/biog/ - Bionicle and CCBS General: "Attention Whore-Free"

>>5379775
Oh thank god somebody made this thread

The autism on /toy/ is so bad they literally made an entirely new tread because the last one had a watermark that was in the original photo. You guys are sad XD

>>5379775
That art style is giving me Piraka Animation flashbacks

I'm not really sold on the uniters yet

While I appreciate their design from a perspective of pushing CCBS, just don't feel like they are as distinctive as I would like. The 2015 toa were pretty cool even if they were lacking

>>5379790
Found the moron who started the other thread.

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>>5379795
He's not me. But yeah, making another a general thread because someone's tripfagging is very, very autistic. I think it's worth mentioning that I'm not an attention whore, either. I was only tripfagging to call dibs on making the next thread (>>5377779) so someone didn't make it instead.

>>5379794
The new torsos are just way the fuck too long.

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>>5379801
Sir, I believe the only autist here is you.

>>5379803
They work well if you extend the limbs.

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So how do you think the new Ekimu will play out?

>>5379807
You couldn't be more wrong.

>>5379815
which is obvious by the way you felt the need to respond

>>5379801
>But yeah, making another a general thread because someone's tripfagging is very, very autistic
What?

>>5379808
As if there's a good way to do that.
Kopaka ad Gali are easy, swap legs from their 2015 versions, but the rest are a lot trickier because of limited colors for bones.
Sacrificing color coherence for sensible proportions is something nobody should have to deal with, Goddammit.
You know, we never had to deal with that shit in G1. Inika limbs came in all shapes and colors, and there were plenty in each set. Now we have limited color choice based on size and vice versa.
>Want a Toa with long legs? As long as the colorscheme you want involves black, gray and/or trans-light blue, you got it.

>>5379838
Swap Lewa's 5m forearms for the 6m bone and he's perfect.

>>5379841
Legs are still short
And gray as fuck

>>5379841
I know black is the go-to, but thank god Umarak comes with some in Lewa's trans bright green, then.

>>5379824
>Heads I win, tails you lose

>>5379833
Someone came here and posted >>5379790. Some retard replied >>5379795 and I replied that he's not me, but agreed that OP's autistic.

>>5379861
>Don't flip and you win the game

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RoboTupac update 1: construction on the torso has begun. Attempting a biomechanics like vibe, hence the use of the Ben 10 torso. The attached HF 1.0 torso is for bulk, and because the secon head ballpoint allows for movement of his B.A.N.T.S (Bitch Ass Nigga Tareting System). I am also listening to Tupac radio on Pandora for inspiration.

>>5379814

I'd love to see that but I doubt they'd make it just for one set.

If they opt for the "out of budget, sorry guys" option Ekimu is going to be a gold and trans light blue Pohatu with a hammer and the Mask of Creation, maybe not even recolored.
We might get some exclusive recolors (torso shell, mask..) or possibly a MoCr remold if we're really lucky.
But since he's the first in the set list he's most likely a mid size set, so I'm not getting my hopes up for anything amazing.

>>5379871
It would be ridiculous to give Ekimu that long torso imo.
It could be used on the beasts and Umarak TD too.

Like making Umarak TD's upper torso from two of those and connecting arms to the hip piece.

>>5379869
>RoboTupac
>just a codename for Project GigaNigga

http://www.lego.com/en-us/bionicle/products
Is it happening?

>>5379891
Must be, although itll probably just be character bios and the like. Hopefully a promo video for the new show too?

>>5379891
A site update? Probably

Ekimu is of the smaller sized sets, along with the beasts. Umarak the Destroyer is a bit more expensive than the larger sets we've been getting. The same price as 2016 Kopaka.

>>5379897
Obviously. We're a bit overdue for one, are we not?

Anyone else like how the new Toa resemble their protectors?

>Pohatu has blue eyes
>Tahu has 2 spinning swords
>Kopaka has that underhand blaster thing
Etc

>>5379914
>Gali gets trans dark blue
>Lewa gets trans green
>Onua gets nothing in similarities with Korgot because he discriminated against her social standing when they first met

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>>5379801
>mfw when tripfaggotry

>>5379922
>onua gets a fucking gun

>>5379922
>>5379926
>onua gets a drill

>>5379922
>>5379926
>>5379929
>onua's set is still short compared to the other uniters, just like korgot compared to the other protectors

>>5379934
Not really. Onua is just as tall as Gali and Lewa this time.

>>5379785
>>5379781
>branding an image as their own is attention whoring
>decides to attention whore their own thread
Oh anon, you truly are the most virtuous.

When the actual fuck is Journey to One actually being released? I hope we get a confirmation of something more than just: "Lel, wenevr in 2016 m8. don wory bout et."

Gimme ETA month at least, Lego. Netflix. Anyone.

>>5379914
All the Toa have blue eyes now, though.

>>5379953
Look at the picture in the OP... February.

>>5379957
Huh. I guess I never learned how to read, then. I've looked at that image about 50 times now and still somehow missed that.

Forgive my ineptitude.

>>5379967
Eh, it is a good looking pic, can't wrong you for that.

>>5379967
>I guess I never learned how to read

idiot

Anyone able to compare the height of Umarak / a 2016 Toa with the Kulta X Skull Scorpio combiner?

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Better?

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>>5379925
>>5379801
>>5379795
>>5379790

I could've sworn we had this discussion last year. Tripfags arent terrible as a whole, just unessary tripfagging is. the only tripfags who have any business tripfagging are:

-those who have made MOCs and are posting them with explanations
-anons asking for critism on their MOCs
-storytelling anons
-anons giving critiques (and even then its not really necessary)

Indigo tripfagged too much, and has learned his lesson. And I like to think Eggo learned his lesson as well. B6 isnt even a good example, hes just a bunch of people doing it for a joke that only they find funny.

Basically, dont namefag unless you need to.

>>5379815
>>5379861
Is necessary.

>>5379951
>branding an image as their own is attention whoring
Yes it is you thick-headed fuck. Not a SINGLE other tripfag brands their images. We dont care about you, we care about your project. Go on reddit if you want fucking recognition. Here, your merit is determined by the quality of your build, not how fucking hard you shill it. If your build was good enough to steal, people would fucking replicate it. You dont own a fucking building technique, you cant call the damn cyber police on them. Fuck.

