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Bro…

Wow...

So...

Please, no mo'....

Doh...

woah...

Yo...

Throw…

Snow…

Go . . .

(I don't want to break the trend but I'd just like to point out my brother's watching Regular Show in the other room and the first three comments match one of my favorite lines/deliveries of Muscle Man from said show.)

I need some faygo.......

How ...

Whut?

Who else is fascinated by the horrifying, the surrealistic, the outrageos and failing big time?

Why?

@jkb said:
"Who else is fascinated by the horrifying, the surrealistic, the outrageos and failing big time?"

It may be weird, scary, and disturbing, but it still doesn't stand a chance against 3220.

29 pieces in this set, how many of them unique?
Well would you look at that 29!

https://brickset.com/article/14947/galidor-yes-it-was-all-bad

Look! A review of this very set!

Looks like the sort of creature a Blacktron mad scientist would unleash upon us all.

Galidor is not a bad toy. However, it is a terrible Lego toy. And the show was.... Narmy at best. Cheesy and cheap for the rest. However, underneath all that cheese and cheap, a half decent and intriguing world lurks.

I think this set speaks volumes in terms of experience and history. This was during a time when LEGO was doing poor financially, and they were in one of those "try something until it works" situations. Of course, through Galidor they learned to restructure and go back to their roots of the LEGO Brick so that they can recover and get to where they are today.

It's so easy to look at mistakes of the past and think that they were terrible, and while they certainly are terrible, it was a lesson learned the hard way, and that's something everyone experiences.

@Agent00Z:
I’m sure I have one of these in the box of Galidor sets that showed up at my door unannounced back when I was running MaskofDestiny.com, but I don’t care enough to actually hunt that box down. Then again, I didn’t care enough to actually open any of them back then, either.

@Agent00Z:
Certainly they learned not to pay even more to get the master license for a show like Galidor ever again.

I thought that said, "Ooof". Lol

Lepin, is that you?

My problem in a nutshell wiht Galidor is the joints. They look awful, and (yes, I know they're technically Lego, but) the joints come loose too easily. Face sculpts were awful as well.

There's a reason you can still, quite often, find many of the sets still sealed for under $20.

I unironically love Galidor. So many unique parts with so much unique MOCing potential, that sadly most people don't take advantage of those days. There was a big Galidor trend around 2018 when it was showcased at Brickfair (they even invited one of the original actors from the show), and people were making Galidor MOCs like crazy. That phase has since died down, but I personally still enjoy making some MOCs with Galidor pieces from time to time.

Recently, I made a MOC that uses the exact body piece from this set, and I am quite proud of the result:
https://flic.kr/p/2mCJWdz

You know, I do like how Huwbot can still surprise us.

Maybe they're not always good surprises, but still.

Guano…

What, no lore post for this? It's vital that I find out what role this had in the Galidor story!

I really like that head, actually. Sorta wanna get it to make some weird creature MOC, I think it could turn out rather good. Well, slightly better than what’s shown here at least :P

@tne328 said:
" @jkb said:
"Who else is fascinated by the horrifying, the surrealistic, the outrageos and failing big time?"

It may be weird, scary, and disturbing, but it still doesn't stand a chance against 3220."

omg. "LET ME IN BABY, I just wanna TALK!"

@Brickalili said:
"What, no lore post for this? It's vital that I find out what role this had in the Galidor story!"

According to the LEGO.com description:

"The dreaded Ooni is just one of the many creatures that lurk in the realms of the Outer Dimension. His claws, mandibles, and stinging tail make him a fearsome threat to anyone he encounters. Make Ooni a part of your Galidor adventures, or use parts of him to make new, strange creatures of your own!"

So basically this is the Galidor equivalent to the Bionicle Rahi. Just one of the many creatures that populates the Galidor world.

I'm not trying to make enemies, but Galidor is no worse to me than Bionicle.

@captcrouton said:
"I'm not trying to make enemies, but Galidor is no worse to me than Bionicle."

Even I am not up to Bionicle there are many parts which you can use in "normal" builds whereas Galidor is obviously not usable. And if parts are used like above (nice MOC btw) it is hard to see if these are Galidor pieces.

@tne328 said:
" @jkb said:
"Who else is fascinated by the horrifying, the surrealistic, the outrageos and failing big time?"

It may be weird, scary, and disturbing, but it still doesn't stand a chance against 3220."

Imagine fusing THOSE two.

@ElephantKnight:

Now I want to MOC a BlackLab.

