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some people are delusional
>>11878877Sweet. I need to source some drills for my Toa of Iron since I can't turn up my Rock Raiders chrome drills for some reason.>>11878911>>11878912Pretty cool and relatively subtle revamp, would be interested to see how the spine machetes were attached.
>>11878950Guy that made it speaking, you can basically put 5 of these through a Rahkshi back and they hold relatively firmly. Then decorate as you please.The machetes themselves are actually a bit shit because they don't hold securely in the cone pieces, think on account of the ridged handles. You can probably see where one of them wobbled sideways in the second pic while the figure was being posed. But machetes aside, it is a good way to make a custom spine, just find any minifig-scale blade/spike/tool piece that matches roughly with a Bionicle weapon.
>>11878973They just slide in from the back, then? Sounds like a better compromise than the one I came up with. I don't think I have many of those but I'll have to give it a try.
>>11878942>I know what I gotEbay is just completely fucked now.
>>11878942
>>11879000Breddy much, yeah. Might slide back a bit since there's some empty space in the back, but a sixth one would just plain fall out and it's easy to fix it as you go.
>>1187894295% of the price is the stupid gray mask
>>11879620$7 dollars at most on bricklink for both masks if in same country as seller, even cheaper in europe
Has anyone ever built those guys? I never see anyone talk about them
what does /biog/ of my cool MOCit still needs legs lol
>>11881182Reminds me of the dark hunters in a good way, I like the random stud there
>>11881182It looks like a real set/combiner.
>>11881182It's neat, though I'm having difficulty parsing what it is supposed to be. Some sort of dragon? Which bit is the head? I'm assuming it's the one with the Bohrok teeth and not the thing near the top.
>>11881190I had to look up dark hunters, I'm such a lore noob. It does look like that, thanks>>11881290ty, it was fun coming up with it>>11881384here's a better pic of the head. I need better lighting and angles to stage photos. I really really need to create some legs for this guy so it can finally be finished. I created it like 4 years ago and never got around to making the legs.it's the build I'm most proud of, because of how complex it is. I have to admit, I did totally rip-off the gold Piraka set with the bulky body that has the Piraka feet in between the two torso pieces. Other than that, totally original build
>>11881437I'll also add, the thing extending from the back of the head is like a giant, thick braid coming out and standing up. the transparent red spike pieces are the eyes
>>11880757I get that they just did Hahli/Macku and Hewkii/Hafu(really Taipu tho) for the sake of tying into the film and Matoro/Kopeke were basically just there to fill space, but I really do wish they'd done a proper elemental set of 6 instead.
>>11881499imo they should have kept the Tohunga design with a new arm that can hold Kohlii sticks and shields, and made 6 2-packs, with Kapura and someone else for the Ta-Matoran rep if they wanted to keep Takua and Jaller on the titan sets
>>11576571Well I finally have it in my hands. I don't even know why I bought it but eh, I guess I'll built this mask a body since I don't like the Takutanuva set.
>>11881510Sadly, we would still have been much more likely to wind up with MN*G2 literal whoes than an actual full Chronicler's Company.>>11881919Yeah, once you actually have it in your hands, the novelty kind of wears off, dunnit.
>>11881982It is what it is, here's a tiny body I built on the spot. Some colors are wrong cause I don't have spare parts.
>>11882140ay that's sick
>>11882140Evil midget vibes
Hey, to the guy doing bionicle mocs off of slizer and roboracers, do you think it would be possible to do the same but instead its turning Galidor characters into them? Almost certain its not fully possible without a bit of paint for when it comes to doing Nick Bluetooth’s violet but sacrifices must be made
>>11883856I like that pink mask a lot. Kopaka if he Ice Planet. Just needs a little antenna.
>>11883856I fucking hate that nigger-tier shoulder connection on the right so much.Anyway, can't say it's something I've ever given much thought to. I suppose aside from the *indigo* there's not really a whole lot that stands out anyway colour-wise.
>>11883871The guy who took the pic based it off that
I feel like the Toa Mata had a nice "cute but cool" look to themTheir proportions, the way they move, etcI feel like G2 could've done something like that and then went with the beefier designs as their Nuva equivalent
>>11884137I've always felt like the G2 guys were going for Nuva energy out the gate. I didn't mind it though, I appreciated how they all had actually different builds in G2, they felt like a genuine reinvention rather than just trying to retread G1, which obviously couldn't ever be totally recaptured.The Matoran were where I felt G2 really stumbled, they could have been a lot cuter and less samey.
Ga-Matoran fisherwoman. Very pleased with how articulate it is for something at this scale. The cheese slopes that fill out the hockey foot piece can be removed and replaced by 40598b, the part that looks like a smaller version of Gali's flippers, but I only have one unfortunately. The hands are exclusive the Mr. Freeze set from the Lego Batman Movie which is pretty lame because it's a really nice part.
>>11884338Another angle.
>>11884338The fuck, how did I never know about those hands? They look super useful for matoran builds
>>11884339“Another Angle” indeed kek
>>11884153actually giving them names also would've helped
I love WoS.
>>11884502>I consent!>I consent!>I don't!
>>11884591Sidorak is the one saying "I don't" btw
>>11884642Well I figured that went without saying.
>Biomedia Project's preserved books are mostly someone taking pics of a book he's opened>The comics have poor image qualityNew scans when?Can't believe Bionicle autism hasn't crossed that line
>>11884377They do have names actually....in the supplementary material like those two graphic novels and three chapter booksI don't get why Lego was so hesitant on names The fucking skeletons in Ninjago all had all unique names and character bios even if most of them became crowd filling NPCs on the show
>>11884338nice to see the skate foot piece get more usethough that pin connection seems illegal
>>11884803Profoundly so.But at this point I've seen so much barnigger faggotry that basic technic illegality doesn't so much as faze me.
