Lego Bionicle Boxed Set Exo-Toa #8557 Impossible to Find!

by Lego

Product Features

• Lego Bionicle Mata Nui Exo-Toa Set #8557
• Set contains 360 Parts.
• Made by Lego in 2002 and long out of production.

Product Details

• Shipping Weight: 3.2 pounds (View shipping rates and policies)
• ASIN: B0000649DL
• Item model number: 8557
• Manufacturer recommended age: 3 years and up
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #65,214 in Toys & Games (See Top 100 in Toys & Games)
• Average Customer Review: 4.6 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (13 customer reviews)
• Discontinued by manufacturer: Yes

Product Description

Editorial Review

The Exo-Toa, according to the mythos of the popular LEGO Bionicle series, is a suit of armor hidden deep beneath the surface of the land known as Mata Nui. Should the Bohrok (those are the bad guys) cause trouble, only the Toa (the good guys) clad in this armor can save Mata Nui. At 360 pieces, the suit takes a little while to build, but once fully constructed it can hold as many as four or five Toa characters inside and tote them around for battle. Even without anyone riding aboard, it's still impressive with its silver coloring, a claw on the end of one arm, and a cannon on the other. --John Moe

Product Description

Ultimate power for your Toa!
When a Toa dons the Exo-Toa armor, he wields more power than any being on Mata Nui has ever known! Hidden underground for centuries, the Exo-Toa features a mighty claw arm and an electro-missile that really fires. But will even the power of the Exo-Toa be enough to overcome the Bahrag?

Customer Reviews

Most Helpful Customer Reviews

13 of 14 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Exo-Toa is cool, August 18, 2002

A Kid's Review

= Durability:5.0 out of 5 stars  = Fun:5.0 out of 5 stars  = Educational:4.0 out of 5 stars 

This review is from: Lego Bionicle Boxed Set Exo-Toa #8557 Impossible to Find! (Toy)

The Exo-Toa is very impressive. It takes
time to construct it but, once done, it is a lot
of fun. I was able to fit
Gali, Lewa and Kopaka in the Exo-Toa. For Onua,
it was more difficult and for Pohatu it was
impossible. One arm of the Exo-Toa has a claw
and you can extend it (but, you must hold the
arm, otherwise it goes back to its original position).
The other arm is a canon that shoots (very nice!).
I recommend this toy to everyone, but it is more fun
if you already have a Toa.

13 of 14 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars Exo-Toa - The Power Lies Beneath, November 17, 2002

By A Customer

= Durability:4.0 out of 5 stars  = Fun:4.0 out of 5 stars  = Educational:5.0 out of 5 stars 

This review is from: Lego Bionicle Boxed Set Exo-Toa #8557 Impossible to Find! (Toy)

Overall: Exo-Toa, the second Bionicle summer 2002 set. It's a terror to build (took my brother about 1 1/2 hours), but it is really fun to play with.
Action: It's left arm consists of two hooks, which form a pretty cool claw. When you push a certain place, the claw-arm bashes forward. The right arm is a blaster-like mechanism, but when you pull a lever it shoots. (It has a rubber padded end so you don't jab out an eye.) The top of the Exo-Toa flips up to allow a Toa head to fit in, as long as you press the button on the front to flip down the front.

13 of 15 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars Give your Bionicles a new 'skin', November 14, 2002

By 

M. Ragen "searagen" (Seattle, WA USA) - See all my reviews
(REAL NAME)   

= Durability:3.0 out of 5 stars  = Fun:4.0 out of 5 stars  = Educational:3.0 out of 5 stars 

This review is from: Lego Bionicle Boxed Set Exo-Toa #8557 Impossible to Find! (Toy)

My children have just started to get into the Bionicle toys. Although Bionicles are really just action figures disguised as lego-style building projects, they have (much) more merit. I do have a comment on the education value of Lego's generally speaking. As one person notes, they don't teach you math. But, the kits DO teach children how to follow directions -- at least, my boys have learned that it can waste a significant amount of their time when they do not not look carefully at the guides. This is a valuable skill assuming that they ultimately have to figure out how to follow directions later on in their lives. (Like, say for high-school chemistry where adding ingredients in the proper order may prevent problems...)

Anyway, this has been a great addition to my boys burgeoning collection of Lego creations. It makes each of the Bionicles that they have that much larger -- and, consequently, more powerful in their battles with each other.