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Colibri is my first posted MOC. It is a Rahi native to Mata-Nui, specifically Le-Wahi. It is based on a hummingbird, with a vaguely quetzal-inspired tail. It is at least tangentially related to the Gukko, but much smaller and cannot be ridden. I designed Colibri with a gear function in the wings that causes the upper green wing to move, as well as the lower green wing. The silver portion remains stationary. The upper and lower wings move independently from each other but are attached to the same reciprocating function. It contains no CCBS pieces except for ones with nearly identical G1 equivalents. It contains one of the Lego rubber bands to hold the mechanism together. Thank you for viewing my MOC, and please vote for Colibri. https://flic.kr/p/HsFHnS https://flic.kr/p/HYex3S https://flic.kr/p/HYeweN https://flic.kr/p/HsL46v
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In story year 2007/8 (not sure exactly), it was revealed that there was more than one Makuta, and that Teridax was merely their leader. When exactly was this revealed to the "main characters?" I know that certain factions (the Dark Hunters, the Vortixx, the Order of Mata Nui) were always aware of the Brotherhood, and that the Makuta revealed their inner shadow and went to war with the Dark Hunters around when the Toa Metru moved the Matoran of Metru Nui to the island of Mata Nui. But where (and from whom) did the Toa Nuva and Toa Mahri find out? -
I mean, obviously not, but this was a fun idea that popped into my mind. So in early G1, Mata Nui and Makuta were always referred to as brothers, right? What if Teridax's idea to take control of the Great Spirit Robot wasn't original, because someone else did it before? Say Mata Nui was a minor Makuta who, possibly by accident, found a way to take control of the GSR. The Great Beings didn't anticipate any of their creations to have such ambitions, so there weren't any (or many) obstacles in place. Seeing as the first "identity" or "soul" of the GSR never had any other body beforehand, when Mata Nui cast it out and took its place, it became an amorphous mass of living tissue barely capable of containing its mind. Meaning Tren Krom. If Tren Krom was the "first" great spirit, it would further explain why he ended up helping - "helping" - against Teridax. He didn't care who was occupying the GSR, but as long as it wasn't him, he hated them. As for Teridax, he found out about Mata Nui's success in taking control of the GSR and became jealous. Why should some minor Makuta turn into the most powerful being in the MU? However, Mata Nui suspected others would want his place, so he put some safety measures in place, making things much harder for Teridax. Of course this doesn't mean Mata Nui was evil. We know some Makuta were benevolent. Maybe life in the MU was much more "optimized" during Tren Krom's reign, during which the Matoran really only served an immediate purpose like computer programs, however once Mata Nui took over they were allowed to "live their lives" and such. Naturally, much of this conflicts with established canon, but it would more or less fit without changing much of the story.
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A while ago I was thinking of the differences between the old and the new Kopaka, and eventually I made this. Link: I have to say there's something charming about the old Kopaka, something that the new one is missing. I liked how he didn't need a shiny armor or to be bulky to be one of the strongest and most resourceful Toa of the team. I thought about making one of these drawings for each Toa but I doubt I'll have the time... Comments are very welcome, please let me know what you think!
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Another digital re-imagination of Gen1 character: Takanuva! (image is clickable)
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Hello everybody, here are my virtual re-imaginations of the Toa Metru! (images are clickable) Thank you for your attention! EDIT: Here comes Vakama! EDIT1: Added Matau! And with that, the team is gathered!
