>The World of BIONICLEMedia: https://biomediaproject.com/bmp/Story: https://wallofhistory.com/Wiki: https://biosector01.com/BTS: https://www.youtube.com/@BonkFoundArchiveMagnaleaks: https://magnaleak.github.io/MAGNALEAK/>Building with BIONICLESets: https://www.bricklink.com/catalogList.asp?catType=S&catString=273Studio: https://www.bricklink.com/v3/studio/download.pageGuide: https://bioniclerebuilt.wixsite.com/fallingstars/studio-guide-v2Prototype gallery: https://biosector01.com/wiki/Gallery:Prototypes>Archive:https://archive.palanq.win/toy/search/subject/%2Fbiog%2FPrevious Thread: >>11651323
>>11672486Sorry about forgetting everybody to make a new thread, was too busy arguing on the other one. Should re-start the custom masks discussion from past one though>>11671760>>11671466>>11671757Incase you wanna try and talk about the best place to find that
Dead IPLego see bringing back Bionicle more dangerous than Smart Bricks
>>11672537Singapore isn’t a real country rodent.
>>11672486/rahkshi/ general now.
>>11672551Post your actual mocs and strange parts. I have these clutch testers I feel would be funny to try and incorporate, the milky white one being the easiest since its a technic balljoint
>>11672537I don't even know why these generals are still being made
>>11672558Because this is sadly the least bad place to discuss Bionicle online. Anyways check out this guy on bricklink’s moc using a bionicle canister as a part
>>11672554How these green ones work? Some crazy parts brother. I havent made a new moc in years now unfortunately.
>>11672537>>11672558The IP may be dead but our fandom is passionate. New art, animations, custom sets and competitions are created every year. Idk how someone gets into bionicle though I can’t imagine many of us are below the age of like 25. My lil bro is into it but that’s only cuz of me.
>>11672566How to grip them? I have 0 idea, since any grip is basically useless on the green ones due to their odd shape and nonexistent connection point besides the stud on top, only idea I have would be technic minifig hands but thats it, the milky white one is a nice trophy on a belt, and the clear one could be a cool eyes piece with enough fuckery since its the only mixel joint in non normal gray color out currently, also that sucks lol>>11672570Nice
>>11672560>>11672574I admit I gotta tip my beret to you biofags, I still some cool mocs posted here after all these years.
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>>11672588He doesn’t look very heroic
>>11672594The keelerak helped Hahli gather vezon's cape, nuparu's claws and roodaka's Heart stone, as well asmthe spear/staff
>>11672578Wait, the weapon that minifig is holding, is it an actual piece?
>>11672611>roodaka's HeartHow did she aquire that? She better not have hurt roody.
>>11672666Galidor (trips confirmed)
>>11672795Thanks
>>11672537>Shart Bricks
repostan this guy's moc and my sketchTo rehash: I like the top-heavy proportions with the skinny legs, although the midsection is a bit bulky, and doing something custom for the legs could make it more visually interesting but may be without making them thicker. The wings also make the silhouette very busy, and I think it could go without. Smaller, asymmetric weapons, or something like a weapon+shield combo could also be cool and let the figure stand out more.
old mocs comin through#1: blue guy
#2: red guy(wish I had clearer photos of his torso, but there's no interesting articulation in there; looks like I maybe built off of a Hordika torso, and that's Whenua Hordika's mask on the back)
#3 scoliosis botHis upper body was really heavy, so his spine was always twisted to fuck. The digitigrade legs were also a bit loose; shame there aren't more small-scale ways to improve friction.
>>11673037Here's what I think was an older revision where I tried to make the leg stiffer.
>>11673038close-up
the first-gen leg in the series, I think, with no ankle articulationRIP to all the MOCs my mom gave away along with the rest of my pieces. She gave them to the kids of some family friends after I moved away, and I think the three guys above were still together at the time, along with a few others (one dark green and tan ninja-esque guy with a Zesk head and another attempt at digitigrade legs is what I remember specifically; wish I had a photo). It's odd to imagine a kid jumping in to building with Bionicles without starting from regular sets, so I hope my MOCs gave them inspiration for what they could do with all those parts. And I hope they're still holding up to stress.
