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sam89 · Newshound Joined: 05 Feb 2005 Location: England

I suppose this is OK to talk about now that it's in the UK LEGO magazine. There's a teaser that shows the white mecha with an anime minifig with blue spiked up hair, and blue mecha with a robot. There's also two mechs in the background. The release date is January 2006.

Hopefully someone get a scan up so other people can see them.

ZombieDraykov · Undead! Joined: 07 Feb 2005 Location: Lone Star State

I know there are several places on Brickshelf where you can find pictures of them. They look like they might be kind of interesting. I've seen MOC mechs that were much more interesting, but these sets don't look bad. Plus, we might see some interesting minifigs.
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Joedward · Hoover Joined: 23 Jun 2005

they do look quite cool for what they are
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ZombieDraykov · Undead! Joined: 07 Feb 2005 Location: Lone Star State

I'm going to post these under the assumption that it is public knowledge now. If I've goofed, please remove them and have mercy. Looks like they're already trying to make the most of those miniBionicle heads.

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sam89 · Newshound Joined: 05 Feb 2005 Location: England

Here's a scan from the magazine:

http://www.brickshelf.com/gallery/sam89/Exo-Froce/exoforce.jpg

ZombieDraykov · Undead! Joined: 07 Feb 2005 Location: Lone Star State

Apparently, these things will continue the LED trend. As long as they're typical LEGO versatile, I don't have a problem with it. Not sure that it'll be a selling point for the kiddies, but whatever.
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Not sure how usful the anime hair will be, but those creatures in the other robot look neat and the heads could be very useful.
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I'm freakin' STOKED about these things. Mainly because I was such a huge fan of EXO-Squad back when it was on. Smile

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sam89 · Newshound Joined: 05 Feb 2005 Location: England

The Bionicle figures are all one piece, so the heads of these robots are definitely new. The look quite similar though.

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Carbohydrates · Posted: Fri Nov 04, 2005 5:11 pm Post subject:

I don't like it, sir, not at all. Bionicle meets minifigs. I see some of the parts look pretty useful and I like them for that reason alone (assuming they're printed and NOT stickers), so I'll wait until people start parting them out on Bricklink. Fir instance, this one (not sure why it didn't get posted with the rest) looks good for those white parts with Japanese writing. Almost inspires me to do some Blade Runner-esque MOCs.

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spotfrog · Joined: 04 Feb 2005 Location: Ft. Worth, TX

I really don't like these. The designs are very half-hearted, for example in the joints. The only thing that saves these from looking like amateurish mocs is the insane amount of printing.
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FoxPrimus · Joined: 05 Feb 2005

I look forward to these, but only for parts. The best thing has got to be the light up brick with a hole to put a fibre optic cable in it or a simple light sabre bit. And from the looks of it it's only 2 studs wide by 4 studs long Wink

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jedismuggler · Joined: 05 Feb 2005

oh please.... those can't be called mecha... the look so thrown together...

now this IS a mecha!

and of course it probably won't show up right, so heres the link
http://www.brickshelf.com/cgi-bin/gallery.cgi?i=1221321

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All hail zizy!!!

these look ok at best. The frames are skinny, but provide nice peices. these create a resounding meh for me
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renegade · Mysterious Stranger Joined: 25 Feb 2005

While I am not particularly into mecha these sets look pretty cool for parts packs. I like the one in all white and I really like the round pieces in the sonic phantom. It is also nice to see the A wing / B Wing/ Naboo fighter windscreen style in another set. Those are so expensive on BL right now it will be good to have some sets out there to help drive down those prices.
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Ghost · Joined: 04 Jul 2005 Location: Ozona, FL

As a huge fan of Mecha/Gundam.... These sets do nothing for me. A little too bionicle-ish. I was excited about this new line, but I can do better on my own.

spotfrog · Joined: 04 Feb 2005 Location: Ft. Worth, TX

On the topic of other mecha: What happened to the guys that designed the Titan XP? Surely they cound have done a better job than this.
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Darkkazmo · Posted: Fri Nov 04, 2005 11:25 pm Post subject:

I'm a huge Mecha fan my self, and currently I'm working on my own theme, and I see this Exo-Force line as a great sign of the path that LEGO chose to take.
Granted they are not that appealing in comparison to some fan's work, but they do pack some great parts for people to customize their own Mechs, not to mention that they do look sturdy and light in weight for children to play with... Remember, these basically are the next higher building step for those who grew up on playing with Bionicles, and now it's time for them to take their next challenge to be a bit more advanced.
... Design wise, I think they do look wrong in their proportion and anatomy, since their hips are a little too wide and their torsos are too boxy... But hey, I can't complain too much, since I've always wanted to see LEGO stepping into this direction by creating a minifig Mecha line...

I do truly believe that LEGO has been listening to their active fans lately, and that's all what we wanted, and I think the next waves are only going to be more promising, let's be a bit patient and see where things are heading... (crossing fingers!)
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infallible · Joined: 05 Feb 2005 Location: Austin, TX

I'm not too into these. Maybe when I see them I'll like them, but for now, I'd probably not get them. If there are cool parts in them and if the price points are reasonable, then I'll think about it. But these aren't sets that I'd want to build; they'd just be for parts. (Minifigs alone won't sell me on a line. But if the minis are cool, I'll look for them on BL.)

Skull · Joined: 26 Feb 2005

I Like the idea a lot, the execution leaves much to be desired. I think more sizes would have benifited the line greatly. There's not much you can do if all the sets are going to be one of two sizes. We would all like to see robots with higher piece counts.
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jedismuggler · Joined: 05 Feb 2005

Zizy's frames have gotten alot better,

check it out

They've gotten bulker and stocky. But there still mini-mecha, and there still posable which is awsome.

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Stingray · Joined: 09 Mar 2005 Location: NSW, Australia

Meh.
I will probably buy one of the smaller sets too sample the line and get some of the parts from the bigger ones off B-Link.
The printed parts like the Japanese symbols and the circuits look okay but others are just begging for Brasso

I like those propeller cowling part thingies on the Sonic Phantom though, I have wanted parts like that for a while.
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