Eljay's Recap Review: 8625 Umbra

[@libruhmoment6387]

umbra:I use heelys to escape my shadowy feelys

[@perfectsoul8253]

bionicle apple omfg 😂 This doooooooooooooood

[@Kedanjt42]

Looks more like a canonized MOC.his sword thing reminds me of an e-staff

[@DuckandMikeyfan49]

Damn right he does. He also looks almost like the Dragonzord from Mighty Morphin Power Rangers.

[@returnedtomonkey8886]

Andrew Homer I just googled that and the similarity is quite disturbing.

[@TheCakesCup26]

He should have been made a combination model of maybe all 6 of the toa inika or something. I don’t think he is a very good standalone set.

[@Mothbean]

In a way, he kind of is. Umbra is the only titan set Bionicle ever released to have no unique parts at the time of his release. Every single part of Umbra can be found on other sets and used to build him.

[@AceKylar]

roller blade check, red and blue light check, Umbra is a mall cop confirmed.

[@DanielAyy]

That makes him feel cooler actually

[@AceKylar]

@@DanielAyy I agree!

[@CyrosIgnika]

It's also worth noting that he has absolutely _no_ original parts; even his mask can be found on two other sets, one of which was on shelves along side him. And, considering he was released slightly _after_ Axonn and Brutaka, not even the leg 'hydraulics' are original to this set. he is, essentially, a parts pack. :-/

[@dannyred9094]

I never got Umbra. I couldn't even find him :(

[@CyrosIgnika]

Daniel Leverett I only saw him once. Then by the time I had the money to buy him, he was gone. :-/

[@dannyred9094]

Cyros Ignika Crap man... Sorry

[@CyrosIgnika]

Daniel Leverett Ah, it's fine. Like I said, he's a parts pack; I have everything in this set in my bin.

[@christianmancino1672]

Unless I'm forgetting a set, his yellow Pohatu Nuva claws were only seen elsewhere in a highly obscure non-canon European promotional set.

[@peytonbloom4123]

I couldn't help but chuckle when he said the blue and red pins were the eyesore of this set... The entire set's an eyesore IMO XD

[@cyanazurae1820]

Mmm… I don't personally think so though haha. The Metru Green and the uhhhh…. Yellow… and the black go well together :D

[@neitherlink6612]

I really don't like him. I hate green and yellow, so Umbra is one of my least favorite Bionicle sets, ever!

[@Sypitz]

@@neitherlink6612Minnesota Vikings fan detevted

[@lonesentinel2636]

So Axonn is an enemy in Bionicle Heroes (love the game, always will) but umbra is absent?

[@KzeverMaelstrom]

I wish either he was mainly black, or had a dark green ruru.

[@bioniclebricksstudios3011]

Welcome to the Bionicle Talk Show! Today, Why is umbra so... Umbra: I was cursed by the Mask of Life, so I have gaps, roller skates and, well, you get the picture

[@axelnightmare]

I like how the darkest part of the shadows has a bunch of light-up pieces. It just makes sense.

[@qtulhoo]

Axelnightmare That, and the fact that he can Transformers-style turn into a beam of light.

[@mailtapegplay]

With every set review I watch, the color scheme is both a pro and con..

[@narwhal3638]

pro: the color scheme is great! con: they have teeth.

[@carliewonder75]

@@narwhal3638 no

[@bioniclebricksstudios3011]

the moment umbra said, "Much betterrrr....", I heard someone outside of my house laugh. ????

[@gladiator_jayy]

wait, Roller-skates, Black,Umbra (Latin for shadow): SHADOW THE BIONICLE CONFORMED

[@v10lentv10let]

+Jamie Givens LEL!

[@thatamericannarrator8247]

King Jameson You know, that sounds like something they would have pulled in 06 lol

[@BricksOfAwesome]

If they had implemented the ratcheted joint system that was used in Knights Kingdom (somehow), I think the problem with the rollerskates could have been solved, as it would allow the legs to be held in a fixed position while playing with it. I understand why some purists might despise this idea but ultimately lego is a toy company and this would have improved the toy far more for the desired audience.

[@neburtech]

***** why should he? Its a good point.

[@ExiaLupus]

***** Hello Jurmangander, please refrain from commenting if you are simply going to spit out combinations of words which either make no sense or are not at all relavent in the current conversation, thanks. -Chronix

[@ExiaLupus]

Bricks Of Awesome I totally agree. That would have been great.

