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 [Embed]
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 [Embed]
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/
Previous Thread: >>5350221
Scored pretty good today
merry christmas, friends
>>5357923
That's not Skull Grinder's mask.
>>5357945
good observation, ralphie!
Long time lurker occasional poster here. This is my second Christmas in a row with /biog/. I've enjoyed being part of this little autistic community and I'll be sticking here until the end. Merry Christmas everybody.
>>5357966
Thank you anon
>>5357966
Merry shitscram friendly lurker!
Merry Christmas /biog/. I only started posting recently, as my passion only just re-sparkled with the new sets.
I still remember getting Rahis in 2001, the Exo-Toa and the Bahrag in 2002, Jaller, Takua, Takanuva and Makuta in 2003, Nidhiki Krekka and Dume in 2004 for Christmas. It has become a tradition for me, couldn't stop getting some sets this year.
Hope you guys are having a wonderful time. May you get every set you want. Merry Christmas.
Sup /biog/, how was everyone's Christmas haul. I didn't get my bionicle stuff yet because only my grandma still buys me Legos and other non adult stuff, but she said she'd get me umarak and possibly another figure when they release, so there's that. Little bro got general grevious and I had to build it for him for the most part, so I got to mess with that sweet ccbs build without having to buy an expensive set from a non bionicle property, so my autism was satisfied. I definitely need to get some of those double socket joints for moccing though. I'm on my way to my last Christmas celebration with my uncle and other grandma, and by the end I'll probably have enough cash to spare enough for 4-5 of the new sets
/blogpost
>>5358039
I haven't had Lego for Christmas since 2007 and Hydraxon.
Oh well, I just have to pretend to be grown up man for my parents.
>>5357945
That is Skull Bully
He is Kulta's less ambitious brother
>>5358025
>May you get every set
Don't worry anon, I'm working on it. Thanks, by the way. I'm missing half a dozen Exo-Toa, the Bahrag and a bunch of Rahi. As for canister sets, I have loads.
This might really appropriate to request, but does anybody know where to find the download of the old official books? Or maybe where to buy them, even used, idk. I wonder how many circulate.
>>5358074
I have some of the Legends-books in my closet I could sell to you for some change if you're in Europe.
>>5358074
BioMedia project.
Merry xmas /bio/
I got some bretty gud loot. Skull Warrior to finish up my 2015 collection, and Darth Vader for that Star Wars thrill. Dad also got me a $200 Amazon gift card, so I'm currently deciding what I want to get. Mom also gave me $40, which'll help with shipping.
Currently, my list is:
All of series 6 Mixels ($45)
Umarak ($20)
Earth set ($30)
Fire set ($30)
Ice, Water, Jungle, Stone sets ($25 ea)
Which is 225. Cut Ice, Stone, and Water to bring cost down to 150, then there's just enough room for Takara legends Blackarachnia, since I really want her.
Shame about not getting Millenium Falcon or Devastator, but hopefully they'll be the kick in the pants I need to get a job and actually acquire more than $20 a month. (I'm in college classes while living at home for those NEET bucks.
>>5358344
Although this wave feels expensive it's actually the same total cost to Winter 2015 at $180 and twice the summer wave ($90, right? 4 skull minions at 15 each and biggun at 30?)
Merry Shitscram. Just saw the Episode 7, can't decide whether I want Kylo or Phasma, I'll probably get the Stormtrooper either way. I got all 3 villains from wave one, but I find the good guys of both waves to look like shit. Who are you guys getting?
>>5358074
There a link in the OP, its been there for over a year now:
http://cross-wired-freak.tumblr.com/post/68472919868/bionicle-chronicles-bionicle-adventures-bionicle
>>5358616
Gonna get Rey and Kylo for parts, probably the stormtrooper too (I wanna give him a spinning stun baton with a gear function). None of the others seem worth the inflated price.
Does anyone have instructions for the Onua/protector combiner in pic related?
Also does anyone know how to unlock the Onua/Kopaka combiners on their opposite platforms (onua on android and kopaka on iPhone) or how acquiring extra pieces works?
>get banned from BZP
>make a new account.
They'll never know.
>>5358699
Someone on BZP made instructions and I built him, he's pretty cool but I prefer him and poe apart.
>>5358723
What did you get banned for?
>>5358741
For being the cancer killing G&T and COT
>>5358743
I have an idea of who you are.
>>5358699
SHOULDER MOUNTED ROCK
>>5358734
Dat Gatling gun hammer gets me excited and I'm too impatient to wait for the Uniters
>>5358734
Link please?
>>5358821
http://www.bzpower.com/board/topic/16853-master-and-protector-of-earth-combiner/
IIRC I was able to just build it based off those pictures, but it was quite a while ago so I don't know if I had any other sources.
