/BIOG/ - Bionicle, Technic and CCBS General: Bionicle anime never

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DON'T FUCK WITH ME! I have the power of Bionicle AND anime on MY side!

>>6466326
It is kinda weird that Tahu was almost literally a gundam.

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>>6466326
G2 did very little right but I like the imagery with this pose of Tahu's shields looking kind of like the Three Virtues logo.

Let us start this thread by remindin y'all that ace is a cuck

Post MOCs.

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>>6466415
roger roger

>>6466370
lets be honest it was probably unintentional. I mean cmon it was g2

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>>6466415
I don't even know what I'm doing

>>6466813
BUILDIN A SENTRY

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>>6466529
Why would you do that tho.

>>6466326
This is my favourite Tahu, setwise. There's nostalgia in the original but I'm a sucker for poseability. Never liked the 'organic' look of the Nuva masks and Mistika is just shit. Stars is cute but it hardly gives of the feel of a Toa

>>6467202
>he doesn't know Hugebricks

>>6467205
I wasn't a huge fan of Nuva-masks either, but I can see what they were trying to do, especially with Tahu with semi-melted look.

>>6467221
Oh, I know Hugebricks, but I don't follow his stuff 'cause he kinda creeps me out. Really makes sense now given the subject matter though..

Sure, G2 (or rather Lego's idiocy) did a lot of things wrong, but what are the things you think it improved from G1?

>Trying to give Makuta a more sympathetic backstory (had 2017 happened, we could've gotten more of this)
>Doing away with the idea of the village leaders being a separate species from the villagers. Makes sense since they stopped giving a shit about Turaga after 2004
>Following on that, removing the Great vs Noble distinction that never really led to anything after 2001
>Avoiding the overused mutation plot device that plagued half or more G1 villains in some way or another
>Trying to not overdo it with technology- there were some very few guns here and there, but nothing over-the-top like 2007-2008, and most weapons were melee ones

I think there are more, but these are the ones I got off top of my head.

>>6467340
>Following on that, removing the Great vs Noble distinction that never really led to anything after 2001

Sorry, I was talking about Kanohi there. Great and Noble Kanohi.

>>6467340
> some of the more half-assed functions like the Phantoka/Mistika's combination gimmick or the Mata/Nuva's swing arms have been VASTLY improved
> six-shooters work extremely well and are well integrated into the weapons instead of being huge, separate pieces that you can't use for much else (Cordak), don't even work most of the time (squid launcher) or remind you of the fact that this is a toy for little kids (Rhotuka)
> some neat, unique features like the ones on Basher or Storm Beast
> not a single clone set
> no inane "he died from his shield getting poked by a shadow hand" shit

>>6467340
Makuta and Ekimu were actually brothers on par with each other, rather than the extremely imbalanced "brotherhood" he claimed to have with Mata Nui in G1, kind of like a priest claiming he's brothers with God.

>>6467340
No mask packs. What I mean by this is, the masks the Toa were collecting in-story (golden masks, MoC, masks of unity) all came in the sets. Rather than force you to buy booster packs in the hope of randomly getting a mask you want.

why the heck were the 2016 bionicles discontinued so quickly?

>>6467340
Nice colorful promo art that's more than just the set standing in some generic dramatic pose in a nondescript background.
Okoto was vast and pretty, but still had some dangerous areas. A welcome return to the roots after all the bland "everything here sucks" environments G1 kept using from '05 till the end. Although it's a shame we never discovered more of it, but the base idea was good.
Yeah it only lasted a few minutes, but we actually saw the Toa and other characters chilling in their recovered ancient city. It was like their home base, which gave some personal attachment to the backdrop. As opposed to G1 where they rediscovered Metru Nui but the story immediately took them away to random other places.
As shitty as they were, the mini comics included with the sets at least gave some context to what was going on. I always liked when the packaging and the instructions had bonuses like this.

And while there was more stuff wrong with them than right, I applaud that G2 at least attempted telling the story through web animations and a cartoon. Audio-visual storytelling is a key aspect of Bionicle, and its's also the bread and butter of other major, more successful toy franchises, like Transformers or, say, Ninjago. Though all in all both G1 and G2 suffered heavily from not taking full advantage of this.

>>6467457
The mouse wanted you to buy its sets instead.

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>>6466415
Ask nicely next time anon

>>6466992
SPY'S SAPPIN' MAH SENTRY

>>6467716
NEED A DISPENSAH HERE

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>>6466415
Not mine but pretty

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>>6467740
Not pretty but mine

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>>6467748

>>6467748
>>6467752
Wow, blast from the past. I don't think I've seen this since just before g2 was announced.

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>>6466415

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Is pic related giving you a bit of a doctor vibe?

>>6467869
Hey man are you still working on that one? Haven't seen it in a while.

>>6467898
I really like these. Well done, anon.

>>6467898
Right is definitely some cyberpunk doctor who would stun me in a dark street to replace my organs and sell them later
Left is his mech butler (can he morphball?)

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>>6467899
Thats the final product desu.
You got any suggestions for improvements?

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>>6467906
Darn, it was supposed to be the other way around. It can kinda roll into a ball.
>>6467901
Thx anon

>>6467916
Well not anymore, nice job son

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I know it's been brought up before, but I haven't seen anything in some time. Any news on Cyberhand's update to his MoUP? Or heck, anyone else made a more accurate version yet?

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>>6468531
This is the most recent model. Still not done yet; just a few more tweaks. We've been super busy and struggle to find time to collaborate, but we're both still pretty adamant about eventually making it as perfect as we can.

>>6466813
Are you the guy talking about the Super Battle Droid blue in the last thread?

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what's your opinion on the g2 beast sets? im always seeing people shit talk them but I kinda like edward scissorhands here

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>>6468645
I would be eternallly greatful if you could tell Cyberhamd to check his dang etsy since it sounds like you know him. I want to know how long until my Miru is done and the two past months have been slowly killing me. Surely casting a piece of plastic doesn't take that long, right?

>>6466330
How?

>>6468658
Yeah, why?

>>6468835
Just thought it was too much of a coincidence to see that and then this. Looks pretty cool, nice to see the more interesting colours and parts seeing use.

>>6468837
>Looks pretty cool, nice to see the more interesting colours and parts seeing use
Oh, well thanks! It's still a wip, pretty much everything below the neck is getting scrapped unless I come up short on that blue.

>>6468694
for 'beasts' it sucks that they're mostly humanoid. lava beasts' blade-wings are just stuck on the back of his hands, rather than his entire arm build being some kind of foldout wings, maybe reverse knee-joints to simulate more of a bird/dragon look

>>6468645
If you need any help, there's a 1080p rip of JTO floating around on piratebay, I highly recommend you download it if you're in need of good references. I put a supercut of all the scenes with the MOUP on Mega though, it's in the TTV thread.