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>order bonkles
>appear in stores when in transit

Guess I'll just tinker then.

Why is everyone on /biog/ always throwing a fit about something stupid, whether it be a poorly constructed OP, a new tripfriend, or something else? Bonkles people! Why do you think all the other generals make fun of us?

>>5380076
because bzp has an active mlp discussion and most of the fanbase is teenager college kids. theres nothing impressive about that

>decided to pick up uniter kopaka
>check local TRU
>went out of business over holidays
>youshittngme.png
>only other place to get these sets are at walmart and target
>target filled to the brim with old sets (not even summer sets)
>walmarts are barren as fuck but did find like 3 griveous's
>just order it online
Fucker cost me $33, it's not much but still not worth that much. At least ill get kopaka on the 9th

>>5380076
nah man the other generals make fun of us because Lego general hates Bionicle with a passion and in 2015 we had extremely fast threads that filled up the catalog a bit. Its only like, 1/5 threads that start with complaining about the OP, its not a huge problem here.

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>>5380076
Because they all love taking the bait, which is mainly due to the fact that many people here dont MOC, and just want something to keep us active. A year or two ago this wasnt the case.

>>5380013
>B6 isnt even a good example, hes just a bunch of people doing it for a joke that only they find funny.
>a bunch of people
lol

>>5380099
5 years ago there was no bionicle general. now that theres a toyline its all they care about and bitch when its not exactly like G1 with no official combiners

>>5380099
oi, that is interesting, why dont more people post mocs? or is it just that they dont have cameras?

>>5380104
yea you're right. otherwise your name would always be in the op

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>>5379869
Upper torso of RoboTupac now in prototype stages. It's just as shitty as it looks. Not very solid, kind of a mess, there isn't even a way to attach his arms. This is probably getting scrapped, and CCBS Vader is getting demolished for parts.

>>5380116
For a lot of people it's probably a number of factors:
>Don't have the photography skills to take a good picture
>Their parents get rid of their Bionicle parts long ago so they have no old parts to MOC with
>Skipped Hero Factory / Chima so have very little CCBS and don't want to take apart the new sets
>Don't necessarily have an interest in / skill for MOCing
>Have no good ideas for what to MOC (this is one my issue)

>>5380013
>You dont own a fucking building technique, you cant call the damn cyber police on them.
At no point did I even imply that, you pulled that argument out of your ass and you know it. AT BEST, a watermark is a way to say "I own this IMAGE." There was no point where it became "I own everything WITHIN this image."

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at least this place isn't like any given /vg/ thread

what a fucking shitty containment board that is

>>5379771
but they come with a shitton of new accessories and stuff

>>5380152
Though one problem with this general is that discussion of story-line and stuff not related to the actual toys is discouraged due to the nature of the board.

>>5380160
Would you really say that all those accessories give it the same worth as a Creature set though?

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>>5380116
Because most of the time people just ignore them. And its not even because theyre sub-par either. People just dont seem to care. We have a few I remember, like AnchorArms' Axonn and Brutaka MOCs, ChiroxAnon's Chirox Anon, Indigobro's self MOC, and Fisherman MOC.

But people like >>5380139 might be the reason other anons avoid replying to MOCs.
Watermarking is the visual equivalent of pitch shifting or DRM on software. Youre sacrificing clarity and quality of your product just to let people know its "your property". Post it on your deviant art if you want people to know its your image. And to be honest its actually a good MOC, stop being an ass. Learn from my goddamn example, because I was a bigger ass than you are when I first got here.

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>>5380167
I personally only want this due to the spring shooters.

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>>5380152
This man knows his shit, the Super Smash Bros and Splatoon threads on /vg/ are a million times worse than any of our bullshit.

>>5380167
well aaron or whatever the green guy's name is has 4 of the new round projectiles which are compatable with nexo female ball joint ends

and there's the rad new minifig armor parts, so

[toyspoiler]Scans of new graphic novel when? [/toyspoiler]

>>5380116
I-I'm afraid of criticism

>>5380174
I will agree that watermarking is bad, but to begin to strawman an argument >you dont own a fucking building technique
is not ok, even if you are right.

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>>5380198
There really isn't much in there worth scanning it (I have a digital copy so really dont even need to go that far if I wanted to distribute it), the only real new stuff in there is as follows:
>Visuals of Jungle, Earth, and Ice villages / regions (the villages are irrelevant after book 2 anyway)
>Pohatu interacting with cute bionicle puppies
>pic related in terms of lore

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>>5380116
It's nothing new, but I do like to see MOCs in /biog/ so here is one of my last creations from back in october.

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>>5380134
RoboTupac torso now mostly complete. Bitch Ass Nigga Targeting System is still just a helmet, still trying to find that out (Gali Mistika's Reticule maybe?)

>>5380226
Huh, I never got to see that one fully made. It looks great.

>>5380116
I honestly don't think mine are worth posting because I'm shit.

>>5380246
C'mon anon, I won't judge... I can't say for anyone else though.

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>>5380243
Thanks, here is another one I like to post regularly.

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>>5380239
>that helmet
It could be worse.

>>5380246
You can't be worse than half of the people on Brickshelf.

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>>5380269
Ive actually been trying to deconstruct this one for a while now. I plan on using it as a base for a Toa Team. I can give deconstructions of some of my guys if you want in return.

>>5380001
No watermark would be better

What's the point of it

>>5379775
I like that art direction much better than the animations we got for 2015, but would it kill them to have some color vibrancy instead of faded pastels?

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>>5380285
Well I've already posted it quite some time ago, here you go, it's actually not that difficult.

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>>5380295
If you think about it, the pastel and washed colors give them more of a faded metal / sandwashed shell effect that has more of a "natural" feel to it.

>tfw no pastel Bonkle parts

>>5380293
Read the conversation after that image please, we don't need to have that stuff spring back up again.

>>5380299
whats behind the nuva piece? And what are the two 3 length axles for?

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Also, here is the most important part, a 3L rod going throught the Y connector to attach the egg-shaped liftarms without anything looking bad. Also, I wouldn't mind seeing how your MOC works : the aesthetics are pretty good even if I always feel like using tires like this is just a tad lazy, I hope you don't mind.

