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/biog/ - Bionicle/CCBS general : Menacing Edition

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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&index=1&list=PLhu2VtAo89tdVuLXHS5tJUJNp3xgmWLKn

>For builders:
http://ldd.lego.com/en-us/
http://www.bricklink.com/
http://biomediaproject.com/bmp/building-instructions/

Mask of Control is out on iOS and Android. Still can't get it? Go here:
https://apkpure.com/lego%C2%AE-bionicle%C2%AE-2/com.lego.bionicle.maskofcontrol


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http://www.lego.com/en-us/bionicle/explore/the-hunter/chapter1

Also there's another small update on bionicle.com, this time on Umarak. Nothing we didn't know apart from learning the Labyrinth of Control was built by Okotoans very early on.
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>>5568213
Has Lego fixed Uniter Pohatu's Nuva symbol print?
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>>5568484
Wait, what was wrong with it?
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>>5568489
It's missing the bottom vertical line.
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>>5568500
Well by golly. I wonder, if they fix it, if the original piece will become rare.
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I need more Bionicle X JJBA content.
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How come TLG doesn't care much about Constraction?
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>>5568601
Because *insert reason*
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Did anyone try any of the knockoffs?
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>>5568484
I bought mine last week and it still has the error. Not at a Lego store though because the fuckers didn't have Ketar, so who knows how up-to-date it really is.
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>>5568221
>a tribe of ingenious Okotans
Oh great, more stuff that sounds like it could be awesome if it was expanded on. I'm going to write so much shitty G2 fanfiction if it ends without explaining any of these things they keep mentioning on the side.
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So, I finally created my flickr. You may be asking "why should I care ?", well you're right, but I wanted to share it because there have been many times where people asked me "where do you post your stuff ?" (at least twice !) so from now on, I'll post most of my (decently photographied) stuf here.

https://www.flickr.com/photos/140486302@N06/

Sorry if my blog post bothered anyone. There is only my Fali'Ven gallery for the moment, but more will be uploaded as soon as I can.
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>>5568796
Follow'd.
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>>5568805
Thanks. I followed you too since I like the content I can see on your account.
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>>5568592
So do I
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>>5568796
Oh hey, I remember you. I'm the one that asked you for your Pohatu's and Onua's torso build before.
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>>5568867
Here's what I ended up doing with mine.
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>>5568867
>>5568869
Nice one, I like how you made your shoulders, it's very clean. Sorry for not posting any picture of Onua's body, I've been pretty busy with other MOCs and stuff (pic related, but it's more /lg/ stuff really). Still want to see the structure of Onua ? I can take one or two shitty pics.
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Would anyone be interested in buying some older bionicles? Like pre '09 ones (Barakis and stuff from around that times)
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>>5568886
link of flickr pls?
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>>5568901
For the Swampert ? I don't have a gallery yet, since the MOC isn't complete, I will recieve the pieces by the end of the week if there is no delay. If you meant my Flickr in general, it's on >>5568796, but as I said, I've just created it, so I will upload more galleries on it soon.
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>>5568886
Sure, I'd like to see that.
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I've given up hope for mask packs, or ONOG. I guess it doesn't really matter though, since I'm gonna get every single bonkle thrown at me anyways.
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>>5568909
There you go, here it is from the front.
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Here is the back.
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And there you can see from a side angle, which is the most useful, I think. The hordika neck is used to attach the cristal add-on piece, obviously.
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>>5568949
seeing as there's no books planned after next year according to the writer of the readers and graphic novels it's safe to assume the whole line is ending in 2017.

hopefully something more interesting succeeds it

(give me my knights kingdom III lego)
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>>5568980
if they don't give us some good titan action i'll just go stroke my axonn

i mean that literally, it's not a euphemism
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>>5568975
Thanks mate. This helped a lot.
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>>5568500
I doubt they'll bother. The mistake even translated over to his character model in JTO.
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>>5568980
They're gonna stick with Star Wars.
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>>5568980
I hope they at least give us a proper fucking ending and it doesn't just fade away like Hero Factory or Chima.
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https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kVbhBYkldtU&feature=youtu.be
Please just watch this
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>>5569147
Woah. That looks pretty official.
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How would you have done a remake/reboot of Bionicle?
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>>5569537
Not this bullshit CCBS
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>>5569537
No Bingzak
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Only thing I'd realy want is CCBS reboot of Slizers. The series was soo unexplored, so making story as dumb as G2 would just add to it.
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>>5569668
>tfw my favorite line is Roboriders
suffering
the line is so obscure these days that it took me about four or five years to track down the instructions to those combo builds, I could very well be one of the only people who still has a copy.
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>>5569668
>CCBS reboot of Slizers
As much as I'd love to, I just can't see it happening.

There's several Slizers that used colors that Lego doesn't use anymore, I doubt they still have Kanoka-mold and they don't want to make new one and the story was so basic it was almost dumb.
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All Ausfags.

Bionicle is cancelled in Australia. The Uniters are the last wave in this country. We will not be getting the summer sets.

This is straight from a Lego employee at Melbourne toy fair as he showed me around their booth. Reason given was that sales were mediocre and they feel Nexo Knights does a better job of going after the demographic.

Looks like I'll be importing the summer sets, but sure makes me concerned if there'll be a 3rd year at all.
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>>5569839
>Bionicle is cancelled in Australia

Do you remember the name of the employee there? I work at Billund and we haven't heard a thing about it.
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>>5569574
>inb4 your reboot is literally just rereleasing sets with extra fanfiction
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>>5569839
>>5569848

Also just to clarify - it isn't as though I'm one of the designers or product managers, but if the line was cancelled anywhere I'd have heard it.
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>>5569848
>>5569852
I don't want to bother you, but do you have any knowledge on why Uxar and Ketar are not sold anywhere on Scandinavia?
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POST YOU ARE MOCS
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>>5569855

They're available to buy in the Official Shop, the LEGO store, and in brick n' mortar shops in Denmark. 100,- each. I can't imagine why SE and NO would be any different.
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>>5569848

His name was Warren I think.

They had the prototypes of the beasts and uniters there. Ketar had a yellow head and crystal blades and the masks looked like they were 3D printed and the designs were slightly different from final. Gali's mask for example had extra bits to the sides of her chin. When I asked why they were the prototypes as the sets just released here, he said they probably weren't too concerned as they are exiting the market after this wave.
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>>5569839
feels good knowing bionicle is forced and unwanted
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>>5569839
So how much will BZP complain when it's cancelled again, even if everyone there thought it was shit when compared to muh genwun?
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>>5569147
I've always thought that the Miramax style would have worked well in 2006.
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>>5569839
Well. Can't say I'm suprised. Nexo Knights probably would get the target demo more since it got a TV show right off the bat, whereas Bionicle got a shittily handled flash animation and even now doesn't have a proper show, just a handout couple of online episodes from Netflix. LEGO are a bunch of pussy shitcunts. If they had a shred of faith in the reboot maybe it would have done better than mediocre.

