>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: >>11820317
Uhhh, before wash, in an hour will supply after pic
>>11843789Ok everybody, wake up, here’s what I got for 17 bucks, impressive what the other guy got for 200 bucks on fb, shows I should be hunting there for good deals but just can’t right now
>>11843789>>11844094not seeing anything too interesting, but not bad for the price. Did you have to haggle?Do you scrub each piece during washing, or just soak and remove
Just saw this on ebayIs this a light gray hau?Could be bad lighting, but looks closer to the ruru in color compared to the other white piecesif it's actually light gray, seems kind of strange for the seller to remove the chrome coating completely instead of selling it as a chrome hau, even if it was damaged
>>11844360Think about it this way. There's a lot of chrome Haus out there, but there's not a lot of light grey Haus. If the chrome has been worn/scuffed off badly enough that it no longer looks good, you might as well go balls deep and chuck it in the plastic-safe paint remover of your choice for a few days and have a whole new colour to work with. Then spend a few bucks on a rattlecan of chrome and make a new one out of one of your jillion red ones.On a related note, a black Hau is slightly more expensive than an infected black Hau (was last I checked anyway) so you could turn a small profit just stripping the paint and reselling them before the bubble burst. Not that I would personally do that, they're not exactly making any more of the damn things and infected masks are cool.
>>11844360yeah it's definitely a fucked up chrome hau that someone removed the rest of the chrome from
>>11844360With light gray feet you could make Lumi, instead of having to fall back to Nuparu's feet with the dark gray hau.
>>11844347Soak with soap, and no haggling, some of them are a bit rarer than usual and I got a ton of wheel pieces which is good for bulk+technic beams, overall great bulk
>>11844446you should double checkSome bought used pieces I've got had dirt and grime on them, so I always use a toothbrush now too when cleaning with soapy water
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BDrC57nDY-U
greg blew it with the piraka. they should have maintained a presence in the future, even if it meant after voya nui they basically disappeared, it would have been cool to see their escapades. he also fucked vezok over by not putting vezon back in him solely because greg kinda liked vezon. imagine seeing what else these guys could do, if they'd split, shit like that? i'd imagine the more pragmatic characters like avak or thok would be more likely to split from them, maybe reidak too
>>11845067yup, these guys had enough presence to be recurring characters, hell, not even limited to just villainy but a small rival mercenary faction to compete with the Dark Hunters. I can only cope with them essentially being discarded by writing AU stuff of Zaktan becoming the primary conscience the GSB mercifully casting the other 5 out with a pre-split Vezok
>>11845085I see i'm not the only AU writing autist. i have one where all six of them eventually get together, starting with thok and avak and reidak rebuilding an airship (i could have sworn i read something about that in some canon material and liked the idea of it) and basically becoming mercenaries/explorers on a different version of zakaz. and yeah pre-split vezok is fun to write for since you can make better use of his innate power, or even thok actually using his power on weapons and armor like he's supposed to be able to do.
>>11845067That opinion would be more compelling were it not juxtaposed with barashit art.
>>11843772Really like your technic builds man. I'd love to see a rahkshi build in your style to complement the Nuva.
>>11846653Yeah, I could do that. Don't really have anything else in the pipeline, aside from maybe making a second Tahu (actual Nuva, rather than "canon" devolved Golden Armour version).
how do we get those rogue mexican lego factory employees to start making multicolored hausmight be more lucrative compared to constantly pumping out "prototype" clones and vaders
>>11847674Tell them Goku will bless them if they do
Smol Rahi? Smol Rahi.
Smol masks are canon btw.
And speaking of Rahi and masks, do you think Matoran on the shittier bumfuck islands/continents ever hunted Rahi for replacement masks to wear, like a biomechanical caveman looking for a new fur loincloth after the last one wore out?
Bonkle soup.Rinsed before draining and adding dish soap and hot water. Gonna let it stew for like 30 to 40 minutes before draining and rinsing again. Gonna need to do at least 5 more batches.
>>11847938Usually adding a picture works.