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>>5380239
Aaaaaaaaaand I am officially stuck on the hips. No idea how to reinforce them without sacrificing the armor ballpoint, probably gonna just make some custom legs if I have the parts.

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>>5380310
The axles are only used to maintain the cape in the armor so it keeps the shape I want, you don't need them for structural purposes.

>>5380216
Well, fuck. At least it <i>kinda</i> makes sense

>>5380116
>make moc
>want to know what i could improve on
>proceed to post said moc here
>get 1 reply
>no constructive criticism because no replies

Why bother, everyone here rather discusses how bad the OP was made.

>>5380303
I mean, for the stone region and Pohatu it looks great, and I can see it with Gali where it looks like it's about to storm; Tahu and Onua are pretty well-colored too. It's mostly how washed out Lewa and Kopaka look. But I suppose you're right about it being more natural, since it does help to remove these animations from the ultra-vibrant 2015 webisodes.

I guess I'll quit my bitchin. In other news, I got Lewa and Uxar (?) today. Torso is way too long for the limbs provided. The stubbiness was easily avoidable with some longer bones, and shoulder balls being constructed differently. An extra two crystal armor pieces would've been great, but oh well. 7.5/10 from me.Uxar is cool, that wing function is great. 9/10, esp for a small set.

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>>5380312
The tires were a fill in for the Ben 10 arm joints I didnt have at the time. His final update is very different. Ill upload a dissection of the arms in a bit. Theyre the only huge development his model really made. Most of My Mocs use a very simple body that just seems complicated. Not Inika build simple, but more or less smart parts use, like syoya whos Core hunter I dissected to come up with a lot of other techniques. When he gave us all the answers in the end, Ill be honest, I kinda felt insulted, because I figured out all of the body but the vertically placed vahki hip. Never would've guessed. Indigo actually uses this build. Well at least his last three current builds do.

>>5380246
This is the stigma we need to get rid of.
You want to get better? Post that shit. Receive the constructive criticism and use it to improve.

>>5380320
>Big Bad Guy
So I'm guessing there's some other villains too?.. Would you mind showing them?

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>>5380116
Heres one i made some time ago

>>5380246
This is probably the best place to post MOCs if you arent confident in them, if it was BZP or something you have a name tied to your MOC so if its truly that bad you would be kinda judged for it, but here you could post something absolutely terrible, get constructive criticism, and then post something great a week later and we would have no idea you posted the shit MOC.

>>5380363
Fml its sideways. Shitter ass phone

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Also I still have two of these super long axle rods from a Vikings set. Any practical use for these aside from probing through my parts bin?

>>5380370
I once put some ripped hoses over one of those for stability and used it as the handle of a staff-type weapon, kinda impractical but I was just trying to find a use for it.

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>>5380360
I actually don't MOC many evil characters, this one was built for the international context last year. I actually built it in six hours before leaving for a big exhibition that took place the week end the contest ended.

A big problem with this general is the obsession with leaks.
Like yeah leaks happen in every fanbase, but too often our discussion is about leaks and nothing else.
We're so thirsty for leaks that a rusemaster can come in spouting bullshit and some will believe him.
It makes Bionicle fans look gullible.

>>5380246
Well if you can't take criticism and improve from it, then don't. Nobody here is forcing you.

>>5380401
>Like yeah leaks happen in every fanbase, but too often our discussion is about leaks and nothing else.
Then do something about it and post your MOCs.

>>5380376
>kinda impractical
Not if you're building a bonkle pikeman

>>5380406
Sorry family, I don't really MOC. I do however, write Bionicle fanfiction.

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>>5380387
>I actually don't MOC many evil characters
So what about showing us your good guys then?

>>5380421
Oh god please don't post it here

>>5380370
what the fuck is the measurement on that thing, 26?

>>5380426
Could be worse Black six, they could be talking about...
http://board.ttvpodcast.com/t/set-design-in-relation-to-gender/16910

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>>5380423
I could very well do that, if you're not against very old MOCs with very bad pictures.

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Here is my Lhikan, based on an old Takanuva frame I did.

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>>5380320
Here's a dissection of my double jointed arm. Basically i invented it because out of A and B, neither had a very realistic range of motion. So being the articulation fag I am, I started looking into other toylines to see how they rectified this. SaS uses a similar joint in their figures. There are more compact ways o do this connection, but this one is the sturdiest. i prefer to have my models as reliable as possible.

>>5380448
neat. Is he transform into dragon, or does he just not have fingers?

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>>5380423
Heres one I made a while back. A timid Toa of fire. I plan on remaking him one day with a red and medium blue palette.

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>>5380461
It's pretty neat, thought it can only work with figures that have a good size, but still, looks good.

>>5380463
Nope, it's just an average character that have armors on its hands, but I do have transformable MOCs if you want.

>>5380441
>Korgot remains one of the more 'iffy' situations where I'm almost certain that they didn't intend the character to be female originally and simply claimed they were female when fans started asking which one was the female small set this time around.
Hasn't that been the case for literally every set besides Roodaka?
The sets are designed way before the story team assigns them names and roles.

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>>5380474
I build in whats essentially 1/6th scale, so I typically encounter problems most people dont when building. Most of which of friction related.

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... which turns into this.

>>5380487
Understandable. I'm not fond of this scale, and my prefered one is clearly canister or less.

>>5380308
Nobody else watermarks their builds

>>5380441
There is nothing bad about powerful woman characters.
But so far we've only had them.

That's the problem.

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>>5380494
Sorry for shit quality but this is a guy I recently redid. in this version hes a ball and chain wielding purple and brown Toa of Stone. In his current version hes canister sized, and his colors have changed to Mata Brown with a Sand green Secondary, and he wields power gauntlets and Uniter Potatos Rock.

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who likes abstract aliens ? I like abstract aliens

>>5380406
>>5380335

>>5380534
While the build itself is super solid, I never understood the backwards or upside-down masks fad. Its almost as bad as rahkshi heads on everything.

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>>5380524
Oh that's too bad about the quality, I quite like the color scheme of old Brown and purple (in particular trans purple).

>>5380534
and here is another blue character, but this one is a bit... faster.

