Incorrect Building

[Boidoh]

Have you ever built something when you were younger, but built it incorrectly and always thought that THAT was the right way to build it?

 

I recently discovered that the way I build my Sea Spider is incorrect - by canon. I remember building a cheap version of it, since I didn't have the spare parts to build the entire thing. When I eventually did, all I did was attach a few legs here and there, a bohrok eye there, and thought THAT was the way a Sea Spider looked...

 

 

Then I read my Nuju manual the other day... How wrong I was... Childhood ruined.

 

 

But seriously, as a side question, is the rhotuka spinner on the sea spider really UNDER it?

[The 1st Shadow]

I once built one of the sets a bit wrong, and it stayed that way for years. Until, one day, I looked at the instructions and realized something looked a bit off.

 

I don't recall exactly WHICH set it was, but I believe it was one of the titans from '03/'04/'05.

[Pohatu: Uniter of Stone]

I built my now destroyed Skopio wrong- the v-shaped things faced the wrong way and something else was wrong with the tail. A few years ago did I discover it was wrong, but left it the way it was.

[Sumiki]

I'm not going to go into specifics, but let's just say that you shouldn't let a six-year-old try to build a Bohrok if aforementioned six-year-old has never built anything larger than a Va.
 
It was ... disturbing.

[bioniclepluslotr]

I'm not going to go into specifics, but let's just say that you shouldn't let a six-year-old try to build a Bohrok if aforementioned six-year-old has never built anything larger than a Va.

 

It was ... disturbing.

I messed up all my Bohroks even though they're all the same each time.

[Hitoshura]

This still happens to me now but it's usually missing small details in the instructions.

[Banana Gunz]

It's definitely happened to me a few times as a kid. Not much, but I've been there. The mistakes usually weren't huge or set changing, but honestly, who cares! It's LEGO; a set should be whatever the heck ya want it to be!

 

Oh but this topic is bringing back so many good memories for me, thank you!

[I Exist]

I once built the Exo-Toa incorectly. You know the grey and silver pads he has on the legs ? Well, I put both grey ones on one leg and both silver one on the other leg. I noticed it months later while looking on a description on the 2002 Bionicle Website.

[Toa Smoke Monster]

I don't remember if I ever built one of my sets incorrectly. Usually I caught any mistakes I made before finishing the set I was building. 

 

Then again, It's been a long time since I've built anything Lego-related, so its possible I built something wrong, fixed it later, and just not remember it.

[Iblis]

I'm not going to go into specifics, but let's just say that you shouldn't let a six-year-old try to build a Bohrok if aforementioned six-year-old has never built anything larger than a Va.

 

It was ... disturbing.

 

I'm really curious.

 

Any chance of a picture of a rough replica of Errorok?

[Rider Of Spiders]

When I was a kid that just had his dream come true, got Piraka Stronghold, they packaged an extra page with the set correcting a wall brick place in the middle tower. Can't blame myself

[Akavakaku]

I put Takadox's little red fang parts in the wrong places. Looked better to me.

[Nidhiki of the Shadows]

Maybe one or two titans when I was younger and didn't really understand the illustrations on the instruction manual. I think they were pretty small mistakes though.

 

-NotS

[IcarusBen]

I think one time I built Ackar wrong. I put the chestplate one peg too high. It looked weird.

 

Never fret, though, I've since corrected my error.

[2Tie]

Building the toa Mata, I never really paid attention to how the hand pieces were oriented on the hips in the instructions or pictures, so my Toa are of varying unofficial heights.

[UngluedBike]

I'm not going to go into specifics, but let's just say that you shouldn't let a six-year-old try to build a Bohrok if aforementioned six-year-old has never built anything larger than a Va.

 

It was ... disturbing.

I built the Bohrok correctly first time, I only looked at the picture on the canister Call it a test of my ability if you will

[bioniclepluslotr]

A lot of the old box sets like the Takanuva or Boxor that used a lot of technic beams cause I'd always get the holes wrong.

[Sergei Rahkmaninoff]

     When I was building the Axalara I used a longer Technic beam than I was supposed to for something. I didn't notice until I needed the part many steps later and had an extra shorter beam. By then it had been encapsulated inside the Axalara... getting it out was not fun.

