/biog/ - Bionicle and CCBS General: Riesig! Totenkopf Skorpion Edition

>>5684204

First for tranlation!

Riesig! = Gigantic!
Totenkopf-Skorpion = Skull Scorpio
Extra-Langer Comic = Extra long comic
28 Seiten = 28 Pages
2 starke Poster = 2 awesome Poster
Tahu der Meister des Feuers! = Tahu Master of fire
Alles über deine Toa-Helden = Everything about your Toa-Heroes

>>5683816
I'm pretty serious when I say that Storm Beast and Quake are garbage tier.

Storm beast at least has a really cool function, but Quake's is so bad that it affects the sets posing . The arm has so poor friction it just flails around and the beast keeps falling over if what the sets owner tells is anything to go by.

>>5684237
I'm not saying all of them were shitposts, Quake beast does look like crap I agree. As for Storm it's messy back that's just not appealing to me.

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It's funny how the other two beasts are so shit Lava Beast starts to suddenly look like a masterpiece.

>>5684293
I still can't wrap my head around the reason why they used a burnt orange glatorian neck piece.

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God, I can't wait to get my hands on Quake Beast.
I fiddled around in LDD and can't help but think that it looks a bit better when you swap the biceps bones and rotate the blade-construction on its shoulder so the blades face backwards instead of sideways.
That way the crystals are all in one solid line, making the arm look more massive, and the blades don't look as slapped on anymore like they did before.
I hope most of that can be done on the actual model since the crystal shells seem to be a bit larger than the rock ones.

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Weird. It really seems Quake will be pretty hard to find.

>>5684348
What's with US stores getting stuff out sooner?

>>5684348
>Protector of Fire on triple clearance
kek

>>5684348
>tfw Lego Shop near me so this is never, ever a worry

Never getting polybags at general retail is a reasonable trade-off

>>5684296
because ketar and pohatu use them too

>>5684480
But it's an eyesore and breaks the "flow" of the colors

>>5684480
Yet the same wave has a lot of black glatorian necks.

>>5684399
>tfw Lego store in a totally different country

I had to order Ketar and Uxar from S@H already because they aren't sold here. I really don't know if I want to do the same for QB.

And not to mention that I have a feeling the summer wave, whatever end up being available here, won't be released before August or something. Hell, we got Uniters in March.

>>5684791
Same, but due to the release date being likely in August I'll order them all in the whole bunch from S@H. Just hope Umarak is available too.

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WHEN ARE THE SUMMER SETS GOING TO BE ON SHOP AT HOME I'M SICK OF WAITING

>>5684950
Shut the fuck up and get some patience, stupid frogposter.

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>>5684950
3/5 of their pics are added to the cache.
Not long bro.

>>5684204
Giant skull Scorpio
>in minifigure scale

>>5684966

> Least creative Beast
> Actually the only good looking one

Designers should just stop using the villains as their experiment cumdumps. Out of 5 villains, only 3 look good, and the two Umarak are the only ones that aren't manlets. It's a disgrace.

Any set sightings on the west coast? I've only seen a few from the eastern side.

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>>5685112

>>5685118
Err. I mean US west coast. Washington, Oregon, California.

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>>5685127
idk about your country's geography, just noticed this and thought It might be close.

I suggest keeping an eye on these:

http://board.ttvpodcast.com/t/bionicle-2016-discussion-topic/15529/24811?

http://www.eurobricks.com/forum/index.php?showtopic=112711&st=4175#entry2565691

http://www.bzpower.com/board/topic/20669-official-2016-bionicle-topic/page-27#entry1071124

https://www.reddit.com/r/bioniclelego/new/

They are also great if you want to see material that makes you gouge your eyes out. I'm just waiting for the moment they put them in S@H

What's the thought on the 2008 and 2009 vehicle sets? I know Axalara is supposed to be the best, but how do the others from those two years stack up?

>>5685165
Ah. Well thanks buddy.

>>5685182
There's generally only good things from 2008 vehicles, with some people thinking that while Axalara is the biggest, Jetrax is the better set.

Never heard too much of 2009 sets [toyspoiler]It certainly doesn't help that I've never seen any sold here[/toyspoiler], but Skopio is generally the best, being a whole playset in one, with Thornatus close second.

>>5685182
they were some of my favourite sets from G1, the 2009 vehicles in particular.

>>5684348
fuck i havent even finished collecting the winter wave

>>5685226
I have all of the vehicles, and personally, the Axalara is my favorite. Those armor panels that open up are way too cool.

>>5684293
Does this thing have asymmetrical arms? It looks like the arm on the viewer's right doesn't have an elbow but the one on the left does.

>>5685263
It's just the posing/render

The set is symmetric aside from the mask and jaw molds.

>>5685182
Jetrax is my favorite out of the 2008 ones. Axalara may be bigger and have more functions, but I think Jetrax looks better from most angles. Visually, Axalara's pretty sloppy, the giant armored front section really clashes with the bare, Technic beam-heavy rear. Also, those Nuparu Mahri shield-pieces like to crack apart by themselves.
On the other hand, I do find Jetrax's gimmick less fun. Rockoh is okay, I actually like that it doesn't look too flashy.

