Thread 11525087

>The World of BIONICLE
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Last thread: >>11496210

>>11525087 (OP)
Buryu and Ziontyro working on G1 masks in multiple colors is the best news I've heard in a while.
Now if only I could get my Socketball orders in

>>11525087 (OP)
>Kolhii-Head used the Voya-"K"

>>11525167
>>11524362
I already got several of Zion's legendary masks, but he's added some new color options since then so I might grab a few more to support the project. Making a bunch of custom Tohunga will be pretty fun.

>>11525282
Can you roll official ones

>>11525282
Hmm

>>11525297
How do they feel compared to official masks? Similar to Metru masks with the softer plastic?

>>11525282
Tufa deez nutz

>>11525329
On the contrary, they feel much more dense and rigid than the official ones, similar to how the pre-2003 masks feel. They don't seem nearly as prone to scratching as the soft plastic ones. The Hau is pretty much indistinguishable from the real thing.

>>11525282
Uhhh

>>11525282
Site’s buggy on mobile

>>11525300
yes

>>11525375
>the niggest

>>11525306
>dark green torso and arms
correct, definitely not onepu

>>11525384
There's a slight green tinge to the lighting, it makes the black look like dark green and the yellow like lime

>>11525287
picrel is correct matoran K

>>11525385
>>11525375
black
>>11525306
>>11525303
dark green

Pulled a Kopeke

>>11525387
Frau Wiiinkleeer

>>11525389
that's gray

>>11525282
Damn, inhabitants of Poland look like THIS?

reminder that these matoran are like 5 foot tall, that meand they're like 7 foot wide. They could crush your head like a vice grip on an apple.

G3 status?

>>11525390
>Tailoli
Uuuooooh ToT
Anyway, Kopeke didn't have the Matatu until his rebuild.
Anyway anyway, he looks like shit with the Matatu, sand blue Komau 4eva.

>>11525428
Well that and, y'know, they're fucking biomechanoids.
>>11525498
>Is the worst character in ur path

>>11525282
This shit just makes me wish they'd skip a G3 story and just update the molds for G1 parts and do parts packs for MOCs/army building. Let us make our Koros/Metrus.

So why has nobody yet tried drawing sexy art of the Proto Drake yet.

>>11525803
kill yourself

Reposting

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LpDu_2-N08o

Um, guys ...

>>11526098
What does his name change to after the naming day ceremony?

=^._.^=

>>11525390
It would be cool if this had the combinations for known characters hardcoded in, so they actually show up with the right names in the extremely unlikely event you pull them exactly.

>>11526124
I appreciate your kitty emoticon, anon. It's very cute :>

>>11525390
That's not Kopeke

>>11525282
this is just kotu

>>11526101
I imagine the same format as Jaller.

>>11526422
>they took her relevance
>they took her spot on the Kolhii team
>finally, they took her very identity
Being Kotu is suffering

I wonder if the instructions for these guys are floating around somewhere. Surely they must have existed at some point, there were dozens of these things and there's no way they were all made at once by the same person. I'd like to make my own one day...

>>11526816
Usually those have some kind of metal skeleton to support them

>>11526891
Most likely, which is why I'm interested in finding some official instructions so I can make something that's structurally sound

it's been said countless times but i'll say it again
lego really shot themselves in the foot not making all the recolours for the matoran/ tohunga pieces in 2001-2003
they left who knows how much money on the table not doing that

>>11526933
Indeed, they could've double-dipped in 2002 by doing blind box Tohunga packs with body recolours and mask/foot recolours that weren't covered by previous sets or mask blind boxes. They could've also done mask blind boxes in 2004 for Metru-coloured masks, with the silver dualmould on the 2001 masks and straight recolours. For that matter, they could've done mask boxes in 2007 instead of those gay squid boxes. As you say, they left a lot of money on the table.

Jesus christ 24 lego threads on the catalog

>>11527053
Mostly by one and the same guy
To think even smaller boards like /toy/ can't avoid turbo schizos

>>11527053
>>11527100
hunky and chunky indeed

>>11527109
Singapore.

>>11526947
i personally think the noble/ great mask distinction was a mistake
nobody would've complained if the toa metru had recoloured '01 masks in the new colours
and we know lego still had the molds for them and were willing to do recolours with the metrutoran
for some reason lego insisted on created hundreds of single use molds when most people would've been fine with recolours

>>11527100
>To think even smaller boards like /toy/ can't avoid turbo schizos
We've unfortunately already been dealing with one for years.