[@GarryDumblowski]

Bricks Of Awesome Honestly, I can't stand those things. They're extremely difficult to move. The newer ball- and- socket joints, with the added friction, do this job much better.

[@qtulhoo]

Or like Makuta Teridax.

[@dukeynukey6725]

Actualy, i find the bar conecting the 2 swords on the bottom a pro. Often when i try to remove the staff from a rachie, or any other bionicle with a staff, I have to remove it in 3 parts, and without the hands you can't rebuild it seperate from the set. With goodold Umbra her, you go through alll the hoopdyla to take it off, then you can at least reconect the swords :P How did you miss that!!!

[@KingNateOfficial]

How wast his guy $25, and Maxilos and spinax only $20?

[@TheTTVChannel]

SuperNATEgames Maxilos and Spinax were $30 upon release, actually.

[@KingNateOfficial]

thethreevirtues oh, I thought you said $20 in your other video

[@GeorgeDelgado311]

+SuperNATEgames same bro ahaha

[@noz6331]

3 Electric pieces they cost a lot to make

[@gentalrobots3988]

That's crazy that theses sets were so cheap especially considering how much more toy you get with these then something like a starwars toy

[@ITAlife98]

Lol. Imagine if Umbra fighting with Matoro said "I'm the darkest part of a shadow". And then Matoro: Oh, well you have a bright color scheme of light. Umbra: O_O.

[@WildonVantrix]

I really liked this set because it taught me with its upper leg pieces how to make custom limbs and other Bionicle body parts!... they are not just a single made piece with just other pieces added to, now it was multiple pieces that “needed” to be a functional part even minus the add on parts,... so I learned I could build more uniquely with my old Bionicle parts!!! Compared to the hero factory sets, and then the new “next generation” bionicle sets, all they had was a skeleton like back structure I added pieces to like a play doll.... limiting my variety of building with the new sets to just armor changes. :( I think I got this set because I wanted more of the igniki swordsand, and liked the reuse of a old launcher!... and some old and new, even rare pieces being used!!! Maybe if LEGO Bionicle had been more inspired by a set like this one ( minus the cons by learning from them ) instead of hero factory’s limits, they would have hade better toy sales, because I think that’s why the next generation of LEGO bionicle was cancelled for poor sales, and the limits the toy offered in variety building for new and old fans alike!... ( They were better off with this watered down building during the six Bionicle Stars sets at its time, since it got you connected with the whole old series, even with minus some of the old “awesome” functions ) This is just one example of how what’s old is new again might have worked for the next bionicle line, maybe if it was taken... just maybe... What do you other guys think 🤔 ???

[@warriorpax5760]

Ah, Umbra. The character that's a pretty clever oxymoron. A being of light, named after the darkest part of a shadow.

[@joshuamcclure1383]

Very good review, Eljay. I would like to say that, yes, out of the box, umbra can't hold his staff one handed...Uuunless you do your own modification. In which I decided to do, and it works great. Speaking of modifications, I decided to modify the legs with some tightened leg joints from the Hero factory line. Each one on a hinge, and with an added length to the axle piece in the piston, make it work fantastic as it rolls smoother, without having to worry about him sliding to one side.

[@k-leb4671]

This set is more evidence to my theory that LEGO had a vendetta against the Toa Metru masks. The black mask does not suit the overall color scheme, as almost all of the other black parts are minor and part of the inner workings. The mask should've been recolored Metru Green or Keetorange...or silver even, I don't know...but I guess LEGO hates the idea of recoloring those specific masks in particular.

[@jamesfulton215]

this was and still is one of my favorite sets

[@rickleuce8025]

I got this set for the accessories. He's got light-up eyes, two Inika swords, and a rotuka spinner. Even when I got this as a kid, I knew that basically all of the pieces were recycled. I wished it at least came with an exclusive mask of some sort. My brother got Brutaka at the same time I got this.

[@thewoollyviking5928]

I was almost hoping you were going to open the video with Umdra saying "None shall pass..." It would have gone with his character.

[@solekman916]

I love this guy just for how ridiculous he is

[@TheSeanSpillane]

Of course, as usual this is a good review, Eljay, but: 8:10 This is no fault of the set. That is how physics work. You must place his legs properly, then roll him. If you can't do that yourself then then don't blame the set, so to speak.

