Click Posted November 21, 2012 Share Posted November 21, 2012 So, this is just an odd idea I had while looking at the old Mata head design. Down on the lower cheek area (just under the long mouth ridge), there's these two little hemispherical indents as you can see here:So, BS01 says thatKanohi are magnetically attached to their wearersWhich I've usually seen and assumed to attach on their cheeks, so I was wondering, would anyone have liked it if, instead of the weak, annoying Mata socket on the masks, there were magnets inside those cheek areas, holding the mask on? It probably would have the same effect as the Mata socket when playing that little "Knock their masks off" game from '01-'03, but might have been a bit more expensive, and maybe had more legal warnings and such.So, is this a feasable, or safe, idea? Do you think Lego ever thought about it? Would it have continued on in later years, or just evolved a new way to do it? Quote ~ Corpus Rahkshi: Fang | Hoto | Tube | Tear | Canvas | Garrotte | Reda BZPRPG: Azusai | Mitsuri The Scarabax Library | Flickr | Deviantart Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Legendary TNT Posted November 21, 2012 Share Posted November 21, 2012 No, because if the magnet was strong enough it could wipe all the info off the promo CD's. And I like promo CD's. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Danska: Shadow Master Posted November 21, 2012 Share Posted November 21, 2012 Extremely strong magnets may wipe hard drives. Weaker magnets generally won't do anything, and no type of magnet will wipe a CD (or similar). They don't work in the same way, so there's no danger of that.I think that idea would have been awesome. But then, I think magnets are pretty neat and would like to see more of them in general. Quote Click on them to build them yourself! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PDPsi HAN Posted November 24, 2012 Share Posted November 24, 2012 Magnets would have been more expensive, and I like the friction method that LEGO has employed.I don't like the indent plus rod configurations cause though. Quote AΨ 94 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kopekemaster Posted November 27, 2012 Share Posted November 27, 2012 (edited) It would be a much weaker connection, but the awesomeness factor would win, I think. I have actually previously wondered what those were. Edited November 27, 2012 by Kopekemaster Quote My Writing Blog (more writing coming soon!) My Bionicle/LEGO Blog (defunct) Hyfudiar on Spotify (noise/drone/experimental music) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Toa Of Anarchy Posted November 27, 2012 Share Posted November 27, 2012 I think that the cost would actually have been to great for lego, in the condition they were when they first began Bioncle. However, it would be pretty awesome for them to do that, it would help connect differant designs of masks to fit on a head, and increase the chance of a krana actually sticking to a targets' face Quote BZPRPG CharactersWant to play all the Lego games? Click Here Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Madu Cabolo Posted November 27, 2012 Share Posted November 27, 2012 You think it would have been weaker? The earlier versions of masks (like the picture above) fell off really easily. It would have been stronger if a magnet had been attached to it. But, of course, there would have had to be other fastenings. Maybe instead of using the cross-hole as they used in the future, they could have kept the old mata-nui version for the rest of bionicle reinforced with a magnet. Quote ~Madu- <}> <}> ~ RPG Profiles: Cresk Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kopekemaster Posted November 28, 2012 Share Posted November 28, 2012 You think it would have been weaker? The earlier versions of masks (like the picture above) fell off really easily. It would have been stronger if a magnet had been attached to it. But, of course, there would have had to be other fastenings. Maybe instead of using the cross-hole as they used in the future, they could have kept the old mata-nui version for the rest of bionicle reinforced with a magnet.Yeah, I was meaning if it was only the magnets. If it had the other attachment as well, it would probably be stronger. Quote My Writing Blog (more writing coming soon!) My Bionicle/LEGO Blog (defunct) Hyfudiar on Spotify (noise/drone/experimental music) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Great Being Velika Posted December 4, 2012 Share Posted December 4, 2012 That sounds like a cool idea, but I personally like the design that that they went with . =P Quote I like BZP so much, I named my Minecraft account Dimensioneer. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Turaga Norik Posted December 13, 2012 Share Posted December 13, 2012 You think it would have been weaker? The earlier versions of masks (like the picture above) fell off really easily. It would have been stronger if a magnet had been attached to it. But, of course, there would have had to be other fastenings. Maybe instead of using the cross-hole as they used in the future, they could have kept the old mata-nui version for the rest of bionicle reinforced with a magnet. Have you seen the magnets Lego uses? Maybe if they had extra-strong magnets, it would work, but with only two contact points, and nothing to stop the mask from rotating along that axis, it's not practical. Also, the 2001/2003 masks fell off when you hit them, but that was a key point in the storyline. The toa had their masks get knocked off more than once, and the action features of nearly all the rahi were meant to hit a toa's head and dislodge their mask, or in the case of muaka and kane-ra, dislodge the entire head Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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