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>>6466415

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>>6469026
Here's a better pic to show off the size and build

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>>6469026
>>6469029
I like this a lot.

>>6468694
Their "pack up everyone, we're done here" nature is pretty obvious but I'm still glad that they bothered with giving each one an unique build and function, some of which are pretty damn ingenious in Storm Beast's case.

>>6467922
I loved these things, anyehre I can see them all in the up to date look?

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So, all this talk about Shadow Toa in the previous thread made me want to make my own Shadow Toa team for my canon. I've decided they would be Matoran who submit themselves to the transformation willingly due to a number of reasons (power, grudges, etc). It's not the transformation that makes them evil, they're already pretty bad people (think Ahkmou or Vultraz) .For the "Stone" Shadow Toa I went with Ahkmou of course.

Thing is that I can't find someone from G1 to pick for the green and black slots. It seems I can't find someone even remotely villainous or misguided among Le and Onu Matoran. Maybe Vican could work (his "muh adventure" could be twisted into a "fun" loving villain, like an evil Lewa), but I still have no idea whom to pick among Onu Matoran. I remembered Mavrah being more of an antagonist but a quick read on BS01 shows that he wasn't really that evil. Should I think "fuck it" and go with him anyway or should I come up with an OC?

>>6468780
I think his work on the Miru is directly affecting our progress with the MoUP actually. Our replica isn't technically a commission, so his other projects usually take priority.

>>6469572
I guess that's a bit more reassuring. I wanted to be able to have it for a con this month and next month, and I have no idea if I'll have it in time since I've not heard from him for a solid month

>>6469674
Is this a miru to wear on your face? That's well more than "just a piece of plastic" if that's the case.

>>6469718
It's not a problem that it's taking long, I'm sure he's doing an awesome job on it and it's going to be the best thing to ever exist, but I asked him for an update on it a week ago and no replies at all.

>>6468645
I'm legit grateful for the response man. Don't mean to be pushy about it because I'm sure you guys hear enough from everyone. But hey, looking forward to the final piece, it's looking great!

>>6468780
>>6469674
I've let him know. Hopefully you hear back soon.

>>6470368
Thanks, I really appreciate it

>>6466326

This is my favorite Bionicle set of all time, of either gen, and of my favorite Toa.

There's just something for everyone in it. The mask is recognizable, but reworked. His build is imposing and regal as all FUCK. Red and gold look amazing together. His swords are huge and wholesome and create a board very well. Posability is of course great. I just think it's so damn aesthetic and functional and dammit I love it so much

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>>6466326
MY TINY SON!

im so fucking triggered that child me got rid of all my bionicles

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>>6469026
>>6467922
>>6467916
>>6467869
I really like this thread, I love Bionicles and it's super comfy, so I hate to be getting all angry about anything, but

Is it really that hard to rotate your images? I was seeing this in the last thread, too. Just give them a quick rotate before you post them so nobody has to tilt their heads to see what's actually going on

All that said, these are pretty cool.

>>6470535
So why WAS his Hau different?

>>6470692
(Real-world reason) because they wanted a mask that better covered a Metru head. Regular Hau does fit but doesn't sweep back as far to concela the 'brain' and oesn't have a pin onnection, making it liable to fall of easily

(In-story reason) it's a stylistic difference, because Lhikan is not from Metru Nui (where the classic Hau shape is the norm. The implication was that Toa from other lands have slightly exotic-looking variants of the same masks, but sadly that was never utilised in sets ever again

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I love all of you and I love Bionicle.

Could anybody else read Matoran fluently as a kid? I still can but not with the same fluency

>>6470445
Glad I'm not the only one who feels this way. My only niggle is those silver hands/feet. If they could have made those parts in red or gold it'd be perfect.

>>6470810
Yeah. Once you know it it's very easy to "see" the resemblance of the letter a symbol represents. I'm mostly fluent but always get a bit muddled with V W and X.

>>6470636
it's phoneposters. on a phone their image looks right-way up, they don't realise until they upload them that it's crooked

>>6469531
I'm sorry. That just looks messy.

>>6470823
>If they could have made those parts in red or gold it'd be perfect
They exist in red. Feet exist in gold too. And Bricklink exists.

>>6471015
weird, why weren't they released in the set?

>>6470823

Pop some red ones on there and see. It's far too much red. Trust me, I've tried. The silver actually provides good contrast once you see how other options look.

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>>6471009
>every time I post a shitty MOC to give some spice to my post people assume the MOC is mine

I guess I should stop doing that.

>>6471138
Lego is shit at color palettes. Pohatu Uniter is a prime example.

>>6471548
>switch forearm and thigh shells
>color scheme looks way more coherent

>>6471148
what about gold or black? I refuse to believe silver is a good colour choice

>>6471636
Not >>6471148 but:

>gold
Too gaudy for the feet, gold hands don't exist.

>black
Haven't tried, but I think black might be too strong of a constrast from bright red.

>>6470746
So you're saying Voriki could've been real?

Redpill me on why /biog/ is so terrible

>>6472593
>general based around dead toyline
>frequented by closet furries
>semi-regular tribal belligerence between 5 or 6 people who are in favor of or against discord channels
>OC waifus
general autism desu

>>6470807
Makes me think of a future where the fight and fusion of the planets didn't work out so well and things went to shit save, but rumors have been going around of a few islands that might be doing okay, so the inhabitants go out to look for it.

>>6470562
I got rid of mine shortly before starting college, and while I like to think that someone out there is enjoying them, a part of me can't help but regret it. I never would've thought that Bionicle would get a (sadly short-lived) reboot and that I'd actually be interested in it.

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What's the best kanohi and why is it the vahi?

>>6473106
My favorite is still the noble Ruru. I just really like the aesthetic of it.

>>6473106
>not Noble Komau

Step up, nigga.

Would anyone even notice if I mix old and new dark grey on a MOC?

>>6473422
Yes. Unless it's not sun/smoke damaged

>>6473422
yes

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>>6473106
You just like it because it's rare and has story importance.

The actual piece is thin as fuck and easily bent/broken, and not visually impressive.

>>6473433
Lol ok there, ham hands.

>>6473601
>>6473433
It is made out of soft plastic and is flimsy, but I gotta say the fact that it's the only mask circa 01-03 that only covered half of the wearer's face was a nice design choice. Regardless of story it's the only half mask out of the first chunk of Bionicles run. Krana don't count.

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>>6473106
I prefer Pohatu Phantoka.

>>6473601
I'm not a ham hands, the fucking soccer mom I bought a vahi from over ebay is.

>>6473106
01 Miru, Kualsi and Faxon are the patrician choices.

>>6473180
I see you are a man of culture as well

So who went to brickfair? How was it?

>>6473661
I can't help but feel like they were going to make some kind of Toa of Time or something but the idea got scrapped and they just ended up using the mold for Pohatu instead.