[@andreaslnstrupammitzbll6096]

No. The lack of stability is indeed a fault of the set. It is difficult to position the legs right so that the set doesn't fall over - a direct con of the set.

[@TheSeanSpillane]

***** Stability and angle of the legs effecting it's spread are completely different - a dull point of yours :)

[@andreaslnstrupammitzbll6096]

EMMSixteenA4 but if because of the rollerskates, the set is hard to keep upright, would you deny that as a con of the set?

[@TheSeanSpillane]

***** I'm not saying the roller skates are not a con. I'm saying that Eljay's con - very specifically that a con is the fact that his legs may splay further than desired during rolling - is not fault of the set.

[@andreaslnstrupammitzbll6096]

EMMSixteenA4 Yes its a con concerning distribution of weight and the looseness of the joints - something lego should have tested when designing the set. It like saying that it is not a con of the set, if the glue the toy company used to attach the head doesn't work, so that the head easily falls of. Yes that is a problem of physics (the glue not being effective enough to hold the weight of the head) but albeit something that toy company should have fixed when making and testing the toy :-)

[@s3b689]

Umbra, I just want to know...WHAT ARE THOSE???

[@toaheroisaacdx372]

and that's why BIONICLE 4 sux!

[@toaheroisaacdx372]

and that's why BIONICLE 4 sux!

[@passthewindex1843]

Lol

[@SuperMarioBoy1014]

toaheroisaac DX I don’t get it...

[@Blue-Rain]

Dead memes incoming

[@kesterfae5447]

perhaps Walmart exclusive in the US, but down here in Australia he was available in a number of stores. We don't have Walmart, or didn't at the time of its release.

[@christianmorris1546]

i like the " roller skates" kind of like the treads on the tarakava

[@TheRainbowDashIV]

Not sure, but wasnt umbra differently coloured in the books or something?

[@TomTheyy]

Question: Do you still plan to do the thing where you put all the sets together in one place after you've done all of the classic reviews?

[@brocklegomaster]

It says Toys R Us exclusive in the back of a comic I'm looking at it now.

[@waynethornsberry8635]

umbra was once a "John Deere" spoke person

[@idiotlyuseful]

Lol

[@jedder]

Good review, Eljay. But, if I may, why haven't you reviewed Brutaka, Axxon, and Vezon/Fenrakk? Correct me if I'm wrong, but I remember them being released before Umbra.

[@maxieprimo2758]

A personal favorite of mine.

[@Rammkommando]

i think me and my cousins built this guy for our younger cousin one christmas

[@vladpoofin1759]

I always thought this set was cool. I remember seeing it on the back of one of the comics but I didn't get it back in the day. I got really lucky in like 2012 and found it at a garage sale for like 10 bucks!

[@charlied5465]

Drinking Game: Once he counts all the points of articulation add them all up and thats the ammount of shots

[@360Flare]

Personally never had any problem with the skates, but the neck and shoulders were what really killed this set for me

[@xS1D3SW1P3x]

Story info? I love this episode!

[@kopakatoaofcool8536]

Do you personally like this set?

[@ChozoFS]

Why does this guy have a rhotuka spinner in 2006?

[@iceoxmocs7869]

are going to make rewievs of 2007 sets when you have finished with 2006 sets

[@adamlouie1503]

Umbra is one of the best characters, and masters the power of contradiction: his name means the DARKEST part of a SHADOW, and his powers include LIGHTSPEED, SOLID LIGHT RHOTUKA, LASER LANCE, and can turn into a BEAM OF PURE LIGHT. And his eyes GLOW and he wears a powerless Kanohi Ruru, which is NIGHT VISION.

[@chasegroen448]

Y'know what's funny? There's also a Warframe in the game "Warframe" (derp) called Excalibur Umbra, who's just called "Umbra" by everyone else. At first, I got the two confused. But, here's something else interesting about that Umbra: his sword, Skiajati, literally means "Of shade or darkness" in Greek. Just some little fun-facts.

[@todddavis2041]

Is it actually possible to replace the battery for the Piraka eye piece?

[@cookiesontoast9981]

Yes.

[@dracodude7350]

I love your reviews eljay

[@rockman9377]

i saw this guy on the website for a long time ago and i wanted him, but i never found him.

