KSZ 706-5 Bionicle Protector of Ice 70782 building block 68pcs Bricks

This is custom product, KSZ 706-5 Bionicle Protector of Ice 70782 building block

PRODUCT DESCRIPTION:

– Material: ABS high quality, 100% brand new.

– Package content: 68 pieces of bricks plus the instruction books, in sealed bag.

– Notice: This building block will be shipped WITHOUT original packaging box, new in sealed bag. The manual book will be sent together

– There may also be slight colour variation due to camera and monitor settings,and I hope you can understand.

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– We try our best to send the product as soon as possible for you. Normally 3-7 Days delivery in USA and EUROPE, 7-15 days from China

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One of the more interesting parts that has made it’s way into the Protectors is this new gatling gun. Unlike the Toa who feature gearboxes, these lovely little weapons offer a very awesome new choice of “bionicle launcher” that we have come to expect. The gun is made up of two parts, a dark gray barrel, and a yellow firing pin. Once put together, they do not come apart, at least not without a lot of needless work. The connection is very comparable to the Mata heads with eyestalks. As for the firing power of this new collectible, if anyone is familiar with the minifigure blasters first introduced in Star Wars this year (also seen in wave two of Hero Factory 2014), the force behind the stud is quite similar.

New Pieces

Protector of Ice here provides a rather interesting assortment of parts. He comes with the “usual” new head and eyestalk, as well as the skull spider legs. You also get the small beast foot in silver, the new technic spacer, and the new piston piece in white. I find it strange that the new piston piece comes in three colors, gold silver, and white. Why is white the only color it was made in? I’m not arguing that we got it in a third color, but still, it’s a curious thought. This means he is the only protector to not come with a silver piston add-on (with the exception of Earth who doesn’t have one at all), and the only protector to come with three of them.

Masks

The Protector mask in white with trans light blue looks fantastic, though by this point that color scheme is nothing new. We also get the skull spider mask in silver.

Building process

Action Frame

Like the Protector of Fire, Mr. Ice here doesn’t have any elbows. While it’s still a strange design choice, it doesn’t look nearly as odd here as it does on Fire, because he doesn’t have the overly wide torso.

Armoring

Like most of the protectors, his armor uses a lot of trans-shells.

Finished Set

Skull Spider

The Ice and Water sets all include the Skull Spider in silver. Not the most interesting of the three colors.

Front

I’ve always imagined Ice characters as being tall and thin, so this year is quite a stir with the Master of Snowsuits, and this protector who is looking incredibly well armored- or maybe he is in a dapper coat. Who knows.

Profile

His body actually looks like a little snowball from this angle…

Back

I’ve complained a lot lately about the over-use of trans armor on these guys, but I think this guy really nails the color layering properly.

Pose 1

To match his snowball-arctic coat-ultra heavy armor, he’s also got a mean looking arsenal to boot. You get a spinning shield weapon which reuses the delicious translucent light blue buzzsaw that we got with CHI Vardy, and also has his gatling gun slung under his arm. Once again one of those flame pieces is used in a way that makes absolutely no sense. I think they were going for a bayonet-style attachment, but the execution is is about as effective as placing a scope on a sniper rifle backwards.

Pose 2

Funny, the one character to not use silver armor officially makes those silver feet look completely out of place.

Oh well, I’m happy to swap those out for one of the 7 pairs of black ones I have laying around.

Skull Mask

The skull actually looks pretty decent when placed on his head, it balances out the silver feet somewhat.

Conclusion

These protectors are really difficult to give solid thoughts on. This guy has some great parts, decent weapons, a great color scheme, and of course ice is one of my favorite, so that really ramps up his coolness-factor in my eyes. I guess my opinion on the Protectors remains to be the same- If you get their Toa counterpart, you should get the Protector as well. They go well together, and it’s always worth it to have the option to use parts from the Protector to improve upon your Toa’s design, or vice versa.