>>5380456
Those aint bad pictures, and not bad mocs either. Could use some more detail tho

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>>5380116
Its more likely a lack of response that discourages people from posting. I tend to lurk and admire the stuff that does get posted rather than post... so im part of the problem.

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>>5380013
Eggo here, just giving a nod to this.

And to add some contribution to thread, this little shit right here is garbage. Why is it so garbage.

It's neck feels bad, the "arms" are pitiful and get in the way, the tail is only there as a lever. Why is this one so poorly done next to all the others?

>>5380469
Need better pics to give my opinion

>>5380543
the mask is only here for the shape, it could have been any other piece but this one worked really well with the other shapes of the character.

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>>5380543
Dont you like rahkshi grills?

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>>5380571
I feel when done right, Rahkshi Mocs offer some useful building techniques, but often they are like yours. They sacrifice stability and grace for bionic tiddies. And Ive seen Nuva tiddies done well, and thats the craziest part. Often what kills a MOC is "trying too hard". they also bleed the crawlinginmyskinthesewoundswillneverheal kind of feel. They feel immature, like youre attached to something you wont let go of. Not trying to shit on your tatse, its just the way I see it.

>>5380182
You haven't been to hell unti you've seen a fucking War Thunder thread. Never before and never again have I seen such a turgid cesspool of shitposting.

Just thread after thread of memes and bitching. It didn't help the game was considered awful by pretty much everyone in the threads too.

>>5380562
I dont have any at the momemnt, but his legs have very low friction and are hard to pose, and hes also locked inside my display underneath my zyglak dark hunter and my girlfriends (somewhat basic) Toa of Psionics. Ill post more of the Timid Toa someday soon.

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>>5380581
I feel the point you gave me isnt neccecairly(?) True for this moc in particulair. Tho i admit the head design+the titties is overused alot this moc is far from instabel.

Unless i mis understood something?

>>5380542
Good MOCs had had praise before and bad MOCs had had criticism as well, if your MOC doesn't get any replies it's not a sign to stop making and/or posting them, it's a sign to keep trying.

>>5380597
>no replies
>no feedback
Now i sure know what to improve upon!
Thing is, ive seen it dozens of times and i believe its the reason noone bothers posting mocs here. Tho when we do it is actually usefull feedback

>>5380558
It's a stone set.

>>5380608
>Now i sure know what to improve upon!
If you need others to tell you you need to improve then your doing it wrong.
You should always be your first critic, and always strife to do better than last time.
Second opinions are very useful for when -you- think a MOC is good so you can gain a different perspective

tl;dr stop being a fag and do MOCs dammit

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>>5380596
Basically its a tried and true kind of MOC that relies on some dated and bad techniques, and im not even talking about the feet on that thing, that connection is actually legal. Im talking about the overlapping parts, it warps one of them so it permanently bends a specific way. The lower torso and shoulders are extremely pleasing to look at though. You should try to flesh out the rest of it more. The legs are simple in structure (which isnt always bad ) but they look like basic piraka legs with tacked on bits as do the lower arms. And as >>5380312 said, tires are usually the laziest method you can use. This MOCs a good example of femininity without resorting to super illegal methods.

>>5380608
Are you really taking B6 seriously?
The main problem with this general is that people like you get discouraged. Post. Just post. We all have lives, maybe its just unfortunate timing. I personally love teaching people and critiquing, Ill even give you a guide image based on your pic like I did for Chiroxanon if you post one.

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>>5380640
Oh hey that's my Gali revamp from forever ago.

I reused that body for another moc awhile back.

>>5380303
>tfw will never have a part this cool

>>5380303
Technically, the Spring Green used in the Skull Spiders and some weapon parts from Ninjago's ghost wave is a pastel color.

But, yeah, some more color variety would be great.

>>5380631
Post what you did, i didnt quite understand it.
>>5380640
Tried to get away from the prefab lower arms but that didnt end wel. Could you post some examples?

>>5380640
Different guy here
Isn't it usually unnecessary to use illegal methods for more feminine bodies? I mean, it depends on what you're going for, but most stuff seems quite within the reach of the Bionicle/System system.

>>5380631
Ignore --> >>5380668

>>5380651
---> >>5380668

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>>5380674
You see you probably have enough building knowledge under your belt that you know its easy to create feminine creations. It isnt for most newbies, I can build feminine bodies, but that doesnt mean other know how. Most of the time people try and cut pieces, use clip heresy, o into whats called "out of system" and other crap like that. Pic related is a good example. Or they perform the worst of all. Nuva boobs.

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>>5380689
Best of all*

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>>5380677
If you want a feminine MOC I made, I dont have pics on hand that are of any quality, but I had this MOC a while back. She has since been reused for parts, although her ar technique was so great I reused it In my Brown /Sand Green Toa.

But in general, to make a easy female form, you need to become best friends with the hordika neck and his bro the glatorian neck.

>>5380285
I want this guy deconstructed. Badly. Best i remember you originally posting this guy, still the best thing i've seen here.

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>>5380001
There you go

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Guys look at the cool thing that I built.

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>>5380423
I have this ancient good guy

I think he was an attempt to make a movie style turaga

The yellow pieces were supposed to be robes

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>>5380753
>>5380721

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>>5380116
I posted a bunch of old MOCs last thread, and I got a few replies. I've only got early 2015 bonkles to work with though, so it's hard to make new shit without buying more.

In general, do people like seeing new MOCs, even if they're not very good?

>>5380543
Upside down masks look great as helmets, especially the Furno one

>>5380765
Anon, blatant attentionwhoring is evil!

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>>5380777
>not even trying
This is pathetic... I'm calling the cyber poolice.

>>5380777
From my point of view your trips are evil

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>>5380769
I'm pretty beginner level in terms of MOCs, for some reason I'm not clever with complex builds.

Picked up a clearance Skull Baster at Target for $10 and went to the Lego Store in hopes of finally getting started on Star Wars, but ALL THE CCBS Star Wars was sold out, not even goddamn Finn left.

So for the time being I was conflicted with getting the two pack with Kopaka and is buddy two pack and Onua. I just settled with Onua because he's my favorite Toa.

I'd get Pohatu, but I feel like I'd have to revamp the new one with like Rey parts or something.