I'll import the sets, I don't give a shit, but they'd better deliver on the 3 years promised. Either way, I think we can finally say Hero Factory killed Bionicle. Not buying a single constraction set once Bionicle's done. They can peddle their clone Star Wars sets, but not to me.
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>>5569537
>don't make it Hero Factory 2.0
>don't have hueg shitty looking armour pieces
>don't that piss armour would sell shit kits
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>>5569951
>don't have hueg shitty looking armour pieces
You just desribed every set using Inika-torso.
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>>5569952
Yes? Inika was shit too.
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>>5569695
Scan and post, please?
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How did Lego fuck up G2 this badly?
It's like they took most of what made G1 so unique and interesting and replaced it with shallow fantasy bullshit. I feel like they were playing it too safe wich resulted in a mostly underwhelming line.
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>>5569705
They probably keep all molds in a warehouse or something. That one time a Lego employee said that they destroy their molds when they don't need them anymore was a joke iirc.
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>>5569878
damn
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>tfw only missing Hau, Pakari and Akaku from G1 golden Kanohi

Feels so good to finally have something I wanted back in the day, but never got. I swear I had some of them already somewhere, but I couldn't be bothered to go and dig for them.

Now, if only I had my Mata build.
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>>5570003
They're all .pdf files, here's a link to download them:

https://mega.nz/#F!V9IUAA7D!TIBzyHKmIx64Y59GmI72XA

I really couldn't care less about credit at this point, my only wish is that these instructions get spread far and wide. Enjoy, anon!!
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>>5569537
Given it a TV show. Fired the person who said "Hey kids use phones right? We could probably get away with a 20 minute flash animation because kids use phones".

Given it more new parts and upped 2 sets in the summer (probably Skull Basher and Skull Scorpio) to the $20 pricepoint.

Explain to everyone in the board room what a return on investment was, and that the end of Hero Factory and the return of a recognisable brand was a good opportunity to grow the market for the CCBS system they spent so much on designing.

>>5570009
It's because they half assed the first year. The quality of sets this year and a 4 episode TV series should have been the minimum standard for year 1, not year 2.
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>>5570153
Thanks! I'm pretty sure I have at least like three of these sets lying around, so I'll probably be able to make one. If not, I can probably still try.
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>>5569852
If you hear anything of the kind, please tell us right away. I'd rather find out as soon as possible and not keep false hopes alive.
>>5569839
>Nexo Knights
Just imagine if they had given Bionicle a show, proper marketing, and an app that directly links to the sets through scannable mask powers right off the bat.
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>>5569839
Can anyone confirm the legitimacy of this?
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>>5570228
>Expecting anyone on /biog/ to have the authority to confirm insider claims
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>>5569851
Nah, I loved basically anything bonkle until it became ccbs shit.
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>>5569839
>>5569878
>>5569848

Why we never see this kind of info outside 4chan.
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>>5570487
Easier to make shit up when everyone's anonymous.
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#ThrowbotThursday
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>>5570669
>Disks for everyone!
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>>5569861
Sure. Added a phantoka style buddy.
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>>5570669
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>>5570461
So basically you stopped in 2006.

Inika build was CCBS beta testing.
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>>5569537
>larger, more intimidating, more mechanical villains
>Comics again, as well as better Ads and Netflix show/ MNOG off the bat
>Toa that are well built and color coordinated.
>more budget
> titans, beast titans, robotic titans, warriors
>mystery, but not too much to be annoyingly vague as it is now
>danger is ever present
>the toa interact more in depth
>masks =/= elemental energies
>one or more takanuva style toa show up (magnetism, light, plantlife, etc)
just a few
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How is my first Human weapon made of bonkle?
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>>5569537
>better global distribution of media/promos
>cartoon goes to TV, on the first year if possible. What was even the point of releasing it only on Netflix?
>put some more memorable music in it, maybe even resurrect tunes from the old movies or the Flash animations
>let the show be the main story event, but keep the rest of the media consistent and easy to access to both kids and fans. G1's problem wasn't just its continuity-heaviness, but that the story was spread out over too much media. Keeping up with it was a chore, especially to non-muricans who didn't get comics or books
>no stupid golden mask contest, or at best only one mask to give away
>slightly higher budget, so as to avoid things like Skull Scorpio (even if I ended up kinda liking him) and have at least one large titan set per year
>more armor addons
>some more lore on the website, and more of that "month of" type artwork to go with it
>no website fuckups
>the release of books/comics coincide with the sets', and the site advertises them along with the toys
>keep the basic mentality of trying to avoid the clusterfuck of the tail end of G1's story, but not going overboard with the simplifying (masks have unique powers, characters have names from the get-go, some amount of terminology)
>keep the cinematic qualities and atmospheric tone of the old ads
>more threatening bad guys who put up a good fight
>keep some of the humor, but don't make it as cheesy and unintentionally ridiculous as the 2015 animations
>if there's Toa mask variants, everyone gets one, including Gali
>tell BZP to get its shit together
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>>5570869
Why
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>>5570869
Fucking metal
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>>5570487
>>5570626
Here's a shot of outside the Lego booth. Choose not to believe me if you want, I'm just relaying what I've been told.

Billund anon, if you hear anything otherwise or can save Bionicle in my country it'd be fantastic.

And as a side note, I was recently on holidays in Japan and they had no Bionicle there. Just SW constraction. Flipped through a catalogue to make sure.
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>>5571155
I don't understand what this is supposed to prove about Bionicle being cancelled here.
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>>5569147
Now that is impressive. I'd like to see them do a little more with this, maybe show off the Piraka this way.
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>>5571155
If they are going to crash the ship this early better just make 2017 winter wave with villains and be done with it. I have hope Netflix can turn the course to give us more than just the winter wave but we'll see..

While I see it selling rather well in Europe I wouldn't be surprised if they drop the set count at least.

Sure it is partly because of poor exposure but I would hold the clearance filling skeletons as the main reason for this.
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>>5569537
A more interesting character than Takua.
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>>5570869
Pretty good, but since you are namefagging im obliged to call you a faggot
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>>5571349
proves that anon is at the event, at least
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>>5571349
You'd still call bullshit if I had an audio recording of the conversation.

What I've given is an uncompressed, original filename photo from my phone of the Lego booth, which in hopes gives some credit to me having been at Melb Toy Fair. I hope that employee was wrong, I really do. But I just thought I'd give people a heads up to start saving to import the summer wave.
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>>5571380
This.

I've seen kids and their parents picking up the Masters and protectors in stores. But the amount of fucking Skull Bashers still on the shelves is taking so much room that they can't have all the Uniters out on the shelf. I couldn't find a Tahu until the 4th store I visited and Gali until the 5th.
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Can someone explain to me why Maku's throwing disc seems to be most expensive of the bunch?
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Finally found the time to build something new.


>But the amount of fucking Skull Bashers still on the shelves is taking so much room that they can't have all the Uniters out on the shelf

Which is awful since SB is such a fun set.
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>>5571688
Skull Basher is shit. I don't think he's even better than Slicer, which a lot of people pan. The real reason it's a shame is because all the Uniters and Creatures are such fun sets.
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So will beasts sell better than skeletons?
That should be our main concern.