Can't comment on the 2009 ones, since I only have the Cendox. It's an okay set. I'm kicking myself for not getting the Thornatus for half the price when I had the chance.

>>5684348
tfw I keep visiting my local retailers every single day, knowing damned well that they won't stock the summer sets until mid-july.

tfw they only have Skull-wave stuff, not even on clearance.

tfw I need to buy another Tahu, Kopaka, Gali, and Pohatu for the TwoToa

my wallet. it cries in pain.

>>5685378
>for the TwoToa

Really?
I don't honestly think they are worth it.

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Quake beast isn't an exclusive

>>5685532
Storm beast was there too, I just didn't get him in the shot

>>5685532
Where did that rumor even come from?

>>5685532
>>5685533
Where is this?

>>5685534
The first pic we had of TRU's shelves withe the sets didn't had it.
>>5684348
Also it wasn't on their website, at all.

>>5685538
I mean, like. Where was this sighting? What state?

>>5685541
Sterling Virginia

>>5685544
Still eastern US, damn. Hope they trickle west soon.

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I suppose this should be posted as well

>>5685550
What the fuck? He's ALREADY been revamped?

>>5685554
I've had that revamp done since day one. Glad it actually worked though

>>5685550
Better angles on UtD?

>>5685550
Swap those green skullspiders to gold.

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>>5685560
Unfortunately, I don't have two skull spider masks. I plan to do that in the near future, as well as beef up his arms though.
>>5685550
Anything in particular you want to see?

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Why Quake uses boring-ass grey limbs and not these?
Good thing I have a extra Korgot.

>>5685127
yup multiple toys r us in so cal have the new wave. I picked up Ekimu and Umarak

>>5685549
What state are you in? I'm in eastern Washington, planning on checking around tonight/tomorrow

Any sign of the new sets in Europe by chance?

>>5685571
Mind taking a good quality photo of the combiner in the instructions? Cheers.

>>5685738
Didn't get all the sets
Sorry

>>5685745
It's in all of the instruction manuals.

>>5685747
I should specify, I'm not asking you to build the combiner and take pictures of it, just nobody has taken a high res picture of the picture of the combiner in the manuals.

>>5685857
I would, but I have like 20 minutes till my shift ends.

>>5685866

Aw, man. That's too bad.

>>5685857
>Talking about powers
>He's completely wrong about them
fuck man. If you don't know what you're talking about, stop.

>>5685914
you don't know what you're talking about

>>5685928
Sick burn, mate.

>>5685914

It's been like 10 years, man... what was I getting wrong? We're just going off of what we remember from when we were kids.

>>5685932
thanks nerd

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sidorak mpreg exists and i want to die

>>5685933
>>5685933
Alright then, I getcha.

There are three basic levels of Kanohi
>Great:
Toa wear these and allow them the full potential of the mask power.
>Noble:
When a Toa becomes a Turaga, their mask "devolves" into a noble version. They are less powerful and offer less ability than great masks, but are still usable by Toa and Turaga alike.
>Powerless:
Almost every Matoran wears one of these and they don't offer any abilities at all, even when worn by a Toa or Turaga. One of the few exceptions is Jaller who wears a noble Hau, although since he's a Matoran, he cannot access its power.

You may have been confused when six of the original Matoran became the Toa (Jaller included) and they had different powers than the great versions of their powerless/noble masks would have given them. That's because they traveled to Bionicle hell and had their original masks replaced with new ones by literal Bionicle Satan before they became the Inika.

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I live in Edmonton and literally cannot find bionicles anywhere. Not even the lego store has them.

>>5685964

Ah, okay. Thanks!

>>5685964
>>5685968

I just read your post on the stream and the deepest Bionicle lore is blowing minds right now.

>>5685964
Oh, yeah. Jaller didn't used to wear that Hau. Back on Metru Nui he wore a powerless Komau, but when the Matoran were transported from the ancient city to Mata Nui, Jaller's mask was damaged. Turaga Vakama then gives him Turaga Lhikan's noble Hau as a replacement.

"Bionicle hell" is the realm of Karzahni, ruled by a being with the same name. He is the brother of the one who created the Toa Mata. The realm was originally intended to be a place where damaged Matoran would be sent for repairs before being returned home. The problem is, Karzahni (Bionicle Satan) was fucking insane and also terrible at his job. He rebuilt the Matoran sent there into weaker, malformed bodies, replaced their masks, and gave them weapons before either sending them to random ass places throughout the universe, or trapping them in his domain forever where they suffer and go insane themselves.

The six Matoran who found themselves traveling through there had their masks stolen and replaced with entirely new ones, but escaped before their bodies were altered.

>>5685966
Oh hey 780!! So nice to have someone in the same region.

>>5686012
This gets me thinking. Was there ever a reason as to why Karzahni sucked so much as his job? It's things like that which makes me think the Great Beings honestly weren't all that great in the end, with a majority of what they created going horribly, horribly wrong.

So /biog/, what would you say were the worst pieces to come out of G1?

>>5686123
Inika and Piraka torsos plus the one piece they used for Kongu Mahri and Pohatu Phantoka that you tack Hordika geared forearms onto for shoulder joints.

>>5686123
>inb4 2007 LIME GREEN
Because everyone knew that already.

>>5686123
The sockets introduced in 2008 until being replaced by CCBS.