Got a set of the original golden kanohi and honestly christmas couldn't have been better, my fourteen year old dreams of collecting them finally came true
Didn't actually get any Bionicles - only toy I got period was the Granite Slizer - but I also got some money, so more than likely I'll pick some stuff up. Probably the Star Wars Rey and/or Poe Dameron, then maybe Pohatu. That way I can use his chestpiece and Rey's parts to make a robotic desert soldier (seriously though why does no one mention the fact that Pohatu has digital desert camo on his chestpiece like what the actual fuck that's so random but awesome).
My TRU is selling the last years toa for $13 CAD, I'm not interested in any other than Gali and Onua (and I got them when they came out), but are there any good ones purely for parts?
The ad was vague, showing a picture of Gali but it says "collect all 6!" and it doesn't specify if the larger toa are the same price since they're supposed to cost more.
>>5358982
Pohatu has some solid parts, though he's small.
Lewa is pretty good with his axes.
I told you guys Kopaka was getting shafted this time around, no one believed me
>>5358616
I'm gonna get a Stormie for sure. Might get Finn as well to recreate the vibroblade duel, and Rey because why not.
On the fence about Phasma, though. She mostly looks good, but the printed damage on that helmet ruins it.
>tfw you haven't got any Winter 2016 sets yet you're already wondering about the Summer sets
>>5359186
Oh, I thought it was the fact that it was phasma that ruined it.
>>5359193
The rest of her looks great. I don't like that the helmet is the only part with printed damage.
Finished making my revamp of Rock/Granite too
>>5359369
>>5359372
>>5359374
>>5359376
>>5359378
Before it's pointed out, my revamp is blind, the transgreen pieces are crystal growth
>>5358880
Thanks man, this is a huge help.
>>5359172
>implying 2016 Kopaka doesnt look based outside of the random gold thighs.
>>5359430
It's a good thing Gali has silver and trans light blue armor bits I can use to replace them. Real shame that Kopaka is basically a 15 dollar set is disguise though. For shame Lego, for shame.
>>5359433
>15 dollar set is disguise
He's $30 in my country, the small toa are $20 dollars here, and the creatures $15, so I dont see how Kopaka is disguising his value at all when he comes in a set that is an even better value than getting a small toa and a creature.
>>5359446
I'm talking about on his own; removing Melum (who again is basically Terak with less parts) from the equation and considering there isn't even a shadow trap, Kopaka STILL manages to be closer to the fifteen dollar Toa in both parts count and build, and it's incredibly disappointing. If there's any value, I'm not seeing it.
Anyone having any luck finding the sets in PA near Bethlehem?
>>5359454
Kopaka is really a sorta halfway point between the 15 and 20 dollar sets, with a more complex shoulder build, but not the wider slightly more complex torso build of Tahu and Onua.
Melum isnt as shit as he's given credit for, since he has a function that is a bit more complex and reasonable than Teraks.
You can't just say the set has bad value after removing a whole part of the set. It's basically like 2015, six 10 dollar sets, four 15 dollar sets, and three 20 dollar sets, but they combined one of the 10 and one of the 15 dollar sets together in order to slightly buff out the 15 dollar set at the cost of a slightly less complex 10 dollar set (as Kopaka was a 20 dollar set in 2015 so they probably felt they had to make him appear more substantial alongside Tahu and Onua, who were sure picks for keeping full 20 dollar status due to their size / iconic nature.
This means Umarak got to be the 20 dollar set he needed to be, and the negative side effects on Kopaka's figure are pretty low, so I consider everything forgiven. (this isnt even getting into how I save 5 bucks in buying the set vs. the two seperate figures as that isnt applicable in the US)
>>5359469
You've got some pretty solid points. I might just consider buying the set if it's actually that good. Still VERY disappointed in the parts count and lack of shadow trap (ESPECIALLY considering you can see them in the back of the boxart), but at least I can Bricklink some of those later.
>>5359475
I will agree about the shadow trap thing. I feel like the set should have included one, sure you can have six traps in total via Umarak, but Umarak looks really bare after having the trap made, and I would have liked to have seen an Ice-themed trap.
I have to get this off my mind; There's a real difference between Onua and the other Toa this year.
Onua is just a far better set than all the other Toa, who are more or less comparable. His build is much cleaner, his color-scheme is unique but works out really well, his weapon is really creative, a one-of-a-kind hammer-blaster combo. Also his unity-form with Terak works much better than that of the other Toa. Even his feet are unique. What's up with this? Are the designers telling us something like; 'Yeah, we can design much better sets than we usually do, for the same price, but we won't. We just did it this one time, just to prove that we can. Fuck you. You'll buy our usual shit anyway.'
Or did Lego hire some genius for the design team for Bionicle, who just designed Onua?
I honestly think I'm in love.
>>5359519
Onua 2016 just has a certain appeal to him, a lot of people love him, Im personally not the biggest fan. He definitely has the most coherent design this year though. I feel like a big part of the appeal is that he also gets a really nice weapon in that big blaster hammer drill thing, which is something only made possible through his 20 dollar price tag. I just dont feel like he is objectively the best, but rather just subjectively appeals to a lot of people.
