Large scale Bionicle sculpture - Keelerak

[Bo99]

Hi everyone
I don't know if I'm in the right place to ask this, if not you can delete this message. 
We have a very large Lego Bionicle sculpture of Keelerak. It's at least 10 years old and the bricks are glued together. 

We want to sell it, so we are looking for a bit of information about it. Can you help us and tell us a bit more about it?  

Thanks in advance!!! 

You can see the pictures here: https://link.2dehands.be/m1961398084

 

Measurements total piece (including green bottom piece):
Width: 80 cm
Length: 110 cm
Height: 115cm

 

 

[That Matoran with a Vahi]

Ooh, I KNOW I've seen photos of that one, or at least a very similar model, back in the day. I thought it was here on BZP, but a quick search through the news archives didn't immediately reveal it.

I definitely have a saved photo of the model that I must have found somewhere on the internet though; from that picture's context it looks like it was a model at an official Lego shop, or maybe a Legoland park store? Definitely must be from 2005, that was the year those sets were new. I wonder if a deeper trawl through the BZP news archives for that year might turn up something more on it...

[kawaii kitty]

I would love to see close-ups to replicate the amazing sculpture

[Crimson Jester]

I would reach out to LEGO support! They’ve got a history department that does a pretty great job of tracking this stuff, especially if you have photos!

Best of luck!

[Nato G]

According to BS01, a brick-built Keelerak was made for promotions and given away in a competition. There's not much info on what happened to it, but based on the one picture I can find, it looks almost exactly like what you've got there.

You might have just solved a big community mystery. 

Edited May 11, 2023 by Nato G

[Crimson Jester]

8 minutes ago, Nato G said:

According to BS01, a brick-built Keelerak was made for promotions and given away in a competition. There's not much info on what happened to it, but based on the one picture I can find, it looks almost exactly like what you've got there.

You might have just solved a big community mystery. 

Interesting! You’d think OP would have mentioned winning it would they have been the winner. I’d assume they’re second or third owner.

I believe they had similar display models in store, and considering the large plinth it’s mounted on, I’d lean toward this being a store display.

[Master Inika]

I've spent eight years wondering what happened to that giant Keelerak. I'm glad it's still preserved. It's beautiful, and it's a piece of Bionicle history.

I'm with Dr. Jones on this one: "This belongs in a museum!"

[IgnikaTV]

Yeah, I found the advertisement for it that aired 2005 or something on biomediaproject, here is a link, if you wanna see:

https://biomediaproject.com/bmp/?mui_playlist=%2Fbmp%2Fdata%2Fplaylists%2Fvid%2FCommercials%2F2005%2F2005commercials.js

Also how did you even get that? Were you the winner, or did you buy it from someone?

[InfinityStuffBionicle]

LUCKY that’s so rare it’s probably worth 1000s