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Well if the pinchers remove the chest peice, then can't he just do that, and take the core off? Anyway, great review. I loved this set, and many of the others I have. The core thing might be a good idea.

I don't understand why people are complaing about the color sche- oh wait this is BZpower, nevermind the color scheme thing makes sense. :PI have a very opposite opinion, where I think that making more colors in a set is good once in a while, and they did make it look organized. That is what I love about this set. I like the rainbow type colors, and the purple. If it were black, then it would kinda just look boring. It pops out nicely, and I really really want this set to come to my door today, after I ordered it for 2-day shipping on Amazon. Lego is selling 5 of those sets through there. I just love this set, and the parts. This is probably one of the best sets I seen.

In my opinion, Voltix turned out nicely. He had colors that if some unprofessional put together it would look like a mess, but a Lego designer actually knew what he was doing with this color scheme idea. Maybe for people that hate the color scheme could get more of those sets for the black pieces to fix. Plus getting more Mocing pieces. I already ordered this set, Stormer XL, Breez, Bulk, and Core Hunter from Amazon. Lego is already selling them through there. This, and Speeda Demon are probably my favorite sets as villians.

Great review. I hope I can find this set along with the other new sets soon, because he has the best color scheme out of the whole breakout theme built together.

Well I stopped by Walmart, and target, and no new sets yet, but I got the last set I need to complete the first wave furno, for about 11.47, and that changed to 12.48 with tax, but it is not exactly 13.00.

I just noticed that they say in stock for shipping, so they must be available for shipping. I hope those prices only count for that.

I was about 6-7 at the time. In 2006, I asked my aunt for an exo force set, she had gotten one, and said it was brown. I told her I wanted blue, being a silly age. Instead of exo force set, I got Vezok, and the brown exo force set. My mom had putten both together, and I had looked on the site, and figured out it was bionicle. I started collecting only my "Favorite" characters, only having Vezok, who scared me alot, and Halhi who I still sillily hated the fact she was a girl. In 2008 I started to collect more sets. In 2009 I decided I loved to collect all of them and got each 2009 set. For christmas I got older 2001-2003-2006 sets as well from amazon. In 2010, I had collected the last 6 star sets, and am now hoping it coul come back, but after the breakout cliffhanger, I don't think it wil happen. I also loved the story, and actually did jump into it, and still undestood what happened.

You probably just defeated the purpose of me making it to the finals with Chaos., everything about this Moc is perfect. The style, and design has no flaw. It actually looks like a skakdi, and if not, a better skakdi then lego designed. This is probably my favorite Moc I seen. Good luck in the contest, you definatley got my vote.

I presume there as some restricions as to how feiry it has to be, correct? Could we make things such as an ice guy that was on fire, or a fire breathing dog?

The ice guy, absolutely not. The fire dog, probably.

I am decidedly torn- it looks like BrickFair is close enough that I could ship my entry to it(circa 132 miles or thereabouts), but I have no idea how to go about that process, even if I could get a clear and crisp photo readily available for the contest(webcams are terrible cameras, oi).If I can scrounge up the cash for the roundtrip and snap off some good images in time, I'll report back, but I do have one actual question in all of this-What is the limit of the definition for 'fire' based entries? Does an entry have to be solely of that element, or would a character that utilizes the element of plasma also be qualified as a similar focus?

Just fire, please.

Well, I doubt I'll be able to afford to send in the MOC if I win (big if anyways), but after reading that I could add another six Rahkshi to my plentiful collection of them, I'll just go build a Rahkshi and see what happens!EDIT: Does the MOC have to be made of Mata Red or Metru Red? I was thinking making something black and keet/orange, and I'm hoping it's allowed. Also, too keep within the "plausibility" requirement, can the fire itself can be an ability add-on or custom effect 'part'?

Those colours should also be fine, and you'll need to be more specific about what you mean regarding the fire.