[Xan]

I always had Avak's right arm the same as all the others. I didn't look at the instructions properly.

[Archon~]

I built my Lewa and Kopaka mata with their shoulders placed like Tahu, and Gali with the narrow shoulders. Worked out well sonce it gave the two a more masculine look, while more femininity to Gali.

[Tuuli]

I always just built them right, and if there was something wrong I would fix it immediately. By the way, the rhotuka on the sea spider is on top, so flip that mother around so that it's on top.

[AdaptingChaos]

My most recent incorrect building has to be Tahu Master of Fire, to be fair though, I didnt really have instructions so I believe I can be excused. However, now that the instructions have been released, I was able to complete him fully and I really like the set. 

http://imgur.com/a/kdqOQ#k0sP1nD

http://imgur.com/a/j7QE6  

Back on topic though, I remember building all of my Toa Hordika and Toa Metru slightly taller than what it should be, nothing too big. However I completely messed up Fenrakk when I first got him. 

Edited November 29, 2014 by AdaptingChaos

[Aanchir]

I can't remember any sets I ever had built incorrectly in the long term — I usually fixed any inaccuracies as soon as I noticed them.

 

I am aware of some alterations other people made to their sets either by mistake or by choice. Sometimes people I speak to online are a bit surprised to learn that Toa Metru Matau, Whenua, Onewa, and Vakama are all supposed to be built two modules shorter than Nuju, Nokama, and Lhikan (shortening the torso one module and also attaching the Y-joint neck to the axle hole on the top of the torso beam rather than the one on the front). To be honest, I don't know whether I ever made the mistake of missing one or both of these differences between the Toa Metru.

[2Tie]

I can't remember any sets I ever had built incorrectly in the long term — I usually fixed any inaccuracies as soon as I noticed them.

 

I am aware of some alterations other people made to their sets either by mistake or by choice. Sometimes people I speak to online are a bit surprised to learn that Toa Metru Matau, Whenua, Onewa, and Vakama are all supposed to be built two modules shorter than Nuju, Nokama, and Lhikan (shortening the torso one module and also attaching the Y-joint neck to the axle hole on the top of the torso beam rather than the one on the front). To be honest, I don't know whether I ever made the mistake of missing one or both of these differences between the Toa Metru.

Despite my earlier mentioned errors with the Mata, I did manage to catch those differences heh

[Som1udontno]

My Tahu Mata is missing a couple of parts, not sure if it's young(er) Som's fault or the fact I got it from a garage sale.

[Evergrey: Toa of Music]

I always had Avak's right arm the same as all the others. I didn't look at the instructions properly.

That's still a thing wrong with mine...but I don't feel like digging in the attic for it.

[bioniclepluslotr]

Anyone ever found incorrect building instructions, or instructions that are different from the pictures? The one that comes to mind is Thok, where his leg armor is upside down in the instructions compared to all the other Piraka. I'm pretty sure there are others.

[Toa of Ice - 1987]

Anyone ever found incorrect building instructions, or instructions that are different from the pictures? The one that comes to mind is Thok, where his leg armor is upside down in the instructions compared to all the other Piraka. I'm pretty sure there are others.

 

Actually i think that Thok is the only piraka who was intentionally designed that way.

 

I remember that i reversed to position of the L shape balljoint on lewa and kopaka mata sets and they still are that way, there wasnt anything wrong but the poseability was better with the way i built them.

[Sybre]

I once got a small bin of BIONICLE parts at a garage sale when I was a kid. I used some pieces to build Kopaka Mata without instructions. Apart from having to substitute an unavailable eye color, I made the shoulders too wide. You know how the Toa Metru shoulders look, with the thingy in between the arm and the torso? Yeah, I built him like that, just with a Mata torso...

[user-402520536]

Mine is kinda different- I recently dug out an old Mars Mission set ad realized all the stickers were in the wrong places. At the time, I believed I had gotten all the placements right.

[Boidoh]

Anyone ever found incorrect building instructions, or instructions that are different from the pictures? The one that comes to mind is Thok, where his leg armor is upside down in the instructions compared to all the other Piraka. I'm pretty sure there are others.

