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>G1 Story Material
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dpfNrl6RIvM
http://biomediaproject.com/bmp/comics/
http://cross-wired-freak.tumblr.com/post/68472919868/bionicle-chronicles-bionicle-adventures-bionicle
>G2 Story Material
http://www.lego.com/en-us/bionicle/story/episode-1
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SsoT-fPe0LU
>Misc. Media
http://biomediaproject.com/bmp/
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first for bionicle was a mistake
i still blame disney
I've been thinking, does the paint on the semi-trans G2 masks lie over a completely trans mask? I don't any of those masks except for some protector ones, but if so that means that one would theoretically be able to chip away at it (if there's a way to remove the dye on a mask) to get a completely trans mask. Am I crazy, /biog/?
>>6225208
It's probably dual-injected, like with certain minifigure parts nowadays.
>>6225208
Why would it be painted? It's always either dual injected or tampographed.
>>6225208
It's not painted, you mong. It's two plastics melded together.
>>6225208
Not painted. They use the old style of dual-injection, where the two plastic just kinda mix in the middle (as opposed to modern LEGO dual-injection, where there is a clear separation between the plastic colors).
For building competitions here, do we have to use the new system or are G1 and Technic parts allowed?
>>6225366
Why won't G1 and Technic parts be allowed? They're a massive part of Bionicle, and Lego is all about using what you have creatively.
Local shops finally have 2017 Technic sets in so I grabbed the racing tank.
This thing is incredibly fun, it's like I'm 8 years old again.
>>6225364
It's just a very translucent plastic, it's the same type of mixing
Gali is the best boncle you can't say that she isn't
As far as G2 goes:
First Toa Wave > Toa Nuva
Second Wave of Villains >>> Skull fags
Protectors and everything else is shit
>>6225646
>Protectors and everything else is shit
Strong words.
At least PoE, PoF and half of the creatures are perfectly good
Anyone else annoyed that Cyberhand has been like 99% done with his Mask of Ultimate Power for about three months now but he just won't finish it? I don't want to buy one until he's finished but the guy has just been keeping it on the back burner for ages while he keeps churning out random masks left and right.
I mean, the guy has been working on it for what, 9 months now?
>>6224921
I haven't bought a single bionicle since 10 years ago, just really fell out of the loop with it. Is this a regular release or a custom build? I'm a sucker for articulated jaws and this would be a great bionicle to grab after a long hiatus from this line, if it isn't a custom build
>>6225925
Sorry t's a MOC. You can usually tell because of the sheer amount of parts used to make a figure.
>>6225995
Are there instructions for this
>>6226133
There aren't any to our knowledge.
Even if there were, you'd probably have to lay down a ton of money to get all the parts you'd need anyways.
>>6226161
What a shame.
>>6225995
bad
Guy who commissions people to draw porn of TTV's Viper here. I found two different artists who specialize in drawing realistic shit..
I should have some good stuff of her before the end of the month, unless this thread lasts that long.
>>6225390
That looks legit, what set is that?
I miss Hero Factory more than I miss G2. Lego pls reboot
The Pohatu and Onua Mata's I ordered on eBay got here on Friday and I just put them together.
I'm so happy I finally got them after wanting them for about 16 years now.
>>6225995
quality > quantity
anyone can make a big moc with a bunch of shit on it with the parts
>>6227078
Tell that to Roa too
>>6225390
How expensive is this
>>6225646
The Masters probably rank higher than the Uniters for me as well. I wish Master Lewa had a better mask though. The Unity Mask of Jungle seems to hew closer to the classic Miru (plus is cooler in general).
>>6224921
Is the original builder here? I don't recognize the piece you used for his lower jaw.
>>6226604
42065 RC Tracked Racer. It's actually IR controlled witch means limited control distance and you can't use it in bright sunlight.
>>6227207
$110 Dingo Dollars, I imagine it'd be around $70-$80 in the states. Quite expensive, but apart from the electronics all parts are very common technic pieces so it's easy to make your own.
>>6227323
Not the original builder but I'm pretty sure pic related is the piece used.
I need a fantasy vehicle to make, give me ideas I brought the bucket wheel so I got alot of techic parts.
Can we have a CIA bonkle in the light of #vault7?
>>6228270
Mine flail.
Give it a gearbox that rotates the flail when you push it forward. If you want to get really clever attach the flail gearwork to a differential so you can turn it while the flail spins.
Any /biog/ Minecraft maps?
>>6225997
Hydraxon and Gadunka?
