/biog/ - Bionicle and CCBS General: Vahi Confirmed edition

First for dead thread and deader theme.

>>5639815
no u.

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Reposting from last thread

>>5639823
I wonder why people didn't do porn of breeze at that time, yet now everyone is making bionicle porn.

>>5639847
go to rule34, search for hero factory, thank me later

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>G1 and G2 are now undeniably linked
>BZP was again wrong about everything

>>5640009
>BZP was again wrong about everything
Eh, probably some people crawl out and be like "I believed that they were connected the moment it started"

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which one

>>5640028
Now.

>>5640012
It doesn't really matter, I just wanted to post my spurdo

nigger if we get that Vahi next year I swear to god it's a sign that 2017 is going to be 200% rad

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>>5640009
:DD

>>5640033
>inb4 the vahi is a bs exclusive only

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This is a bit of a rehash of last week's moc in terms of structure.

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>>5640009
>>5640012
Nah, they're still denying it.

>>5640045
Old purple sticks out like a sore thumb but there's nothing you can do about it.

>>5640045
The lower torso makes him look a little cartoony but I like the overall looks, didn't think a krana can be put there.

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>>5640050
Yup, thankfully it's only the krana.
>>5640051
It attaches with this piece: http://alpha.bricklink.com/pages/clone/catalogitem.page?P=20482

>>5640052
Ah, I see, and here I was wondering how can the Krana's peg fit into the CCBS chest hole.

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>>5639806
Someone asked for Happy Merchant Ahkmou last thread, so I got off my ass and finished it.

>>5640033
Vahi will be Winter 2017 'special' mask, just like Mask of Skull Spiders/Mask of Control. MoUP will be Summer 2017 'special' mask like Mask of Creation/mutated Mask of Control

>>5640165
Doing the Great Spirit's work

>>5640174
If this happens then I can forgive Lego for Quake Beast

>>5640174
Would we get the bottom half in the winter with the upper half, or in the summer?

>>5640190
We got the bottom half 15 years ago, anon

>>5640045
>>5640052
The face reminds me of a specific Fallout power armor helmet.

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>>5640223
Yeah it keeps reminding me of Frank Morrigan a lot now as well lol

>>5640199
Yeah, but would they rerelease it, or will the "bottom half" wanking never be fully brought into play in the story?

>>5640249
If they really make the new Vahi piece compatible with the old one, I hope they reprint it for the sake of newer fans and include it in another set, and this is coming from someone who already has both the golden and orange iterations of it.

>>5640276
If anything, I'd like a version of the old Vahi in Warm Gold; the previous one was from before they implemented it.

>>5639806
if G1 and G2 are connected, how? G2 cleary isn't the past or the future.

Another timeline could be the explanation. But why was only 'half a mask' created in each respective universe?

>>5640283
It was mentioned that the mask can connect to "the Past, the Future, and even faraway Realms", and there have been a couple impliances that this is another universe altogether. There's still a lot we don't know yet, though. I'm thinking around the end of the journey we'll probably learn what's really going on; maybe the truth is this generation's answer to the Mata Nui Robot, as far as big twists go.

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>>5640050
you can even them out though

>>5639806
isn't that just jaller mahri's mask

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ohohohohoho

>>5640368
I thought it was Scarox from Brain Attack when I first saw it.

>>5640378
Amazing job, Anon.

>>5640378
Did you just make this?

>>5640378
You gotta open up a store or some shit senpai, I'd pay good money for this kind of work.

>>5640382
thankye

>>5640386
it's not going to be fully solid for several more hours but yeah

>>5640165
Magnificent.

You guys are thinking this through too much. The Vahi that comes with the 2017 sets will all be one piece. It will come with Tahu in orange and the gold mask will be [toyspoilers]G1 Tahu's[/toyspoilers]

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>>5640507
Like poetry.

>>5640199
Sure we did. But keep in mind that

1: Kids these days don't want to pay an arm and a leg online to have a piece of plastic from before they were born just so their Toa can wear a pretty mask.
2: Unless they do very good job on molding the new one, the old one will have some issues with connecting properly.
3: Lego doesn't do old gold anymore, meaning that old gold Vahi would look dumb connected to pearl gold top half.

>>5640045
Bulldog/10

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>>5640507
>The 2017 sets are all updated versions of the Mata and Turaga
>G2 ends right as G1 begins
>Lego releases mask packs again because fuck it, might as well
>Sets are released in canisters again
>Yfw

>>5640653
no

Unpopular opinion but I actually really like the new boxes. They aren't as functional or cool as the canisters but they're perfect for display if you tuck in the flaps and flatten them with weights.

>>5640049
I love the way they say it, how they basically deny any possibility and say how it will never be linked as though they know this for a fact. They get so mad about it too, like they are being insulted directly when people claim the possibility of a continuation.

>>5640397
I plan on opening a bricklink store next month.

>>5640174
I think we might get the first half of the Vahi in the winter along with the second half AND the MoUP in the summer.

IF it really is going to be the end, an epic battle between the true Mask of Time and the unleashed potential of the Mask of Ultimate Power would be one hell of a way to send it off.

>>5640671
Canisters were the shit, but I'm pretty happy with the new boxes as well. It's nice that they tried to emulate the design a bit at least.
They also take up way less space, which is great because I'm really not sure if I could have found any way to keep around a bunch of G2 canisters in addition to the old ones.

>>5640671
I found tucking in all the flaps stresses or flat out rips some of the corners. I'd like to do that, but I don't want to fuck up the cardboard, personally.

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>>5640722
>>5640724
Really what would be GOAT would be if the "boxes" were a cylinder of cardboard with a lid on top that functions as a suva or something, and the tube of cardboard could be unrolled to become a poster, maybe with the print on the front of the box on the inside.

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Ended up getting the LoSS after all, couldn't say no at $8. I'm pleasantly surprised, a lot of what I heard made it sound like a pretty awful set, but I'm really digging it. Function is okay but looks cool, makes me think of a facehugger. And the amount/variety of parts in this guy are great, he'll be valuable for builds down the line.

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>>5640800
The team of people who prototyped these know what the FUCK is up. Just needs suva lids.

>>5640715
Are you going to take requests or will it be whatever you feel like making?

>>5640378
gimmie gimmie gimmie that mask after midnight

>>5640630
Has awful coloring ever stopped Lego from doing something?

>>5640830
Cardboard canisters? Awesome. Although I imagine the design Lego went with is more structurally solid.

>>5640630
Yeah, they're gonna have toreissue/redesign the old MOT so it can both clip on the second half and on a face separately.

