Blown Out Of Proportion!
First, Ca' has some interesting notes on proporions.
So it seems that the Bionicle universe is full of wide-shouldered, thin-limbed. paper-torsoed apes.
Emphasis on wide-shouldered.
And ToM Dracone mentioned it in his review of Tanma:
The new torso pieces for the Matoran leave me with mixed emotions. For the first time since perhaps the Toa Nuva, we have a Bionicle set with truly human proportions, which is wonderful. Tanma’s shoulders equate to the standard male human shoulder width – the shoulders themselves are, in Lego terms, one stud wider than the hips on each side. The pistons in the lower half also make the torso a fairly consistend width, which is also good proportionally.
Where I'm going with this is that I really think the designs in sets need some look at human proportions. Granted, the Bionicle aren't human, but their current 11 stud wide shoulders is ridiculous.
Look at the Toa Mata and Metru: their shoulders were 7 studs wide (once you put on the joints, where their arms moved.)
The Hordika were about 9 studs wide, but considering their monster nature I'll give that to them. Plus, 9 studs isn't bad if you can pull it off successfully in a MOC. (Which I've seen, and done.)
If it were up to me, and it is when I MOC, the waist would be 5 studs wide (as it always is. But the 4 studs wide people use is fine too) and the shoulders 7 studs wide (or 8 or 9 if permitted).
I think the Toa Inika, Mahri, and Phantoka would look a whole lot better if they had smaller shoulders. (Especially Kongu Mahri and Pohatu Phantoka) Heck, the Phantoka had the chance to make a new body that had smaller shoulders, but they don't.
Regarding the Piraka bodies, the Piraka are freaks and bad guys and can look weird to make them scary. I'm unsure about the Barraki, as they used both, but, again, they are bad guys and mutated, so maybe it's OK. But 5 studs wide waist and shoulders isn't first choice.
-CF
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