LEGO® Bionicle 40581 Tahu and Takua | Review (2023)
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After a near 7-year hiatus since its last cancellation in 2016, fans of the Bionicle theme have been waiting for LEGO® to release a new addition to the theme. In 2023, LEGO® released a Bionicle Gift with Purchase set to be included in purchases of $100 or more. The set features two of the theme's most iconic characters in Tahu, Toa of Fire, and Takua, Matoran of Ta-Koro and (Spoiler Alert) eventual Toa of Light. This set is only available as an eligible Gift with Purchase offer between January 27th and February 9th.
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Set Background: 0:00
Unboxing: 3:24
Tahu: 5:16
Takua: 6:56
Full Display: 7:45
Future of Bionicle?: 8:54
Score and Final Thoughts: 10:07
Пікірлер: 223
I like how the imagery of surfing Tahu with Takua is a Mask of Light era thing but everyone just decided it would be better with the 2001 versions of both characters. Because it is.
@Tezuk_25
11 ай бұрын
Well maybe somewhere in story before Nuva era, Tahu saved Takua "again" from making himself a popcorn
Sets like this are why I wish the promotion wasn't ONLY a promotion, but was early access, if that makes sense. I want this to be available longer, because this set looks great, but my only nearby Lego stores are Disney Springs and Legoland.
@AllOutBrick
Жыл бұрын
Entirely agree. Don't see why they couldn't have at least made it a very limited set rather than a GWP. They know that it would've sold well enough over a limited period for retail price
@Bionickpunk
Жыл бұрын
I would definitely have bought way more than one of the set, thats for sure.
@SideswipePrime606
Жыл бұрын
Yeah. I was in a Lego Store back when the Darth Revan minifig promotion was going on...but of course I didn't have $150 to spare to obtain one. I really hate when Lego does this.
Bionicle in 2001-2003 was like lightning in a bottle. I don't think Lego is capable of capturing that magic again.
@Bionickpunk
Жыл бұрын
2004 Bionicle is so underrated by those early fans.
@AllOutBrick
Жыл бұрын
I would also extend this to 2004, but man that 2001-2003 line still feels so different, nostalgic, and meticulously thought out. It was a perfectly brewed storm
@SlackerXYZ
8 ай бұрын
Nah, bionicle was peak until right befkre hero factory. If you think otherwise you got them goggles on hard
*The return of the King!*
we may never see bionicle return to the shelves in a full wave fashion, and maybe for good reason, but man the reception this set got from the fans inspires just a little bit of hope that one day lego could reinvest in a fantasy-genre constraction theme (be it system, technic or whatever) and perhaps put together a theme for the next generation of lego fans to love the way we loved bionicle
@krippaxxuseredarlordofthes9940
Жыл бұрын
What u on about good reason?
The fact of the promo set being rated 18+ gave me a real hearty laugh given how the eligible themes are all very much marketed towards younger kids. Still, glad I was able to find some nice sets to be able to get the GWP.
I didn't even know this existed before this video popped up. Very interesting that they decided to make a stand-alone Bionicle set; I thought the small Tahu last year was all that we were going to see. It was really depressing when you read off the names of Lego's in-house themes, though, because they used to have so much more unusual and creative stuff other than the small handful they have now (with more than half of that handful being very basic themes like Creator and City).
I am not joking when I say I haven't been wanting a lego set this bad since Gen 1 bionicle ended
If this does well and actually continues bionicle I think they should make toa stones collection items for the little matanui and makuta stones
@AllOutBrick
Жыл бұрын
I'm really curious what would happen if this was able to generate an unexpected amount of sales for those other sets needed to get this one
Cool stuff man! Very nice video quality!
@AllOutBrick
Жыл бұрын
Thanks a ton Tiago!! Love your Channel, your compliments mean a lot!
Finally, Dad came home with the milk.
@AllOutBrick
Жыл бұрын
Drink Up
Seems like every time Lego make a call back to Bionicle, something big happens the next year. In 2014 Bionicle was referenced as a throwaway joke in The Lego Movie, then in 2015 Bionicle was rebooted. In 2022 Lego included a little Tahu mini-build in The Lego Classic Anniversary Set, and now in 2023 we have the Tahu and Takua GWP set.
so good to see u back man
so excited to see you back making videos 😁
@AllOutBrick
Жыл бұрын
Thank you! Me too!!
