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9 hours ago, CommanderKumo said:
Patience is a virtue, I suppose.
No it's not lol. There are only 3 virtues: Unity, Duty, Destiny.
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Does anyone have the Morbuzakh sponge that came in the German metru nui comic? I'd be interested in buying either the sponge or the sealed comic with it. I'd also be interested in the used sponge if it's still in semi decent condition. Please let me know if you have one!
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White Motorcycle 4 Juniors Fairing 4 x 3 x 3 with Axle
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Hello. I was hoping to start collecting the VMKK. I currently do not have any, so if you need any extra money or just have any extra VMKK lying around, please message me. I am currently missing all variants of the VMKK, so am interested in any you might have. Thank you.
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Can you hold up the komau to the light please? There were Toledo variations. One that allows som light through. And one that doesnt. I would like to know which this is.
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2 hours ago, MoarBotar said:
This is almost more interesting to me. I could see Dark Hunters or Makuta planting volatile masks in Suvas as an act of sabotage. It would have been crazy if Makuta had "hid" a bunch of these for the Toa Mata to find way back in the day...
Huh, never thought of that possibility. I think the makuta would be too proud to use a trick like that. But I think the dark hunters would have no issues with it. I can definitely imagine Lariska in particular planting a fake crazy mask as a trap. For instance, if a toa was searching for a specific mask, leave a cursed or trapped mask that looks like it and swap it. Sounds very Lariska like to me since she seemed to plan out the perfect way to kill any being. She would probably even do a perfect job fighting just hard enough to make the toa think she was really keeping them from the mask, when in actuality she wanted them to get it.
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On 9/20/2020 at 1:56 PM, TheZOMBIEJ said:
the Toa are the good guys and someone built the Marendar to kill the good guys! and what "salvation" does this bring? i'll tell you right now, IT DOESN'T!!
The makuta were the good guys too...until they weren't. I think it was meant just in case toa ever went bad, like in Tuyet's toa empire, where they went very bad and enslaved everyone. Just like how artahka created counter measures against makuta, someone needed a counter to toa.
That's said, this MOC is beautiful! I love everything about, the color choices, the arm cannon, the body proportions. Very well done!
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10 hours ago, TheZOMBIEJ said:
do you know how/where they got them? cuz' my mind has just been blown to oblivion on this discovery! seriously! and if there are only three that you know ov, there might be a couple more here and there and nobody has bothered to show em' off! this is fascinating! really!
Unfortunately I dont. I really would love to get one though.
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From what I've seen, 3 people have said they have one. I think two of them were maskcollector and toalhikanhordika, I'm not sure. It's also documented as a legit misprint in the collectibles section of buy, sell, trade here at bzpower. I would love to get one, but I doubt any of the three owners would want to sell =/
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1 hour ago, TheZOMBIEJ said:
i'v never heard ov a pearl gold Kraata ever existing as pearl gold was first being used in 2006 and the Kraata slugs were three years old at that point! so if they (for some reason) wanted to test the pearl gold color with the Kraata slug it would be pointless cuz' the Kraata was irrelevant after 2003! they would have no real need to mold the Kraata in pearl gold! these rumors you heard might be fake so i'd take it with a grain ov salt!
these is a user (who's name i can't remember) on BZPower that might go bananas if they saw it (if it actually existed) and probably would pay top dollar for it! which is kinda ridiculous, imo!
I agree, where it doesnt quite make sense to me either, but this image intrigues me a lot. I would love to get this kraata if it exists! Perfect to go with a melding universe rahkshi!
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25 minutes ago, TheZOMBIEJ said:
yeah i'd have to agree with ToaDume on this one! i actually have a black/gold Kraata in my possession (however, it's in a parts bin somewhere! lol), and the shade ov gold i'm pretty sure is similar to the gold Kanohi Avohkii and Nuva armor on Takanuva from 2003! i'm comparing the two in my head right now (as i remember them looking) and they're very similar! although, the Kraata might be a tad off considering it's made ov rubber, but i digress!
Avohkii gold sounds about right. Where I think that was plant control. The other gold was reddish gold and I think the color of knights kingdom gold line I think. Not many misprints of kraata other than elongated shapes and ironi kraata I think. I have seen rumors of a pearl gold kraata misprint though. And I'd love to see it in person, but I think its just a rumor.
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Heat vision is black and orange. There are two kraata with gold heads and black tails. Both were available in the small packs of kraata, and no rarer I think than any other the other 200+ kraata from those packs; neither are misprints. You can find a complete list of colors here:
www.brickshelf.com/gallery/CubeMaster/Checklists/definitive_kraata_v4.pdf
Yours is either plant control or rahi control depending on what color gold it is.