Despite people bashing on Ekimu looking generic it is likely to take sells by a storm.

But beasts in general, UTD?
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>>5571784
While kids don't often collect as many baddies they often want at least one, big bad guy.

As much as I'm going to regret saying this, LEGO needs to take a leaf out of Hasbro's Transformers book with their baddies. The way they ensure sales of bad guys is making them all the cool stuff (the gun, the T-Rex, etc.). Old Bionicle had this down by having the coolest titans be baddies (Makuta, Ultimate Dume, Brutaka, Vezon+Fenrakk, etc.)
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>>5571792
Nexo Knights is more popular so why should Lego lower their standards to Hasblob? Because of manchildren like you?
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>>5571792
Next you're gonna complain that Bonkle wasn't in top 5 themes last year, even if the 5 are so big that it didn't even have realistic chance.
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>>5571808
I'm not saying that at all. I've got plenty of Nexo Knights sets myself, I just think that if the baddies had as much flair to them as the good guys (like the last couple of Ninjago enemies) they'd sell better. I understand it's a delicate balance - Ultra Agents had excellent bad guys but the goodies were generic, and it didn't seem to sell so well.

>>5571810
Of course it'll never be in the Top 5, but that doesn't mean LEGO shouldn't be a little more savvy with its business practices. More often-than-not you get out what you put in, and I doubt they'll get much out of sets like Quake Beast.
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How much would /biog/ think my sealed copy of bionicle the game is worth?
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>>5571901
probably nothing
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>>5571901
I'll give you tree fiddy, if I can massage your feet as well.
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>>5571918
In fact, forget the game.
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>>5571901
$5
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>>5571901
>PC
You'd maybe get around $2-$5.
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>>5571504
yea i honestly think the shitty villains are fucking up the potential longevity of the brand

Think of what happens with a child (or new customers). They just see the cool new toa and they're like "whoa cool maybe I'll pick up one", they buy it and think "maybe i really like bionicles?", time passes and they start thinking about potential new bionicles. Then they see the one ones and they look like complete shit abominations. This makes people second guess whether they like bionicles or want to like it with the ugly designs and lack of content.

i work at a toys r us and the toa and protectors (and the creatures too) seem to sell pretty well, but i don't think i've ever seen a kid buy a skull fucker - only afols and teenagers

I know it's anecdotal evidence but I think ultimately, shitty designs will make kids lose interest. Even though lego doesn't believe it, kids can tell what look like shit. Even on a subconscious level they know that what they want isn't always what looks best. When I say this it's in reference to the over use of gold. Kids want gold because it's seen as special and coveted, but they still know it looks like shit. Bionicle's aesthetic direction and choice of colors is just ugly lately imo. Half of the appeal of 2001-3 was the aesthetics.
In addition, over using gold is just going to make it lose it's value super quickly.

it's going to be 2005 all over again (and gold everywhere too)
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So, anyone still playing the new app game?
>tfw upcoming content
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Umarak is thiq

Also he looks really weird stood upright instead of hunched over.
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>>5571941
So you mean they will just throw 15 bucks baddies to trash and make kick-as titans?
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>>5571949
Holy fuck that looks like absolute shit.
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>>5571950
I wish. 2005 titans were great. It's not as easy for kids to buy bigger sets.
The Hordika and Visorak were the worst thing Bionicle ever shit out.
I remember, as a big bionicle fan, losing interest in bionicle for a while even
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>>5571951
Bear in mind it's cobbled together from like two skull scorpios (Had an extra for dat kulta combiner), Onua, Protector of Earth, Loss, Umarak, and a bunch of scrap parts I had lying around.
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>>5571949

Why does The Destroyer look so bad?

It's not that it had to be bigger or more expensive. Just make it decent looking. But holy fuck it's so uninspired and boring looking.
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>>5571953
The Hordika Titans were great at least.
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Did DrScorpionX die? I really wanted to see the combiner.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=y6d52mY7YWw
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OXRD_1WAzRU
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OhakEYP9LqQ
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>>5571918
;^)
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I'm bored of looking at MOCs.
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>>5572246
Look at good MOCs then.
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>>5570153
Holy fuck I'd never thought i'd ever find those.
after years of fruitless searching I had given up hope, thanks based anon.
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>>5572246

Build one then.
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>>5571942
yeah its super fun.
lego always makes good mobile games
(free and no in-app)
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What's the going rate for bulk Bionicle selling? I'm assuming it's not going to be $6 - $12 like Lego. No idea how to approach this project.
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>>5571688
Stellar part usage here.
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>>5569537
Honestly? I'd start with smaller sets, I feel the new sets are too expensive because of their size. While I like the idea of CCBS I think it makes the resulting builds too big and that jacks up the prices. Part of what made bionicle accesible to me as a kid was the price, with only the big sets being expensive they felt sort of optional, something you could get after you had collected the main six. And then you had the small sets and promos who were super cheap and you could have several off.
Also bring back the collectible aspect of bionicle, many kids love collecting stuff.
And i'd start big, many new parts to start of a new build system that allows for smaller buildable action figures than CCBS, maybe something with mixel joints. Lots of commercials, comics, webshorts, games. Really take advantege of the whole "every goddamn kid's got a mobile phone these days", and that means more than some fighter game where you just hack spider creatures appart and collect armor pieces that don't even do anything, Bionicle was all about ADVENTURE and MYSTERY. so make a game that has that.
a tv show can come later, but should definately happen bionicle became big as a multimedia platform, not just a toyline. This means that all those games and shorts all mean something and explain some of the mysteries but also create many, MANY more.

TLDR: don't half-ass it like they did. i feel bionicle could be huge again, but you really got to give it your all.

sidenote: remove the gender specific element races, so we can have some fiery ta-matoran girls
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I'm pretty good at finding all kinds of cancer
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Trying to make a bird, how do i make folding wings without looking like shit?
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>>5572344
Forgot image
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>>5572341
>BBW Gali
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>>5572353
The difference is that the other is an obese pile of fat and Roly's is more about thickness.
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>>5572325
>sidenote: remove the gender specific element races, so we can have some fiery ta-matoran girls
The Otokoans are a good start, and I agree that smaller sets would help.
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>>5568905
heh, followed (slowpoke)
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>>5572341
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2017 leaks when? And what are your hopes?

>90% technic builds
>Single colored masks again
>Makuta set
>Mask packs/collectibles of some kind
>Better action functions for the villains
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>>5572453
lego online exclusive wave only available in America. due to poor sales of course
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Finally bought Umarak, I'd be pissed if I spent my money but luckily I had a giftcard. He looks too incomplete, especially at the waist. Shit is just too lanky, they need to find a way to bulk that area up.
Predictions, is Bionicle kill again for 2017? I never see them moving at any stores near me, a few Target stores don't even carry full waves now, and the figures are only getting progressively shittier.
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>>5572453
I really don't give a shit about leaks anymore. The current ones we are just made me give up all hope for this line.