@cody6268:
Except the joints are the only part they got right. There were a few related systems from the System side that were all terribly designed, and along came Galidor with a new dual-axis joint design that succeeded so well it’s still in use two decades later. Every equivalent system got scrapped immediately when Galidor came out.

@captcrouton:
Galidor is a significant part of the reason the company almost failed in the early 00’s, and Bionicle is the reason they were able to recover.

"Be yourself, everyone else is taken!"

This looks like Lego trying to be Mattel.

I don't remember this Barraki.

@jkb said:
" @tne328 said:
" @jkb said:
"Who else is fascinated by the horrifying, the surrealistic, the outrageos and failing big time?"

It may be weird, scary, and disturbing, but it still doesn't stand a chance against 3220 ."

Imagine fusing THOSE two."

I actually did that myself with my latest MOC, check to link I posted a few comments above. I mixed together Galidor and Scala, and honestly, I am quite happy with the result.

Is it a dragon, how is giving birth to a monster through its stomach?

@tne328 said: " @jkb said:
"Who else is fascinated by the horrifying, the surrealistic, the outrageos and failing big time?"

It may be weird, scary, and disturbing, but it still doesn't stand a chance against 3220."

"My Dad" was one of the best days ever on Brickset, and I dare anyone to tell me otherwise. That comment thread was gold.

You know, despite everything going against it I think this might be one of the better Galidor sets. So you know how most Galidor figures are humanoids where you can switch out the limbs and head, right? And in most cases the combinations look like a Frankenstein creation of two people instead of a MOC? Well, the Ooni is a straight up alien design. It has multiple torsos, multiple limbs, and even a second head included. More so than with the other sets you can actually make half-decent alternates with this one, as all the parts are of a similar style and colour!

Sorry for being positive about a Galidor set. Galidor bad.

Wow, some time I got the "Dark Red Galidor Limb Leg Ooni, with 1 Dark Gray Pin 10 x 3 x 7". Wasn't aware of Ooni (sounds rather cute actually). Just 28 more pieces to collect. And just too late for Halloween.

@John_Heredia said:
" @jkb

What is the context behind "My Dad" ? I've never heard of it."

A while back, the serpent tempted Eve to eat an apple, yada, yada, yada, My Dad.

Throwing my two cents in the discussion really late, I think a reboot of Galidor would do fantastic. It has a very similar core concept to Mixels, so rereleasing some of these aliens with system-ball-and-socket joints would be a great way to take what are actually pretty cool designs and make them more marketable to LEGO fans

@Padmewan said:
" @LegoDavid said:
"I unironically love Galidor. So many unique parts with so much unique MOCing potential, that sadly most people don't take advantage of those days. There was a big Galidor trend around 2018 when it was showcased at Brickfair (they even invited one of the original actors from the show), and people were making Galidor MOCs like crazy. That phase has since died down, but I personally still enjoy making some MOCs with Galidor pieces from time to time.

Recently, I made a MOC that uses the exact body piece from this set, and I am quite proud of the result:
https://flic.kr/p/2mCJWdz "

Do Galidor sets use the same large ball-and-socket specs as Bionicle and today's sets?"

No, Galidor pieces both used and introduced the ratchet joint system used a lot in lines like Exo-Force. These rather pieces are obviously still in use, and Galidor pieces can effortlessly connect to them. Similarly, all Galidor figures have anti-studs on the soles of their feet so they can connect to baseplates, while the figures’ hands are shaped to hold bar-sized pieces.

@ThatBionicleGuy:
They are very high quality. They also succeed at replicating a major component of the show. But the show didn’t attract an audience, the action figures were large and expensive, and they didn’t scale well with other action figure lines. Even if you didn’t mind the cost, there weren’t that many in the initial launch, and there’s no way they’d do several case refreshes each year like regular action figures. Some characters just came with their basic build, while others had _one_ accessory you could swap in, but there weren’t any bulk accessory packs that would give even one or two characters a lot more playability.

They basically did everything wrong except the quality, and when nobody cares about the show or the toys, that just means they lost a bigger investment.

@Padmewan:
Nope. They came up with a new 2-axis click joint, which beat the pants off anything similar they’d already come up with, and ended up being absorbed into System construction. It borrows some basic geometry from Technic pins, combined with something like the teeth on click-hinges. The Throwbot ball and socket joints that carried through Bionicle may be more versatile, but the Galidor hinges can support more weight.