Some images for some 2016 sets: http://www.bzpower.com/story.php?ID=8127
Revelations:
http://www.lego.com/en-us/bionicle/story/episode-1
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SsoT-fPe0LU&index=1&list=PLhu2VtAo89tdVuLXHS5tJUJNp3xgmWLKn
Old Testament:
http://cross-wired-freak.tumblr.com/post/68472919868/bionicle-chronicles-bionicle-adventures-bionicle
Get up to speed:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dpfNrl6RIvM
G1 comics: http://biomediaproject.com/bmp/comics/
Where you can buy pieces: http://www.bricklink.com/
Building instructions for technic sets: http://biomediaproject.com/bmp/building-instructions/
Things to check out:
https://www.youtube.com/user/DrScorpionX/videos
https://www.flickr.com/photos/herofactory_igu/
Previous Thread: >>5337926
first for /Earth is best element/
Second for slanky teenager
>>5343411
Guy from last thread who bought all those sealed matoran. Anyone interested in a sealed Nidhiki or 2003 Matoro or Macku? Boxes are in really good shape.
Also got a brand new nui rama set a little while ago and it's lots of fun.
fourth for THAT'S THE WRONG NUMBA BOI
Heads up to any anons living in Cambridge; The Force Awakens CCBS sets are in Forbidden Planet right now.
here's Skull Baron, I built a vehicle for him which I'll post later. His weapons also double as hood decor and his gun actually shoots, I just choose not to load it.
Here's the vehicle he can ride in it and I'll like a rating on how I did.
Also if anyone replies with dubs to this comment or get trips or higher anywhere I'll post instructions on him/vehicle .
>>5343462
Really nice job. How long did it take you to build it?
>>5343463
around 2 days.
Got around taking photos of some of my revamps I built a while back, starting with my other version of Evo
>>5343477
Stealth Stringer
>>5343478
Rocka
>>5343480
Breez and her little pet
>>5343484
Rotor with gears spinning the blades
>>5343485
Last but not least, for now at least, Cragger in a slightly updated phoenix armor. I can post detail shots if needed of either creation.
Alright, so after looking at the upcoming Tahu.
I hate his regular mask a shit ton.
The white\silver bit is an eye sore since it feels like it doesn't belong, but the Golden Kanohi he has makes it look a lot nicer. Why couldn't they just do a complete red mask or make it mostly red with a Golden highlight?
nui rama is fun
>>5343455
You think you could post some pictures when your done building that?
nui rama battle
>>5343535
How does it feel to lose even when you have superior orange nui-rama? Also these are pretty cute.
>>5343541
feels bad but naw, green is better because the teeth block the masks.
>>5343545
I kind of messed up formatting the vids, first time making a webm.
if you pause at 11 seconds on the first one you can see a throwbot poster on my wall
>>5343525
Who's da qt
Whay does the bionicle general think about general grievous?
>>5341694
Looks very nice. The hammer looks accurate. All you need is the mask now, I guess?
>>5343636
I think it's the best SW CCBS set, along with Vader.
>>5343493
Explain to me what's exactly wrong with him while he has the Golden Kanohi, /biog/?
>>5343636
fucker's huge and has good parts
Much needed parts at that, fucking tan is the new purple
>>5343636
Pretty fucking cool
>>5343648
>fucking tan is the new purple
And trans purple is the new tan :^)
>>5343639
This Vader?
>>5343643
Too much gold
>>5343636
Absolutely fantastic set, get him while you can.
If you're a collector, it's pretty much the best Lego representation of Grievous ever.
If you're a MOCer, it's a fun build that uses some interesting techniques. You end up with that an imposing skeleton that can be reused for many things. It also has a lot of tan parts, rare bones and is the only sets with 4 lightsabers.
>>5343555
>qt gf who doesn't judge anon for playing with /toy/'s.
How anon?
How?
>>5343485
anymore pics?
>>5343657
Yes, that one.
So hey I made a Pridak revamp. Totally worth having to deconstruct my Darth Vader
>>5343675
But of course
>>5343686
Each jet booster moves on it's own, and forgive the glatorian game piece, I implemented that during the first time I game Rotor the gear based copter pack and it stuck.
>>5343690
>>5343694
>>5343696
Last one, of the size comparison, true the knees were still bent, but he is a tiny bit back heavy so I'm sort of forced to keep him with bent legs.