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>>5380769
>>5380789
We like seeing MOCs but you guys are limited in terms of parts selection. If you want people to respect your MOCs consult the guide.

>>5380689
I never thought nuvaboobs were that bad.
I think they just need to be applied properly.

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>>5380252
>>5380278
>>5380346
>>5380365
>>5380402
I see your guys' point. I'm just used to lurking and such, I suppose. But if you guys think it's worth it, I've got one from about 10 years back I kept around. Any thoughts?

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>>5380781
I used Jokerman font because I can't take you seriously and coloured it in Rainbow because I think you're a fag.

The image quality and the MOC itself are shit. It is thoroughly not worthy of an OP image. People let Tripfag-kun make the next thread because he led people to believe he was doing something unique with the Toa Mata, not so that he could blatantly attentionwhore with a pic that was already posted in the last thread anyway and feel like a famous thread creator.

>>5380815
Cool chibi, I like it

I hate the elbow and knee joints, but I can ignore it for the meantime

>>5380798
I have a ccbs graveyard thanks to Hero Factory 2.0-3.0 and some other sets. Although building with just shells and bone pieces can only get so far..

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>>5380818
Keep it coming anon, we could do this all day.

>>5380815
This has some potential.It looks good, but I'm sure you can make it look even better.

Is it possible to combine Uniter ass gears with 2015 gear box to make a character with swinging arms and hips?

>>5380841
You can attach the gearbox to the 2016 torso and put both functions in separately. Gearing them together would be a challenge, but it can probably be done.

>>5380851
I wish to see this achieved, it sounds absurdly amusing.

>>5380827
>I was a retard
>Some anon is criticising me for it
>WAAAAAHHH, NO, BAIT!

You'd probably fit in more in some extremist part of Tumblr if you can't take criticism this intensely. Please leave. This earth preferably.

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>>5380859
>>5380851
I could see someone making both turn off one gear by usitlizinh universal joints. Other than that, I have no idea how you could accomplish that. Too little space.

On an unrelated note, what do your displays look like? Mines a little cluttered at the moment, but it consists of my MOCs and a few Revos and Figmas.

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If any of your American Targets still have the Obi Wan vs. Grievous constraction sets, check the price on it. I got on for $45, which is pretty good for all the parts you get.

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>>5380860
He learned his lesson, now stop baiting your hook, youre fishing in turbulent water.

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>>5380879
Where do you live? I live in Jersey and hes around 35 at Toys R Us. Unless you live in Washington I see no reason for it to be that high.

Also when and where will this damn thing be available? Im gonna buy like 8 and make a poncho for one of my guys.

>>5380885
Will they be mask of creation man?

>>5380885
Probably in a couple of months.

>>5380879
$60, all over where I live.
I remember seeing it on sale, but not picking it up.

>>5380885
Fuck I still want the golden skull mask, fucking lego of america.

>>5380892

Oh shit I did not think that through. I guess I could start on my mask forge Diorama I had planned for around a year now.

>>5380879
How valuable will this in the future? Might pick it up.

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>>5380870
January 2015

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>>5380913
January 2016

Should I read the books,graphic novels,or both if I want the 2015-16 story?

>>5380885
He's talking about the Obi-Wan/Grievous TWO PACK. Not just Grievous alone.

>>5380940
Oh, well shit I had no idea that was a thing.

>>5380919
I'd read the FIRST HALF of Island of the Lost Masks, then just watch the animations for the summer story. Gathering of the Toa is pretty skippable, but Revenge of the Skull Spiders is a must read.

>>5380916
Meth is a hell of a drug

>>5380226
Oh hey! I remember seeing that in /lg/ back when it was just an .lxf file. Well done, anon.

>>5380835
What would you suggest I do?
I've not been very active with MOCs for a
while, so I'm unsure of where to start, save
using some CCBS bones for the upper arms.
Just looking for any advice on it, really.

I only need Skull Shittio and Skull Mehrrior to finish 2015 sets.

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Would you look at that glowy-ass maf'k

>>5380998
Man I need a blacklight for my Lego stuff.

>>5380990
Great blog post, now get on it.

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>>5380990
>mfw all of the skull baddies except for Scorpio were on clearance at my local target

>>5380998
Looks sexy af

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>>5381010
>>skull baddies except for Scorpio were on clearance at my local target
I'll need to check my Target, then. Cheap legs for Scorpio.

>>5381003
You can get one of those big 24" bar-type ones at Walmart for ~$11

>>5381018
Awesome, thanks. The new sets are showing up at the Walmarts in my area, too.

>>5380885
Florida, specifically Lakeland. Two targets I went to had four each, so it must be due to the limited shelf space.
>>5380898
Probably no more than the two individual sets will be. The only thing unique to the two pack is a poster, which really won't be worth much of anything.

>>5380897
What's your plan for the forge anon? it sounds like a fun thing that I'd want to also make(not the same of course).

>>5379814
As I said He has Trans blue Mask of creation and a lot of gold.

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>>5381016
Thanks, familia
>>5381021
np, bruv

Lewa looks pretty sexmotronic, too

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>>5381047
>Something something wrong neighborhood
>motherfucker

>>5380985
I was going to say that the legs could use a way to bend, but then I noticed it can bend its legs. Make the top and bottom of the legs more separate looking, that should improve it.

>>5381054
I second this. As it stands (rimshot), it looks like Chibi-tongu's standing on a pair of keetorange beer kegs

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>>5380998
>>5381047
>>5381051
>beautiful trans bright green
Thank you based Atlantis sets and Meltdown for introducing this color in 2010.

>>5381058
Right? It's up there with Tr. Medium Blue and Tr. Dark Pink when it comes to good-looking fluorescence

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>>5381047
You've inspired me to get a blacklight for my guy. shit's gonna look neat

>>5381047
Looks like something from the opening to Evangelion almost.

>>5381051
What specific type of black light do you use? I say this because for some reason the one I have doesn't work well.

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>>5381037
Well my fiance and I plan on devoting a room to our hobbies, one giant ass diorama and craft room. I wanted to use up some of the absolutely insane amount of bricks I have lying around to do something useful. She collects mainly SHF, Revos, and BJDs. Bionicle and the occasional waifu is my vice.