I was super hyped at the start, but the beats look stupid, Umarak is a mess, and Emiku is off color.
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>>5572468
thats what you get for being an angry afol anon
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>>5572479
I identify as a child, therefore I am not an adult.
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Can you guys help me build a gearbox for my Makuta Shadow Titan MoC? I have the measurements and gear placement down, but I want to know if there's a better way of going about it. Pic related, is what I'm trying to build, will reply with what I've got so far:
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>>5572554
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>Want to MOC
>Don't want to take apart any of the new sets for fear of losing them forever
>Don't want to buy duplicate sets because the prices don't justify how little new pieces there are
>Running out of ideas for the pieces I do have

Also, could someone make a Bionicle version of this pic?
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>>5572287
Enjoy, anon! If you know of any way to spread them to other fans please do so, I want to make sure they never get lost again, because they were my holy grail.
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>>5572566
Just buy piece lots on eBay.
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Are the Skull Fuckers really that bad when compared to the copy-paste villains of G1 like the Bohrok, Rahkshi, Vahki and Visorak? Or do kids expect better now and not even unique (but flawed) villains cut it?
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>>5572624
G1's villains were usually samey if not complete palette swaps but any kid would take a few similar sets that are well designed over even one set that's poorly designed.
See: Bohrok.
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>>5572566
Unrelated. I have seen that pic beign used for quite some time around here.

Whats the deal with it?
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>>5572707
Just fuck my shit up senpai
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>>5572707
Brendan Fraser has to pay 60k in alimony every month to his ex wife. Someone on /tv/ decided to edit a pic of Brendan with >>5572714's hair, and they started saying that he's depressed/suicidal. It doesn't help that he hasn't had a good role in ages, which lead to /tv/ saying he's only taking those roles to pay his alimony.
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>>5568796
Don't be so negative. You're actually one of the best MOCer around here, and I'd gadly follow you if I had a Flickr.
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>>5572624
I personally love all of them.
Some neat new parts, interesting functions like on Basher and Scorpio and the idea of undead robot skeletons is pretty badass.
I'd honestly take them over most of G1 canister villains any day.
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>>5573163
post your MOC so i can turn it into animu grill
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>>5573164
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>>5573168
so close to being the Mask of Lime
so much potential, wasted
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>>5573163
>>5573164
Aaaah
Is this your work anon? Its really good.
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>>5572566
Bricklink is your best friend.
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>>5573163
>>5573164
Kawaii as fuck.
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>>5573164
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so when will this series get cancelled and how many of you are gonna go back to the boards you came from? keep in mind the busou shinki general has always stayed around, even when their toyline was cancelled and just got rebooted. in that time there could have been a ccbs general but you're just transformer fans and bitch and whine inside of self improve
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>>5573284
At this point, I'm starting to get excited for Bionicle's cancellation, I'm eager to see what sort of CCBS line Lego will do next
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>>5573286
I'm not.

Even the wave 2 of SW ultrabuilds was a letdown. No set as good as Vader or Grievous, and they were ridiculously overpriced.
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>>5573289
But we still got Vader + Grievous right? Is there a Bionicle villain set as good as those?
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>>5573292
star wars is shit so bionicle is superior anon. this isnt the space opera general
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how would you all feel if Hero Factory continued? Not even a reboot, just picking up where it left off? The story was simple enough they could do that without making it in accessible to new kids
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>>5573294
Why not. The bad guys would be interesting and individual, not just repaints.
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>>5573294
Eh. Some of the bad guy sets were cool, but most of the heroes were pretty bad.

Invasion from Below was good for the most part, though.
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>>5573303
Bionicle and Hero Factory have the same boring designs.
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>>5573306
It's not only the designs, but the builds.

But maybe I was just spoiled by Masters and Uniters. They have neat gimmicks, and they integrate Techinc into the builds nicely, when most of the heroes feel kinda flat, and they're just bones and shells.
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>>5573309
the original bionicle was just bones and sells. buildable action figures isnt lego anyways
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According to Brickset, there's 3 SW ultrabuilds coming for Rogue one.

No names though. Only prices and part counts
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>>5573318
and they'll be 20 system sets thatll sell better
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>>5573319
Of course they will.

But as long as we get Boba, I'll buy ten.
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>>5573324

Word is that there's Boba with sand green shells.
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>>5573164
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>>5573286
They might just give up on original constraction lines entirely since they never seem to sell. That would still leave ultrabuilds for other lines and CCBS usage in some System sets.
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>>5573284
>
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>>5573292
Collectively G2 has been better than the Star Wars ultrabuilds. Apart from Grevious, Vader and maybe Jango I don't think any of them were good.
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>>5572341
I don't know how I feel about this
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Bionicle ending again would be great for my social life and wallet
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>>5573292
The Star Wars figs are shit and overpriced.

>>5573294
I wouldn't care 'cause I'll more than likely move on to bricks.
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I made a thing.
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Bionicle will get another reboot, or Lego will continue to go down the shitter.
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>>5571953
>Hordika and Visorak
>worst thing Bionicle ever shit out
I'd have agreed with you if this was 2007 and the Mistika onwards hadn't been released yet.
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>>5573546
I just remembered something, how come Ikir didn't get red protector feet? A chima system set's phoenix had red protector feet, it's not like the recolor didn't exist already.
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Just saw this on eBay. Does anyone know what the quality is like? Obviously, the sockets are going to instantly shatter, but what about the rest?
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>>5572457
>hopes
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>>5573564
I agree that the stuff after that was shit, but I still think Hordika and Visorak are at the peak of shit. Things like the Stars still had things going for them, like kind of looking cool at least.

Overall, I can't believe people complain about new bionicle sets. They're sooooo much better than anything from 2008-
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>>5570852
So a repeat of G1?
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>>5573578
I had Invincibility Robot ones.

Surprisingly, the ball joints weren't the issue. Pins didn't have friction and Mata eyestalk shattered, though
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>>5573595
While I admittedly bought all the Hordika only because I wanted a complete-as-possible collection, how are they worse than shit like the 2008 Matoran with those one-part shatterlimbs? Granted, at least the Matoran had some color and design variety, which the Hordika sorely lacked. You know what, I might end up agreeing with you the more I think about them.