>>11884377imo they should have been new versions of the Turaga or Matoran that combined aspects of most of their incarnations instead of randos, imagine the fanservice with a Turaga Vakama with a disc launcher, a Nuparu with Boxor arm attachments, or even a Matoro with a mask design slightly reminiscent of the Ignika
>>11884935The fact that they canceled G2 before we got Makuta is a crime
>>11884938Apparently we were supposed to get Bohroks in the third year too, or so I heard
I've said it before and I'll say it again, I'd rather see Lego make a small, affordable theme using Technic in creative ways as a spiritual successor to Slizers, Robo Riders, and even the first wave of Rahi for more expensive options than immediately attempt proper constraction with or without system bricks as the focus
>>11884964>even the first wave of RahiBest case scenario, the lack of new Rahi was a big factor in later Bionicle waves feeling less lively. I fully believe all the big fancy bikes and whatnot later on should have been cool steeds instead.
>>11884965I'd fucking adore seeing technic be used for some sort of mechanical psuedo-science speculative evolution esque line with sets that can be interpreted as Rahi with everything be treated as some alien nature documentary Granted it'd probably bombI don't think kids would be into it
>>11884964>I'd rather see Lego make a small, affordable theme using TechnicThey did release these recently
>>11885110...That is proper yellow, right? The image makes it look like skeetorange. Really fucking hope it's not skeetorange.
>>11885132Yeah it's normal yellow. There's some exclusive yellow technic pieceshttps://www.newelementary.com/2026/08/review-42233-mighty-machines-series-1.html
>>11885110Forgot to mention >that aren't based on real world vehicles
Bionicles more like Mechanicles am I right
>>11884964>>11884965That was my favorite era. The first 3 years went super heavy into the technic design style, and that is what drew me in. The direction kept slowly evolving in what became CCBS towards the end, which doesn't have the same charm.
>>11885162I can kind of see why thoughI prefer the 2001 Rahi as an adult now but as a kid I saw them online and thought "Damn these are ugly"They're fun if you have a strong imagination and appreciate mechanisms in toys but as action figures I can see people prefer the later Rahi sets
>>11885162gear functions were the physical soul of bionicle and them being lessened and then removed in 2005/6 played a big part in why the theme started dying imo
>>11885162While Gadunka isn't nearly as cool as the Bahrag she still is probably my favorite thing from the Barraki era just because she has a little of that rahi energy. Honestly if the Barraki had just been sold to me as cool, army-buildable trench monsters instead of ancient cursed kings I'dhave liked the whole wave better.>>11885323Another reason I like G2 sets a lot despite it all.
>>11885162>>11885344Not a big fan of the Bahrag set, at least for what they're supposed to represent. To me they feel more like Bohrok midbosses. Sure they have the general shape and their bite function is similar to the Bohrok's head smash function, but their lack of compatibility with Krana and Bohroks doesn't feel "Bohrok Queens" to me, if that makes sense.
>>11885347i really do wonder why they moved away from the spider concept they had in 2001, they fit the bohrok far better thematically instead of just two random t rexes in a cave
>>11885350Probably too difficult to realize with a modest piece count, especially since two are needed in the same set. Would have been great to get Krana compatibility though, with maybe even a special "royal" Krana that's Kanohi-sized and whatnotSpeaking of including two builds in a set, I'll never forgive them for not making the Boxor a double set, would have loved a second Boxor and Matoran
>>11885164I remember loving competition technic sets so when I got the two punching guys on treads it felt like an extension of that and loved them to death. I also loved the bug guys but they were the only ones I had.
I reckon I can build a bohrok in less than 2 minutes. How fast can you guys manage? >"hard" mode: no sorting pieces ahead.
>>11885414Probably about the same, depends how loose the pieces are because some of my bohrok torsos really clutch on those 6L bars and make them a bit hard to set properly
>>11885414From scratch? I think it'd take me at least half an hour to dig the appropriate parts out from my collection. Longer if the colors are meant to match official builds. And locating a rubber band without cannibalizing it from an already assembled set? Fuhgeddabowdit!
>>11885440>>11885420Take any bohrok you want, dissensemble it and put parts in a ziploc baggie. Shake it before emptying the parts on the table. Time starts the moment you touch any part.Sounds fair right?
>>11884502Good to see others who enjoy it. I need to get Roodaka still. WIll you post more of your display?
What do you do with your sets or builds with white pieces.Do you display or keep them out in the open. How do you prevent them from yellowing
>>11885792I live in Florida and have never had Lego pieces yellow, y'all just nasty
>>11885792Delicious KreampakaMine lives in the basement so he hasn't yellowed much (there are small windows but natural light rarely strikes him and I believe they're polarized)
>>11885792I'm almost impressed by how even his suntan is.
>>11885509Sure when I get back home.>>11885792Dessert edition kopaka
>>118855092nd try
>>11885509Moc display
>>11886138how much did that kaukau cost you
>>11886272Got it in a bulk lot. Dont think I payed more than 50 for the lot. It came with the red ruru as well.
>>11886328I wish I was this lucky
>>11878911>>11878912>The last 2 silver Rahkshi went extinct when Roodaka arrived to Metru Nui
>>11886135>søy warsWell, it can't all be good taste.
>>11886429>good tasteI think the coomrahkshi ruined things for everyone on that front long before the soi wars.
>>11886440Bad taste travels in twos I suppose. But he has a fikou so it's not all bad.