>>11526098
>>11526101
>>11526507

>>11525282
Shit mask, but it's not like he can use it

>>11527138
I agree entirely. It makes zero sense that every Matoran from Metru Nui or Mata Nui who had the same mask as one of the Turaga only had the "noble" version and nobody had a "noble" mask of the six that the Toa Mata wear until one of Greg's faggy little Q&As retconned the Av-matoran masks to be that. Which is extra retarded, because they're directly based on the adaptive Kanohi Nuva, which are already two degrees removed from the original "great" masks, so it's a variant of a variant of a variant of a variant.
Here's my position:
>all masks have a single default appearance regardless of type/powerlevel
>masks can either be crafted to look differently to how they're supposed to or their shape can change during a transformation
>"Great" and "Noble" are not powerlevels but rather groupings used by the Matoran for the six specific masks of the Toa and Turaga of Mata Nui respectively
Simple as.

>>11526610
Mary Elizabeth Winstead

>>11527152
Now I wanna see the evolution of him

>>11527203
>talking shit about ruru
fuck you

>>11527208
I get that reference.
>>11527217
C'mon, it's tied with the Rau for useless mask powers, just under the Kaukau.

>>11527206
I still think organic masks were a mistake on a production level and lego likely saw it as the point of no return when it came to making the masks important to the building experience, based on the leaks the Mahri had regular useful masks because someone on the team realized they were going too far with the concept. And then in 2008 at first it seemed we were gonna get some recolors after all but they just said fuck it and made mold-specific av-matoran masks instead

>>11527223
Doesn't great Rau allow you to understand what Rahi say? That's a pretty nifty power if you ask me

>>11527226
>I still think organic masks were a mistake on a production level
I don't think anyone here would disagree that making new masks completely incompatible with any regular Lego or Technic that could only attach to a new (completely smooth, featureless, shittily coloured in only one colour ever) head piece was moronic. Hell, I don't even accept the 2008 Ignika as a legitimate mask piece. To say nothing of G2, but I guess at least those had good, well-desined heads underneath instead of the Inika abomination or the shitty Glatorian/Hero Factory heads with their delightfully cracking angleshit sockets.

>>11527243
I can forgive G2 because it at least was consistent with itself when it came to mask compatibility, can't make the same excuse for the Inika. What possessed to go that route anyway? The prototype masks were different enough, a bit more refining and some smart texturing and we could all pretend they were organic while also being worth the money

>>11527255
For context

>>11527212
>>11527152
I’m gonna make a mockup in Stud.io later tonight fuck it, gonna be funny

>>11527325
gonna need to be a big quicker on the draw next time, pal

>>11527327
>>11527320
LOL, nice work, he’s real

>>11527320
Le-Matoran appropriating Onu culture

>>11527138
>nobody would've complained if the toa metru had recoloured '01 masks in the new colours
Holy shit tf are you on?

>>11527320
>Pirakker is OUR word
>But you can say Piraka

>>11527320
Thank you

>>11527339
you don't want the characters to have consistency?
i would gladly take the turaga masks in the metru colours, imagine the moc-ing potential
the metru masks look too large on most matoran builds, and the ones they look fine on are dramatically oversized compared to all the others before them

>>11527320
this just makes me want those parts in sand and dark green

>meet duckbricks
>he calls you a piraka
What do?

>>11527231
Great Rau not only lets you understand, but talk to Rahi as well iirc

>>11525282
Gonna experiment with the site a bit

>>11527260
It's amazing how all of these look better than the final product. Hewkii may just have a placeholder Rode, but it's better than his actual tiny downy face with a mouth perpetually agape in imbecilic stupidity framed by a grotesque hydrocephalic forehead and an equally repulsive flattened chin.

>>11527260
I kind of really like the kiril with the tube glued to it.

>>11527745
The tentacles hanging down from the cheeks are a deal-breaker for me.

>>11526947
Given this render I wonder if they considered doing Metru recolors of the 2001 masks at some point.

>>11527407
Releasing a new team of Toa without unique masks would have been a dumb decision. The level of dumb that the designers wouldn't have thought of it inthe first place. It would have been a flop. It would have appealed to no one, except maybe a small group of hyperfixated autists who want "consistency" or whatever. As much as the Toa Metru wasn't perfect, as none of the waves were "perfect", going for a more fluid, sleek and "3D" design instead of the blocky and often flat look of early Bionicle was the right direction.
And I guess consistency often has to be sacrificed for the sake of progress. Like, obviously, when they first designed the limbs and the ball joints for Slizers they didn't think that much forward. They didn't plan to turn it into a highly customizable "building system" with a lot of articulation at that point. And they probably didn't know there would be one single constraction theme going on for almost ten years. So they probably thought they could change stuff and improve the ball joint system on the go when a theme ends and a new one begins. I think if Bionicle was concluded with the 2003 movie like they planned it initially, and they started a new theme of constructible robots with poseable knees and with the Metru aesthetic, then less people would be complaining about consistency.