Also worth mentioning the original Zesk feet since they were remolded with CCBS-styled sockets during a later run of Toxic Reapa.

>>5684293

Did he decapitate a Toa? I thought this was for kids.

>>5686151
No, he skinned their face.

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thicc

>>5686251
Nice design.

So, Despite his power over Vacuum, Lehvak-Kal never managed to break free of his orbit and return to Aqua Magna, eventually, Lehvak-Kal went into sleep mode and just stopped thinking.

>>5686327
Can Krana even go to sleep mode?

Either way, his body either burns in the orbit of Spherus Magna, floats off to space, or was crushed when Aqua Magna started moving. That's pretty brutal, especially considering that his body was Matoran once.

Hell, all of the Kal got pretty brutal deaths. If you can call those that.

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>>5686327

>>5686329
>Hell, all of the Kal got pretty brutal deaths. If you can call those that.
How much mass did Nuhvok-Kal have? Because one would assume that him becoming a black hole on Mata Nuis face would be...bad, same with Pahrak melting a hole into it. At least Kohrak, Ghalok and Tahnok got off somewhat lightly..

>>5686251
>CCBS fictionalized as actual interchangeable armorplates on a base body
I like it.

>>5686329
>Can Krana even go to sleep mode?
I was kind of assuming Lehvak would compact his body into ball form and fall asleep.

>>5686396

New exciting action with the LEGO Bionicle magazine!
In the first issue of the new LEGO Bionicle magazine you find out about the exciting stories of the Toa against evil. As an extra you get an exclusive LEGO Bionicle playset: Skull-Skorpio!

Have fun with the new LEGO Bionicle magazine!

(Or something along those lines, I'm still drunk)

>Bonkle is getting a magazine
huh.

>>5686438
dead line

>>5686396
I'd still get the magazine for the parts. Is that shell trans bright green? I have an odd number of those.

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>>5686492
Pretty sure it's just this.

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>>5686492
Doesn't look like it. But at least you'll have an odd number of bright green shells!

>>5686396
At least it's a Rahi that's separate from the main bad and good guys.

>>5686516
>implying he won't be called Bad Guy 16

>>5686512
I guess I'll have to buy two of them then. I haven't yet got any of the horn pieces.

>>5686396
>>5686508
>it's actually called "Skull Scorpio"
>yet it's actually trans-green and not neon green

Huh. That's first for G2. I thought they would use neon green whenever possible. It would even make sense here if it's supposed to be miniature Scorpio

>>5686396
If this isn't German exclusive we should be hearing about these in Bongistan soon enough then.

>>5686599
Are there even magazines sold here? I thought they were continental Europe only for the most part

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>>5682932
Happened with Skull Scorpio too

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>>5684204
Are the instructions for the Umarak combiner not out yet?

>>5685966
I asked when I was in there and they said they are waiting till the new wave comes in to set up an area for them.

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so what do you guys think of my latest creation?

http://imgur.com/a/3ARee

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What's the biggest thing you've built?

>>5686954
I really like the face, and want to slap myself for not thinking of that use of that piece before.

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>>5686978
Hate to build them too big due to them being unstable and becoming a giant unplayable brick.
> Also rate.

>>5686985
he tall

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>>5686978
Protodermis Entity, but I'll tweak on the legs a bit later on.

>>5687000 #
>>5672439 #
fuck off and give actual criticism

>>5687013
like super tall

>>5686978
>using canister pieces
fucking genious

unrelatedly, anybody know any good mocs with wings? need inspiration for good designs.

>>5686985
The top half and the legs are great, but the middle needs a bit more bulk. What about a second set o arms?

>>5687010
Too many different shades for my taste. It might look better with the silver Hau rather than the chrome one. Swap out as much of the old grey as possible as well. Do those pipes come with different coloured ends? I think there might be a black-tipped version that could look better. Other than that, fix the exposed axles, pins and sockets and it'll look great.

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>Not having a entite hoard of skull fuckers to defend your collection
Explain yourself /biog/.

>>5687123
I have better things to waste my money on. No thanks.

>>5687122
I've been thinking of swapping some of the grey as much as possible, I'll see what I can do once I get some free time.

>>5687126
Fair enough.

>>5686602
I've seen Nexo Knights and Ninjago magazines before

Finland Seems to have Nexo, Ninjago and Friends magazines.
I haven't even cared to check out from the store but at least here it says so: http://www.egmontkustannus.fi/SettingsPages/searchpage/?query=lego&x=0&y=0

Seems likely the bonkle one arrives here too.

>>5687196
We have Lego Star Wars, Legends of Chima, Ninjago, Friends/Elves/whatever the pink one is this week and Nexo Knights in Britain.

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>new sets already out in US
>tfw Australia wont get new bionicles for another 3-4 months

>>5687231
We get those, but at least with Nexo, SW and Ninjago they seem to release only every other one. At least according to the sets.

Also Jang has the sets. Reviews soon

>>5687231
>>5687306
Forgot to mention that the magazines are ridiculously overpriced. 7€ for SW anf 9€ for the rest. It's way cheaper to just order the sets online

>>5687306
But we have already seen most of the sets in reviews

>>5687312
Yeah, there's not even any packaging with the magazine, maybe not even instructions.