>>5359527
Of course,
But just wondering, what can you possibly not like about him? (except maybe the light-grey upper arm piece he has on his right arm, I also have no idea why he has that).
What;s your favorite this year?
>>5359534
As I said, its mostly a subjective thing, I'm personally not a fan of how the bottom part of his mask looks, and his legs just seem a bit off to me personally.
My favorite Toa this year are Tahu and Lewa, the first of which is generally disliked by most all the reviewers so far, though my favorite set this year is Umarak.
Modded Gali to make her more feminine
How did I do?
>>5359538
Here's how I did her chest
>>5359541
And how I attached her arms
>>5359538
Give her more thick thighs and slimmer calves, then it'll be more feminine.
>>5359538
That actually looks really good, though personally I would have stuck with the original clownshoe feet, just so that she fits in more with the other Toa.
>>5359547
Many thanks good sir.
>>5359551
Well her thighs have ascended to Kopaka tier, but her calves are meant to have boots on them
>>5359552
I tried the clownshoe feet and it just... Well it didn't work at all. Gali 2015 needs them for her flippers, but there's not really a reason to use them again seeing as onua has different feet too.
>>5359538
Pretty good anon but scrap those toes.
anyone in NC seen the new sets in any stores?
>>5359380
Personally I'm not a big fan of the crystal, I would've sticked with just grey and tan, and I would recommend giving a little bit of length to the tail so he could point it forward. Overall though, I'm really liking what you're doing with these, can't wait to see which you build next, but I'm hoping for City/Turbo.
>>5359679
I personally wish Gali would come with trans blue bones instead of trans light blue, trans blue is the elemental color for the water element in G2, and yet we barely get any of it.
>>5359698
Yeah plus it would work better with the orange in her colour scheme they put in
>>5359699
True enough, I really wonder why they dont make bones in that color, dark trans colors always look really nice as bones to me (see trans purple). Im wondering if there is some materials-related reason it wouldnt work.
>>5359380
While it isn't the design I would personally go with - this semi organic kind of look - I do think it comes out really nice, and it actually lowkey inspires me to start work on my own Slizer revamps. Please do Fire next!
Can someone post a picture of Kopaka with his gold kneecaps replaces with Gali's silver/blue version of the piece and see if it looks any better?
Hey anons, Has someone been able to give the new sets waist function AND arm function at the same time?
>>5358895
jesus, this is not gold at all
>>5359739
I dont think anyone has done it yet, but it should be easy enough to implement. Only issue is that there isnt any way to do it using the old gearbox piece that doesnt make the arms stick waaaaay too far behind the head like the 2015 sets.
>>5359745
Unfortunately, there were a LOT of outside pieces used. I'm not near the set right now, but I can get a picture of all of them used if you're interested
>>5359759
Sure.
Thanx.
>>5359746
Yeah the color was kind of a mess honestly. The gold they started using with Takanuva was so good, I really wish it'd been used earlier. Still satisfies my autism to have the masks though.
>>5359775
Then we got pearl gold and pearl silver. Thanks Lego. Pearl silver is awful.
>>5359766
Here ya go
>>5359738
And while I was at it...
>>5359825
He looks so fucking much better.
Can you post him combined with Melum?
>>5359828
Well the thing is... My mellum's a bit different.
But it should look roughly the same
>>5359676
I actually have made City/Turbo years ago, it was one of my first, I might give him some tweaks though
>>5359735
I actually re-redone him this year, true he doesn't have a crotch head anymore, but I tried to keep his head low at least.
And here's Mellum
I want to build based baton trooper, what are my ccbs part options to build his weapon?
>>5359851
I don't think CCBS can be used for that, so try to use Technic seeing as SW sets use it for their weapons.
Pic for reference.
Should I get Poe Dameron for the orange, even though he has no gear function and probably the most basic build?
Are the Uniters out in America yet?
>>5360003
Check Barnes & Noble.
So, /biog/, two questions:
>How would you rank the individual Star Wars CCBS sets?
>Assuming next wave is a free-for-all like the first wave/unlike the last wave, which characters would you like to see done in the style?
>>5360015
Aside from Boba Fett that everyone wants Ahsoka would be pretty cool.
>>5360015
>which characters would you like to see done in the style?
I've said it before, and i'll say it again. More droids. Given how spectacular Grievous is, and provided he's the standard, then I want them to do more. The CCBS aesthetic just works way better with robots than it does with humans.
C3PO, a droideka and a battle droid would be on the top of my wish list.
Any sightings in the Glasgow area? Checked around on monday with no luck.
>>5360082
Going through on the 28th but will more than likely only check on my way back around the 30th
I fucking love Barnes and Noble.
>>5360091
Is there a coupon for this shit?
>>5360091
Barnes and Noble isn't a meme? Well I'll be damned?
>>5360102
Nope, I just had Christmas money. Also Rey is so much better in person.
>>5359372
How do you dust your parts well enough to do macro photography?
Hold up a moment lads, theory time.