>>11528143
NTA but this is a retarded take. When I first saw the Metru Matoran (keep in mind that these were revealed before the Toa) as a kid I was mesmerized by all the new parts and got super excited for what would happen next in the story. The fact that the mask molds were reused didn't bother me at all. If anything, something familiar in a new and unfamiliar context makes it even more exciting in a way I can't really explain.

In hindsight, a lot of the stuff that got me hyped as a kid just because it was new doesn't interest me much now, including the Metru Matoran. And that's kind of my point, it's easy to heavily scrutinize something now as an adult, but when you were a kid ANYTHING new related to Bionicle was the highlight of the week. That's why I have a hard time believing people who say shit like "even as a kid I knew this was bad, I'm so smart guys".

>>11528315
this

>>11528315
>even as a kid I knew this was bad, I'm so smart guys
That was me when I was five or so and was so upset at Mask of Light I kept complaining about it to other preschoolers

>>11528143
the constant demand that bionicle had dozens of new parts every year is one of the main reasons why it got canned
kids wouldn't care that the toa forms of the turaga had the same masks, if anything it would've made it easier for them to recognize them

>>11528348
When I was in kindergarten I had the Takanuva twist spoiled by my classmates and I accused them of lying because I thought a Matoran becoming a Toa was stupid. I warmed up to it when I actually saw the movie, no idea why I had such a negative gut reaction to it initially

>>11528370
I remember getting all 6 toa mata eventually and then the Nuva line came out. I liked my dudes so much I didn't care about "upgrading". So I would have my own stories of the mata fighting rahkshi and stuff. Then the Metru Nui arc started and I was ignoring it.
I got 2 Toa Metru from my birthday eventually and I was like okay these are kind of neat. Then I got some Vahki and Krekka and I was more accepting of change/new characters.

Anyways I look back now and realised I was being stubborn to change. I also couldn't logically argue with my parents to get me the "second version" of the "same character"

>>11528964
I wasn't introduced to Bionicle until maybe late 2001 or early 2002 when a kid in my class brought some in for show and tell. I think it was probably during that summer that I got Gali, which my mom found at a rummage sale. They apparently had all 6 and she picked the blue one because that was my favorite color. Later on I ended up getting Onua brand new from an educational store (building toys are considered educational) and I remembered thinking "wow, they have one of the OLD Bionicles!" even though they'd only been discontinued for less than a year at that point. But I guess a year is a long time when you're 6, considering it's 1/6 of your entire life.

I ended up getting one or two of the Toa Nuva when they came out (probably Tahu first) and then I kept getting them as gifts and ended up with the full set. I guess they're just easy gifts since the only thing you have to worry about is not getting the ones I already had (I did end up with a duplicate Kopaka Nuva on one of my birthdays). I'm pretty fond of the Nuva because of that, even if they're objectively not as good as the originals.

The first time I saw the Toa Metru was when one of my friends showed me his Nuju. Seeing all the new parts blew my mind, including the new head which we both agreed was "so ugly". The more I think about it the more I realize that almost all of my most vivid childhood memories involve Bionicle in some way.

>>11527223
The Rau has a decent amount of utility. Being able to talk to Rahi is surprisingly useful, plus you could use it to speak to a bilingual teammate in a language your opponents couldn't understand.

Come up with a situation where the Kaukau is useful outside of being Gali

>>11529630
You have to go underwater and you're not Gali

>>11529652
Is there water anywhere else than Ga-Wahi and Le-Wahi

>>11529630
You're Hahli and want to nerf yourself for some reason

>>11529653
It's an island

>>11529630
The Nuva version lets its user grant its power to other people and animals. If Gali were able to forcibly use the power on somebody, she could suffocate them on dry land

>>11529630
You could be a Toa of Stone who could circumvent your inability to swim by just walking across bodies of water, or a Toa of another element who could use bodies of water as cover to mount a guerilla attack.
It'd also have peaceful uses, allowing Kanohi-capable species like Vortixx or upper-class Steltians to contact Ehlek's race and engage in commerce with them

That being said, however, it DOES kind of feel like it was made for Toa linked to a Suva to use as a secondary mask.