>>5343701
Tried going for creepy, but it came out more like a guy wearing a scuba suit. I do wanna play around with it and see what I can do differently tho
>>5343706
The thickness of the ccbs armor shells doesn't do good for the look. He's a spindly creature, not an armored fighter.
>>5343660
He already has 'too much' gold, if you want to call it that - but his golden mask is far better. Dat molten metal look
The funny thing is if I stick the original sets limbs on the new torso it looks a million times better. But at that point it's like why even try to revamp it?
>>5343664
I'm cool and hot B)
>>5343643
Honestly, Tahu is completely fine to me after I just accept that he is gold and trans orange rather than red. I feel like the design and proportions are solid and the "inconsistent textures' people are commonly complaining about on him doesnt bother me at all really, better than the generic look of this year.
I also find that I like him the 2016 Toa, Lewa is great but has weird shoulders and the same awful green color as always, but the rest all have some slightly odd proportions or something that just make me like Tahu all the more.
He still cant hold a candle to based Umarak, but whatever.
Also show off your Rahi Mocs.
>The Okoto Swamp Monitor is a very aggressive biomechanical lizard like Rahi, native to the swamps of the islands jungle region. It's nostrils are on the top of its head, and it's webbed feet make it an incredibly good swimmer and a danger to the natives of Okoto. Several villagers of the jungle region have told horror stories of encountering one of these Rahi in he wild. Vizuna recounts his first experience with one as part of his initiation ritual to becoming a protector - when asked for comment, he simply said "stab at the fleshy parts. It won't kill them, but it might hurt them enough to make them run". It's also important to mention that Vizuna was missing an arm at the time of this writing.
>>5343765
Truuuuuu. It's starting to grow on me anyway lol
>>5343764
How JUSTed are those green Agori limb pieces
>>5343749
Really if I have one complaint with Umarak it is that his hands dont match the rest of him, the generic CCBS hands just arent menacing enough.
>>5343768
Explain what that means and I can answer lmao
>>5343775
I assume he means how cracked are the sockets, those pieces along with every other contraction socket piece made between 2008 and 2011 break if you so much as look at them the wrong way.
ok but where is my purple eyestalk so I can make Makuta?
>>5343774
Yeah, but at least he has functional hands. Function beats aesthetic when it gets right down to it.
I also love how loud Umarak's color scheme is- we have trans apple green, black, dark red, and dark tan all somehow making a vicious hunter. Maybe it's because it looks like he's draped in his kills.
>>5343780
Makes sense - I can't even rebuild my Inika Jaller or Skrall because their limbs are FUBARd.
As for the Gresh limbs, they're holding up, but the side of one of them is cracked, and the other sides are starting to show lines.
>>5343791
>Inika Jaller
Seriously?
I don't think I've had single transparent joint crack, when almost every other 06-09 joint has.
>>5343795
Nah I can understand, about half of my transparent long double socket pieces are cracked (though that piece is just fragile in general, my red ones on Hakann cracked, so I ordered like 6 to replace them + extra, and all those cracked too)
>>5343528
Sure thing, just got home and starting to assemble.
In the meantime, here's a little peak at the new torso pieces.
>>5343838
Oh shit the one of the left looks so weird, and another new torso. Nice.
>>5343838
And here's the completed Kylo as promised.
>>5343877
And posed with Vader.
>>5343879
>Gimme your FUCKING sword, grandpa!
IT'S NOT IVORY
I think I figured out why I like the Mask of Creation and the Mask of Control so much: both of them have passing semblances in their design to both Dagoth Ur and Sotha Sil's masks
>>5343886
can you please not
>tfw having to abandon a wip because it's shit
>>5343887
Elder Scrolls-style Bionicle game when
>>5343892
honestly not bad, just the gap right under dume's torso piece is a little big jarring, and the upper legs would be better as custom.
>>5343886
It looks a little ivory to me.
Like slightly creamy white
Well that's enough of that.
>>5343877
Looks pretty cool
>trans lime shell on trans lime bone
>gray boulder instead of brown
>only bits of dark orange are his mask and upper arms
>dark brown on the staff for some reason
JUST
>>5343933
Why was trans orange not the go-to for Pohatu this time? It would even mesh with his new main color better.