>>6225997
Any more pics of the MOC on the right?
>>6228850
Well, we do have a server on the Discord where we were working on a replica of Mata Nui, but it really slowed down in the last few weeks.
>>6228850
Yep. Join the Discord.
>>6225646
No.
>>6228854
here you go
>>6228851
The Guyver vs. some Zoanoid Moko made.
>>6228877
I swear one Anon made something like that years ago, but I could be wrong
>>6229022
That was me, its the same map.
>>6225646
As far as g2 goes, they're all shit.
>>6225646
Uniters >= Masters (weapons and some of the Masks aside)
Umaru, the Beasts and the Shadow Otokonoko >> Kulta, Loss.jpg, the Skull Fuckers and the Skull Spiders
Creatures >>> Protectors
>>6229466
Well memed.
http://m.imgur.com/a/k58RO
Trying to be rid of the rest of my G2 Bionicle sets/Mocs Need dosh for life stuff like Gas. Anyone interested toss me an email!
>>6226601
interested
>>6226773
anon tell me they weren't selled, please
anyway great catch, Pohatu is my favourite Mata: great mask, great colours, great build
>>6226601
>wasting your shekels on pervy fantasy of a shit-tier e-celeb.
>>6229815
Do you have the Uniter Tahu and/or Akida still?
>>6229862
>e-celeb
they are legit no bodies not every one with a youtube channel is a "e-celeb"
>>6229947
>http://m.imgur.com/a/k58RO
if it's in the album, I have it. so yes. I have them both. email me, bub!
>>6224921
all the shittalk I say about flea markets? I take it all back. Got complete G1 kopaka here for three quid.
>>6230545
A couple of misattributed pieces, but ultimately A-OK.
Shame my cameraphone shat itself.
>>6230558
Here we go.
>>6230606
>Legs.
>>6230630
> >
>>6230606
I don't think Kopaka had gears on both arms.
Still, good find
>>6230675
Yeah, that was one of the misattributed pieces
>>6230606
left leg is on wrong
>made an order on BL last weekend that has good portion of parts I need for Makuta
>paid as soon as got the invoice, seller left positive feedback
>still only Paid
I-it's okay, the seller just forgot to update the status and it'll be on my mailbox tomorrow, r-right?
Do any of you have the instructions for JtO Makuta?
>>6231127
I have this
https://www.flickr.com/photos/43377110@N06/sets/72157670900951320
>>6231127
There's Imgur album with mostly accurate instructions floating around, and one Anon build one on LDD, and it's as accurate as possible, excluding the parts not on LDD.
>tfw still missing this much
Anyone else parting out Makooti, instead of buying the complete sets?
Local store is having TFA ultrabuilds and one lone Obi-Wan half off. Any of them worth it?
>>6231862
source? or did you make this video?
>>6231862
Just add a motor to those gearshifts and you got a manual RC.
>>6231833
Rey has some good pieces like 3L axles with stopper and some tan/dark tan shells
>>6232390
saw it on the front page of a german imageboard earlier today after you posted this, thats why i asked
>>6232423
Got a link to that?
I posted it on reddit too, which is probably where that guy got it from.
Thoughts on my first moc? not afraid of constructive criticism; was going for an insectish/alien vibe
>>6232824
fuck forgot to rotate
>tfw JtO Makuta has been complete standing on your dresser for months
>tfw you've been waiting for that one guy to finish updating his shapeways MoUP but still, nothing after all this time
Why is life suffering?
>>6232830
Because We live in the darkest timeline now, friend.
Heads up to everyone, Nathan Furst remastered the soundtrack to Mask of Life and it's now available most everywhere you can buy or listen to music. 14 years late, but better late than never.
>>6232824
looks appropriately colored for living on the equator anyway
>>6233077
Very nice, thanks for the reminder anon.
>>6233077
MEGA WHEN
>>6233094
Never. Furst deserves your money, you fuck.
>>6232830
He's a busy guy. He's recently moved and is still chugging through personal commissions.
>>6232775
pr0gramm dot com no this is not spam pls let me post it /top/lego/1813244
>>6233131
What worries me is that people will continue to stack more and more commisions onto his plate and he'll never get around to finishing it. I feel for the guy but for me personally, the wait is torture.
Kohrok-kaha and his va assitent,
This fella is supposed to be a frankestein like doctor, able to repair grave injuries on the go or "repair" the bodies of the deceased with what ever limbs or tissue it has available to him at the time.