Do Glatorian have any natural advantage to the Toa considering they can't naturally use elemental powers or masks?
>>11672558its peak and still cheap to participate
>>11673040Thats actually pretty damn smart. Were you ever able to straighten out his back?
>>11673143>Thats actually pretty damn smartThanks, but I think the problem was that while it stood well, it wouldn't pose well. What I wish existed was a slider piece, like a beam except it's hollow all the way down except maybe a pin at one end, such that a shorter version of the piston axle with its flat head could slide through it. It'd be low-profile and and add resistance to joints that only need a single degree of freedom.>Were you ever able to straighten out his back?I think not. It was only a single balljoint in there, and even if he was always a technically slumped forward it still meant I could rotate the torso. I'm having a hard time imagining if parallel balljoint connections would lose a degree of freedom or not, but that's what I'd try if I were to redo it, and if rotation were lost then a pin with sufficient friction could be used at the hips maybe; 1.5 pin with an axle end plugged into a 2-deep hole would probably be firm for posing with a heavier torso.The main problem with this guy was mostly in the fatass shield-sword in his right hand; those hoses looping through the back were structural, and kept the flimsy shoulder joints up. Piraka thighs as forearms didn't help.>your picI like him. Reminds me of the style of pic related, from a guy who used to post her regularly. Wish more anons were still posting MOCs, even stud.io stuff. What else have you got?
>>11673200>rotated>haunted by another anon phoneposting going on eight years agoFuck me.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=i_1DxLWe3N4
Just bought my brother Brutakka for his 21st. He’s got Axxon and it’s the only 2006 set he’s missing (aside from Umbra & promos)
>>11673200Your pic kinds reminds me of indigo anon. The amount of mocs posted in these threads is suprisingly low and I wish more anon would post their mocs too. Here's a vortixx moc I made too.
>>11673065Toa were pretty much designed to be the super soldier version of Glatorian, so on any obvious combat-related metric they're going to be better by default. Of course there might be more subtle advantages to having an augmented biological body and a natural mind as opposed to both being fully artificial, this has surely been discussed to death by some transhumanists somewhere.
>>11673446I need to actually build some MOCs. Haven't bothered in quite some time.
>>11673446Nice vortixx.>indigo anonGot any pics of his MOCs? I've got a few more from the other guy I'll post once I have time to fix the rotation, though sadly it's only a handful and I remember him posting more prolifically than that.There was a nice period of MOC-posting a few years ago. The Hordika revamps in pic related were something good to come out of it, and were cool for the fact that the designer took suggestions from the thread.
>>11674736>Got any pics of his MOCs?I havent got any anon of his. Have another of mine.
>>11673446He's pretty cool>>11675144Lime bastard>>11675146Rahi anon was the best of us
>>11675569Gear functions must be fun to figure out
Gonna do an order or few in the morning
Another fun series of MOCs posted here were these Slizer-esque Toa.>>11675146>>11675574This guy's MOCs were always neat. As someone always more concerned with articulation, it was cool to see builds centred on a function.>>11675144This is nice. Got any other angles? or photos without armour? I'd like to see what the skeleton is behind this.It was pointed out in the last thread that Kongu Mahri's body was more modular than the standard Inika build, which is cool to me, never having had that set. Any time I see a more varied "base" set it's exciting, and I wish the "basic" skeleton was built more on modular multi-use pieces than the big uni-purpose ones, even if I can see why practically that's not reasonable in a toy for kids.It kind of exists in Bionicle, but a deeper split between decorative and functional/structural pieces is something I try to imagine sometimes. Forelimbs for instance are very specialised, and carry a lot of the "look" of a Bionicle, but aren't so easily used outside of their original purpose. Armour pieces land in the visual-only category, and things like Technic beams in structural. A deeper split sort of came about with CCBS, I guess, but I think a lot of the design language was lost, and the skeleton too homogenised.
From the same poster.