>>11885164The only ones I think are ugly as Muaka and Kane-Ra and the Tarakava. Them being a more or less a tiger and bull bust with non-existent lift arm body has always bothered me in a way I can't explain.And I've always struggled seeing the Tarakava as anything but a weird robot.
>>11886737the tarakava are supposed to be crocodiles afaik
>>11886440>the coomrahkshi ruined thingsSpeak for yourself anon.
>>11886740I've seen someone say they're mantis shrimpIn the end I believe Tarakavas are essentially pokemons, they take inspiration from various animals to make something new
>>11886737>Muaka and Kane-RaThose were the ones I distinctively remember thinking were ugly as a kidI appreciate them more now because I actually saw their neck extending, mouth biting gimmick and I genuinely like the idea of these beasts having tank treads for rear legs I think one of the problems for me is how the comics would portray them as set accurate as possible while the Toa, Matoran, etc could look perfectly fine and not uncanny in comparison I think MNOG did a good job stylizing the Muaka (I'm not fond of the movies removing the treads) but I see pic related and I don't see a living being the same way I see the Toa, Matoran, Bohrok, and even other Rahi
How well do you think a 2x2x1 or even 2x2x1/3rd version of the octagonal bricks would fair for doing mocs and such? Feel these among others go very unappreciated
>>11886814I wonder how well a creature with front limbs that are treads, and rear legs that are normal would look as opposed to thisAnyways check this krana I got with a shopping spree I did
>>11886819>I wonder how well a creature with front limbs that are treads, and rear legs that are normal would look as opposed to thisI'm picturing something like an inchworm where only the front legs are "real legs" (the treads) and all the rear legs are pseudo-limbs. Maybe it would drag itself around with the treads and attack things by rearing up on its back legs to slam down.
>>11886138Make that red Ruru justice and build a Kapura
>>11886968Tohunga or matoran style?
>>11886974Whichever you like more
>>11884964I think the majority would disagree (not counting this thread) - but that's because you get a lot of people who think like >>11885164 explains. People lack imagination as a whole, they want shit to be perfect in form and when it's more abstract, you get whining that it's ugly.It's why Competition sold so shit, people thought it was ugly and awful. I was huge into the aesthetic back then, and especially now. Technic in that weird transition period of 1997 to 2004 was fucking fascinating, and I miss it every day.G2 somehow pulling off form AND function was so fucking good. We were so close to an ideal integration between Technic, CCBS, and even System.
>>11886976G2 sometimes had function over form, for example Skull Slicer or whatever the name of the four armed one is looks pretty awful at any angle other than it's promo shots because the gearbox sticks out a lot, and let's not even get into Skull Scorpio
>>11886975Will that redeem the rahkshi mocs?
>>11886976I'm literally the same guy for both of the posts you replied to
>>11886968Why would he do that? It's a Ruru, not a Pakari.
saw in a bulk lot listing on ebayyou could probably make the entirety of ga-koro with this
Having to dry a bunch of bricks
How much money are you guys spending on these extinct bionicle pieces?
>>11887482I spent 15 bucks for bulk lego
>>11887482I just fuck around with my childhood collectionI haven't actually bought any bionicle since G2 ended
Still don’t like how fragile all of mitchbuilds mocs are, or a lot of mocs in general, focusing more on greeblespam than structure
>>11887482hundreds by nowbest deals are bulk lots
>>11886980They dared to be differentAnd I love them for it
>tfw in an alternate timeline we could've gotten little matoran blindboxesthese sets are neat btw, pick one up if you have a couple bucks to spend
>>11888519One of the things that soured me on G2 was the masks being what grants the Toa elemental powers rather than auxiliary abilities but it makes sense why that was the case since mask collecting wasn't a focus.That and mask collecting even being a thing to begin with was a leftover/expansion of the collectable discs and wheels Slizer and RoboRiders established prior.Even Bionicle would drop the "collect them all" gimmick eventually
>>11888519>visible blue and red pins
>>11887628I agree. I built one MOC with maximum greeblespam but from then on I've striven for something a bit more playable.>>11888640I could swear early in G1 the Toa also lost their elemental powers if their masks came off, but I can't remember if that was actual canon or just me interpreting how the "knock the mask off" game worked lore wise.
>>11888669I think without their masks their elemental power is halved but the elemental affinity isn't tied to the specific mask they're wearing
>>11888640the collectible gimmick in bionicle was fun for the first few years as it integrated with the story sure the kraata one was a bit of a piss off due to how many of them there were and how it was impossible to actually make 98% of the auxiliary rahkshi and the disks were a bit boring, but the mask and krana packs were great ideas imo the disk packs should've come with more of those dual molded metru masks the matoran had
>>11888672Yeah, the power is innate to the Toa, but I recall it shutting off if they aren't wearing SOME mask. Which has some interesting implications on its own. Though there's Takanuva, who DOES have a Mask of Light. If he lent that to Tahu, could Taku use Light and Fire? Can the G2 Toa swap powers by swapping masks? Interesting to think about.
>>11888689I was gonna say it was metaphorical since it calms people down (but likely with limit since otherwise he'd be spamming Care Bear stares) kind of like the power of heart in Captain PlanetBut then I looked it up and it DOES grant literal light based powers so yeah, I'm honestly not sure how much of it is Takanuva himself (if at all) or the mask>>11888677I can't tell if you're being satirical or not but while Bionicle's place in Lego's history cannot be ignored constantly bringing up how it saved the company is kind of like a retired athlete bringing up his past accoladesWe get you, we respect you, and we thank you but we've heard it enough times already
>>11888689>mfw I'm thinking about Tahu with Takanuva's powers so I call him TakuThe funny thing is I caught that typo once and fixed it but missed it on the second Tahu.