First off, I have to say that I really hate writing negative reviews, they make me feel bad, like I'm crushing someone's hard work under my heel. Also, Chaos Dralcax and Balta made some valid points. In fact they only made valid points, so sorry if I repeat them. Ah well. Let's get on with it then.Turaga Nuclose: The first thing you notice is how unsymmetrical he is. I don't know if you were going for that or not, but if you were then I would suggest not going with that. It would look more appealing if it were symmetrical. Everything about him could be fixed easily from pieces from the sets you used, so that's useful as well. I see you have Vastus' armour and I recall him having a straight piece of the neck, so I'd recommend that. Chest armour would also mask those blue axil pins that have a habit of making everything worse (no fault of yours of course, that's Lego's problem). Make it grey or green though, not black. The legs should probably be evened up and both have toa feet. The hands also stick out in a bad way and could easily be traded for metru-grey ones which would fit the colour scheme. If the Ehlek spine doesn't fit, it would be better without. I think It would be fine if the pin on the arms were moved up to the top holes though. And jetpacks just don't flow with the set unless they are used solely for jetpack purposes, sorry to say.Toa Tokua: This guy really pushes the limits of 'fire themed'. He really is an ice themed person with a red body, having double the ice themed armour (the 2 shoulders and the 2 staff heads) to fire themed armour (the 2 hero factory flames). Just because he is red doesn't necessarily mean he is fiery. He only has 8 red pieces anyway, the rest is grey, black, white, blue, gold and... apparently also lime-green. Huh. Most good MOC's only use max three colours (and possibly black as a fourth) that compliment each other and have custom torsos, which I can understand if you can't do due to lack of pieces or something, but if you can then it is usually better. The hips and leg supports are unneeded and if it was going to be a bigger size, don't just leave the part's you made for the big version in and make downscaled versions instead. This wouldn't have been such a problem if it was the upper torso, but the legs look freakish and clawed feet again don't suit toa.Terridakdi: They are literally the Inika bodies and legs with piraka heads, feet and legs for arms. And then the piraka have hands for ears, because thats the hip thing to do nowadays. And then they got the Inika's heads and popped them on some zamor launchers, cause that's fashionable. And horrifying. Fashion is horrifying. I'm sorry to say as well that I'm fairly certain the only reason these don't have horrible colouring issues is because you just slapped each colour of piraka and inika together and called it a day. They look decent but that's only because the piraka looked decent. Try more creativity next time.Turaga Nuclose's Honor Guard: It is a piraka with Matoro's upper arms mixed with a liberal dose of every colour that has every existed and will ever exist. This is probably the worst one. It is a piraka clone and has glaring issues with the colour scheme. I actually can't recommend anything for it apart from try not to make this when you MOC. Really sorry to say that.So overall, try to not make clones of the piraka/inika when you build and definitely focus more on colour. Remember, three colours max and a custom design is usually the recipe for good MOCs. You and anyone else can have high potential if you follow those rules. Also, about 15% of this is fire themed. The others shouldn't have been entered in the contest. Really sorry once again I had to be so negative, but I couldn't really say much more.

Only 2 were enterd in the contest, and again, as previously mentioned, Its a FIRE rebel, and I wanted to stray off of the fire, but it can still be fire themed, and the gold is part of the fire, you can't just make fire all red, and orange. The rest of your points seem valid, and I will redo these MOCS, but thanks to the rules of no modifying the MOCS, I can't do anything about changing it in the contest.

Yeah, I know you can't change them for the contest, I was just reviewing them. If only 2 of these are entered in the contest then you probably should have made seperate topics for the non-BBC creations. And of course gold is fine for fire, it's just that there is only one gold piece on the whole set and it doesn't fit. The whole torso should really be revised. But bionicle doesn't use green or white or blue for fire, and again, it would be better with less colour anyway.