After all these months, you're back!
Always amazed by the QUALITY of your videos! Great work!
@AllOutBrick
Жыл бұрын
Thank you so much, really appreciate it! It's always on my mind to keep getting better
The one thing I would've like is an additional mask for the Kanohi Avohkii as the designers stated they had enough budget for one more print (though that most likely meant ONLY for a print, not additional pieces, still would've been nice to see the Mask of Light as an extra build)
OMG so good to have you back on Mata Nui Monday! This set is making me wanna buy it!
Absolutely loved this set!
Thank god for you. This video reminded me I got paid today and I was able to buy the required Legos to get this beautiful set! I'm so excited!!
@AllOutBrick
Жыл бұрын
Let's go, that's awesome!! Enjoy the set!
Welcome back! Missed these reviews
@AllOutBrick
Жыл бұрын
Thank you! Happy to be posting again!
I recently found your channel for the excellent Bionicle reviews. I'm a later fan of the theme, so all this in depth info is great.
Sweet! Welcome back All out brick
@AllOutBrick
Жыл бұрын
Thank you! Enjoy!
Hey! You remembered that this channel exists! Good for you
@AllOutBrick
Жыл бұрын
Finally got my memory back!
Return of the King 👑
I wouldn't mind if more sets were released in this brick form. More articulation, and although it isn't "classic" Bionicle, I still appreciate it especially since the old piece molds are gone. Maybe custom mask pieces could be a possibility if they decide to expand this, but I really like this style and all the MOCs the community has made. Someone made custom decals for the rest of the Mata masks, so I definitely plan on making the rest of the matoran. Great to see you back by the way!
@AllOutBrick
Жыл бұрын
Drop the link for those custom masks! Would love to see
@billmeowsers4142
Жыл бұрын
Molds are gone but can be remade. Stop pushing this meme
@jayc6894
Жыл бұрын
@@billmeowsers4142 it would be more work than its worth for just a gift with purchase set. if they were re-rebooting the entire theme then yeah maybe molds can be remade
The return of Tahu!
He's back just like Tahu
@AllOutBrick
Жыл бұрын
Ironic
So sick. Brings back so many memories of the original line
I want to say thank you for these videos, bionicle is my childhood.
@AllOutBrick
Жыл бұрын
You're welcome! Thank YOU for being a part of the community tuning into the Channel!
Love to see it!
Bionicle! We've missed you!
As soon as I got this guy I was hoping he’d make it onto the show! Love your channel
@AllOutBrick
Жыл бұрын
You know he would! Hope you're enjoying the set, and thank you for the kind words!
YES !!!
YOOOO THE KING IS BACK
welcome back
@AllOutBrick
Жыл бұрын
Thank you 👏
THE MAN MYTH AND LEGEND IS BACK
Convenient timing! I just got mine today! I wish this promotion wasn’t so expensive. I had to split the order with a friend so I could afford it. Still a great set though
@AllOutBrick
Жыл бұрын
Let's go! It's a shame you had to split the order just for this set, I really wish it was just on shelves, but that's awesome you were able to pick it up!
We’re you been my dose of bionicle reviews low eljay can’t no longer supply me he did everything lol
@AllOutBrick
Жыл бұрын
Life's been busy man... but finally lightening up enough to get back to making more content!
Great to see your back, honestly a perfect set to return with
@AllOutBrick
Жыл бұрын
Made so much sense to be back with this one!
I loved this set! It was really fun to animate.
One more day, everyone! If want to get it, now's the time!
The king has returned.
Don't want to be "that" guy, but the thigh armor was wrogn haha... damn, this set is such a bueaty, even if it's just a GWP, you can see the love that was put on it, hope to get mine soon!
Is it 18+ because this is obviously a nostalgia piece and that’s how old most bionicle fans are?