Umarak has no creature of his own - his gimmick is currently that he traps and usurps the Uniters' creatures. HOWEVER, what if Lava Beast, Quake Beast and Storm Beast are all designed to pair up with him - in both his Hunter and Destroyer forms?
I thought about this when someone in this thread pondered why Ketar's vorox armor is in dark tan. They said something along the lines of: "are they going to use a load of them on Quake Beast?" Well, I think so. I think each of the Summer beasts will have a color which is present on Umarak's body, as well as his secondary colour of trans-bright green:
Lava Beast: Dark Red/Trans-Green (spikes)
Storm Beast: Black/Trans-Green (body)
Quake Beast: Dark Tan/Trans-Green (horns)
-and maybe, if we're super lucky, Umarak the Destroyer will feature the ability to unite with all three at once. Maybe one forms wings, one forms a second pair of arms and the third forms hind legs?
>>5360015
I want a Battle Droid or a Super Droid, they would look very good
Darth Maul too, if the face doesn't look too bad
I would also love Jar Jar just for the laughs.
>>5360134
Well I either have my parts in a sealed bag before building or use those wet tissues to dust them off
>>5360091
Post pictures of Kopaka with his forearm shells replaced with white ones from his 2015 set's thighs
>>5360153
>Lava Beast has giant arms to fling lava
>Storm Beast has giant wings to generate storms
>Quake Beast has giant legs for earthquaking
>all darkish colors with trans green because fuck elemental colorations
I want this.
>>5360153
Can't see them using trans green as a main colour for all of them, maybe a hint like the skullfuckers and trans orange. I want that combiner though.
>>5359838
>>5359380
No offence mate, but I personally think the original Slizer heads were part of their iconic 'look'. As good as your brickbuilt heads are, I'm not immediately reminded of Slizers when I look at them. You can take away the throwbot arm or the heads, not both.
That's my gripe with them. Otherwise they're really great and have a lot of flair
>>5360174
I understand your view. I try to make custom throwing arms instead of the single piece ones, true they won't have the launch function, but at least they gain more articulation. as for the head I attempt to use those pieces as much as possible.
Went to Toys R Us looking for boxing day deals, came back with Tahu, Gali and their reseptive creatures. I still think Tahu has too much gold but overall they are excellent sets. The creatures are bigger than I expected as well.
>>5358699
https://www.google.com/search?q=onua+protector+combiner&rlz=1CDGOYI_enUS671US671&oq=onua+protector+combiner&aqs=chrome..69i57.6852j0j8&sourceid=chrome-mobile&ie=UTF-8&hl=en-US#imgrc=_
Colorblind anon reporting in from Victoria BC, toys R us got in some new faces
>>5360246
Build 'em lad, and take pix.
>>5360246
Nice, you got all the blue sets.
Goodbye manlet Pohatu
>>5360006
I just checked my barnes and noble. They had nexo nights, but no new bionicle sets.
fuck my state
After seeing the skull squad early concept pics I can't help but wonder how come the colour theory-aware /biog/ hasn't made any mocs taking visual elements from pic related.
For example, top left.
-Purple
-Lime green
-Dark green
-A few spikes
-Green skull spider or maybe glatorian Gresh helmet
-Black as a neutral colour
And top right
-Light blue
-Sand blue
-Metru blue
-Light green (like Chi Cragger's hands and bones)
-Blue skull spider
-silver as a neutral colour
I'd make a few myself but I don't have enough pieces in these colours or any good moc ideas atm.
>>5360305
Hah, this reminds me of a comic strip where a lab rat teases a blind mouse by yelling "oh my god, what's that blind mouse doing in the edge of the open window?!" causing the blind mouse to stop in it's tracks and struggle to keep it's balance even though it was standing on solid ground.
>>5359825
God, that looks so much better. Now if he had white wrists and a little more armor on that skinny park under the shoulder, he'd look fucking awesome and be very reminiscent of his nuva version.
>>5360350
>>5360339
>tfw the designers are clearly aware of color theory but the set finalizers clearly just don't give a single shit
>>5357916
Repostan from Lego General. Can one of you guys that owns this shield piece take a pice of it with a 4x4 or 2x2 radar slope placed on top? I'm trying to see how it looks before I order parts.
>>5360381
>pic
Here's the dish part I'm referring to. Color is obviously irrelevant.
>>5360381
LDD my friend.
>>5360283
aight
here's the lot as a group, really loving the torso builds, even Umrak's hollow skelly-body is full of parts.
>>5360400
here's how I've oriented onua's uniter mode, taking advantage of the limbs that connect his shoulder ribs to swing them over into an extended chestplate. Not that it really matter, mind, they all gettin' scraped once this shoot is over.
>>5360402
oh no, umarak, dont-
>>5360403
OH NOOOO
>>5360393
All I have for the time being is a mobile device m8.
>>5360381
>>5360393
>>5360408
Ldd doesn't really compare to real life but here. This might give you a rough idea.