First off, I have to say that I really hate writing negative reviews, they make me feel bad, like I'm crushing someone's hard work under my heel. Also, Chaos Dralcax and Balta made some valid points. In fact they only made valid points, so sorry if I repeat them. Ah well. Let's get on with it then.Turaga Nuclose: The first thing you notice is how unsymmetrical he is. I don't know if you were going for that or not, but if you were then I would suggest not going with that. It would look more appealing if it were symmetrical. Everything about him could be fixed easily from pieces from the sets you used, so that's useful as well. I see you have Vastus' armour and I recall him having a straight piece of the neck, so I'd recommend that. Chest armour would also mask those blue axil pins that have a habit of making everything worse (no fault of yours of course, that's Lego's problem). Make it grey or green though, not black. The legs should probably be evened up and both have toa feet. The hands also stick out in a bad way and could easily be traded for metru-grey ones which would fit the colour scheme. If the Ehlek spine doesn't fit, it would be better without. I think It would be fine if the pin on the arms were moved up to the top holes though. And jetpacks just don't flow with the set unless they are used solely for jetpack purposes, sorry to say.Toa Tokua: This guy really pushes the limits of 'fire themed'. He really is an ice themed person with a red body, having double the ice themed armour (the 2 shoulders and the 2 staff heads) to fire themed armour (the 2 hero factory flames). Just because he is red doesn't necessarily mean he is fiery. He only has 8 red pieces anyway, the rest is grey, black, white, blue, gold and... apparently also lime-green. Huh. Most good MOC's only use max three colours (and possibly black as a fourth) that compliment each other and have custom torsos, which I can understand if you can't do due to lack of pieces or something, but if you can then it is usually better. The hips and leg supports are unneeded and if it was going to be a bigger size, don't just leave the part's you made for the big version in and make downscaled versions instead. This wouldn't have been such a problem if it was the upper torso, but the legs look freakish and clawed feet again don't suit toa.Terridakdi: They are literally the Inika bodies and legs with piraka heads, feet and legs for arms. And then the piraka have hands for ears, because thats the hip thing to do nowadays. And then they got the Inika's heads and popped them on some zamor launchers, cause that's fashionable. And horrifying. Fashion is horrifying. I'm sorry to say as well that I'm fairly certain the only reason these don't have horrible colouring issues is because you just slapped each colour of piraka and inika together and called it a day. They look decent but that's only because the piraka looked decent. Try more creativity next time.Turaga Nuclose's Honor Guard: It is a piraka with Matoro's upper arms mixed with a liberal dose of every colour that has every existed and will ever exist. This is probably the worst one. It is a piraka clone and has glaring issues with the colour scheme. I actually can't recommend anything for it apart from try not to make this when you MOC. Really sorry to say that.So overall, try to not make clones of the piraka/inika when you build and definitely focus more on colour. Remember, three colours max and a custom design is usually the recipe for good MOCs. You and anyone else can have high potential if you follow those rules. Also, about 15% of this is fire themed. The others shouldn't have been entered in the contest. Really sorry once again I had to be so negative, but I couldn't really say much more.

The toa was not big enough for a custom torso

Custom torsos can be virtually any size. For example, this is roughly half the size of your MOC and still uses a custom torso.

His hips [do] stand out, but this character does stand out [altogether]. [...] My Toa would represent how he is the different toa, that stands out.

I assume by "stand out" you mean that he is meant to look somewhat deformed. There are more effective ways of achieving this than blowing a body part out of proportion; for example, you could experiment with making the MOC asymmetrical. Something similar to Sumiki's Toa Vultraz could work quite well.

I don't follow canon sometimes, and the Turaga don't [always] have to have a chest piece.

Not sure exactly what that has to do with it, but as it is there's a gaping hole in the MOC's chest. It would simply look better if it were filled in.

I like giving my toa support legs sometimes to add to the size.

Size isn't really a major factor when it comes to MOCs. Far more important is the overall look of the MOC, which could be improved by changing the ankle area. As it is, they serve no purpose and look out-of-place.

The turaga doesn't have to be fire, if I already included fire.

I'm fairly certain only one model can be entered in the first place.With the exception of the Skakdi, the MOCs all seem to suffer from color scheme oddities. They would probably look better if each incorporated only two, maybe three colors. As I stated before, the Turaga would look better with a chestplate. With the Toa, I would either incorporate more ice into the design to emphasize the contrast between it and the fire or else remove the ice completely and focus solely on fire.