>>11529630
>>11529816
It should've been the ability to convert any liquid or even non-air gasses to breathable air. She could traverse clouds of poison, sewers of protodermis, sludge, whatever. "Water" was way too element-specific. At least the Rau could translate all languages, though in the movies we only saw it translate Rahi & whatever ancient dialect was written on the back of the Avohkii.

>>11529891
Mask of Filtration? There's probably a better name.

>>11529891
>>11529895
I'd say Mask of Respiration, it extracts oxygen wherever it's present and filters out anything harmful. Would be useful in a place full of volcanic ash, for example.

>>11529617
>a bilingual teammate
Yeah, the Southern Continent isn't actually Mexico. You know that, right? We've never seen a Matoran/Toa/Turaga (we really need a better species name) who speaks anything other than the Matoran language except Nuju with his bird noises, and he does it deliberately purely because he's a massive misanthrope and wants to be as much of an asshole to his villagers and friends as possible.

>>11529724
Come to think of it, she and the other 4 could have insta-killed the karda nui makuta if they didn't think that gunning down satan was immoral

>>11529724
The whole "only breathe water" thing is faggy Greg Q&A fanfiction, there's no indication in any actual narrative source that using the power prevents you from breathing air.
>>11529966
I'm pretty sure clouds of antidermis in a protosteel shell don't need to breathe.
Maybe Icarax since he got devolved to physical form by Toa Ignika, but Gorast took care of that problem without any Toa help.

>>11529964
i forget, why did nuji decide to only speak bird after the hordika incident
was he just being an asshole or does he hate everyone

>>11529964
Kualus literally taught him the language and last I checked, Roodaka's mutation ability didn't grant fluency in other languages. It's entirely possible for Matoran and Toa to learn a Rahi's language and speak it conversationally. Despite that, however, not every Toa has the time to learn multiple new languages, so it's useful as a universal translator.

>>11530083
Yes

>>11530083
Wasn't it as punishment to himself for shitting all over his hordika rahi side at first? I think I remember him and Kualus being saved by some flying Rahi thanks to the latter knowing how to speak with them

>>11525282
my civilian doesnt know that ga-matoran are women

>>11530325
Zhe transitioned, so please respect bun's identity

Did any of you have Pohatu as their favorite as a kid? I wonder if the brown color played as big of a role as it's said.

>>11529964
I mean, after all the bullshit and knowing Nuju's personality, I don't blame the guy. Probably wanted to be left the fuck alone after being a Toa.

>>11530553
it's more likely that pohatu's inverted torso is why he was less popular
it's more awkward for kids to play with despite being a neat action feature compared to the others

>>11530648
I think the brown color had more of a roll than the inverted torso. Pohatu has significantly more pieces than the rest of the Toa Mata to make his proportions look a bit better and he has, by far in my opinion, the best gear function of any of the Mata. Brown is also the only color they stopped making sets in. Unless you count tan, Avak was the last brown one. Until G2 anyway and even then it was dark orange.

>>11530771
Turaga Dume already said the list doesn't exist

https://www.soundclick.com/philliplober
found nusua's music holy fuck

>>11529891
Rau and Ruru should just be sub-powers of the Rode. They even look like they could be alternate designs of it.

>>11525282
( . )( . )

>>11531805
He'll yeah brother

>>11531805
>Huna
Invisible Toa enters Ga-Matoran quarters to grab some Titi

>>11532081
>knowing where this pic comes from

>>11525803
Is it a girl?

>>11530553
Not my favorite but was interested in getting it cause the build was unique. When it came to the Bohrok I got the brown one last cause they were all clones so only the color really mattered. I went white, blue, green to finish a combiner then went for red, black and brown last.

Do third parties make glow in the dark mata eyestalks? I'm interested in trying this out on Onua since he was originally going to have that.

>>11530553
Pohatu is my favorite and he was the first toa I bought

>if the brown color played as big of a role as it's said.
I don't think they ever stated how significant the difference in sales was, but it was obviously enough for them to try.

I suspect their attempts to change the brown color to yellow/orange/etc didn't make any difference anyway. If it did, I don't think they would have gone back to brown for G2.

>>11530553
Not favourite in terms of appearance (Kopaka took that for me) but in play value the dude was my favourite.
I found kicking the fuck out of things really fun for some reason compared to swinging around a sword or claws. Mctoran Kongu was the victim of many hate crimes committed by Pohatu kicking him across the table.

>>11534091
reasonable crashout when dealing with treespeak

pohatu phantoka is the ugliest canister set
>disgusting mask
>disgusting colour scheme
>stupid shoulder blaster connection
>stupid propeller hands(how does he pick stuff up?)