I'm still kicking myself for not getting a Vahi when it was like 5$ pre-reboot.

>>5640915
They can't be that expensive now, can they? I only paid $7 for mine a couple months ago.

>>5640915
>tfw got the gold Vahi from a comic

It was a gold mine. They had stuff like infected Hau Nuva, Avohkii and disk of time and then they had boring stuff like Krana checklist, Kadin and Elda.

>>5640918
Haven't checked gold Vahi prices since I already have one somewhere, but cheapest orange one on BL is 15€ from Russia.

>>5640923
I couldn't tell you about gold, mine was orange.

>tfw don't know what G1 stuff I should collect

Only thing I know is golden original Kanohi, but after that I don't know. Getting full sets of them is tempting, but it would cost a small fortune and take up so much room. Never had interest in krana, kraata or kanoka, except maybe the great ones but even those are way rare for what they are.

Maybe I should just settle for golden ones, and then the rare promotional Kanohi.

>>5640904
They aren't official, it's just a prototype a team of people made for a project.

>>5640811
I didn't like him back in 2015, but comparing him to Scorpio and Ketar, he's almost a masterpiece. Haha.

For the record, that's not to say I dislike Scorpio or Ketar. They've grown on me a lot, too.

>>5640920
>infected Hau Nuva
Remember those were given away with book packs at one point. But they eventually ran out of them, so later down the line the books came packaged with Lhikan's Hau instead. Then they ran out of those too.

My books came with Takua's mask because I bought them so late.

>>5640954
I know. I never implied otherwise.

>>5640962
>Lhikan's Hau
Reminds me how I bugged my grandma to buy that giant pack of batteries just so I could get that red good guy that was later retconned to Turaga Lhikan

>>5640950
I've only recently gotten into collecting Kanohi. I may be getting a trans-yellow Kaukau and white Matatu soon.

>>5640931
Well bricklink prices for gold ones are no less than $20. I'm actually glad I got mine as part of a lot a while back.

>>5640971
My wallet hates me for discovering Bricklink and their scalper prices.

>>5640841
I'll probably start with whatever I feel like making, though for relevance I'll try to have a full set of the 2015 toa masks available at some point.

My current completed molds are:
Mask of Fire
Mask of Water (needs to be remade honestly)
Protector Mask
Kulta's Skull
Kakama
Krana Bo

Think I might make a Vahi mold next.

Any mask in particular you want to see? I have the original pieces of almost all of them, except for some of the more recent reboot ones.

>making up any excuse to desperately connect this reboot with the long forgotten child hood of every bionicle fan

kek

>>5640994
I'd be more partial to replicas of ultra rare shit, masks like yellow Rurus or white Hunas in particular. If there's no chance in hell of owning the real thing why not a replica that looks pretty damn close, you know?

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>>5640998
If anything there's just going to be a mask of time with a stylized version of the vahi as a part of it, and nothing else.

So I'm curious of two things.

One, why would LEGO give us a mask of Time in set form, if we're supposed to get the MoUP next year? Could it be possible they're extending the line? I'm leaning towards no and assume that if the MoT is released, it'd be in the winter with the heroes (similar to the MoC) and we'd get the MoUP with Makuta in the summer. Share your thoughts on this.

Second, does anyone else doubt we'd even get two parts to the MoT if it's released? I feel like the reference to being half a mask is simply a nod to the G1 Vahi. If you think about it, with the way masks connect to the G2 heads, it's impossible for them to construct two masks that can be worn separately and then combine to form a single piece. I bet it's just going to be a mask where the jaw is exposed, juxtaposing the exposed noggin look we got with the original.

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>>5641006
True, I'll definitely be doing stuff like that since that's the kind of thing that pretty much anyone would buy.

No idea how I'm going to get smooth metallic colors, though. I've tried mica powder and it came out looking like the color of golden pantyhose or something.

>>5641023
We'll probably get the mask of time in winter and the mask of ultimate power in summer, or something.

>>5641024
Shame, you could probably rake in some money with PLG Ignika masks. Any luck with transparent masks, or are they still bubbly as hell? Not that those weren't radical, just that if you're going for replicas those obviously wouldn't cut it.

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>>5641039
Well I did find a type of transparent resin which is intended for use as a table surface coating. It's thicker and if mixed carefully, has no bubbles.

The mask of water that I posted and the transparent figure in this image were made with it. Doesn't seem to be very sprue-friendly but at least I can get it to work with the masks.

>>5640971
Holy shit I've got 8 of those in a box somewhere. Guess I need to start a bricklink now.

>>5640962
I had the opportunity to [spoiler]steal[/spoiler] one of those infected Hau Nuva at one point as a kid. I actually regret not taking it, does that make me a bad person?

>>5640950
Just get whichever has the most emotional/nostalgia value for you. I'd guess that a majority of people who buy old Bonkles order their favorite sets because it reminds them of simpler and happier times.

>>5641104
>infected Hau Nuva
I've got like four of them are they worth anything?

>>5641104
Oh, well, it didn't spoiler but whatever
>>5641109
I honestly couldn't tell you, but I wanted them purely for how cool they looked.

>>5640998
>Making up any excuse
Um. What?

You do realize the Vahi was discussed as being the top half of G1's since the NYCC at which G2 was revealed, right? Plus, you remember all the Easter eggs of the G1 Vahi from the animations, correct?

It's not like Lego is shoehorning this shit at the last minute to appease fans. I'm personally not jumping to any conclusions by suggesting a definitive connection myself, but whatever Lego is planning on doing with the Mask of Time (both the new top half, AND old bottom half), it was planned from the beginning.

>>5640378
>SQUEE INTENCIFIES

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>>5640165
Many thanks

>>5641114
Not that guy you're responding to, but is it so hard to think that while they were sitting down and going through the various elements of G1 that they could incorporate into G2, they looked at the Vahi and said "Hey, wouldn't it be neat to make a new Vahi? How about a top half instead of a bottom half?" and then they put the easter eggs in simply to hype the new mask?

Like, I get they've been laying hints, but it could just be for the hype and the whole incorporation of the Vahi is just for novelty's sake.

Similar to how the one legendary mask we never got in set form in G1 was the Mask of Creation. Then Ekimu just so happens to wear the Mask of Creation, even though it's clearly not the same mask as Artakha's.

tl;dr the G2 Mask of Time is a recycled idea, with a new spin. It's a play on it's former iteration and that's all LEGO is saying to the fans. Like, "Get ready, you guys are getting a new Vahi!"