>>5381068
uh...hate to burst your bubble, but it's not gonna do shit with Blueberry Bonanza there. The new trans light blue doesn't fluoresce.

Applicious Jones and Greg Orangestorm are gonna look fresh as hell tho

>>5381074
--->>>5381018

>>5381076
The image was edited twice. There are no clear/trans light blue or clear/trans red mixes of those specific parts in LEGO's library, only trans neon green/clear, if you couldn't tell.

>>5381076
uh...hate to burst your bubble, but it's the same pic three times, just color edited.

>>5381087
My mistake. Point still stands, though.

>>5381087
Oops, sorry to waist your time redirecting a post.

>>5380469
dont know why, but he looks pretty cute

>>5381115
I bet it's the tusk deal he has going on.

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>>5381076
kek

>>5380818
Fuck. I've never had a trip before, but I'm the guy who's getting the Mata this week, and as promised I'm gonna pose them like in that 'Bionicle sex' horrible video.

I also do a lot of my posting on mobile because it's easy and I have a camera right at my fingertips.

I guess I'll go by Kiropanon for now? I like Kirop, and I guess I can utilize him in my pictures from now on.

>>5381068
>there will never be this many useful trans-red parts>>5381010

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>>5381138
>they will never bring back tr. dark pink, tr. fluoro yellow, or tr. medium blue

>>5381138
didn't mean to link that other post

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>>5381129
Man, cracked joints aside the Av-Matoran still sucked, and Kirop was my favorite. It may have been helped with Kirop being the only one I got that year with a pair with Chirox. I got the other two Makuta and the three light Matoran.

I was so out of it for the Mistika somehow the only set from that wave I own is Gali.


Anyways, reconstituted Kirop and Mask of Time for proof it's me.

>>5381145
I think they MIGHT bring back the first one, actually. Or something similar. Looking at the animations, Mask Maker Makuta's translucent accent is clearly trans dark pink, (which most people mistake for trans purple.)

In the rare event that we actually get a Mask Maker Makuta figure at some point, there's a slim possibility that the color could return. In CCBS, no less.

>>5379900
I hope that means we're getting a really big CCBS figure, like Grievous or Witch Doctor style. I'd love to see how they pull off a large figure like that but with technic and functions mixed in.

>>5380013
what sets are needed for the combiner?

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>>5381047
Fuck, I GOTTA put this baby under a light.

>>5381205
Botar, you mean?

Axonn and Brutaka.

2015 gear box function > Butt Gear hip twist dance

>>5381255
>preferring shoulders positioned comically far back to waist movement.

Please, anon. You're kidding yourself.

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>>5381068
>There will never be non-lightsaber trans-red CCBS pieces

>>5381255
>>5381261
Guys, please, just use both. So long as you can stand the gunmetal part, the addition of waist articulation, with or without gears, is always welcome.

>>5381279
Waist articulation is nice at least and you can kind of make it into a kicking gimmick for Pohatu.

Too bad Uniter Pohatu has barf colors all over the place.

oi, im makin a ccbs centaur, does that centaur anon still have pics of his centaur skeleton?

>>5381285
Ah, but there is enough material between him, his 2015 version, the creature and protector as well as the starwars sets to make some fine-ass stone bros with. In fact, I can almost say the sheer concentration of stone colors in starwars sets may even justify the lack of stone colors in the bionicle line itself, as with the two lines combined they, black and white have the highest parts count.

Give in, anon
buy all the lego
give them your money

What are generally really useful technic bits to get?

>>5381306
if it's tiny, you should kill for it
any piece larger than your thumbnail isn't worth a damn save for armor

>>5381217
I agree. The sword and mid-led tr. light blue shells won't do dick, but the rest will be fresh as fuck.

also
>Evo Walker blaster
>Monica

>>5381168
Fuck I hope so, Bubbs. As far as I can tell, they only made it for one piece: Tahu/Nuva's brainstalk. It's just not enough for one hell of a cool color.

>>5381297
I think if we get some more promos at the lego store I'll grab Pohatu, his uniter thing, 2015 Pohatu maybe, and Rey and work from there.

>>5381312
Now you're thinking with stone colors!

>>5380456
Nice torso, very reminiscent of the actual metru torso. His shouldwes feel a bit to high though (or maybe his neck is too low)

Whats the name/ID of the pieces used for articulated fingers? What category does it fit under?

>>5381321
minifig body part on bricklink

>>5380655
Oh man, this is real nice. Toa of Psionics?

>>5380913
>>5380916
I did more or less the same, kept stealing parts from them u til the only one left was Pohatu (who is kind of lonely now, I ought to remake Nilkuu to acompany him)

>>5381329
Same here. I reintegrated Lewa's pieces into MOCs, which had their parts reassigned in turn so many times that when I wanted to rebuild Lewa for a side-by-side with his 2016 incarnation, I managed to find every part I needed in my tablescrap.

Like, literally on the giant slew on my desk and the neighboring table.

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>>5379775
With all the discussion about the new sets, there's one thing I think is being overlooked:
With the "Unification Piece," Lego has introduced a part that's both a structural element AND an armor piece, that ACTUALLY LOOKS GOOD/FUNCTIONS WELL AS BOTH.
Like, holy shit

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>>5381336
kek

I ended up revamping my Lewa to the point where I made this guy, he barely even has any of Lewas parts anymore.

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>>5380116
Because half of the time I don't even get a single response. If hardly anybody cares about my shit, I'll post it somewhere else.

>>5380456
Neat. I've got one, too.

>>5381408
I like your mod for using the metru chest, where do the ball joints connect from?

>>5381129
Don't worry about it anon, when the mata pic happens we'll know it's you

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>"That lightsaber..it belongs to ME."

Fucking hack JJ Abrams

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>>5380116
shit, you guys have way more reasons then i thought about, anyway, have one of my wips so far, excuse the shittier lighting

>>5381419
I like it, but how much can the lower legs move? They seem rather bulky, and I'm not a huge fan of the finger feet thing.

>>5381423
oi, enough to squat with

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>>5381425
>squat
post it

>>5381419
>On second thought I would not because she has a hideous batface

>>5381429
doin it tommorow boi, i gotta clean my desk off

>>5381433
oi, the Avsa is a fuckin cool mask, though i do wish we had a less mutated one

>>5381438
I in no way meant to imply that it wasn't rad, just sexiness-destroying.
Unfortunately both versions I have are on my colossal super-gadunka, for hunger-themed powers, embedded along her throat.