@AllOutBrick
Жыл бұрын
I guess so
Está increíble este nuevo modelo, pero siento que hubiera sido interesante una vista con los modelos originales.
When dad comes back with the cigs
@AllOutBrick
Жыл бұрын
😂
@exprime846
Жыл бұрын
This comment seems familiar
HE’S BAAAACK
I modified my set with the pieces included to where instead of the lava board leaning forward, it's leaning to the right. I also modified the sword hand to be more accurate with one of those little black one by one pin pieces instead of the orange clip piece with the three red one by ones stuck to the pin sticking the fire sword in the end of it.
Whoa, that thumb punch surprised me, apparently, the box designs vary from region to region. In my country, the box is like on the large LEGO sets - just a tape over the 'open' sizes.
Hail to the King!
I'm not a fan of the brick design, but i appreciate the return nonetheless. It would be nice if we got a bit of classical design and these fancy boxes they were put in.
Really hoping for more of these so I can get Pohatu.
Bionicle: Generation 3 (2023): Toa Tahu and Takua. YES!!! Bionicle is back, baby!!! And LEGO, PLEASE make a remake of Bionicle Generation 1 with classic storyline arcs like Mata Nui Saga, Metru Nui Saga, Ignition Trilogy and Glatorian Saga as a TV show but NOT the reboot one from Generation 2! And PLEASE make a theatrical cinematic compute-animated movie of Bionicle into the future! Please, LEGO, I begged of you! 😁🙏
@ultra-vivi
Жыл бұрын
why do you want the same stories told over again. they were rooted in the culture and commercial elements of the 2000s. they will not feel the same if done today, and you will instead feel empty when you realize that bionicle is not immune to the change that time brings. g3 should be all new characters and stories completely. the book has been written on tahu and crew a hundred times. No one has anything new to add
i like hero factory,it was cool
@Zygoatgamer
Жыл бұрын
At least it was like this bad😂
I hope that maybe you will review the minifigures at the end of the Mata Nui Monday series? I was still hoping to see it since you said you'd try to review them at the end of the series.
@AllOutBrick
Жыл бұрын
Minifigures? Are you referring to the brick-build sets?
@webber0735
Жыл бұрын
@@AllOutBrick Yes those are the ones
@AllOutBrick
Жыл бұрын
We'll see. I'd like to but not 100% decided yet
@webber0735
Жыл бұрын
@@AllOutBrick That's cool. Either way I'm excited to see what else you'll be doing in the future!
I won´t gonna lie, I wish I could have a bionicle set... and btw, will you make a review on Exo-force?? it was a lego line that beggun when the Voya-nui saga was starting
Glad I got this for about $25 with free shipping.
I got my promo when I purchased the Lamborghini sian
My only qualm is the printed tiles being used as masks, but I know it would be too expensive to make a new mask for just one set, let alone making two masks
I want them to make a new version of all the toa
I just noticed that there are 2 box variants. One that uses 4 pieces of tape that you just have to cut to open and the one that uses punching through with finger.
@AllOutBrick
Жыл бұрын
Honestly would have preferred that one instead of punching a hole in mine
@sand5282
Жыл бұрын
@@AllOutBrick it looks much cleaner and is kind of a throwback to the seals on mata carnisters
Cool to see you review this set, it’s announcement is actually what spurred me to go on a nostalgia kick and find your channel. With that said, I totally agree with you here, love how it looks but wished they had a molded mask piece. Of course they couldn’t because it was gwp, and I’m just happy to have Bionicle acknowledged.
@AllOutBrick
Жыл бұрын
How cool, welcome to the channel & community! The mask I'm trying to keep my opinion of it being something that would be an issue if this were a full reboot. The fact that it wasn't just a sticker is an amazing thing to me
Very exciting! Have another $2 😎
@AllOutBrick
Жыл бұрын
Thank you so much my man!! Enjoy the review!
And it's gonna, sad I missed it. Wish it could have gone all month. But maybe I'm asking too much
dang missed it
I'd rather have the original 2001 Technic Tahu back...