>>6473661
Dem pinchy hands.
09 was a weird year.

>>6474245
08 anon. Little me still thought it was cool tho.

Also, does anyone know if the G2 Bionicle sets are still in stores? Or at least LEGO stores, because I missed out on a few of the later sets.

>>6474248
I'm pretty sure Lego recalled them all from their own stores.

>>6474245
They're propellers, claws, and drills when they're all folded up. I've always thought that they were pretty rad tools.

>>6474249
Do you have a sauce anon? I can't imagine why they would recall them.

>>6473661
I do like to use his mask as a Vahi Nuva or some such thing

>>6473106
I really like the Kadin, it looks like a gladiator helmet. Shame it doesn't fit normal heads though

>>6474249
Can only get them from obscure stores online in netherlands for high prices sadly.. wanted to buy onua uniter because it looks fantastic

>>6474577
2edgy4me

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Hiya /biog/, how does this make you feel?


My excuse: I bought Lewa Mata off of eBay and he had tons of broken oldhand parts (at the axle connector and not the balljoint, oddly) and I put these newer oldhands on after digging through my spare parts. And yes, Pohatu is missing a ball.

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>>6474577
I like half or more of the Inika masks, but only if I treat them like faces. The Kadin, the Calix and the Suletu look quite good for villains or really alien characters. The Iden is so so and the Elda and Sanok look like shit. Overall they also have that early 00s punk rock edginess that I find nostalgic. Only 90s kids can understand what I mean :^)

My problem is that I'm planning a Toa Inika/Mahri revamp/mix and I've yet to find a satisfying replacement for the Calix, Iden and Kadin, though. The Arthron, Tryna and Volitak just don't have that edgy quality I was talking about. I've toyed with the idea of buying a custom Kanohi off Shapeways but I fear the quality difference in person might be too big.

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>>6474825
I think we can agree this is the edgiest mask. Not only the appearance, but the colours, the name (mask of corruption) and power (decompose inorganic matter).

regardless, it is one of my favourites

>>6475370
I'm mostly angry that you glued him to the wall

>>6471811
no because Toa of Lightning are a) female and b) white and blue

sorry anon. maybe he'll get his chance to shine in G3's canon

>>6475417
Definitely. The Inika masks just have a super 2000's angsty vibe to them like >>6475392 said that I find funny.

>>6475370
Those 2008-2011 ball cups are designed to fracture in predetermined ways so they won't shatter like the older ones. Only downside is they will definitely break instead of maybe break. It looks fine otherwise, I didn't even see them until I read your post over.
>Pohatu is missing a ball
Actually 2, possibly 3 depending on which one you think is missing.

>>6475370
Reminds me of my mask that I still don't have yet

>>6475581
Thanks anon, I'll keep that in mind. I'll probably buy some old oldhands for him later, along with some green ones for my old Hahli Mahri...
Also, Pohatu doesn't actually have a ball on his chest. It's weird, but he only has the ones on his shoulders and that's it.

>>6475417
Agree, I love this mask, if I had the money I would've wanted to ask for a face sized like Elijay's Miru.

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>>6475417
I love this mask, reminds me of a corrupt Great Huna.

>>6474222
It was good. I got a clear tahu mask just by asking for it from I think one of the bzp guys?

>>6470368
Maybe I should just get a refund since he's practically ignoring me. I could use the extra money on college books or something anyways. Guess I'll give it another week of waiting for some sort of reply before I give up. Having a Miru would have been cool though

>>6476010
>BZP giving away rare masks for free
maybe there is a god

>>6475423
>Headcanon that Toa of Electricity are yellow for years
>Even build a yellow Toa of Electricity with Keetongu's parts
>Chad Greg comes in and says Toa of Lightning are blue and white

It kind of makes sense, but it still pissed me off. Besides, I associate blue and white with Hahli (Inika).

>>6475633
>Pohatu doesn't actually have a ball on his chest
I hate being in the Berenstain dimension sometimes.

>>6476484
Does that mean he is heartless? So Gali is too? Maybe /r9k/ was right.

>>6476516
Gali has "boobs" where her voodoo ball would be and Onua is a Quasimodo, not sure what Pohatu's excuse is.

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>>6473627
>>6473106
Are gold Vahis rare? I gave one away for free to the neighbor kid when I committed bonklecide

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>>6476555
>tfw gave two Vahi for a pair of trans purple Bohrok eyes

I still don't regret it to this day.

>>6475711
Isn't Elijay's mask literally just cardboard and duct tape?

>>6476636
Used to be, now it is a professional craft done by some guy.

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>>6476640
Links? I can't find it on their channel. Not like I looked super hard tho.

>>6476640
Ah, never mind. Just found it

>>6476535
I tried it, it looks kinda stupid. Also those pieces are obviously for the combiner models, so Pohatu only needs the two.

>>6476555
Holy shit I was looking for that dumbass OC I made, thank you.

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Back in 2007-2008, I thought Jaller Mahri looked like the prime Toa of Fire specimen.
When it was revealed that the 2008 Toa would be the Toa Nuva, I was really curious to see Tahu's new form and was devastated to see how shit he looked. And so, for a lot of time, I considered revamping Tahu by essentially making him a Jaller Mahri clone. I scrapped the idea since but I'm thinking of revisting it.
Am I just crazy or has anyone else ever thought about this? The Arthron even looks like an evolved Hau with a crown/horn added. Such a fierce Hau-esque glance, too.

>>6476559
Oh hey, I remember you.

>>6477348
I don't see why you shouldn't do it, the phantoka/mistika were really shit, and the majority of 2007 including Jaller was GOAT. Really anything would be an improvement. Not sure about the mask though looks closer to a Kiril without the cylinders or a Huna without the pharaoh beard. It doesn't have any of the Hau's distinguishing features.

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>>6477348
man I never really realized until g1 ended just how hard they peaked in 2006. at the time I had always thought I was just nostalgic. what went so wrong?

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>>6477824
>peaked
>flat clone builds both waves
>introduced parts that paved the way for redundant flat clone builds that contributed to the stagnation of the line
>literal spare parts matoran
>edgy tonal shift to appeal to edgy tweens
>peaked
2006 and declining sales are what went wrong. It wasn't a bad year overall, but the precedents it set that lego decided to coast on were the ones that hurt Bionicle the most. The Inika archetype was novel at the time, but everyone got sick of it because there were few new parts of any consequence released before CCBS. The building system never advanced past that point, and even regressed by 2008. Bara Magna was looking like a step back in the right direction, but it came too late, the damage was done. Pic related was the best thing to come out of 06, right along with Brutaka, Fenrakk, and swapping the orientation of the ball joint for shoulders.

>>6477824
The Vahki brought the whole set down. No particular look or style to them, those disc launchers that were weaker than both Vakama and the Matoran's to come before them, those stupid excuses for a transformed mode and don't forget Vorzakh's fucking safety scissors.