>>11534567
dogshit taste

>>11534567
It was fiiiine
the barraki had way more unforgivable decisions, and the mistika were somehow more boring.

Pohatu Phantoka at least had thoseneat forearms and his mask was fun being only a half mask. Good for use as armor, surprised they never did that.

>>11534567
Retarded take, fuck off. Pohatu was cool.
Phantoka Kopaka was the worst, ugliest and plainest of them all.

>>11530553
I actually did always like the brown sets, probably because the color reminded me more of wood than of certain other brown things and Pohatu's cutscene in MNOG was cool. Seeing it replaced with yellow and orange was annoying, how dare the majority have shit taste.

>>11534567
Across the board the mistika are uglier than the phantoka. Pohatus unique torso piece is also absolutely goated for mixing up the stagnating frame structure of late g1.

>>11533701
Shame because I think the brown they used for g2 pohatu is genuinely gorgeous. Warm and it goes well with the teal, it’s like mesa colors.

>>11534567
Norwood 10, poor Pohatu

>>11534567
>unsheathes foreskin in ur path
For many of the same reasons, even. This nigger is a headswap away from being an honourary Piraka, whom I call Hewkon.
>>11534599
Wrong, Lewa was the worst Phantoka and Gali was the worst Mistika.
>>11534603
I wouldn't have minded real yellow, but skeetorange is disgusting no matter what.
>>11534618
Don't use nigger words.

>>11530553
Literally my first bionicle, remember buying him and building the set in the back seat of the car, he will always be my goat

>>11532131
>knowing how old it is now

>>11528315
I was excited as hell for all the color variations the metru masks and the silver marbled noble masks would have.

We got what four? And one might have been a mistake.

Thoughts on minifig scale bionicle?

>>11534869
not nearly as interesting as it could have been
I wouldn't really mind if we got traditional lego minifigs with a custom had with a snot so we can have actual minifig masks though, just because I think it would be funny. Hypothetically if they had shipped that with every toa starting all the way back in 01 it might have been a good way of consolidating the main lego and bionicle lines and making people go even more mad for collectibles.

>>11534684
>please talk how my cool club is supposed to talk.
I’ll write how I fucking please.

>>11534914
The ideal option would be a trans-coloured or printed grey head with unique mask moulds that attach on the top. Just to keep it consistent with regular figs. That way you could also use the masks for particularly smol Rahi like insects or whatnot.

>>11525282
I suspect my "Le-matoran" may be a Ko-koro spy.

>>11534947
Don't engage in concern trolls, all they want to do is derail the thread.

>>11525087 (OP)
what do you fellas think?
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xcTPHlgkz3k

>>11530553
As an adult it's obvious Pohatu is the best character in the series. As a kid I loved that the stocky dude was the fast one.

>>11534995
Yeah fair enough

the hordika are overhated

>>11534869
Some pretty lazy sets where they just add a ton of random blades. I'll never forgive them for those retarded single mold legs, you can't bend them and they take up 3 studs instead of 2, should have done it like the exo force robots.

If you were to only keep a set of either the original Mata or the Nuva which would you keep? Need to start downsizing for a big move and for the bionicle stuff I'm just gonna keep some of the early stuff. A set of Toa, Bohrok, Boxor and some of the small sets.

>>11535176
They were much better than the Metru simply because you could actually move their arms

>>11535225
Personally I prefer the Mata over the Nuva, but it should be your call. Just choose whichever you like more.

>>11535062
not all abysmal trash but it really looks like that trend from over a decade ago of redesigning classic characters from stuff into muh H.R. Giger inspired edgy thing but whatever I respect that this is some vfx industry vets just fucking around and nerding out about bonkles
the ai-generated Takua is dogshit (no souprice)
Gali's armor is bland and uninspired but the exposed organs in her waist look good
Onewa is actually a fucking good design with a lot of respect for the actual set and you could feel a lot of love and deliberation on details went into it
the Onewa design and MNOG animation at the end really got me hyped for the ussal crab only to be immensely disappointed because a rahi that looks organic first and foremost is fucking lame and ugly and the concave shell is dumb looking

>put a MOC on ice for a couple weeks
>go back to it
>hate the last couple additions I made to it
>now it's back to having one hand and no legs
Can't wait to get frustrated and just leave it incomplete. Honestly I've been feeling a lot more inspired to make Bionicle themed System MOCs lately anyways.

>>11535574
Try doing some interesting stuff with legs or “legs”, that should reignite something

>>11535576
I tried a couple designs with the parts I have but as of now it's built for 4 legs and already needs to support a lot. Had a second hand using a Metru torso as a base with Mata legs for fingers but it just felt too heavy so I'm gonna go back to the drawing board on that.
Also the Vaki shoulder/upper torso bits have a much more fragile socket than I thought, ended up breaking one playing with the now empty arm.