The technic beam in the wing has the sort of slider pin connection I was thinking of before.
Old MOC off I forget what site.
>>11675989>Kongu Mahri's bodyI know this isn't what you're saying, but it's stupid that his chest was only ever used for him. No recolor, no variant, nothing. Parts casters need to get on it making that part more available.
>>11675998>I know this isn't what you're sayingNo, that's definitely part of it; a structural piece becomes super specialised because it's also decorative (is primary colour, in terms of set language). Had it been in the standard grey it would have been more versatile, but boring as shit in a basic set. Had there been some kind of more general decorative/armour piece overtop of the chest then it'd be a little closer to the ideal, but more sophisticated and expensive.
>>11675989Coming right up.
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>>11676097
Roodaka best girl
Putting together a Pick a Brick order. Anyone made use of or seen a use of these new clutch ratchets? I feel like they'll be very useful for bigger MOCs but I have yet to see someone integrate them.
>>11677030I’ve yet to see a lot of regular bricks in usage when it comes to technic, a lot of moccers prefer fragileshit instead of sturdy cool stuff currently it seems
Why does everyone love original Pohatu? He doesn’t seem to be anyone’s favorite (except me) but he’s in everyone’s top 3.
>>11677245most unique profile + chill character in universe he stands out in a good way
>>11677529>or her...cockFucking futa fags
>>11677529Best I could find matching your description slightly.
>>11677689Yeah that seems like a good idea for the rahkshi spine.
>>11677160>>11677729None of this answers my question but cool
>>11673032>guy>blue
>>11678133Misunderstood, sorry about coming off a bit dickishThat part is incredibly frustrating though, but just another layer of how mismanaged that site is and how poorly categorized it is.Priority to the newest Star Wars and superhero figs being added, but any interesting parts are lucky to be added at all, or as we've seen with Bionicle many times, in the right colors and categories.
https://youtu.be/y6bejkb2vtY?si=ZFLC-OFgHnxmQeLzQRD on why this a meme?He's not in any of the films iirc
>>11678222Yeah, sorry lorefag but blue guy is a man (male). Sorry he fucked your mom too.
>>11678761Come on man at least say he's a twink.
>>11678706You need to go back
>>11678706The Templar games/shorts you tourist.
Posting moar rahkshi cuz we need it.
>>11679585>Claw rib cage>Barraki heelsInspired
>>11678284>>11677944https://archive.palanq.win/toy/search/tnum/11672486/deleted/deleted/Sorry about that, just had a bit of an incident. Just look through here if you wanna see any of the gone posts here.
>>11680450Welcome back.
>>11680450god this vehicle absolutely fucks I wish lego would bring this theme back just for more of these sick fucking vehicles
>>11680770I agree, just give us more technic stuff with bigfigs, either that or another rahi mount one, I’m surprised at how little there is out there, maybe two figs and a big vehicle is best
>>11680770Biggest issue is just getting enough materials to make something that fits a regular sized toa
>>11680808Oh that dragon head mixed with the rest of the shaping on the nose, that fucks.What are the windshield parts?
>>11681094https://www.instagram.com/p/DJ0RVkDMtUR/ Still have no idea what the window piece is, but theres more pics of the vehicle here
Wondering what the cheapest seller of purple eyes would be left, plenty of yellow eyes sellers though. Also how the eyes would look in neon yellow. Or even how to replicate them
>>11678964That would be gay
>>11680493lovely lady
>>11673030I wanted to go for an angelic knight in shining armor and really want to keep the wings. as a result I feel instead a weapon change might be better such as a greatsword. his midsection will end up bulkier because right now he is held up by a single ball and a backplate that doesnt let him fall back.
also check out this gangsta
>>11683058
>>11683058Hella gangstah. I like his hands and leg build.
Took back up the Kulta revamp I started a while back. Think I'm getting him more in the right direction now. Really want to emphasize the skeletal aspect and give him an imposing, but ultimately weak, appearance.
>>11673030It’s really cool that someone drew art of someone’s MOC
>>11683296i fw this color scheme
>>11683381I fw rahkshi girls.