Visorak IMO were more forgettable than anything. Some of the most overlooked sets, and deservedly so, but at least they had some okay functions and nice parts (not including those giant body shells).
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>>5573609
I would have expected the pins to break as well. For some reason, I've had to replace the two half-pins on my Kivoda because they both cracked.
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>>5573164
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>>5573568
Prob wouldn't look as good as silver. The only other silver on him would've been his wings.
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>>5573164
Took me a moment to realize who the right one was. They both look good though, Karzahni grill is looking real nice.
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>>5573777
I suppose, then again, it would have been nice if Ikir would have balanced out the overwhelming gold on Tahu with some red.
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>>5573708
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>>5573708
i'll be working on this
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>>5573284
>Finally old enough that I can buy my own Bionicle sets
>Line gets cancelled after only 3 years

They'd better give us a great ending that closes everything nicely while connecting it to G1.
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>>5573819
Here's a more clear, less neck breaking image.
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>>5573163
>>5573819
Now I'm curious what the Bahrag look lke.
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>>5573819
>not Nuhvok Va

Everyone knows regular Bohrok would be chubbies
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>>5573164
Yes, please!
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>>5573284
I'm just gonna leave /toy/ if there isn't gonna be any more Bionicle or if the next constraction line that replaces it is shit.
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>>5573284
I can see the threads staying around unless Lego completely kills CCBS. Remember, most people here weren't even old enough to be on this site the last time Bionicle was cancelled. It's an entirely different situation.
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>>5573164
Obligatory rahkshi grill
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>>5573164
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>>5574292
The hell? Whats with the photoshopped background?
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>>5574423
There's no shopped Background as far as I can tell. Might be just unfocused.
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>>5574429
Have a look at the feet and ankles, it's hard to spot at first but it's shooped
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>>5574444
I see the light now.
>nice Quad too
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>>5574292
so many unnecessary illegal connections
would be cool if you fixed it up a bit!

what the hell is up with the shopped background though?
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>>5574423
Its just dodgy editing. To make the backround contrast a bit better with the subject.
>>5574534
>illegal connections
Whereabouts? I cant think of any illegal connections in this guy.
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How do I git gud at giving my MOCs a more technic-y/classic Bionicle look? I want to use more tubes/system pieces and incorporate gears/technic builds but I can never figure out how.
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>>5573904
there

also as a matter of fact i only own LOSS and protector of earth for G2 so i don't recognize some parts

i wanna draw rakshi next but this guy>>5574292 looks cool
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>>5574653
A lot of it is owed to the fact that old sets tended to have elaborately constructed features that also framed the body, making them look kind of spindly and bare, but at the same time it was always functional, and it was kind of like seeing the inside of a robot without the shell. Using hero factory shells actually takes away from the aesthetic IMHO, kind of kills the aesthetics and makes the models just look like generic robots, it's a huge oversight the design team just doesn't seem to get.

Anyway, look at pictures of old erector sets if you're short on ideas, their aesthetic is really close to early Bionicle.
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So are we ever gonna see this outside of Russia? I'm not paying fucking fifty dollars for a mask of creation and a scrap of cloth.
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>Nuva symbols on all the new masks
>Nuva symbols on Ekimu's chestplate, linking him to them thematically
>Ekimu down for the count on Umarak the Destroyer's box
>Polybag for Tahu with a Mask of Creation and a tattered shroud of Nuva Symbols
Calling it now, Ekimu's going down this year and Tahu is going to have to replace him.
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>>5574926
Would explain why Tahu is all golden.
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>>5574926
And Tahu gets knocked around by Lava Beast.

I wouldn't give too much story significance to background images and promotional sets.
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Do you display your Mata, Masters and Uniters with their golden masks, or with normal ones?

I'm just curious because I can't decide what I should do.
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>>5574825
Damn, thats awesome. Look forward to seeing what you do with the other moc.
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>>5575088
Well, I have my OG Mata sets with gold masks but as for Masters/Uniters I'm half and half almost, Onua, Tahu and Kopaka (Master) have gold as for Uniters, I'm getting my hands on Lewa soon and I'm keeping his green/silver mask on, even when united with Uxar.
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>>5575088 #
I just use golden masks, but I also attach creatures so whatever
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>>5575088
I keep my mata and masters next to eachother, both with golden masks. I'll probably keep my uniters united with their golden masks to save space whenever I get around to making a display for them.
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>>5575063
What's the deal with this being Tahu's master form, anyway?
Maybe their new armor is actually powered by their masks and they can only sustain it for a short while after they're knocked off.
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>>5575063
>>5575117
Does anyone have HQ Quake artwork?
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>>5575119
Onua is missing, for reasons unknown.
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>>5575063
>>5575117
>>5575124
I don't know why, but the more I keep seeing the Beasts, I start to like them more and more.

Are they amazing? No, not on the long run. But they are hardly the worst sets Lego has produced.
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>>5575128
It's exactly the same thing that happened with the Skull Warriors. The same thing will happen with the 2017 villains and toa, mark my fucking words. Everybody is going to be cynical as shit for a few months, and the real deal will come out, and everybody will like them. History repeats itself.
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>tfw this part in white is ridiculously expensive

Why must life be such a pain? I just want to order a pile of these, and Visorak-foot so I can add them to Zamor launchers with and without the clip so that the spheres don't fall off.
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>>5575128
Well yeah. Lava Beast, Ekimu and Umarak are good. Storm Beast is bland, but bland isn't bad. Quake Beast is bad, but they pulled of the box art well, which they don't usually do.

I predict these will not shelfwarm as hard as the skeletons. Especially with Ekimu. Maybe Quake and Storm will a bit.

>>5575131
The Skeletons are still shit though. They're all manlets and primarily gunmetal/silver. I'm not against using metallic colours, but if they're the primaries then they aren't colourful, and consequently they don't have as much appeal.
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>>5575117
Do his arms swing up and down at the shoulder?
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>>5574825
Your shit looks nearly professional. Keep it up.
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>>5575063
Then why doesn't Onua appear on the box?
That's right, he won't actually lose his mask.

Both Kopaka and Tahu will charge into battle trying to be the leader and get fucked up.

Good sets or not I don't think I've ever seen so much detail put into the bionicle box art than these guys.
all the lightning and elemental shit going on might make kids go nuts alone
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>>5575243
Literally or metaphorically?
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>>5575212
Yes, moving the tail around makes his arms go all over the place.
If anyone has the video, please post it.
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I wonder if bzp will die alongside G2. LEGO won't have much of a reason to fund them anymore. Anyway. I love a good story as much as the next bonklefag, but a new line means new aesthetics. Back when hero factory was launched, I found the design shift appealing. The robots were allowed to look futuristic and their headgear wasn't confined to the mask aesthetics bionicle had to follow. Stormer's helmet remains a firm favourite to this day. It's nice and smooth with little camera, an underbite and a "scar" in one eye that give him tons of character.

>>5571901

You're making me question my heterosexuality.

>>5572341

Hnnnng! I would destroy her with my dick.
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>>5572341
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>>5575356
They've been moving towards a Lego general for a while.
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>>5574873
The way these packs come out is real odd. The Villain Pack just got officially released in Hungary this month. It was technically available some time last year, but this time stores are actually promoting it.

This could be just a one-off promo for some places in Europe, or it could mean that the promos are just taking a long time to reach the west.
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>>5575356
has anyone talked to "bzp elite circlejerkers"? Do they knpw anything we don't?
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>>5575390
Say what now, when was that announced?
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>>5574825
why not both :)
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This is a pretty nice revamp, looks much better without those over-sized blades
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>>5572341
>fat
>In my bionicle
Anyone who draws fat shit should fucking kill themselves.
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>>5575391

It's just rumours and wishful thinking. Bionicle isn't ending. But even if it did the bzp inner circle wouldn't tell you. They make plastic off of the community. They wouldn't want it to collapse prematurely.