>>11535582
I was thinking of using a wheel in the middle of the centaur torso like the exo force giant wheel as a sort of stabilisation thing, and as something that generally looks cool, two legs off to either sides with these huge things in the middle that go slightly through the top of the abdomen

>>11535587
I think I get what you're talking about. Might have to pick up some big wheel pieces and play around with that idea.

>>11535592
Might have to layer two together just for stability or have a small space in between them, but it would go well with the other biomechanical stuff of earlier Bionicle Rahi
>>11532272
Its an entire species so there’s likely at least one female one

>>11535597
True, kinda going for more of a Dark Hunter type vibe but limiting myself to 2005 and older parts like what would have been used in those Dark Hunter MOC contests. Big challenge was using the Hockey torso that came in that big parts tub. Found out the Roborider body piece fit pretty well once I built up some structure on the Hockey torso.

>>11535599
If you want some wheels from the actual time period, the wheels here COULD potentially work but you are throwing all ideas that they can turn by using them, and are just generally a worse pain to use, but I admire your craft

>>11535606
I mean two big wheels would make holding the bulk of the MOC easy enough. Though with how big the arms are I wonder if they'll interfere too much.

>>11535613
The problem with these wheels is getting them to stay in one place, due to them having no traditional connection points or anything, closest they have is the gear nubs on the inside and maybe the ridge to keep stuff straightened inside, less so a problem with the arms or anything and more just the wheels themselves being the problem children vs the Exo Force ones being “relatively” simple to plan around integrating, your call though

>>11535238
I think I also like the Mata a little more but not by a large margin. But the Nuva come with more stuff and function which makes choosing the other a bit illogical from sort of an objective stand point. Idk kinda leaning towards the Mata cause the orginal Tahu is kind of "the" Bionicle.

>>11535617
Also they seem to be ~$25 a pop so experimenting with them would be a pricey thing to do to begin with.

>>11535631
You would need only one Droid wheel for the middle vs at most two Exo Force wheels since the droid is so giant, a snail rahi with the Halfire ring as its middle shell part would be a good counterpart if it doesn’t end up working so well at least

>>11535642
I've been meaning to order a bunch of random crap from Bricklink for a while, maybe instead of getting other sets I'll just save and make a big order.

>>11535650
Try finding some bizarre stuff, I personally have but looking through some euros may be a good way to find some gems, hell even weird stuff from the SEA

>>11535806
Rediscovering a lot of themes that I missed out on in the 2000's as a kid because my focus was Bionicle and it's not like 12 year old me could get a job so it was easier for my dad/relatives to get me Bionicles. Did manage to get a few random System sets, like Alpha Team, Dino Attack and Mars Mission, so looking at building my collections for those themes.
Need to look up the tariff bullshit to see how much importing shit from outside the US on Bricklink will fuck me.
Also gotta start piecing together pic related since I found a PG Kraakhan in my childhood collection and I want to flex it.

>>11535812
>tariff bullshit
Don't worry, you'd be getting absolutely RAPED on shipping and handling from EU sellers even without any tariffs.

>>11534990
White makes a lot of sense for Air, like black for Fire.

>>11535062
I appreciate the effort but it looks horrendous, like 90% of the Miramax designs.

>>11536130
Yeah that's true. Honestly my biggest barrier to starting a Gen 2 collection is how most of the cheapest listings are in Europe.

>>11536423
In my more bitter moments, I suspect it doesn't even actually cost that much and they just inflate it out of spite for americans. How the fuck does it cost $50 to ship a small package across the atlantic when the chinks have no problem sending much bigger individual parcels across the pacific for under $20?
(I'm mostly joking, I realize that that's actually just because the EU sphere has a rapidly decaying Everything infrastructure and industry coupled with a bloated bureaucracy while the slants have pure economy of scale and no oversight, but shit's still fucked.)

>>11536752
The worst is finding sets in Russia or Ukraine, the former of which can't ship to the US, and then half the Ukrainian storefront specifically exclude shipping to Florida for some reason. As if our governor didn't let one of their agents run his campaign.

Man, why do I have to become a diamond mine mafioso to become a true bonkle collector?
No joke, I sympathize with how crazy some of these prices are

>>11537199
Because the days of buying $300 worth of sets off some mother "selling her sons old toys" for $10 have long gone.

