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http://cross-wired-freak.tumblr.com/post/68472919868/bionicle-chronicles-bionicle-adventures-bionicle
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Previous Thread: Lost in time like tears in the rain
TAKUAAAAAAAAAA
Did the old thread got deleted because of leaks?
Thanks BZP janitor...
I guess it kind of works now. Thanks guys!
>>5271180
wait what leaks? don't we already know everything about the upcoming sets?
>>5271185
You didn't want to use the sliding axle friction piece?
>>5271190
Not really. I had something like what I made only in mind. Maybe I'll try doing it a different way later.
>>5271180
>BZP janitor
That'd explain why mods are such PC dickfarts nowadays.
>inb4 see you guys in three days
Does anyone have the comics after the ones where the masters get the golden masks?
>>5271260
it's amazing how horrible these were, rivaling some of sayger's shit, although his at least wasn't a bunch of traced images
>>5271494
At least you can tell what the hells going on in that comic. Sayger was a clusterfuck of color bleeding into itself.
>>5271260
>the spider-legged pancakes
>>5271260
Why do these look different to what I've seen on the boxes?
>>5271513
Because those were from the Lego Magazine and were also proven to be traced from various sources like Marvel comics and drawn by someone who looked at the sets for only ten seconds.
>>5271527
Oh these are from subscriber lego magazine? Yeah I'm getting weird Marvel Transformers-style artwork vibes.
Why does Lewa's mask have dog ears here?
>>5271537
>Why does Lewa's mask have dog ears here?
>>5271527
>drawn by someone who looked at the sets for only ten seconds
Wish I still had the comparison shot.
The panel where Kopaka is throwing his spear was traced from an Iron Man image.
>>5271494
I know but the protector designs are sweet.
>>5271527
>>5271543
>>5271552
These are the first ones. I remember there were at least six more released after these.
>>5271557
Funny thing is the pose makes more sense for Kopaka.
>>5271260
Bionicles these days, they have it so easy. Back in my day, they fought hordes of Bohroks that werent guarding anything
>>5272259
>Back in my day, they fought hordes of Bohroks that werent guarding anything
That's because the Toa were guarding the villages and matoran.
>>5272261
that wasnt his point.
>>5272284
the toys were sevrely lacking in articulation and are now much better
You're in the wrong thread you fucking idiots
Let this one die we don't need two.
>>5271180
It was probably nuked after some posts from another board leaked onto it for a couple posts. If it were just leaks, only a couple of images would be deleted.
>>5272295
b-b-but this one was here first...
I'm lurking in both it's not as big of a deal as the self appointed board police (you) seem to think. I'll leave the killing of threads to mods and so should you.
What do you guys think of these few mocs?
1/5
2/5***
>>5273592
3/5
Not one post since Monday?
>>5278023
been in the other thread
>>5271552
That is a pretty sweet Pakari, though.
>>5271260
...Is that a statue of an actual human there? Why? Are humans a THING in bionicle now?
>>5278385
No. Those comics aren't even remotely canon.
>>5278440
Kapura a best.
>>5278444
But does he have a Pakari or a Ruru, in your opinion? His MNOG appearance could go either way
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VQ-vvV2jkNo
>>5278440
>ANOTHER HAFU ORIGINAL
>>5278440
Kokkan
>>5278440
Team Captain Hewkii
>>5278440
Maku a best.
I'm surprised so many people in other communities are hating on Akida's technic build. Not only does it make Akida the largest of the creatures in terms of body size, but it also means no exposed ball joints, and gives a very classic look.
Then again everyone hates on LoSS and Scorpio too so I am wondering if people just hate the technic bionicle sets.
>>5278953
Can't hear those guys over the sound of 130+ parts in a ten bucks Bionicle set.
>>5279033
120 pieces
Still fucking absurd.
>>5278953
>Scorpio
The technic complaint doesn't really apply to him, when his worst part is the CCBS section of his body. There's a really ugly mix of the two building styles and instead of blending together they instead sit separated on the set between two halves.
>>5279049
Personally I feel like technic in contraction sets is best used where Technic forms the main body structure of the figure and CCBS is used for the limb pieces (as well as to cover up the gaps in the technic bit).