>>5575380

You mean the IFB mechs? Speaking of LEGO general, I never was a big fan of the minifigs. I recently got my first mega bloks minifigs (halo) and I can't stop wondering why LEGO hasn't sunk yet.
It's minifigs are expensive, blocky and have atrocious proportions.
Mega Bloks' products not only benefit from the promotion of blockbuster games, but they also have molded details, better proportions and great articulation. I was going to bite and get a Nexo Knight set but not anymore.

>>5573164

Not mine but I'd love to see this hiptastic piece of art turned into a drawing. I wonder if the mocfag would be willing to share instructions.
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>>5572341
So she went from mermaid to manatee?
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hey is >>5573019 a good deal? he wants $35 for the smaller one
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>>5575396
Couple of weeks ago. It expires today.

I haven't taken advantage of it though, cause I have no money to spend.
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>>5575460
Well, fuck me then... I already bought to from E-bay a long time ago ...
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>>5575446
In risk of straying further off topic, MB tends to target an older demographic than Lego usually does. Plus, Lego pumps out way more themes thus reaching more people's likes.
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>>5575436
I don't see what is so bad if someone is fat.
But that Gali is obese
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>>5575476

Imo LEGO suffers from poor understanding of it's target demographic. Kids have always been more "adult-oriented" than the company thinks. Yesterday's kids grew up watching Robocop and Terminator (these movies had violence and swearing gallore and they even made toys). Today's kids are playing Mortal Kombat and God of War. You can't expect a kid to pester his mom to buy him a god damn CITY truck or something like that. Ninjago was successful because it's vaguely violent. Star Wars sells because it's kinda violent (though not much) and has a flashy franchise promoting it. Everything else stays afloat for a while and then sinks.

Another problem is that LEGO keeps emasculating it's IPs. Remember the Alien Invasion theme? It was an X-COM ripoff that bombed. Why did it bomb? Because LEGO had the "non-child friendly" elements. The aliens were comical in design, the atmosphere wasn't eerie, there were no horror elements such as abduction and experimentation. It was bland.
Another example, the G2 concept art. The toa had sharper looks and a more aggressive feel to them, while the skellies look more dangerous and sinister. Look at the end result. The theme doesn't lack ideas. Yes, the budget is an issue, but the concept art depicts different, better pieces, not more. They could had made more appealing sets with the same budget.

This is frustrating as hell, seeing a company driving it's themes to the ground and wondering what's going wrong. It's like watching Games Workshop.
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>>5575514

Not that guy but I'm fat (though not by american standards) and I much prefer them chubby over fashionably skeletal.

Fat is bad for two reasons.
1) It's unhealthy
2) Just because women like to bitch about how men only want the pretty ones doesn't mean women themselves will accept a fat or ugly guy as a boyfriend.

Fat is bad.
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>>5575540
I wouldn't call it as bad as Games Workshops awfull business decisions, but i will agree that it's a shame to see something that starts as a good concept get ruined by bad decision making because businessmen don't understand kids wants and needs. Like you can see it working with some minor tweaks here and there but they don't do it because "muh child innocence".
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>>5575540
I don't think the theme even necessarily needs to be more violent, just more complex. Compare the books and the story in general to G1 and there's no comparison. Dialogue is simplified, few "big words" so the kids don't get confused. Story is short and sweet, and practically destitute as far as lore goes. Battles are simple, villains stock and even Umarak is pretty two-dimensional. There's no mystery or intrigue because TLG thinks every fan of Bionicle 2.0 is going to be some faggot with a four hundred dollar phone and four second attention span.
The problem isn't just the theme softening. It's the theme being watered down. What was once a series filled with intrigue and mysteriousness is now just a generic story about robots on an island.
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>>5575553
they look kickass
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>>5575540
The guys who design the sets themselves also seem to be scared of stepping out of their basic CCBS bone/shell comfort zone.
Those new Nexo Knight blades that are on Ultimate Lavaria and the upcoming spikes, the large Chima/Ninjago fire parts THAT ARE EVEN LISTED UNDER CCBS IN LDD, all those CCBS Chima parts that never made it out of that line, the new spikes from the Elves sets - all of those would work amazing with Bionicle but nah, let's put on the same claws, the same IfB spikes, the same bones, the same shells and the same feet we've seen over and over again onto them.
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>>5575572
This, it's so fucking annoying. Every time I go to the lego store I see all these awesome fucking parts on the other lines and cringe thinking about how much the Bionicle set designers are gimping themselves.
Why are they so bad? Why are they so fucking incompetent?
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>>5575572
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>>5575557

Worse yet, it looks like it doesn't work exactly because they make tweaks. And I'm not talking out of my ass about children here. I get along with kids quite well and I've discussed this with them. LEGO is losing profit by not experimenting withit's own IPs, especially when they are expected from experirnce to fail anyway. I've been thinking about sending them some serious, presentable feedback though I don't think it'll make a difference.
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>>5575589
Honestly, you're wasting your time. TLG's feedback forms pretty much just go to low level employees who basically go off a script anyway.
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>>5575063
The background images of the skeletons were spot-on. These seem to show a lot more story detail, but when the previous summer wave was pretty accurate, it's at least reasonable to assume this one will be as well.
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>>5575627
But why Tahu is in his 2015 armor and Kopaka in 2016?
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>>5575627

Not Skull Warrior's :^). Speaking of cover art, does anyone else feel like there's too much booger in the summer covers? Are the beasts the personification of allergies or something?
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>>5575572
>oh, that's a nice piece over there but I'm sitting too comfortably to go and pick it up
>fuck it, these HF parts in front of me will do fine, just like for the last four years
>awesome, another wave well designed
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Unity piece is the best piece introduced in the reboot.
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dear god....
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>>5575807
Dear lord...All that effort put into those post added sound effects...
What is the deal of this kid? I mean goofing around with sets is one thing, but this kid just makes me feel uneasy a bit, as if he had some mental thing.
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>>5575807
>>5575822
>Every set has at least three build errors
This is why we get things like yellow gears and retarded color choices. Thanks kid.
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>>5575827
Yea, the build errors really kept triggering me too...
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>>5575706
this
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What do you guys think of my rockem sockem bonkles? The winner is whoever defaces someone by hitting the horns.
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>>5575878
Arm construction if interested stolen from old official rahi.
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>>5574825
yo anon do you upload anywhere? i'd really love to see more of your stuff
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>>5575088
if i had gold masks for the mata i would
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>>5573164
If you drew any of my mocs I'd appreciate it, anon.
You got a deviantart or something?
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>>5575989
Fucking hell.
Come to think of it, I don't think I've posted mocs here in a while. Have a few more.
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Still gotta make a brown cloak for my Great Being. What do you anons think Great Beings look like?