>>11888706Lego would be fucking dead if Bionicle never existed at allHell, Ninjago wouldn't be what it is today if Bionicle never existed to set the framework for Lego themes with an emphasis on story
>>11888710Don't engage with chungusfurry. He spends every day seething about bionicle and has absolutely nothing sensible to say.
@11888723Not reading all that thirdiebrown seethe lmao, you're so angry that Bionicle saved Lego and your beloved Søy Wars killed it by turning it into overpriced "adult collector" displayslop.
>>11888720>star wars saved the brandStar Wars had licensing costs and year plus long gaps without movies
>>11888723>>11888706Furry from Singapore. nobody likes you Ken.
>>11888753>trying to act differentlol lmao furry.
>>11888756>>11888760>going on the same style, againFurry.
>>11888746>>11888753>The brand, meanwhile, was overextended: international theme parks, a girls’ jewellery line called Clikits, an adventurer called Jack Stone. The 1999 launch of the Star Wars Lego, a spin-off from The Phantom Menace, brought a brief fillip. 'Then, in 2000, when the film was gone, we took another dip.’ The following year, the introduction of the Harry Potter lines and the launch of Bionicle (buildable action figures), temporarily restored the company’s fortunes. Bionicle had first-year sales of more than £100 million. With the Danish kroner strong against the dollar, 'overseas sales were hugely profitable. But that put a fog over the real issues – we had not been able to innovate the core of our product range. And we had nowhere cut deep enough to right-size the company,’ Nipper says.https://www-telegraph-co-uk.translate.goog/finance/newsbysector/retailandconsumer/6825911/Lego-play-it-again.html?_x_tr_sl=auto&_x_tr_tl=en&_x_tr_hl=en-US&_x_tr_pto=wapp
>>11888767If Harry Potter was so essential to Lego why did they give up on the license several times sporadically?
If Harry Potter did the heavy carrying why did the article specify how successful Bionicle's first year was instead of Harry Potter?Yes, you can call Bionicle as the sole savior of Lego hyperbole but to downplay its importance is delusional Star Wars and Harry Potter were sales successes but they weren't reliable due to licensing fees and skip years The article made it a point that Lego's sales declined when Star Wars wasn't around the following yearAs much as people accuse Lego of treating their original themes poorly (and there is warranted criticism) even they know why having strong original, story based themes is important i.e. Ninjago and all the other themes that came after
>>11888777>Doesn't bother arguing against the other postsQuestion, what do you think was Lego's top seller in 2003?
>>11888782You know you're talking about a skip year right?
>>11888784https://brickset.com/sets/theme-Star-Wars/year-2003Most of the sets released that year were from the original trilogy
>>11888786>many of these sets have tripled in value, meanwhile bionicle sets from those times barely doubled.CoolHow is that relevant here?
>>11888790You do know value increases based on demand and scarcity over time right?Nobody is gonna argue Bionicle being more popular than Star Wars now, that's ridiculous However, we're not talking about the present and we're not talking about general popularity The question was what did you think was Lego's top selling theme during 2003 a year without neither a Star Wars or Harry Potter film
>>11888689Yes, Takanuva is literally wasting his mask slot doubling up on his own innate elemental power.>>11888640I was just thinking about how stupid this was two days ago.>put gold Hau 'Koto on Kopaka>here's your Toa of Fire bro
>>11888795Again, you're changing the actual focus on the topicThr conversation was about actual sales in the moment of 2003, not the accumulated value of the sets two decades later>should lego stop selling harry potter sets? theres no films getting made at this moment its all based on the old films that everyone loves and still gives money forThat's called nostalgia you dipshitNostalgia is made over time and even Lego tries to pander to that for Bionicle when they can
>>11888801>yes and star wars sold the most sets>during a year without a new Star Wars film>>11888803>reading comprehension
>>11888805>The 1999 launch of the Star Wars Lego, a spin-off from The Phantom Menace, brought a brief fillip. 'Then, in 2000, when the film was gone, we took another dipDo you seriously think Star Wars sold as well as it did during a year WITHOUT a new film out as it did for a year with one
>>11888811It's basic cause and effectA third grader could understand itNo new film means a decline in sales Why do you think Nintendo wanted to time the Star Fox 64 remake with the characters' surprise appearance in the Super Mario Galaxy movie?
>>11888809>as well as it did during a year WITHOUT a new film out as it did for a year with one
>>11888803>I look forward to consoom new Søy Wars product!The funny thing is you think that makes you look LESS retarded lmao
>>11888796>>put gold Hau 'Koto on Kopaka>>here's your Toa of Fire broI wanna argue it COULD have worked in a Kamen Rider OOO sort of way where mix and match is a thing but a perfect combination is ideal to bring out the best in one but then I remembered the Ben 10 episode about why alien fusions were a dumb idea
>>11888796I think it works in that certain toa can only use certain masks to awaken their elemental power; basically a key and lock situation If Kopaka wore Tahu's masks nothing would happen
>>11888680Masks were fun because they were actual noticeable accessories to create characters withThe lore based powers were a cool bonus to flesh out the world The Slizer discs and RoboRider wheels aren't noticeably different from a glance nor do we have an actual idea on what made those discs and wheels different from each other
>the creature is responsible for half the postsMan, is THIS how we get to 300 posts? I just want some brick discussion
>when I hear somebody talking shit about bionicle.
>>11888680I don't get why they tried making kraata collectibles, they're not even visible once slotted in a Rahkshi. Same with the Bohrok Kal, you can't see the collectible once it's in use, so it doesn't really matter in the end
>>11888999The Krana-Kal at least came with a Kanohi Nuva, and there were only 48 of them. Kraata came with fuck all except the lid piece from the jar and good luck collecting all 252 or however many the fuck.