>>5343933
Doesn't make any sense
The fucking chest could have at least been brown. Or they could have used the same brown shells from this year.
Looks absolutely retarded
>>5343946
its not G1, this is G2. things work different this time round
>>5343933
As was the case in the prelims, the only part that truly bothers me is his lower arms, which I am going to fix using parts from Master of Stone.
What I dont understand is why they made the dark tan recolor for the vorox armor on Ketar, but didnt use it anywhere else except in that one set (a set where a silver vorox armor would have worked fine)
>>5343933
Had they just used burnt orange
on the thighs and lower arms he
would have looked WAY better. But it's an easy fix.
>>5343960
Im probably going to be putting the dark tan on his lower arms and putting burnt orange on his thighs, can't really know how it will look in practice yet, but I feel like the color distribution will be okay that way since he has burnt orange on his upper arms.
>>5343892
>>5343954
Yea if anything silver would have been better on it. Doesn't really make sense that they didn't use the dark tan on pohatu considering it exists, solely for one piece usage. Guessing they'll probably use it a bunch on a summer set. If not it's a complete waste.
I just don't see why they think it's ok to use NINE colours on one character.
Seems like they genuinely do not give a shit about brown characters at this point because they sell poorly and just used pohatu as an outlet to get rid of excess parts.
It's really fucked considering how beautiful 01-03 colour schemes were. I remember thinking about how appealing they appeared because of the nice colour coordination even when I was a kid.
>>5343933
FUCK
>>5343979
YOU
>>5343933
You gonna link to the source gallery, or?...
Like. I sort of get sending free sets to BZPower or Eurobricks, since they get a lot of traffic apparently. What I don't get, is why send all of sets to a single person at BS01 TOO?
Like FUCK, Lego. Why not maybe send review samples to at least one with capable photography and reviewing skills?
>>5343993
No, because the images are shit. Just wait for EB or BZP to do a review of him.
>>5343428
How much for the Matoro?
>>5344007
apparently if you are a reputable fansite you just contact lego and request them and they give them to you.
I don't understand why BZPower has the review staff they do though, a good portion of them are either terrible at photography, have horrifying, grating voices, or both.
>>5344023
>a good portion of them are either terrible at photography
And somehow better than the guy on Biosector
>>5344027
I just dont understand, you could take a random screencap at any point in one of Jang's video reviews and it would probably have better lighting / posing / framing than the images they manage to come up with for these reviews (who takes a look at these pictures and thinks "Yes, this is okay to publish, no need redoing this shot again and putting the least bit of effort into it")
>>5344011
Like seriously, though. Who's bright idea was it to send this idiot every new set? How much brown-nosing did this faggot accomplish to deserve that kind of attention from Lego? And how do his shitty pictures actually help Lego in any way?
I'm not even jealous, either. I don't want these sets. I'd just prefer them to have been sent to someone who actually has qualifications, or at the very least knows what the fuck they're doing.
>>5344035
Link so I can see how bad they are
>>5344040
https://www.flickr.com/photos/43377110@N06/
>>5344033
And Jang's content reeks of over-clean bleach, but you can't dismiss his video and audio quality.
>>5344046
Super generic from a review perspective, but in terms of actually seeing what the sets look like and what they can do, it somehow manages to be better quality than most of these text reviews that should be able to produce stunning images considering they are working with stills.
Out of all the BZP reviews, the only ones I find even remotely acceptable are Onua's and Umarak's, the others have images that a drunk 9 year old with a polaroid could outdo.
>>5344045
It's not as bad as you're acting. Just a little out of focus and silly lighting.
Posing is pretty bad though
>>5344046
It just baffles me how Lego could send these sets to BZPower, BS01, or even Eurobricks before Jang.
I checked the website traffic for all of those places, and they barely even compare to the kind of views Jang gets on every single one of his videos. Isn't sending out review samples a marketing strategy? Why pass up that kind of viewership and quality over a shitty corrupt fanbase?
>>5344061
The sites you mentioned request them, and because they meet some sort of fansite requirements or something are sent them for free. (im still disgusted by that Umarak review where they say "I dont have the mask of Creation because I wasnt sent that set free from lego")
Jang refuses to accept free sets and waits until he can find them in stores.
>>5344061
Because the last time they sent Jang sets early (Scooby Doo), he said he wouldn't review them until they actually came out at his local stores.