So how was the graphic novel?

>>5380303
honestly though, I'm tired of all the extra vibrant colors that Bionicle has been seen with in all of it's forms of media all the way back to MNOLG.

The only instance I can think of this faded stuff being applied is the 2005 promos and Bionicle Heroes.

I for one welcome the look. I just hope we get decent voice actors and the episodes are at least 15 minutes a piece.

>>5381168
You stop that right now. I'm almost done with my Makuta moc and now I'm imagining him with trans pink parts like the ones used in that galaxy/alien line and I'm starting to want it to become a thing.

>>5380815
Cute af

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>>5381119
Clean that bong bro

>>5380651
Ill glady take that chance if youre still up for it.

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Just made my first MOC since I was a kid. I tried to make some sort of gorilla-like creature and I'm satisfied with how it turned out.

Sorry for shit camera

>>5379775
Outa interest, anyone with the new sets tried replicating these poses? from what i've seen from reviews, the Uniters have great posability

>>5380555
That's a badass skull basher.

>>5380655
>Ekimu: Toa of MASKS and BIG. MEATY. CLAWS.
I love it. Neck seems a little limited in range of motion, but sometimes that's less important on a good display piece.

>>5381038
Yet you didn't give any pics or even said why you didn't get any.

>>5381418
It's the first thing I thought of.
Finn even makes the sacrifice so Rey can use the lightsaber and know who she is... she was always different.

>>5381643
Cousins? Siblings? Lovers?

>>5381418
>>5381643
>>5381660
why are you talking about a stupid movie and not the stupid toys that take up slots bionicle could have had?

>>5381673
We are talking about Bionicle

>>5381340
Which piece is that?

>>5381119
Bongkles

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>>5381673

>>5381711
kopaka's shins, most creatures stomach, on the uniters back, It's the new piston-y piece

>>5381739
Oh yeah, that is a great new piece. Not sure what it's capable of besides putting the pins with the stud and hole in them and adding CBBS 2-pin parts on top. If that makes sense.

>>5381748
It's basically a G1 Bionicle piece in terms of connection points. It's actually used to a pretty strong extent this year, where for many of the new sets is is an integral part of the structure of the entire figure.

>>5381074
If it's one of those single-bulb dealies that you can put in a regular lightsocket, it's not gonna do any good.

Ideally, you also need a setup similar to mine (pic related) where you have a stand relatively close to the light set up in a space that you can either fully enclose, or fully control the light level.

Actually, should I just go ahead and make a tutorial or some shit?

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>>5381818
>mfw ISO was fucked and the pic was huge

>>5381673
Try thinking about why the one anon might have used that line in particular to call Abrams a hack in a Bionicle thread. It couldn't be because Makuta said "That mask belongs to me," at any point during the Bionicle movies, could it?

Idiot.

>>5381845
Star Wars has nothing to do with Bionicle. Leave your Finnu Dindus out of this.

>>5381673
"/biog/ - Bionicle and CCBS General"
Emphasis on CCBS. Are you retarded? Also, Star Wars toys don't "take up slots" for Bionicle, and even if they did, why would TLG put Bionicle first? Do you have any idea how much money Star Wars toys make Lego? Money that goes towards helping to fund your precious Bionicle models. Go be mad somewhere else.

>>5381866
>Star Wars toys don't "take up slots" for Bionicle

Hero Factory sure did.

>>5381827
>that Toa Ignika in the top left
>2008 flashbacks
>that was the last bionicle I ever bought
Damn, I wish I still had all the parts to remake the original set

All I have is the edgy redesign I made for Toa Ignika himself from when I was 11.

>>5381880
the Star wars figures take up slots from the Star wars sets, which pisses a few people off.

>>5381880
yeah but Hero Factory was basically just used for a way to develop CCBS without fucking Bionicle any more than they already had with the last few terrible waves of models. And now that they're done with it? It's out the window.

>>5381880
To be fair, they cancelled Bionicle before they created Hero Factory, hell, from Greg F, it went as follows:
>Bionicle team called in for a meeting
>"Guess what guys, you're line's cancelled!"
>Then tell them to come up with something else
>Eventually some person/people come up with the concept of Hero Factory
>Thats what we get
This was probably decided at some point in 2009, and is why the stars were a thing.

Is bionicle.com being weird for anyone else? The story section doesn't load at all and the products section is just an empty page. Maybe that means they're currently in the process of updating it with 2016 stuff.

>>5381886
Takes up what, more grey boxes and recycled OT ships JJ so brilliant came up with?

>>5381887
Last few? More like 6 years of intrepid dog shit that the fanbase desperate worship like the dogs they are.

>>5381905
This reboot sure follows Hero Factory's example of lack luster, rushed, story telling. But at least its better than Star Wars will ever be.

>>5381909
To be fair, the lackluster rushed storytelling only affects everything related to the animations, the first half of the year, as well as the second half to an extent, were saved by the two books and graphic novel, sadly the battle with the skull fuckers is doomed to be forever lackluster thanks to the animations, but the protectors adventures at the time (book 2) at least add some interest to that whole part (and explain what happened to the unconscious bodies of Skull Basher and Kulta so that's something)

>>5381920
Shame theres no mask packs like G1

>>5381883
Yeah...shame about his mask, though.

Like, it's still intact and everything, and it's not exactly "lost," I just don't know which bin it's in and don't really have motivation to look for it.

>>5381905
Close, but not quite. It went more like this:
>Bionicle team called in for a meeting
>"Guess what guys, you're line's cancelled!"
>Use STARS as field-testing for simplified sets
>Use knowledge to make Hero Factory
>A year passes
>Hero Factory team called in for a meeting
>"Guess what guys, Bionicle's coming back! You've got three years, so make it count!"
>Constraction Team uses HF as field-testing for new building system
>Pass half-assed ideas to Marvel IP as budget-cover
>Use knowledge to make new Bionicle sets
>Continue to pass half-assed ideas to licensed IPs as budget-cover

>>5381920
In all fairness, the bulk of the Bionicle canon wasn't really established until two years after the line was released.
No disrespect to MNOG (it was fucking amazing) but it was, at the end of the day, really just cover put out by a third party to buy TLG some time. It's not really any different from the current animations and mobile game, only the presentation differs.