I agree that Scorpio's mix is the problem, I feel like they should have come up with a better solution to attach the tail to the body (would require some reworking but would have resulted in a much nicer set).
Though personally what truly bothers me on Scorpio the most is his claws, which just dont make any sense to me and I wish I could think of an easy way to fix them.
>>5279088
Keep in mind that at least 24 of those will be stud shooter ammo, but that's still 100 pieces
I don't get the appeal of the cheat piece print. How did that shit make it to shelves is a mystery to me
>>5279115
Without it they would lack a lot of detail, though I feel the chest prints they gave us on the winter wave were far too abstract and meaningless. Summer chest prints were mostly okay, 2016 sorta fixes the issue by having super-detailed chest molds with some printed detail that are much more reasonable designs with a nuva symbol at the center.
Final box art renders just got leaked
>>5279127
Fuck what everyone else says that new Mask of Ice looks awesome.
I assume you will be posting more of these here?
>>5279127
Bit too little gold on standalone Kopaka, but with Melum shouldn't be too bad.
And I somehow feel that his arms are too short, while legs are too long. Little more dark blue wouldn't hurt either.
But that chest printing is based. Simple and elegant.
>>5279127
Glad to see they fixed the issue on the catalog version where Onua and Kopaka had their Nuva symbols swapped, was worried they were going to keep overlooking that, but happy Kopaka has his proper symbol now.
>>5279137
Gimme a sec, I don't wanna get the flood detection warning
>>5279141
If you honestly thought they would fuck up something that simple, and important, in final sets, you are one big [toyspoiler]Kolhii-head[/toyspoiler]
>>5279127
Goddammit, why does Kopaka need those single gold thigh pads? That just really offsets the rest of his design.
>>5279127
So is it trans-clear or silver on the mask?
>>5279127
Shame that the default masks all have this grey splotch on them. I'd have preferred just a standard solid colour rather than taking away from that neatness with something that reminds me painfully of the "JUST" haircut.
>>5279127
Was it just rumours from the beginning, but weren't the masks supposed to have Nuva-symbols on them?
>>5279127
Pohatu looks to have dark tan as his secondary color, which is cool. And he has his boulder back so yeah.
>>5279127
>final box art render
>combination is still mirrored
GG TLG
>>5279157
That new mask of stone is all kinds of sexy.
>>5279157
>Dark tan and reddish brown
Not bad at all.
>>5279157
Onua looks a lot better than the prototype. He also uses a new length of trans purple bone as well as trans purple shells.
The studs may be trans purple as well but it's hard to tell.
>>5279157
The color combination actually looks pretty good. The mask looks pretty great.
>>5279165
Darn he looks sexy. Day one for sure, even if I was planning on that from the beginning.
>>5279165
I prefer this to his 2015 mask. He also has a pretty good balance of colors, I'd say.
>>5279165
Lewa I'd say is the most improved from his first version. I still think he has a bit too much silver though.
>>5279173
As much as it is clearly inspired by the 2015 Mask of Jungle, this new Mask of Jungle reminds me so much more of the old Miru for some reaosn.
>>5279173
I just noticed that there are hieroglyphs of the combined forms on the mask shrines. Pretty cool.
>>5279173
wish the mask looked more like this
>>5279173
Finally, a blended Kaukau. The orange bits are really growing on me as a water color. It's very tropical.
The spinner thing has been changed, it's now minifig arms instead of a propeller piece.
We have new sizes of azure shells (3) and trans dark blue ones (4).
Her blade piece is now blended, but it looks to be azure instead of trans dark blue.
>>5279175
Maybe it's because it has clearer shit-eating grin than the old one.
>>5279191
Just like 2015 Gali's mask, I feel the final image makes the mask look a LOT better than earlier blurrier images did.
>>5279191
>minifig arms
They most certainly are not.
>>5279191
>shoulder-mounted dual six-shooters
hnnnggggg...
>>5279191
Darn, still not clear enough to figure out how the upper legs are build.
But I will give her the big orange butt, even if it kills me
>>5279191
>those symbols on the shrine
Sharkgirl Gali confirmed without a doubt.
>>5279191
It never was a propeller piece to begin with.
The orange parts on the old leaks simply looked like some blur-effect,
>>5279202
Holy shit nice find, thats really cool.