Then, again, a bunch of other people got the Scooby Doo sets early, so it wasn't much of a loss.
TL;DR
>>5344064
>Jang refuses to accept free sets and waits until he can find them in stores.
>>5344064
>"I dont have the mask of Creation because I wasnt sent that set free from lego"
The cringe and disrespect is real.
>>5344060
Lewa has YELLOW axles. It somehow works when by all accounts it shouldn't.
>>5344079
Really it just paints the picture that this guy doesn't actually buy any of the sets and just reviews whatever he gets for free.
I know this sounds a bit petty, but It ends up being really frustrating when you're someone like me who scouts around all the stores every day ready to buy all the sets the moment you see them, and then you have these guys out there who got them all weeks early for free and don't have any intention of spending any money on them.
>>5344083
Honestly looking at the same axles on Uxar, they look to be Keetorange, not yellow (or Uxar's horns are also yellow, whatever). They work well on Lewa I think because his chest printing features the same color, so it becomes a light accent color like Tahu's dark azure and Umarak's dark red.
>>5344087
and then they don't even do the set justice by taking correct picture because they're too fucking dumb to get a good comprehensive angle with at least one comparison shot and a turn around. I mean even if you didn't get to keep the sets like what happened to me once, at least try your best for the sake of the readers.
>>5344064
At first I thought he meant to say the Mask of Control and he'd got the set from Black Six who pocketed the mask.
>>5343933
The color scheme sort of looks like something out of mad max actually. It's ugly, but it kind of works.
>>5343892
Nah man thats sweet as. Maybe move the waist joint forward a bit, but overall i like it.
>>5344184
Read BZPower's Umarak review.
>>5343795
Here it is. This happened to s few of them - all cracked beyond repair. Glad they thickened the sockets on the CCBS stuff or I'd be fucked.
>>5344067
Still waiting for Toa Blanko, Master of Awesomability!
>>5344199
break more parts and post pics
>>5344226
Nah, but trips decides what I do with this silver Pohatu mask
>>5344228
Fuck forgot the pic
>>5344230
Make it 2015 Gali's codpiece.
>>5344232
There's a flaw with your plan, Einstein. /toy/ doesn't move fast enough to create trips very often.
>>5344230
Spraypaint it brown
>>5344064
>(im still disgusted by that Umarak review where they say "I dont have the mask of Creation because I wasnt sent that set free from lego"
I LVOE YOU ANON
HOW DISGUSTING ASSHOLE CAN YOU BE TO WRITE SOMETHING LIKE THAT?? JESUS CHRIST
In all seriousnees, you're a dirty filthy jew by writing something like that. You can't even describe yourself as a BIONICLE fan, you're just a dirty jew and that's it.
>>5344264
Like, I'd understand if it was a different set or was really expensive. But Ekimu vs Skull Grinder is only $30, and it comes with the motherfucking MASK OF CREATION AND A SEPARATE EKIMU!
For god's sake, it even comes with a mask stand for the MoCr. Ungrateful twat.
>>5344260
rollan 4 this
make sure the brown is a hue that doesn't exist in lego parts
>>5344264
IT'S THE TOA OF ANTI SEMETISM
>>5344292
>IT'S THE TOA OF ANTI SEMETISM
Akhmou.
>>5344292
I spent the last five minutes looking for a Bionicle version of the Happy Merchant.
Couldn't find anything. Anyone have something like that?
>>5344309
just make one yourself you dumb shit
I need help /biog/.
Several years ago I remember coming across an image gallery where someone had made pic related and other intricate shit. There isn't an off-chance someone would know whose stuff this is or where I could find a link to the same creator's gallery, would you guys?
>>5344378
>that Takanuva
>>5344378
Those big Rahi are RoaMcToa's, I think she might go by Archinto on brickshelf? But just googling RoaMcToa might get you some results.
>>5343933
man
oh man
>>5344387
Thanks b0ss, have a villager.
>>5344408
HAMMERBOARD
>>5344420
Take an elder too while you're at it.
Shit's about to go down at BZP.
http://www.bzpower.com/board/topic/21107-set-review-71310-umarak-the-hunter/
>>5344459
>implying they aren't just going to ban him and go back to hugboxing
>>5344459
>being this butthurt about bzp getting free sets
okay
>>5344509
I think specifically they're more butthurt that the people getting free sets early are unappreciative douches.