>>5640830
Why couldn't we get this instead of those boxes? Lego really dropped the ball when it came to packaging.

>>5640028
Then. But Im a big sucker for kopaka nuva, as well as silent type animu grills

>>5641071
Damn, looks pretty good minus the missing head and hand.

>>5641150
Lego dropped the ball with a lot of things in gen 2.

>>5641229
Nah, although the packaging dropped in quality, G2 still feels a lot fresher than Inika and Piraka builds year after year.
The G1 titans are still superior though.

>>5640994
It would be nice to get some of the mnog matoran masks, like the black rau and red ruru.

Lime tohunga feet would be cool too, but they might be a bit to brittle?

>>5641150
Because it would've costed a lot more, thus leading to a smaller piece count for the sets.

>>5641251
Huh, I didn't even think about the tohunga, will keep those in mind.

I don't think the feet would be brittle, but they might be too 'soft'. I imagine they would be fine as long as long as there isn't a ton of weight being put on them.

>>5641379
Do some copper masks of victory.

>>5639806
Is is sin against god actually official?

>>5641575
What?

>>5641575
Huh?

>>5641579
*is this

That mask design is atrocious.

>>5641581
Oh, no. if you check the last thread there's screenshots of G2's Mask of Time. It's only the top portion and some anon was experimenting with some sketches to try and incorporate the G1's lower design into it.

>>5641581
Oh no. Some drawfag anon just sketched a few ideas on how a unified Vahi might look like.

Mata Nui help us all if it becomes official though.

>>5640378
GOD
MY
OH!!!!!

I NEEEEEEED this. NEEEEEEED

>>5641640
Don't type like a faggot

>>5642229
Don't insult people like a 5th grader.

>>5642235
Wouldn't have to if you didn't type like a faggot

>>5642235
Then learn how to properly use grammar you immature toddler.

>>5642236

lrn2spot samefag, kid. That wasn't me.

>>5641640
HHHHHHNNNNNNNNNGGGGGGGGG NERDD POWERS ACTIVATE

>>5642238
Learn to properely use grammar and not type like a 12 year old from http://www.bzpower.com going super saiyan

HHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGG
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GGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGG MAS MAKER ANON GIVE ME THOSE MASKS I NE
ED TO UNLEASH MY SUEPR SAIYAN ENEGERGY

>>5640378
Thanks ekimu

>>5640994
Are you able to do 2 colours at once?
What colours can you make masks in?
>flat silver
>og gold
What would the price range be?

>>5641133
>>>/mlp/

>>5642240

Nothing wrong with my grammar. Thanks, though.

>>5634866
not a fan of the heresy'd head, but it's a pretty solid build

holy shit this is some /b/ tier cancer.

>>5642505
yes

>>5640912
no they're not

the new one could easily be a standalone mask for anyone unaware of the old one

being able to connect to the old one would just be a bonus for long time fans
it really wouldnt be that hard. it would just need a regular stud connection on the front

also it's going to be orange and not gold probably

>>5642246
>MAS MAKER
What the hell are talking about?

>>5640954
What project?

>>5642356
>nothing wrong with my grammer
>proceeds to post this jibberish nonsense >>5641640
>>5642239
>>5642246

no thank you

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>>5642805
Not that guy but the last two are clearly another anon mocking the first one for being a sperg.

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So yesterday I discovered that they didn't even get rid of the Hero packs, so they sell them for 3,99€ and I don't think it's even worth it.

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found this on jaypee

>>5642972
This is reminding me to get a frame for my map of Okoto. I really need to get around to doing that.

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reposting these just because

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Did a redesign on one of my MOCs. White one is the old version, black and purple one is new. Thoughts?

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>>5643036
Slizer as fuck. I like it. I like when greebly figures are lanky.

>>5643048
>Our exclusive!
u w0t m8

>>5643052
Thanks, I want to remake the rest in a similar hunch-back style. Just need to get extra parts.

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When do the new sets come out?

>>5643048
>Beasts + Umarak have Beast Masks of Corruption
>LB can fly and power up by putting on Tahu's corrupted mask
>Blue MoCr confirmed for powered up version
>Quake Beast nowhere to be found
Also interesting that it says "Ekimu The Mask Maker has emerged from sleep" like it's a recent thing and not part of last year, but I don't think that's intentional.

>>5643065
august

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Is it me or is Pohatu the favoured G2 character?

>LEGO says "fuck it, stone sets sell like turds"
>They bring back Pohatu only because they have to
>He is a lost cause, so they let the project developers do as they like with him
>Stone is brown again
>Pohatu receives exclucive weapons and unique design elements (greaves/thigh high boots and fashionable asymmetry)
>Pohatu receives a more unique (aussie accent) and appealing personality (the brooding loner who thinks)
>Pohatu is ascended from a supporting team member to the team's vanguard, powerhouse and occasional leader

There's only three parts that would prevent Pohatu from soloing the first year.
1)The Skull Scorpions
2)Awakening Ekimu
3)Fighting Kulta

Though I wouldn't be surprised if the toa suffer from the ninja principle. One ninja is dangerous. A group of ninjas is mook fodder. After all, the toa's tactic was to mob rush Kulta.
Maybe Kulta wouldn't put on the mask if he was confronted by a single toa. Or maybe Pohatu would cut loose and literally bring the house down on the Skull Grinder if he were alone.

Sadly, Pohatu lost a lot of his charm in JtO both as a set and a character. But even so, he was one of the three characters who could had passed the sea without the aid of his creature, he was the only toa to (briefly) possess the MoCo, and he was the only one to land a hit on Umarak. It was a great scene too.

Also he and Lewa received the lion's share of the spotlight.
I wonder why he isn't everyone's favourite toa.

>>5643074
Nope. At the last convention they said June/July.

>>5643100
Knowing my town that still means August.

Anyone here can explain the elements and the types?
I see creatures of water fire jungle etc
then masters
then guardians
who are the main main characters and where can i get them?

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Alright /biog/, post current displays.

The fuck? Walmart.com apparently accidentally had a few of the Summer sets in stock for a short little bit.

>>5643223
The Masters and the Uniters are the same characters, just that the Uniters are their upgraded forms. They're the main heroes.
The Guardians are their sidekicks in 2015.
The Creatures are their pets.
The skeleton dudes are villains.

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>>5643096
He always was and always will be my favorite Toa. Long live Pohatu.

>>5643065
Probably this month in case of Ekimu and the beasts. Umarak in june though...

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I was never able to get a Vahi so I made my own.

>>5643481
shit, they're releasing sets faster now?