>>11888680>>11888999I think they just dropped the ball after the 2001 mask packs with their choice of collectables, anything after that did not have the same amount of "usability".Krana/Kraata were mainly used by bohrok/rahkshi. Nuva masks were unique to the Nuva, etc., and anything after were just projectiles like kanoka, rhotuka, zamors and squids. If someone wanted to build an in-universe character, these did not give that many options.Compared to the 2001 masks which were more versatile, and Lego showed this with every single 2001 set having and using a different colored mask, including the rahi.I think the biggest fumble was choosing Kanoka disks over masks in 2004.
>>11889069>>11888680Matoran masks (silver-moulded Noble masks) in 2004, Metru masks in 2005. Simplas. >>11888822Mo' like Semen Rider.
>>11888999Having the Kraata be creatures that can act independently from Rahkshi might even have been meant as a bandaid for that problem, but there's only so much that can be done in the writing room to make a textured piece of rubber appealing.
>>11889050Is there even a comprehensive Kraata checklist? I know there's some text only lists but with how the color variants are on those you really need an image to go along with it.>>11889069Not only should they have kept up with mask packs but they should have done Matoran part recolor packs. Like how they're two toned/colored builds imagine getting a parts pack where you have enough pieces to build two Matoran with two colors each, including masks. I'd pay $12 for something like that in 2003 money.
>>11889069The disks over Kanohi kinda made sense since part 1 of Metru Nui was all about them hunting for them, but Lego really should have made mask packs by the time the movie was coming out. The real crime was Rhotuka, Zamor, and squid ammo over mask packs.
>>11889216unfortunately the metru storyline is fucked because of the moviethe disks and the morbuzakh was entirely just to waste time until the movie was out, much like the kal for the mask of light movie iirc only 2005 managed to integrate somewhat alright with the movie, but i don't know much of what happens in it outside of the movie
>>11889231>but i don't know much of what happens in it outside of the movieVakama abandons his team and works with Makuta to fight a bunch of combiners
>>11889239while cool in isolation, time trap would have immense negative consequences for bionicle going forwards
Anybody used the spoon from the injun homemaker set ever?
>>11889318What are the connexion points on that thing?
>>11889337Bar, just a bar, nobody tested anything yet
>>11889302You mean besides introducing the most obnoxious donut steel character with one of the shittiest combiner designs (at least top 5) ever?
>>11889455Which was that?
>>11889457The "Shadowed One", of course.
>>11889479I'll never understand why they gave this nigga three legs.
>>11889455it introduced the dark hunters/ brotherhood of makuta/ order of mata nui clusterfuckbefore that the dh were just makuta's goons
>>11889481And a tail, jackal cunt
>>11889481It's not even a third leg, it's some sort of weird fucking tripod/kickstand/tail. He's shown as two-legged with a tail elsewhere, but in the official combiner photo he's squatting on it like he's having a shit.
>>11888965Not getting this guy is probably my biggest regret of G2. He was doing the saw shield thing before Doomguy made it cool.
>>11888689Is Takanuva ever shown using a secondary mask? Is he even able to?
>>11889482The order of Mata Nui is the funniest shit everThey're hyped as this super important thing but their lack of set presence, if they have images at all, makes them feel like "Trust me they're a thing, I can't show you but they're a thing trust me"
>>11889857No, and I don’t think so unlike the other mata/nuva
>>11889857No, for no clear reason. Yes, because he's a Toa, duh.>>11889907The Nuva are only unique in the sense that they were specifically provided with a full set of each other's masks, but any Toa can use an alternate mask if he's got his Bluetooth set up with a Suva. And, y'know, gets ahold of a spare mask. Vakama, for example, was able to use the Vahi without actually taking off his Huna (he was connected to the Suva because he was using it to store ammo). The film, of course, shows it worn over his Huna, but that's more to do with the films' weird phobia of showing a bare head/face because Tahu didn't have it over his Hau Nuva when he used it.
>>11889857I imagine the only reason he never did was because the concept was effectively dropped by that point. Was there even one single case of mask swapping that didn't involve legendary Kanohi after 2003?
>>11889940That too. I think the closest thing to them even remembering Toa could use other masks was that stupid "organic masks" excuse to justify the Inika not swapping masks around (but really mostly to justify the atrocious fucking rubber masks and smooth heads).
>>11881982Ngl a bionicle anime would be infinitet more entertaining than the average gundam slice of life slop
>>11889857Yes and yes. He used one of the inika masks very briefly before going "nah sticking with the avohkii".
>>11889965Why would he stick with a mask that does what he already can do by himself?
>>11889965>>11889954>no organic Avohkii Damnit, that would have been funny
>>11889482>>11889865Greg's donutsteels that don't even have a model like Helryx or his billions of toas are an afront to Bionicle for meBionicle isn't a story/universe with toys as a bonus, it's a toyline with a universe attached to it. The sets are a big part of what makes the characters what they are, do you really think the Bohroks, Rahkshi or Brutaka would have as many fans if they didn't have physical models? To put focus on characters you don't even have a picture of is retarded
>>11889982Brand recognition, I guess.Also, retards will cite the >heh um but ACKCHUALLY the Avohkii lets him make people feel happy sunshine feelingscrap but I'm like 95% sure this is pure Greg forum asspull because I literally cannot think of a single time he ever used it for that. It's completely redundant other than the fact that he wouldn't be recognizably Takanuva if he didn't have an Avohkii on his face. So, uh, yeah, brand recognition.I'd go so far as to say that the dozens of surviving alternate Shadow Takanuva (also a very stupid and irrelevant sideplot thread that was never addressed) get more mileage out of their masks because they actually do get a second elemental power that way.>>11889989Speaking of ugly Avohkii, I got the 2008 titan Avohkii off BL recently and it's actually a lot less retarded looking than I remember thinking it was. Maybe just a shit picture/angle in the catalogue. Or maybe it's easier to look at it objectively when it's not matched with his fat-old-guy-New-Balance-sneakers and general awful colour scheme.
