Gorm Deluxe sounds like a gross fast food burger.

Look! It's a wannabe robot overlord!

Perfection

Not to be confused with the norm gorm. This is the DELUXE.

He shoots a scary black grasshopper thing out of his arm? Okay.

This is like a train wreck. It’s terrible, but also mesmerizing.

@Lego_mini_fan said:
"Are you kidding me? first that dumb doll set now this great."

What part of "Random set of the day" is confusing to you? :)

I know someone out there has lore on this fella. Don't disappoint me, Bricksetters!

Ah, my first Galidor set. Got is sealed when I bought a huge bucket of Bionicles from a guy. Opened it up. Pretty sure I didn't devalue the set at all.

Got lots of Black. Missing a whole lotta tron.

@MCLegoboy said:
"He shoots a scary black grasshopper thing out of his arm? Okay."

I would've gone for "alien tadpole".

Now, was he the bad guy, or was...you know what? Never mind. It doesn’t matter. I got a box full of most of the first wave that I was sent, unwarned, for free, which I suspect I was probably supposed to review on MaskofDestiny. I don’t think I opened any of them. Most likely they went straight back in the box they were sent in and shoved in the storage room, where they eventually got lost after moving twice. I mean, they’re still in my pile of unsorted boxes, but I haven’t really been hunting for them, you know? I did find a lot of the Bionicle MOCs that went missing over the two moves, though. Like my collection of dragons, which I was able to finish and start displaying. And the Bohrok bauble ornaments. And the little beetles, which might get publicly displayed for the first time later this year.

Wait, what were we talking about again?

@Harmonious_Building said:
"I know someone out there has lore on this fella. Don't disappoint me, Bricksetters! "

He’s the bad guy. I think he killed Nick Bluetooth’s dad? Or maybe that was Kek. I only watched the first episode so I don’t know.

@Harmonious_Building said:
"I know someone out there has lore on this fella. Don't disappoint me, Bricksetters! "

Ummm... he was knockoff Darth Vader. That is really it. He had the magic power to Glinch (swap limbs) like all the other people who lived in the Galidor world; however he could only swap limbs when in contact physically with somebody while Nick Bluetooth the hero opposing Gorm had the ability to Glinch with anyone no matter how far away they are.

My boys had most of the Galidor figures and played with them a lot. What's not to like? You can mix and match arms, legs and heads on torsos. This was a couple of years before the Knights Kingdom II swappable figures and a decade before the constraction themes and Hasbro's Hero Smashers. The TV show was pretty innane but people hate on the toys for the fact that they don't have studs and tubes anywhere.

Sadly, my boys sold their Galidor figures around 2011, along with all their other action figures, at yard sales to buy skateboard parts. :-( I kept all their Lego! =-)

The good thing about Galidor is that I can tell my folks "Eh, it's just LEGO" and they can't say a thing, because it is. Same with the Belville figures--I just sneak a few into my Bricklink orders if I'm below a threshold as I needed a couple of ten-cent parts and seller lacks other interesting parts I need. For some odd reason, when I do buy action figures, I buy more female ones than male (main reason, I still have most of my GI Joes). My folks think it's kinda weird that I buy mostly female figures, but I have about 6 out of 8 of my old GI Joes; and most of them are missing a lot of their gear. Some, like Cortana, are really unique in that they are the only 12-inch versions of that character. In terms of action figures, NOT dolls, there are several male characters in which several versions from several manufacturers exist, but several female characters in which only one or two exist. Some female characters (even prominent ones) from certain shows and movies have no action figures, while their male counterparts do.

Usually I'm into just basic, affordable stuff; like Mattel True Moves, the current Jakks Pacific line (after they took the license away from Mattel) that is like True Moves, and various figures on clearance prices (i.e Disney Store Star Wars Jyn Erso--some of the best value when she was able to be had on eBay and most other places for $15 shipped). I don't typically do dolls, but I will occasionally purchase Made To Move Barbies (great articulation, and better made than most lower-end fully articulated female action figures), the WWE Superstars (as they are an affordable muscular female body often with decent sculpts--$10 or less vs. $100 for a Phicen S23B with headsculpt), and certain movie figures like Claire Dearing from JP ( while now a little expensive; at the time I bought her, she was cheaper and more easily found than the four-inch figure of her--both were $20 at the time). And, Barbie clothing, especially those in the "Curvy" size, works on most any 1/6 female figure they make, at prices MUCH less than clothing sold expressly for 1/6 figures.

In my opinion, while the face sculpts are ugly, and the joints look horrible (and on the cheaper figures, arms are fixed in weird positions); they're typical LEGO quality. Limbs come off easily, but also go back on just as easily. I've had a few of Funko's 6-inch figures, and they're nothing like the Pops. I kid you not, I recently picked up a Primal Age Wonder Woman, and a leg popped off, and an arm broke off within 5 minutes. LEGO's had some weird moments, but everything they did was top-notch quality.

You’d have to pay someone to buy this

@BulbaNerd4000 said:
"You’d have to pay someone to buy this"

My boss always has to pay me so I can buy things.

@BulbaNerd4000 said:
"You’d have to pay someone to buy this"
Uh... no? I actually did pay for this set myself, (And I have to point out, Galidor was worth next to nothing a few years ago, but surprisingly, the prices have recently started to rise up) and I quite enjoyed it. Even if they don't look LEGO-like, those are by no means bad action figures... They still maintain the spirit of LEGO through the swappable limbs feature (which mind you, was a decade before Hasbro's Hero Smashers line), and this line was the first to introduce the ratchet joints, which are still being used to this day. So more or less, Galidor has still left its mark on LEGO.

