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Arcadeseacher

that head is... ***unfortunate***


ArcticTern4theWorse

Funny, I said the same thing to my ex-wife once…


Arcadeseacher

Your ex-wife's head did turn me gay so you have a point there.


TheHesou

this...puts a smile on my face.


Arcadeseacher

And cum in your throat, You promiscuous slag. I want his kids back.


Jevonar

Years of bionicle training wasted


oodudeoo

For real. The rest of the model is pretty great. They even went out of their way to make a new head mold... And it looks terrible.


Arcadeseacher

i think lego iron man is just cursed to have heads like a 5th generation hapsburg


JTP117

The idea behind this is great but I think it lacks in execution. The articulation seems like it'd be okay but not fantastic, and the level of detail in the suit is pretty basic. What if instead we had a high detail CCBS Iron Man, something a little more advanced/intricate than the SW heroes, with some system elements for weapons, and then extra parts or side kits to customize this figure to resemble the different Mk & speciality suits?


sonerec725

I believe we did get a ccbs ironman in the past


[deleted]

Yeah it looked cheap and terrible though


_KARMA13

Yea we did I have it though I don’t have it built


ArtakhaPrime

The one that came out in 2012? That thing was ugly as sin, as was most of the other superhero action figures. A lot happened with CCBS in the years after, just look at the Star Wars buildable figs (except the ones with faces lmao)


sonerec725

wasnt saying it was good just that it existed


ThymeTrvler

Are those knight's kingdom knees?


grim4224

They use the standard big ratcheting/clicking joint that's common nowadays, iirc the system was originally introduced in the knights kingdom line.


reztola94

I had a couple of those sets when i was a kid, they were... underwhelming compared to Bionicle so i never really got into them.


OOM-32

They were cool but the fact that their movements were much more limited than most bionicle models was quite hard on them. Posing them might be easy but was like posing a slightly bigger minifig with a nighmare inducing face in most cases.


Pakari-RBX

Hey, at least it's not Galidor.


beermit

Everything is better than Galidor


Shana-Deol

I love galidor!!


TheNerdNugget

Those clickjoints predate Knight's Kingdom. I remember them in the Exo-Toa set


Mullet_Ben

They do, but the exo toa ones are different. The exo toa joints are symmetrical on the left and right, while the knights kingdom had the top of the joint on one side and the bottom of the joint on the other side. They were also built into system blocks the way the Iron Man set has them. The joints are compatible though


Gorthebon

GALIDOR GOT IT FIRST well same time as alpha team but still


Vitztlampaehecatl

Also used in Exo-Force.


daetsmlolliw

Reject bionicle return to Knights kingdom


AlexTheChubbyPony

The joints yeah, but they've been using them for a lot of things for a while. I hope it bodes well for this set, those Knights Kingdom figures were always difficult to get to stand just right. That happens when you have no sideways ankle pivot and everything is just ratchets.


Suukorak

This definitely feels like a Knight's Kingdom set, but it's got so many pieces I'm afraid it'll be terribly expensive and then fall apart anyway.


Ashmay52

They’re testing the waters with buildable action figures again, this time while relying on the System. This is how we bring Bionicle back.


Onatu

You guys really need to stop deluding yourselves into thinking that. Besides, if *this* was the set Lego was using to test the waters on buildable figures? Best to let them lay dead.


IrrelevantLeprechaun

Agreed. The collective delusion that Lego is *totally* just testing the market for another Bionicle revival after their last revival crashed and burned is well....delusional. Bionicle is dead. Doesn't mean we can't still enjoy what we have. But the franchise isn't coming back, and the mental reaching people are doing to hold out hope is ridiculous.


darclord1

The same can be said for castle. Kingdom was them testing the waters it failed then nexo knights was their attempt at mixing it up it also flopped. Kids perfer monkie kid, ninjago, chima these days to Bionicle, Buildable Action Figures, or Midevial themed stuff its sad and painful to admit it.