>>5360411
you tryna make giant boobies or something?
>>5360411
Trying to make a shield for a MOC. Need to order parts and I didn't know what size plate looked best. Probably going with the 4x4.
>>5360380
And badassness too. From concept art to prototypes I've seen various great ideas over the years get emasculated or shot down completely. It's like someone's sabotaging the products either to keep them from deviating visually from the company's other products (and therefore become unrecognizable), too "serious/violent", or simply to not raise the consumers' standards and expectations too high to uphold.
I doubt it's because test groups showed a preference to more bland ideas and aesthetics. Kids love complex, spiky and badass things. If a child had to chose between Fisher Price and a McFarlane, it'd go for Spawn.
Hey does anyone have that picture of battlebat,I got the ninjago ghost dragon for Christmas and I feel like he has some good parts to make a rough version of him
>>5360419
I can actually understand why some of these things happen just because TLG has a very serious policy of not depicting or encouraging violence in their products; it's why most of the guns that aren't lasers look really cartoony and why they don't produce any war sets or sets with soldiers, excluding medieval themes. As for the sets not being covered in spikes, it's probably also partially a safety thing; they probably aren't fond of marketing toys that could (potentially) hurt children, were play to get too rough. That's also the reason why all the blade parts have slightly rounded tips and most of the spike parts are soft.
It's all really unfortunate, but them's the breaks when it comes to making sets compatible for 6-14 year old kids. Really, it's a miracle a line this outwardly violent can be made by TLG in the first place.
>>5360419
Even so the 2015 Toa look WAYY better than the 2016 ones as a group. You can say what you want about their design flaws, but aesthetically the 2015 are the best looking group of sets, sharing several key functions/pieces while each being easily distinguishable just from outline.
>>5360436
have we seen a group shot of the 2016 ones?
>>5360441
Besides the promo for the Netflix show I don't think so.
It may also help that for the last almost year the 2015 team have been posed together on my shelf.
Sorry to ask a question that might be blatantly obvious, but as a dude living in the UK, when are the new sets coming out? So I hear street dates are being broken but they arent even on the official website yet. Whats the best way of getting my Bioncle bros?
>>5360380
There we go, I fixed him!
I miss the back gear boxes of the 2015 line. Fuck however says shoulders don't start that far back; it's far better than the super flat dolls we got for the first CCBS figures.
Try and tell me you fuckers didn't like the gearboxes. Fuck, I opened and built Tahu in my car in a dark parking lot not far from the store, and I was so fucking happy with the gearbox- the duality of function and articulation it had. It was home, and I loved every second of it.
>>5360463
For fucks sake he actually looks better now. Damn. Good thing my Akamai doesn't use Pohatu's chest plate.
Are you still using the same hip rotation? If so I may have to do the same, though perhaps giving Pohatu a bit more dark tan back.
>>5360463
Looks way better desu
>>5360468
I prefer the gearboxes from 2015 to the crotch box we have now. the gimmick isn't that great.
Messed around with Kopaka and it's easily my new favorite g2 set. Melum is suffering though.
>>5360015
I definitely want a fully-armed Stormtrooper as well as a specialized Rebel to tie into Rogue One.
Maybe Han, Chewie, and two Rebels characters to round the wave out.
>>5360463
>>5360471
Yep he totally does have the same torso, just his old armor.
FUUUCK... Guess Pohatu's getting the most revamp from the get go.
Also, can anyone with Uniter Onua give him his old large beast feet? I really liked them and felt they fit his character better than the mec feet his Uniter form has.
>>5359893
>orange parts
>printed plate for greebling
>extra blaster
>generic white pilot head
Why not?
>>5360482
Hmmm... Do you think they would do a Grevious price point or higher C3PO and R2-D2? Wouldn't need any weapon or real function for Threepio, and Artoo having a mini arm that folds out and legs that can angle would be more than enough.
>>5360468
I love open ball joints and limited head articulation!
>>5360489
I'd say you could get a decent 35 USD set of the two of them, and a fun 30 USD set if it comes with BB-8 too.
Maybe introduce a MOCing aspect by including Threepio's silver leg and red arm.
>>5360489
Realistically you cant do a small scale R2. I think they are gonna stick to the Human or human-like models
>>5360430
As a 90s kid I can't help but feel insulted and saddened by the range of products and media marketed to today's kids. Not because they don't fit my adult standards or muh nostalgia mind you. We grew up with Inhumanoids, G.I. JOE, Exo Squad, Skeleton Warriors, transformers etc. We watched people get hurt and put in life-threatening situations or worse. Our toys had guns and sharp points. Our houses were childproofed. Now look at things. Parents are buying duplo for their five year olds because they are afraid the kids might swallow a brick if it's small enough to put it in it's mouth (system bricks). Cartoons directed at teens only go as far as to have the protagonists destroy mindless drone mooks or fool/arrest sentient rivals through wit. Toys for teens have rounded edges, clipped points and simple shapes. Everything is being playschooled. Stuff for younger ages is being marketed at audiences that have outgrown them already.