>>11847801>>11847804didn't only the mata-nui rahi have masks, as makuta was the one putting them on the rahi
>>11847938>>11847940where do you keep buying these fromfor used pieces that I buy, I find soaking in soapy water to not be enough. I usually have to scrub pieces manually to get grime off since technic/bionicle pieces have so many holes and crevices where dirt can build up
>>11848188No, Makuta just infected those masks using Kraata. There's a whole (filler) comic story in 2003 where Whenua explains that they spent the better part of the past 1000 years hunting the Kraata that Makuta set loose on the island and locking them in a big vault.
>>11848248>(filler) comic storyAny comic line from a year with a film is basically fucking filler. It always deeply annoyed me.
>>11843772It would be a cooler continuation if Takanuva replaced Matoro as "the white one" for the Toa Mahri
>>11845067>>11845926It's One Piece fanart.Crocodile's devil fruit power turns his body into sand, having a similar effect to Zaktann's protodytes.I'd guess it also has to do with how the word "piraka" is derived from pirate the same way "glatorian" is a fantasy-ified version of gladiator.NGL Vezok as Arlong would be pretty sick if this is part of a series, maybe with Thok as Wapol
>>11848706That was probably the plan until they canceled the series
>>11848706Hey, I don't make the rules. He's called Takanuva, not Takamahri. And/or "The Seventh Toa", not "The Replacement Sixth Toa". And can you imagine how awkward it'd be the first time the Mahri get assigned to an underwater mission and he has to stay behind and watch the boat?Anyway, that said, it is really stupid how they forgot that he's supposed to be part of a Toa team the second after introducing him and made him a solo act. I can't exactly blame anyone for thinking of him as a disposable floater to fill a slot when Fartsey himself just wrote him that way.
>>11848717He never got to reunite with Jaller and that's dumb.
>>11848711C'mon man, I'm not mexican, don't expect me to know that.
>>11848717>He's called Takanuva, not TakamahriBecause he looked up to the Toa Nuva and wanted to honor them. He didn't join the Toa Nuva when they went to Voya Nui, he joined his friends on the way to Karzahni.
>>11848727>He didn't join the Toa Nuva when they went to Voya NuiThat's just being deliberately and willfully ignorant, Dume ordered him to stay behind, at no point did he say "nuh uh I ain't going I wanna hang out with Jaller instead". And the Matoran group he *did* join was going there with the explicit intent of helping the Toa Nuva instead of sitting on ass.
>>11848735That's my point, he never actually fit in with the Toa Nuva and was always meant to join the Ingnika/Mahri at some point.
>>11848740By your own logic, the fact that he was prevented from following the Matoran that would become the Inika would indicate that he was even less destined to be a part of their team.Anyway, if was going to join any non-Nuva Toa team, it'd be the Chronicler's Company after they inevitably and obviously become Toa.
>>11848747Well yeah, he's a Toa of light, obviously he can't enter super hell, plus Av-Matoran become Bohroks instead of needing repairs.
>>11848722That's early surface-level One Piece, not even the autistic post-timeskip era that normal people don't watch up to after 500 episodes.It reminds me of Ben Saint's 13-hour Bionicle recap where he often mentions One Piece's devil fruits in comparison to the Pirakas' powers
>>11848757I stand by what I said.
>>11848436Technically untrue because 2003 also had the Kal comics (kino), but that particular story arc is kind of a weird half-arc in and of itself.
>>11848831the kal arc was so forgettable that iirc greg didn't even mention them in his makuta bookthe only noteworthy thing that happened during it is the in universe reason for why some names got changed and why the matoran have a new look, which is almost entirely divorced from the kal anyways
>>11848757White people don't care about Juan Piss, early or late arc.
>>11848706Wasn't that how it was until he got blackbagged following his leech encounter? I recall it being mentioned the Mahri were on edge because "one of their team disappeared" during one of the online serials
>>11848191I get them from a dutch version of facebook marketplace.
>finally got my work as an adult in order and start pursuing things I wanted as a children>try searching BIONICLE toys>>>they are priced 5x as higher as when I was a kidJesus Christ what gives?! I just wanted to but a Vezon with Fenrakk! Maybe a Makuta and a Takanuva!I can’t even find it used at a good price.So what happened? And is there any advice you guys can do like a way to print those parts or sets I can buy to makeshift them?