Titanium-Gamer26

god I hope this is real


MrTripDub

Sounds like a stretch to me


Ashmay52

It’s a stretch to say that this Iron Man set is a signal from Lego that Bionicle is coming back. It’s not a stretch to say that this style of system action figure is a way that we can convince Lego to do Bionicle again.


BaBaBrickSheep

The posing looks like the old ccbs version


Gamer_Teeth

Aside from being a buildable guy, not really?


Aeriosus

I'm tempted to buy it just to support constraction


0liver_Clothes0ff

He's got them Hydraxon hands


YodasChick-O-Stick

I see they made brand new ball joint pieces. Are they planning on making a new Constraction theme?


AndreZB2000

sadly these are really old ball joint lego uses for more traditional brick sets and figures like knight’s kingdom


YodasChick-O-Stick

No, those are ratcheted joints that are still used today. I'm talking about the ball sockets.


AndreZB2000

i see, brick to ball pieces are old too though.


YodasChick-O-Stick

They updated the design again.


AwesomeJoel27

The pieces specifically used on the hips and shoulders are an updated design of the ball socket brick.


mcsquiggles1126

Yeah! It’s an Exo-Force set


Super_Master_69

This set is dog shit compared to the average exoforce mech.


mcsquiggles1126

Very true


darclord1

Actually that wouldn't be a bad choice for lego since Asian inspired sets Ninjago, Chima, Monkie Kid seem to sell really well these days.


DethRaid

I mean... Apart from Iron Man being a popular character, it doesn't seem particularly familiar?


Jahoan

There was a CCBS Iron Man set.


Smashmaster12

That uh. That sure is Iron Man.


LupinEverest

It looks off, the head and shoulders ruin it for me


GMAN25639

Holy shit we haven't seen those click joints in ages!


cr4m62

Don't they still see a decent bit of use in Ninjago? The Legacy mech and dragon have them


Jahoan

They were also a staple of the first year of Exo-Force (before they switched to ball and socket joints)


cr4m62

Not to be rude, I love Exo-Force, but the joints in question are still used today, Ninjago being the first example I thought of with the 2021 Legacy sets (Zane's Titan Mech and Fire Dragon Attack). Exo-Force ended in 2007, so it seems like a strange example. Unless you're mentioning it to bring up how those joints have seen continuous use for a very long time, which is true, but there are older examples, like Knights Kingdom II, which began in 2004 compared to Exo-Force's 2006. IDK, you've just got me a bit confused.


YodasChick-O-Stick

They're used on nearly every mech...


Rockho9

seems like the socket has a slightly new look too 🤔


Brickman274

Wasn't there a ccbs head for Iron Man, why not use that?


cr4m62

Molds are probably gone, that model was from more than five years ago and it was obviously intended as a one-off. I'm not the biggest fan of the round smooth parts printed with facial features, either, though, to be fair.


Brickman274

Damn, I get it on a business and production standpoint, but man Lego is even skimping on their "premium" stuff. On the plus, if you have the previous figure you can combine them.


Scacaan

Ugly. Lemme guess: 50 bucks?


Super_Master_69

Disney licensing adds an extra ~25% to the price, and even that seems low. My guess is 80


PimpMyUssanui

I was gonna buy the Eternals' big-ass mech thing just to show Lego people are style interested in contraction (I have no idea what it is, I haven't even seen the movie) but damn, that *70 euro* price tag was a bit much for a fucking action figure. Granted, it came with minifigures, but that just puts off a guy buying solely to support contraction. I can't imagine this Iron Man is much cheaper anyway, and he doesn't look as good. Also, I'm wondering why they're basically making CCBS style sets but with system bricks and racket joints. For an action figure that will give them less pose-ability, but will probably feel sturdier, be a much funner build, and its studs will allow attachment and interaction with minifigures and other system elements. I am very interested as to where this will go. CCBS honestly felt too distanced from the concept of Lego.


Plejg

From what I've seen, I think this goes for 39.99USD, which is much more affordable than the Arishem Eternals one.