As much as I can see why some would dislike it, I love how much they are pushing the nuva symbols with these guys, as much as they were dumb in story in 2003, I really like the idea of them and their designs and it was a shame we never saw them again.
>>5279191
Tahu is a bit cluttered with too much gold. I still don't know what the hell those weapons are supposed to be.
>>5279215
I like it, Gold would be a bit too much if not for the chest print, mask looks really good an has an expression I find a bit more Tahu-like than the 2015 mask of fire. Main thing I dont like about weapons is how hard they are going to be to take off his hands, but I feel like the extending / contracting gimmick of them will be cool enough.
>>5279215
I don't mind the gold.
It's the silver "just fuck my shit up"-hair that gets me.
>>5279158
No it isn't
>>5279222
Look at the mask
I assume you have pics of Umarak and the creatures as well?
>>5279225
>asymmetric thighs on Gali
Lego why.
>>5279215
Umarak is pretty much the same, but we do get a clearer shot of the Mask of Control.
What's a bit more interesting is the background, which appears to feature a few of the combined Toa making their way through an ancient temple filled with death traps.
>>5279229
Gali is just asymetric all over the place. I kinda like it.
>>5279230
>Mask is black
HOLY SHIT THANK GOD I WAS SO WORRIED.
Look's just as cool as I hoped he would.
>>5279230
Curiously he has a symbol on the top of the box too.
>>5279230
>Umarak has his own little symbol at the top instead of a nuva symbol
Neat
>>5279230
Oh look, you can clearly see a gear in his waist.
>>5279237
Probably for the sake of consistency. The creatures probably do too.
>>5279241
Seems that the symbols on the right are all the same, so those should be the creatures'.
>>5279228
I have. The mask is fine. The weapons are all on the right side, and while the resolution on the mask is incredibly low we can see a large blue bit which we can assume to be Kopaka's eyepiece.
>>5279246
Mask is on the wrong side, everything else is on the right side.
It's a really weird image.
>>5279249
I hope they notice it and change it before it goes into printing.
>>5279215
they are his new hidden blades.
>of FYAH
>>5279230
Now here are the creatures!
Uxar is probably my favorite, I love how they did the wings. They're on a hinge joint so you can move them up and down.
Though why does Lewa need wings when he can already fly?
>>5279260
to soar higher. also, bottentual back shielding.
>>5279260
>Though why does Lewa need wings when he can already fly?
Because he's the master of jungle, not the master of AIR, duh!
Didn't you watched the animations?
>>5279260
>Molded eyes
Fuck, there goes the hopes of a new eyestalk or head piece.
>>5279260
Another scorpion...yay.
Not much else to say. Though I chuckled at the shadow trap having a stinger as well.
>>5279260
His current flight is a combination of his gliding and control over air (As toa of jungle he has control over wind and plants). Uxar would allow him much more controlled flight as well as powering up his elemental abilities.
>>5279267
At this point PohatuXScorpions is just a meme now.
>>5279267
"Beware the Shadow Trap's Stinger Tail"
>>5279267
>HF minifig arms as legs
Very interesting choice of parts.
>tfw no room left on my shelf
>tfw I don't want to put the 2015 sets into storage
Skull Grinder and Basher will have to go at least, it seems. Shame.
>>5279279
Since the Master's will probably be rendered somewhat obsolete by the Uniters, just buy/find a bin and make it your G2 parts bin, disassemble the masters, throw them in there, and thus have them nice and compact in storage but easy to put back together since only G2 parts will be present.
>>5279267
Do you like trans purple? You better because Terak is covered in it.
Lego heard our cries and thought "how can we jam as much trans purple onto this set as humanly possible?"
The shadow trap has little drill feet, that's kinda cute.
>>5279282
I'm realizing this just now, but aren't the Shadow Traps held together by a flick-fire missile?
Doesn't this mean they could actually work?
>>5279286
The magazine article showed that they're held together by a hinge-piece.
>>5279289
Yup, just checked back and there it was.
A real shame if you ask me.
>>5279282
Ikir has some pretty big talons. It also has a wing flapping function like Uxar.
>>5279297
With those ball joints Ikir should flap harder than Uxar
>>5279297
>that ball piece on the tri-axle piece things on the wings.