>>5687267
>out June 1st in the UK
>birthday is on the 27th
>older relatives still send me birthday cards with money in them, despite having reached adulthood long ago and having moved out of my folks' place a couple of years back

Fun is on you this summer, nan

>>5686927
hrm. at some point, I need to standardize those colors. too much of a mix.

not as bad as the LAST Combo-model, but...still annoying.

>>5687306
Anyone know where Jang lives? I wanna know how far west they've shown up.

Is there some kind of product number for the summer sets I can give to TRU when I call them to see if they've got the new wave on the shelves? Anyone here work at TRU?

i checked my local target and wal-mart and neither have the new sets, and they aren't out yet
[spoiler]i'm about as far east as you can go in the continental US too[/spoiler]

>>5687342
I don't know, but I just picked up Ekimu, LB and SB (was gonna get UtD but I want to end the 2016 year with him). This was in Hacienda Heights.

>>5687123
>same-face villains
I miss Hero Factory

>>5687447
you do realize he just armybuilt these. most of these aren't even Canon as far as I know.

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Eastern Washington, TRU has the summer wave

>>5687485
>Still has MMvsSG
Not a good sign.

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God the more I mess with lava beast the more I love him. His wrist switchblades are really the most effective weapon this wave

>>5687545
How do they work?

>>5687551
The blade works like a scissor and the gears provide friction.

>>5687551
When you barely turn the big gear, the blade explodes forward pointing straight out. Baraka spin attack is all I see lava beast doing.

>>5687485
Found them on the west coast myself too. Looks like they're in US TRUs about everywhere now.

>>5687545
>the only "mods" I did was flip the fixed blades around from LEGO's instructions (like in your pic) and replaced the Glatorian necks with black ones
Even the dark orange lower legs didn't bother me as much as I thought it would. Easily my favorite set of the wave, but I do enjoy Storm Beast's gimmick.

>>5687545
seeing the sets in less professional photos, the overall design really doesn't bug me aside from the lower legs. but a size 1 and 2 bone fix that without ruining the shape of the figure.

Storm Beast's gimmick is cool enough that it justifies...most of the odd design, so I might only fix up the arms.

as for Quake Beast, I'm still waiting for a review of some sort to decide what to fix and what to keep.

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Umarak the groper is good too just have to make his arms longer with a single added joint.

Where's DrScorpionX been lately? It's been a whlie since he made any new Bioformers MOCs.

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I wonder what happens if Umarak the Destroyer's mask comes off. Like, is he just stuck that way, permanently? Can it even COME off? And for that matter, is the Mask of Control just fucking totaled now? I have so many questions.

>>5687927
On top of that, Ekimu looks like he's trying to destroy Umarak's shadow mask in the box art. He's stepping on it on the front and swinging at it with his hammer on the back. What the hell does destroying his previous mask solve?

Then again, these are the same people who put 2015 Tahu in the background of LB's box art, so maybe they don't actually know anything about the story.

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>>5686954
The colorscheme is very super roboty, I like it a lot!

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>>5687927
I think it would be extremely painful.

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>>5688104
U U
U U

>>5687927
I like to think that Makuta just Hordika'd Umarak so now he's stuck that way and his mask is somehow fused to his face.
But then again, it can still come off on his figure, so maybe that's the key to releasing Umarak?

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>>5687927
The transluscent bits remind me of this when looking at the mask on its own

Do we have any images of UtD standing next to Tahu uniter yet?

Also are there any fellow Ontario bros out there who have seen the sets yet?

>>5684204
what do you guys' parents think of ur bionicle colection? my mom just sold mine at the goodwill because she said it was time for me to grow up. do you guys think i should sue?

>>5688236
>goodwill
not good will, the pawn shop

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Managed to grab the last Umarak the Hunter from my local Tesco, aside from that they had some Onua, Tahu and Lewa Uniters, and few Pohatu Masters shelf-warming. (Only bought Umarak)
Onua, Tahu and Umarak were both the same price $21.62 each, Lewa was cheaper, Pohatu's price wasn't listed. How much did they rip me off compared to you guys?

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>>5688244
>$21.62 each

>>5687640
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TN4ycFew5QU
Should be quality enough

>>5687312
In Germany I pay 4€ and 4.50€ for the SW ones I think

>>5688135
Can't unsee. Fuck you.

>>5688346
Rouge One ultrabuilds

>>5688348
>CCBS/Technic droid
About time.

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>>5688348
>>5684204
Better quality pic here. Looks like we're getting a new feminine torso shell, as well as a more useful rounded-surface long shell.

>>5688348
>>5688362
Am I just seeing things, but are those pouches on pilot-dude's shoulder a separate piece?

>>5688362
>black Bonkle add-on

Oh I know exactly why I got this boner

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>>5688364
Looks like a set of printed 1x3 tiles.

>>5688362
The trooper's pauldron looks like that thin plastic they use for some sails and minifig accessories.

>>5688362
Well, probably gonna buy the pilot and the droid, if my guess is right the rest will have face molds which is an insta-pass for me.

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>>5688366

>>5688362
Droid guys seems to have a new shell on thighs..

>>5688441
>as well as a more useful rounded-surface long shell.
Yeah, it looks like all three of them have them.

>>5688362
There goes the hope for new foot mold.