>>5344509
I mean, I think we're all a little bit butthurt about BZP and other sites getting free sets before they're officially released, but when a reviewer states they don't have a set specifically because Lego hasn't given it to them, then there's a problem, even if it was a joke.
Had he not owned the set, he could simply say so.
He could have lied and said it was at a different place to where these pictures were taken.
He could have 'forgotten' entirely about mentioning the MoCr, and default to one of the first two options when someone inevitably brought it up.
When I watch/read a reviewer, I want that person to be excited and interested in whatever they're reviewing. I don't want calls of flawless perfection from everything, but I also want the reviewer to actually like the topic they're reviewing.
This is even more important for a site that, until recently, was dead in the water until Bionicle 2015 information was first leaked. Bionicle Zone Power lives and dies on Bionicle news, and having reviewers that don't seem to care about Bionicle only hurts the website.
>>5344539
which set are they even talking about (that he didn't get?)
>>5344540
Mask Maker vs Skull Grinder, aka Ekimu vs Kulta.
The premier set of the 2015 line and the summer wave, containing Ekimu the Big Good, Kulta the leader of the Skull baddies, and the legendary and fabled Mask of Creation, the first official image and symbol of Bionicle 2015.
Despite it running a relatively high price tag ($30) for a single set, it's integral to lore, a good value for your money, and generally a fun and useful box of parts.
>>5344539
This. It's a spit in the face to Bionicle fans everywhere if the people who are privileged enough to get the sets early AND for free don't even seem to care about them. There are people out there practically begging just to see pictures of them, never mind own them early, so it's a real let down when they're being given away to some douche who doesn't even care to own any sets that aren't handed to him on a silver platter.
>>5344554
>>5344540
And look, had he just said he didn't have the set, that'd be fine. I can't judge people on their financial situations.
But he specifically said he didn't have it because Lego hadn't handed it to him, as if expecting Lego to jump up and send him a copy.
It shows a huge lack of class and disrespect to not only Lego who generously send them sets, but also to the people who read their reviews and the rest of the staff/mods on BZPower.
Times like this make me wish Lego would restart the Proto-Squad. Send me a free Onua and an exclusive tee and I'll gladly promote the fuck out of him.
>>5344117
Transfags out
>>5344119
>2015 Pohatu is shaped like Mad Max
>2016 Pohatu is colored like something out of Mad Max
2017 better have voice chips or vehicles.
>>5344378
Roa McToa
>>5344378
>everything wrong with overly detailed builds.jpg
>>5344655
I'll be honest and say these were pretty cool back in 2006
>nearly 2016
>no shells with pin or axle holes
Come on tlg
G1 nostalgiafag herem, recently my passion sparkled again. Haven't bought bionicles since Mahri Nui. I'll head later to the shop looking to get two ore three sets, toas, idk what's there right now.
What to get?
>>5344770
>>nearly 2016
>>no shells
Fixed that for you. Seriously it's been what? 5 years now? And we still only have about 2 different shapes of shell to choose from. It's fucken retarded. This is meant to be their universal figure building system and they refuse to introduce any meaningful kind of variety to the shells.
>>5344791
Instead they do the opposite and phase out parts.
>>5343933
He'll look fine if you replace the forearm shells with 4L burnt orange ones. Then he'll look like the biomechanical equivalent of this guy
>>5344780
All the Toa and Protectors are pretty solid, though Vizuna (Jungle) Korgot (Earth) and Nilkuu (Stone) are the best protectors.
As for the Toa, Tahu is a bit gappy, Pohatu is tiny, and Lewa has no meaningful neck articulation, but they're all pretty good. Onua while short and stocky is near perfect, Gali is the best $15 Toa, and Kopaka wears his armor like a fur coat.
For the summer sets, Scorpio is a fun technic build but useless after that, Slicer has nice bones and unique gears, Basher has a pretty good bashing mechanic and is also purple, Warrior I don't have yet (Christmas gift though) but he seems solid if generic, and Mask maker v Skull grinder is the star of the year, having Ekimu, Kulta, and the Mask of Creation!
If you can spring $5 extra (from MMvSG's $30) get General Grevious. He has an awesome build, is MASSIVE, and comes with tons of tan shells.
>>5344835
Thanks a lot. It's been a long time since I followed everything that came out, I have to catch up.