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This topic is somewhat inspired by the one about what G1 would have been like if the story never left the island of Mata-Nui. So in G1, the first three years, despite being about Biomechanical beings which, let's face it, almost every young 'un incessantly called robots, was more of a fantasy affair than sci-fi. You had a tropical village, primarily melee weapons based on medieval technology, a tribal society, mysticism and ancient artifacts. Yes yes, you can have all that in a sci-fi story as well. I'd like this topic not to debate the range and definition of the terms sci-fi and fantasy, so let's stick to the very basic definition of sci-fi = technology and futuristic stuff/ fantasy = mystical/old-tech stuff. Anyhow, G1 took a decidedly Sci-Fi turn in 2004 and never really ditched it until 2009 with the more... "primitive" Bara Magna setting. Metru-Nui introduced all kinds of cool technology in '04 and '05, the highly industrialized depiction of Voya Nui in '06 and freaking semi-auto ranged weaponry also is a bit more on the Sci-Fi side, '07 had high-tech submarines and do I need to even speak of '08? So seeing as there is a pretty good chance G2 isn't going away in 2017, let's, for the sake of discussion assume it sticks around for at least as long as G1. Now, so far G2 has opted for the more fantasy-oriented theme of the early years of G1. However, what if it stays here? What if G2 never makes the switch to sci-fi? Would you be interested in seeing a longer saga with a more low-tech fantasy atmosphere to it? We know there is an airship that Ekimu uses, but that can still err on the side fantasy with some stretch. Now, it would certainly make travel between the other islands easier. While we don't know how large the planet is, it is safe to assume that with that level of tech (let's assume the "elemental blasters" are like magic and stuff), traveling to another continent by boat would be a lengthy affair. Either way, I'd love to see G2 evolve into having a larger scale story spanning various islands that were mostly isolated up until then, and the contact between them leads to tension/war. In the meantime some over-reaching enemy is gathering which threatens all islands, and the goal of the Toa is to create a stable alliance between them to face the coming attack. We could see a diverse range of cultures and set designs, with a wide range of non-Okotoan species. Would you prefer if G2 took a similar sci-fi turn as G1, or do you like the low-tech tribal atmosphere of early G1 and current G2?
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Hi, guys! Ever love combiners? Well, let's talk about them. You ever thought of new combiners from the Bionicle sets that you love? I know we can combine them, but do you wish that Lego could've published more new combiners? Here's my examples to see what I mean: G1: 1. The Toa Mata Nui (all six Toa) 2. The Toa Nuva Nui 3. The Toa Metru Kaita (one for Vakama, Onewa, and Whenua, and another for Nokama, Matau, and Nuju) 4. The Toa Metru Nui 5. The Toa Hordika Kaita and Nui 6. The Piraka Kaita (one for Hakann, Avak, and Reidak, and another for Vezok, Zaktan, and Thok) 7. The Piraka Nui 8. The Toa Inika Kaita (one for Jaller, Hewkii, and Nuparu, and another for Hahli, Kongu, and Matoro) 9. The Toa Inika Nui 10. Ehlek+Takadox+Nocturn=some giant and spiky glow-in-the-dark creature 11. Carapar+Mantax=some giant carb-or-lobster-like creature 12. The Toa Mahri