emily Posted July 3, 2017 Share Posted July 3, 2017 https://youtu.be/_bBu_fkesZU I came across a Lost Media Wiki article on a curious Lego game show that ran in Russia in the 90s and early 2000s, originally called Lego-Go and later rebranded as KB-Legonaut. Skipping through the uploads of some of the show's episodes, imagine my surprise to see VooDoo Heads concept art! From what I can gather, what you see in the above video is a Technic-themed product showcase segment, that focused on Bionicle for this particular episode. I don't know what the business with the letters is about, but I have a suspicion the footage from about 0:23 to 0:54 is from the original video created by the Bionicle team to pitch the theme to LEGO (more about that here). I can't image where else they'd get footage that relies so heavily on early concept work. Beyond that, you'll note that the Toa in the video are early prototypes - going by all the Haus, perhaps before they had produced prototypes of any other masks. The gearboxes are assembled a little differently, and there are a few other small differences like Gali's Slizer arms and Onua's glow-in-the-dark eyes. The bordering Technic segments use animations done for the CyberMaster CDrom from 1998. The full episode of KB-Legonaut can be found here. 8 Quote believe victims. its actually not that hard, and youd look kind of bad if you were to, say, side with an abuser because theyre your friend Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Planetperson Posted July 3, 2017 Share Posted July 3, 2017 (edited) I'm not sure what I just watched, but very interesting find. It's always fascinating to see early Bionicle material, even more so to see pre-Bionicle stuff! Ah, the Christian Faber art... I think you're probably right about the video clips being an internal marketing pitch. Do you think this could be the first-ever public appearance of the Bionicle line? Now if only...http://lostmediawiki.com/BIONICLE:_The_Legend_of_Mata_Nui_(lost_Windows/GameCube/PS2_Lego_game;_2001-2002) Edited July 3, 2017 by Planetperson Quote July 2009 Comic Scans | MNOLG Soundtrack Official Greg Discussion Weekly Digest | My Lego Network Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
emily Posted July 3, 2017 Author Share Posted July 3, 2017 I think you're probably right about the video clips being an internal marketing pitch. Do you think this could be the first-ever public appearance of the Bionicle line?It looks like the episode this was in aired at the end of April 01, so the line would've already been out in Europe. That just makes it stranger that they wouldn't use any of the more up-to-date stuff that existed at that point - but thank goodness they didn't! Quote believe victims. its actually not that hard, and youd look kind of bad if you were to, say, side with an abuser because theyre your friend Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tuuli Posted July 3, 2017 Share Posted July 3, 2017 WHAT the video is unavailable now. Oh well. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Planetperson Posted July 3, 2017 Share Posted July 3, 2017 WHAT the video is unavailable now. Oh well. https://youtu.be/BzFOzoAqDDU?t=16m9s Quote July 2009 Comic Scans | MNOLG Soundtrack Official Greg Discussion Weekly Digest | My Lego Network Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
emily Posted July 3, 2017 Author Share Posted July 3, 2017 WHAT the video is unavailable now. Oh well.It looks like it got set to private somehow. I didn't do it as far as I know, so I'm not really sure how it happened. It should be viewable again now. Quote believe victims. its actually not that hard, and youd look kind of bad if you were to, say, side with an abuser because theyre your friend Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tuuli Posted July 4, 2017 Share Posted July 4, 2017 Ah there it is. Had to view that wacky show though. I like how they gave the children those colorful toddler hats, the only thing missing is the propeller on the top Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Fry Posted July 4, 2017 Share Posted July 4, 2017 Now if only...http://lostmediawiki.com/BIONICLE:_The_Legend_of_Mata_Nui_(lost_Windows/GameCube/PS2_Lego_game;_2001-2002)At this point that would probably only happen if DeepBrick suddenly decides to share his copy. After all, nothing happened when City of Legends was put up Quote Visit my Bionicle 2001 site recreation! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ToaTImeLord Posted July 5, 2017 Share Posted July 5, 2017 Somebody get some screenshots of the prototypes we could archive them. Quote Hey I got a Flickr because I like making LEGO stuff. https://www.flickr.com/people/toatimelord/ Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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