>>11889982>>11890007There's one advantage of double dipping I guess in how he won't run out of his elemental power (it happened to the Metru but lets be real that was more of a handwave over why they didnt use their innate powers in the film) but Toas don't like spamming nova blasts to begin with
Forget the Mask of Light, what the fuck is the Kraahkan good for?Makuta can already naturally have manipulation over shadows, fear, and anger and non-Makuta can't even wear the damn thing
>>11890090Needed a mask for the Makuta set
>>11889455>>11889479>>11889482I had the Dark Hunters book as a kid as a gift so I have a soft spot for them but even I figured out they were window dressing that don't actually matter to the lore and the more races you add to the Matoran Universe the more questions you raise over what they even contribute to the immune system analogy
>>11890090I can buy that one as a purely symbolic thing, the leader of the brotherhood declaring he doesn't need a meaningful bonus power from some trinket.
>>11890202Yeah, what they really need is a continent sized robot body that can fire gravity beams to blow up planets duh
Its over for bonkle isnt it? Cryoshell is still around somehow. Would love a new 00s themed daughtry song since crashed was just epic
>>11890208Everybody should have one.>>11890232As Above So Below goes fucking hard tbqh
>>11890232>Cryoshell is still around somehowAre they?They collabed with Essenger but their website is downLast I heard they were working on an album
>>11890202Teridax was given the Kraahkan before he took over though
guys, I found out that there are some G1 moc sets on aliexpress, obviously those are knock offs and so, but they look curious, there is kopaka, krekka, lhikan, teridax and a few others, it seems that you , might build the original model since they have a lot of pieces, anyone has experience with those?
>>11889482Would Krekka and Nidhiki have been better off as I dunno, Makuta cultists?
>>11891034No, sold custom mocs and G1 sets are basically just low quality parts that are painted over. They steal models from rebrickable or elsewhere, print out the parts, then paint them.The only "good" bootlegs from aliexpress were G2 and Hero Factory stuff, but I don't even know if they make those still. There's also kennie who sells injection molded G1 masks.
>>11891272painfully dissapointing :/
50€ how'd I do?
>>11891809goddam!
>>11892707Was able to put this guy together. He's only missing the large dome "exhaust" on the back.
>>11891272Can confirm old bootlego bonkle/hero factory/constraction/chima are meh - pretty good.
I have 150+ pictures of different rahkshi girls...
hello everyone this is my chud bonk son his name is Hawkua and he is so precious to me please love him as i love him
>>11893682>broken connector >love himSo that was a fucking lie.
>>11893675Keep them to yourself.
>>11888841I love/hate it when discontinued parts become useful again. This and the A-framed plate are very useful.
he was born broken, but loving him in despite of that is true love
>>11893803This A-Frame?
>>11893876I assoomed he meant picrel lated.
>>11878877Any good bootleg sets for someone who just wants to play around with the pieces? I'm not paying these parasitic ebay prices
>>11893971Oh that one, wonder if gobricks makes em
Who is the best Bionicle and why is it Toa Iruini?
>>11894007You'll probably have more trouble finding good bootlegs than actually buying on ebay...
>>11894032I like him more after I found out he was supposed to be Nidhiki
>>11894032as a toy? either him or the bohrok metru build was the peak of the toa builds though>but muh shouldersthe pros completely outweigh the cons of that
>>11894446>but muh shouldersIt's also LEGO, so there's no end to the potential solutions to that problem. On that note, see picrel.
>>11894446If you can't get around the Metru shoulder "problem" 22 years later then you shouldn't be touching Bionicle imo
>>11894032Wrong. Its the rahkshi and toa nuva.
>>11894766>>11894446On the other hand, if picrel is your way around the problem, then you shouldn't be allowed to *live*.
>>11888640PogsI just realized Roborider wheels were inspired by pogs of all things
>>11894815>literal inika build>tyre faggotryRahkshit troons are just the most uncreative people possible, it's almost amazing.
>>11895043Anyone who uses red axels with zero regard for color coordination deserves castration.
>>11895226Well, yeah, actually, that too.
/biog/ post some good mocs please.>easymode: no tire slop
>>11895253Are tire rims ok? I just like collecting the insides of tires since they may eventually make good detail
>>11895253Idk about "good", I try not to rate anything I actually make that high. But I at least love these fuckers on a conceptual level. Had a whole set of lore for them and everything.>>11895255Well, yes, obviously, since you have to actually have the bare minimum creativity to attach them legally instead of stretching them over a bare CCBS bone because that's what you've seen all the other reddit trannies do.
>>11895253I like this dude.
>>11894446>metru build was the peak of the toa builds thoughNah. They look fucked when viewed from the front.
>>11895956I just want to know what the fuck they were thinking with that grip design.
>>11895334I like these. More pictures of the guy on the right
>>11896036Why not, a good throwback never hurt anyone.
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>>11896065I do apologize for the photo quality, these were all on the old phone.Also, here's his high school yearbook photo.
I'll dump some old ones I saved from here.
>>11896589>rotatedFuck off.Anyway, this was from a neat little series that got posted some years ago. Custom masks, and I think in the style of the original Voodoo Heads.
>>11896594Peak
>>11896589I require more pictures. Preferbly not rotated.