Not being a real fighter kohrok-kaha uses his power of sonics to produce an ear shattering sound in order for it to retreat somewhere safe.
His va assistent was a once deceased bohrok va which he combined with the left overs of a deceased matoran.
Enjoy
>>6231786
>tfw people still remember your LDD JTO Makuta that took you days of maximum autism to complete
Feels good. If you guys want you can add it to the OP:
https://drive.google.com/file/d/0B-fjYc7346qjYUo3dWNmN2lKV28/view?usp=drivesdk
>>6231798
Most of the pieces you're missing can be replaced by similar ones IE Tahu's mask is needed for the chain Makuta wears. Lots of JTO Makuta around use different masks instead of the ones the official model uses. They're just trophies, after all. Others are such basic Technic pieces I'm sure you have some of them in your collection. You can also check the imgur instructions and my file and see if those pieces you're missing are truly vital or can be replaced.
So I have Hahli Mahri and Mazaka, and I might buy Nuparu/Matoro Mahri. What are the best bad guys to get from that era to fight them? Barraki or Hydraxon?
>>6233329
*Mazeka
>>6233329
Hydraxon is essentially a beefed up Toa build. I'd honestly go for the Barraki. Sans Ehlek's cracking joints they're great unique builds and the diversity among them is nice. Plus, if you were going for a titan, Gadunka or Nocturn are way better choices. Nocturn being my favorite.
>>6233402
I used to have Gadunka, I really hated his set design. It felt underdone, if you get what I mean. I'll pick up some Barraki and maybe Nocturn, thanks.
>>6233306
I already dug through both my personal parts bin and my BL store too. These are the very last things missing, excluding two BL orders still on transit.
If I'm not terribly wrong, the smallest feet are the only structural pieces I'm missing. Everything else I can do with parts I already have [toyspoiler]or will have sometime next week when postal service stops being an ass.[/toyspoiler]
>>6229947
To the anon here who bought my Uniter Tahu and Akida: Thank you for being a bro! hope you enjoy your sets!
http://m.imgur.com/a/k58RO
I still got plenty of sets left for those who want the parts!
>>6233301
Hey, that's pretty good.
>>6233131
In the anons defense, he has been making/planning to make a buttload of other projects in the last couple of months.
On top of the commissions he's done the Mask of Time, a wearable Majora's Mask, and he's already talking about doing a G2 Avokhii. If the trend keeps up he'll never go back to the MoUP.
>>6232824
Bumpan
Really want to improve
>>6233705
It's not all that bad, but the color scheem feels a bit messy. Maybe you could trim some?
>>6233709
Ty, I was thinking the same. Any areas in particular; more or less of which color?
>>6233721
Probably tan, lime or either of the metallic colors.
>>6233306
>https://drive.google.com/file/d/0B-fjYc7346qjYUo3dWNmN2lKV28/view?usp=drivesdk
>tfw this is exactly what I need but my computer is too much of a toaster to run LDD
Maybe I should just kill myself
>>6233684
A heckin' rad Mask of Time too
I wonder if the Avohkii will be a straight port or a redesign
Has anyone else noticed this? The Elemental Being is clearly the blue villain on the right (from the art book, page 36), or at least belongs to the same chracter group. And the Tahu fighting Blue Villain is the same one that combines with the Elemental Being to create "Super Tahu".
If the blue villain was a scrapped Elemental Beast design, that might suggest that the Toa were meant to combine with them (after defeating them?). Maybe the Elemental Creatures didn't even exist back then.
>>6233684
He might do some stuff from the art book too, if enough people are interested in them. Admittedly, there are some neat things I'd like to see, but aside from masks/helmets I'm not sure how well 3D-printed parts can work, and I'm not talking about the price.
>>6233822
I just want the MoUP. Months have gone by since he last updated it, and he didn't even update the Villager scale one.
>>6233764
He said he'd make the mask in how he'd imagine a G2 version would look I think, so a redesign.
>>6233668
Thanks man, this one used to wield a sniper rifle but i couldnt make it work because of the mandibles.
Glad you like it
>>6233466
Looking forward to getting them on Monday, thanks a bunch, anon!
>"If all goes well, there is a plan to release the others. While LOMN was lost, it's been recently, at least partially, recovered."
-quote from Nathan Furst's facebook page
Buy this shit so we can get the other two soundtracks you n-bombs
>>6234079
bought it
>>6233822
>Toa have to rip the enemies apart and wear their corpses as armor
Would've been brutal as fuck.