>>5643494
Hey, they do the same thing with the spooky ones, and too with the winter sets of this year.
It was a month before they said it would be released.

>>5643515
shit, i didnt even realize that

welp, im not sure i'll pick up any sets from this wave, unless the beasts have really good story relevance, but im most def getting all of these new masks

>>5643534
Great for you, I'm only interested in Umarak and Ekimu for transluscent reasons. Storm Beast is....weird for me, the function he has is interesting but the figure itself, well.....

>>5643534
>>5643626
>implying I'm not picking them all up regardless

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>>5643096
>>5643339
My bros!

>>5643096
Pohatu a best

>>5643486
is that a slice of cheese.

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>>5643251
Just organized the shelves yesterday

>>5643515
Good for you. I probably have to wait till August, and if >>5643048 is correct, we won't even get all of the beasts here.

Fucking winter wave was released in March and even then Uxar and Ketar were nowhere to be found. I even asked one toy store that specialises in Lego, and they were like "Yeah, there's couple of sets Lego don't distribute here for some reason". I had to order them from S@H. At least I got that fancy Mr Freeze from it.

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>>5643251
Top shelf, hidden. Mostly to save space.

Uniters are currently hiding behind a tv.

>captcha: carver driver
Matau and Onewa fuck off from my captcha

I haven't been here since early 2016 can anyone explain what connection do G1 and G2 have? And what's with the Vahi?

>>5643980
There isn't any connection so far. The comics just revealed that there's a top half of a Mask of Time called Vahi in G2, so it can be theorized that the G1 Vahi is the lower half, and the two are in alternate dimensions or something.

>>5643486
Limeflavouredlibrian tier.

>>5644116
>librian
kek

>>5643486
>anon, why is there a toy on a slice of cheese in the company's printer?

Ukranian site has back of box images for the summer wave:
http://imgur.com/a/IwE5A

>>5644228
Why do I get the feeling the Umarak fusion will be a clusterfuck?

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>>5639806
Posted on the FB page.
>Are you ready for the BIONICLE 2016 summer wave?
>Here is a poster to whet your appetite.

>>5644287
Elemental beasts are the G2 Bohrok?

>>5644291
>hordes of beasts with strange rounded faces
>summoned by the bad guy to raze the island
>able to use elemental powers
I wonder if they also play nice with the Skull Spiders.

>>5644301
Hmm, interesting thought. JtO did show us that the skull spiders could take over the skeletons from Kulta's army, so maybe?

>>5644287
Well shit. I don't even have Pohatu, Lewa or Umarak yet.

>>5644287
Huh. This is the first official pic of them.

>>5644287
That looks rad as heck and having hordes of beasts make them feel less drab.

>>5644301
Now that I think about it, Toa haven't truly won anything yet.

Sure, they took down Tim Buckley and Kulta, but there's still skull spiders and skellies running around. Add some shadow traps, beasts and that nasty yellow goo shooting volcano to the mix and Okoto is in far worse shape than when before Toa arrived

>>5644337
I actually wonder what's going on with that volcano that's makiing everything look so fucked.

>>5644287
>first, Umarak has hoards of Shadow Traps
>now he had hoards of beasts
Fuck army-building traps, I'm army-building Lava Beast and Storm Beast.

Quake Beast can go fuck itself, though.

>>5644394
>hoards
Fuck, meant to type hordes. Same meaning when it comes to Umarak, I guess.

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Umarak the Clusterfuck - actually doesn't look TOO bad.

Hi-res images of the backs of the boxes:

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>Umarak der Unheilsbringer
>Umarak the Calamitybringer/Doombringer

That's even more edgy and metal than "Destroyer".

>>5644464
>Umarak the Doombringer
Sounds cooler, if I'm gonna be honest.

>>5644464
Color scheme is surprisingly solid, considering that all four use very different colors.

Still, probably not gonna bother unless they give it some story significance like Kulta/Scorpio

>>5644464
Jesus he's huge.

Is it just me or does he look to be around the same height as Kardas?

>>5644464
He's gonna fall over at the lightest of breeze, those feet seem to be way too clumsy for that massive torso

>>5644464
I'm amused, but also annoyed, that they still didn't change his leg design.

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>>5644464
>ribcage made of traps on top of ribcage
>lava diaphragm
>hand clawing gimmick works as a shashing gimmick now
>space between head and shoulders is filled out
>crown made from shadow trap/head looks like it's being swallowed up
>thighs are still short as fuck, though
Not bad in all actuality. The villain combiners (apart from the Basher, Slicer, and Warrior combiner) are really well done, and this is no exception.

>>5644474
Probs not.

>>5644478
>implying Grievous had a problem with the larger and smaller beast feet slapped together

>>5644480
The general design isn't changed but there are still some differences like friction-parts everywhere, dual large feet, additional talons, etc.

>>5644472
>unless they give it some story significance like Kulta/Scorpio
Wait, they did? I just made a separate fuckhueg Grinder that used up a ton of my CCBS parts for post-MoC.

>>5644464
Doesn't look too bad, but that lower body is just getting too narrow too fast and that really bugs me.

>>5644491
Yeah, it's canonically his Mask of Creation form.

>>5644496
>Yeah, it's canonically his Mask of Creation form
Fuuuck

I'll just slap bone wings and some gold on my huge Grinder, then.

Apparently Lava Beast can fly.

>>5644496
>canonically
Because some faggot in a shitty "lookit our WAY COOL toys" promo video said so? Yeah, fuck off. Unless they visually retcon the Kulta fight in a future comic book, that's bullshit.

>>5644507
What's wrong with it being his MoCr form?

>>5643897
You bought all the skull villains twice to have them and the combiner on the table at the same time?

>>5644509
Nothing. I'd like to see that change, but the main storytelling platform of 2015, basically the only visual form of media representing that scene, and the novel directly contradict such a dramatic transformation.

I have no problem with the idea, in fact I'll welcome it, but until it's more concrete than simply "word of mouth" it's sure as hell not undeniably canon.

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>>5644496
>>5644507
>>5644509
>implying he isn't changing up his form constantly after the mask gives him new powers

>>5644515
I only bought Scorpio and Kulta twice, and only so that I could have Ekimu built too.

I'm a retard, I know

>>5644519
>Kulta puts on the mask
>smashes the Toa's golden masks in one swing because only morons try to zerg rush a new god
>he sprouts wings and flies off
>maskless Toa or regular mask Toa run around trying to find him in what looks to be a wild goose chase
>it's actually him chasing them as he fires hardened feathers at them

>>5644464
>Umarak the Obliterator
>Umarak the Annihilator
>Umarak the Emancipator

>>5644519
>gives him new powers
Nevermind that we don't even have a solid answer as to what the G2 Mask of Creation even does. Yeah it lets Ekimu "make beautiful masks" but it HAS to do more than that to warrant legendary status, right?