>>11896993I've got quite a few more of that guy's MOCs, but I'm assuming they'll all be rotated.
When/how did it become socially acceptable among autistics to want to fuck this?
Nokama's Unorthodox C-Section
>>11897216Behold, a live birth!
>>11897216>>11897218I..uh..what? Maybe post more...?
>>11897216>>11897218What happened to Nokama?
>>11897247Why, of course! Happy to comply xD
>>11897247
The fuck is this general anymore
>>11897216>>11897218did you really destroy that piece for this
>>11897297I assure, no photoshop or optical tricks was used to create the moc :D everything you see is as it appears
>>11897306Tell me his grey weiner actually has a docking port on Nokama. Actually, prove it.
>>11897306I do not approve of part gore, but I commend you for making an at least slightly creative coomer moc.
>order extra bohrok eyes from bricklink>got the ones on the rightWhy did lego think changing this was a good idea
>>11895956Man I wish I had Matau or Vakama.>>11896061This guy looks neat.
>>11897960The worst ones are neon orange bohrok eyes, you have no way of knowing whether you'll get the old neon orange or the new one that's less vibrant
>>11898213>nEoNCut the shit with the historical revisionism. Bionicle G1 never even used zoomer transorange, for fuck's sake.
>>11898227I mean it IS neon, revisionism or not the old transparent orange is extremely vibrant even among other transparent colors
what would be the max amount you would pay for each
>>1189826620-30€ for a bulk lot with either in it, that's how I got all the misprints I own
>>11898267unfortunately, bulk lots outside of europe never have these
>>11898227>Bionicle G1 never even used zoomer transorange, for fuck's sake.Did G2? I don't remember any new trans orange there either
Post your moc/collection shelves.
>>11896016Even as a kid I thought that was fucked
>>11888965If G1 came back (it won't) and it had its "own version" of Ekimu, what would he be like?inb4 Ekimu is G2 Mata NuiI meant how like Transformers would have post-G1 characters be worked back into G1
>>11899803Didn't that already happen? Arthaka's contest design had Ekimu elements
Brickcraft is bootlegging alot of HF and Bionicle pieces these days. I wonder if they'ed have the balls to release their own bonkle-lite with the same components.
>>11890090>>11890095>>11890202I just remembered the Phantoka Makuta literally had masks for powers they already naturally had like hunger and silence
>>11899867Haven't a lot of the patents expired?
>>11900517So it seems. Everything upto 2006 judging off all I've seen. They're bootlegging HF joints too though. Here's hoping they commit to a full on constraction theme already.
>>11900519Well shitWhat's stopping some third party that doesn't have to worry about mass retail and demand from seizing the short tail, blue ocean market?
>>11900666The old dark gray socket pieces on Tehutti make me chortle because they're rare as shit now while dark blay sockets are borderline junk parts.
currently working on a new donut steel villain with the idea to give him an 18 shot grenade launcher as a play feature.>inb4 inika torsofuck ya mudda
>>11900707i need some of those 120 degree technic connector pieces to complete the gun
God, I miss the smell of freshly opened container, it's like crack. On a side note, are there any biobonks you can make just by ordering their parts?
>>11900749Any Toa Mata, Nuva, or Bohrok can be made this way since all of their parts are very common and cheap.
>>11900765Wow that's so cool. By the time I got my first set which was Barraki Pridak, most of the Mistika/Phantoka was already selling out, so I never had a real chance to get the first ones.
>>11900541Fear of legal retaliation? I have no clue, but it's frustrating.
>>11900707The face and torso design is genius. I'd never think to pair a rahkski leg with the inika body like that, let alone use the kiina armor bit on those HF heads like that
>>11900789I can't quite put words on how I feel about ccbs faggy waggy so have this image instead
>>11900707Y'know, at this point, I don't really mind if someone uses Inika pieces. After all, you're only using the piece for its simplest intended purpose, no worse than a MOC using the 2001 Toa design. The blame ultimately lies with Lego for settling on such a shit design to start with, not the people who had those sets as kids.Also, the kind of reddit/instagram troons that greeble together a bunch of smaller pieces just to replicate the Inika skeleton anyway because they're too retarded to think of their own articulation scheme deserve my contempt far more.
>>11900707>>11900841Oh, yeah, forgot the actual commentary, sorry:It's nice to see Bugeyes Yellowface make his triumphant return.
>>11900673star trek fans are WHAT
>>11901136>average coomrahkshit enjoyer
>>11900670>that gali descriptionkek
>>11901136Moc is fire. Person a lil wierd but I guess weird and bionicle go hand in hand.
>>11901461>fireAs in "dumpster".
>>11901478As in better than most of the shit posted on here. Just because the builder is a troon doesn't mean the build aint cool.
>>11901488Of course not, the fact that it's generic greebleslop on a glorified inika skeleton manages to achieve that effect quite nicely.
>>11901490Define inika build.
>>11901502I said skeleton, not build.Anyway, ball-to-socket shoulders and hips with the socket parallel to the upper arm/thigh, single-axis knees and elbows, stinks of banality. Y'know, same thing Lego's been stuck on for the last 20 years.
>>11901504None of that sounds negative or bad and extremely nit picky. I can get behind it being bad/lazy if you use prefab limbs or the prefab body but "ball to socket shoulders" and "single axis knees and elbows" being negative things sounds extremely purist in my opinion.
>>11901506That's because you're thinking of appearance rather than function. A typical inigga-type shoulder-elbow combination means the figure can't even cross an arm over its chest. I'm in fact far more tolerant of, as you say, prefab designs, but when someone makes an abortion like that just to replicate the same shit range of motion it's no better than a fucking statue, no matter how prettily decorated.
