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Blast From The Past


So for work today, I've been trawling through a bunch of old Style Guide material from 2001-2003, and it sure brings back memories. Some of this stuff never saw the light of day, or was released in different formats. One of the images I thought was cool but I don't recall being released was one of the Rahi facing down Tahu.

 

muaka_tahu.jpg

 

Of course, my memory could be faulty and maybe it was used somewhere - I'm old, after all. But still, it's a small sample of stuff I've been running across. Some of the layered Photoshop images are fun, since I can deconstruct them to see what layers were used. One of Lewa in the jungle, for instance, had an evil pair of red eyes in the deep foliage, which you couldn't really see. I drilled down until I could see the outline of a cougar with red eyes, very un-BIONICLE but it worked in context.

 

This is the kind of stuff that geeks me out - the kind of stuff you guys would all spend hours poring over. I honestly haven't put my "BIONICLE fan" hat on too often, although lately it's been more and more since I've become more involved with steering the story. Vive la Geek!

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EmperorWhenua

Posted

I thought this was about the Roseburg Blast. We had a newspaper story about it last month (anniversary) with the same headline. :P

 

~EW~

Daniel Bryan

Posted

Oh, so that's what the red eyes were. I never could figure it out. lol.

 

I do remember seeing that image with Tahu somewhere... Can't remember correctly, but I think it was on a booklet or something that may have been from the McToran.

 

~AW

Aanchir

Posted

The Tahu image was on a few posters and at least one catalog (probably many more).

 

Don't worry, Binky, you're still our favorite.

 

EDIT: Beaten by Shine! :burnmad:

Shine

Posted

Down on your knees, Aanch, beg with me. =3

Sumiki

Posted

Please Bink, please release them! *begs with Aanchir and Shine*

 

If that's just a sample, though, we might me annihilated by the awesome.

 

-=< :s: >=-

Angel Beat

Posted

It would be amazing if you could release the files, sir.

 

 

They surely might inspire me to 'Shop again, like I used to in the past. :P

Bitter Cold

Posted

Release them slowly - our minds cannot handle the awesome. =P

-Toa Lhikevikk-

Posted

The image was also on the casing for a BIONICLE watch -- I have it, in fact.

Turaga Dlakii

Posted

I've definitely seen that image before. In Australia at least, it was used in LEGO's summer 2001 promotional catalogue to advertise the then-new Rahi. That said, there was more to it then, including Tahu's legs and the rest of the Muaka. But yeah, it's pure LOVE nonetheless.
V-N

Posted

*Builds shrine decdicated to Binkmeister, starts begging with Aanchir, Shine and Sumiki*

 

 

 

Ynot

Posted

Nicely done Bink

Great find!

Hope you can find more like this

Queen of Noise

Posted

I remember that image well! It was one of my favourites - I believe it was featured on the inside cover of the second comic, in addition to the places mentioned above.

 

Any chance of tossing unreleased stuff our way? :o

wil

Posted

I still have an old love for the '01 sets... I don't after that. :P It'd be nice if we could see some of them, not the PSDs and such, I know there no question about that happening. :P

Aoran

Posted

My question is this: Do you know the people that produced those images?

And if they were saved as .psd, please, release those too. It'd be most delicious!

Gatanui

Posted

Down on your knees, Aanch, beg with me. =3

I beg with you. :) Please, Bink, release those images!

 

I somehow suspected that was a cougar. :P

 

~Gata. ;)

Aanchir

Posted

Ya know, if we beg too much, Bink might start expecting some type of reimbursement.

 

But I'll just hope he doesn't. *begs*

 

:begging:

DragonxFlutter

Posted

VIVE LA GEEK!!!!!!! I have no clue what that means, but it's cool and funny. I love the old pic too.

Night Terror

Posted

You know Bink, Sometimes I think that those images should be released in packs as downloads on BIONICLE.com as Fan Kits or something. It's a shame how much art never sees the light of day, or sees it only on paper.

Binkmeister

Posted

You know Bink, Sometimes I think that those images should be released in packs as downloads on BIONICLE.com as Fan Kits or something. It's a shame how much art never sees the light of day, or sees it only on paper.

Would you be willing to actually pay a little bit for some concept art and background info about the genesis of BIONICLE? Just curious.

 

- Bink

Night Terror

Posted

You know Bink, Sometimes I think that those images should be released in packs as downloads on BIONICLE.com as Fan Kits or something. It's a shame how much art never sees the light of day, or sees it only on paper.

Would you be willing to actually pay a little bit for some concept art and background info about the genesis of BIONICLE? Just curious.

 

- Bink

 

Depends on if it's worldwide (even though even if it's only available through US site. I mean, there's not a Chinese page or Spanish page.) and how much it is. (0.99 $/€ would be OK?)

Binkmeister

Posted

You know Bink, Sometimes I think that those images should be released in packs as downloads on BIONICLE.com as Fan Kits or something. It's a shame how much art never sees the light of day, or sees it only on paper.

Would you be willing to actually pay a little bit for some concept art and background info about the genesis of BIONICLE? Just curious.

 

- Bink

 

Depends on if it's worldwide (even though even if it's only available through US site. I mean, there's not a Chinese page or Spanish page.) and how much it is. (0.99 $/€ would be OK?)

Thinking more like a book of concept art, unreleased images, sketches, renders, background info, interviews, stuff like that.

Shadow-Nui

Posted

You know Bink, Sometimes I think that those images should be released in packs as downloads on BIONICLE.com as Fan Kits or something. It's a shame how much art never sees the light of day, or sees it only on paper.

Would you be willing to actually pay a little bit for some concept art and background info about the genesis of BIONICLE? Just curious.

 

- Bink

 

Depends on if it's worldwide (even though even if it's only available through US site. I mean, there's not a Chinese page or Spanish page.) and how much it is. (0.99 $/€ would be OK?)

Thinking more like a book of concept art, unreleased images, sketches, renders, background info, interviews, stuff like that.

I would definitely pay for something like that. 8D

Dorek

Posted

Same. Provided it isn't outrageously expensive.

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