And I actually find Galidor MOCing quite a lot of fun. Contrary to popular belief, the parts are still 100% compatible with "normal" LEGO (they can connect via the ratchet joints, as mentioned earlier ), and if you are creative enough, you can come up with some pretty cool funky MOCs.

I myself used the body for this guy in one of my Bionicle MOCs:
https://flic.kr/p/2ihEXuw

And I used the body and armor of Euripides, a different Galidor set, in a Troll Warrior MOC:
https://flic.kr/p/2k9cKaz

I hope this gives people an insight into the many good things that have come out of this wonderfully bizarre LEGO theme.

Galidor doesnt deserve the hate it gets these days honestly. Like sure it was a terrible decision at the time, but now that it *does* exist, people have done really interesting things with it.

These are by far the best treat from Huwbot. Sure, clickits are weird but there's only 20 Galidor sets and they're all bizarre. I really should buy one so I can use some of those parts in a MOC; the more oddly specific the part, the better in my opinion.

If we’ve not had this guy show up before I guess this means we’ve spent the whole time being utterly gormless

@Brickodillo said:
"But do they have antistuds on their feet? Can they connect to real lego at all? Also their limbs are removable right? Can they fit in lego stuff?"

It kind of baffles me how people are so ignorant about this line. Of course they can connect to "real" LEGO. They can connect via Technic pins without any problems.

@LegoDavid said:
" @Brickodillo said:
"But do they have antistuds on their feet? Can they connect to real lego at all? Also their limbs are removable right? Can they fit in lego stuff?"

It kind of baffles me how people are so ignorant about this line. Of course they can connect to "real" LEGO. They can connect via Technic pins without any problems. "

Most people have never seen these sets in person, they're not easy to stumble across unless you're actively looking for them, and neither brickset nor bricklink have ANY good pictures of them. So why is it surprising that people wouldnt know much about them?

If this is the Deluxe, I shudder to think what the Standard model is like…

Ah, one of the two Galidor sets I happen to own! (8312-1 Nick Deluxe is the other one). I bought it when it was dirt cheap, and I must say, I don't regret keeping them as a piece of Lego history and a reminder of what lego had become in its era.

That said, I think this is a fine action figure. It helps that he's not supposed to look human like Nick, and the set comes with two missles that can be used as wings. In addition to just two regular arms it also comes with a missle launcher arm and an unprinted version of his loin armour piece to be used as a replacement 'wing.' Articulation is on par with most mechs made since (it even has knee articulation) and beyond what Bionicle was able to provide that year. And those gold and silver prints sure are deluxe!

I think the mayor problem ISNT that it isn't very lego-like in style. As mentioned before the feet on both figures are able to fit over studded surfaces without friction. And the joint system is still used to this day. They debuted in Alpha Team mission deep sea sets 4793-1 and 4794-1 earlier that year, shortly followed by 4789-1 in the summer along with Galidor. The hands also grab pin-sized objects such as technic axles.
It's just that they aren't really designed to be versatile.

But even with that (minimal) compatibility, it's more of an action figure than a lego set. And that's the REAL issue with Galidor as a lego theme: they tried to make something outside their area of expertise and branch out too far from the core lego product.

Compare this to Bionicle. Sure, they look different than system sets. But once you understand that it came from technic, which has branched off from system in the 70s and rapidly evolved in the late 90s to lose its studs, you can still see 8549-1 Tarakava and see its relation to 8257 Cyber Strikers from technic. In turn, sets that use technic to create larger creatures like 8622-1 Nidhiki became possible later.
With Bionicle, each part has multiple connection points usable for creating something entirely different. The specialized-looking Bohrok (such as 8561-1 Nuhvok) provided parts that can be used to make sets like 8556-1 Boxor Vehicle, which is just as much a technic vehicle as it is an action figure set. Sure, it's far removed from the classic stud system, but it's undeniably a direct descendant or brach-off to create a new niche.
If you need further convincing, the 'bohrok eye' (part x346 on Bricklink) is widely used even today for all sorts of things. As is the 'barraki eye' (part 58176 on Bricklink), often used as a light bulb.

Bionicle's thing was the heavy emphasis on buildable action figure. Not just action figure. This is especially clear with how many of the 'regular' sets almost always had combiner models featured int the back of the instructions.

Now look back at Galidor. The joints are compatible, but the constituent components can't be integrated besides the joint. Although the system lived on and did (sort of) debut here... it was an evolutionary dead end. Precisely because it sprung from nothing to solve a problem that only existed because lego wanted to branch off into a market far removed from lego: action figures without the emphasis on being buildable.

@Binnekamp said:
"Bionicle's thing was the heavy emphasis on buildable action figure. Not just action figure. This is especially clear with how many of the 'regular' sets almost always had combiner models featured int the back of the instructions.

Now look back at Galidor. The joints are compatible, but the constituent components can't be integrated besides the joint. Although the system lived on and did (sort of) debut here... it was an evolutionary dead end. Precisely because it sprung from nothing to solve a problem that only existed because lego wanted to branch off into a market far removed from lego: action figures without the emphasis on being buildable."

This is an important thing to note (as somebody myself who owns several Galidor sets I got as a kid)... Galidor is a solid action figure but a terrible Lego product because its building aspect is so downplayed to the point of almost being non-existent. Bionicle in comparison was more crude in terms of articulation and action features compared to Galidor, but embodied the Lego spirit by being an offshoot of Technic (just look at stuff like Muaka and Kane Ra or the Bahrag from those early years). Bionicle was always a building toy first and foremost Lego in spirit even if not traditional in form, Galidor was a regular old action figure that Hasbro or Mattel could have made.