>>5688496
The existing foot mold works fine for the SW figures; their sized about right for that. But they do need to give us something new for the smaller size that Bionicle works with.

>>5688156
Ontario Canada? I'm curious too, haven't seen any yet though. Hopefully my Toys R Us will have something this week.

>>5687484
They still use the same faces and were released in the same wave/year. Basher/Scorpio, Kulta/Warrior, Slicer/Loss/Skull Spiders and now Quake/Storm/Lava.

HF, on the other hand, sure did reuse a couple helmets here and there, but the most we got from them was three in the same year with Phantom/Demon/Voltix.

Would you had preferred Quake with a black head instead of purple?

Would had been neutral enough color to make your own beasts too.

>>5688505
>thin 2015 onua feet

>>5688559
Yes.

>>5688559
We already got a black head in Lava beast. It would have looked good on Quake Beast, but I imagine they didnt want to use the same solid color twice.

>>5688362
That droid chap looks pretty sweet. Might have to get 'em.

>>5688598
But it wouldn''t have been the same. Lava BEast would be Black/TrOrange and Quake would be Black/TrNeon Green.

>>5688612
Those shoulder add-ons might be printed.

>>5688603
>>5688768

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>>5688775
anyone missing any old bionicle sets?

>>5688527
I'm in london and can't find shit anywhere
not even the new lego sets

For fucks sake when they are on S@H

>>5688876
June 1st probably.

Anyone attempted the summer villain combiner yet?

>>5688362
Despite being better designs these likely won't outsell Force Awakens.

Average consumer doesn't know shit about Rogue One.
ofc Boba will fly off the shelves but most of these will be left biting the dust.

>>5689125
>implying

Even TFA ultrabuilds shelfwarm here, but no one puts those on clearance. Only times I've seen those below MSRP was during the first week when they were even out, Kylo 2€ off, and now one toy store has Poe for 20€. It won't stick, and will probably be back to normal before next week.

>>5688362
Looks to me like this is only half of them, there's probably another page, like when we got the uniter leaks

>>5689138
No shit it's only half of them. We've known for a while now that there's more than 3, and Boba is practically confirmed.

>>5684348
Just got back from my tru they had them all including Quake, and there was plenty of him.

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>>5688362
Holy shit, K'NEXman is back with a vengeance.

>>5689125
Is it confirmed that Boba Fett will be released?

I think I'll get the purple beast just for the hell of it

>>5689212
Not confirmed, but implied, and very likely since the molds for him exist already.

Is it not weird that BZP hasn't done advanced reviews?

>>5689221
They wait for Lego to send them.

>>5689216
Don't let us stop you, anon.

>>5689190

omg, I hella had the blue guys.

>>5689216
If you can use the parts then sure but as for display it's garbage.

>>5689190
K'Nex had action figures? Huh, I only got the jet plane combiner, still have it to this day.

>>5688362
Looks like Jyn has a new torso shell, too

Jang and Rollout have the sets.

>>5689314
>Jang will most likely be going through the System sets first as per usual
>Rollout hasn't even done reviews of the winter wave
At least Rollout will have the unboxing/build videos out soon after he uploads his B-Daman build videos (these were supposed to be content fillers until the wave came out, but obviously that won't happen). At Jang's current upload rate, I'd estimate he'd have the first review up by next week or the week after.

>>5688559
More solid purple

>>5688275
...jesus. the shit that needs fixing in that entire torso build. I mean.


fuck.

>>5689370
Yeah... you need to make it a titan in order to fix it.

>>5689234
I disagree. The color contrast would look great on a shelf.

>>5689332
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NBS_X7Z1ALs

speak of the devil.

How much do each of the sets retail for anyway?

>>5689733
Beasts and Ekimu are fifteen. Umarak is 25 dollars.

best beast, go

>>5689765
Seriously? SW you overpriced garbage...

>>5689765
Kek.

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>>5689765
and this is why every single time I look at a Starwars set, I go "I want it, but will I pay THAT much?"

despite Phasma being $20.

am I being cheap?

>>5689886
No, just trying to waste money the smart way.

>>5689886
phasma is 25 i thought?

and no star wars are buttfuck expensive in comparison

Dunno how often mask maker anon lurks but silly idea for him: try making molds of various pieces out of food grade silicone (ignoring things like holes and stuff) and make edible gummy bionicle/ccbs pieces

Which of the $15 sets with unity skeleton
Pohatu, Lewa, Gali, Ekimu, Lava Beast would be best to get duplicates of for parts?

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>>5689886
This is the only set that's worth it.

>>5689947
Agreed, build it a Z6 Riot Baton and it's perfect

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Will be buying my first G2 Bionicle tomorrow, which one should I pick from the 2016 wave currently on the stores? Pohatu and Lewa look really cool.

>>5690006
Just don't disappoint yourself thinking that's trans-yellow.

>>5690006
I don't think you can go wrong with Umarak the Hunter. But if it's between Lewa and Pohatu, personally I'd go for the latter.

>>5690006
unless you buy Onua or Tahu, expect to make at least minor fixes.