>>6467205
nigga isn't green, he sucks

How many neetbux could I extract from somebody with all six mahri in unopened packaging, just with the price sticker stuck to the clear plastic part of their case?

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>>6466415

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>>6477496
>It doesn't have any of the Hau's distinguishing features.
It's hard to explain. I know the shape is completely different but I see the original Hau's noble and quiet fierceness in it.
It's like when they make a movie out of a book, and they choose this actor that looks nothing like how the character is described, yet you still praise the actor because they "do justice" to how the character feels in the book. I see more Hau in the Arthron than whatever the Mistika Hau was supposed to represent. That thing has no personality and that guy isn't Tahu.

I'll reply to the other stuff in another post because it was getting too long winded, and nobody likes walls of texts.

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>>6477824
I'm taking another look at G1 masks for future usages and once again I find myself really scrapping the barrel to build some characters. I'm pretty postive that I'll use the Arthron and the Phantoka Miru for my Tahu Nuva and Lewa Nuva reimaginings but it gets tricky for the other 4. If you're picky like me 2002-2006 and 2008 are almost a non-factor for Toa masks. 2007 I felt was the best year for masks since 2001. I really liked this look they had finally found with the masks: they had the sci-fi appeal of the Metru Nui saga without looking bland, and they looked as good as the 2001 Kanohi while also fitting 2006's darker tone. Then 2008 comes along and the only Toa mask I like is the new Miru. I always wonder how these massive quality nosedives happen. It's as if whoever designed the 2008 sets made an effort to undo nearly everything good 2006 and 2007 had done.

>at the time I had always thought I was just nostalgic.
I don't know if it's just nostalgia. 2006 was a soft reboot that tried to undo some of the bad things from the previous years that had tarnished the franchise's reputation, like the Bohrok Kal and a lot of 2005 stuff, so you probably liked 2006 because it felt fresh yet familiar. Still, as >>6477985 pointed out Lego's efforts in 2006 still weren't enough. I think the biggest misstep was trying out that really alien style with the Inika masks. The memo they should've gotten from 2005 was clear: kids don't want loser monsters like the Hordika and the Rahaga, they want cool heroes like the Toa Hagah. The Inika hide subtle homages to the Toa Mata, but the prototypes heavily referenced them. So who knows who had the brilliant idea of saying "Nah, fuck that. Their masks should make the Kraahkan look like a kitten".

>what went so wrong?
Lego misunderstanding what kids want, I suppose.

>>6478204
My god... Hewkii looks like Axonn.

>>6478204
There was that bit of wierdness with phantoka Lewa where they went "kids like halo, right? Forget the design language of the miru, let's make it mr. Halo's mask"

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Post vehicles?

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oh fuck I'm sorry I meant 2007. mahri nui. barraki. gadunka. I didn't realize it until I saw your responses

Not sure where to start quoting but I see a lot of Inika talk. I fucking loved the Inika. Yeah the masks were weird and the builds were all the same, but the vibe and atmosphere from that line was just absolutely great. It wasn't early years by any means, but as one anon put it, it was fresh yet familiar. Nuparu Inika is still one of my favorite sets of all time.

and let's not forget MOVE ALONG MOVE ALONG

>yfw that commercial

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>>6478241
Sure but it I still like it. I'm not a Halo fan so the resemblance didn't really hit me until later. In the prototype it looks even closer to Master Chief's helmet. It's pretty clear that the 2008 Toa were supposed to pander to kids who liked Halo, but at least the Miru looked like something a Toa Mahri could wear. Him and Onua also were the only ones who had a real weapon. They really fucked it up with the others.

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So has anyone ever made a moc of a real, accurate Turaga Lhikan? I know there are 3D printed Noble Hau's you can get, but what about something representing more of how he entirely looked?
On a similar note, is there a 3D printed version of a Noble Kiril? The one he officially has is the same mold as the one Toa Norik has, ntm it doesn't really look like a Noble Kiril anyway: moreso a Great Kiril. Maybe one that looks more like the one he had in the movie?

>>6478660
Dume's Kiril is supposed to be the Noble version, a Turaga couldn't wear a Great Kanohi.
Now, Norik's the one whose mask is "copying" someone else. His Pehkui isn't the real form of an average Pehkui but an homage to a past hero who wore a Noble Kiril: all Toa Hagah have their Masks forged to homage past heroes.
We have no idea what a real Kanohi Pehkui looks like. Now you might wonder
>then why making him wear a Kiril if that mask isn't supposed to be a Kiril?
Because Norik and Iruini were originally meant to be Toa Dume and Toa Nidhiki before they scrapped that idea. The Kualsi was designed to perfectly mirror Nidhiki's head.
>if he isn't Dume just make another mask design for him
They probably ran out of new parts budget for that year.

>>6478453
Yeah, I often find myself in minority when I browse Bionicle fangroups. Everyone seems to wank the Toa Metru and bash on the Inika. Personally I hate the Toa Metru and love the Inika. The masks were weird but at least they were interesting. But everything else was GOAT, from the color schemes, the tall and powerful builds and their fucking awesome light up weapons (with swappable light colors!). It's a shame that the Toa Mahri had to improve on the masks but downgrade some of their designes by using the retarded Piraka torso (as well as Kongu's caveman torso design).

>>6478361
That's cool. That's really cool.

>>6478361
damn that's rad, who's the moccer?

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It arrived earlier than I expected damn

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>>6479299
wow, I even had it upright in my folder

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Anyway, moving along

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The set came with a shiny chrome sword that's kinda flexible. The tip of the blade was bent, and I sorta bent it back straight.

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Kinda disappointed that the gold pieces weren't shiny, and that the blades and the skelly armor pieces weren't the same shade of gold

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Chest armor piece is missing some gold

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The armor on the forearms and the whole leg armor kinda make this bootleg too inflexible. Also, the uniter codpiece makes the legs unable to rotate around freely. It is also very loose.

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Posing without the codpiece on

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still don't know what to do with this

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>>6479321
Shame it's not sand green. How close are the colors to the real deal?

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>>6479347
It's a tad grayer than the green on Lewa.

>>6467457
Supposedly global demand for Lego in 2016 finally surpassed Lego's ability to meet that demand, so they had to cut some lesser performing shit to make sure the big things met demand for Christmas before opening a fuck ton of new factories for futureproofing. They've said they want to revive Bonkle again in the future because they mishandled G2 but that might just be marketing speak.

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>>6479484
Do you have a sauce, anon? Also I love Bonkle but why not make a new theme entirely
Like, maybe take elements from Bionicle and HeroFactory and put them together? Six biomechanical protagonists arrive on a planet and all they know is that they're there to explore the place. Things get funky when they start finding ancient ruins and such, and there's a big mystery theme as to where they are, their origins, and the history of the land they now inhabit. Collectables don't necessarily have to be masks, but should be personal. Just, not like the Hero Cores which were all the same piece.