>>11537203
It's funny because I recently bought a lot from a mother selling her kid's bionicles for 20€ and got a 2001 Huki, a Lewa Mata, and nearly complete Onua and Kopaka Mata (both missing the mask and a leg), on top of a lot of other more or less complete Bionicle and Hero Factory sets.
It's definitely not 300$ worth of sets but I feel I got a great deal.

>>11537199
Its easy.

>crowdsourcing + propiatary IP
They never fucking learn...

>>11537641
Its really so tiring

>>11537871
I meant to say crowdfunding but... yeah. FAFO i guess, let's see how that goes

>>11537641
>Oy vey goy, I'm not saying that you paying us for the thing we're literally not legally allowed to make money off of is the only thing that will motivate us to actually produce content on any reasonable timeline, but...
Yeah, they deserve the thick veiny cease and desist cock about to slap them in the face before prehensilely wrapping around their throats and choking them to death.

Hmm perhaps I will buy some bionicle on Facebook marketplace today :)

>>11537203
Are you really a Bionicle fan if you've never scammed a mother selling her son's toys?

>>11538157
I bought takanuva with his ride complete with masks for like 38 euros of some retard.

>>11534567
>stupid propeller hands
Fuck you Potato's propeller hands was the closest thing to a play gimmick that wasn't just "gun" in years at that point

>>11525282
Hell yeah

>>11533701
>back to brown
Eh, I mean, it's Hewkii brown-orange, a far warmer color than the classic brown. So the switch back to brown wasn't complete, it was more like a compromise.
I think my favorite brown was the reddish brown they used for the 2005 Viking sets and Avak. That was a very pleasant shade that still looked brown enough. Sadly as far as Bionicle goes it was only used in Avak, and oddly enough Vezon's spear (I wonder if it was meant for Hewkii Inika at first).

>>11538157
My last "lmao you sold these cheap" was Lhikan and Kikanalo with a handful of other 2004 sets (couple of Vahki and 3 Toa Metru) for 40 AUD.

>>11538286
No good opinion has ever begun with "eh".

>>11539141
Eh, I think lego should bring back Bionicle.

>>11538286
I don't pretend to know what the official heckin' True and Honest Lego/Bricklink newspeak name for the colour is, but people generally just call it burnt orange.

>>11534684
the garai is awesome, combos with noble komau

>>11539497
>combos with noble komau
explain

>>11538369
The 3 long pin holding the fin and head together should be made red, or 4 long, that would be a cool way to make some eyes

>>11539497
Comboes better with a Piraka skull.

>>11539682
Huh, no kidding.

>>11539517
put a garai on a metru head, then fit the noble komau on the face. works everytime

>>11539690
What the fuck, I have never seen this. This looks sick.

>>11539753
Can some anon with both post it?

Stratasys J750

>>11539567
Will try

>>11536130
>order from European store
>get absolutely raped by shipping and handling, plus the added risk of your order getting held up in customs
>order from American store
>most storefronts are run by absolute jews hoarding and artificially raising the price of everything
It's so goddamned exhausting.

>>11541009
I truly wonder if some of the rarer pieces are actually worth what they're selling for right now. Like the Pearl Gold Kraahkan and Visorak shell. Sure they're rare and valuable but $400-$800? I dunno about that.

Do you think lego regretted the design they gave to the Nuva kanohi? 2003 didn't have any sets with them, and the Avokhii is much closer in design to the Mata masks than the nuvas, despite Takanuva having the nuva build.

>>11541490
I mean lore wise it makes sense why other sets wouldn't have them, but it is a shame they stopped doing mask packs after

>>11541492
By 2003 sets not having them I meant Takanuva and Makuta having masks closer to the 2001 style than the "organic" (is that the right word?) style of the Nuva masks

new movie-inspired take on Tahu I made

Proceeding on schedule and adapting the movie. Took a bit more effort than usual because it's actually pretty hard to find images for this part of the story that aren't just outright screencaps, or anything resembling a solo focus image of a Kraata in general.

https://bye-project.xyz/releases/release-bmol-first-drafts

>>11541727
Also, largely unrelated, but at one point I was looking for some sound effects from MNOG2 and noticed the pack on BMP only has the first game. So I went into the swfs to hunt down the ones I needed, here they are if anyone else wants them without needing to do all that:
https://files.catbox.moe/kwow2b.mp3
https://files.catbox.moe/vfcled.mp3

>>11541649
I don't know if it's this specific angle or Hau itself, but he looks a bit worried, specifically the "I'm starting to feel an urge to take a shit, but it's not urgent just yet so I can last another hour or two" kind of worried

>>11541649
"Movie-inspired" in this context meaning just using Jaller's Hau design and everything else is just the most generic banal barfaggotry, of course.