@AllOutBrick
Жыл бұрын
I remember there being something with a LEGO Vault Program where OG sets can be purchased that are in the vault, I wonder if there's any official updates on this since last year
I really hope this set does well since I’m curious to see how the visorak would look like in brick style if it gets that far
@AllOutBrick
Жыл бұрын
Hm that'd be really interesting. I wonder how adaptations would go for a lot of the existing characters
@maszkalman3676
Жыл бұрын
I hope it fals as hard as it is a ripoff of old feelings nothing more...
Honestly the gift with purchase wasnt too bad. All I had to do was resell the lego city set on facebook marketplace for 85$ and the new years rabbit for 18 dollars and I only paid like 5$ for the tahu set (the new years rabbit cost a couple bucks to ship)
@AllOutBrick
Жыл бұрын
Playing chess over here
You have the orange thigh turned on Tahu
If only we could get a proper 3rd gen…
@AllOutBrick
Жыл бұрын
This is a tease in a way, but try to just see it as a nice tribute. Maybe one day that'll come but I'm satisfied if this were it
Are you planning on finishing the original Bionicle run?
It’s been a year daddy
@AllOutBrick
Жыл бұрын
Surely feels like it
@captain_canada0159
Жыл бұрын
The 🐐 thank you for bringing our childhood back with these vids 🔥🔥🔥
Christian I love you but that thigh pad piece on Tahu being wrong is bugging me 😂😂
@AllOutBrick
Жыл бұрын
😂🤣 there always seems to be an incorrect piece easter egg...
@djrock93
Жыл бұрын
@@AllOutBrick there's something to be said for consistency I guess 🤣
The only reason I did not spend $100 and rather will be getting this later on Bricklink is because Technic was not in the list of themes :(
@AllOutBrick
Жыл бұрын
I would love to hear the explanation behind this one
@carehs12
Жыл бұрын
@@AllOutBrick I actually don't like traditional Lego bricks. It's just a personal thing, but at some point I decided that I would only buy 2 things from Lego: cool Technic sets and anything else that had the Bionicle logo on it.
@Bionickpunk
Жыл бұрын
@@carehs12 A lot of technic vehicles can be repurosed as vehicles for the Bionicle character sets. Motorbikes especially.
Huh, they kept the av-matoran riding toa feature.
Christian when no new Bionicle sets: "I sleep." Christian when new Bionicle set: "I HAVE AWAKENED!"
@AllOutBrick
Жыл бұрын
Funny it did actually spark me to get rolling with content again
WB GOAT
@AllOutBrick
Жыл бұрын
Thank you thank you 👏🐐
Even though I really liked the characters and story, the technic-based construction and large, unique parts are what made it Bionicle for me. This brick-based constraction method works well for creating constraction figures in general, but they really don't capture the vibe of Bionicle at all. It's nice for one-off tribute sets like this, but I would be very disappointed if it was used for a proper relaunch of the series.
It makes one wonder what the titan sets in this style look like. It would be amazing.
@AllOutBrick
Жыл бұрын
I'm sure it'll only be a matter of time until someone recreates all the OG Bionicle in this style
bro you misplaced a part on tahus right upper leg pls fix
So did you buy from a reseller or do the promotion, and if so what other sets did you pick up?
@AllOutBrick
Жыл бұрын
I got a few Creator sets! Not sure what I'm going to do with them just yet
Amazing set comeback, I also have this set
@AllOutBrick
Жыл бұрын
Nice!!
Love how the 18+ is definitely not a difficulty thing, its just Lego literally saying "youre too young for this one kid"
FINALLY 🙌
okay but out of curiosity which sets did you buy at the LEGO store to get this set?
@AllOutBrick
Жыл бұрын
A few 3-in-1's. I got the Tiger one, Birdhouse, and Deep Sea. Not sure what I'm going to do with them just yet though
What are your opinions on doorknobs?