I just made that up in a few minutes and I want it.

Fuxk

>>6479484
>They've said they want to revive Bonkle again in the future because they mishandled G2 but that might just be marketing speak.

No they didn't.
All they said is that a future return of Bionicle can't be ruled out on their twitter.

2018 CCBS theme?

>>6479743
Strong maybe.

>>6479321
This looks like cheapest piece of bootleg garbage I've seen. Bendy plastic, cheap chrome coat. It doesn't even connect to actual set

>>6479310
>being surprised that chinese bootleg is not what advertised

But all in all, nice that you took the bullet for rest of us.

>>6479743
Not likely.

I don't know if you've noticed, but Nexo Knights blindbags have hit bargain bins across the globe. The same would've happened with Bonkle mask packs too.

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Does anyone have any luck trying to do something different from vanilla with the Inika Kanohi? I'm thinking of the following stuff:

>painting them
I know it can be done since their rubber is hard. I've seen some pretty cool results too.

>having them worn by another head type (ie Metru head)
Is it even possibile? Or is it better to build a custom head that fits?

>changing eye color
This is actually what I'm interested in the most. I've read someone who said they could change the eye colors by slipping a minifig cape between the head and the mask but I can't find it anymore. I tried it once and it didn't work. Also, capes equal solid colors and I'm not fond of solid eye colors on my bonkles. Has anyone tried to paint a Inika head before? Did you use solid paints or something fancier?

>>6479774
>having another head type (ie Metru head) wear a Inika masks
I once put Mahri visor on a Metru head and Inika-mask fit okay, but it bent the mask ever so slightly.

>>6479791
>Mahri visor
Now that's a cool idea. Did the mask get damaged afterwards?

Who is the most brutal character and why is it Zaktan?

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Well, color me surprised but I've managed to do something. Apparently the Skull Mask nd the Inika masks fit together almost perfectly. That's the gold Kulta mask under the Calix, no glue or other heresy required. I have tried the other G2 masks and they're too wide or have weird protrusions that don't work with the Inika masks.
The Calix and the Suletu are the easiest to apply. The Kadin is a bit harder but nothing bad. The Iden is a bitch to get to work and wobbles a bit (but my Iden is probably too loose). The Sanok just doesn't work due to its weird wide chin. Can't find where I put my Elda, but man fuck the Elda.
If anyone is curious I have more pictures, with Kopaka, Kongu and Onua wearing the masks.

>>6479906
>Kongu
FUCK meant Lewa.
I should add: the cons are two. First, these masks are huge for a modern Toa sized figure. Second, the eyes don't look very good since you see the skull mask details underneath. Maybe slipping a piece of transparent plastic sheet between the two masks could work.

>>6478998
Bobthedoctor27 on tumblr... I think?

>>6479790
>>6479906
There's this Lego display at local supermarket and one of the MOCs there has Hewkii's mask on top of Glatorian Ignika. I'll probably go there tomorrow, can snap a photo if you'd like

>>6479624
I was going to say, I don't remember them being THAT optimistic when the line was cancelled. Just "k we're ending this" and then a bit later we found out about the demand issue.

Aside from Gorast being the obvious winner for being the only female, which Makuta would have the best ass?

>>6479761
Nexo Knights had blind bags? what of?

>>6480329
The shield pieces with the different powers for the app game.

>>6477348

Man. I loved Jaller Inika but for a number of reasons I never got any Piraka or Inika. I managed to get Jaller Mahri to console myself, but he was a big fucking letdown. Jaller Inika had a cool face, transparent bones, a weapon with a light, a weapon with a magazine, and a nice gold/red colour scheme. Also he had those cool shoulder pads. He had a lot of zazz.
Jaller Mahri had a plain and unwieldy piece of plastic for a sword, a forgetable mask, and a bunch of generic parts. He was plain and uninteresting.
I've coveted Hewkii, Nuparu and Jaller Inika for years, and I'd trade Jaller Mahri for Inika in a heartbeat. Whenever I see others saying that Jaller Mahri is better or that he is the best inika build I get angry and sad.

>>6479994
Please do

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>>6480488
Here. Bit of a potato picture, but it's not the easiest thing to photograph something through window and then display case

>>6481135
Those MOCs are really cool.
See, that's how Hewkii's mask looked when I slid it over the Skull Mask. It seems like no matter what you do that mask is bound to look silly. Poor Huki.

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>>6465851
i dont know anything about bioncle or its fans but im very amused that the op is someone lynching their figure into a toilet bowl and with over 190 posts in this thread not one of them questions that particular decision

>>6480448
I might have been a bit hard on him as a wee munchkin, but his transparent joints were prone to loosening, the O part slowly cracking into a C. I also think his mask/face looks pretty goofy, but I thought Hewkii's wasn't too bad so I'm probably in the minority here.
At least Jaller Mahri got a crab and a big sword, my main man Kongu got two of those cannons, and with his joints going loose I could hardly pose him without them dragging on the ground.
I guess the grass is greener or some shit.

CCBS is dead forever.
I just don't see why they cancelled G2. They say bad sales but in my area they sold like crazy...but the SW ones still shelfwarm. Ninjago shelfwarms too,I still can find the ghost wave.

>>6481206
Simple. They only have enough money to produce one CCBS line and Disney wanted their Ultrabuilds to stay. Thank the mouse.

>>6480448
I should clarify, I think Jaller Inika is a better form for Jaller's character. The gold is a prefect subsitute for his classic yellow (dark red doesn't look god with yellow, IMO), and the contrast between dark red and green is an excelent design choice.
However, I think Jaller Mahri is closer to my idea of an "ideal Toa of Fire", and that his design would've been a better fit for Tahu Mistika.

In an ideal world, I would've liked if the Inika stayed Inika, just with less alien masks. I'm sure that they would've sold more if their masks were less weird. They had cooler weapons than the Mahri and their lightning powers were cool as fuck and made them unique. However, I still like the Mahri a lot overall, thanks to some very original armor designs, cool weapons (save Hahli. What the fuck is that?). Jaller, and arguably Kongu and Nuparu, also got nerfed hard in terms of Mask powers.

It's weird, I'm a bonkle fan since 2001 but sometimes I'm more nostalgic about Jaller's team than I am for Tahu's.

/BIOG/ is dying. Do you seek redemption Anons?

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>>6481149
It's a common meme these days. Everybody and their grandmother has seen it by now.

>>6470636
>tfw didn't realize until I saw this image that you can read the matoran alphabet as english letters

>>6478177
Why

>>6481328
guess that possibility should've occurred to me, seems obvious in hindsight, ha

>>6467437
yeah but think of the moc'ing potential

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>>6478177
reminded me of this

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>>6481847
No worries, newfriend. /biog/ is a weird place that takes a lot of time to get to understand.

t. recently ascended newfriend

>>6481878
The feels in this one. Rip sweet prince.

