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2015 was the first year of second-generation BIONICLE sets and the eleventh year of sets overall.
History
Five years after its cancellation, BIONICLE was announced to be returning at the 2014 New York Comic-Con. The new wave, released at the beginning of the year 2015, followed a similar structure to previous pre-cancellation BIONICLE waves, though it also took some influence from the Hero Factory line. A specially colored mask was also distributed at the New York Comic-Con, called the "Transparent Tahu Mask" (the mask would later be officially identified as the Mask of Fire).
Though the new generation of BIONICLE is set in an entirely new continuity, the six Toa characters were designed and named after the original Toa Mata. Three of the Toa were of medium size, and three were large. One medium-sized set also depicted the primary villain of the wave, the Lord of Skull Spiders. Every Toa came with a golden version of their respective masks, as well as a Skull Spider; the Lord of Skull Spiders did not include a Skull Spider, but the Golden Mask of Skull Spiders. Six small sets, the Protectors, were released.
The summer wave, first revealed at the London Toy Fair in 2015, debuted the Skull villains, utilizing the same motif as the villains of the winter wave. Each villain, most of the medium-sized variety, comes with a skull-themed mask, and the wave also contains recolored versions of several of the Toa masks. The largest set, Mask Maker vs. Skull Grinder, contains a Protector-sized figure fighting against one of the Skull villains over the Mask of Creation, the first thing revealed of the new wave.
A promotional BIONICLE "Hero Pack", made available as a free gift-with-purchase, was released in March (February in several regions) and contained a Skull Spider, sticker sheet, booklets, and a unique transparent-orange Mask of Fire.
Featured Elements
The BIONICLE reboot used pieces from the Creature Character Building System (CCBS), a ball-and-socket modular building system developed for BIONICLE's original successor, Hero Factory. Each Toa utilized gear features, as well as dual-function weapons and a new mask type that could be knocked off with a trigger. Many of these features were intended to echo designs used at the beginning of BIONICLE's first generation.
Each Protector bore a six-shot Elemental Blaster, and were advertised to help "power up" their respective Toa allies. All six came with small Skull Spiders, antagonists that could be attached to the Protector's faces like their masks.
Collectibles, after being absent from BIONICLE for many years, made their return in 2015. Though there were no randomized packs, each character included at least one mask, and unique variants of masks were made available through special events such as San Diego Comic-Con.
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Name | Pieces | Set Number | Name | Pieces | Set Number | Name | Pieces | Set Number | Name | Pieces | Set Number | Name | Pieces | Set Number | Name | Pieces | Set Number |
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Protector of Jungle | 70 | 70778 | Protector of Stone | 73 | 70779 | Protector of Water | 71 | 70780 | Protector of Earth | 66 | 70781 | Protector of Ice | 68 | 70782 | Protector of Fire | 69 | 70783 |
Medium
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Name | Pieces | Set Number | Name | Pieces | Set Number | Name | Pieces | Set Number | Name | Pieces | Set Number |
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Lewa - Master of Jungle | 85 | 70784 | Pohatu - Master of Stone | 66 | 70785 | Gali - Master of Water |
87 | 70786 | Lord of Skull Spiders | 145 | 70790 |
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Name | Pieces | Set Number | Name | Pieces | Set Number | Name | Pieces | Set Number | Name | Pieces | Set Number |
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Skull Warrior | 102 | 70791 | Skull Slicer | 71 | 70792 | Skull Basher | 72 | 70793 | Skull Scorpio | 107 | 70794 |
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Name | Pieces | Set Number | Name | Pieces | Set Number | Name | Pieces | Set Number |
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Tahu - Master of Fire | 89 | 70787 | Kopaka - Master of Ice | 97 | 70788 | Onua - Master of Earth | 108 | 70789 |
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Name | Pieces | Set Number |
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Mask Maker vs. Skull Grinder | 171 | 70795 |
Promotional
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Name | Pieces | Set Number | Name | Pieces | Set Number |
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Hero Pack | 9 | 5002941 | Villain Pack | 15 | 5002942 |
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Name | Pieces | Set Number | Name | Pieces | Set Number | Name | Pieces | Set Number | Name | Pieces | Set Number | Name | Pieces | Set Number | Name | Pieces | Set Number |
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Protector of Fire - Power Up | 5004459 | Protector of Ice - Power Up | 5004462 | Protector of Jungle - Power Up | 5004463 | Protector of Stone - Power Up | 5004465 | Protector of Earth - Power Up | 5004466 | Protector of Water - Power Up | 5004467 |
See also
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