Also exorcist/10 neck on my Bohrok Hunter. Needs some green drool. Whaddya think?
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Really old moc, hence the inika build.
Last one for now, unless somebody wants more.
Except for the Great Beings, these all have semi-autistic stories for the characters. I'll post links to them if somebody wants. Come to think of it, I don't think I ever finished the character bio for this one, but got a good ways in.
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I've got $25 in Amazon credit, what do I get?
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>>5576069
25 hot wheels cars
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>>5575570
This one looks way better IMO.
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>>5576003
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>>5576101
That there was my inspiration, just made mine smaller and weaker looking. I like to think they rely more on brains.
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>>5576099
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Which year was the best and why was it 2003
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>>5575845
Farnsworth: Uniter of Old...ness...?
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>>5575827
yes heaven forfend some kid have fun or experiment with the way his toy is built

that would just ruin the whole thing
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>>5575822
There is an adult playing on the channel with transformers with those same shitty effects added.
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So it seems the skeletons are pretty controversial (though it seems they went from hated, to loved, and back to hated again). I can get that for Slicer since that's as barebones as it gets, but I just got Basher and I dunno, he seems pretty legit. Definitely the best build of the four (excluding Kulta because I didn't buy him yet).
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>>5576418
Don't listen to what anybody else says, Skull Basher is fucking god tier.
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>>5576424
Hell yeah, he's got the best gimmick out of all the Skull Warriors.
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>>5575845
>filename
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>>5575356
Lego doesn't fund them do they? I believe the system is just getting suckers to buy premier memberships.
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>>5575420
I prefer the arm blades actually. In that he's just a dumb scorpion, and Pohatu probably doesn't benefit much from the combination.
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>>5576418
What are you saving up your quarters for Anon?
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>>5575436
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>>5573164
OP ain't ever gonna deliver
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>>5575577
Holy shit, why are they kidding themselves with the transparent 'energy' piece? Would love to get the CCBS parts of that set and see how they look transplanted onto Tahu or Ikir.
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>>5576526
Minifigs most likely, possibly TCG. Gotta use that loose change somehow!
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>>5573164
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>>5574103
I have no idea how much of this is legal, but it looks great.
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no one talking bout Lego Batman Movie Villain Designs? What are the chances we get a Clayface that doesn't look like shit out of this?
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>>5576935
I like how the designs are a cross between Arkham games and the Nolan trilogy.
Aside from that Bane.
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>>5576935
I'm guessing that we'll get one of those shitty big figures rather than a brick-built one. How long should we have to wait for leg articulation?
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>>5576942
But he is a very big guy now
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>>5576935
Go back to /lg/.
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>>5575878
Me like
>>5575881
It's from the Tarakavas right? Best Rahi
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>>5575999
Did you dye the feet Metru blue?
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>>5577043
berix
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>>5576513

The company covers the site's expences. They were stupid enough to brag about it at some point. In addition, the "important ones" get tickets and VIP invitations to various events, free sets to use as prizes for contests, and free sets/pieces/prototypes/future sets in advance to expand their piece libraries with. This is how people like Roa build their large clusterfucks. Speaking of RoaMcToa, she won the golden skull spider with a literal clusterfuck that contained new pieces that weren't available to anyone outside LEGO's BFF list. I didn't care for the competition and I still find it outrageous to this day.
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>>5577052
Give a read to this pile of shit, just to make the win more insulting. It's from Bricks Culture Issue 4
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>>5576117
These people made costumes to the best of their ability and are doing it for fun.
Not everyone can make a full-body armor suit with LEDs.

Mocking them because they're amateurs is incredibly childish and petty.
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>>5577052
Don't forget the guy who said he wasn't able to compare MoCo to MoCr because Lego didn't give him MMvsSG

>>5577057
Remember how butthurt BZP was over the mask contest winner?

>>5577058
I say quality over quantity.
Better have one decent mask than a full armor made of cardboard.
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>>5577057

That's not as insulting as the "who said women can't moc?"

>>5577062

My god. At first I thought it was some butthurt guy from another site who was pissed over the fact that LEGO sends bzp so much free stuff. When I got the facts right, I couldn't believe the level of self-entitlement. It kills me that you can't buy LEGO without sponsoring the rot.
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>>5575446
Eh....I dont think even they know if Bionicle's ending at this point in time.

I can't speak for HF's ending, but they knew Bionicle would return at least few months before it was officially announced.
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>>5577089

I don't think it's ending either, but if it did then the admins and mods would know because LEGO would stop supporting the site and they'd shut down. They stayed online during hero factory because G2 was intended to happen before G1 even ended. Years ago a few people couldn't keep a secret and let it slip that "maybe bionicle will return years from now. Maybe it will be a reboot".
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>>5577057
What were the rules concerning what parts could be used? I thought it had to be mostly G2 parts.
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>>5577126

I Don't remember the rules, but it happened before G2 was released.
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>>5577126
If I recall correctly, you can't use custom painted/cut pieces but prototype exclusive pieces are a-okay of course....totally not favoring the premium members, not at all..
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>>5577042
Yes, although I never owned on I reversed engineered the arms to work.
> I also found out that skull spiders have crazy strong head Friction when I was making a third one.
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>>5575446
Minifig pieces have the HUGE advantage of being versatile enough to work as other pieces.
Good luck with using Mega Bloks limbs as mech fingers or heads as cannon balls, toilet rolls or fish bowls.
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>>5575446
>>5573164
here's what she currently looks like if drawfriend would like to draw it

i'll do a how-to later tonight and post it up in the new thread
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>>5577153

Nah mate, I meant minifigs as minifigs, not as pieces.

>>5577162

I love you full homo.
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>>5577162
Have you thought about redesigning that thigh/ass build? I used it in my skeleton girl. The vorox armor piece tends to bend a bit upwards and the Nuva shoulder part makes the build a bit gappy.
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https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5J8QZ11PPAE
Third book will tell something of the skulls origins.
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>>5577047
>berix
wasn't that the only mata blue on him?
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Words cannot describe my hatred for BZPower
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>>5577725
I have no Idea what you're talking about.
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>>5577731
I'm taking Lego to court for enforcing me to try bulk myself like Onua and taking steroids because of that.
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>>5577725
>>5577731
Jesus Christ just learn to stop giving them your attention, it's not that fucking hard
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>>5577725
>>5577731
>Words cannot describe my hatred for BZPower
Perhaps this:
An undying rage that causes me to scream for several days straight while I murder entire cities with only one of my hands.
Is that close?
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>>5573168
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>>5577776
its beautiful. god bless
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>>5576154
2004, because Metru Nui
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>>5576696
>using gear torso parts for custom limbs
Why didn't I think of this before? Nice moc.
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>>5577921
Is that Minecraft?
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>>5577978
No, Jimmy, that's what we call a render.
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>>5577057
To be fair, that's not the most cluster-fucky thing she's made. That's some bullshit about the prototype parts though, that shit shouldn't be allowed.
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>>5576154