For what purpose Ikir.
>>5279297
Akida probably uses the most technic parts out of the creatures.
I can't tell if the launchers are a cybernetic modification or a natural part of its body.
>>5279304
It limits the movement of the flame pieces.
Threw together a compilation image of all 13 sets for the inevitable "I have been gone two weeks what did I miss?" crowd.
>>5279282
Yes
I fucking love trans purple
>>5279309
Wait I forgot where their eyes should go
>>5279315
I love the silhouettes of the other sets in the background of everyone's boxes. Always a fun detail to have.
>>5279315
Looking at these, I seriously think that the smaller Toa are better this wave, both as themselves and with creatures connected.
Except Onua because I am only little biased.
>>5279191
>azure shells (3)
Pretty sure those are 4 lengths, actually (which are still new). You can see it on her thigh.
>>5279230
Is that the faint shape of an island I see on the MoCo's forehead? The poster might have just had me seeing things but it almost looks like there is something there.
>>5279315
I just noticed that Onua is busting his mask out of the crystal, instead of just letting it float around in the shrine.
Wonder if it's just a small extra detail, or something that effects the story
>>5279230
Is it just me or did they make the Mask of Control uglier? It looked literally perfect in the prelims and now it's kinda... eh...
>>5279315
>all of the toa mask are dual colored
Does this annoy anyone else? As if the spamming of gold masks wasnt enough...
>>5279335
>>5279230
Holy shit, I think it is. Maybe it wasnt just superimposed as a placeholder on the poster?
>>5279349
I suspect that the masks being part silver represents them being drained somehow, like when the Toa Nuva's symbols got stolen by the Bohrok and they lost their powers.
>>5279353
Hard to say if 'drained' is going to be what happens to them, but for sure they are meant to look powered down or incomplete, since the Toa need to find the creatures to unlock their full elemental power potential.
>>5279315
Whelp, these are all cool as fuck and not a single one I feel iffy on getting at all.
Semi-unrelated but how well can you fold up the new packaging? right now I just have all the boxes strewn about my house and If I am going to be adding even more to the pile I feel I had better find a better way to store them.
>>5279367
You can get them nice and flat if everything's untabbed; no cutting/tearing necessary.
>>5279315
I quite like them all, but it kind of annoys me how they gave Gali asymmetry instead of Pohatu. That was kind of his thing for 2015, and it doesn't really fit on a character who should be streamlined for underwater movement.
>>5279315
Lewa would be perfect if he had a green torso shell
Someone else pointed out that if you look at the symbols on the structure on Tahu's box says "Tahu" in the Okoto alphabet, so seems they are at least being consistent with that.
Where the fuck are the 2017 leaks I'm running out of patience
>>5279315
dissapointed in how similar their bodies look, Onya doesn't even look buff anymore
>>5279392
We need to complain about no images of the summer sets before we can complain about no 2017 leaks.
Where the fuck is an image of Umarak the destroyer it's the current year woooow.
>>5279394
Same, he looks to tall and thin imo
>>5279394
Their bodies do look a bit samey, but at least the construction of every single one is unique. Onua has the big basher-torso shoulder pads.
>>5279408
We already got them...
I'm really wondering what the summer sets are going to do for masks, the beasts obviously wont have any because their beasts or whatever. But will Ekimu just have the MoCr again? Will Umarak have a second MoC?
>>5279220
That's transparent, not silver.
>>5279409
>We already got them...
I mean aside from the magazine picture.
>>5271552
Why does Onua look so small? the actual figure is fucking huge
>>5279400
It looks like Lego's been listening to the genwunners too much. What a shame.
>>5279442
Onua is still the widest of the bunch, as his custom torso build uses glatorian necks to extend the shoulders outwards. Hopefully he isnt a midget compared to the other figures like he was this year though.
>>5279420
I dont think so, looks pretty silver to me. Usually Lego give transparent pieces a glassy effect on box art, so I think we would be able to tell if they were trans.
>>5279447
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>>5279522
wtf. didnt even know that was a thing here. why though
>>5279528
Kopaka is using light blue, and Gali has the same light blue bones, except they changed the trans armor to dark blue.