>>6225925
Look on Flickr for djokson, very gifted figure builder.
I got lucky.
Anyone know if there's instructions for the alternate Makuta? I only found that image that got deleted.
>>6233705
I'd ditch the second arms, other than that it's prety perfect. Maybe remove the lime on the head
>>6234546
https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLVtmmPIWsdjBqhLIF0ZR0q5mwffomL9jp
>>6234546
Which one of these guys are you talking about? Shadow Titan/JTO (on the left) has been throughly covered, but since you said "alternate" I guess you mean another Makuta.
Overlord Makuta (in the middle) and Brawler Makuta (on the right) don't have full instructions. Overlord has been built on LDD, so you can get the part list and some sort of instructions from that file. Brawler hasn't been built on LDD, not that I know of.
Hamoomoo on Youtube has made detailed building guides for all 3 of those Makuta.
Finally the two versions of Throne Makuta haven't been built by anyone due to them using a bunch of never produced recolours, lack of images and arguably lack of interest from fans themselves.
>>6234933
I think, based on OP's image, he's talking about the alternate universe Makuta.
>>6235028
Oh, THAT alternate. I couldn't understand the point of the image. My bad.
That MOC just made remember a lot of things I had grown weary of. I'm not that fond of the MOC itself either, though I do like the hammer.
>>6235114
>>6235118
>>6235121
witnessed
>>6234703
Appreciate it anon. I'm still working on it, adding things here and there, not sure if I'm making it better at worse at this point
>>6234515
Hercules did it, might as well make the Toa do it as well.
>>6235132
less is more sometimes, maybe reduce some of the clutter rather than add to it. The smaller arms are a little hard to see clearly even thought they don't use many parts, maybe consider replacing one of the colors on him with more of one of the other colors.
Could someone post Umarak the Destroyer wearing Storm Beast's mask and his chestplate on top of Umarak's?
>>6234899
Someone asks him for the build but Hamoomoo didn't respond tough...
>>6235344
someone made basically the same post three times, with the first missing something he wanted to say. i'm not sure if the third included further info or fixed anything though.
Just a little something I threw together yesterday. Didn't really know what I was going for at first, but i like how it turned out.
>>6235388
And a back view
>>6235388
>>6235392
Hopefully this fixed the orientation
Now for...whatever we have here.
>>6235394
This was literally just to see how many appendages I could attach in a sensible manner.
>>6235400
And I succeeded.
So any possibility we'll start to see leaks/rumors of a new constraction line soon? Don't kill my hopes lads.
Got the Knights Kingdom armor on a basic Inika build MOC.
>>6235357
Yeah, I just added two things I wanted to say but that came to my mind after I had posted.
Not sure how the third post came about though, but it was just just a dupe of the shorter version.
>>6235342
http://tahunuva2.blog.cz/1608/white-makuta-alternate-makuta-building-instructions
Neither instructions nor the same figure but at least is something.
>>6235642
Basically none. SW has at this point taken CCBS as it's own.
>>6235743
My Helryx is built that way.
>>6235642
if were getting a new line next year the earliest we would see leaks is summer, usually around august/september
>>6235132
Something about those legs is perfect to me. Looks like some kind of undead samurai thing with faces as armour, I don't know.Go back to black ankles.
>>6234531
That doesn't look like her at all
>>6236415
Will do, ty anon!
>>6236415
Gotta agree w/ the black ankles after a third glance, I'm also considering switching the gun metal forearm and tan torso piece but idk
>>6236438
uuh no? both rogue one and tfa got 6 sets each. and were even getting an additional 2 sets unrelated to the current movies this year.
>>6234531
why do you keep comissioning pics of her
>>6233466
>>6234061
Thanks again anon, these will be real useful to me!
>>6234531
And this, kids, is why you shouldn't have a 3DPD waifu.
>>6236664
Glad you liked what you got! If you ever want more, I'm still open to sales!
Same goes for the rest of you Anons!
Jump in the imgur link and browse around!
http://m.imgur.com/a/k58RO
Concept art is my fetish.
>>6236438
Anyone seriously thinking they'll make a purely CCBS line are up for dissappointment. It's more likely they'll incorporate some system and mixel stuff to it a healthy dose. CCBS survives only if it overcomes it's current limitations and becomes more than just figure/creature building.
