did in terms of popularity. Note the strange recolors of the Hau Nuva and Pakari Nuva. [Their colors are supposed to be the other way around. No, I didn't paint them. They're from 8598 Kanohi Nuva and Krana Pack.]
Here are the Kraata. As rubbery and charismatic as the Krana, these are some of the few collectibles with color swirls. Note that the ones to the right center are Shadow Kraata, rare promotional collectibles found for limited times in random 2003 Rahkshi canisters.
Here are my two Kanohi Avohkii. The metallic gold one on the right is the normal edition, the one on the left is the Transparent Clear Glitter edition, one of the most unusual colors produced by LEGO.
This is my collection of the Toa Metru's masks. These were distributed widely in both the Toa Metru and Voya Nui Matoran sets of 2004 and 2006, respectively. The recolored Dark Blue Ruru on the left center is from Idris in the set Karzahni, from last year.
These are the Kanoka Disks. These were the first collectibles to have the dual function of being projectiles (not counting the fact that when you hit the Rahkshi on their little heads they throw their Kraata an inch or so). The gap on the upper left is because I couldn't find my Ko-Metru disk. The one in the center is the transparent red disk included with Toa Vakama.
The Noble Kiril on the left has an unusual blending pattern of dark red and black, and the metallic gold Great Kualsi on the right was only included with the special-edition Toa Iruini.
These are the Rhotuka Spinners. They are not so much collectible... as "shootable". Note the metallic gold spinner in the upper right - also from 8762 Toa Iruini.
These are my only Hordika heads. More head than mask, these are not always counted as collectibles. The dark green ones were only available in 8940 Karzahni.
These are my only rubber Toa Inika masks. Only able to fit on a certain type of head, these masks were not well-accepted.
These are all the masks from the Titan Bionicle sets of 2006. The one on the left is the Kanohi Rode, the one in the middle is the Kanohi Olmak, the one on the right is the Kanohi Ignika.
This is my collection of Zamor Spheres. They aren't really rare collectibles, as they have been included in sets for the last three years. Note the different normal blue one as compared to the light blue ones.
I could only find 4 of my 6 sea squid. These are generally known as the hardest Bionicle projectiles to shoot.
This is my only mask that was actually made in 2007. It is the Kanohi Zatth.
These are my only Matoran masks of 2008. They aren't rare, won't fit on the old-style heads, and have no storyline powers.
These are my Great Kanohi of 2008. Two Shelek, a Kaukau, a Kakama, a Crast.
I can't believe it, but I could only find three of my eight Shadow Leeches. Not really collectible, barely shootable, these bizarre little beasts were included with sets earlier this year.
These are my Nynrah projectiles. Only good for firing, not collecting, these were included with sets from this summer.
These bright, cheery, exploding red rockets are the Cordak missiles of 2007. Included with the Toa Mahri, they and their Cordak launchers were angrily slandered by some, but I happen to like them.
One of my older collectibles is my Throwbot/Slizer faceplate. (Some of you may recognize this as the familiar face of Tunneler.) This unusual piece can only fit on Slizer heads.
Some more pieces from the Throwbots are the discs that gave them their names. As you can see from the picture on the top disc, they had a function which allowed them to fling their discs from their arms.
To bridge the gap between Bionicles and traditional LEGO bricks, I have included this launcher. This is the old-style of launchers, with the blunt lime-green tip and the ridges on the sides.
Here are some of my LEGO treasure pieces. The golden globe with an odd little handle near the top is the Golden Egg from a Harry Potter set. The one on the right is your standard gem-rock-gold-treasure-...thing.
This is a minifigure backpack which can...
... actually open up! That way, the minifigures can put such items inside as...
... milk, cat food, shampoo, an apple, and a brush.
The heart of LEGO - the bricks. But these are different! See the large, unmarked studs? The flow marks in the center...? That's because these are the old style of bricks. These are the original Automatic Binding Bricks, the first made by LEGO Company.
And here we have some signs and symbols. From left to right: a Yield sign, an award, a Merge Right sign.
Here are the Minifigures! Perhaps LEGO's most famous invention, the minifigures were and are a radical concept. From left to right: a blue construction worker minifigure from the 1980s, and his white relative... Meca One, the hard-to-find Exo-Force robot, almost the only gold piece for the last couple of years.
And this is my collection of fake, image-edited masks!Well, that's all I have to say for now. Look back often - I'm sure to have at least something up.
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