 

Sea Spider is built one way then looks the next. I think Pridak has different eyes on the box art. Mahri Nui Matoran don't even have eyes but do on the box. Same goes with the Voya Nui Matoran.

[Pomegranate]

I always had trouble figuring out which way the limbs for some of the Mata/Nuva were REALLY supposed to go, as well as the head attachment on the Metru. And with the Inika clones onwards, it's always a mystery juuust where the hibs attach to the torso unless you're really paying attention. I can't really remember any time I messed up a build so badly that it'd be a memorable difference, though.

[bioniclepluslotr]

 

Anyone ever found incorrect building instructions, or instructions that are different from the pictures? The one that comes to mind is Thok, where his leg armor is upside down in the instructions compared to all the other Piraka. I'm pretty sure there are others.

 

Actually i think that Thok is the only piraka who was intentionally designed that way.

 

I remember that i reversed to position of the L shape balljoint on lewa and kopaka mata sets and they still are that way, there wasnt anything wrong but the poseability was better with the way i built them.

 

Thok's stock and promo photos have him with the same legs as the other Piraka.

[Nescent]

I can't really remember any specific occasions, but I've definitely built some sets incorrectly. I've got fond memories of digging through a small pile of parts trying to find the right piece, only to find that I already used it in the wrong place...

 

Oh yeah, I did place Hewkii Inika's thigh armor pieces upside-down (or right-side up, I don't remember how they're supposed to be oriented). I liked them better that way.

[Munty]

Anyone ever found incorrect building instructions, or instructions that are different from the pictures? The one that comes to mind is Thok, where his leg armor is upside down in the instructions compared to all the other Piraka. I'm pretty sure there are others.

 

The 2006 (disney) Good Guy is a prime eample of this. The instructions even show the error within a few inches of each other. He has one type of staff in the set picture and a different one in the building instructions, both on the same side of a small sheet of paper!

[Rooster Nui]

I haven't had any of the sets I've purchased in the past 6 years built incorrectly at all. However, I used to have Hewkii and Thok's upper leg armor the same as their allies, despite them shown being flipped in the instructions and images. Before 2006, I used to have the sets built correctly, even the Toa Metru with the body designs, and somehow I built them correctly only at 5 and a half years of age, though I had slight help from my brother and sister but I still managed it mostly by myself.

[bioniclepluslotr]

I haven't had any of the sets I've purchased in the past 6 years built incorrectly at all. However, I used to have Hewkii and Thok's upper leg armor the same as their allies, despite them shown being flipped in the instructions and images. Before 2006, I used to have the sets built correctly, even the Toa Metru with the body designs, and somehow I built them correctly only at 5 and a half years of age, though I had slight help from my brother and sister but I still managed it mostly by myself.

I'm pretty sure the instructions are the only place where the leg armor is flipped. All the promotional pictures have them the same as their allies.

[Rooster Nui]

 

I haven't had any of the sets I've purchased in the past 6 years built incorrectly at all. However, I used to have Hewkii and Thok's upper leg armor the same as their allies, despite them shown being flipped in the instructions and images. Before 2006, I used to have the sets built correctly, even the Toa Metru with the body designs, and somehow I built them correctly only at 5 and a half years of age, though I had slight help from my brother and sister but I still managed it mostly by myself.

I'm pretty sure the instructions are the only place where the leg armor is flipped. All the promotional pictures have them the same as their allies.

 

Huh, they do so. I wonder what the reasoning is behind this idea of having one Toa and one Piraka's upper leg armor be switched around? 

 

I'm going to leave them how the instructions show them to be built though.

[2Tie]

I've got fond memories of digging through a small pile of parts trying to find the right piece, only to find that I already used it in the wrong place

I did this with the Kardas Dragon, except replace "piece" with "colour"... I was pretty much done, working on the second foot, instructions said i needed one flat 2-length beam in black. Only one of those I had left was one of the mahogany ones... whoops!

[Tea-rex]

I just now found out that Nocturn's lower arms were not supposed to swing loosely left - right and right - left, instead is supposed to be attached to the thing that connects his two body pieces together.