>>5279528
Yes, Gali uses trans dark blue in addition to trans light blue. It's the colour of her 2001 Kaukau
>>5279534
to be honest = desu
pham = senpai
shaking my head = baka
>>5279543
shaking my head to be honest senpai
>>5279543
baka desu senpai
>>5279543
why
>>5279127
>2015 Kopaka looks more similar to Kopaka Nuva
>2016 Kopaka looks more similar to Kopaka Mata
I don't mind it, I just found it funny. I prefer Mata and Uniter by the way.
>>5279151
JUST FREEZE MY SHIT UP
This might be the first time I like a Toa's upgrade better than their original forms.
Good job Lego.
>>5279761
>a Toa
Let me guess: Onua? Lewa?
>>5279315
Subjective rankings no one cares about:
Toa:
Lewa > Tahu > Pohatu > Kopaka > Onua > Gali
Creatures:
Uxar > Ikir > Akida > Terak > Ketar > Melum
Umarak:
Umarak > all
>>5279127
Is it me, or does Kopaka look like he has another glatorian neck piece under the skrall armor?
>>5279787
Objective ranking
B6 > all > shit > you
>>5279795
Yeah thats what connects them to the body.
>>5279803
Dude why do you have a trip in here of all boards?
>>5279822
joke that's gone on for far too long
Anyone else notice/like how all the masks have various etchings / details molded into them? I think it really bumps a lot of the masks up to MoCr levels of impressive and hope they look as good in-plastic.
>>5279384
I dunno, I kinda like it. Makes it look like she's covered in coral.
>>5279822
>>5279833
You made me do this.
Any clearer pics of the Toa-creature fusions?
>>5279349
>it wasn't a mix to transparent clear as a homage to bohrok
>>5279822
Because how else are people going to know I'm BZP's admin?
>>5280041
Why do you want us to know is a better question.
>>5280033
>transparent clear
I wish
>>5280041
>I'm BZP's admin?
Timestamp with trans-blue Mask of Water and 5 prototype masks that hasn't been given out for contests or bust.
>>5280041
Andrew wouldn't crossboard with /m/. They objectify women and are against everything BZP stands for as a community.
Nice meme'ing, though.
>>5280138
>/m/
>They objectify women and are against everything BZP stands for as a community.
You should see the toku threads.
>>5279315
I kinda hate that silver fading effect, but I guess that's why you make them wear animal hats.
>>5279315
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IDdhirAb0Wo
this entire fucking wave in a nutshell.
Be honest /biog/, did G1 overstay its welcome?
I feel like the Nuva and Makuta stuff would've been a very fitting end to the chronology, and the Metru would've been a cool little extra awesome thing, but after that it could've worked ending. Would you be upset if G2 ended in 2017 similar to a Makuta endgame like 2003 was?
>>5279127
>trans-stud for scope eye
>ability to change color of scope eye
yes please sank you
>>5280346
Story: 2003phase2 > 2001 = 2002 > 2004 > 2006 > 2003phase1 >>> 2005 >>>>> 2007 > 2008 >>>>> AIDS >>>>>>>>>>>>> 2009 > 2010
Sets: 2006 = 2001 > 2003 > 2004 > 2002 >>> 2005 > 2008 > 2009 >>>>>>>>>>>> 2007 > 2010
Basically yes but 2006 had potential before the story was squandered forever and it had some of fhe best titans in the series
>Creatures lurking in the backgrounds of the Toa sets
>Toa lurking in the backgrounds of the Creature sets
>Umarak fapping in the background of Kopaka's set
>All the toa/creature combiners in the background of Umarak's set
I like it, I like it a lot.
>>5280399
Wasn't 2006 the year Greg was given full control of the story? No movies any more to mess with his master plan.
>>5280346
Yes, 2004 would've been a good point to end the story.
2005 brought nothing to the table. Every single conflict was solved the moment the year started. We knew they would rescue the Matoran. We knew they wouldn't stay as Hordika. We knew Vakama wouldn't be a cunt forever.
Only real part that affected the story was when they released Makuta, and there's 9 million other things that could've been done.
And Time Trap. That is decent.
>>5280440
>head buried in the sand
Deepest lore
>>5280463
It's a real shame that Roboriders got killed before it went anywhere. I would have liked to know where they were going with the story.