MAJOR fixes are needed for Pohatu and Kopaka. I gave both of them a completely new torso and arms. Kopaka's torso can be built up better using the Two-Toa torso. Pohatu...MoC that shit up.
Minor fixes needed for Gali, Lewa, and Umarak. Gali needs longer limbs, Lewa needs a slightly different paldron positioning, and Umarak needs a slightly different shoulder build.

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I kinda miss the pauldrons, but...I think it turned out well regardless.

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looks better Unified.

>>5690242
>no pauldrons
His shoulders just look naked now. What the fuck, man? His shoulder build was one of the best parts of the set.

>>5690242
Nakid

>>5690252
>>5690260
limited parts to work with. the uniting gives the Pauldrons back. if i had those rounded shoulder-shells from Hero Factory, I'd use them.

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Honestly, Pohatu rocks the Two-Toa sword.

and I got super annoyed with how finnicky the Scorpion was, so I kinda mashed together some sort of creature. I didn't have the parts for a Gimmick, so I just made something that looked cool....though someone's gonna say otherwise.

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Basic uniting. at least it's not fighting Pohatu with every frickin motion.

>>5689332
Jang posted on his blog that he's removing the speedbuilding and parts layout for his future Constraction reviews to save time on production, so they may come out sooner than you think.

Then again, I would also anticipate at least a week.

>>5689765
>>5689858
Umarak the Deatroyer looks like such garbage. Wasn't Witch Doctor also like $25? That set was no jem but compared to this shit..hell even Black Phantom from Breakout was a superior build.

>>5690532
Don't knock it until you've got it man. I found one at TRU today and I think it's fucking awesome. Really looks much better in person. Definitely better than Black Phantom, and while I do agree that Witch Doctor is superior, that set was actually 30 bucks. 4 years ago 30 bucks too, which makes a difference; Lego has gotten more expensive.

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>>5690532
>>5689858
Who currently holds the title of Best CCBS Set?

>>5688236
tell her to fuck off

>>5689765
>$25

Jesus. I'd gladly pay $25 for some of the bigger ultrabuilds. But they're 28€ here. Which is way too much.

>>5690585
Still Witch Doctor in my opinion. Although Umarak the Hunter is baller as fuck.

>>5690585
should I go for CCBS Grievous? I've no major attachment to prequels but it looks like a good build.

>>5690670
go for it, i have it and it's amazing

>>5690670
Absolutely.

I haven't been able to justify it for myself because I can't see myself paying 40€ for it, but he's still amazing

>>5689332
>>5690519
>he's removing the speedbuilding and parts layout for his future Constraction reviews to save time on production, so they may come out sooner than you think
Holy fuck, you're right. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=V_mbuCck38I

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>>5690670
It's alright. Nice legs.

>>5689765
I blame the cape tax

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>>5690232
>MAJOR fixes

change the colour of his shoulders by buying an extra Ketar
change the colour of his forearms to silver or burnt orange

>>5690670
If you don't care about limited posability and gaps too much, go get him.

How much are the original golden Kanohi generally worth?

People don't get it that you complain because you want The designers to improve the design, not just hate on it.

Is this why so many people still accept there's nothing wrong with this fuckload of transpieces?

>>5688236
tell her she's retarded because you could have made much more selling it on ebay or bricklink

>>5690729
This

>>5690585
I'd say still Witch Doctor.
Sure, Grievous looks cool, but has no feats of engineering that were otherwise actually unique or desirable. WD, on the other hand, still holds a hip and shoulder design I'm fairly confident are vital for examining when designing large scale mocs you intend to still have poseability.

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>>5690697
Sorry but that is bullshit. This costs 20 bucks.

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>>5690826
>3-pair friction joints
>20$

>>5690826
I still think that it's a factor (apart from licensing of course): take Cody&Obi-Wan, or the FO stormie and Phasma. Both have nearly identical piececounts yet there's a 5$ difference between those pairs.

>>5690724
Buy more sets if you want them to make more significant changes.

>>5690831
bricklink tho

>>5690685
Still can't tell if the Destroyer is worth it or not. He looks great in some ways, but things like that neck and body just throw me off.

>>5690867
>don't ask the designers to do better, buy more sets to make the one you bought look better!
Fucking idiot. This mentality is part of the reason why they keep getting away with these half assed builds. If I'm buying a set that costs 25 like Unarak I don't want to see disgusting technic rods sticking out everywhere and it shouldn't be on us to improve so drastically.

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>>5691002
Holy shit, man.

They keep getting away with it because they base a lot of what goes into the sets from what the fans want. And face it, the community is full of retards like you.

>>5691002
The sets aren't shit because the set designers are unskilled or dont put effort into it, they are shit because the higher ups at Lego give Bionicle a TERRIBLE budget and the designers are constantly limited by how big they can make the sets.

>>5691038
I'm almost thinking they try to make the villains small just to make the more expensive toa to sell.

>>5691043
You haven't noticed yet? The winter wave is always better than the summer wave.

It's essentially just a buffer.

>>5691038
But if sets sell equally well no matter what problems they have, there's no incentive to even attempt to fix anything. So the real correct way to go about this would be to buy 20 copies of every set you like and only 10 of those you don't.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=V_mbuCck38I

If someone haven't seen a review of Umarak the Destroyer yet.

>>5691280
>>>5690685

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3OAiIcETNTM&feature=youtu.be

No idea why it's private.