>>5644519
>>5644550
At least one of those powers is shattering masks in one hit.

>mask of creation
>allows for increased strength to destroy things (would be useful for hammering)
>most likely still uses raw materials if it can do that
This would be like one of those late-G1 masks that Greg did that usually have a drawback.

>>5644553
>G2 Mask of Creation somehow still needs raw materials
>meanwhile, Turaga Dume's Kiril can fix protosteel just by him staring at a building
I mean, it makes masks and stuff, but that would be pretty dumb.

>>5644287
Looks appropriately apocalyptic. That subtle reflection of the forge in Umarak's mask is a nice touch.

>>5644684
Whoa, I didn't even notice that.

>>5644464

Imagine Umarak the Hunter at this size. Gotta build it once I get the right pieces.

>>5644546

>Umarak the Euthanizer

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>>5644464
>pretty much becomes the Kardas Dragon in his combined mode

holy shit

>>5644287
That's a nice callback to the 2003 poster, with the big good and big bad facing one another.

Haven't built this shit in like 13 years but kind of want to try getting into it after lurking this thread for a little while, any recommendations regarding the sets that are out at the moment?

>>5644910
Get the current bad guy, Umarak the Hunter. He's the best figure Bionicle has had in years

>>5644915
>figure
>not buildable toy

no thank you

>>5644915

Thanks, I'll check if my local toy store has him. I think they have less bionicle than I had hoped for.

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>>5639151
Here is my jetpack, but I still used the Panthoka piece

>>5643486
>putting on the cheesy mask of time
>"ULTIMATE POWAHHHHHH!"

>>5644936
Blue Ruru?

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>>5644464
Ehhhhhh
>>5644879
>comparing it to the Kardas Dragon

>>5644943
Metru Blue Ruru

Karzhani set

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>>5644943
>>5644956
Exactly

>>5644879
>>5644474
Yeah, I don't see the comparisons to Kardas at all. It just looks like a slightly taller UtD with some extra shit slapped on. Nothing like Kardas in look OR in size.

>>5644959
>plugging translucent studs into pinholes all over a MOC
I will never understand this shit.

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>>5644970
They don't make sense, that's true. Also I maybe should have used the normal trans blue. The actual reason was that I tried it out, because I didn't and still don't know what to do with all these.

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>>5644946
>tumblr gifs
>DOCTOR WHO tumblr gifs

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>>5644987
>>5644946
For situations like this, I have created a meme.

>>5642972
They tend to sell off old polybags that don't get given away. If only I could pick up an extra villain pack and potentially an accessory pack though.

So what ever happened to that Protector's guide of Okoto or whatever? Is it still coming out?

>>5645107
wasn't it like just couple of pages inside the first graphic novel or something?

>>5644287
>army of bonkle scalies

>>5645112
Oh, really? I didn't think about that. Huh. Oh well. Is Makooti's Guide to the Universe worth buying?

>>5645112
Yes. Both graphic novels have a section at the back titled "The Protector's Guide to Okoto" with a bunch of (mostly retreaded) story info.

>>5645126
>Makooti's Guide to the Universe worth buying?
Oh yeah. Both it and Mata Nui's guide to Bara Magna are beautiful books, and some of the best from G1. I think they're must haves, personally.

>>5644464
Holy shit, didn't expect to be picking up two of each beast. UtC looks boss as fuck.

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Quake Beast box. Onua has been added to the image, but he is hard to see. Unlike Tahu, he appears to be in his 2016 form.

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>>5644970

How do VIP points work? I got a bunch from the May the 4th sale and was wondering exactly how they work. Is there a limit to how many things I can buy with them at once?

>>5645416
Where is he? Honestly can't see him

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Are there any higher res iterations of this image floating around? I know Russia got a full sized poster of it (lucky bastards) but as far as I can tell nobody bothered to scan it.

>>5645469
He's really hard to see, look to the right of his elbow, far right of the image.

>>5645416
LOL. I like how the blades stab into the upper border the and burst through the top of the box.

>>5645416
>QB's crystal blades tore through the box

>>5645439
Every dollar spent is 1 point and 100 points is equal to 5 dollars in rewards. Those savings are just applied to the total of your order, and I think points expire like 2 years or something after the purchase you earned them from. Not 100% sure about the last part, though.

>>5644464
What is it going to take for TLG to get the situation with leaked photos under control?

>>5645499
So could I buy a bunch of Bionicles and pay for them via points?

>>5645502
Its box art from sets Lego has already announced, shown at ToyFair, and officially come out in like a month. These hardly count as leaks, anon.

>>5645505
Pretty sure, yeah. I don't think they require an additional transaction to be cashed in.

>>5645510
Sweet, thanks anon.

>>5644864
>>5644546
>Umarak the Salaminizer

>>5645574
>Umarak the Sodomizer

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>the entire bionicle community at this point

>>5645604
[CITATION NEEDED]

Moving into late 2016 the theme has got some great momentum. Are you NOT excited for an apocalyptic war where Okoto goes to shit and is overrun with hellspawn armies of darkness? That's your problem, buddy.

Plus, all warnings of the reboot's demise next year are just frantic doomsayer theories.

>>5645639
>Are you NOT excited for an apocalyptic war where Okoto goes to shit and is overrun with hellspawn armies of darkness?

If that's what it was, then yes, I'd be very hyped for it. But you forgot one key detail. It's going to be outrageously kid friendly. There will be no permanent effects, there will be no character deaths, there will be more plot holes than actual plot, there will be the same dry humor in JtO as the first season, there will be no major support by Lego, and all the sets for the summer are frankly garbage.

>>5645665
>>5645665
Lemme guess, you were an edgy '06-'08 Bionicle kid?
>There will be no permanent effects, there will be no character deaths
Nothing but assumption.
>there will be more plot holes than actual plot
Oh, so like. About a third (AT LEAST) of G1? Need I remind you of the Bohrok Kal saga, for example?
>and all the sets for the summer are frankly garbage
Opinion.

I think you've just outgrown Bionicle there, anon. It's okay to admit it. But don't drag the rest of the fanbase up with you or patronize those of us still enjoying ourselves with your generalizations.

>>5645700
Different anon. I agree that G1 had a lot of plot holes, but were the Kal one of them? They served to ensure that the Queens keep running the swarm while they were active.