>>6237141
It's still hilarious that they didn't even bother to look at Phantoka/Mistika for inspiration
>>6237217
Well, almost every mech Lego does these days utilizes CCBS, and they're also creeping into Elves, where the king dragon has spring green shells and Ekimu's shoulder pad is used as greebling.
And even then, Nexo battle suits are good base to expand upon
That's the only pic I found, fuck there are only two people who own a white Makuta?
>>6234546
Good luck, it's nearly impossible.
>>6235857
Wow, sadly his back and legs are not the same.
>>6237217
>CCBS survives only if it overcomes it's current limitations and becomes more than just figure/creature building.
???
but that is exactly what it was made for.
i dont see why people think a new ccbs line is so unlikely. hf sold just fine and it was purely ccbs.
I WANT NEXO KNIGHTS ULTRABUILDS
Local TRU has most of the Skull Squad, three creatures, three uniters, the beasts, Ekimu, and UtD. And they still charge them at the premium TRU price.
For a dead line, they sure seem reluctant to get rid of those sets. I'd gladly buy them if they dropped the price a bit.
>>6237384
I miss HeroFactory, whatever happened to it?
Recently ordered Vezok and the blue Vahki on eBay as an attempt to relive my childhood. What am I in for?
>>6237725
It got canceled to make room for G2.
>>6237765
Damn, I wonder if it would have survived longer than G2 did.
>>6237750
>What am I in for?
Vezok and the blue Vahki.
>>6237767
Are they any major flaws? Any cool pieces
>>6237774
I don't know, I was just having a giggle.
>>6236540
You could try some kind of hook hand?
>>6237766
it was doing decently, so i wouldnt say its unlikely.
hf was actually the best selling lego theme in russia for a while.
>2015 media dubs him The Mask Hoarder
>the only Masks he shows any interest in are 3, only one of which he plans to use for himself
Some plot point dropped along the way, I imagine?
>>6237774
Vezok may have some cracked joints. Some of the 2006-sets had those issues, albeit not as heavily as later years.
>>6237774
>Are they any major flaws?
Vahki are meh sets in general, limited posability, simplistic build and unimpressive action feature, although the biped-to-quadruped conversion is a nice idea and I like their colors and their basic look.
I think the Piraka are one of the better waves, making up for their simple build with a solid design and coherent colors. Only issue I have with them is how annoyingly limited the head movements is and their light-up eyes may not work after all this time.
>>6238705
>Vahki are meh sets in general
Thanks for reminding that while I got all the Vahki in 2004, I never disassembled them, not even for the combo models, and they sat in storage in their canister for like 3 years.
Hell, I think that if I go and look, I'd find couple still intact too.
>>6239023
Making a billion pieces thing that barely moves is hardly god tier, I hold Djokson's work in higher regard along with a few others, Roa's work is okay in my eyes at best.
>>6239035
is she not the one that builds those cool dragons with a bunch of gears and such?
>>6237750
damm you must be young
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VFkqpW7Aw_A
Who else hype?
>>6239336
nobody since the community is dead
>>6239125
I'm 22, I don't think so
>>6239637
that's pretty young kid.
>>6239336
Looks cool and shit at the same time, it's spot on the 50/50
>>6239736
>22
>young
>kid.
lmao
My G2 collection is reaching completion. Those fucking purple bones are ridiculously expensive and rare. Also notice the big bag of Makuta on the background. I sure wish I could get building it, but one BL order that has important things has been Paid for the last week.
And call me heretic all you want. I swear I won't cut parts again, but I'm autistic about Makuta being palette swap of Ekimu.
>>6239737
This, and every time I see it, I can't decide whether it's gonna be some ironic satire that just tries to appear serious, or just an edgy fanfic-tier fanfic with a surprising amount of effort behind it. Knowing this fandom, probably the latter?
>>6239807
He'd be 9-10 when the Metru shit came out, I don't see what's wrong with that.
>>6239336
It looks like he's using a quality tool with decent stock effects, lighting and such. But the models and animation look like garbage with a cringe worthycrossoverstory.
>>6239734
I wonder if anyone has any ideas for those new planetary gear ring pieces?
>>6239773
>complains about the rarity of a bone
>proceeds to destroy them and tells us not to call him names
>>6239897
I only destroyed the more common ones, silly.
Excluding the fuck-up with Ikir head, how accurate are these instructions? https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9ZpSxzewaX4
>>6239734
that thing is sexy as fuck
>>6239773
I never got why people went out of their way to cut some of the trans purple bones, I personally made a contrast between Ekimu and Makuta, plus this is also much more cost effective in the end.