>>5344838
I second getting Skull Grinder (Kulta) vs. Mask Maker (Ekimu)
It gives you the big bad of the wave, the 'Mata Nui/Takanuva' guy of G2 and the first legendary mask - which is one of the best masks ever designed by The Lego Company, in my humble opinion
>>5344791
Well I kinda get them, since for TLG it seems the focus for CCBS are the add-ons rather than the shells, because the less new parts they made, the more they can recycle them.
I always say that CCBS has a lot of potential, and I think TLG also knows this but prefer to go with a slower pace of innovation, seeing as we get very few unique pieces each year (mecha cockpits with IFB, gearboxes with 2015 G2, and now entire torsos with 2016)
>GB Shop at Home confirms Kopaka to be 20 quid rather than 25
B A S E D L E G O
>>5344901
Got my first purchase planned out
>going home for holidays
>get the train back to uni via lego store after the first
Can't fucking wait, fuck christmas
>>5344613
Fuck yes. We really need a new team of people for this, not some group of people who barely care about Bionicle anymore. We need people like that crazy motherfucker who bought and modded six exo toa back in the day. We need people with some DRIVE.
>tahu and onua are 20 bucks
>>5344928
Yes, just like they were this year. At least we have Umarak doing something worthwhile with his 20 dollar pricetag.
>>5344901
>2016 small Toa are £10 rather than £13
Based.
I don't mind the elevated price tags just by virtue of the fact that they mean bigger parts counts, but I do sorely miss the days when the sets were cheap.
>tfw the local dollar general used to have the bohrok for six bucks
>tfw I will never be able to dump a few paychecks on a literal hoard of every different kind of Bohrok
At least I can get a couple more skull baddies for cheap when Walmart starts trying to get rid of them.
>>5344948
Again, every single new set has a better price per part ratio than most of the early gen 1 sets.
>>5344943
Yeah that is pretty sexy
Guy who made the purple kaukau here. Just need to snag a white kaukau, and then i will attempt to make a trans neon green kaukau
>>5344951
I know they're worth the price, what I'm saying is I miss the age of dynamic sets that were also really cheap.
>>5344974
You can get a lot of value out of the protectors / creatures, which are a similar price to the early G1 Bionicle sets in terms of price but are larger and have more pieces.
Post how mad/glad you would be if the summer Ekimu set turns out to not to be a Toa version of the character, but instead a 'flashback' set which includes a carbon copy of his 2015 appearance (wearing the MoCr and minus the shield), and a 'flashback' Makuta (wearing the same MoCo as comes with Umarak).
Jesus christ black six just because someone else made the OP doesnt mean you have to bitch about it the whole thread, its not like any of us even click the links in the OP or bother looking at anything except the OP image anyway.
>>5345022
>Jesus christ black six just because someone else made the OP doesnt mean you have to bitch about it the whole thread
I you actually knew me you'd know I never bitch about others making OPs. I do bitch when they make them wrong.
>its not like any of us even click the links in the OP or bother looking at anything except the OP image anyway.
Why do I have to repeat myself all the time?
Just because you don't do it doesn't mean nobody does.
Whats so wrong about the OP? Its like one tripfag going nuts over it. I'm fairly new to these threads but you are coming off as an absolute ass. I for once appreciate some of the links like the comics and set instructions and probably bricklink. But hey im a complete and outer newfag but what you are doing by bitching about details is just ruining the thread for everyone else who DOES NOT CARE.
>>5345038
I wouldnt worry
I tend to filter tripfriends who have no real purpose using a trip. If he is stirring shit up just dont bother listening to the rubbish he spouts
>>5345038
This. Everybody just shut the fuck up and talk about Bionicle.
Changed up one of my MOCs, a lot. Now his leg is robotic and I added some brown to indicate rust.
Rate mi moc /biog/
>>5345047
>>5345049
Sorry for crazy image sizes
>>5345047
He skiped leg day
>>5343638
Danke.
But I'm also waiting to put 2016 Onua's spare studs on the hammer and swap the torso shells with trans-purple as well. I tried to make an Ekimu and Makuta that are 1:1 in build and colorscheme. The only real difference is they have are Makuta's trans biceps and Ekimu's crystal gauntlets. The black bones make the trans parts pop really well and it helps them look more like their animation counterparts than 2015 Ekimu did.