>>6482307
Stop this.

>>6482353
why, you do love CCBS after all

>>6481855
Anyone else go through a phase of trying to find different ways to put tits on MoC's? Good times.

>>6482418
I fucking hate CCBS

>>6482307
>Cap's constipated look
The faces are hilarious especially how awkward the heads look with next to no neck.

>>6482307
These are both better and worse than the official ones

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>>6482448
nonsense, everyone loves CCBS. right /biog/?

So why didn't Botar intervene and stop Teridax?

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>>6482750
magnets

>>6482760
>titan
>same as smaller sets, but with stupid weapons and crazylegs

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Made a lot of progress on my brick built Makuta. Dude has a lot of heft for his size. One more order and he should be good.

>>6482778
Wasn't it similar with Hydraxon too? Some of the titan sets don't even deserve the title titan lol

>use the "Easy Buy" button on Bricklink to find Tarakava parts
>it tells me to buy only two parts with a total value of 20 cents from one store
>no min buy and even free shipping since they're in my country
I'm almost tempted to do it just to be a little shit and make them waste packing material.

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>>6482684

>>6482811
Hydraxon was at least aesthetically pleasing and hid the basic torso. Icarax had no excuse

>>6479790
I did a search for Inika Kanohi that are compatible with the original head designs. There are some shapeway models, and they've been re-imagined to not look as organic... but there's only two of the. :(

>>6482778
He was a Titan? I had him and never knew.

>>6470807
Very nice. Have any more photos of those two?

>>6478115
I'll give ya a hundred bucks

Hey anyone got any good Bonkle wallpapers?
(I'd include one but I don't have any)
I might start a thread on /wg/ for /toy/ papes

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>>6484119

>>6484125
>>6484129
Oooh, these are nice. Thanks!

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ntroducing kohrok-kaha the “medic”.

A smart and cunning member of the team, kohrok-kaha is equiped with a variarity of small tools and telescopic eyesight that make him able to repair all but the gravest injuries on any individual.
When not “helping” his comrades kohrok-kaha finds pleasure in stalking his next patient. Using his powers of sonics kohrok-kaha silently stalks his “patient” until the time is right. He is then shoots the unknowing victim with his sleepdart after which he can start the operation.
Patients usually wake up later with horrific modifications on their limbs or body.

For this reason he isnt really trusted by his team and in order to repair them he must often hunt and drug his own team in order to start the necessary operations on them.

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>>6484232
Kohrok-kaha is equiped with:
- a tranquillizer dart gun on his right arm to help patients go to sleep

- 2 shields of sonics that are used to move silently around or blast aggressors with extreme sound waves.

- a tool on his left arm that scans for information about the victim vitals.

- an array of tools for surgery and repair hidden in his hands.

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>>6484233

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>>6484241
- an extra 2 set of eyes on the back of his head from which 1 pair is moveable to suit his needs. These allow for a 360° view.

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>>6483540
Yes, he was priced at 20 Burgerpennies / 20 Euro.

>>6482811
I love 2007 but that's when the Titans started to get simplified. Compare Karzahni to sets like Brutaka or Roodaka, he doesn't hold a candle. And I kind of liked Icarax too, but like many things in 2008 he was yet another example that the designers were tired of working on Bionicle. Really 2008-2010 were kept afloat by the expertise of the part designers (well, save from obvious fuckups like the Kaukau Mistika), because you can tell the builders just wanted to move on.

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Do you think the story team initally wanted to kill the Toa Nuva off?
Them getting defeated by the Piraka, the Inika basically taking their story roles, 2008 originally having Jaller's team as protagonists again..it really seemed they wanted to do drop the original team by having a new one taking their mantle.
If the decision to awaken Mata Nui was before the one to have the Toa Nuva return, that could imply they wanted to retcon the Nuva' destiny to awaken Mata Nui and giving that honor to the Inika/Mahri, perhaps by skipping the whole Toa Ignika sacrifice plot point and Matoro being the one to awaken Mata Nui.

>>6481274

Don't mind my complaining much. The reason I feel so strongly about Jaller is because getting him was an act of rebellion at the time. I was raised by an abusive family and apart from the beatings and stuff I also had no allowance and any money from the relatives got confiscated. Jaller Mahri was a damn important letdown. He didn't even have that claw ribcage he had in the flash game. I tried putting the crab's legs on him but they were sticking out too much. I'm mildly interested in making a G2 Jaller Mahri using PoF's mask but I think he'll come out unrecognizable with his brighter colours, more complex sword, different design language and proportions.

>>6482918

>"We accept her one of us. We accept her one of us."
>"No! Noooo!"
>The horrible Disney collective claims another IP

And that's why Bionicle was cut short and no other line has replaced it. The successor is afraid to come out.
Something tells me LEGO has a business plan that covers years and that they didn't adapt it to the early cancelation. Instead the company acts like Bionicle is still running and we'll see a new CCBS line after Bionicle's initial expiry date.

>>6484464

>The Inika never come to be and Takanuva goes with the toa nuva
>Tahu or Takanuva becomes an true hero and awakens Mata Nui at the expense of his own life
>The Brotherhood is forced to go Plan B and launches an all-out worldwide assault before Mata Nui can shake off the sleepiness
>Mata Nui is now aware that a desease is spreading across his body and killing him from the inside
>The rot has almost reached his brain, as an army is laying siege on Metru Nui
>The dead toa arrives and breaks the siege
>As it turns out, Mata Nui restored him and reformed him into a demigod
>The other toa nuva submit themselves to Mata Nui and are likewise transformed (new toys)
>The toa magna take the fight to the Brotherhood across Mata Nui's body
>They are directly aided by their surroundings and armies of white cells (more new toys)
>Teridax is either destroyed two minutes to doomsday or he is jettisoned into space and becomes a running joke in LEGO's space lines

Should I sell my reboot Bonkles? They brought me a lot of joy but they don't matter as much to me since the line kind of prematurely died. I don't MOC like most of you do anyway.

Anybody else kept away from their bonkles by work?

I'm six weeks into a seven month trip and I desperately want to moc. LDD really doesn't cut it.

>>6484810
Well I take some little project with spare pieces each time I have to get away from my bonkles, because else I end up buying a shitton of legos on my trip to compensate. Btw I'm back from a 4 weeks trip, and I was fucking angry most time because I forgot to take 1x4 technic liftarms in my spare pieces, preventing me from making anything decent...

>>6484603
>Makuta enters the longest staring contest ever with kars in space
I'd buy this.

>>6484822
I'm working on board a ship so I can't even buy sets to compensate. At least I'll have plenty of half built ideas to put together when I'm back.