>>11848962Where are you located, and what kind of prices were you expecting? Like double the original retail price?Usually these are cheaper in Europe. Sometimes ebay is cheaper than places like bricklink, and people sell multiple sets in lots. I occasionally browse new bionicle listings just to see if there's anything good. On ebay vezon and fenrakk have a few $85 listings which is better than bricklink.
>>11845067I remember I fucking hated when they came back in Mahri Nui as just spine fishes.Those guys may have caused powerlevel shit but they worked as dark archetypes to the Toa and as threats. They taught the Nuva the world is big and they had gotten complacent merely defeating the Makuta.It was disappointing when Tahu fought Nektan and called back his fight with Zaktan knowing better because it just nails that guy is a replacement. It doesn’t strike the same
>>11848996$85 for them actually sounds reasonable. Thanks I’ll check ebay too
>>11849107>spine fishesThe preferred term is "fucknuggeted Piraka sneks".
G3 announcement at SDCC?
>>11849452Wholesome little chungusfurry seething?
>re-selling aliexpress masks on ebay for 5x the priceare people really this desperate for money to scam buyers on bootlegs
>>11849496At least he had the decency of not passing them off as misprints. It's still shameful behavior though
>>11848962>finally got my work as an adult in order and start pursuing things I wanted as a childrenBecause people our age are all doing the exact same thing right now exacerbated by speculator markets, youtubers and especially covid and not having kids.
I wish I got a red thrownbot torso because they got scalped to all high hell. I hate whoever caused this.
>>11849738It's not a scalping problem so much as a supply problem. That piece and the Toa foot in regular old dark gray only ever came in the Master Builder set, which from what I've observed didn't sell hugely in the first place. The fact that the usual hoarder niggers bought up the supply to sit on it is more a symptom of it already being rare than the cause of the problem.
>>11849740It still fucks me uo how the blue 40 tooth gear was only i the dolphin cock so I cant make blue throwbots
R8.
https://youtu.be/9HSyDrYjxyg
>>11850071Anything older than the inika wave other than that vahki?Also I spot knights kingdom, does it have the mask for that? I've always wondered if it had any usable lego connection points
>>11850315To my knowledge, only these two.
>>11850509More specifically, they have an axlehole on the back that you could theoretically connect to a short Mahri brainstem or a 2001 head.
>>11850509>>11850510Wonder why they had those, plum addons?
>>11850532I don't think the actual sets had plumes, but maybe that was the idea.Or maybe at some point in development they were planning to reuse them in a minifig scale set like they did the big Vladek 2.0 mask and didn't want mounting them to be a hassle.
>>11850510interesting, I never knew they had axle connection points. Maybe I'll try to acquire some of these now. Vladek's mask might be a good fit for a Makuta
>>11850575Neither of the Vladek masks have a traditional connection point, you'd have to do some sketchy tension fuckery with the hinge pips.
>>11850603>>11850575Picrel.
>>11850575>>11850603>>11850604(Shame though, because they do look cool as hell.)
>>11850617
>>11850603>>11850604yeah that's a shame, his mask doesn't have the knight-ish style like the others, which could work well for bionicle>>11850617very nice, I wonder if might be fitting for someone of axonn's species
>>11850728>axonn's speciesThis is among the stupidest of Greg's brainfarts.>um ACKCHUALLY every random one-off generic titan has his own whole species somewhere
Another lot off FB market place, 180 for all this; only Vastus' and Strakk's weapons are missing, along with Strakk's neck and an Old Light Gray part off Kopaka I don't have a replacement for."Local Pickup Only" ftw once again.
>>11851112Fuck the what indeed.It will also never not be hilarious to me that they slapped a different existing mask with no recolour on Solek and called it a new character. Especially when his counterpart gets a whole new mask mould and torso/foot recolour.
