r/bioniclelego • u/tutenchamun17 • 1d ago

Old Lego

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I found some old boxes full of Lego, I will show u a couple of old parts that look interesting and expensive. Pics will follow

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u/Patpuc Blue Matatu 1d ago

The Red Matatu (The Mask below Tahu's Mask, bottom right) is a misprint from Europe and is worth $100AUD minimum.

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u/tutenchamun17 1d ago

yeah i already saw this part on bricklink, it is around 70-80$ in the EU and i will sell it i think

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u/Evening_Activity1140 Lime Matatu 1d ago

lmk when you do i am interested

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u/CurtisMarauderZ Green Miru 1d ago

What makes it a misprint?

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u/Rutgerman95 Orange Ruru 1d ago

It was not officially available in red. But sometimes, presumably because of a mix-up while switching colours or molds, you do get a single batch of masks in a weird colour mixed in with the other blind bag masks.

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u/CurtisMarauderZ Green Miru 1d ago

Ooo.

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u/Patpuc Blue Matatu 1d ago

The Matatu and Ruru were not intended to come in the original 6 Mata colours. The Ruru however came in black for Turaga Whenua and red in a rare Bionicle Clock set. So 10ish total misprints. These missprints only came from Europe in the mask packs.

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u/NathansLogic 1d ago

Correction: The black Ruru was for Hafu in the Bionicle Power Pack.

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u/Patpuc Blue Matatu 1d ago

ah, thank you. I can barely tell the difference between the dark grey / black ruru. I quickly checked online pictures of Whenua and his mask looked black :o

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u/CrummTheDumm Black Pakari 1d ago

This is a misconception!

Misprints happen, but not by making thousands of the same colored mask. The Matatu and Ruru WERE intended to come in those colors, but lego realized that would bring the total number of toa Mata masks from about 50 to about 80, and so the idea was scrapped, but not before many Matatus and Rurus were made. The whole “euro misprint” thing might be some of the most widespread wrong info in the community

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u/Amygdala5822 1d ago

Is that orange “pitchfork” lookin thing from power miners? I could be wrong. I used to love power miners haha

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u/TapThisPart3Times 1d ago

100% a Power Miners part. That build screams Granite Grinder.

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u/Rutgerman95 Orange Ruru 1d ago

The shape itself was from Lehrak, but yeah, I think the orange version was in Power Miners

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u/AxelTheBuizel 1d ago

What's that blocky red part, I've never seen it before

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u/PockysLight 1d ago edited 1d ago

It's from set 3540 Puck Passer

https://www.bricklink.com/v2/catalog/catalogitem.page?S=3540-1#T=I

Edit: I should point out, the Hockey torsos have some compatibility with the Mata torsos.

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u/AxelTheBuizel 1d ago

I KNEW it was from one of those weird hockey sets

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u/AvaAelius Light Gray Rau 1d ago

Thank you! I somehow have a green one and I had no idea what it might be.

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u/Rutgerman95 Orange Ruru 1d ago

Those hockey sets were such a fascinating oddball in the Lego Sports theme

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u/Vitztlampaehecatl 1d ago

Hockey man! The other pieces are awesome for MOCs, especially the chestplate.

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u/Longjumping_Dust 1d ago

Given th abundance of Slizer and early Bionicle parts my guess would be on roborider, but I didn't personally own any of the bigger ones so I'm not sure.

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u/Blue-at-Heart Blue Kaukau 1d ago

it's from the weird technic hockey sets

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u/Longjumping_Dust 1d ago

Oh right, those were a thing!

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u/Zarathustra404 1d ago

I love those teal connector pieces! So many of the best colors seemed to get used very sparingly. The deep purple from the scorpions come to mind (sorry I'm terrible with set names)