>>5691352
Some of Jang's reviews are private and he puts link to them on his website, so they're kinda "exclusive" for people who visit it, before he makes the review public some days later.

>>5690724
Your opinion is literally worthless.

>>5691352
Eh. I'm still going to get it because I like the parts and I'm a collector, gotta catch em all.

And I really need ten of those chestplates if it's really printed with old purple

>>5691352
That was surprisingly laid-back, makes you think perhaps other folks are way too hard on the set.

>>5691493
Jang rarely says actual bad things.

The most negative I've heard him be was "I hate it" about Scorpio

>>5691501
That's one of the reasons I hate his reviews. They're they look good, sure. But that's about it.

Jang is good, but he does indeed have a tendency of being way too overly polite and apologegic towards lego on some really bad and/or mediocre decisions. Plus sometimes its somewhat inconsiderate when he says "some people will like the older version because they dont like change" even though an important standard thats been around forever (say the turbo tanks size) gets drastically changed.

>>5691580
He was pretty unset with the UHCS set.

>>5691606
UHCS?

>>5691616
*UCSH. The big costly mess that is the Assault on Hoth Echo base

>>5689924
would be possible, but not really worth spending the money to do imo

>>5688244
>Tesco
Of course you were ripped off. Tesco were selling Protectors at higher prices than TRU even when the Uniters came out. Asda always had them cheaper and put them on sale almost immediately. And your food is less likely to contain horse meat.

>>5688559
I'd have preferred a colour that was used elsewhere on the body rather than having the head stick out like a bruised thumb.

>>5689216
I'll follow my usual plan of buying whatever's cheap on eBay. I just got Onua 2015 for half the normal price.

>>5690835
and then there's Vader and Grevious, who have $10 past what they SHOULD be worth.

>>5691951
Not like I buy there often, I was just mainly looking around while I bought some duct-tape, other place I could go is an InterSpar, but that place sholdn't be too different either as much as I recall with the Master sets

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Followed >>5690021's advice and got Pohatu.

Goddamnit, this guy's actually pretty good, had to MOC around with him a little like others did to reach the best aesthetics but the final product looks pleasing. Glad to know Bionicles are the shit once again, I'll probably be getting Onua next.

>>5688362
Nice! More budget for Star Wars to steal from Bionicle!

>>5688362
3 head molds and one torso shell mold.
The sleek armor shell likely doesn't stay SW exclusive.
One recolor.

That ain't much. Let's see how much the other three take.

Also, the amount of molds and recolors absolutely pales in comparison to Bionicle when you compare the whole year.

>>5692012
Your bait's getting a bit stale, chap.

>>5690670
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FQRW0RM4V0k

for anyone in canada

lego set the street date for the new bionicles for june 1

don't bother looking for them unless you're certain a store will break it's street date

the sets have been in the stockroom for 2 weeks and there's a big sign on each that says "DO NOT SELL BEFORE JUNE 1ST"

For the Edmontonians, South side TRU broke the street date on the new wave, full stock of everything.

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>>5692468
>Edmonton in 2016
What a time to be alive.

When was the last time JangBricks got mad and took it out on his Legos.

>>5692502
>implying he doesn't take out his anger on Colby sets and Playmobil

Picked up UTD, Ekimu and Quake Beast. Definitely should've gone with Storm Beast instead, Quake is just kind of...eh.

>>5692468
I knew they would, they were always the place that did that in the original series from like 2006-2010.

>>5692517
Storm Beast and Lava Beast are miles better than Quake Beast, even with SB's gimped forearms and LB's basic recycled year gimmick.

>>5692534
My TRU didn't have Lava Beast (odd since they broke street date) but Storm Beast will definitely be my next purchase.

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Hey folks, how the fuck do I fix this? When I was fairly young I thought it was a good idea to paint his feet and hand parts gold. Is there any way to remove the paint without destroying the plastic?

>>5692570
Depends on what kind of paint it is. Although in my experience, no matter what method you try it's going to be a son of a bitch to get that shit out of the finer cracks. Just Bricklink new parts.

>>5692576
I can't say I remember the paint, I was like 9 at the time. I'll probably just buy new parts like you said, it's gonna be too much trouble otherwise.

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> Don't mind me, I'm just kidnapping some of /v/ waifus.

On a serous not how long do you people save your official sets before you dismantle them for parts for moccing?

>>5692676
same day for me usually
I build them to see how they work and if there's anything I want from their engineering, then the deconstruction begins.

>>5692676
I usually just keep mine whole and wait until their parts pop up on bricklink for MOCing parts. I have two 2x4 tables for the 2015 and 2016 sets and frankly I'm starting to worry I won't have space for 2017.

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>>5692676
I have very few parts so most of my sets stay intact for about a year.

>>5692676
I have all 2015 stuff assembled or bagged save for skull scorpio, since I only bought it for parts. Been thinking of getting a second PoS since they're on discount and the earth orange shells could come in handy for 2016 potato.

http://www.ebay.com/itm/BIONICLE-8614-METRU-NUI-VAHKI-Nuurakh-2004-New-Sealed-LEGO-Limited-Mask-Of-Time-/222126454207

http://www.ebay.com/itm/BIONICLE-8615-METRU-NUI-VAHKI-Bordakh-2004-New-Sealed-LEGO-Limited-Mask-Of-Time-/322118249753

>>5692676
g1 buyer here, when i still bought them i'd keep the sets intact that i liked the most.
The rest would get scrapped.