@AllOutBrick
Жыл бұрын
Mediocre at best. I want to wave doors open like a Jedi
While I see the charm and everything with brick built bionicle, I really think it wouldnt be good as Gen 3. One of the main draws for me as a creative person was the ability to make figures and characters however I want. I really think that making it brick built would not appease the majority of people and I don't think they should ever choose that over technic/ccbs styles of large action figures. I don't collect Legos bricks, but I do collect bionicles. I love the style and the metallic robotic look of bionicle that is impossible to recreate with bricks without stickers or printing. The charm I feel towards bionicle isn't anything present on these, it's on the snapping of balls into sockets and the feeling of creating this new figure. I just don't get that same feeling from building bricks sets.
i still HATE, that i demand to waste 100 or more on sets, tgat i dont even like, just for those... i would sell my kidneys if the set was made available to buy them, alone
@AllOutBrick
Жыл бұрын
And for it to be limited to certain themes is the bigger slap in the face to me. It's almost like LEGO thought "Hey, if you really want this, you have to buy sets that we know aren't generating as much sales"
@TheMasterVictory
Жыл бұрын
@@AllOutBrick those... juvenile children of mothers of a questionable workforce... i think i gonna buy the set, like you say, through brinklink or maybe ebay/amazon, wherever i can find that set, by itself, before the price goes from earth to the matoran universe ASAP...
Are Mata nui Mondays coming back? I wanna see them battle vehicles reviewed
@AllOutBrick
Жыл бұрын
Yessir! You're gonna be pretty pumped up this Monday
@aimingforgaming6072
Жыл бұрын
@@AllOutBrick don't forget that the jetrax t6 has a yellow limited edition!
@AllOutBrick
Жыл бұрын
Oh I know haha, but I'm going with the standard edition. The Limited was too hard to track down without paying way too much
@aimingforgaming6072
Жыл бұрын
@@AllOutBrick you can bricklink the parts to swap out to the yellow, it didn't cost too too much to do that
The one I got had no thumb punch spot (you had to cut tape instead) and lacked some of the info on the front (for example part count), so I guess there are regional differences even on this promo
@AllOutBrick
Жыл бұрын
Huh, interesting! Then again we do typically see regional packaging differences
@Chokun-Gaming
Жыл бұрын
@@AllOutBrick another thing I noticed is that the message from Greg is only in English on my instructions
@AllOutBrick
Жыл бұрын
Weird, mine have several
Will you cover the 2015-2016 sets?
@AllOutBrick
Жыл бұрын
Haven't decided yet. They're quite pricey
I'm so sad that it's both a GWP AND only available by buying the sets a fan who grew with Bionicle wouldn't be really interested in (Really? No Technic? Not even the Lego home decorations?). I'm also sad that I can't just go to a Lego store near me and buy it since my country isn't available for the promotion.
@AllOutBrick
Жыл бұрын
This. They know the ones who really want this are going to buy other sets. They went with a pure business decision, which is understandable to a degree. But it's also at a price point where kids/parents wouldn't hit if they're buying the sets that are included, so it's not getting much additional exposure to younger kids
Wait, there are different language version of the message from Greg?
@AllOutBrick
Жыл бұрын
Yup!
@SFtheGreat
Жыл бұрын
@@AllOutBrick Must be for north american market, I strongly believe Europe and other parts of the world just got the english version. Is it english/spanish/french in your version?
long time no see bro😢
@AllOutBrick
Жыл бұрын
Don't cry, we're back now 😄
May be a bit nitpicky here, but I really dislike the studs on top of tahu's head, I do not know why. Just feels...incomplete, even though the set is amazing overall.
@AllOutBrick
Жыл бұрын
I can see this criticism as it takes away from the finished mask appearance even more
I definitely wish they went classic with it, I personally think these are cool but looks pretty ugly. I'm just glad they at least are willing to do something for Bionicle and the fans. Man I just want all those old, weird parts back for sure
Finally bionicle is back whit a good set
Bro I'm just so sick of seeing those mixel joints only in gray they never bother to make them in black or something
@AllOutBrick
Жыл бұрын
RFT
Hope lego brings the entire Toa Mata line into this figure form
@AllOutBrick
Жыл бұрын
All for it
@maszkalman3676
Жыл бұрын
Hell no...
@Zygoatgamer
Жыл бұрын
@@maszkalman3676 yeah it's is very bad. They should bring back the real one not brick they look like trash ♻️ and poop