>>5645767
I think the whole thing about the Nuva symbols and all of their silly shenanigans were the plot hole that anon was talking about.

>>5645700
It's likely we get to say goodbye for Umarak at least.

Is it just me, or has the time between wave releases feel...Shorter? Though, I haven't visited much of the Bionicle community in months so I haven't been thinking about Bionicle.

>>5645789
The older you get, the faster time seems to flow.

>>5645700
That anon has a point though. I've been trying to get exited for the new storyline, but there's very little substance.
It's not bad just...not that good. Everything is still generic and watered-down.
The sets are solid, don't get me wrong. But the story and setting isn't doing a good job of convincing us to buy them.

>>5645808
How an apocalypse initiated by Umarak's cum isn't convincing enough?

>>5645808
Oh no, I don't deny that he had a point or two. But implying that the Bionicle community is objectively "grabbing at strings" and rationalizing because that's the only possible way we can be enjoying the material given to us is just wrong. It's selfish to suggest that the line is "better off cancelled" when plenty of fans are clearly liking what it has to offer. The only fact in the matter is that all perspective on the situation is suggestive. It seems obvious, but some people just need to be reminded that their opinion isn't actually fact.

>>5645779
Well hey, Kulta is apparently still alive, so who knows? I'm honestly hoping Ekimu gets axed soon. If 2017 really is the final year, it would add some excellent drama to the Toa's mission. They couldn't beat Skull Grinder or Umarak without his help and now they have to take on Makuta himself without the Mask Maker's guidance? Shit just got real, dawg.

Probably won't turn out that way, though. Shame.

>>5645665
>there will be no character deaths
Like in gen 1? First deaths were Jaller and Takanuva on 2003, and they were resurrected five minutes later.

Then there were some deaths here and there on Metru, but the real bloodbath started after 2006. And even then most of those were rendered pointless thanks to that stupid fucking retcon that Red Star is limbo where all the dead people go to get repaired and then they are sent back.

>>5645902
I don't know. He's the wise old mentor of the group (like Obi-Wan and Han Solo), so I wouldn't put it past them to axe him off. I could see Makuta killing him.

That, or he sacrifices himself to destroy MoUP for good or something

>>5645952
Well, ideally I'd want him to sacrifice himself in defeating Umarak the Destroyer. Then like, Makuta regains the MoCtrl, takes the Mask of Creation, and soon finds the MoUP too. Just to fuck over the odds our heroes have to overcome even more. Give reason for the Toa to seek the other half of the Vahi because the Mask of Time's combined power is the only way to defeat Makuta who has all three legendary masks.

THAT'S the kind of final showdown I want to see.

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>>5645665
>There will be no permanent effects
It's going to free Makuta

>there will be no character deaths
Pic related

>>5645981
>Pic related
I lol'd. That's a great picture.

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>>5645981

Not that guy, but c'mon. An apocalypse is a world-ending event. If the issue at hand is dealt with quickly and without consequences then it's a crisis at best.
I don't expect LEGO to kill anyone, but I'd prefer it if next year Okoto was a wasteland overrun by weird monsters and the good guys were the resistance.
If it were me then first half would have new Protector small sets as the good guys. The medium sets would represent six different kinds of army building monsters.

The plot would be that everything went to shit and the protectors set out to find out what happened to the toa. They'd discover that the toa were defeated and trapped in six prisons that absorb their elemental power and place it in six masks. The first half would end with the protectors (or liberators) freeing the toa.

The second half's sets would be the six toa plus a Makutitan. The toa's new form would be blamed on the prisons' mutative/corruptive properties. The weakened (maybe edgish/"corrupt") toa would have to find the aforementioned masks, get strong again and face Makuta's final form.

>>5646136
>I'd prefer it if next year Okoto was a wasteland overrun by weird monsters and the good guys were the resistance

I'm sure you would, edgelord. Your story is dumb.

>>5646189
>edgelord
but that's the end of G1 pretty much. Not the part that we saw, but what was going on inside the GSR

>>5646192
Yes, and Reign of Shadows was also shit. What's your point?

>>5646189

Dude, aren't you sick and and tired of the "good always wins" trope? It's not about edge as much as adding a plot twist and shaking things up.
Plus, a good display on the hero's part requires a competent villain.
For example, how are you going to hype people about Goku if he swoops in, defeats the big bad with one punch and then fucks off? Where's the flying, the punching, the beams and shit?

>Your story is dumb.

Course it is. It's limited by LEGO's crippling moral issues. But I think it does a good job explaining having to look for the golden masks for once.

Just read the second graphic novel, all that world building holy shit my dick.

>>5645700
>Oh, so like. About a third (AT LEAST) of G1? Need I remind you of the Bohrok Kal saga, for example?
To be fair, the Kal saga was more or less quickly slapped together filler, not something that should be used as a measure of overall storytelling quality, and "but G1 had bad stuff too" is kind of a shaky argument (granted, you were already responding to somewhat shaky arguments to begin with).

>>5646284
That reminds me, did anon actually scan that issue of the comic?

>>5644464
There was a combiner I saw on yourube that had me ask a very similar question...

"How the fuck is that thing standing on such tiny legs?!"

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The graphic novel does finally reveal exactly how G2 masks are made and how they work.

Hell the second graphic novel basically answers every single question and plot hole in the series.

>>5646329
>a comic book for children helps sooth the soul of afols

who knew

>>5646189
Is dumb because?
Dont give your oppinion if you cant support your oppninion.

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Makooti just wanted to help people ;_;

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>>5646337
I guess you think childrens toylines should be like video games such as mad max and fallout which such obscene graphic, and might I ass, disturbining images.

>>5646329
It's great that Ryder actually cared to answer these things.

>>5646349
but what about the old terminology? that needs answering too

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I think this Okoto map has some new labels / content on it. Not 100% sure about that though.

>>5646345
Anyone uploaded the scans of the G2 reading material somewhere?

>tfw bionicle waifu drawfag is no longer here
why live?

>>5646349
It's great that Ryder cares as much as he does in general. He's been fixing plot holes and adding important details Lego apparently didn't bother thinking about in every single book. Shame he only got hired to do this one batch of 2015 novels, I really wouldn't mind having him on the story team permanently.

>>5646345
>Mask of Ultimate Power's shape is obscured by shadow
>Makuta's motivation is basically the same as Teridax's
>recent reveal of Mask of Time possibly connecting the continuities

ayo something's up here

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I'm sure its been mentioned already, but still worth noting that the Mask of Time is literally called "Vahi" in the graphic novel.