>>6239807
I was 10 when I began buying Bionicles, back in 2004, so yeah Metru Nui is pretty fucking nostalgic to me.
Besides I was 7 in 2001, I could have easily played with Bionicle if it attracted my interest earlier.
>>6239916
I remember a few other things being fucked up, but I can't be assed to watch the whole thing again to recall the mistakes.
>>6239869
Someone built an RC monowheel with them.
>>6240467
I was seven in 2001 as well, and I already had Slizers and Roboriders when they were coming out
>>6241040
Same exact situation for me too. The guy we are talking to got into Bionicle way late for his age.
>>6235743
I still need to use that armor set too. The shin armor works really great with Piraka legs I think, I used that too.
>>6241209
>The guy we are talking to got into Bionicle way late for his age.
DO YOU HAVE TO BE SO CRUEL IN REMINDING ME THAT?
i should really take more pics of this toa
>>6242870
Those feet are pure genius, but I feel like the rest of the legs could use a bit more than just CCBS bones and armor shells.
9/10
>>6242875
they really could, but i'm trying to keep her simple/smooth aesthetic
built this at 2 in the morning how did i do?
>>6243140
>>6243144
>>6243140
Love the way you did the lower jaws for the beast heads. Simple but inspired
>>6239773
Newfag here, where the hell did you get the short purple bone? Or did you cut it by yourself?
>>6243313
He mutilated the PoE bones
>>6243318
Wew, how did he do that?
>>6224921
Is this the same guy who built the Mask Breaker?
>>6242870
Definitely, I'm especially interested in her torso build.
>>6244033
Yes.
Rollout if youre here, any news on Cyberhand's MoUP?
How much would it cost to build this guy and the Ranama Fire Frog?
Also, what are the best G1 combo models?
>>6244365
>Kardas
>Irnakk
>Dagger Spider
>Matoran Kaita
>Turaga Nui
>Japanese Bohrok and Rahkshi Combos
>>6244392
I would still add Pit Tortoise and Zyglak
>you will never suck Greg's impotent dick.
Where are some good places to get assorted parts in bulk. Got back into the line for the first time in years and looking to restore my collection. Not looking for any pieces specifically, just looking to get a good variaty in bulk for under $30. Any recommendations?
>>6245470
Bumping
>>6245493
Ebay honestly. Look for reputable sellers with good feedback selling assorted parts/lots. If we were talking specific pieces or sets I'd say bricklink. But if we're talking just giant boxes of old parts then ebay. Watch out for secondhand 08-10 shit though. All their joints are probably broken because of the socket design they used.
>>6245470
You could always just search for big parts bins on Ebay.
Discord is down so I'll have to post this here.
>>6239336
why
Am I getting at something?
>>6246634
the eyebrow thing for the mask of control might be accurate, but the mouth/jaw design on it was because of its familial tie to the mask of creation, maintaining the same aesthetic. The MoUP is a bit more of a stretch, but would be cool if they went for the longer design by taking inspiration from the mask of shadows.
>>6246634
I don't see any resemblance with MoUP and set Kraahkan, but the MoCo was sure inspired on some level by the movie version.
As I understood, the designers didn't read trough all the old books, likely not even saw all the sets but were shown the first 3 movies.
Likely read that snippet from somewhere at Eurobricks from Aanchir, or some interview when I used to follow G2 like a leech. Can't really bother to go and search for confirmation.
>>6245747
Oh hey, that's my meme that's been distorted. Nice.
What's the ultimate nostalgia set? I'm thinking that limited edition Ultimate Dume, but that goes for too damn much.
>>6247282
For me, I'd say any of the Rahkshi. Got the black one for my 8th or 9th birthday, and've been hooked ever since
>>6247282
The McToran make me feel all warm and fuzzy
>>6247282
Personally, my first sets were Metru, so anything from that year gets to me more.
Anyone got any skull scorpion alternate tail designs?
>>6247643
I simply swapped the claws and spikes around along with some bones.
Looks way better that way, imho.
>>6247654
>>6239764
lmao
>>6239336
The visuals look great, but the voice acting is mostly shit. Except that that Piraka voice was creepy with the animation, and Pridak's laugh and presence was rather fun.
>>6239737 has it right, it's weird, it's right in that middle ground. It LOOKS cool, and some parts SOUND cool. Others sound like utter shit, and that music is complete garbage.
do you people ever make any custom toa based on the metru body?
