User blog:Samdo994/My 15th Birthday!

Yesterday I got 15. I had school though so we didn't do very much in the morning. In the afternoon I unpacked my presents: a metaldetector, a biiig box, Atakus (they were nearly sold out in my country!) and a deodorant. :P In that biiig box, guess what was in it? Ok, I'll tell you. SKOPIO XV1! Yes, you heard right, I got now Skopio XV1 sitting beside me on the printer. I just finished building him up. It took me about 20 minutes per leg! And he has four of them! PLUS the technic parts that hiold the legs together. PLUS the tail. PLUS the front part. PLUS Telluris. I think it took me 2½ houres to build it. I hadn't enough time yesterday so I finished it today after school. IT IS SO AWESOME! It is so big you could fit a Glatorian sized figure under it! There are lots of new pieces, including new Technic articulation parts and silver rubber horns at the front between those Antroz weapons. The treads are awesome too. A great set. I will make a Mata Nui in the same size to a Skopio like in the film (using the 2006 and 2007 playsets parts)

I'll give a short summary: Pros:
 * Really big and massive
 * The switch function
 * The colors (the few blue pins that stick out don't bother me)
 * Unfoldable storeroom
 * Really challenging build
 * The Solek weapons on the front, you don't want to be caught up with THESE...
 * If you pose Telluris arms correctly, he looks really cool!
 * The front part is movable, up and down
 * silver rubber horns
 * Its legs are really big

Cons:
 * Only two Life Counters (for THAT price you should get an extra Counter...)
 * Price (lucky I got this for my birthday!)
 * a little wobbly, even though only a bit
 * Telluris arms have to be posed correctly
 * Telluris is difficult to be put on the Skopio, often he sits in the air...
 * Telluris' feet are a bit in the way when in travel mode
 * The Skopio XV1's legs are a little hard to pose...
 * The tail may doesn't stay up

All in all it is a really great set. The cons never weigh up the pros so if you have the money to buy this set, I would recommend it to you. It is a great addition to your Bionicle Collection.