Kaita and Nui 13. Sidorak+Roodaka=some Dark Hunter 14. Krekka+Nihdiki=some Rahi creature 15. Krekka+Dume+Niwark=some Rahi creature 16. Gadunka+Hydraxon+Maxilos & Spinax=some giant Rahi creature similar to a Titan combiner set (like Takutanuva, Ultimate Dume, Voporak, and Vezon & Kardas). It would be like 2007's own Titan combiner set (I was surprised and disappointed that 2007 didn't get one. ) 17. A combiner that is made of all six Vahki (similar to Krahka) 18. A combiner that is made of all the Toa Hordika similar to Krahka and Vizon 19. The Metru Nui Matoran Nui - made of all six 2004 Matoran as shown in the Bionicle Adventures books (too bad it never came as a set combiner ) 20. Toa Inika Jaller+Kongu+Matoro=their own combiner (the others got theirs called Toa Jovan) 21. 2008 Kopaka+Lewa+Pohatu=some Order of Mata Nui being (the other Toa Nuva got theirs called Trinuma) 22. Makuta Antroz+Vamprah+Chirox=some Rahi creature (the Mistika Makuta, Krika, Gorast, and Bitil got their called the Swamp Stalker) 23. Makuta+Mutran (and perhaps Vican)=some Makuta 24. Vamprah+Gavla+Kopaka+Solek=some Makuta (Antroz, Raidak, Lewa, and Tamna got theirs called Spirah) 25. Chirox+Kirop+Pohatu+Photok=some Makuta 26. The 2008 Toa Nuva Kaita 27. The 2008 Toa Nuva Nui 28. The 2008 Makuta Kaita (one for Antroz, Vamprah, and Chirox, and another for Krika, Gorast, and Bitil) 29. Toa Ignika+2008 Takanuva=some Toa or Order of Mata Nui member 30. The 2008 Makuta Nui (Antroz, Vamprah, Chirox, Krika, Gorast, and Bitil) 31. The 2006 Matoran Nui (made of the 2006 Matoran) 32. Mulam+Raanu+Ackar=the Element Lord of Fire or a Fire Glatorian 33. Tarix+Berix+Kiina=the Element Lord of Water or a Water Glatorian 34. Gresh+Tarduk+Vastus=the Element Lord of Jungle or a Jungle Glatoran 35. Strakk+Metus+Gelu=the Element Lord of Ice or a Ice Glatoran 36. Vorox+Zesk=the Element Lord of Sand 37. A warrior class Skrall+Atakus+Stronius+Tuma=the Element Lord of Rock 38. Antroz+Raidak+2008 Tahu=Tren Krom G2: 1. Lewa+Vizuna=a combiner similar to Tahu+Narmoto, Kopaka+Izotor, and Onua+Korgot (too bad that never came with instructions ) 2. Gali+Kivoda=a combiner similar to #1 3. Pohatu+Nilkuu=a combiner similar to #1 4. All the Skull Creatures (Kulta the Skull Grinder+Skull Warrior+Skull Slicer+Skull Scorpio+Skull Basher+Lord of Skull Spiders+Skull Spiders)=Skull Behemoth 5. A Uniter Lewa+Onua combiner similar to the Tahu+Pohatu and Gali+Kopaka+Melum combiner 6. G2 Toa Kaita (Toa Masters) 7. G2 Toa Kaita (Toa Uniters) 7. G2 Toa Nui (all six Masters) 8. G2 Toa Nui (all six Toa Uniters) 9. Protector Nui (all six Protectors) 10. Ikir+Ketar=some wildlife animal in Okoto 11. Akida+Uxar+Terak=some wildlife animal in Okoto 12. The 2016 Beasts=a bigger Beast similar to that Skull Warrior/Slicer/Basher combiner 13. 2016 Ekimu+Umarak=A combiner similar to that 2015 Ekimu/Kulta/Skull Scorpio combiner There. You see what I mean? I know many of them are repetitive, but that's how I would like them to be when Lego would have published them. What about your combiners in mind?
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The title pretty much says it all. Last night I rebuilt my Brutaka set. He's still incredibly awesome. But what's up with his second pair of arms? Checking BioSector, there's only a reference to throwing knives kept in his armor. Is there any other canon reason for the arms? Are they even arms? They bulk what would otherwise be a plain Piraka upper torso, so do they serve to bulk him up?