>>6248879
Not that many people use G1 torsos as a base to begin with
>>6248879
Most people immediately work on a custom torso, and Metru bodies are harder to have the arms lock in place as well. So they're kinda overlooked.
>>6248879
The Inika torso is simply much more versatile if you're not going to have a gear system, and once a builder upgrades from the Inika torso it's going to be a custom design of some sort.
Metru bodies don't get enough love.
Recently found some very old digital pictures I took of a couple MOCs back in 2007 as a teen, will post a few images of each and any random explanations.
This one was supposed to be a version of my then-BZPower character, "Mistress Ifrit".
>>6248898
The enormous thing on the back is the detachable staff. I used the Makuta Visorak-disc hand idea at the time. The second weapon on the left arm was something I called the reaper blade - discovered that the Bohrok shield attached to the old Inika blaster with a hinge allowed for blades to swivel for posing.
>>6248898
>stiff twin tails
>giant hand attached to upper arm
>literal flaming diarrhea
>nearly shapeless legs
>bigass clown shoes
looks pretty good amigo
>>6248899
Following Ifrit, naturally, came "Mistress Shiva". Not as good as the Ifrit one, but had some interesting ideas with the Piraka spine.
>>6248907
The swivel function worked surprisingly well with the ice gun tool. Her attached weapon was a large ice sword, which is clipped to her hip in these images.
>>6248902
I think I was fourteen at the time, but you're right that it could have been a lot better. Thankfully though, the flaming diarrhea was the bottom of the staff and not actually her butt.
>>6248912
Since I was an edgy little shit, naturally I tried making Kopaka "cooler".
>>6248915
Not sure what the hell I was doing with the thunder-ankles.
>>6248907
>not as good
It's better desu
>>6248918
Forgot I made this, this was a random little guy who could attach to an exo-armor, Boxor-style.
>>6248924
>>6248923
Well that's what I get for literally avatarfagging as a teenager.
>>6248918
I like the shoulders.
>>6248925
This one is pretty cool, I assume the head shoots normally?
>>6248925
Apologies for potato, I believe these were when I finally had an original iPod Touch.
>>6248926
Thanks. The bohrok head pieces are weird, they either work in something or are just totally out of place, no middle ground.
>>6248927
Yeah, it fired the same as on any figure.
>>6248929
Not sure what I had in mind here, though it looks a white set rubber band is attaching the mask as a helmet, and the blue one keeps the rahkshi back from flipping up on the beastie.
>>6248929
In general, your characters seem to have good upper bodies but terrible lower halves.
>>6248931
This one I remember, I created all six of the Barraki in large form, had some headcanon about Ehlek being the mad scientist who gets his hands on a Kraata.
>>6248934
The thing in front of his face was supposed to be some sort of aqua breathing thing so he could walk on land and not die without liquid, they all had variations.
>>6248933
Pretty much yeah. Leg designs and definitions definitely became a lot easier once we moved to all the ball and joint methods, though even that varies wildly.
>>6248936
Rahi were fun to make back in the day.
>>6248935
Thank you. Unfortunately most of the Barraki look a lot more slipshod, but that one worked.
>>6248938
This guy I'd almost forgotten. In the headcanon he was a Krana hunter, supposedly some sort of elite guy tracking down the last bits to stamp them out. As such, heavily armed.
His torso was fuckin' weird.
>>6248943
The plot twist was that he wasn't hunting jack shit - Tahnok Kal got himself a new body and decided to go around and dredge up the remnants and bodyjack a few more people for a one last swarm.
>>6248938
That's a cute bug.
>>6248945
...at which point the upright body could twist all around to fuck and go full insect and stalking machine.
>>6248948
Dragon? I think?
Skipping over the vast majority of these, there's some absolute messes in here (heck maybe some of the posted ones are). Nearly to the end.
>>6248950
FUCK I forgot this guy, I tried doing a moc of that thing BZPower had as it's icon for years, Hapori Tohu I think.
This is another transforming one.
>>6248952
Alt-beast form.
>>6248954
Carapar got one of the weirder Barraki revamps.
>>6248957
I THINK this was supposed to be Kopaka's son or something. His right side is so fucked up because of corruption - there's a Kraata sticking out of the back of his Metru Nui head.
One last one.
>>6248960
Welp nevermind can't find the blue Barraki one. So have a Shiva with her sword out.
Dump is done.
>>6248879
Yep, pretty much did the same thing as you did with your MOC, but I also left gears in the torso and had a smaller gear on the back that slid on the axle so I could switch between function and action.