>be an edgy 11 gear old
>get mad that Toa Ignika has a yellow color scheme
>think he's too cool for that
>remake him with Matoro parts
>rationalize it as "the mask chose Matoro anyways"
It's sad, really. I wish I was more creative.

>>5381939
At least you still have his board thing.
And you still have the Axalara. My parents would have never bought me that.

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>>5381962
Whoops, forgot my pic

>>5381855
Lol, let the butthurt flow through you kid, Star Wars now shares the ccbs with Bionicle. They shared technic in the past. They were Lego's two best-selling brands. Star Wars and Bionicle are interminably linked. Get over it.

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>>5381319
Thanks, it was more or less the goal of the torso, to look like more or less a metru build.

>>5381408
I used that kind of technic for the torso (the balljoints at the shoulders) a long time ago for my first redo of Lhikan.

>>5381415
you can simply put 3L axles in the metru body and attach them together using pic related since it's the perfect angle and line up with the shoulder holes of the metru body.

>>5380976
Thanks, very happy of how it turned out, though the small blue and lime containers were stolen at the last exhibition so I need to replace them.

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- take your least liked pair of friction extenders from Onua's legs and put them on the shoulder armor connectors
- let Terak's Hordika-necks face forwards instead of backwards
- unite them
- pop a boner

>>5381964
On a side note, are there any small modifications I can make to this to make it look better?

>>5381980
And speaking of Onua, I'm surprised that they only used a 3 module long axle in front of the unification piece instead of a 5 module long.
That way there wouldn't be that much stress on the beam parts next to it that hold the complete arm-constructions with only a single one of the smallest axles each.

>>5380226
Cool.

>>5381962
>>5381964

That reminds me of that fake Toa Ignika leak which was basically a (not very good) Titan version of Matoro wearing the silver Ignika.
It would've made sense if the Toa Ignika set took some design cues from Matoro Mahri, starting from the color scheme or part of it.
But that couldn't happen due to G1's modus operandi which mostly amounted to "let's design random stuff and then slap a name on it", which showed with sets like the 2008 Toa Nuva. That happened even in subtler cases: why would Toa Nuju's Mask of Telekinesis even need an eyepiece? But that was par of the course with all Ice Toa sets back then so no one stopped designers from adding it to the Mask. Glad G2 is avoiding this behavior- and to be fair, for all the problems it had Hero Factory avoided it too.

Dunno what the heck was the deal with the keetorange. Maybe it was supposed to resemble gold, like Toa Mata Nui. Bionicle G1 was so stingy with gold, it wasn't until Rocka on HF that we got the first gold constraction figure.

wait, do the bongo inhttp://cache.lego.com/bigdownloads/buildinginstructions/6147061.pdfstructions exist already?

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>>5381979
Also, here is lewa, modified a bit further. The crystal armors are supposed to look like skirt armors to match the shoulders. Pretty happy with the result.

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Action poses work better with the arms as well since they work like any other simple balljoint.

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https://wwwsecure.us.lego.com/en-gb/service/buildinginstructions/search#?search&year=2016

Instructions are out!

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Here he is with Lewa 2015, which happens to be my favourite Toa from last year.

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Also, since someone asked me in the last thread, here is how it works. it's as simple as it looks, using only six pieces not in the set and not rare one at that.

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I also slightly modified pohatu, mostly reversing his shins shells so he doesn't look like he's wearing thigh-high boots, and making a better weapon since the staff didn't work for me.

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I may modify it further but it would need me to buy more shells so I'll see.

>>5382050
Ayo, could you post 2016 Lewa with 2015's chestpieces, please?
Or, if you can't take a photo - just try it and say, if it looks any good at all.

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And finally, both Pohatu together, lookin' good, even if last year's Pohatu is still my favourite of the two.

So, what do you think, /biog/ ?

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>>5381962
>My parents would have never bought me that.
Nor mine. Bought that maf'k for $25, NIB (with water damage) back in 2012.
Coincidentally, found my silver Ignika while putting pic related together.

I know that "undead" mocs are a little played out after last wave, but when I got the MoCo I couldn't resist.

>Makuta's Avatar

As with all Great Masks, without the influence of a wearer or suitably contained, the Mask of Control has a will of its own.
Assembled from the remains of Makuta's fallen lieutenants and driven by ancient machinery, the mask's new host body is a suitable -- albeit fragile -- container for its new body. The fragments of memory and emotional imprints from its previous wearer drive it to unknown ends.
Though it has seemingly preferred to avoid direct conflict thus far, Protectors and villagers have reportedly seen it scavenging unreclaimed areas of the Great City.
Whether these actions reflect a dim recollection of its previous life of creation, or serve darker motives, remains to be seen.

>>5382043
>>5382045
>>5382050
Decent rework, man.
Mostly reminds me that I need to make an infinity screen for photographing my mocs. You would not BELIEVE how hard it is to find cheap, white fabric where I live.

>>5382079
Wait, are you saying you bought Axalara for $25?
That's a fucking lucky buy.

>>5382054
I oughtta try this after work today. Might try fitting some 4m silver shells on those upper arms.

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>>5382092
Shit yea boi. The box was water-damaged to hell and I figure that the seller thought that affected the value, and who was I to argue?
Coincidentally, the same seller also had Rockoh T3 for the same price. Picked up the Jetrax T6 for $25 the next year.
>MFW I got three of the biggest, most expensive sets of Latter-Day Bonkle for $75 total

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>>5382070
It's not perfect but it works. You won't be able to attach it as is though, you'll need one of those 3M beams with a ball at the center, like on stormer XL legs for example

>>5382110
Many thanks!
And for the insight too.

>>5382079
Looks like it would make a sick Chozo power suit upgrade

>>5382050
>>5382072
For some reason I find that the 2015 Toa start looking really awkward looking when stood beside their 2016 counterparts for whatever reason. Kopaka and Gali dont suffer from this too much, but overall as polished as last year's sets look, they start losing their charm somehow next to the new ones in my opinion (even without your respectable reworks)