>>6484825

>Two minifigs are out on a romantic date
>They're looking at the stars
>"Look at all the stars. Aren't they pretty?"
>The Kraahkan constellation appears

or

>LEGO Alien
>Two minifigs are exploring an alien ship
>They come across Makuta's mask
>"Cool, free souvenir!" says one minifig
>"Don't put that on your face. You don't know where it's been."
>The two guys keep exploring until they find a large room filled with Kraata
>And instead of a xenomorph, there's a Rahkshi with the corrosion power

>>6484847
Still better than the shitty alien knockoff we got in the red star.

>>6484802
I think they've got very solid designs by themselves, which to me warrants keeping them, regardless of the story.

>>6484825
Who?

>>6484847
>something something I AM THE UNIVERSE

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So on a scale from one to ten, how useful is the Kanohi Zatth on land?

>>6485791
Honestly that mask kind of fucking sucks anyway. It summons a random rahi and then you can't even control it? The fuck?

>>6482918
Disney actually buyed Bionicle in secret. Now they're working on the REAL G1 reboot because Disney gets their money from nostalgia fags.

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>>6484603
>jettisoned into space and becomes a running joke in LEGO's space lines
That's the fucking best I want it

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>>6485791
1 or 2. I fucking hate the Zatth. I'm rebooting G1 and G2 for my personal canon and I realized the Inika got nerfed hard when they turned into Toa Mahri:

>Jaller
Damn that mask looks cool, I bet its power is badass. What, so you're saying he went from dodging anything and generally doing miracles to... echolocation? Does he really need that? I hope he retrieved Lhikan's Hau somehow, that would be an improvement.
>Nuparu
Lost flight, which was useless in Mahri Nui anyway, for stealth. Having a canon mask for Nidhiki was nice but surely there had to be something more interesting to pick?
>Kongu
This makes me really mad because you can tell the reason behind the idiocy. He traded sweet telepathy for dumb random Rahi summoning, clearly because Greg wanted to write autistic battles between sea monsters (that don't even exist in set form, for fuck's sake). I don't think a more gimmicky and random power exists. Greg, I know you hate Toa of Air and like to treat them like comic relief trash but let it go of your fetishes for once.

>Hahli, Hewkii and Matoro: actually cool powers that are useful outside water. With the right usage and growing experience, Hahli and Hewkii could become really overpowered.

And, all of them lost their lightning powers and antidermis immunity. Now they're just normal Toa aside from being amphibious. That's pretty sad.

>>6486098
Speaking of Mahri, I still hate the fact the set clearly have air tanks, but then Greg had to go and be like "Nope, those are totally gills".

>>6486104
Oh yeah, I forgot about that. How the heck do you call tubes "gills"? What was the problem? I'm fairly sure biomechanical creatures have lungs, so air tanks make sense. Also, there was no point in making them full water breathers (until Matoro reversed) other than this creepy fetish the story design had of mutating and crippling characters.
If the Ignika had the power to change their Masks and weapons, who's to say it couldn't give them water breathing equipment?

>>6486098
>>6486104
>>6486116
were you guys always this bored or what?

>>6486131
Just because we like Bonkle, doesn't mean we have to eat all shit Greg made up

>>6486104
>>6486116
See that's the thing, it added nothing beyond pointless drama that was relieved by the time that arc ended, and it was yet another case of sprinkling the story with annoying "oh this isn't what it looks like" bs. The tubes are clearly shown as breathing gear in the animation when the Toa are sitting around in an air-filled chamber, so I take that as my preferred "personal canon" over Greg's writing.
It's funny that I get even slightly worked up about this, because it's so trivial, but maybe that's why it bothers me, it was just a pointless, needless detail that clearly contradicted the set designers' intent.

>>6486523
I like the idea that the water breathing started after they entered the water what with the pit causing mutations left, right and centre.

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>>6479320
Oh I meant to ask you - what's the quality of the CCBS shells to the bones, and how compatable are they with actual lego parts? I wanna get the guy with the purple bones and shells.

>>6486656
>actual lego

stick to castles

>>6486761
He means the knockoffs boi

>>6486656
Let's see... The shells are much better than other bootleg shells, such some Hero Factory bootlegs I got from the Philippines. The bones are not as polished and need more force to connect bone to bone than the actual lego ones, but they're still pretty solid. Every piece still has that bootleg-feel of flaky plastic edges.

Testing bootleg shells on lego bones, and the bootleg shells don't feel too different from using lego shells, nice and tight. With lego shells on bootleg bones, it feels like the shells will pop off of some of the bones when you try to fiddle with the figure.

The bootleg armor addons fit tightly on both bootleg and lego shells. Lego armor addons are loose on some of the bootleg shells.

The shittiest pieces are the pins, but not like anyone is buying bootlegs for those.

I found a still boxed bionicle in my garage because my mom never gave it to me on my birthday. Would one of you guys be interested in it?

She didn't give it to me because I pushed my little brother down the stairs

>>6486914
Pics

>>6486914
What Bionicle?

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>>6486917
It's sealed. Box is shit. What is a Von Nebula?

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>>6486934
Nice bait

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>>6486943
What bait? Here's the back. I don't know anything about these anymore.

>>6486948
>on the internet
>have all the information you need to look it up
>don't

You're a special kind of lazy, aren't you?

>>6486956
More like I was offering you guys dibs if you want it. The name is funny so I just asked. I don't collect them anymore and if someone will be happy with it, awesome.

>>6486958
>giant bold title HERO FACTORY
>in the corner: FROM THE MAKERS OF BIONICLE
Looks like he's blind, too. Eh, Von Nebula does at least have a few neat parts from before they switched over to CCBS, so at least there's that if anyone does want him.

>>6486914
>She didn't give it to me because I pushed my little brother down the stairs
I laughed

>>6486943
>>6486956
>>6487159
please stay in the discord

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>storm beast for 14€ on BL
>ask for shipping quote
>13€+ for shipping, even inside of Europe

I mean, I'd be more willing to pay that if I still needed the actual set. But I'm only interested in getting spares of dark blue shells and maybe some other parts.

>>6487386
That's why I'm always scared to ask for shipping on bl, shit's crazy most times.
>Captcha contains a minifig
THEY KNOW

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How do I into MOCs?

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To all the people who think I forget the thread:

fuck you and fuck star wars

Is this the guy who did the Bionicle commercials?
https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=xngO6v6R2ck

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>>6487811

Neat KK mask. Did bloathisface make it?

>Rey head

I wish the people who make pornicles would use the female sw heads. Btw does anyone have any more pictures of pic related?

>>6488021
I hope so, I want to know the construction of those breasts.

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>>6488021

Hey faggots I have some checkout codes for Lego Shop at Home that gives you a free exclusive lego shop employee minifig on orders that are $35 or more. Since this minifig is exclusive it'll probably sell for $20 or something obscene on bricklink so this is pretty worth it.