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http://www.bzpower.com/board/topic/21824-the-heist-or-how-berix-became-a-real-thief/ review me
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find the review topic here: http://www.bzpower.com/board/topic/21825-the-heist-or-how-berix-became-a-real-thief-review-topic/ THE HEI$T, or, how Berix became a real thief Chapter One: Berix The Agori named Berix ran down the street. It was a fine day on Spherus Magna, in the sprawling city of New Metru Nui. After the Reformation, and the Evacuation, the Matoran and Agori had worked together to build a massive utopian metropolis where all could live together in peace. Berix lived in the western part of town, where tall sandstone apartment buildings dominated the skyline, and small, green, single bench parks dotted the spaces between the flat, rectangular monoliths of tan stone and clear glass. He found his way to his apartment building. Though all of the buildings were designed the same, the chute system had planted stations in many of the apartment blocks. Berix recognised his building on the grounds that it had three chutes entering its largest side, on the north end of the building, while only two left the south end and one left the thin eastern end. The eastern chute made a loop ("for stupid little giggles," Berix's Toa roommate Barana would say) and another chute ran through the loop. Berix ran inside, jumped into the elevator, and pressed the 33 button as fast as he could. The elevator couldn't rise fast enough. As he stepped out of the elevator, he took notice of an older Agori walking down the hall in the direction he needed to go. He grimaced, swore under his breath, and ran the opposite direction, planning to climb the two flights to floor 34 and then loop back down two flights to the other end of floor 33. He came back to the 33rd floor after a jog down the hall of floor 34, and as he came down the west end of the hall on floor 33, he saw the slow-moving older Agori had just passed his room. Not wanting to be impolite, he turned and looped around again to the east end of floor 33 and finally came to his room. The room placard 33K had never looked more inviting. He stepped into the small, 2 bed 1 bath flat with thin walls, and collapsed onto the small couch. He felt around for the remote control and pointed it at the protoscreen across from the couch. He pressed the on button. Electrical currents ran through the protoscreen, and colours came into being across the downward-flowing protodermis. The picture cleared as sound began to come through the speakers. He pressed the channel up button multiple times. "Buy the new Mobius-brand mask polish tod-" "What's up with Vahki, I mean real-" "I have seven hundred cans of non-perishable food in my basement, I'm ready for the next Shatter-" "Breaking news!" Berix heard the words he had wanted to hear and sat up. "The Kanohi Ignika disappeared from its place in the New Coliseum Vault today. Authorities have found no traces of evidence, and the guards on duty had not seen anything outside the vault. The security cameras had deactivated for a five-minute period this morning before coming back online, revealing that the Ignika had disappeared. Toa Helryx offers a few words." The image shifted from everyone's favourite Po-Matoran news anchor, Pekka, to an image of Toa Helryx. Her blue-and-gold armoured hands were placed on either side of a podium, several microphones seated on it in front of her mask. The mouthplate was opened on her mask, allowing her to speak. "The Toa Alliance is doing all it can to ensure that the Mask of Life is found and returned to the Vault. We have sent our best scouts and soldiers out to search for its energy signature. Any questions?" Helryx pointed to someone out of view. "You." She waited a moment. "For those of you that didn't hear, he asked, 'is it true that Mata Nui is still alive inside the Ignika?' I must sadly answer this question with a yes. Our best scientists have confirmed that he is alive within the mask, and it is for this reason that its energy signature is detectab-" The protoscreen turned off as Barana pressed a button on the machine. Toa Barana was a female Toa of Plantlife. She wore a Mask of Energy Rebounding, which would catch any attack and repel it back to its original creator at double the power. She was a tall, thin figure, with waist-length silver hair. Two Cordak Blasters were strapped to her back, and two ammo belts crossed her chest. A smaller, one-shot photosynthesis cannon was attached to her shoulder. Her mask resembled a Lehvak shield. "What'cha watchin' there, Berix?" She was loud and boisterous as always, and Berix jumped as the protoscreen deactivated. "Th-the news, Barana," he stammered. "Yeah, the Mask of Life went missing. Whaddaya think of that?" "I-i-i-it scares me. So do YOU!" "Sorry, sorry. Thought you were asleep or something." "Why would you be LOUDER if I was ASLEEP?!" "I dunno. Good question." Berix placed his hands over his face and screamed as Barana walked casually into the kitchen. -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- The next day, Berix walked the short walk down the street to his job at a convenience store at a six-way intersection. As he rounded the corner, a being not much taller than him stood in his way. He appeared to be an Agori, as he wore a silver helmet, but that was where the similarities ended. A black cape was slung around his shoulders, flowing down to the knees on his abnormally long legs. His body, arms, and legs were grey, save for a red plate of armour on either bicep. A dark metal gauntlet covered his left hand, and he held a long walking stick in his right. He grabbed Berix by the shoulders, and pulled him, kicking and screaming, into an alley. "WAIT! NO! STOP! DON'T DO THIS! I WORK A MINIMUM WAGE JOB, I'M ABOUT TO GET A PROMOTION!" The being removed his cape and tied it around Berix's head, keeping his mouth shut as he dragged him to the back of the alley. As his cape came off, two large bat wings folded away from his back, and the being lifted Berix into the air between two apartment buildings, and off southeast towards the commercial district of New Metru Nui.