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6 hours ago, MoarBotar said:
Yeah now that I take a closer look at it, you're right he never said that the mask would have 2 powers.
But now that I took that second look, it seems to me that this does have some interesting potential. Greg says "to achieve a new power by combining two masks..." Based on the context this does seem to imply new mask powers; as in "otherwise unattainable" mask powers. I think your example is sound for all Kanoka-based masks, but many masks are (as far as we know) not Kanoka-based (i.e. Avsa, Tryna, Garai, Olisi, Olmak, etc). In the case of these unique masks, I think it would be reasonable to assume that new mask powers could be created (some of which might function like multiple mask powers, such as the Mask of Light and Shadow, which is one power that functions like two), which creates some interesting possibilities (i.e. Rode+Mask of Charisma=Mask of... Leadership? Calix+Mask of Possibilities=Mask of... Reality? ).
Additionally, combining Kanoka-based masks could make it possible to come up with new combinations. For example, if you combined a Hau and a Komau, you aren't combining two discs, but actually 5.
Too bad, but still interesting
Those are some interesting sounding examples. It certainly might be possible to combine masks just see what effect you get. I'm sure some make sense like your mask of leadership idea, but I can also see completely random masks appearing with chaotic abilities by complete accident (like vakama creating the mask of time, or an accidental mask that creates nova blasts and blows up the user). Either way, I think mask merging should only be done by professionals like artahkha who can probably guess what mask theyll get, and should be avoided by more novice mask makers like say nuhrii.
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The ironic thing is that the time slip was supposed to erase everyone memories and erase all written records of everyone except the order of Mata Nui. So any wiki documenting it would be recording unrecordable history lol. If you're going for a fan fic though it might be an interesting touch to try to explain how they destroyed everyone written records, especially dark hunter or makuta records. Might be interesting and give you some unique powers they might have had to get through security. Plus maybe a dramatic moment where they realize helyrx wont allow that agent to exist as a record of what happened either.
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3 hours ago, MoarBotar said:
2) To achieve a new power by combining two masks, you need to melt both masks down and make a third from them. You can't just stick two halves together."
While this is technically combining masks, I dont think is done in the way OP wanted. The answer never actually said the new mask would have two powers, just that the combination would give a new power. I think this is like how each mask is made from a different kanoka are used to make one mask. So, for instance how the akaku gives the user X-Ray Vision it's made from kanoka of Regeneration and Teleportation. The akaku doesnt give the user the powers of Regeneration or teleportation. I suspect that melting masks down dont combine powers, just give a new one. So theoretically melting down a mask of regeneration and a mask of teleportation would make an akaku, which seems like a waste of two finished masks I think. I still dont think it's possible to give a single mask two powers at once, where even the golden mata masks just cycled through powers to use one at a time, it never actually gave the user all powers at once.
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Another thing to keep in kind is to get a spray paint meant for plastic, otherwise it may bubble or crack. In addition, shake the can thoroughly, and hold the can far away from the item. Most people make the mistake of holding the can too close to what they're painting which is what usually causes texture or running. It also doesnt hurt to very lightly sand the overall product with a cloth to remove any texture that does form. That usually gives me a smooth finish that isnt too noticable.
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There exist colors that match. I'm north america based too, so cant recommend UK sprays. But what I did was take my masks to a home improvement store, and matched the can tops to the masks until I found one I liked. I've color matched the flat dark gold and pearl gold colors for different mocs I've made.
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6 hours ago, Gzstg said:
I would advise caution while the people above me are right its also worth briefly considering if he got them under less than legal conditions. I never heard of this seller before so I cant say for certain but I wouldn't buy from them but thats just me. If you feel comfortable with this seller get things from him. if you don't then don't buy things from him.
They're actually pretty big I think. On bricklink, they have 818 positive sales of mostly bionicle displays from stores closing and rare merchandise. Their site is here
https://store.bricklink.com/collectors?p=collectors#/shop
While 818 positive sales might not seem like alot, but then they exclusively deal with rare merchandise, (no common individual pieces), I would say that's a lot of positive feedback given the context of no common pieces.
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5 hours ago, bohrokmaster said:
Hey guys. I couldn't help but wonder if I am going overboard with a Bionicle fan site I was building. Is there something wrong?
No, there is a facebook user / bricklink store who goes by bionicle universe. They have many many extremely rare prototypes and misprints. misprinta. Talking about them, not talking about you
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I'm looking for some of the VMKK. Please let me know if you have any for sale, and I'd be happy to hear how much you would like for it. Thanks!