Everyone I know near my age had "health hazard" toys with small accessories since they were little and watched shows that'd make present day network censors and soccer moms flip and go bananas.
They never swallowed anything, put out no eyes and grew up to be non-criminal.
>>5360446
The promo portrays stylized and fixed versions of the characters. Which bothers me to no end, like the webisode style. If you're aware as a company that your end product needs improvement and you know in what ways then why not fix it instead of lying to potential customers through prettyfied depictions? At least Hasbro is too incompetent to make show accurate merch. They can't help it. But LEGO can.
>>5360515
It really is awful how soft and edgeless things are becoming. And you can really see it affecting the younger generation with how bad people are getting at handling things today. People are getting softer slowly, kids everywhere have depression and anxiety issues and are really fucked up because parents don't give kids a chance to actually deal with anything challenging or dangerous and it's making the world softer. I don't like it. It doesn't foster a generation of people who can deal with anything challenging or any real adult issues without breaking down and running away.
>>5360381
http://imgur.com/a/OEe93
>>5360477
y no shield stickers?
>>5360539
I think its more to do with the current climate making sueing such a real concern that they dumb down things and max safety. The reason nothing must offend is partly the same reason, offence leads to possible product devaluing/ you might lose a niche. Its largely a business thing people adopt into a hugbox mentality.
>>5360468
I did...I...Didn't luh...I-I didn't likhhh...bawxes....I didn't like gearboxes. You weren't joking, that took some effort.
If Tahu looks any good it's because he is tall and so his shoulders doesn't seem to stick out that much. His overall bulk and shoulderpads help too. The others were greatly hindered by the gearbox, either visually or physically. The shoulders were too far back to ignore, the piece took up product cost per set that could had gone towards more pieces, the yellow gears disrupted some colour schemes and the gearpieces looked like they were salvaged from a steampunk submersible. So fuck you too.
We can agree on the comment about the early CCBS sets though. These things were flat and naked from behind like an axe had come down and shaved the armour off their asses. At least LEGO listened to fans and reason and put a foot or a shield to cover some of it. Pity there's no coverage for the back or inside of the limbs. One major downside of CCBS big enough to ruin the system on it's own.
>>5360539
What I don't get is why Lego doesn't try to make a more mature/adult/premium brand like they did with Star Wars and the UCS series. Many other companies like Bandai and Hasbro have done it, and if Lego did it, parents would never complain about it because they know exactly who its for.
>>5360033
>droideka and a battle droid
Yes, please.
>>5360325
That color scheme looks like vomit.
>there will never be delta squad Clone Commando constraction figures
Why even live
>>5360642
I don't know, I think Pohatu's trinity of Burnt Orange, Silver, and Trans Lime is very strange at first yes, but it grows on you.
Adding dark tan is a big jump though I agree, especially when that anon's picture of Pohatu with the dark tan replaced looks loads better, but it might be salvageable.
Now his forearms being Trans shells on Trans bones, or even Trans shells in the first place? Yeuagh, horrible.
>>5360552
>hindered by gearbox.
Debatable. Lewa certainly and I think Kopaka as well, but the rest are fine.
>shoulders
Honestly, not really. Everyone seems to be exaggerating the shoulders when really they give the Toa better proportions.
>gearboxes affecting price
Eh I'm not too sure on that either. The only one who suffered from sizing were Pohatu (who IMO was smaller to make Akamai and Wairhua similar in mass) and Tahu, who's rather tall and flat compared to say Gali.
>ugly colors
Hell no! Part of Bionicle for years has been the fusion of mechanical and organic ideas. Having brightly colored action features helps accentuate and unify the Toa as a team of brothers and sister.
>ugly gears
Hard to argue on that. Would've preferred 12 and 20 tooth gears myself, like the originals, but given the size the 4 tooth gears do fine work.
>>5357923
Mah nigg
>>5360402
GATTAI!
>>5360463
Hey
That's pretty good
>>5360015
Easily a tie between Darth Maul because Edgy and cool, Scout Trooper because tacticool,Constable Zuvio because I need a third option, Jar Jar because he'd lowkey be a parts goldmine, abd Yoda because I wanna see what they do with smaller sets.
Also Habba. Damn Star Wars universe expansive AF
>>5360015
>>5360015
Easily a tie between Darth Maul because Edgy and cool, Scout Trooper because tacticool,Constable Zuvio because I need a third option, Jar Jar because he'd lowkey be a parts goldmine, abd Yoda because I wanna see what they do with smaller sets.
Also Habba. Damn Star Wars universe expansive AF >>5360869
Jabba I mean. Or Shabba. I know hearing Star Wars but damn Lego need to start doing construction figures of pop culture figures. I'd buy a SHABBA set with voice chip action.
>>5360876
Fuck I double posted didn't I?
>>5360325
he's still a manlet compared to everyone else
>>5360878
Delete one quick, ya got a minute or two.