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In the BIONICLE Canon, both G1 and G2, do the bonkles actually have the gears on their back that turn their arms/waist, and if so, can they be turned by other bonkles?
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The tone and style of the Bionicle storyline underwent many changes during its ten-year run. As such, there have been a few retcons and retools along the way, and not all of the old story material is considered canon. Which parts of the early Bionicle storyline make you look back and go "ummm no, that's not how that works"? It may be characterization that seems off, terminology no longer in use, powers or artifacts being used in a different way to how they're supposed to work, or things that are just flat out wrong in terms of what we currently know to be canon. Some of it's awkward, a lot of it's funny, and plenty is just outright weird. The most glaring example for me is all the "Mata Nui awakens this day" in Mask of Light... um, nope, sorry, not for another five years, guys... Was that even a retcon, or did the filmmakers really just not know that Mata Nui wasn't meant to wake up yet? There's a bit of this in the Hapka books, like the fact that the Toa put new masks on top of their old ones, but suvas are never mentioned so you get the impression that the Toa are just walking around with these giant dorky stacks of masks on their faces. Also, Tsundere!Kopaka being a jealous baby whenever Gali pays attention to Tahu. It's hilarious. What were the weirdest things about early Bionicle for you? What are you glad they got rid of? Is there any of it that you think should have been kept in? (*cough* Macku/Hewkii *cough*) Discuss...
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Okay, so it's been firmly established that beings in the Matoran Universe had no concept of romance. Greg Farshtey's reasoning for this was that the concept of romance emerged in our world as an extension of our reproductive needs and desires. With no biological reproduction, there was no reason for the MU to have this construct. So, if we take the view that romance is indeed a social construct- and one that was present on Spherus Magna- what happens when beings from the Matoran Universe are introduced to this foreign cultural concept? I can imagine reactions varying from "These Romans Agori are crazy!" to "What a lovely expression of Unity!" to "Help! Help! There's two Glatorian over there trying to kill each other by sucking out each other's brains through the mouth!" to "This is the worst place to be wearing a Mask of Telepathy!". Some might even try to adopt the concept themselves, but they'd probably still be very confused and might get a few things wrong. The idea came about from thinking about the Gems from Steven Universe. Like Matoran, the Gems come from an alien race that does not reproduce biologically. As such, they don't appear to have a sexuality in the conventional sense, and gems that live on their home planet seemingly have no cultural concept of romantic love (though they do obviously have emotions and are capable of caring about others). However, after living on Earth and discovering human cultures, some gems formed strong relationships with each other, or even with humans, that they define as romantic. The idea of that happening in Bionicle seems unlikely, but at the same time, it doesn't seem to violate the established "rules" either. So, what do you think? Personally, I'd think the misunderstandings and confusion would be the most common reaction, but it's a fun concept to think about either way.