There being more years of toa then the Glatorians. I will believe that before the core wars, matoran, toa, and turaga creatures never existed. So it seems that Glatorians were organic, like humans, as well as agori. So, sometime after the core wars, Makuta(Good Makuta), and Matorans existed,but after Mata Nui was asleep, Matorans seem to be the nonbiological beings to appear after Mata Nui crashed into Aqua Nui, but now I feel that Glatorian's were the main beings before, but they gave me less interest, then the Toa. I think that heroes should be just robotic, and not as organic, and some villans organic, since villians are a complete hot mess anyways. The whole humans turn into the hero thing ruins the story, so they should not try to do that.

Disregarding the picture quality, let me be frank. Only one of them has fire, and he's more of an Ice character. I can see hints of something interesting going on in the Skakdi, but overall, your creations could stand a bit more custom. On your Toa, it's better to have a custom torso than custom hips, which look a bit strange. Also try adjusting the look and feel of the thighs. As well, you don't need pistons to support something of that size, just remove those because they ruin the look of the ankles. As well, your Turaga could stand some chest armor and an inverted torso, as well as eliminating the crooked appearance and give him more dignity. As a few MOCing tips, it's better to have a custom torso than some bizarre construct elsewhere functioning as another body part, and pay attention to your color scheme and proportions. Ask yourself, "What trait does my MOC represent? How can I reflect that in its design?" For example, try strong and regal Toa, greedy Skakdi, and wise Turaga, not just bland combinations of pieces in humanoid form.

Entry Name: Fire Rebel, and Turaga NucloseEntry Picture: http://www.majhost.com/cgi-bin/gallery.cgi?i=3394725 and http://www.majhost.com/cgi-bin/gallery.cgi?i=3394728Entry Topic(If applicable): http://www.bzpower.com/board/index.php?showtopic=5274&hl

This is my Entry for the BBC 63, your fired contest.The enemies are 4 skakdi that Makuta had as a plan B if he died, they are called Terridakdi. The Toa Nuva, and Toa Mahri are now Turaga, and there are 2 Turaga for each tribe. Fire Rebel, Tokua was known as a Ta-matoran who had been created around the time of the inika, and had the appearence of a Ko-Matoran., and Ta-Matoran, and was considered a good defender, and toa for the Nuclear tribe, Fire Tribe, and Ice Tribe. There were 2 more like him, a Ga Matoran who had the strength of an On-Matoran, and a Le Matoran who had the speed of a Po Matoran. These were known as the 3 new Toa, the Toa Rebels. They were the ones tasked to defeating the Terridakdi. The leader was known as The Fire rebel, Tokua. Toa Galiki was the Water Rebel, and Toa Lewana(The only female of the air tribe) The Air Rebel. There is a 4th Toa, that only a Matoran, or Turaga could be. The Mask of Shadows was spawned in the area of which the ignika used to be on Karda Nui. Toa Tokua, and Turaga Nuclose will make sure that they get the Mask of Shadows before the Terridakdi do. If the Terridakdi do manage to get the Mask of Shadows, then Makuta Teridax, and all the others who died in the storm will come back to life.Turaga Nuclose: http://www.majhost.c...y.cgi?i=3394724 http://www.majhost.c...y.cgi?i=3394728Toa Tokua(Fire Rebel): Front Defensive: http://www.majhost.c...y.cgi?i=3394725 Back: http://www.majhost.c...y.cgi?i=3394726 Front Offensive: http://www.majhost.c...y.cgi?i=3394727The Terridakdi:Alpha: http://www.majhost.c...y.cgi?i=3394729Omega: http://www.majhost.c...y.cgi?i=3394731Turaga Nuclose's Honor Guard: http://www.majhost.c...y.cgi?i=3394730Sorry about the picture Quality.Comments, and criticiziam appreciated.

I agree with all of the story for the most part.

I agree with that, especially the fact that the Fans of Hero Factory are 6-maybe 12 year olds( I being 12 and liking HF.)

