Set:8525

BIONICLE Masks
Collectible
Set number	8525 8530
Subtheme	Kanohi
Release date	2001
Pieces	6
MSRP	$1.99 (US)
Ages	7+

Set 8530 BIONICLE Masks, and its North American counterpart, 8525 BIONICLE Masks, was a collectible set released in 2001. It contains two randomly packed Kanohi Masks.

Product Description

The following is a product description taken directly from LEGO. View the source here

Collect the Masks of Power! The Masks of Power add to the skills and wisdom of the Toa. Each Toa must collect six Great Masks of Power in their own color before challenging the might of Makuta! The set contains two masks, plus a head and pole for display.

Set Information

The box of 8525

The Kanohi set includes two randomly packed Kanohi Masks (either Great or Noble), and pieces needed to make a head to mount them on (a headpiece, a randomly-colored eyepiece, a three-stud-long axles to mount the head on, and a second, spare axle). The set consists of six pieces in total.

Set 8525 was released in North America, and came in a box. Set 8530 was released in other parts of the world and came in a polybag. The polybag could come in several different eye colors on the packaging, referencing the eyestalk colors of the set. However, the randomization of the packaging was separate from that of the eyestalk.

Set 8530 was included in K8534 Toa Kaita Akamai and K8554 Ultimate Bionicle Collectors Set.

Features

Alternate polybag packaging of 8530 with red-colored eyes

Using the axle and head included in the set, one of the masks could be mounted on the canister lids of the Toa Mata sets.

Collectibles

Kanohi Mask packs contain two randomly chosen Kanohi. Worldwide, the possible Kanohi could include any out of 73 different masks:

• Red, brown, black, blue, green, white, or Infected Great Hau
• Red, brown, black, blue, green, or white Great Kakama
• Red, brown, black, blue, green, or white Great Pakari
• Transparent red, transparent neon orange, transparent black, transparent blue, transparent green, or transparent white Great Kaukau
• Red, brown, black, blue, green, or white Great Miru
• Red, brown, black, blue, green, or white Great Akaku
• Orange, tan, dark gray, medium blue, lime green, or light gray Noble Huna
• Orange, tan, dark gray, medium blue, lime green, or light gray Noble Komau
• Orange, tan, dark gray, medium blue, lime green, or light gray Noble Ruru
• Orange, tan, dark gray, medium blue, lime green, or light gray Noble Rau
• Orange, tan, dark gray, medium blue, lime green, or light gray Noble Mahiki
• Orange, tan, dark gray, medium blue, lime green, or light gray Noble Matatu

As a result of miscommunication between production teams, the first edition of the international mask pack, 8530, only included 42 different masks:

• Red, brown, black, blue, green, or white Great Hau
• Red, brown, black, blue, green, or white Great Kakama
• Red, brown, black, blue, green, or white Great Pakari
• Transparent red, transparent neon yellow, transparent black, transparent blue, transparent green, or transparent medium blue Great Kaukau
• Red, brown, black, blue, green, or white Great Miru
• Red, brown, black, blue, green, or white Great Akaku
• Red, brown, black, blue, green, or white Noble Ruru
• Red, brown, black, blue, green, or white Noble Matatu

The Toa-colored Ruru and Matatu, as well as the transparent neon yellow and transparent medium blue Kaukau, available through this release were not present in later editions. 8525 was unaffaced by this due its later launch.

Reception

8525 and 8530 BIONICLE Masks scored a total average of of 64.5 on Brick Insights, indicating negative reviews. However, there were only two recorded reviews, and set does not convey the traditional building experience. See: Collectibles.

Trivia

• The international set was also advertised as 8530 Kanohi.

See also

• 8559 BIONICLE Krana - features Kanohi
• 8597 Kanohi Nuva & Krana Pack
• 8599 Krana-Kal - features Kanohi Nuva