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Psionics isn't a mixed-gender element like Light is. They made one dude Toa, and then decided to make the rest chicks. So a Psionics OC couldn't be male because Orde was the only one.

Is Greg still open to canonizing new details for the g1 story? If he isn't I can perfectly understand (And I don't know why he's even gone on this long) but if he is, I wonder if he can re-establish Plantlife as a female element. That's the one thing that still upsets me about the old story. I guess I just don't understand the thought process behind changing a story element based purely on a typo, since Plantlife was originally intended to be a female element. Bionicle's gender ratio is still very skewed, but if Plantlife were made female I think it would be a tiny bit better. Not to mention that there are no named Bo-Matoran or Bo-Toa, so no one would have to get genderbent. We've gotten a lot of other things canonized, why not this?

The Star Wars Ultrabuilds aren't out yet. Let's just say my uncle works at Lego. Yeah I stuck the spare spikes on his other arm. They were there. I'm ok with a bit of asymmetry, but I never liked how his trans-lime bones were unevenly distributed, so I made them more even. Maybe the silver does clash with the tan, but sadly the new armor add-ons do not come in black or gunmetal. I ended up replacing the tan torso with Pohatu's original silver, not sure if it evens out the colors more.

http://41.media.tumblr.com/778d5ebc75002cdb02ba4df08fad984f/tumblr_no2oj6Qaz41rp62tgo1_1280.jpg http://40.media.tumblr.com/2f43fc881ed3ba4b98660d31d76de9a9/tumblr_no2oj6Qaz41rp62tgo2_1280.jpg Tan's color can be inconsistent, so I took a picture with and without flash. To be honest I found Pohatu's set a bit underwhelming, and I only bought him to revamp him. But now I think he looks a lot better. The biggest change as you can see here was the addition of size 4 tan shells. I am debating whether or not to keep the tan torso, he might have actually have TOO much color now. I also swapped out the Guurahk staff for a Mahri blade, as I felt its shape was more appropriate for a dagger. In comparison the Guurahk staff looks more like a fork. Pohatu is also a lot more symmetrical now, though I kept the single shoulder pauldron. Also I considered moving his shin guards onto his feet to imitate his g1 feet additions, but it would really only work if his feet were in a color other than silver.

Speaking of multi-armed Bonkles, a few people I know brought up the idea that Kaita could have 4 or 6 arms to represent their fusion status. What do you think, would it look cool?

http://40.media.tumblr.com/fdb0a733b1880145e3fc40e6c9fca223/tumblr_no1vmbw0uB1rp62tgo1_1280.jpg I'm not a MOCer but one of my friends just posted a 4-armed Gali, so I had to one-up him. Finally a use for those exposed ball joints on the torso! Also added some friction joints because the extra arms made her top-heavy.

A petition sounds like a good idea. I'm not sure about a Kickstarter though. Lego would be the ones making the masks, not us. Unless you're proposing that we raise money to donate to Lego.

I think I may have found something we can do. You want a trans blue Kaukau? Of course you do. Let’s let Lego know that there are tons of fans out there that would be willing to buy a transparent blue Gali mask, and that they’d make a lot of money if it was widely-available for purchase. It doesn’t have to be trans blue. It could be trans light blue, or a trans blue-gold mix. We’d be happy with any of the three. All the other Toa have widely-available transparent masks. Gali should too! Get on the twitters, the facebooks, and the youtubes. Tell them that #WeWantGalisMask.

If you're referring to the topic that I started, no one in that thread said that g2 Bionicle was bad, just mis-handled and under-utilized. Don't put words into someone else's mouth. There are very few people who will say that g1 was perfect. It had many flaws, especially near the end. No one was saying that in the Kaukau topic. The majority of posters here like the new Bionicle. If we were really in the "my childhood is ruined crowd", we wouldn't even be keeping track of Bionicle news. However, no series is perfect. As much as Lego has done market research, they have dropped the ball on several occasions (eg minimal story, lack of names and characterization for Protectors, and the designer videos that barely told us anything about the look of the sets) I like the sets, I like the aesthetic. I really want new Bionicle to succeed. But I (and several others) feel that Lego is selling the IP short. It is possible to be critical of media and still enjoy it, and in fact being critical is important for a company to improve its products. You say that Lego doesn't owe us anything, but Lego is a business. Lego depends on the money of consumers to make profit, and consumers depend on Lego for high-quality construction toys. If Lego churns out a poorly-designed product, are we acting entitled if we criticize it? No. It is the right of the consumer to vote with our wallets and let Lego know what we do and don't want to buy. In the case of the trans-blue Kaukau, we're telling Lego "hey there's a market for this mask, and you'd make a lot of money if it was more widely available." No one is asking for it to be free. We would all be willing to buy such a variant if it was mass-produced. Sometimes a company is not aware of all demographics, and it is a right of the consumer to let manufacturers know that there is a demand for a product. Letting someone know what you want or don't want is not being selfish. It is important for businesses and customers to communicate with each other. When the customer lets the business know what they want or need, then the business can fill that niche.