I think a Hero Factory movie could be rated PG and still appeal to older audiences. There could be plenty of violence without any worries of reprecussion because the heroes would be robots, and robots don't bleed. Most of the projectiles in Hero Factory are laser-based, so bullets are out of the equation.As far as any human-versus-robot-villain violence goes, if there will be any, the villains could use a device to imprison any humans they encounter instead of killing them.The only two things left needed to keep older moviegoers in their seats is to have a good plot and the absence of cheesey jokes that don't have double meanings.

Sometimes I honestly feel like this story never really had anything worth it in the TV shows. I am also watching it to redeem itself, and show me that it is not for litttle kids. I am sure there are a lot of little kids who want it like this, but I am sure there are more old late bio fans that didn't get the full Bio years to want to see a theme that obviously seemed aimed for little kids. I enjoy the sets, and most of the story, but those cheesey one-liners just ruin it.

Any reasonable parent would at least see whats in the movie too.

I understand it, but I wanna see something more darker into the story, more then the show. PG-13 can still deliver to kids as young as 8-10, and some parents allow their children to watch that. I indeed would allow my child to watch a PG-13 Rated movie.

Honesly, as previously said, I disagree with the fact that they completely market it to little kids. A PG-13 movie makes it for all ages, and it is not just targeted for 5-11, there maybe some 12-14-16 year olds still wanting to see something better then the show. Transformers was a great series, and some of the comedy they added into it made it better, if anyone disagrees with that, then they would have no sense of humor.

Instead of a PG-13 movie, how about it would be not-rated at all. This way no one has to argue about it. The didn't rate it for TLR, and don't say, "we all know how that turned out.

WELL WHY THE BUCK NOW?!Sorry bout that, just kinda ticked about them doing it with a set line with like barely any story, with the exception of nebula, it's all an idea and never really fleshed out, mainly because the story is told through the show. BIONICLE was around for nearly a decade, but had four CGI movies and never had a live action movie or at least a movie where they look human (or not like the sets) because Lego wanted it to be just like the product they sold, but potentially now we have a CGI movie with a not fully fleshed out story? I'm confused.But at least this could happen, I'll see it if it does to see if this can redeem Hero Factory, I'm wanting hero factory to be a great theme like Bionicle and hopefully this movie can help.What I would like to see is this:-Make it darker-More dangerous (like have bullets and not puny lasers)-Make the villains evil looking and truly scary (like meltdown, witchdoctor etc if they are included)-

LEGO rejected every single live-action BIONICLE movie specifically because humans were not supposed to exist in the BIONICLE universe. That issue doesn't occur with Hero Factory, which had humans involved from the get-go.That said, your ideas for how it "should be" sound awful. Hero Factory is not meant to be dark, or mature. It's a kids' toy that has robot cops arresting robot bad guys. Movies don't have to be "edgy" to be good, and I can't think of how a darker, edgier Hero Factory movie could be anything but bad. Many otherwise good movies have been ruined by taking themselves too seriously.

Well I'm sorry for being a bio fan. Also I said try rejected ideas movies where they didn't look like the sets, I wasn't just saying humans, I know Bionicle has no humans in the lore. I'm saying that with enemies like witch doctor or meltdown, they need to look terrifying, however not I the poor of a scary Tim button movie. Yes I know Hero Factory is meant for kids, and the humanity thig does work for it, but try could have at least tried a live action movie or even a cgi film kinda like 9, where no humans are evolved. Even though I said make it darker, I meant like make it more like ergent stuff, make it like that! Because the way the story has depicted ergen things like the quaza crisis on te jungle planet or breakout where a disappointment to me cause those were great ideas that became rubbish and not fleshed out.Again I know herofavtory is for kids, and I know about transformers and toy story, how toy story 3 was amazing with gore and stuff and that stuff and transformers which had that stuff, which made it better in my opinion (though I see no need for the content or swearing). What I'm trying to say is that it's gonna be hard to repair a set line that has a terrible story, hopefully this movie can repair the damage, but mind you that if the villains are THAT dangerous, a small amount of blood could shed, but who knows.