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BIONICLE Masks
Collectible
Set number 8525
8530
Subtheme Accessories
Toa[1]
Release date February 2001 (8530)[2]
August 2001 (8525)[2]
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

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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 the pieces needed to make a head to mount one of them on - a headpiece, a randomly-colored eyepiece (out of the six colors found in other 2001 sets), a three-stud-long axles to mount the head on, as well as 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. One of six different eye colors were depicted on the polybag, 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[3] and 8525 was included with K8554 Ultimate Bionicle Collectors Set.[4]

Features

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 packaged Kanohi. Worldwide, the possible Kanohi could include any out of 73 different masks.

As a result of miscommunication between production teams, the first edition of the international mask pack, 8530, included a different selection of 42 masks.[5][6][7] 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.

The 73 masks found in 8525 and most copies of 8530 were:

Great Hau
(Red)
Great Kaukau
(Transparent Red)
Great Miru
(Red)
Great Kakama
(Red)
Great Pakari
(Red)
Great Akaku
(Red)
Great Hau
(Blue)
Great Kaukau
(Transparent Blue)
Great Miru
(Blue)
Great Kakama
(Blue)
Great Pakari
(Blue)
Great Akaku
(Blue)
Great Hau
(Green)
Great Kaukau
(Transparent Green)
Great Miru
(Green)
Great Kakama
(Green)
Great Pakari
(Green)
Great Akaku
(Green)
Great Hau
(Brown)
Great Kaukau
(Transparent Neon Orange)
Great Miru
(Brown)
Great Kakama
(Brown)
Great Pakari
(Brown)
Great Akaku
(Brown)
Great Hau
(Black)
Great Kaukau
(Transparent Black)
Great Miru
(Black)
Great Kakama
(Black)
Great Pakari
(Black)
Great Akaku
(Black)
Great Hau
(White)
Great Kaukau
(Transparent Clear)
Great Miru
(White)
Great Kakama
(White)
Great Pakari
(White)
Great Akaku
(White)
Great Huna
(Orange)
Great Rau
(Orange)
Great Mahiki
(Orange)
Great Komau
(Orange)
Great Ruru
(Orange)
Great Matatu
(Orange)
Great Huna
(Medium Blue)
Great Rau
(Medium Blue)
Great Mahiki
(Medium Blue)
Great Komau
(Medium Blue)
Great Ruru
(Medium Blue)
Great Matatu
(Medium Blue)
Great Huna
(Lime Green)
Great Rau
(Lime Green)
Great Mahiki
(Lime Green)
Great Komau
(Lime Green)
Great Ruru
(Lime Green)
Great Matatu
(Lime Green)
Great Huna
(Tan)
Great Rau
(Tan)
Great Mahiki
(Tan)
Great Komau
(Tan)
Great Ruru
(Tan)
Great Matatu
(Tan)
Great Huna
(Dark Gray)
Great Rau
(Dark Gray)
Great Mahiki
(Dark Gray)
Great Komau
(Dark Gray)
Great Ruru
(Dark Gray)
Great Matatu
(Dark Gray)
Great Huna
(Light Gray)
Great Rau
(Light Gray)
Great Mahiki
(Light Gray)
Great Komau
(Light Gray)
Great Ruru
(Light Gray)
Great Matatu
(Light Gray)
Great Hau
(Infected Kanohi)

The 42 masks found in early copies of 8530 were:

Great Hau
(Red)
Great Kaukau
(Transparent Red)
Great Miru
(Red)
Great Kakama
(Red)
Great Pakari
(Red)
Great Akaku
(Red)
Noble Ruru
(Red)
Noble Matatu
(Red)
Great Hau
(Blue)
Great Kaukau
(Transparent Blue)
Great Miru
(Blue)
Great Kakama
(Blue)
Great Pakari
(Blue)
Great Akaku
(Blue)
Noble Ruru
(Blue)
Noble Matatu
(Blue)
Great Hau
(Green)
Great Kaukau
(Transparent Green)
Great Miru
(Green)
Great Kakama
(Green)
Great Pakari
(Green)
Great Akaku
(Green)
Noble Ruru
(Green)
Noble Matatu
(Green)
Great Hau
(Brown)
Great Kaukau
(Transparent Neon Yellow)
Great Miru
(Brown)
Great Kakama
(Brown)
Great Pakari
(Brown)
Great Akaku
(Brown)
Noble Ruru
(Brown)
Noble Matatu
(Brown)
Great Hau
(Black)
Great Kaukau
(Transparent Black)
Great Miru
(Black)
Great Kakama
(Black)
Great Pakari
(Black)
Great Akaku
(Black)
Noble Ruru
(Black)
Noble Matatu
(Black)
Great Hau
(White)
Great Kaukau
(Transparent Medium Blue)
Great Miru
(White)
Great Kakama
(White)
Great Pakari
(White)
Great Akaku
(White)
Noble Ruru
(White)
Noble Matatu
(White)

Reception

8525 and 8530 BIONICLE Masks's score Brick Insights indicates negative reviews. However, there aree only a limited number of recorded reviews, and set does not convey the traditional building experience. See: Collectibles § Reception.

Trivia

  • No set name was given for this set on the packaging. The American version was known as 8525 BIONICLE Masks on LEGO.shop and in Shop At Home catalogs.[8][9][10] In some UK catalogs, the international set was called as 8530 Kanohi,[11][12] which is also used on Bricks & Pieces.[2] However, in a UK LEGO Shop advertisment, the set is called 8530 BIONICLE Masks, matching the American name.[3]

References

  1. "BIONICLE™: BIONICLE Masks (8525)". LEGO Shop. (archived on web.archive.org)
  2. 2.0 2.1 2.2 "Bricks & Pieces." LEGO.com.
  3. 3.0 3.1 LEGO Shop at Home November 2001 advertisment.
  4. LEGO Shop At Home Summer 2001 (US), p. 78. (archived on archive.org)
  5. "LEGOs dirty trick: making money by not producing all masks as announced.". LUGNET.
  6. "Corrected distribution of Kanohi Masks (8530)". LUGNET.
  7. "The Misprints". BZPower News.
  8. [web.archive.org/web/20031203111200/http://shop.lego.com/product.asp?p=8525 "BIONICLE Masks (8525)"]. LEGO Shop at Home.
  9. LEGO Shop At Home Summer 2001 (archived on archive.org)
  10. Shop At Home Summer 2001 (archived on archive.org)
  11. LEGO Catalogue January-June 2001 (UK), p. 78. (archived on brickset.com)
  12. LEGO Catalogue August-January 2001 (UK), p. 79. (archived on brickset.com)

See also