Best year was '07. It was darker, grittier, and the masks finally looked like faces.
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>>5578041

Yeah. Makes me want to cook up "misprints" and "prototypes" of my own in order to even the field a little.
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>>5578067
You're talking about 06 and this is bait
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>>5578100

Eh, I don't really remember what came out when after 2004. But no, it's not bait. After watching the first movies I really wanted face-looking masks. That year delivered, along with more "serious" designs. Spikes, gritted teeth, angry faces and guns. As with all things LEGO they shot themselves in the foot by trying to be badass and soccermom-friendly at the same time. But for LEGO it was as heavy as it can get. Also, GregF etc etc.
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I just want to know what the Mask of Ultimate Power actually looks like behind the shadowy veil. That's really the only thing I care about seeing in 2017.
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>>5577676
The chapter books are more or less saving G2's lore on their own. Shame there's so few of them.
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>>5577923
Thanks, I used those pieces to keep a fairly sleek leg shape.
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>>5577151
>never owned one
You should, I love them
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>>5578067
>the masks finally looked like faces
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>>5577725
>>5577731
So what exactly happened to BZPower? When I was a kid BZPower was some kind of magical land of talking about bionicle and looking at cool pictures of shit people built. Where did it go from that to the tiny joke of a community I see when I look at the bzp forums now? Where did it all go wrong?
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What happened to the cheap G2 stuff on eBay? Even Hero Packs have gotten more expensive. There's also the Australian version of Muaka and Kane-Ra for £10 boxed if anyone's interested.
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>>5578597

I've been away from BZP for so long I can't quite answer this properly. But while the end of Bionicle in 2010 was a huge blow to the community, there was a long downtime around that period as well.
When BZP came back, the site turned into a general Lego fansite (since there wasn't anything Bionicle to cover) and lots of people didn't return (either chose not to or just forgot, dunno). So the only people that were left were the admins, the mods and the other people close to the website. But I don't know how the community became the SJW cesspool it is now. I'll leave that answer for someone who knows more about it.
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>>5578067
They might have looked like faces but damn that were some ugly faces.
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>>5578613
I would buy that. It's Mad Max as fuck.
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>>5576545
I'll post more later in the new thread
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>>5578663

Hahli's mask was shit. Matoro's and Jaller's were okay. The other three were brutal.
But anyway, when you're up against a team of killer niggers who gangbanged your heroes, you want your face to give them nightmares, not rape boners.
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>>5577676
http://www.bs01podcast.com/2016/03/26/episode-02-interview-with-paolo-bryant/
BS01 also did an interview with Pohatu's VA.
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I do find it odd that Lego experimented so much with new head styles between Vahki and Barraki. Especially since they made the new headmold for Metru.
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>>5577057
Are those silver boomerangs? Which set?
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>>5578846

Prototype.
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>>5578846
Prototype parts can come in colors other than those that are actually released, which makes using them in a contest all the more bullshit.
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>>5577676
That was actually really great. Sounds like the guy is doing his best to tie everything together into a coherent story and lore, Lego just keeps throwing these curveballs at him.

Also nice backstory of how he got the job in the fist place.
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>>5578846

Prototype parts. You will never have them no matter how much you pay or want them.
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>>5578846
None, that's the point.
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When they first killed off Ninajgo (it was going a three year plan) the last year wasn't a full year regardless of its' popularity. It was already planned that Chima would take off then.

When Lego tells about "3-year plan" it's bollocks.
It's 2 and a half.
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>>5579003
I got a kick out of reading this. Kids don't bend to your business plans, Lego.
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>>5579003

And let's not forget how G1 supposedly lasted a decade though it didn't.
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Anyone got the instructions for this abomination?
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>>5579070
9 years is still pretty impressive.

If I recall, Belville is the only non-licensed theme (other than City/Town) that ever lasted longer than Bonkle
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>>5579148

I don't know, mate. There's a difference between a long successful franchise and beating a dead horse. Phantoka/Mistika and the second half of the Bara Magna saga felt like that despite the comics, video games and licensed music.
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>>5579113
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>>5579193
Lackluster sets aside, I don't know, man. Having kept up with the story as it went, I see 2008 as the "Revenge of the Sith" (for lack of a better analogy)of Bionicle. It brought everything together and closed a shitload of loose ends, turned established plot elements on their heads and killed off all the unneccesary characters that had been added in its story arc. Fucken beautiful.
2009 was a weird step in a direction that cannot be properly described in this dimension. Let's call it frampwards.
I thought it was amazing, a whole new planet where the ancestors of the Matoran had gladiators fight for resources. Excluding TLR, the Glatorian story was in-depth and extremely interesting. Gave some neat backstory to Mata Nui too, a being we assumed was a diety since 2001 turned out to be a research probe AI with a god complex that turned sentient.
Hell, just read some of the old books. How was Mata Nui "above" Metru Nui? How did Voya Nui break off a continent and "rocket upward"? Shit doesn't make any sense unless you know the MU is a giant hollow robot full of oceans and landmasses.
Not to mention the Order of Mata Nui/Dark Hunters/Brotherhood of Makuta side stories.
As a devout lorefag, I'll defend Greg's edgy fanfiction until the day I die and get reincarnated on the Red Star.
The sets are hit or miss.
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>>5578613
Link to the muaka and kane ra?
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>>5573164
WHY WOULD YOU MAKE KAWAII KARZAHNI HES SUPPOSED TO BE MEGA EVIL
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Have u guys ever seen japanese bionicle ads
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rXWoQhjxVfE
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>>5576935
>killer croc's head

I love it
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>>5579351
this
this so much
I never thought I could ever be reading something like that
>>5577676
it hurts so much to see such a brilliant author being forced by LEGO to write a dumb story
come on, he just want the story to make sense and has tons of wonderful ideas
but noooo LEGO wants the story as simple as possible
puah
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>>5579734
What's special about them? It's literally just the normal ad with a Japanese dub.
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So Ryder Windham isn't doing the 3rd graphic novel, then? He said he didn't work on a third one at all, yet it has a release date attached to his name on Amazon. Duh fuck?

How fucking mind blown would you be if they got Greg back to write for the last year so that he could neatly handle tying the two generations together somehow?
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>>5579860

Much as I hate GregF as a writer in general, I think seeing him return like a rider of the apocalypse to lay waste on bionicle's second ending would be amusing. I kinda wonder if we'll ever see a bonkle G3 though.
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>>5579683
>mega evil
>died stabbed in the back and fell down a cliff
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>>5579883
I get the feeling Lego might just bring it back some day down the line, but not for a good long while. Throw the franchise on ice for a good ten years before trying again I say.
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>>5579944

Well doubledubs, I want to see more than just Bionicle put on ice. I want to see more drastic changes, like teams of less than six people, different palettes, and no good/bad guys but instead competition among the characters. A different focus on gimmicks wouldn't be bad either. Imagine if instead of launchers or knockable stuff the sets had miniscreens, LEDs, optic fibers or other such dazzle. I'd love it if the sets had tronlines.
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