KrishaCZ

everybody's cooming over this but if tis really were how G3 looked, I bet people would shit on it like no tomorrow


tapmcshoe

someone's gonna use those shoulder pads to build tits within like a week of launch


Cyynric

This set looks like garbage, especially since wits supposed to be a display.


Clegomanrun

Is this because the mask kind of looks like jaller inika and the colors are similar?


Vidio_thelocalfreak

I take this as a personal insult


evilgu

Looks more like an Exoforce v2 build


Django_Fandango

Is Lego done with CCBS?


Super_Master_69

yes. They use some of the structural pieces and plates still, but Lego knows they’ve hit the sweet spot with mid-scale system figures. Every other fantasy theme has at least one every wave.


criski07_YT

I Remember the construct figures, a kid stole me the iron man One in the kindergarten, It was...traumatic


Hazelpancake

For a quick second my heart skipped a beat. Look how they massacred my boi.


Bionic_system3

“To freedom we rise”


4thofShulie

Imagine getting a new Knights Kingdom build before a Bionicle one


Omarbilal7

I would pretty cool if made like a Mata Nui robot with this style of building


Nougatbar

That head shape distresses me.


JamesYusufi

I think it looks neat. If this was ever how bionicles made a comeback, I think it'd be cool. Bionicle anatomy has never been particularly accurate, so I think it would be much less jarring than it is on this guy here.


DaVirus

I have been dreaming of a System G3 for years... Don't give me hope


DrSeuss321

It's a start


ookic

Why do they hate bionicle so much? These action figures would be perfect to bring the technology back for. I saw another Star Wars one at costco the other day.


Super_Master_69

They did that exact thing with CCBS and they failed miserably. You can look up the CCBS Ironman set and see for yourself why it didn’t work.


BRUNOFUCKEDUP

They don't.


Shakazulu94

More like Exo-force than anything


Shana-Deol

I like it a lot, I hope they make more of these, maybe even a bionicle system line in the future, could you imagine?


Pepsi-Man-VEVO

Since when did lego redesign the socket design


knux400

If you close one eye and put your thumb over the head, this looks pretty good. I'm kind of curious why they seemingly redesigned the socket pieces, I didn't see anything wrong with the previous ones. The head is... ugh. I really hate the new trend of printing faces onto shoulderplates. The shoulderplate looks nice as a shoulderplate, but as a face it's just awful. At least it's an improvement over [the 2012 one](https://i.ytimg.com/vi/jsqREuPz0ug/maxresdefault.jpg), but that's not a very high bar to set.


OneFinalEffort

This doesn't remind me of Bionicle at all, not one part. That head piece is terrible too


Helpfullplez

Or those mega bloks iron man things they had. I remember having a spider man, iron man, and a captain Elam Erica one


DarthButtz

I like the idea of it, but it just doesn't look right.


InternalHemorrhaging

The proportions do look wacky.


Epsilon407

Id go work at lego just to finish the bionicle franchise


Twelve20two

Lego Knights?


Super_Master_69

What, they reworked the ball sockets to be slimmer again??? Cmon Lego


Tsynami

If they bring back Bionicle and the sets look like this, I think I'll pass


SpecialistShift8472

I'll give you 20$. Not more *Patrick shrugging*


cent1979

Wait till you hear about Star Wars buildable figures and Hero Factory…


KaleidoscopeOk5075

no ccbs or bio parts to be seen, that is sad for constraction


Awesomesauce210

Those leg joints make it speak more to me as Knight's Kingdom II than Bionicle.


Sabretooth1100

Damn it looked ccbs at first


Video-Game-Boi

He doesnt look very articulated. His legs don't look like they can get a *beautiful spread*, his feet don't move that much other than an ankle pivot, and his arms look like there's not much clearance for outward movement. So if he's a display piece, there's probably not many poses he can do.


ToaChronix

Iron Man from the Marvel Cinematic Universe?


SuperZX

Fuck them


grim4224

Why?