[@YourUncleBenis]

Never really held any desire for this set. He was kind of a blink and you miss him character in the comics, but now...I might add him to the list of things to seek out.

[@coolbionicle]

Back in the days I saw it on sale on toys'r us so no, it was not exclusive to wallmart.

[@DragonxFlutter]

Well, that was a nice video, as the others have been. And in response to this particular instance of the oddly colored pins, I'd say that here they're not that noticeable. When looking at him, you'd really have to scrutinize the toy to notice them. Really, only the blue ones would be seen at first glace, and that's a big maybe if you have him posed behind smaller sets. I haven't personally built the set, so I don't know for sure, but from what I've seen the oddly colored pins are few and all located either in places you'd have to squint to see or in the legs. Both places are out of the way, and I don't think that it'd detract too much from the set. I mean, I'm sure there are FAR worse cases of the odd pins.

[@ExiaLupus]

I recently built this guy out of a box of parts actually, and he's pretty good. Despite all the cons I recommend him.

[@jamesbenson2090]

umbra would make a great nightmare frame in the Code Geass Universe

[@toa56584]

9:36 probably because of the red and blue pins!

[@FierceMotorworks]

will you be reviewing other titans such as axxon or brutaka or the phantoka/mistika era titans or glatorian titans?

[@saturnice]

You must be new here :D But, yes, Eljay has always, at least, finished the years he's started, so we'll at least see the other titans, such as Axxon/Brutaka. However, I do believe he will continue into the years of Bionicle after this, could be wrong.

[@williamcooper8599]

He's reviewing all bionicle sets except combines, playsets and promotional sets, with the exception of gold good guy :)

[@saturnice]

william Cooper I was kinda shocked when that was canonized, and thus put into Eljay's videos... now we have Umbra.

[@mewtwo150clone]

I would say a minor con is his mask being a recycled mask, I got 3 of those mask

[@troxushentorio3432]

I know that you're not trying to talk about the story but you well explained him to me

[@TheCollectorsOasis]

Strange set but that’s not s bad thing, 8/10 set

[@jetraydude]

Umbra's legs probably would not splay like that if they had back support at the hips, kinda like Fire Lord and Rocka XL. However, that is entirely speculative, as I never owned this set.

[@yaoyao9]

Now I am legitimately confused as to what are really "hands" in Bionicle. I've seen them as the "hand pieces" on all of the Toa Nuva, which is the most common; the 2 fingered look on Mata Lewa, Tahu, and Pohatu, adopted by Bionicle: The Game; the Nuva hand pieces with FINGERS (Hydraxon); and just the bloody ball itself (Stuart Sayger 2006-07 comics). So, yeah. Take a look at the comics. Sayger basically drew Umbra in one scene when with him one-handing the Laser Lance (weapon name), and the other hand is just the empty ball. Eljay... Any explanations or was there already an official one from the Lego set designers?

[@gatitogatito4649]

There was also a scene in one of the last few 2007 comics where Jaller Mahri is depicted with just a ball for a hand.

[@TsundereSupreme]

Gold good guy had a ball hand.

[@gatitogatito4649]

Commander Spencer Well, that is excusable since it was a promotional set, and Lego only used parts that they needed to get rid of.

[@gatitogatito4649]

***** It sure looked a lot better than that stuff that we got in 01-05. His edgier style definitely fitted Bionicle better.

[@yaoyao9]

***** That right there is completely opinion. Stuart Sayger's style in the '06-'07 comics is actually my favorite. While the previous ones are cool too, no one tops Sayger, and his contributions in "All Our Sins Remembered" (Bionicle comic, '09-'10) were amazing IMO.

[@WOLKsite]

Lol the begining, he got light powers!

[@apotatoguylikesdogs6761]

Do you want to schedule for

[@gwithianevans]

It's odd, everyone keeps saying it's target exclusive and yet I bought this set at a toyshop where I am (england). We may never know :(

[@TheSeanSpillane]

It was Target exclusive in the US.

[@chronicler7022]

İ saw it back in 2006 in a diffrent toy store with ırnakk...

[@Teeeeeee77]

It was actually a Walmart exclusive according o this comic I have

[@incredibeast9661]

It probably wasn't marked as a Target exclusive in England.

[@Fawnarix]

Umbra= shadow,shade is something I learned in Honors Latin 3 today.