>>5280471
>Tfw the roboriders will never go Voltron to defeat the virus
How will Onua's creature's mitts being shoulder padding for Onua work when he already has those big-ass skeleton ribcages sticking out? They look like they'd get in the way.
>>5280482
It seems to work out well enough for Kopaka and his weird ass shoulder assembly. Besides, I'm sure they wouldn't release the pair as they are if the combination would be compromised in any way.
>>5280492
He's the last member of the RR crew.
>>5280444
Greg is the George Lucas of the series.
>>5279352
I see it too. The island of fucking MATA NUI is an official part of the forehead molding on the mask. I still have no idea what it means, but take that, naysayers!
Science cannot tame my throbbing erection right now.
>>5280589
I wouldn't say it's Mata Nui for sure. But there is a shape in there. Shape that isn't just a mold mark.
Well..
>>5279127
he got a Bohrok?
>>5280701
That's Melum, the Creature of Ice, Terak's retarded twin brother.
>>5280707
Please no bully the Melum he only wants to be your friend
>>5280723
Melum is Unity
>>5280444
Greg never had full control, apart from maybe the web serials. But yeah, the former story team leader, Bob Thompson, left in 2006 and Greg was given slightly bigger influence.
>>5280535
Which is interesting since one of the movie writers said that Thompson was the equivalent of Lucas.
So I guess, Bob was like the "old" Lucas who was actually liked by people, and Greg is more like the Lucas we know today.
>>5280731
If anyone's the old Lucas of Bonkle it's Faber.
>>5279165
>black torso
YEE
>>5279220
That's probably the one thing that's really off-putting to me too, the idea of wearing crowns on top of those masks is kinda iffy
So are these new sets gonna be early next year? Any predictions in regards to date?
>>5280471
Was Boss on the other Roboriders' side? He always looked like a bad guy to me (though so did Dust..).
And was he a single entity with two bodies or what?
I guess this stuff never got explained.
>>5280793
Some time in early January, maybe around Christmas in States
>>5280793
If it's anything like last year the $10 set will be out a week or two before Christmas and the Toa a week or so after
>>5280463
It may seem like an odd comparison, but G1 bionicle reminds me of Metal Gear
>1 and 2 (Mata and Nuva) were great and could arguably wrap up the story despite a couple loose ends
>3 (Metru) was a cool little prequel that gave us some backstory.
>everything after 3 (hordika and beyond) was retarded fan fiction
But that's just in regards to story. Since these are toys after all, I'm glad g1 continued bc I loved the Mahri and Glatorian sets
>>5280932
Then its not at all like metal gear?
3 wasnt the most fantastic game and 4 and 5 werent not quite up to par but still enjoyable
>>5280934
4 I'll give you for at least being a fitting wrap up but 5 is total fan fiction
>>5280982
Well it solves some issues, albeit a little heavy handedly
>>5280932
2005,2006,2007 and 2008 were retarded fanfiction BUT they were pretty good.
Also
2005=Peace Walker
2006=MGS4
2007=MGS:GZ
2008=MGS:PP
>>5280932
wow
>>5279220
I think we'll end up getting more complete looking, soild colored masks in the summer. It looks like they had they're power drained or something.
http://www.lego.com/en-us/bionicle/videos/designer-video-1-b927d541846c4f20ab82592fdb01c32f
>>5281488
>The combo model is canon
Wow, nice to get conformation on that since it wasn't shown in the animations or anything, fun to finally have a canon combo model.
>>5281488
Could he stop saying 'unique'?
>>5281499
Most of G1's combiner models were canon.
>>5281513
I meant for G2, anything that could be made canon in G1 was made canon.
>>5280932
slizers and roboriders were MG1 and 2
>>5281472
That makes me think, what sort of masks are the summer sets going to include?
Ekimu is most likely going to wear his classic Mask of Control, but if they want him to combine with the Creatures like Umarak can he has to include a new mask with his set.
I don't know if the Beasts are wearing masks or not. But since gold+(transparent color) versions of the 2016 Toa masks already exist I can't see them repeating the same trick from the Skull sets. Maybe special colored versions of their head pieces?
As for Umarak the Destroyer, I think he's going to wear a recolored version of his mask to match his new color scheme (unless he keeps his old one) and another Mask of Control (see >>5281486) as his alternate mask.