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2 hours ago, Toa_Kralich said:
It might be worth considering he has a good reason for keeping it under wraps. If it wasn't officially through Lego he obtained these and instead through a friend who used to work at Lego, for example, that friend might be put into deep water if he's named. I don't know him or the stuff in question very well so maybe it is or isn't genuine, but not citing where the source is from could be to cover himself or others, which is reasonable.
Agreed. Plus they might have sources that have multiple collectors items. So maybe they also dont want anyone to contact his connections directly and get items before them.
Ultimately, if we question the things on bionicle universe's site though, I think we need to question whether everything is a fake. All their masks for instance look legit to me, so how do we know if every misprint or promo mask ever is fake? I think it's up to the person buying to decide. If you think it's legit, buy it. If you dont think it's legit, dont buy it. I know if they advertised the last items on my bionicle bucketlist, I'd be racing to get them.
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8 hours ago, MoarBotar said:
Ok, my memory of the mask of creation is a but rusty, but could that information have come from the mask? I vaguely remember Matoro being able to access the consciousness of the Ignika when he put it on, perhaps there are certain "blueprints" that are revealed to whoever wears the mask of creation? (and yes, equating all the legendary masks to the Ignika is a whole other debate, but I'm talking on a much smaller scale)
Ah, but maybe thrice the heads heads=thrice the consciousness! In the case of Makuta (which can shapeshift into a three-headed creature presumably), it probably wouldn't work. But what if there was a creature that had three heads, each with its own consciousness? (like a goofy, cartoony three-headed-dragon, but not cartoony or goofy lol)The heads would need to share a strong connection in order to function (possibly Psionic?), and all this to say they would still need to be able to wear kanohi.
It was never directly stated. Although maybe that information might be in am obscure interview. My knowledge on it is limited to saying that the mask gives the user the instructions to make anything they can imagine. So as long as artahka can imagine it, the mask googles instructions for it I think.
This is a really interesting topic for me, since I like bionicle (obviously) but also have an interest in biology. As long as it had 3 separate fully formed brains, I think it would be possible. How long it could live is a different story. Most real world things with two heads dont live long. Where there are actual two headed snakes in the world. They usually die when one steals the others food and starves it, or when one head kills the other. I know bionicle is different than real world by a long shot, but my point is that it would have to be a sapient species (rules out rahi) with enough focus and power to use a mask (which rules out things like matoran), with little to no aggression (no 3 headed pirakas!). I think this is a tough set of categories to fill, but as long as those three categories passed, I think it would be fine and they could use the 3 masks at once.
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1 hour ago, chuckschwa said:
I remember the old bio for Makuta amused us with the idea that he was a 3 headed monster.
I don't know how many 3 headed, mask-wearing characters there are in Bionicle, but if there were: would they be able to wield multiple powered masks at once? Eg. a character who could shield themselves, see in the dark, and move objects with their mind would be pretty terrifying and super OP.
Imagine if Makuta did have 3 heads, and got a hold of the masks of Life, Time and Creation. Bionicle version of Marvel's Infinity Gauntlet right there!They could wear the masks with 3 heads, but I doubt they could use it. To use the mask, you need focus, like when the toa metru were first learning their masks. Wearing is one thing, but to focus and independently use three powers is a bit much, like trying watch and understand 3 movies that are playing at once. At the very least, I doubt they could use legendary masks, and they'd probably barely be able to use or understand any given power.
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10 hours ago, Bionicle Guru said:
The fact that misprint Kanohi exist for some of the Noble masks in Toa colors makes this idea even more tantalizing and desirable. Too bad all the original Kanohi molds are long since retired now. Lament for what could have been!
Same reason I voted for that one. The noble and great masks all in tohunga colors is tempting too as alot of people pointed out, but i think if lego had done that, people might be mad since it would have created the kraata's problem of waaaaay to many collection less at one time in one poly bag much earlier.
Edit: but the full island matoran mocs would be impressive to say the least
How effective were the Vahki at fighting the Visorak
in Bionicle Storyline & Theories
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I agree. What we saw in story, they got decimated pretty easy. I also like the comparison of the visorak horde to an army that has conquered multiple continents. The vahki were basically a single city police force (that couldnt even catch a few untrained, toa who had no idea how to use their powers) and already had most of its cops beaten. The few cops left were hyped on the surge. So the remnants of a police force on a sugar high vs a large scale, well trained army doesnt seem like much of a fight.