>>5360894
Okay buuuuuut idk how to do that lmao
>>5360898
jesus christ. why don't you lurk a bit more before posting, learn how the site works.
Why is the captcha for reporting so impossible to type.
Fuck, it's even worse at recognising right answers than the street name one.
Fuck this. You're lucky you reddit fuck >>5360876
>>5360898
See that little checkmark? Tick that and then hit the "delete" button at the bottom of the page.
You have a minute or so delay before a post can be deleted, and then only like two minutes to delete a post, so it's too late for you.
>>5360515
I think, of all the companies to accuse of softening up, TLG should be far from the top of anyone's list. From day one of toy production, they've been consistent in keeping within the barriers of their own rules, which is separate from any adjustment of standards in modern culture.
If anything, the "softening up" only gets everyone else closer to LEGO's standards.
Apparently Daisy Ridley had some input on her ccbs set
>“Ridley’s Lego figure is one of the few toys she had input on, since she ran into the head of Lego at Comic-Con and was shown a stern, broad-shouldered Rey that looked more like a linebacker than a scavenger. “I was like, ‘Ummmm …’” laughs Ridley. >““They hadn’t properly created it yet, so I’m very happy that the shoulder size went down.” Is the Rey we see in The Force Awakens ever as stern as her Lego prototype? “Not that stern, but she can be stern,” said Ridley. “When Rey’s running with a gun … well, yeah, she can be that stern.””
http://www.vulture.com/2015/12/daisy-ridley-evaluates-8-her-star-wars-toys.html
>>5360015
Id like to see more characters from the Clone Wars or Rebels, mainly because the animated style translates better to head moulds.
Ahsoka or Kanan might be cool, even Sabine (would love some pink shells from her)
>>5361046
This
If anything, Lego has become more and more "violent" over the years, with spring-loaded and flickfire weapons everywhere, the introduction and adaption of themes that depict violent conflicts or the dropping of some ridiculous shit like using the word "tool" instead of "weapon".
>>5361054
>minifig Rey pictured
Seems like there was a miscommunication at some point.
>>5361054
Does anyone actually have the hero figures from the TFA wave yet? I haven't sen any coverage on those three.
Can /biog/ solve this riddle?
>>5361165
Heh, that's actually a clever puzzle.
>mask of time looks 100% the same in 2015
>duty and unity referenced in 2016
G2 is canon to G1 somehow isn't it
>>5361165
Found a set of United images with that UMARAK club code. Have these images been seen anywhere else?
http://www.lego.com/en-us/club/member/articles/details/umarak-b3b84c016d1247ebb81980df1aced65d
>>5361176
>silver gali mask
C-can we get this in the summer sets somehow please
>>5361174
I still think they're both canon. Reboots can always be explained away via multiple universes.
>>5361178
It's just the lighting, anon.
>>5361184
Dude, she has trans-blue on the edge of her mask. It's obviously some sort of preliminary
I can get one of the Toa and their associated creature, as well as Umarak, on the 1st. The rest I'm gonna' spread out over the next couple of months to keep my internal hype train choo-chooing - but who do I get?
I was thinking Onua or Kopaka
>>5360725
>Trans lime green forearms
I hated it too until it popped in my mind that he rolled up his sleeves. Umarak the Destroyer must be pretty powerful indeed to make the toa who could had soloed 2015 (except for the resurrection of Ekimu bit) get serious.
>shoulders
I actually really appreciate the designers' efforts to give the sets more human proportions. But human shoulders are supposed to be roughly on the same axis as the head. Course I'm not bothered because a robot toy intended for children, mostly boys, isn't accurate to muh human anatomy. It's just that it doesn't look good in my eyes, especially in combination with the jutting chest. But like I said, it's more pronounced the smaller a set is. Like Pohatu for example.
>gearboxes affecting price
Not in the sense that the sets are more expensive because of it, but that they use up production-cost-per-set that could had gone towards more decorative pieces, more intricate builds or better gap coverage.
>ugly colors
It doesn't stand out too much because it's on their backs, I'll give you that. It's not out of place on Lewa and maybe Tahu, but in sets such as the Slicer it doesn't have any other colour-relevant pieces to blend in with.
>>5361046
I was ranting in general, but as far as Lego is concerned, I stand corrected.
>>5361179
Speaking of turtles, does anyone have a pic of Michelangelo's rapeface looking through a window?
>>5361190
Same situation here. I've been thinking tahu and ikir simply because their combined form looks the best. I would default to onua, but I just got 2015 onua and want to add some variety to my available pieces.
>>5360529
This is perfect. Thank you.
>>5361165
>Key: 6=T 14=N 8=U 9=I 10=! 16=Y
>TNUI!Y
I wonder what it could be
>>5361184
Fuck off dude
>>5361340
Seven year olds are supposed to be able to solve this. The solution could have been more creative, however.
>>5361344
No I don't get it
>>5361161
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=i-8woEheoAE
Only based Jang
>>5361340
YT NUI !