>>11851112How do you deal with broken parts? My Phantokas all got broken necks out of nowhere.And when I was a kid I broke one of my Gurahk’s staff blades. I had to cope with it breaking fighting Takanuva and survivint since then
>>11848892...he says, in the bionicle thread
>>11851834I put them in the faggot quarantine bin and replace them with normal 1999/2004/2006 sockets. Same colour where possible, close enough where not. Av-Matoran builds are a total write-off.As for normal non-retarded parts, I just order replacements off BL.>>11851841I legitimately don't see what point you're trying to make, pretty sure most Bionicle fans are white. White troons, perhaps, but nonetheless.
>>11851834I was lucky and none of the sockets in this lot were broken beyond usability. Some are cracked because they're Phantokashit, but they still hold together. Strakk's and Vastus' weapons were broken off at the axle and their hands both still had the nubs in them (luckily I have a little tool for getting stuff like that out) but that was the extent of the broken parts being a problem.>>11851849I agree, replacing them is a good way to go, but I'm too much of a purist autist.
>>11848962You can always try building lookalikes from cheaper components. I'm surprised more people dont try as much honestly.
>sold off my collection before covidhavent stopped thinking of new builds since then>just end up drawing the ideas in my head since my laptop is dying and cant run stud.ioadvanced autism
>>11852163>doesn't post said drawings.
>>11851887Well I'm something of a purist myself, in truth. It helps that angleshit sockets are so ugly as shit that I practically see them as bootlegs, so really from my point of view I'm just making it pure lego.
>>11851112Did any of you ever try playing the game with the glatorian dial thing? I didn't have any friends who had bionicles so I just tried to do it by myself.
>>11852318The game was an interesting enough gimmick, but to me it just seems like a lame replacement for all the kino gear functions of earlier years.
>>11852245Honestly I didnt think anyone wanted to see them. I try not to clutter most threads with my work
>>11853045Is his face dog or is his mask dog
>>11853090It's meant to be the head off this guy paired with a Jetray torso
>>11853100Alright, also very nice pics, cool to see something blueprinted out physically
>>11853102Thanks, I have a bunch of them. I'm the same guy who was asking about the frost beast/gelu thing last thread. It was apart of a series of Ice Planet "mechs" I'd come up with. Lately I've been mulling over a combination of CCBS Vader and the technic Super Battle Droid from back in the day. The drawing's one of my messiest pieces but I know what I want even if I cant divine how best to build it. Gonna catbox Vader since it looks kinda shit.https://files.catbox.moe/5xbev7.jpg
>>11853142Just two guys hanging out.
>>11853144She looks biologically female, and apparently the MOC was made by her.https://www.instagram.com/p/DZNxqKIJynh/
>>11853043>>11853045>>11853112>>11853113Breddy cool.
>>11849452>>11849503Singapore lost the world cup.
>see a neat MOC>Inika build frame with greebling and CCBS limbs
>>11853565What do I do with all my dark red, blue, and green parts
>>11853142I'm so glad my parents taught me never to hang around people if you have weird niche interests.
>See moc being glazed.>Tahu mata build with different colours.
>>11853100i can't stand that torso cover piece, never liked it. looks lazily designed
Who's the worst user on /abr/?
>>11855343...What the fuck are you talking about?
>>11855661He’s likely from some board like /vm/ or some shit
>>11855661>>11855668:}
Bionicle is BACKIn Gundam form
>>11856219>Bionicle is BACKoh sick>as soulless mechsnevermind
>>11856246You're soulless
>>11856219Besides the stylistic differences, these very clearly lack in the number of connection points and careful proportioning for modular construction. All Bionicle/Technic pieces are made to a spec so things can be connected together in various ways, while this looks like something further down the line from CCBS, where even if you can technically swap parts around you're still stuck with discrete body parts essentially.Gundam can look amazing, but I think that relies on a visual coherence that doesn't lend itself to the same modularity as Bionicle.
>>11853142They seem nice, what's the problem?
>>11856219>we Appliarise Action again
>>11856219Bionicle was back for years because China made officially licensed Ultraman Bionicles that were almsot compatible with them. They had off brand technic parts and you could swap parts with real Lego shit. However this is fucking awesome.and way more modular. You couldnt make giant abomination trex mugenbine shit like these seem to and Im buying them all.>>11856299Please tell me someone did Votoms Bionicle Kopaka art.
Should probably post it here too since it's actually mostly more relevant.>>11858607Fucking weeb.