>>5692993
>$4 for golden Vahki
oh yeah, always wanted a mask of time!

>$24 shipping to UK
FML

>>5693019
Yeah that's what keeps me from going for it, but I figured someone from NA might get lucky.

I'm just going to wait until they are on clearance late summer / early fall.

>>5693019
The fuck costs so much in shipping?

>>5693034
A lot of ebayers will sell items cheap to get people hyped, then charge crazy amounts for shipping, because Ebay's fee isn't on the shipping cost, so if you just lie, you can get free money

>>5693128
No, the issue here is that shipping from the US to the UK is expensive. I'm in Texas and she shipping is only $4

>>5691352
>>5691280
I wonder if he's related to Baltmatrix?

>>5692502
Jang doesn't get mad. If there's something wrong with a Lego set, he blames it on himself because he's incapable of reading instructions properly and so requires things like blue axlepins and randomly coloured plates sticking out of System vehicles.

>>5692570
Is it close to any official Lego gold parts? If it is, you might as well leave it as it is and buy new parts. Rahkshi bits are a dime a dozen.

>>5692676
If I bought the set second-hand and it was incomplete, I'd break it down immediately. My G2 figures are all still built, but I've added a few parts to them to fix small issues I have with the sets.

>>5692570
Isopropyl alcohol

>>5693365
that will melt the fuck out of the parts

>>5693468
Tru

>>5692570
Simple Green

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Found this thigh-onicle MOC, thought some of you might like it.
(Unrelated, but I like how the Bohroks' claws fit the shell of the Visorak, makes a nice shield.)

>>5692676
with the g2 sets i keep em until the next year

>>5692676
I used to do that in the early 2000's but now I'll just BrickLink the pieces I need, keeping my collection intact.

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This is it for now.

>>5693678
That's Black Phantom

>>5693680
Yup

>>5693678
Lame b8 m8

>>5693678
Lol. Not even trying.

>>5693303
Picture doesn't help much, but it's way too dark. Namely because the paint's faded quite a bit, so you can see the red underneath it.

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Two things:
--Kulta's Skull looks nice in trans-black
--I'm looking into the legality of selling this stuff - a question I should have been finding an answer to BEFORE
(I've found someone who has done this before and I'm hoping they know something definitive)

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I really wish it didn't take three days for one of these things to solidify.

>>5693989
That looks pretty neat, as for the legal part, I'm not sure personally, not really experienced with law and copyright matters.
But if you do manage to sell them without issue I'd order.

>>5693678

Speaking of which, I've been wondering about the inevitable Makuta set next year, his colors in particular.

I really hope he's not gunmetal and trans orange like Kulta. I wish they decided to use trans red, which is very blood-like and demonic looking. But if they don't want to, the closest alternative would be dark red. It would feel like a nice update from 2003 Makuta I reckon.

>>5693989
you could buff off the tiny LEGO writing on it, post it as a REPLICA and only take "donations for the cost of materials"

no possible legal trouble. could set a minimum donation even

>>5693989
I need this in my life. Also I need trans feet in my life.

>>5694072
feet?

So does it bother anyone else that Ekimu's shield is flipped from his MMvSG version?

>>5694298
The only thing that bothers me is 2016 Ekimu's arm buckler isn't centered. I'm thinking of replacing it with a flick fire missile stem and a half-pin on the 3mm rod to make it centered and get the loose spinning back.

>>5693992
Wow. That looks really, REALLY good.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=f93C5PeBSaQ

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VOG-jzTiFaw
Really pumping these out, Jang.

>>5694383
>this is Jang's favorite 2016 villain set
I wonder if he'll go full Scorpio-hate on Storm Beast. Probably not, because it's not Skull Scorpio.

>>5692570
I have the same issue. I painted my tahu nuva some weird blue years ago cause i was a dumb cunt and now i have no idea how to completely remove it

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VOG-jzTiFaw

When will the 2017 sets leaks happen?

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Guys it is safe to assume that we will be getting a new finger articulated hand piece in the next wave sets? Lego seems to be protyping of some sorts this feature with these new sets. I would really appreciate that

>>5694504
Last year's set list leaked early August and the catalog leaked late September, so don't expect that any time soon.

>>5694522
I don't care. I just hope we get new fucking feet.

>>5694884

I agree. Proper articulated hands are something that require a certain size and number of pieces, so I fear they'd end up as something limited to larger sets (or end up on smaller sets at the cost of other body parts, like the Beasts with their tiny manlet legs).
So I would say that a new foot mold is more of a priority now. But since it just works for the smoother and larger Star Wars figures, maybe it's true they won't bother making a new one for Bionicle after all. Sad really.

>>5694066
I'm hoping for trans black. They made crystals in that color, wishful thinking has me expecting more.

>>5693496
moar

>>5694067
This. I'd rather have my masks without the text on anyway, especially the trans ones.

>>5693992
It looks fucking spooky. I like it. It seems nearly perfect from these angles. Would it be possible to add more black to make it match the official trans black or does it do that already? I haven't got any trans black parts on me to compare with.