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>yfw upper half of Vahi shows up in the animations only to be grabbed immediately by Makooti and shoved into the MoUP
>yfw the MoUP gets a physical shape afterwards that isn't just SHADOWS
>yfw that's what we get in the 2017 Makuta set and we never get a physical G2 Vahi

>>5644287
>Toa united with their regular masks
>Beasts also have corrupted versions of the regular masks
What's up with that?

>>5646485
They just used stock images for the poster.

>>5644287
>>5646485
>Kopaka's the only one with a golden mask
I don't get it either, but at least there isn't "duplicates" of the regular mask for him.

Huh, Lava Beasts's ToysRus description confirms it is infact some sort of Wyvern like people speculated, and that those blades are actually wings in folded form. Happy about this, just didnt expect that to actually be the case in the end.

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>fire element
>can fly
>weird legs
>black head with orange towards the back
>has a purple guy as an ally, led by a big black/yellowish guy

>>5646496
best series

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>>5646484

On one hand:

a)The Mask of Ultimate Power is (briefly and partially) physically shown in Makuta's hands during the graphic novel: it has a dark red top and is sort of scaly, a far cry from the smooth and gold Vahi upper half.
b)Each Mask has vastly different and unrelated powers compared to the other.

On the other hand:

a)The G1 Vahi lower half was made from six elements, like the Mask of Ultimate Power.
b)The G2 Vahi upper half has six spikes on its sides, akin to sun rays, like the Mask of Ultimate Power.

>>5646496
>lavabeast.jpg

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>>5646345

>Villain speech
>Burning mask of evil
>Capitalist agenda

I dunno, he looks evil right off the bat. The fact that he is being announced by probably G2 Ahkmou doesn't help his image either.

I can't stop wondering about Umarak's alt mask. Something tells me that Ekimu will use it to somehow awaken Umarak's free will. Maybe it's red because of Makuta's shadow influence. The mask itself kinda looks like the MoUP in the comic.

>>5646329
>every single question
Eh. Not quite. Although I guess MOST of what we don't know now can be chalked up to "~MYYYSTERYYY!~"

>>5646608
It makes a little more sense in context, Makuta spent the graphic novel trying to make masks with multiple elements that could be used by the common folk, not just protectors, and could be used for things like the forestry industry.

>>5646613
I dont know, graphic novel answered a lot of shit, like the whole "do the masks have powers or the toa have powers?' question, as well as shit like why the golden masks look exactly like the masks the Toa came with, what was up with the crystals, and how the island had "elemental regions" (which also get names) even before the islands geography was fucked (as it was all jungle before the battle of the mask makers).

What kinds of questions arent answered by the graphic novel?

>>5646608
Its pretty clear that Umarak's mask isnt the MoUP, since we already know what power Umarak's mask has. Though no idea what is up with the alternate version.

>>5646625
>What kinds of questions arent answered by the graphic novel?
-What does the Mask of Control ACTUALLY do?
-Also, what does the Mask of Creation ACTUALLY do either, besides allows the user to make pretty shit?
-Who forged those Legendary Masks?
-Also, who forged the Golden Masks of Unity? Those had to have existed at this point.
-Where the fuck did the Skeletmen come from, and who were they before? How and where did they find the Mask of Creation when it's been remarkably elusive for like 1000 years?
-Where did LoSS come from?
-What about the Mask of Skull Spiders?
-How is Makuta able to influence all of this shit from beyond the grave?
-Etc, etc, etc.

Again, a lot of this might be answered later, or isn't exactly relevant to the plot threads of this novel. But saying it has solved basically "every single question and plot hole" is a pretty big stretch.

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>>5646745
>yfw the legendary masks get thrown back in time by the Vahi at the end of G2 and they are a paradox, and no-one created them

>>5646745
>-What does the Mask of Control ACTUALLY do?
Stated to be a Mask of Mind Control

>-Also, what does the Mask of Creation ACTUALLY do either, besides allows the user to make pretty shit?
Second book indicates one can use it to create things, one example was Ekimu saying he could use the mask to make a replacement bridge to the City

>-Who forged those Legendary Masks?
Stated not to be the Mask Makers, but hard to say if they will answer this in the future

>-Also, who forged the Golden Masks of Unity? Those had to have existed at this point.
See Above

>-Where the fuck did the Skeletmen come from, and who were they before? How and where did they find the Mask of Creation when it's been remarkably elusive for like 1000 years?
Mask of Creation was stuck on a pedestal in the city of the mask makers bridge, the skeletons and skull spiders were just made active just a short time before the Toa arrived, they already had control of the ancient city at this time. Skeletons are likely revived Okotans who were brought to life via Kulta's mask. But yeah we werent told much of this

>-Where did LoSS come from?
True enough, another thing we dont know, possibly a creation of Makuta, but then again we didnt know where a lot of G1 characters came from either

>-What about the Mask of Skull Spiders?
Pretty sure that is confirmed non-canon at this point.

>-How is Makuta able to influence all of this shit from beyond the grave?
Well we see that he has transcended to some sort of omnipresent entity or something since he appears several times in Journey to One, so he is clearly capable of giving commands, how this is achieved isnt known, but probably will be explained once he awakens.


I suppose it didn't answer "every question', but it answered a lot of the really weird sorta open ended questions people figured were plot holes before.

>>5646774
I thought it was confirmed that they are dead Okotoans who're controlled.

At least Slicer supports this

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Can anyone explain why the ancient Protectors seem to have two names each?

>>5646816
Nobody has any idea at the moment. The second name is their actual name, but what the hell is the first thing.

>>5646821
The first name is the village they come from. So Flammik would be the village of fire.

>>5646745
Like you saw with Kulta, Mask of Creation also enlarges it's user and amplifies it's powers if one so wants.

Seems to me Ekimu just took that switch on.
I wonder if there's a drawback to it. Like it consumes his life force or something.

>>5646798
Are they supposed to be dead villagers? Okotoan could easily refer to anyone living on the island, including animals.

Slicer was a former arena champion, but was he one of the villagers or a different race altogether? And then Basher, Scorpio, and the Warriors could very well be recomposed animal and people skeletons since all they need are generic, presumably powerless, masks for any sort of identity.

Unless you mean Okotoans as in everything on the island in general, then yes to that.

>>5646841
I think just living longer than people you've met and made relationships with and having to watch them pass away is drawback enough.