>>11856219Gundams are so gay and boring. Worst looking mecha franchise I can think of.
Its a fucking anime board you fucking tourist newfaggots. Are you mad manga is outselling comics or something?
>weeb remains mad that someone somewhere has the good taste not to like his ultra-generic weeb robot slop
These are just the masks from my last haul. Got it for 36€ incl. shipping. Im happy with the white kakama
>>11858900Immediately starts shadow boxing with all the usual tranime talking points too lmao, there must be some factory in mexico making these "people"
>>11858607>officially licensed Ultraman Bionicles that were almsot compatible with themNever heard of this, can I see
>>11860254NTA but I believe he was referencing the Qman kits.>>11858607Truth be told I'm excited for Miximize just as much as you are. That said I dont believe anything could fully replace Bionicle/HF/Constraction. I can see the similarities across all the commonplace comparisons like MCX, Blokees, Gunpla, etc but nothing will ever truly fill that void. In anycase I hope Miximize sees great success. All that I've seen from the onset fills me with excitement. That they all seat pilot figurines especially enthuses me.>>11858873What mecha franchises do you prefer? The thought of licensed mecha franchise constraction competitors sounds pretty entertaining. Being the one kid who picked up all the mega blok tech bots and neo shifters might make me a little biased though.
>>11860294>U CRPMANWith these figures in your possession, you, too, can be Crapman.
I believe a Rahkshi was requested at some point.
Staff splits in half.Also, in hindsight, I could've probably just used Metru feet or something.
A brave Ta-Koro guard, seen here defending his Ce-Koronan gf.
>>11860423>>11860426>>11860428Really like how you did the shoulders based on the design of the original. The limbs also match the style well. And nice feet.Empty ball joints always feel weird to me, but I can't think of much to do instead, and the bulking up of the calves benefits the legs a lot anyway.
NEXT TIME ON DEATH BATTLE
>>11860867NOBODY CARES
>>11860867>death battleYou are brown and underage.
>>11860867Goyslop
>>11860819Thank you. I might redo the thighs though, they're a bit fragile as it stands, no pnuuy intended.Also, do you think the silver shins are too much? Dark gray would've been more accurate but I never use the silver ones so I figured what the hey.
>>11860423How's he stack up against your toa nuva? I'm the one who requested a Rahkshi. Looks great.
>>11861259>thighsYeah was looking at those and realised how hard they'd be to mount outside of the intended connection with a Mata hand. That light grey stud is for lateral stability, right? Shame since the proportions as-is are good. What's the connection in there right now?>silver shinsHm. Hadn't crossed my mind. Grey shins might make the rest of the silver pop more, but I don't think silver shins detract.
>>11861476Basically, it looks like this. Shitty though it might be, it's actually fairly stable, I'm just not happy with those elbow pieces because they're shit at actually holding an axle. So it might slide loose either on the thigh side or the hip side.
>>11861417>>11861476Anyway, here's a rough comparison.
>>11861564For fuck's sake.
>>11861567Also new thighs. Obviously.
Have a mini Rahkshi, because it occurred to me that a Rahkshi back piece uses the same pattern as a Kraata.Does anyone else wish the CMF fig came with a solid red flame piece instead of the zoomer-trans-orange one? Like I get that it's a flame sword and all, but seems like it'd be both more accurate to the original and more fitting with the grotesque "cosplayer" concept they insisted on forcing upon it.
>>11860423>>11860426Your rahkshi is missing something but I can't quite figure out what...
>>11861556>>11861567>elbow piecesThat's a shame, since I really like your original design for the hips and thighs. I think it fit better with the gangliness of the Rahkshi sets. Is there any chance that elbows come in different friction variants? or is that only axles?And looking at the last picture, I'm starting to think grey shins would be better, or at least want to see.
>>11861939I think the newer releases are tighter, but obviously they don't come in the right colour anymore.
i know they destroyed the original molds, but why don't they just remake pieces that are similar to the original G1 with more articulation?
>>11861584nice, that's real cleveryellow ones came in the little tubs right?for his sword I did swap mine out with the old tran-neon orange flame, which matches red more nicely
>>11862230after the reboot's failure they probably don't want to try rebooting bionicle in any way again.
