Yup! Here's my 'Build Mata-Nui' Contest Entry(Of Mass Death and Destruction!). Wow, I was in such a frenzy to build this, I managed to complete it the night the contest started. Anyways....

Front view:


Pretty good for my second MOC ever! (My first was really more or less a modified Tahu Olda. [He had wings, a claw-arm, a black huna, and a tail.])

Side view 1
Side view 2
Back, showing the wings spread out.
A close-up of his staff, which is held in his right hand.
A close up of his sword, showing, how I, well, used Lewa Nuva's Katana. And, if you can't tell, that's Tahu Nuva's blades there...

Aaaaaaanyways, Excuse/Explination time!

Why does Mata-Nui have wings?

Well, being the celestial being he is, he should have wings to fly around with. But couldn't he also fly with magic/mask powers? Well, yes, yes he should, BUT! Wings also would serve as a clever way of deception and defence. If you were fighting something in the air, wouldn't you be tempted to blow out one of its wings so it could no longer fly, and thus, not be a threat? But wouldn't it set you off if he could still fly anyway?
That, and they also make him look a bit intimidating...

Why does Mata-Nui have a tail?!

Well, tails sometimes are a symbol of power and purity, (at least, for me.) and so, Mata-Nui has one, while Makuta, due to his evil actions, lost his. That, and it also gives Mata-Nui an extra weapon. A tail with the powers of fire and ice at the end of it. That, would hurt. Metal and Glass (and some other stuff too, I think...) When heated up and then immdeatly cooled down, will crack/weaken, thus getting damaged easier by other attacks.
That, and I like tails.

Why does Mata-Nui have different-coloured feet?

Well, although Mata-Nui was the great creator, doesn't mean he was the smartest lightstone in the mines. So, back in his earlier eons, he had his feet marked so that he would remember which way was left, and which way was right. Now that he's much (much much) older, he really doesn't need that, but keeps his feet like that anyway for... 'sentimental reasons'. That, and its also nifty for keeping track of captured Krana/Kraata. That, and that Uber White Metal Krana Kal of Mass Death and Destruction is making his foot chrome-white...

Real reason: You really expect me to go out and buy another Kohrok Kal just for this contest? Pttttb.

Why does Mata-Nui have a Silver Akaku?

Well, he's kinda like a great seer (or Forseer, or an over-seer...), so I figure his 'natural mask' could be the Akaku. That, and it looks cool.

Real reason: Well, it was originally a silver Kaukau, and would've been a silver Pakari, but we didn't have one, and had settled with the Kaukau, when I realized it didn't show his eye colour well. So, I went with the Akaku, since it looked better than the only other silver mask we had (a Kakama), but as you can see, the eyes still didn't show up well. *shrugs* You win some, ya lose some...

Why does Mata-Nui have his sword in his left hand? Is he left-handed?

As cool as that is, he's just ambidexterous(sp?). That, and his staff could still be a powerful weapon, if not with its opposite-spining chainsaws on the bottom and the double blade on top, then with its great magic powers.

How 'come Mata-Nui's sword looks like a Bow-and-Arrow set?

Becaaaaaause:
1) I had some troblems designing the weapons...
2) Katana seem to have that effect when slapped on like that..
3) That was going to be the hilt, then I decided that it needed a bit more blade, and stuck on some more Kal fee-er, 'spikes' before it reached the place where Mata-Nui held it.

How big is this MOC?

Lewa Nuva was barely waist-high. You could do the math, but I'll tell you that a Matoran reached about mid-shin area. I kid you not.

AAAaaaaanyway, that's it for this... short thing... Oh! One more thing...


Vote for me pleeeeeeease!


This post has been edited by Koolsnowball: Sep 2 2003, 03:28 PM

heres a question how come you have so much Q&A you don't need to explain your MOC good art speaks for itself, and you have one good MOC, you've got my vote

That is a cool moc. The tail and staff are the coolest weapons to me.

It's a good moc , yep a finaler for sure !

It looks like Makuta.
GWAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHA!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

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while Makuta, due to his evil actions,lost his.

Makuta isn't evil, he's just jealous(sp?). Woudn't it have to be cut off first if he had a tail?

I never seem to be satisfied with this post, THIS IS ABOUT THE 6TH TIME I'VE EDITED IT!!

This post has been edited by Georgua Nuva: Sep 2 2003, 05:02 PM

The color scheme is a little off, but it's a really cool MOC. Very large and powerful looking. Great job!!

Dude! You'd better show that to me next time I'm over! Very cool looking. *shifty eyes* now to figure out how to vote...

I'm not incompetent, really I'm not!

Whoa that is a huge MOC! How long did that take to build?!

Keh-heh-heh...

To tell you the truth, BTC, it took me about... Eh, I started at around one or two... and I kept it up until I had to go to bed... Nine... Thirty.... So, building frenzy set in, and only hunger drove me away from the huge creation. I just have fast fingers, and eagle eyes. *trips over the computer, and to a lesser extent, a basket and a campsite fireplace* Okay, well, I just dismembered almost every Bionicle set I have, and I just so happened to have oodles of pieces at my beck and... er... piecing. Hm. Would I be disqualified from the contest if I had help? Just asking out of curiosity...

Oh, and Georgua, Makuta WAS jealous, but he did bad things because of that... And I kinda felt 'Evil' was a bit too much... but it kinda sounds better than 'due to his bad actions...' but then again... hm.
And how does he look like Makuta? Maybe his random black/dark grey parts? Eh...
Aaaanyway, I hope it stays togeather by the time you next come over, Rath.

Thank you all who posted so far for your kind words of compliments! Thank you! Arigato*! Merci Beaucoup!

*I'm pretty sure this means 'Thank-You' in Japanese...

It's just becuase I picture Mata-Nui as a humble small 2003 Matoran-like thing and Makuta a giant monster like your MOC. Oh, and

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I think tails are cool

I don't think you can call that an excuse

it took you seven and a half hours to build it! wow by the way nice idea with the tail

wow!! very big and well constructed! great job!

sssweet that is great and one of the best of the entries I've seen good job

good job, my MOC (which isn't that tall) wouuld probably reach up to the chest

QUOTE (Koolsnowball @ Sep 2 2003, 05:51 PM)

Keh-heh-heh... To tell you the truth, BTC, it took me about... Eh, I started at around one or two... and I kept it up until I had to go to bed... Nine... Thirty.... So, building frenzy set in, and only hunger drove me away from the huge creation. I just have fast fingers, and eagle eyes. *trips over the computer, and to a lesser extent, a basket and a campsite fireplace* Okay, well, I just dismembered almost every Bionicle set I have, and I just so happened to have oodles of pieces at my beck and... er... piecing. Hm. Would I be disqualified from the contest if I had help? Just asking out of curiosity... Oh, and Georgua, Makuta WAS jealous, but he did bad things because of that... And I kinda felt 'Evil' was a bit too much... but it kinda sounds better than 'due to his bad actions...' but then again... hm. And how does he look like Makuta? Maybe his random black/dark grey parts? Eh... Aaaanyway, I hope it stays togeather by the time you next come over, Rath. Thank you all who posted so far for your kind words of compliments! Thank you! Arigato*! Merci Beaucoup! *I'm pretty sure this means 'Thank-You' in Japanese...

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"Awake he suffers, sleep spears him pain"

Ever heard that before?

Nor fair! You get more votes then me!