A platform specially made for uploading Bonkle-related videos.
>>5361391
Man Poe is hot garbage, Kylo and Vader at the same price point have better custom torsos and capes.
Pricepoints would make sense to have three at $25 and three at $20. Kylo Ren, Poe, and Phasma are confirmed at $25, so Finn is likely $20 alongside the confirmed Stormtrooper and probable Rey.
Rey and Finn are definitely the best value from these sets. They both have delicious browns and tans, they both have custom torsos with the gear boxes, Finn has a lightsaber AND a gun while Rey has cloth AND is a chick.
Man fuck Poe.
>>5361487
>Kylo Ren, Poe, and Phasma are confirmed at $25
Are you serious. They are confirmed 30€ here.
>>5361490
Yeah, that's what Kylo Ren and Poe have as pricepoints on Jang's videos, and since people complain about Phasma being $5 extra for a cape and the Stormtrooper is $20, simple math brings her up to $25.
>>5361490
Here's the page from the German catalogue.
All but Rey and the Stormtrooper are 25€.
It's also interesting that it says "only while stocks last!" down there.
>>5361534
I fucking hate Germany.
>>5361534
Oh fuck no
Somebody please tell me Phasma isn't gunmetal.
She looked silver in every other picture, and I was really looking forward to longer silver shells.
>>5361534
And yet despite Finn being $5 more than I expected, he's STILL better value than Poe, having a custom torso + gearbox and a lightsaber + gun.
>>5361534
god these look so damn ugly
>>5361551
Silver as fuck senpai
>>5360033
Yes! Any of the Droids would be fantastic as builds. I don't get why they keep pushing the human characters. Grievous is easily the best looking Ultrabuild so far since he's a cyborg.
>>5361572
I actually like Vader because I've always been more into Technic than CCBS.
Don't get me wrong, Grievous looks great too, but he's mostly just bone on bone on bone.
>>5361559
Thank you.
You have no idea how relieved I am.
Has someone successfully used the SW shoulder armor parts as boobs yet?
(Pic is Onuku's revamp of Gali for BobTheDoctor27's contest)
How is a Lego action figure thicker than the girls in the Hotline Bling video
>>5361635
It looks a lot like roly's art style, which I dig
>>5360332
Same. Toys R Us had neither.
Oh well. I can wait.
So I just got an urge to rebuild my old self-MOC from years back with current pieces and colors available. [toyspoiler]It was black and purple walking edgelord[/toyspoiler]
Convince me that it's bad idea.
>>5361649
>>5361649
Go ahead. We can't complain about Phasma's pricetag forever.
>>5361635
I like those shins, I wanna do that if there are gold rims I could give to Thau for a more Mega Man-y look with his long torso shins.
So I started working on Kopaka's mods and I think it's going pretty well. I may replace the thighs with silver but for now I think it's going ok
Here he is with Mellum
Aaaaaaand unity!
The gold thighs actually do work pretty well here
I was thinking, and what if the Creatures aren't actually living, but instead some earlier works of Makuta and Ekimu?
Even more so since one of the promotional material spoiled that unity-masks aren't complete unless there's a creature on top of it. And despite being at least partially mechanical, unless Toa get full control of the creature they may have some difficulty with just walking around.
>>5361767
Source on that second part?
>>5359834
>buying yo-kai watch
literally why
>>5361767
I'm thinking more along the lines of the creatures and toa actually becoming one being rather than a backpack
>>5361779
That would be my brother's. Whenever I visit for the holidays we share a room
>>5361784
tell your brother that some asshole on 4chan called him a faggot
>>5361785
that's cool dude
>>5360381
How about with a radar piece? Can someone try the shield with this on top?
>>5361803
>why.jpg
>>5361658
You call that edgy?!
>>5361816
Bitch please
>just sold a fucking Hero Pack for 3.50€ and shipping
Finally, it paid off that we don't have a Lego store here. Some people can't give away the fucking thing for free.
I think that these new Star Wars sets just proved that CCBS just don't work with Human Characters
>>5361852
>I think that these new Star Wars sets just proved that CCBS just don't work with Human Characters with human faces
ftfy
>>5361852
I think the Marvel/DC sets proved that years ago.
>>5361861
I still don't know how they managed to step up their game so much. DC/Marvel-figs look atrocious, and even the worst SW figs look a ton better than those.
What the fuck was even the deal with super heroes? They had all sorts of limbs and spikes hanging all around and they just generally looked wrong.
>>5361857
no, jango and vader still look like shit
>>5361863
Vader's only technic because it'd be unprofitable to make an even larger CCBS torso skeleton than what's already used on HF XLs and the other Star Wars sets.
>>5361852
It would work if they wouldn't do shit like expecting me to believe that heavy armor is suddenly a tunic or jacket just because of some printing.
>>5361819
A challenger approaches
>yfw there are people who buy ccbs star wars because they think it looks good, not only for pieces
>>5361767
>unity-masks aren't complete unless there's a creature on top of it
Source?