>>11862415Yeah, one of the 42 gajillion blind box recolours. Think I got this one in particular as a bulk lot, but I do still have the lid from one of the jars. It's actually got a pinhole in the middle, so I could use it in a moc at some point.
why is this shit so expensive?
>>11862486Exclusive recolored components mostly
>>11861584the dreamzzz line has a better flame blade
>>11862486>>11862488also was only exclusive to certain stores like toysrus I think
>>11862486Nobody can resist those wide birthing hips and fat Hordika face thighs.
>>11862486>very rare cape>recoloured chest piece x3>two sets of recoloured feet>two recoloured hordika heads>only non playset set with Takadox's blades aside from Takadox himself>bio-chains (each link is expensive now)>(not Karzahni, but its in the set) recoloured dark blue Ruru
>>11862712I’m still disappointed they didn’t go the extra step and also recolor the Huna in that setWonder if that would’ve pushed them over the budget, considering all the other stuff they were doing in the set
>>11862750Frankly, I would much rather have had a Huna recolour over any other unique recolour in that set.
>>11860423Needs tiddies. But in all seriousnes, its a really good moc and I love how you made the shoulders. It really gives moc rahkshi vibes.
>>11862797Movie rahkshi*
>>11853142How the fuck do you put emojis as the filename
>>11863576And why is it the pedophile emoticon
>>11863582he’s an instagram shitter
>>11862797
I rebuilt my Ussanui and I need a stand for it that's sturdy enough to support it and Takanuva while allowing for cool angles, what are my options?
Losing Bee Mop payed off for some in the end ir seems.Howeber Insane /bonk/ fans will swarm the lego party servers nowhttps://youtu.be/j5ow4SWZp0g?is=kGEpvZ4ebe6Dvxly
Cant remember makuta icarax looking like that.
>>11865704It came with this text (translated into english): **For sale: a Bionicle Makuta Icarax action figure, complete with his iconic weapons. This detailed figure is in excellent condition and perfect for collectors or Bionicle enthusiasts. It is an impressive model with poseable joints and a unique design. Add this powerful Makuta to your collection!**
>>11865704Less shitty than the actual set, thougheverbeit.
>>11865704>>11865721Almost certainly the result of using AI to ID the product and write the description.
do you guys still have your first ever bionicle set?sadly I traded away onepu I got from mcdonalds, but I still have my first retail set, nuvohk
>>11866003Yes, and it's also Onepu. Unfortunately his mask got lost and his left hand is hotglued (no, not like that).
>>11866003Yes. Gali.
>>11866003Balta. My mom wouldn't let me have any toa or piraka. But one day my dad snuck me out and got me Toa Nuparu. I sadly don't have any from my childhood. Got a shit ton now though. I should get Balta again just because he was my first.
>>11866003Pahrak. Took it apart a long time ago. I still should have all the pieces, so I could rebuild it. But the rubber band is long gone and I don’t know how to find a good replacement.
>>11866003My memory's kinda fuzzy so I don't know whether I got Vorahk, Nocturn or Malum first, I definitely still have all of their pieces somewhere though
>>11866011
M-Tron Delivery man, got a bunch of old M-Tron parts and wanted to do something with them.
>>11866517Impeccable work here. Seriously best MOC i've seen in awhile
>>11866003My first Bionicle was mctoran Matoro. First set I actually bought was Kopaka Mata (solely because of the poster that came with Matoro).Still have them both.
>>11866517Very cool. Got any more shots of him?