>>11683307Strange looking thing. I'd put some claws or something in the end of those exo force fingers just to make the hand look a little more proportionate.
>>11683491Wondering if theres any good resin type techniques for replicating the clear glow in the dark pieces that a few of the barraki have>>11683528>>11683307Try either black or gunmetal claws
>>11683596Some guys on insta have been doing just that. Wish I could remember the name, but he's done Pridak and Takadox claws in the glow in the dark blue. I think he did Caraper heads the same, too?>>11683528>>11683596Yeah that's the plan, he's still a heavy WIP. Already redid the waist since that was too chunky at a glance. I'll let him sit for now and work on Basher next.
>>11683307>>11683678I think you need to shorten his spine a bit since it throws the proportions way off, plus it doesn't look very stable (or won't be once you finish his arms and give him weapons). I was going to suggest you remove one pair of the ribs, but looking at how they're connected I guess it wouldn't be so easy to take out just one, and with half of them gone it might lose the look, but I think they'd still be better off reduced, and with that axle extender removed.The spine you've built looks cool, but I'd still be thinking about stability once you've built him up more. If you placed the ballkoint further up his spine it'd look more natural and the weight wouldn't have so much leverage on it (think of where your own ribcage pivots, which is a little bit above its lowest ribs, and much further up from the hips).>>11683058Gangsta indeed.>>11683296Rahkshi head with Bohrok feet in my mind demands digitigrade legs. Nice colours, as the other guy said.>>11683056>angelic knight in shining armor This pose sells it better, including the wings.>his midsection will end up bulkier because right now he is held up by a single ball and a backplate that doesnt let him fall backCould you find a way to root the wings at the hips? It'd take a lot of weight off the top, though I guess the shoulders are still pretty heavy. I'd still push you towards a skinnier middle to break up and balance the silhouette a bit.With the knight thing in mind, any chance you've got Knights Kingdom weapons in your collection? (Probably yes, considering the shoulders.) One of those swords could be cool, and a shield.
>>11683678No such luck finding it, or any glow in the dark bionicle stuff, only result so far was this https://www.bzpower.com/topic/35624-glow-in-the-dark-tahu-nuva/
I want to impregnate Kiina!
Thinking of doing a Mask of Reversal, like just general reversal, and doing the eye holes on the chin and mouth be the eye and general face port, should try drawing it and following this tutorialhttps://docs.google.com/document/d/145WdtZO4wtoQ_rQbRuL27ypVkCVWvcanRrgdgOmmIPY/
Gonna sand down some bricks and try a bit of spraypainting on friday, wish me luck guys
>>11683740Postan one of anon's rahkshi girls from a few threads ago.
>>11683741Found him, because what do you know he's doing Antroz wings in the GitD blue soon
>>11683835Same but rahkshi.
Back from the store, got a lot of bionicle parts, still don’t like the hero factory bar connectors so a bit iffy buying any armor or whatever for that>>11684139Interesting, let me guess he super upcharges them, or no?
>>11684527I mean, they're small batch and probably aren't the easiest to get in that coloration. I'm looking at past examples and he did Malum claws in that and they were $20 for a pair. Seems $20 is the baseline for most of the parts he does and you usually get two or more, depending on what part it is. Others he's done are Caraper shells, Vladek swords, 08 small blades, and Pridak blades.
>>11684536Weird stuff, does he make more armor or stuff on demand or is it if you miss it you kiss it goodbye. Also you getting the wings or no? Also here’s the bohrok corpse
I had the bionicle dream last night, I was at work stocking the valentines section when I noticed I had boxes for valentines themed bionicles ( basically reprints but in white, pink and red). When I walked to the lego aisle the girls working over there were stocking the shelves with normal bionicles, the wave consisted of several sets from a few different years, it seemed like they were planning on re-releasing them all but you would have to collect them over years to complete the different waves.