[@ThomasMurphyCosplay]

I thought Umbra was a Moc

[@Klaevin]

It's weird... I know that I have umbra (I even have the box), but I just don't remember playing with him at all.

[@milokiss8276]

Red and blue pins can't be a con if he already has a very small amount of pins *Insert head tapping meme here*

[@MahriBlade]

i didn't know this was a set

[@Blue-Rain]

So the piraka are gangsters and the toa inika are police What is umbra supposed to be?

[@Kiteman78]

The guy who vertical videos the capture

[@hitrapperandartistdababy]

The best titans in my opinion all rolled into one wave...and then there is Umbra

[@SirKat-mo7bd]

Never got him, i doubt that these appeared in my country, here i can't even find marvel legends or transformers in walmart

[@silverdeamonz1211]

i love axoon i hope you do too

[@Kurrahk_th3_comedian812]

Where is penumbra then?

[@TonksMoriarty]

Definitely not a Wal-Mart exclusive, certainly not in the UK otherwise it'd be in ASDA, I bought this set from a random shop in Newcastle.

[@krownwave]

Tonks Moriarty It was a Wal-Mart exclusive here in the U.S.A. I believe. I had him so many years ago I can't remember exactly.

[@Draftsman17]

i had (i still have him but i am missing a lot of pieces) and i though he was worth the money and can appreciate the little bit of lore breaking in that in the Bionicle world... there are seemingly no such thing a wheels

[@lordadazai270]

Umbra, Sonic the Hedgehog tripping out.

[@johnhaboko8986]

If only umbra was in bionicle heroes maybe as dlc?

[@TobyEchozap]

good work eljay from Toby Echozap

[@TheCollectorsOasis]

This guy is pretty cool

[@proto303]

and they said Vakama was flamboyant

[@snurf8465]

Shadow the Hedgeho- I mean, Umbra the Bionicle.

[@artificialcartographer1636]

Shadow called he wants his edge back

[@dracodude7350]

"go umbra go!"

[@DuckandMikeyfan49]

Teenage Mutant Umbra Turtles! Teenage Mutant Umbra Turtles! Teenage Mutant Umbra Turtles! Heroes with a light staff, turtle power!

[@SnazzySkelly]

Eljay try not to whine about blue and red pins challenge (impossible)

[@JayJay-dm2fe]

Yep, Umbra was a walmart exclusive

[@LeoxandarMagnus]

I guess this puts to rest my need to have him :P

[@troxushentorio3432]

7:54 GO UMBRA GO!!!!!!!!!!!#gogoumbrarangers

[@chevre8491]

#GOGOumbrararangers

[@DuckandMikeyfan49]

Yep. Am I only the one who thinks Umbra looks almost like the Dragonzord?

[@eeveebrosstudios]

Batman voice "Much better."

[@newtybot]

I think you have the disclaimer in the beginning so you can get away with critiquing the pins every episode

[@toaheroisaacdx372]

actually now that I think about it...SHADOW WANTS A WORD WITH 2006!

[@TheWandererGhost]

Not be confused with umbra from Warframe

[@EclipseHedgehog]

this was real? wow thats the most unimaginative set i've seen of 2006. its like someone's fanfiction character both in build and in story.

[@MrCrackerPants]

Nope... Saw him at Target one time. He is not exclusive to Wal-Mart, at least to me.

[@GhabulousGhoti]

I hate this set. The return of the Rhotuka was unexpected and really cool, but the set is just ugly. The horrible color scheme, the fact that it looks like random parts thrown together, and the roller skates and sword prohibit posing.

[@apotatoguylikesdogs6761]

Hombre is definitely a pro skater

[@Dreigonix]

I actually kinda like Umbra. >__>

[@christianmorris1546]

but not as good cus the treads had more grip on surficis

[@zira9827]

umbra roller stuff is so weird

[@Herobuilder21]

The Bionicle 2015 sets just came out today YAY

[@TheTTVChannel]

Julie Brown Huh?

[@nickflemens7306]

Yeah... Huh?

[@marcuswalker3409]

I have this one!

[@TheSUPERPOTATO2000]

en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Umbra,_penumbra_and_antumbra IT EXISTS!

[@tfdude1394]

Hehehe... Axonn's a midge. With them big beefy ARTICULATED hands, however, he's a pretty famous midge. Might get him next year, idk.