Bruh they're like less than $3 on bricklink, go buy one.

To be honest I feel as though the only reason people are complaining about it now is because its Bionicle. If it was anything else, they probably wouldn't care as much. It's not like this is a Bionicle fansite or anything.

Just because you don't consider it a problem doesn't mean it isn't one. Many people I know are outraged that this mask was not only an exclusive, but an incredibly niche one. Your response to this was basically "I'm getting one so who cares what the rest of you commoners think". Lewa, Onua, Kopaka, and Pohatu have trans/gold mixed masks. Tahu has a trans orange one in the Hero Pack. All five of these masks are (or will be) widely available. I was hoping that a transparent Kaukau would be the mask that's going to be included with the upcoming novel, but now I see that this isn't the case. (my guess is that it will be a trans apple green Lewa mask) As much as I'm happy that Lego has brought Bionicle back, the franchise has been mishandled in a lot of ways. Lego is playing it way too safe with the minimal and dumbed down story, and they don't quite seem to grasp what made Bionicle so compelling when it launched. A lot of fans on BZP and elsewhere were hoping for more equal gender representation in the relaunch of Bionicle. But if the poll on Lego.com is to be believed, all the Protectors are male, leaving Gali as the only woman on the entire island. That's even worse than the previous gender ratio. I was afraid that having no gender restrictions on tribes would just give Lego an excuse to make all important characters male (just like for Bara Magna) and sadly, it looks like I was right. This combined with Gali's classic mask color being unobtainable for 95% of fans is a slap in the face to anyone who wanted a more egalitarian Bionicle.

Do you know how much that mask will be though? Upwards of $100 for one piece of plastic. The word that I want to use to describe this situation is not a word I am allowed to say on this site.

http://notanoveltyaccountok.tumblr.com/post/118328211660/lego-inside-tour-day-one-all-the-cool-stuff-ive a tumblr user posted a haul of goodies from a Lego inside tour including a transparent blue Kaukau/Mask of Water. It is the rarest g2 mask released so far at only 200 pieces, and from the packaging looks to be exclusive to this specific event. This is absolutely unfair, and in my opinion a bit of a jerk move from Lego. Gali was known for her transparent mask, yet she is the only Toa so far to not have a transparent or partially-transparent mask. I know that the clear Hau was also an exclusive, but 1,500 pieces is a lot more than 200. Lego knows that a transparent mask for Gali is one of the most-desired variants, and yet they make hers the rarest. It also strikes me as a little bit sexist that the sole female character's mask is the hardest to obtain.

All you did was punch a hole in a mask and put a keychain on it. It isn't even painted or modified in any way. All I see is a ruined lego piece. How is this art?

Ok so that is a thing. Didn't know it had a name. Yeah I see some people draw Bionicle characters looking nearly-organic and it kind of weirds me out. Like when they still have their masks on but have human faces. I draw them as human, but they're fully human. When I draw canin bonkles I try to make them look like the sets. Drawing them as a weird fusion of human and bonkle never sat well with me.

I'm not good at drawing creatures and animals, but all the Rahi will be organic. And the bohrok too. I tried drawing one here, but it looks too cute. If you want a design of your character, I'll see what I can do. Do you have an specific ideas for what clothes/accessories he would wear?

if anyone's still following this topic, I got a few more designs for ya.

Yeah I'm gonna agree with this. This scale makes much more sense.