>>11684549Nah not my thing, but it's been great to see more creators casting parts in colors that did not exist before.No clue on how he does business. He has done reprints but again, they're small batch and he's one guy, so it's probably at the whims of "how will this part look" and "did this sell out quick/have I been getting demands for more"
i had like all water bionicles with miniguns and such when i was a kid but mom gave them awaynow i collect lotr figurines and stuff to cope with the pain
>>11684139>>11684527his prices are pretty fair, I've never had an issue when buying stuff off of him but he only does it through Instagram
>>11684860Would likely need to make an insta acc on anonymous shit or something just to do orders or proper searching at this point. Same with FB for doing deals
Fuck, only 12 more hours of this thread being bumpable, and I still haven’t done any mask designing
people whine about 07 joints but the 06 ones for me all have cracks, i bought 3 sealed piruks because each one had cracks in either the bohrok shoe or hands, all the long limbs in the toa have hairline cracks
Idea for the reverse mask character is going off Seija from Touhou
Mask of Survival
Man wtf is this mask
>>11686448all of my inika/ voyatorans also have cracks on them, but i've had most of them since '06 so i'm not too surprised the only one i actually had to get a replacement part for was one one of jaller's clear long joints, although it was still holding even if pretty loosely
>>11687353Mask of Compulsory Yelling
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=T_QHe_AH0rc
'm making a Bionicle-themed city in a survival Minecraft server. Looking for a Bionicle/Minecraft fan to help with development, building, etc. I know its autistic but if you're interested contact me at: onukorobuild@gmail.com
>>11687353Need more context. Ive never seen that mask before.
>>11687751From my vague memory, weird production error hockey mask, either that or a custom, also jesus christ I tried to find context via yandex and got some of the most fucked links possible https://mungfali.com/post/C38D294DCEEEF0067ABDB8ADC62AFB114C8F73CE/8AA8F71483EAB5A684C94F7E5D309BA1AB2E33E0
>>11687353mask of tryptophobia
>>11683978>>11684213The boobs are too high. Lower them. There should be a "flat" area on the chest above the boobs.
G3 status?
Fuck, finding a way to get like 50 of those chains is a big desire
I have not done a MOC or been in these threads for about 9 yearsDecided to go digging in what's left of my collection of parts and throw something togetherSo I have created crab
>>11688845My old custom-shoulder assembly Galli still lives with some later G2 upgrades.
>>11688847One more crab image
>>11688848>>11688847>>11688845Nice job Anon, really like the asymetry here on display
>>11689013Thank, anonWas originally going to make the big claw even bigger with Antroz claws, but then the claw became literally impossible to pose when it was that big so I dialed it back down
>>11688750Yeah it's an issue most rahkshi girls suffer from. Concessions need to be made if you're working on that scale.
Self moc from 10+ years ago I feel is still my most impressive from when I still had my collection.
>>11689332Good ol hewki mask piraka head combo. Cool moc anon.
lego should relaunch bionicle as an adult in house themethink about it, lego is clearly targeting the adult market now but all of their offerings for adults is ip slop.bionicle could be their warhammer, they could have their own black library and shit...
>>11689332Nice stuff, I need to whip up something real fast, wonder how to replicate the Pirakha spine stuff
>>11675998Pohatu Phantoka used a gray version of Kongu Mahri's torso
>>11675998>>11690993Yes, just assembly is needed
>>11686448Ehlek, Hahli and Lesovik were inexcusable anon. And 2008 somehow doubled down on it for everything that wasn't the vehicles, somehow
I wonder why theres a severe drought of flex cables in Bionicle mocs, especially when shit like a 33 long one exists
>>11691229I bought up a bunch of jetpacks recently, am I in danger, also replica pieces?
>>11691245i dont know how to use them lol
eh punches the bohrok and doesn't afraid of anything
>>11691418I think you need two endpoints and the cable, it can be threaded through certain holes such as the droideka here being our best example of its usage on a figure
Anybody got some resin casting guides for either replicating parts or molding, I wanna know how easy it would be to do a clone of this and then do a resin to dyed resin thing of it for custom piraka eye colors
>>11692501Fucking forgot pic, also what type of small lightbulb and the little piece of glued foam is
>>11673446Nice
>>11673446Also by that you mean me? I’m still here, but if its somebody else, then alright
>>11692641Did you have a moc with a fishing pole?