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Look, an unevolved dork bug. As per usual, this is a pre-evolution and pre-mutation, G1 Makuta design. I thought this would take the least time to finish but I got stuck on his face, and then Undertale and Gravity Falls happened in my life. And some graduation film progress. You should have seen my first attempt on his face (not the mask, jus the face). Next Makuta up, Spiriah. As always comments, and CC are welcome and make me happy! =) The fragmented shall pierce the Veil, the fragmented shall see the End. 01010100 01101000 01100101 00100000 01100110 01110010 01100001 01100111 01101101 01100101 01101110 01110100 01100101 01100100 00100000 01110011 01101000 01100001 01101100 01101100 00100000 01110000 01101001 01100101 01110010 01100011 01100101 00100000 01110100 01101000 01100101 00100000 01010110 01100101 01101001 01101100 00101100 00100000 01110100 01101000 01100101 00100000 01100110 01110010 01100001 01100111 01101101 01100101 01101110 01110100 01100101 01100100 00100000 01110011 01101000 01100001 01101100 01101100 00100000 01110011 01100101 01100101 00100000 01110100 01101000 01100101 00100000 01000101 01101110 01100100 00101110
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Several questions for you, whoever you are, who happens to have chosen to browse this very blog entry. I'm referring to you, in case you haven't noticed yet. Worst line in G1 BIONICLE? Worst character(s)? Worst year? Worst set? Worst wave of sets? Worst serial? Worst idea? Worst thing-of-your-choosing?
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Is it possible to make a Tohunga sit on an Ussal without modifying either set? Or do the sets have to be redesigned?
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What moments did you want/want to see in both generations of bionicle? In G1, I wanted to see a serial about the matoran looking for the toa that would guard their villages. e.g. Onu-Matoran searching for Onua. As for G2, I'd like to witness the return of the rahkshi if the story team & set designers are willing to reintroduce a G1 villain. -
Meet the original boss of the Brotherhood. Following the pattern, this is a pre-evolution rendition of a G1 Makuta, and very likely before Teridax's betrayal. Miserix was actually a real challenge design wise, had to go through several silhouettes before settling at one that still felt buff enough, but wouldn't be TOO top-heavy. His Kanohi needed some heavy figuring out too. Obviously he is the most removed from his original cannon look (x 40ft/12m tall dragon). I tried to go for something more sage like but still make him look like he could snap a Toa in half with his bare hands. I'm not sure if the Brotherhood would actually use any kind of formal wear or anything that would differentiate their leader, but I'm sure Miserix would go for something simple. And I definitely remember somewhere that Greg stated Miserix didn't liked showy stuff? At least that was one of the reasons for shifting the winning MOC design's colour scheme from red to greenish. (???) Though that info might be off. Next Makuta up, Bitil. As always comments, and CC are welcome and make me happy! =) Feed me your comments...
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And another one pops up on the internetz: His legs were a real killer. Had to redraw it, because the proportions were waaaaaaaaaay off. But I still wanted to draw him small legs, because I mainly imagine Vamprah to be a flier by default even before Karda-Nui. Also had some issues with face that had to be readjusted later. As always comments, and CC are welcome and make me happy! =)
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Y'know how the Nuva symbols keep showing up in the artwork on the facebook page? It makes you wonder - is it just an easter egg? or will the Nuva symbols become important again? Do NOT discuss leaked content. -B6 Just another easter egg? I don't think so. Could it be that the Nuva symbol connection might answer why the G1 Toa had a connection to their Nuva Symbols? And perhaps might answer the questions of the origins of the Okoto Toa? Are they the same toa? fused to their symbols? Thoughts- what's the connection? -
So let me present you guys another pre-evolution Makuta: And so, Krika is not alone anymore! For the time being. I’m pretty sure they like to drink together whatever swill they can find in the MU and talk slag about Teridax. As always comments, and CC are welcome and make me happy! =)
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I'm one of those persons who disappear for a very long time then resurface with shiniez. Please have a sketchy Krika from g1, who is still relatively young and not so mopey. I hope to do some more Makuta, so he wouldn't be lonely. Also might continue some left behind comix stuff before things get intense in senior year. As always comments, and CC are welcome and make me happy! =)