I love rahkshi gi -ACK
>>11866894>You will never be stepped on by Roodaka's metal heel till your eyes comically bulge out like a squeaky toyWhy even live
So this is more a lore question than a toy question, what ratio of biological to mechanical ARE MU citizens? Like are they basically bugs with the robot parts as an exoskeleton? Is there muscle fiber in the "empty" parts where they are on the toys like in the movies? Or some other ratio?I'm asking because I've been redrawing a lot of my TTRPG characters and one of them is a Lightning Toa from a game I played in a few years back and I'd like to nail the look. Mind, I fall into the camp of "give them hands" because some of the video games (which are more accurate to the toys) and the movies do, and because several beings within the MU do have hands in set (represented usually by claw parts) but like... three-fingered hands with a thumb rather than full on human-like hands, or in the case of the Mata those big two-fingered hands like in the first gamecube/ps2 game instead of again human-like hands. I just wanna get the "look" right, without going full mechanical because that's not what MU residents are. They're biomechanical creatures, so my thought was add muscle fibers in open/gappy areas on the body, maybe sinew peeking through holes in the chest/ torso while generally keeping as close to toy-accurate as possible.
>>11867104Dawg you just gotta make shit up. Look around at different interpretations for inspiration, then develop your own take. Sets are nonsensical from a mechanical standpoint, but you're not going to be able to make something that looks like a Bionicle without starting from the design language of the sets, so do what looks cool before worrying about what makes sense or fits the lore.Your idea sounds like the right approach. Bio elements should be minimal, and mostly you need to fill out the set pieces into things that feel like complete body parts while maintaining the silhouette. You can lean into the exoskeleton idea and tell yourself all the meaty bits are inside.
Get to build this today. Got it for like 50€
>>11867811Have fun anon, post pics after you're done
>>11867855
>>11867867Great stuff, love how it includes older weapons like bohrok shields
>>11867855>>11867871Yeah those were a pleasant suprise. One of the play functions that being the wings flipping down is a bit lack luster in my opinion but I love how bulky it is
>>11867877Gomen Huki
>>11866847This is the only other angle I got before going on vacation. I’m thinking of doing a Blacktron-themed one next.This is where I’d use my Trans-Neon-Green Miru— IF I HAD ONE!
Post the set you're interested in getting the most these days
>>11868495
>>11868454They're selling bootleg trans neon green haus on aliexpress for now
>>11868454>>11868711Not the same guy but I was curious how it'd look so I photoshoped a trans neon green hau on it
>>11868735Looks right at home. A red miru could work just as well too.
>>11868740Yeah a red mask could work too since the neon green part of the head is already taken care of by the eyesActually, wasn't Dume's mask dual molded in red and black?
Gonna wash the pieces for my Boxor, how do I clean the flex tubes? They're hollow inside so I don't know how to get them to dry afterwards since water would get inside
>>11868798To dry: put lips on end and blow water out.
>>11868798Bike pump
>>11868743I vaguely remember that but it might have been dark red instead of mata red
>>11868735I appreciate the photoshop, I think that Trans-Neon-Green looks amazing. >>11868740Unfortunately my mask collection is pretty limited, I don’t have any of the alternate Mata or Nuva colors besides a Black Kakama, but I agree a Red Miru would also look great. (Yes bootlegs exist but I’m a Purist Autist) Luckily I have something else in mind for the Blacktron-themed MOC that doesn’t involve a mask.
>>11869071No, it's proper red instead of m*tru red. Although it might look darker around where it blends into black since they didn't really do seamless straight-line dual-moulding back then (not that that would really be desirable for most Bionicle stuff anyway).
>>11868798It's clean now!However, the punching mechanism is pretty sluggish for whatever reason. It was already like that before I cleaned it, so it must be because of the rubber bands.
>>11869249I usually let lego pieces dry for 48 before assembly. From memory boxor felt quite sluggish even 15 years ago.
>>11867104>what ratio of biological to mechanical ARE MU citizens85% mechanical and 15% organic is the official answer.
Where do I find Master masks that actually work?
>>11871278What the fuck
>>11867877I guess she's a confirmed biker babe.
Anyone else get movie Kraahkan vibes from Krana Ja? I think the mouth part and overall square shape feel similar
>>11872380>mouth partNigga that's a noseNext you're gonna say that that hole in the middle of the Pakari is a mouth baka my head
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Vp8iTvlLCbo
>>11872562https://youtu.be/A0ls3Ti91r8?is=ZbJ5CJW2I5Rh-MhyAt this rate, we'll see the rest of Rvfx's Toa by the end of the century
>>11868495>Kooohraaak, the ICE BokrokQRD on Why is Kohrak the meme Bohrok ?