(This pic was before I bought Makuta's black six shooter casing)
>>5345102
Would it be a good idea to swap out the gray six shooter for a black one?
How much more massive and taller the ultrabuild Vader is in comparision to the other guys? I want to know if it's worth using a similar torso build for Phasma to reflect Christie's body type or if it's not really significant enough.
>>5344655
I've been out if the MOC loop for several years, what exactly is wrong with them? I admit the red one I probably my least favorite but I don't see anything particularly wrong with big builds like that.
>>5345155
They're busy as fuck looking and I can't even tell just what the hell that red thing is even supposed to be.
>>5345150
>>5345162
>that face
i still regret getting both obi-wan & luke just because of those faces but still got them for the sake of completeness
hell swap grievous's face with obi-wan's and see how instantly better it looks
why do lego even try to do human heads but not have the common decency to include a hood/alt head with minimal detail helmet?
Anyone got the images of the presentiayion that had the concept art for the unreleased skull fuckers?
>>5345162
I'm still irritated that the helmets and hair aren't interchangeable.
>>5344199
I just chuck all my broken bits into an Ultimate Accessory Set tub. I have three broken ones in that colour and about five in lime green.
>>5344289
Rolling for this then give it to Uniter Pohatu.
>>5344780
At least you stopped before the disaster that was the 2008 sockets.
>>5344901
If small Toa are £9.99, would the creatures be £7.99? As long as the sets are as good as this year's ones, that sounds great.
>>5345260
Christ, the amount of replacement part forms I filled on Lego's website was staggering. I've gotten into a habit of buying them in bulk off Bricklink for when I'll need them. What was it that made 2006-2008 particularly bad with them?
Any other European shop, physical or E-Shop confirmed to have new sets? (specifically wondering about Hungary)
>>5344945
OH FUCK
Does this make creatures £8?
Kopaka seems like rip now tbqh
>>5345336
I think it was just poorly-designed sockets. I'm pretty sure the lime plastic problem was caused by microscopic air bubbles in the plastic, meaning that System parts were affected as well. Instead of fixing the 2008 socket problem right away, we had to endure three years of broken parts. The Glatorian head mould was used for four of the six Hero Factory series. I wish the Brain Attack head was released in trans neon orange to replace my broken Glatorian heads.
>>5345348
What bothers me most about the 2008 socket design faults is that they redesigned the sockets only to have them be more fragile, if they were redesigning the sockets, they should have done thorough testing to create ones that would not break (we know this is possible from the CCBS sockets). Even if somehow their fragility got past testing, they should have immediately gone back to the old style used in 2007 when they realized all the problems the new sockets had.
>>5345199
check bzp's instagram
>>5345356
I'm just glad that the CCBS sockets are harder than me while browsing my Korgot folder. Has anyone had a cracked CCBS part yet? The most I've seen is one anon who broke a Skull Spider leg while making some illegal connections.
>>5345361
As far as I have seen, almost nobody (nobody at all that I have seen) has managed to crack a CCBS socket without actually trying to do so. All sockets from Hero Factory 2.0 and onward are basically as durable as a Lego System brick.
Can the guy who keeps pretending to be black six just fuck off forever? You are without a doubt the worst contributor to this thread.
>>5345361
One of my small Y-shaped sockets (the ones that were once used as hands) has some slight cracks on top of the rod-connector but otherwise, nothing.
>>5345377
The CCBS one? I wasn't expecting that bit to break first. How long have you had the part? I have a few pre-2008 hands that are broken like that.
>>5345199
I do.
>>5345384
>How long have you had the part?
No idea. I'm not exactly the person who writes the name of the set onto every piece.
Anyone have any planned fixes for some of the issues with the 2016 sets? I'm probably going to add in a 4x1 smooth system plate onto the sides of Umarak's lower legs (with one little small gray pin (probably stolen off Tahu Uniter) this is easy to do) to cover up most of the blue pins since they are the main issue with the lower leg build and I dont own any extra black pins.
Also going to move the orange vorox armor from gali's thigh and add it to her torso to make her upper body symmetrical, then put her 2015 upper lego armor sideways onto both her upper legs with the crystal piece on that.
Pohatu is the easiest, where you just get rid of those two trans-neon green shells from his lower arms and then put on some burnt orange ones (or put them on his legs and put the dark tan shells on his lower arms).