Also I wonder how stressed that ball joint makes the torso that connects to the hips on that MOC?
>tfw still have most of my G1 sets put together and stored in bins
Would it be haram to take them apart, or should I just buy a piece lot?
Keep in mind I don't have any G2 sets
>>6244392
>>Japanese Bohrok and Rahkshi Combos
Fuck man, I always have a hard time finding those things. Actually, I don't recall ever seeing the Bohrok ones.
>>6249337
Um, they're on Biosector
>>6249358
I haven't been on there in almost a decade man
heres some shitty moc i made
>>6249656
>>6244845
>>6245539
Never been asked for instructions/more pictures for a MOC. Either way, late delivery but I gotchu senpai.
http://imgur.com/a/O9uM6
>>6233077
please give us lomn and wos based furst
>trying to reverse engineer Makuta (I didn't have money or effort to buy the sets, so I'm just buying parts based on that one LDD file)
>after every step forward it feels like I'm also taking 100 steps backwards
This would be so much fucking easier if I only had a computer that could actually run LDD, but oh well.
Who /phantoka/ here?
>>6250643
Literally no one.
>>6250500
>not being able to just build it from the dozens of reference photos floating around
C'mon man.
>>6250643
I personally prefer Mistika
>>6234546
>>6235857
>>6237383
KylerNuva135 have built him, although there are no current deconstruction, someone asked him tough
Okay, which one of you did this?
>>6250989
Isn't he meant to have a hammer?
Magnificent.
>>6251153
Cringe
Is it bad that I kinda want to get some of these faces to build unholy abominations?
>>6251598
That looks great
>>6251598
>>6251153
>Didn't even bother into making his army anything more than clones of Toa Nuva
Btw should we retweet this kid the JtO Danald edits?
>>6250643
Lewa looked good....
The villians that year were great though, no denying that
>>6251287
What are you on about?
I can't help but feel that I'm doing something wrong. He's big and imposing, but he also feels very flimsy, like he's gonna fall apart as soon as I touch him.
Also need to buy more parts.
>>6252240
Legs too spindly, not wide enough
If only I had more time to pack everything up properly.
I'm praying that of all the boxes, these two are the ones that stay intact during the move.
>>6251216
Yeah, he lately made that hammer, sadly no instructions
>>6247282
Any first wave rahi. Probably Jaga Nui more than the others since you can make the bird from MNOG with the set.
>>6249720
Thanks a ton fampai!
>>6248879
I tend to use the Metru build a lot.
>>6252866
give that man some waist posing
>tfw own all of G2 but can't MOC for shit
What do I do?
>>6252916
I haven't MOCed in like 8 years. And I own all of G2 as well.
>>6252916
Limit yourself to a few sets per MOC. I find it can make you creative with the limited amount of parts.
>>6239336
THAT is some good writing
hello
>>6253520
Hi!
>>6252916
I own them all too, but I feel I have had made much more were it not for the lack of mask recolors
>>6254129
>2017 and still crying about mask packs
I miss them too, but having the golden ones straight out of the box was decent alternative.
>>6254326
I think it can be stated as a fact that regarding mocs, lack of recolors is always a con. Whetever it would had made sense business wise is an another debate.
Yo guys, Aurimax on Bricklink is selling some chromed Masks of Creation if anyone wants a replica of the solid gold MOCr.
>>6254415
There are a couple silver ones too. They're almost sold out though
>>6254566
>>6254568
>>6254571
>>6254575
>>6254568
saved
>>6254676
Awesome, I liked it too
You guys are more nostalgic for Crash 'Em Racers/Xalax than /lg/ is, right?
I know I am.
>>6255491
Nostalgia is the only thing that comes to mind cause realistically speaking, they were pretty much useless.
>>6255491
still have the purple dude
>>6255491
I had couple and I still hate them
>>6255491
I think I got one as a McDonalds toy.
Has CyberHand abandoned he MoUP?
Anyone know where to download the JtO episodes aside from Netflix?
>>6227319
if only there were some way to use the Uniter mask on Master Lewa...oh well. A boy can dream...
>>6249929
apparently the original tracks were straight-up lost
>>6252240
>but he also feels very flimsy, like he's gonna fall apart as soon as I touch him.
I think you answered your own question there, pal
>>6254580
>>6255750
But they may yet be found
>>6255491
Loved these little guys, great sets honestly. I had the orange dude and I still have him around somewhere.
>>6255491
I found an MOC related to them