They expire after September 3 so use em before then. Pick a code and see if it works, none of been used at the time of writing this.

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JY3KC3QN3T
LJ5VR5FW5K
JL7NX5WF7V
LU9YF9DC3Q
MC7KE5RS5N
XF3CE9RP7H
JM5YH5XD9K
UT5UF3HK5T
VF5RT7VL7L
CD7UV5UM9V
UM9QJ7YJ9L
UV5MF7QC9K
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VN9XT3EF9P
CM5LL9YW9H
VR9PR3UJ3P
XH9TL3SW7L
XT9MK9JP5C
QL9PQ9CD9E
UD3LT3JV7M
CL7JR7KY5R
QJ9EW3CV3C
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>>6487843
sounds like it

>>6486790
Sweet, sounds like they might be worth the money.

>>6489407
Piraka?

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>>6489407

>>6489408
Dammit I was too slow.

Canon-speaking, what was the power ranking of the original toa mata?
I know tahu comes first and kopaka second, and I personally put the rest as Onua-Gali-Pohatu-Lewa. Am I wrong for mishandling my bionicles' true power level as a kid?

>>6489603
they are all equal power-wise. they just have different strengths/weaknesses

unless you're talking about physical strength only, in which case (pakari aside) pohatu is canonically the strongest

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>>6489603
>power levels
Don't do that.

>>6489652
I was cleaning my attic to properly store and list my bionicles and I just happened to find the original 6 first, followed by the 6 turaga, the 6 bohrok (va) and then various others until vezon and his spooky spider. Felt bad for the orginal 6 to endure years of playthroughs of getting weaker build-wise, and come on every kid gave every thing a ranking back then

>>6489603
all normal toa are the same power level canonically except the nuva, who are stronger

>>6489682
>every kid
So you're saying you're still one?

>>6489696
I don't think someone was has the original toa from launch is still a kid

>>6489726
Unless it's gen 2 of course, but I doubt it

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>tfw found this on discount
>bought it just for those shells

I'm too deep in the rabbit hole. Granted, I may have to pick up couple more from BL to actually make something, but it's a start.

>>6486934
>>6486948
>>6486958
How much do you want for it?

>>6489914
You now have an obligation to make a light green and magenta one of these >>6488021

First time visiting this board. Delighted to see a thread on Bionicles. I'm not sitting at my desk with by two boxes of disassembled Bionicles feeling like rebuilding them

>tfw so many broken ball-joints :((
were they so easy to break for everybody else?

>>6490139
In 2007-2010 Lego used a different plastic I think? that's why the joints from that time crack so easily
the newer ones are basically impossible to break though

>>6490229
Design fail + time + light exposure that destroys plastic + old plastic
All of this is why old bonkles were so fragile.

>>6489914

>Find dragon
>Mate with dragon
>Get on it's back and fly around
>Smile and call yourself a king

Can dragon queefs burn your dick?

>>6489914
>buying a whole set for a couple shells
Dude. Bricklink.

Does anyone have a link to those old Piraka/Inika animations from Bionicle.com that had minigames at certain points? I remember one involved you sliding down an ice tunnel and dodging stalagmites, and that Hewkii was brown and yellow instead of grey and yellow for whatever reason.

>>6466992
Yiy!

>>6467739
POOTIS-PENCER HERE

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If there was a brand new Constraction series, what would you want it to be about?

Lately as I've taken a break from LEGO in the past couple of months to focus on my game backlog, I've noticed just how well Samus Aran's Power Suit fits in with Bionicle and the like. What if the new constraction line doesn't feature biomechanical beings or robots, but rather people in sci-fi Power Suits traversing space and/or different worlds? Of course I'd hope they all have helmets, as we all know organic things like human heads don't translate too well to CCBS or Technic. While this may be harder to create interesting characters and a central villain(s), I bring Metroid up again, as it managed to do that, and create interesting diverse characters. Hell, characters don't even have to be human; they could be different species, sorta like what we saw in Prime Hunters. I guess it does sound a lot like I "just want a LEGO Metroid", but I feel this premise just could lend itself to the building style very well.

>>6491162
would be sensible but nobody has any clue what the next thing is gonna be besides more star whores

>>6491081
> Hewkii was brown and yellow instead of grey and yellow for whatever reason.
Those were his prototype colours, funnily enough, but they were altered when Lego decided that brown sets don't sell and need to be changed.

Anyway here's what you were after
http://biomediaproject.com/bmp/files/gfx/flash/EpisodesVideos/AllPiraka.mp4

Does anyone have a picture of that fuck-ugly ccbs chewbacca?

>>6491162
I'd want something like Hero Factory's last wave; minifigs in CCBS mechs. I think it's a good compromise to get system fans to buy CCBS sets

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Who /2006 Ignika/ here?

>>6491345
I'm probably going to sound like an alien, but I'm glad they started doing that. I've never been a big fan of brown sets, maybe because I felt brown didn't fit muh cyborg demigods well. Once I got over Hewkii and the other Toa not looking lke their Matoran selves, I ended up loving his yellow/gunmetal color scheme.
Even the others improved from the prototypes. Hahli is a lot more original with gunmetal instead of silver, and everyone having green Zamors looks boring.

>>6490307
What a coincidence, there was a thread on /co/ about fucking dragons a few hours ago.

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>>6491384
always remember:
>costs as much as CCBS Grievous
>costs more than Umarak the Destroyer
>costs more than the Ninjago Movie Waters Strider

>>6491408
>costs more than the Ninjago Movie Waters Strider
Oh yeah? It's like 50€ here

>>6490980
Of course I know of Bricklink.

But that set was cheap enough to justify buying the whole thing. It has some generally useful Technic-stuff in it and who doesn't like those wings?

>>6491459
Then it will be like 60 where you live.

>>6491408
Has anyone made anything interesting with the blaster?

>>6491477
It looks like a regular sw blaster with some add-ons.

>>6488021
our boy socketball made it

>>6491478
It is. But has anyone done anything interesting with the regular blaster?

>>6491480
no he didnt, Shars-corner made it

>>6491394
That would be a nice change. Maybe go an Exo-Force route?

>>6491575
>>6491480

Link to gallery?

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A few, yeah.

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>>6491384

>>6491635
...are you fucking shitting me?
They didn't even put in a second printed chest-piece and belt at that price point?!
This thing is even worse than expected.

>>6491647
There's a spare bandolier or whatever and a few 3L minifig blades, but that's all, yeah. At least we got that.

Just bought sw ccbs darth vader and holy shit his torso is probably the best thing I ever built since original bonkle era, I absolutely love the technic/ccbs mix, his limbs are still generic shit but this was a good suprise when I originally bought it online after prices dropped to -50 %, really makes me sad when pretty much all other sets use the genericshit build, any idea of other sets that are this original in ultrabuilds?