Most of Metru Nui is actually automated. Plus, it's a lot smaller than you might think. First, you have the hull of the GSR's head. Then, you have miles of rock layer (we know it to be miles because of the Toa Metru's journey through it). This is followed by the Silver Sea, which is pretty big on its own merit, surrounding the island. Then we finally come to the island, much of which is automated, some of which is open areas (deserts and Sculpture fields of Po-Metru, the forest seen during one scene in Web of Shadows, and the frozen wasteland where Keetongu hid. So, not all of the island was fully populated to begin with. See? The island is the perfect size for the robot's head. Another thought: Notice on the official maps of Metru Nui, it almost resembles Venice, with a bunch of land-based streets and buildings, but otherwise many inlets of seawater entering city limits. If this is an accurate depiction, then there isn't a lot of land on which the Matoran would live to begin with. The whole point of the Matoran's existence was that they had to physically work to keep Mata Nui alive. Metru Nui's work being mostly automated kind of defeats that purpose. Not to mention that the Matoran are Mata Nui's "cells". Why would a body that big have so few cells? Of course not every number in Bionicle works out. And it is fantasy so a few things can slide by. But the smaller scale version of the GSR solves so many problems with scale in Bionicle. - the low population density of Matoran - the fact that two giant robots were able to battle on the surface of a planet without completely destroying it - the size of Mata Nui the island (it's roughly the size of Demark. Since the island is bigger than Mata Nui's head, in Gregscale it would have to be about the size of Australia. And at that point it's not an island, it's a continent) Now you might be asking how the Southern Continent fits into all this. The Southern Continent to us is really more like a very large island. But the Matoran consider it a continent because most other islands in their world were very small. Considering what we know about the population of the Matoran Universe, everything can fit comfortably in the smaller robot. If Matoran are the most populous race and there's only a few thousand of them, there's probably even less of the other species. The other species can fit in the leg islands if need be. it was really odd that they were never explored in canon...you'd think someone would get the idea during 100,000 years. Not to mention that the MU is a constructed world. Building a world way larger than your inhabitants need is inefficient building. The two major arguments that I see supporting 40 million feet are "the MU has continents" and "Greg said it and he knows best". The size of the continents are relative as I mentioned before. Now as for Greg's word on canon, we have established before that he is not a mathematician, designer, or architect. He thinks in words, not pictures. Greg is also human like us, and humans can make mistakes. Think of it like this. You're in college and you need help on your Biology research project. You want to go to one of your friends for advice. Would you ask the science major or the English major? Obviously the science major since it's their area of expertise. Asking Greg questions about scale and numbers is like asking a car mechanic questions about makeup and fashion. He has no experience with it so you're not gonna get an answer that makes much sense. But Faber is an artist and a designer. He thinks visually. It's his job to turn concepts into reality. And while the Mata Nui robot was never going to become reality, Faber's art and video show that a lot of thought went into making the size and scale of the Mata Nui robot seem believable, especially with using real-world locations for reference. Greg's measurements came from a number that he thought would sound big and impressive. Faber's measurements had a lot more thought and effort put into them, and both the Mata Nui Rising video and the Journey's End comic support this scale. Faber's measurements have a lot more evidence backing them up than Greg's and that's why I strongly believe they should be the "canon" ones.

Greg is a decent writer. But he has never been good with numbers and scale. Greg has even said that he doesn't think specially when he writes. The 40 million number in his mind was just something that sounded really really big. He didn't actually think about just how big 40 million feet was. Not to mention that Greg's own numbers contradict themselves. If the MU was really bigger than Earth, then why does Metru Nui (the largest city and hub of Matoran culture) only have 1,000 residents? Even with other Matoran living elsewhere, Metru Nui's population would be ridiculously small.

The new video of the Mata Nui robot posted by Christian Faber seems to seal the deal about how big it really was. The GSR is quite clearly smaller than the earth, and the measurements created by Faber were used in the "Mata Nui Rising" video. Because the evidence for a smaller GSR is much more substantial (concept art along with a test video deliberately made to establish scale) over evidence suggesting a larger one (one number from GregF), I'd say that Faber's measurements are the legitimate ones.

Who cares how long Spherus Magna days are? Seriously. If it's not relevant to the plot or characters it does not need to be included.

Thanks to everyone on your wonderful feedback! I'm gonna reply to a bunch of posts here. Multiple people have mentioned that I gave the Toa and Matoran anime hair colors, and this is true. The reason for this is that it represents their elemental power (or potential power for Matoran). Only Matoran Universe residents have anime hair colors. Glatorian and Agori have natural ones. As for Kopaka being pale and Onua being dark, again it represents their elemental power. Most Ko-Matoran are light brown and most Onu-Matoran are pale, so Kopaka and Onua are the outliers. Also Kopaka isn't white, he's a very pale Asian. For the face paint representing their masks, the Toa still have actual physical masks, they're just not usually visible. If they need to summon a kanohi, it materializes from their facial tattoo. Also Toa and Matoran's masks can still be ripped off if something or someone grabs their face area. And speaking of Glatorian, I drew up some designs for the main characters of TLR. For those of you who don't like the half-shaved head w/ponytail look, I'm sorry. I gave it to nearly all the air/jungle characters. Their weapons look the same as the sets, with the exception of Mata Nui's sword which is now a kopesh. I wanted to give Ackar a darker red but I stuck to his set's colors. Mata Nui is pretty much a young Michael Dorn.

A big part of what drew me to Bionicle was the Polynesian-inspired setting. It's an aesthetic that's rarely used in fantasy fiction. It's such a cool setting and theme, and it boggles my mind why so many people ignore it when making human versions. Bionicle is not a Eurocentric world, and that's important to me. So I try to reflect that in my versions of the characters. As for Hafu's hair, most Po-matoran have braids or dreadlocks. I was inspired by ancient Egypt as well as Australian Aboriginals for their clothes.