The sets are far from perfect, but I feel like most of the fixes are really easy if one has their 2015 counterparts.
>>5345344
Don't they usually come out around Feb-March?
Anyway, all stores I've checked are still trying to get rid of this year's stocks. A lot of places still haven't lowered their prices for the '15 winter sets, so there's plenty of these things still on shelves.
>>5345390
And here's the other part.
>>5345348
I think I heard somewhere that the '08 sockets were designed to not lose as much friction when they crack, not to be less prone to cracking. Still sucks though.
>>5345392
In hindsight, that was a stupid question. I'd guess 2013 though due to Chi Worriz' weapon being connected to it.
>>5345393
Might move Umarak's arms up a unit, depends on how the bow gets in the way.
>>5345394
Almost every store I've seen hasn't even stocked the Skullfuckers. ASDA was the only place I saw that sold G2 Bonkles at a better price than TRU. Fuck, I saw one store selling Kivoda for £16.99.
>>5345403
I'm still on the fence about that, It looks fine in some images and awful in others, will have to see what it looks like in hand and if the raised hordika necks get in the way of the shoulder armor.
>>5345392
>cracked axle hole on the socket
Jesus Christ, are the new joints starting to do that too? It's enough that I keep having to trash and replace pre-squared sockets for that.
At this time last year the new sets had been on ToysRus's web site for a week
BONKLES SIGHTED IN LEEDS
>tfw some Star Wars and City 2016 stuff
>nothing else
Granted, I got one battle pack but I was still expecting Bonkle
>>5345533
>tfw I might just hunt down golden hands instead
>tfw I might just keep him Saint Seiya Gold all the time
That fucking default mask.
>>5345533
Welp, looks like I'm going to Glasgow tomorrow to look for bonkles.
>>5345395
Thanks bro, this in particular is the one I wanted.
>>5345562
To be fair he does look gorgeous in his gold-Trans Orange mask.
>>5345592
This.
Just stop thinking of Tahu as "the red guy" and put his gold mask on.
>>5345533
that shitty feel when can't afford bonkles this xmas
The only new bionicles I have EVER seen at my local store were six skull scorpions down in a corner behind a shelf
No toa, no protectors, nothing else
Just six skull scorpions
Meanwhile there is hundreds of Lego star wars sets occupying the rest of the shelf
>>5345620
Bionicmeme isn't a dead theme, they said.
Just got every set except kopaka (they didn't have him)
Tahu is awful normal mode, really good United.
Umarak looks great.
Located in London Ontario Canada btw
>>5345706
London has them already? I have been checking Toronto and no luck there.
>>5345710
Pretty sure they just stocked them today. My toys r us is awesome with stocking Lego early.
>>5345706
First Star Wars now this. Canada gets everything before the US now.
>>5345721
Only some provinces. We didn't get Bionicle on the East Coast until February.
Tahu looks shit in normal mode but his weapons connect into a cool polearm and that's why they're wacky. Looks cool. His head is super fucking tiny and looks stupid without creature helmet.
United mode looks great and wings can flap.
Fuck I lost my terak instructions, are there any online?
>>5345759
Nope, not yet. You'll have to wait until the official release date comes.
>>5345759
BZP's review video shows the build.
>>5345390
I get that Lego had a budget for the line and all, but fuck me, these look so much cooler.
>>5345759
How did you lose them already?
>>5345790
Bought all the sets and started building them at my parents house before having to pack them up mid-terak to bring them home. left instructions behind
>>5345806
Just look at some pictures. He can't be more difficult than your average Rahkshi girl.
>>5345706
ugh I don't want to drive all the way to london just for bionicles.
>>5345906
I know that feel, I'm on break from school now too, so doing my daily visits around Toronto stores isnt really possible anymore since I live in the middle of nowhere where no one sells lego sets.
I just want my Deer man goddammit.
Holy shit gali has these in black
Can't remember the last time I've seen them
>>5345950
Why are they all red anyways?
>>5345962
Lego thinks kids are getting more and more retarded, hence they have to make pieces in bright colors
>>5345968
for fucks sake
>>5345950
and yet they give Umarak obvious blue pins.
If they can control this stuff why dont they do it more.
>look everywhere
>no new sets out
>canadians have them already
>>5345983
Lmao just opened akida.
Red pins