>>5646774
>Mask of Creation was stuck on a pedestal in the city of the mask makers bridge, the skeletons and skull spiders were just made active just a short time before the Toa arrived
No, that's sort of what I'm talking about. And it's a huge hole. Look, it took the Protectors 1000 years to find the six golden masks scattered across the island and hide them from evil in preparation to summon the Toa. That is one hell of an Easter egg hunt. Are we to assume that they couldn't find the Mask of Creation in that whole time? And if they DID, the dumbasses just placed it on a pedestal right in the fucking open? No. That's stupid. We're told in the Protector's Guide that the dying Forge led to infestation of dark powers pretty early on, driving out the residents into other parts of the island. What is that referring to if not the Skull Spiders? And if the Skull Spiders have been around for this long, it makes more sense that they're the ones who found the mask and placed in on the pedestal. I just have a really tough time believing that was recently, seeing as the Protectors searched every god damn inch of the island themselves for six other masks and never came across it; it had to have been kept from them. And if the Skull Spiders have had possession of the Mask of Creation for this long, and are also under the influence of Makuta. Why the fuck hasn't that mask been destroyed by this point?
Furthermore, with SO many parties who have been given WAY too much time to search for these masks, why has nobody come across the MoUP either? Who’s keeping that one away from everyone’s Easter basket?

>inb4 "Okoto is a big place"
Yeah? And a THOUSAND YEARS is a long ass time. Especially when over the entire duration, the Protectors have been actively searching for these masks.

>>5646831
That isn't confirmed though. It's just a theory, albeit a pretty good one. I think Ryder might have to clarify this at some point so we can be sure.

>>5646831
The problem with that is that the villages are still unnamed on the map >>5646361
My first idea was formal titles (like Turaga but one term per element), but the rest of the GN has them being called "Protector of X" several times, so that seems unlikely as well.

>>5646925
Huh. You know, that point made me realize the seeming lack of diverse culture on Okoto. On Mata Nui, and even Metru Nui, every tribe from each region was very distinct with particular skills and practices. The villagers of Okoto just sorta seem a little generic.

>>5646872
The villagers probably assumed it was in the city of the Mask Makers, and if the Skull Spiders had indeed been around for a while and they were the ones who found it, there was no damn way the islanders would be able to get it. Keep in mind that they were being constantly raided and villages were reduced to nothing because of the hordes. The Protectors throughout the generations could have just as easily said fuck the MoCr since one, it's powers couldn't even help them that well, and two, the one guy who could potentially use it for the better of the island was basically dead.

They could have simply just prioritized the Toa since they were the only ones who could get even close to retrieving it.

Also, with what the MoUP did to the island, they probably didn't even want to try looking for it because bad juju. Watch it be underground beneath the volcano or some shit next year too.

>>5646970
Also, I theorized that the spiders were just too dumb to properly dispose of the mask, so they just guarded it until Makuta got the strength to create a proper slave to dispose of it.

>>5646872
With any luck, the skelly backstory in the third chapter book will get into how Kulta found the Mask of Creation in the first place. That he just so happened to have it and was about to melt it down the exact moment the Toa came across Ekimu is still my biggest problem with the 2015 story.

>>>/aco/546547

So that's where the designers got the idea for Skull Spiders from.

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>>5647077
>Xeno thread

>>5647101

That's nothing. I bought Umarak because of this.

https://static1.e621.net/data/a5/85/a585839182a9c0ae4f25953a88fc5571.jpg

I fap to stuff like this.

Guys, I'm going to start working on a wearable Kanohi Kakama. Cool right?

Probably not, I'm a total loser.

>>5647281
There were a billion ways you could have typed that without sounding cringeworthy and that was not one of them.

>>5646970
>>5646979
That's fair enough. I just wish we didn't have to fill these blanks ourselves.

>>5647310
Trust me, I'm with you on that one.

>>5647101
Good shit

so with the summer wave coming out, will anybody be trying to combine the two Umarak sets to get a set that kicks the shit out of both seperate sets? like how so many people Moc'd the shit out of Kulta with parts of the Skull Spider or other stuff in their bins?

also, has anyone found any /interesting/ bootlegs? like ones that are distinctly different from official sets for better or worse?

>>5643028
why the fuck do people keep using masks as non-face parts ON THE HEAD? that always bugs the shit out of me, it's like the guy's either stuck looking up or looking down.

at least with Teridax, the mask is designed with that in mind and had extra eye-holes.

>>5646484
Where?

>>5647383
There were some really interesting bootlegs with Bionicle minifigures bootlegged from the Hero Factory figs from 2014

>>5647383

I dunno. With LOSS and Kulta it worked because their color schemes matched. The two Umarak have different greens which are bound to clash, unless you skip one of them altogether.

>>5647406
wasn't there also bootleg protectors with really oddball builds? whatever happened to them? did anyone find a shop that sold those?

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>>5644464
am I the only one who'd used this chest (sticker) for a mata black/light green Onua?

>>5646608
is it gunmetal or black, I can't tell

>>5647526
clearly Gunmetal.

it's great Moccing material. heck, it'd be a great Proxy for the MoUP or a new face for Kulta.

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So with the table coating resin, it takes three days or more for a thin piece (basically anything that isn't a krana) to solidify, and maybe a week for anything with color dye.

It's been six days or so and the trans-blue mask of water keeps it's shape, but is still kind of gummy and weak. Pic related though, without pigment, was fine in three days. I can see why they didn't make transparent versions of many of the mata masks, the mold mark details are right in the middle of his face. I'm really going to have to bump-up my craftsmanship in the clean-up stage, every one of these always ends up looking horrendous on camera. Every scratch or blemish on a transparent mask is a nightmare.

>>5647538
so skull squad kulta time, then

>>5647542
Yes. it's never NOT Skull Squad Kulta Time.

>>5647540
just remember. you can sell those masks you make for Do$h. especially Trans-blue Masks of Water...and...been meaning to ask.

what would happen if you tried to cast shells or those eye-stalks from the G2 sets?

imagine a Tahu with Clear-red shells and eyes.
imagine all 6 Toa with G1 eye-colors.

>>5647563
>what would happen if you tried to cast shells or those eye-stalks from the G2 sets?
It would be an absolute disaster because resin can't handle the stress of the average ABS part.

>>5647563
It would be possible, but would require sprue systems and syringes for injection (which you can't always clean out). I've fiddled with sprues a bit, but I'd need more experience I think to take on a fiddly sort of piece like the eyestalk.

Will probably end up trying it eventually.

>>5647566
As long as it isn't bearing weight I imagine it would be ok. Pegs should be fine, holes for pegs might be dubious (likely loose at the very least). Ball sockets, I have doubts about...