>>11691698Nice scene. Is that krana 3D-printed? The texture looks funny for some reason.>>11691917These Star Wars sets always looked impressive, but are they effectively just statues? or is there some ability to pose them?
>>11692923
>>11692747Then I’m not the right guy, sorry kek
>>11693018Hmm post some of your mocs.
>>11693044This guy?
>>11693006Lack of printed arms will be forgiven if the mask is a really nice one-off mold and the head is a Mata head with the pink eyes on the front and printed on the back too. Otherwise it just seems dumb to make this one-off Tahu not have printed arms to complete the look.
>>11693006>>11693176The real face print seems to just be a standard smiling guy but the new mold for the kanohi mask is incredible
>>11693936I hope this is real, and that trans pink 'helmet' as a facsimile for the Mata head looks great. If the mask is a separate piece that actually plugs into that helmet, that would be incredible (and surely easier than dual molding a single piece). If ever there were Bionicle Minifigs I had always hoped that the masks would be separate elements, just like they were on the sets. Ready made collectibles just like that.
>>11693045Nah, mustve confused the names.
>>11693936Hmm. I wonder if you you come up with something reasonably accurate using parts from droids and the playset minifigs.
>>11693936Need. Now.>>11693045I remember seeing this guy a few threads ago
>>11692982its an original, if its not i couldn't tell
Would you be interested in a bionicle roguelike?roguelike as in, actually like rogue, turn based, grid movement, simplistic visuals, etc etc.I asked before and no one showed interest, but now I'm actually making one and it wouldn't be hard to change it and make it bionicle themed.
>>11694276Of course, and it lends itself pretty well with basically different parts to equip, from weapons, to masks of power, to different limbs with various strengths, etc. But making it Bionicle proper would be a mistake cause Lego will just come down on you, mostly likely. Something with that spirit in mind and maybe some similar themes and designs would work fairly well, I'd think.
>>11694307Seconding the idea for mask, however it'd be good to find a way for some not to be useless (Kaukau, Rau, etc). As for making it Bionicle proper, just finish the whole thing and release it already complete, even if Lego strike you down you already won
>>11694307>>11694316it's not gonna be big enough for lego to notice, just a fun hobby project
>>11693936This has been confirmed as AI. RIP.
>>11694622Via someone notable? If just through analysis or something I'd still consider it hearsay. You'd think one of the leakers who've seen it could just shut it down if it isn't real but I've not seen any specific comments one way or another.
>>11694622Post the sauce.
Parts
>>11694622>Debunk fan: https://youtu.be/xEv7GbrRSa8?si=U6-E7G3XSIfsm2GqVs.>Delusion enjoyer: https://youtu.be/CuSU-eee99A?si=JTT7AVYNtWpepivv
>>11694276Yes please.Name of project? Does it have a spoilage media page/YT channel?
>>11694622proofs?
>>11694622GOD. FUCKING. DAMNEvery fucking time Lego does something minimally decent they fuck me up like this, fuck this straight earth.
>>11694622Fking knew it...
>>11693936IDK how anyone can ask for the source on this being AI when you can confirm it by looking at it for five seconds. The head looks like the standard smile but there's a random dimple under the mouth for no reason. The table in the background trails off into nothingness in a way that makes no sense. The details underneath the mask are weird too.
Question for you guys. I sometimes buy bulk Lego and end up with Bionicle/HeroFactory stuff I don't want. Complete sets I can sell/trade to my local shop, but parts just sit in the way.I don't do ebay and don't feel like selling small batches on Bricklink. If I offered up the whole bag on here or BST, is it something someone might be interested in? 155 parts total, about 1.5 lbs. A few masks, some weapons, lots of joints, armor, etc. I also have about a dozen instruction booklets I could throw in.Pic rel is a full inventory printed from Rebrickable. Let me know, and we'll go from there.
>>11697138I wouldn’t mind eating them.
Gotta remember to make another thread before this one dies
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