>>11901511Has any set ever had the range of motion you mention without having to sacrifice it elsewhere?
>>11901511The shoulders in that MOC do look like they have extra articulation though (it's a double joint from the looks of it). The torso also at least has a forward-backward DoF. I can't see shit about the hips, but the range of motion on the standard hips isn't as awful as the Inika shoulders, and I can accept that the balance of range of motion to stability makes things restrictive on a big MOC, but still, I can't see shit anyway. Standard single-joint knees and elbows are also in the "close enough" range on Bionicles, and aren't in themselves the limiting factor to get human-like articulation (normally it's armour and such getting in the way).I don't like the style of the MOC, but you clearly didn't look very closely to say it's a "glorified inika skeleton."
>>11901490>greebleslop>inika skeletonIs it just one autist that keeps making these posts?
>>11901504>>11901506>>11900841>>11901511>>11901570yall given me a lot to think about regardless
>>11901574Yes, specifically this one >>11900841Notice how most of his mocs have the slizer arms with their ball joints plugging into the mocs' torsos? He calls anything with the ball joint plugging into the arm an Inika build. The moc in question even has double jointed shoulders for more articulation, but no it's just an Inika build.
>>11901598I don't think that's who; I've never seen him bitch about double-jointed knees or elbows, nor ever use them (they're pretty rare in normal Bionicle MOCs, since like I said before elbows and knees aren't usually all that limited in their standard config, so it's a weird point to make). I'm also an articulation autist and when I post it's normally about that. I dunno why you're so mad anyway.>>11901577Your guy looks cool though, and you've gotta make sacrifices for smaller builds since you can only do so much while being compact. Normal hips I think are fine, and even torso articulation can be kind of pointless since it's an easy way to make a build wobbly and very hard to keep compact.
>>11899867I wonder how accurate the pieces are. Are they sourcing the part models from stud.io, or are they getting them elsewhere. Stud.io part models are not super accurate.
>>11899867I really wish some company would start bootlegging pieces we'd really need in new colors, like Tohunga pieces
>>11901635To actually do wide-scale manufacturing costs a lot of money, so most people don't try and just resort to resin casting or 3D printing.I actually reached out to kennie on aliexpress before and he told me just manufacturing the molds by themselves are expensive, like thousands of dollars. He had to buy the 3d models for the masks for like $60 each as well. pic related.There's no guarantee that what you make will sell enough to profit or cover the manufacturing cost, so most don't try. Things like Tohunga pieces are niche and not really useable outside of making matoran, so it's more cost effective to bootleg generic lego piece molds as you can make more things out of them.
>>11901631Brickcraft has an option on their site to bulk order pieces by color and quantity. Part of me suspects they have ties with chink bootleggers, or maybe are partially owned by them. It's all guessing on my part but it'd be stranger if neither was the case. For all I know they might still be using the old lego molds outright.>>11901635It'd be nice. Even mask selections are extremely limited. I've made this point more than a few times on here before but I just cant wrap my head around lego abandoning a whole building system. Talk about throwing the baby out with the bath water.
>>11901136This isn't even real greeb lmao.
>>11901789>but I just cant wrap my head around lego abandoning a whole building systemZnap?
>>11901789The problem is that aside from the general principle of the large ball socket, it's ultimately not one system but a multitude of systems that overlapped at different points in time. There's literally a bigger gulf in design between 2001 pieces and 2009 pieces than there is between 2009 pieces and 2011 HF pieces. They can't keep all those conflicting and in their minds mutually redundant elements so it's easier to axe them all.
>>11901918Znap came to mind but atleast in its case it was a total failure. K'nex simply dominated the market then, but now, neither exist. Bionicle on the other hand trucked along for years, saw implementation in system, flourished alongside other constraction themes like knights kingdom and dinosaurs, and then evolved into ccbs. You would think that would merit more consideration. I guess not.>>11901927It's tiring.
>>11901789Constraction pieces were less durable for Lego's usual standards and they probably didn't like having to recycle old molds to recontextualize them for system setsI remember an Anon from /v/ who told an anecdote that they loved Bionicle as a kid but their aunt at Lego didn't like working on sets or their pieces or whatever The frustrating thing with G2 is that you can tell the people making the sets were realizing what could be done with CCBS and doing creative stuff with it far from when it first began but then it and the Star Wars line bombed and now it's back at square one with homogenized brick built action figures
>>11901973>and the Star Wars line bombedI dunno what the fuck they were thinking not primarily doing droids. The fully armored various troopers were fine-ish but K2-S0 was really good.The various CIS droids are nearly ideal for constraction with how skeletal they all are (still mad we never got the super battle droid).
>>11901574>>11901598This really so?
>>11902025The really gay part is that they later did brickbuilt constraction droids. Although those were more dust collector display slop.>>11901973Why have many constraction pieces when you can just use 2-4?...I mean, "because it looks and plays like shit", obviously, but that answer apparently didn't occur to them.
>make something people would actually want for once>cancel the line before it comes out
>>11902097Lego really screwed themselves out of guaranteed easy cash not releasing the right one at least. "Army builder" clonigger paypiggies would have spent thousands each to line a hundred of those up in monopose. And the vehicle tax would have just added pure profit. Sadly, there's no grey baseplate big enough...
You think Ninjago could have saved CCBS with "properly proportioned and articulated" depictions of the characters?I know Chima had constraction figures but Chima wasn't as popular anyways
>>11902173CCBS is flawed by design so no, at most it would have delayed the inevitable
>>11902173I consider the total death of constraction an acceptable price to pay for there to have been less nigfago than there could have been.