>>11539690
Yeah this combo is awsome.

>>11541837
It also has fingers, but I'm docking points for lack of heartlight (unless the angle is hiding it)

The problem is that Bionicle was canceld and there is no Bionicles now. So I think Lego should bring back Bionicle but they should also make the main bionicles hot anime girls with big b...bies. And they should use a lot of new pieces and it should be technic based. So no system bricks (sorry system fans) and CCBS (aka Hero Factory system). I think it would be a huge success. People say it would be expensive so Lego wouldsn't do it but it would be successful so it would worth it for lego in my opinon. They should aslo bring back Hero Factory so Hero Factory fans would also be satisfyied and they should make the Bionicles fight the Hero factories. So in the Bionicle story line the hero factories would be the bad guys because they ended bionicle in 2010. And in Hero Factory the story would be shown by the perspective of the hero factory guys, so everyone could choose a side. I think this way there would be no compromises so everyone would be satisfied so lego would gain a lot of money and both old and new fans would be happy. I dontr know why they havent done it yet, it should be obvious. Maybe Lego should hire me. Maybe Hero Factory could still use CCBS pieces so they would appear more to Hero Factory fans so ther would be no compromies between bionicles and hero factories, but that's justg a suggestion. They should also make a big budget Hollywood movie directed by Michael Bay, so maybe some transformers could make a cameo, maybe Robert Downey Jr could make a cameo but thast a suggestion too, it could be any popular actor who is epic enough. That would be cool. And they should also bring back CryoShell for the music but this time Linking Park could also join them that would be epic even if unfortunatelly Chester can't join them now (rest in peiece Chester)

>>11539497
The "Garai" is literally less a legitimate mask piece than Vezon's flayed scalp/face.

>>11541419
People list them for $800 but rarely does anyone actually buy them for that much. I've been keeping an autistic list of PKGs listed on Bricklink for over a year now. Since December 2023 only one listing on Bricklink actually sold for $800. Most sales have been between $400-$600.

>>11542433
Either way I'm thankful my grandma bought me Tower of Toa back in 2005 and I was blessed with the PGK. Too bad I didn't get the PG Visorak shell, or either set with the gold Visorak for that matter. Though I think it's because I specifically wanted a gold Makuta mask. Still need to part together Melding Teridax to flex the PGK, feel like the little "visorak" in Tower of Toa isn't a great way to showcase it.

>>11539437
That clearly wasn't the point of the post. Are you mentally challenged?

what do you guys think of my moc?
they are two voya nui matoran, the last to leave karzhani realm and his last repair

the combination makes their emotions stronger but unregulated they where ourcasted by the other matoran for theie behaviour.

it has been years and they have faded into legend, but some matoran tell of tales where dismembered parts of rahi, savagly damaged are found in the forest. Some say some matoran get lost in the forest but never appear again, it is said the twins in yheir insanity wish to repair themselves

seperated matoran 1

seperated matoran 2

>>11542737
That's right, I responded offhandedly to a tangential part of your asinine rambling post instead of dignifying it with e real response. Problem?

>>11543162
>>11543168
Poor fellas.

>>11543881
im just starting making my own moc's recently ordered a bunch of used parts and this one is the first

Got this today, what are the odds of someone losing a Mctoran's mask but somehow keeping the disk?

>>11543931
Not terribly implausible, masks do just break sometimes too. It's not a terribly rare mask in this case since Matoro got a proper set rerelease in 2003toran form, so I doubt they'd deliberately keep it and give up a black Ruru, which is at least marginally rarer.
Come to think of it, is Kongu the only McToran whose mask never got an alternate release? Onepu got it same-year with the Nui-Jaga.

>>11544034
The black Ruru came from me, this was a maskless Huki that I built a Hafu (Taipu?) from before I took the picture

>>11544035
Ah. Well I still think you'd have to be a real mask-miser to filch the sand blue Akaku, it's not like it has a whole lot of non-Matoro uses.
And I'd personally say Taipu, the Ruru suits him better and it'd be dumb to have all three prominent Onu-Matoran with the Pakari. Besides, everyone knows that MNOG takes precedence over everything else.

>>11541649
Fuck that mask doesnt even look 3D printed, did you do that?

What's a good subsitute for the Mctoran arm on the Boxor? I don't like how the build puts stress on it.

bros, is the mata mold dream dead?
this means masks from kennie are also gonna be super pricy too arent they?

>>11544256
Fugg, Kennie sent me a silver ignika instead of a metru blue huna and was gonna reorder one soon.