>>5281499
Since it didn't show up in the animations and wasn't alluded to whatsoever in the book, I'm going to say it's probably still not canon despite what this schmuck says.
>>5282006
The animations likely didnt include it because too lazy to draw a different look for a 20 second long scene, and the book literally just paraphrased the events of the animation.
>>5282022
It's the one made from Mask Maker/Skull Grinder and Skull Scorpio.
>>5282021
Yeah, but because they were too lazy to include it, the form never made it into ANY official storytelling and is therefore non-canon.
Taking brief word of mouth bullshit like this and chiseling it in stone is what made the lore in generation 1 go to shit. Just because ONE person said that's what Grinder looks like wearing the Mask of Creation doesn't make it fact.
Especially when the person who said it can barely speak English. Besides, these designer videos have always felt like questionable sources in the first place. The guys never sound like they actually understand what the hell they're talking about.
i loved the 2015 bionicle but the 2016 seem really disappointing in comparison. i dont have any more shelf space at all so i wont pick them up
>>5282145
>like 2015
>hate based 2016
How, custom torso builds, more bionicle parts, less plain shells, whats wrong with it?
>>5282149
they all look pretty samey. i liked the fact that each toa in 2015 had their own style. now they all share the same body type.
>>5282153
It's just the same torso armor, the actual torso construction is unique for all of them and they all have fairly distinct looks in my opinion. Onua is wide and bulky but also not a midget. Kopaka is lean but has very developed shoulders on his upper arms, basically they all have unique shoulder construction and body construction, the only thing samey between them is the actual torso piece itself.
But oh well you seem convinced not to get them so whatever.
>>5282153
Literally all the 2015 torsos looked the same though. And they were built the same for the most part.
>>5282109
By that logic then Skull Grinder's name isn't canon since it only showed up in a Lego magazine.
>>5282499
And also in Lego's PowerPoint presentation.
>>5282526
>Skullpion
Fuck I'm laughing
>>5282499
To be fair there is some debate about that now too. I personally believe anything said about the story by official sources outside of the animations has merit over the animations, which have to make a lot of concessions based on the short run time causing awkward pacing that forces bare-bones storytelling.
The Lego magazine mentions Skull Grinder as Kulta and Skull Slicer as an ancient arena champion who has been taken over by skull spiders and gone insane, neither of these things show up outside of this magazine, but it is very likely they were just in the story bible and didn't make it into the animations which didn't want to / didn't have time to introduce a backstory for skull slicer and didn't want to confuse kids by calling skull grinder something else. Kulta as a name is seen on concept art as well which lends some credence to it being a canon thing.
As for this combiner, it does make sense from a story perspective, we know that wearing powerful masks can effect physical stature (like when Makuta donned the MoUP, and Kulta was empowered with immense strength upon wearing the MoCr, so the idea that the large combiner model that looks like a large Skull Grinder wearing the Mask of Creation and this being the identity of the combo model was theorized since the beginning due to how obvious it is. The set designer confirming that to be the case makes me believe it has a lot of credence and isn't an important enough story detail to be something that has any reason not to be canon.
>>5282109
Are you saying that an author's comments on their own story aren't canon?
That just doesn't make sense.
These videos have been put up on the Lego website and are done by people on the design team, how much more official can you get?
>>5282526
Come to think of it, the combiner model's appearance actually seems like it took inspiration from that original Kulta Kal concept, The leg design is quite similar as are the proportions in general, and the Skull Scorpio legs on the current one could have been meant to be a compromised version of those battle bat wings in the concept.
>>5282526
Those names are 2edgy4studbrick
>>5282526
>the face on the hammer is a Voodoo Heads reference
>>5279315
Huh, thought Onua's shoulders were going to be connected with technic angle pieces or whatever (like the kind that skull scorpio's legs attach to), thankfully they are connected to a limb piece that is connected to a hordika neck in the torso, so they will actually be able to be brought down so that they arent stuck in the awkward 'V' shape which will look better and give him more bulk.
As cool as I like the custom construction, I fear that Pohatu's arms look a bit too shitty and bear from the back (though good from the front) and am not sure what this is going to do in terms of limiting articulation.
