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/
The hunt for all things new begins after a month-long tease and early discoveries. Will you partake in the acquisition of Winter 2016 sets?
Previous Thread:
>>5365534
How long does shipping take when you order from Lego.com?
To the anon that wanted pics here you go.
I'm still out shopping around so I have yet to open any of them.
>>5371901
Gave me an estimate of 5 days. It'll probably take a bit longer since it's the new year going into the weekend though.
>>5371908
Holy shit that's a lot of bonkle
So guys, who do you think has a better handshake
Black Six or TTV Eljay?
>another pic of mine got used in the OP
wew lad
So I got Umarak and Kopaka/Melum, who do I buy now? Toys R Us seemed to have a really small stock but if the Lego Store has them I'm willing to get whichever you all say is the best.
>>5371985
You might want to get a different one seeing as he's similar to Melum, but I'll vouch for Terak
Been trying to call the Lego Store to make sure they've got the new sets for about an hour. The line has either been busy or there has been no answer at all.
This is horseshit.
So I was building a creature-compatible arm rig for old Gali but then Uxar got ripped
>>5371889
Post Umarak combined with the other creatures.
>>5372040
I'd like to see this as well, particularly with Gali and Pohatu's creatures.
I hit art block. Post suggestions on what to build.
>>5371946
It's just all 12 of the wave. But yes it is alot of bonkle.
Also here is the Lavaria and the 2 free packs I got with my purchases.
>>5372096
This is rad, but I feel like his actual hands/fists need to be bigger.
>>5372105
I can't wait to buy multiple things in separate transactions just for lava men.
>>5372130
I thought I would only get one but I can't complain. The sets are kind of cool.
>>5372105
So is the Nexo pack just Hero pack with minifig instead of mask? Like it has stickers and comic and poster?
>Check online store for new sets
>They got Rey, Finn, Stormie, Poe
>No 2016 Bonkles yet
Guess I have to do the waiting game...
>>5372107
Better? I gave him knockoff Axxon hands. I don't have the mini fig bonkle arms to give him great hands.
Building intructions for 2015 sets. Please add to the next OP. http://lego.brickinstructions.com/en/search/year/2015
>>5372202
They're already on bionicle.com though.
>>5372219
Didn't know. Please include http://www.lego.com/en-us/bionicle/build instead then.
>>5372151
Yeah exactly like that. And this nexo key chain to hold a power crest.
Ugh can't figure out an upper arm technique that looks good for this medium sized moc
>>5372252
post pic of wip moc
Wip is the black guy. Gonna take proper pics of these guys soon. Have a few more really good Mocs too. Gunmetal and red guy is almost all ccbs. Took me like a week to figure out a big ccbs skeleton
>>5372271
>gold Ignika
I will suck your dick for it
>>5372271
Vader cape?
>>5372271
>crotch
lol
>>5372271
God they all look so bad because of bad photo.
Here's a close up of black guy anyways
>>5372282
Can't really see depth or anything on shitty res pics with flash. Here's one in natural light.
>>5372282
did you just throw all you pieces on the hardwood floor or is that just a table?
>>5372291
It's a desk lol, only pieces out are ones I'm trying to work with.
Have two of these shelves full of parts (at least one of every set there is, some up to 3)
>>5372303
Need to clean up the chest on this guy and make some better lower arms.
He's nearly all ccbs. Making the skeleton was hell.
Show this to anyone that says you can't build big figures out of ccbs
>>5372316
>those armor add-ons with the vent detailing
They look so good with the XL feet. Uniter Onua could use some.
>>5372316
Here's higher def but sideways
>>5372324
Started making this guy to use up all my gold pieces I'll probably never use. Turned out really nice.
>>5372337
Second latest thing I've built.
Need to pick up some tan throwbot heads for feet
>>5371979
That's because you're one of the only competent photographers who regularly post images here.
Lastly, here's a picture of my cat laying in some pieces I was messing around with
>>5372316
Well done!
Also, anyone who says that probably never made anything bigger than an Inika-build.
>>5372358
They've been a bit shit recently, but that's only because of the lack of sun. My stuff comes out best in the summer
>>5372367
Nah you're lighting's fine. And regardless, you're still one of the small few who post clear images that are upright. So if that doesn't deserve to be op, i don't know what does.
And a new one from me.
>>5372392
Looks cool, maybe war hammer inspired. The Luke head is funny.
Going to upload good photos, taken with a real camera, of all those Mocs I posted soon.
Might even make a (spoiler) bzp or eurobricks account (spoiler).
Should be fine as long as I ignore the retards.
>>5372392
Look da-amn fucking good
>>5372357
What are those purple pieces around his waist from? The MoC looks pretty cool overall.
fuck I just randomly found this how do I get into this stuff and its cool as hell. Buy a bunch of of bionicles then dissemble when im bored with them? Or can I buy a bulk of parts?
>>5372425
You're after what, MOCing (making custom stuff)? Generally its a good idea to get a few sets at first to give yourself a starting point, and then order individual parts you want via bricklink. Sadly there isnt much of a way to easily buy the parts in bulk so bricklink is the best option there is.
>>5372418
Thanks, they're from the Lego dimensions portal.
Can't wait to post a more flattering and complete pic of the moc. Colours look nice together.
>>5372425
I would say but a bunch of sets and disassemble them. Can get a wide range of pieces that way.
Unfortunately a lot of pieces no longer run frequent in sets or have been retired completely.
Try to buy a shitload of used pieces on Craigslist, goodwill or a yardsale.
If you need a specific part or parts you can use Bricklink and get it used for cheap.
Any Canadians seen the sets widespread yet? Will be a lengthy trip for me if I go and look for the new sets and would like to know if I have good odds of not just wasting all my time.
>>5372439
Yeah as much as some people dont like tan/brown, it seems to blend really well with the trans purple. I may need to pick up Rey for some of these parts now.
It's been too long since I MOC'd anything up. I'm excited to get some new sets.
>>5372577
>>5372580
I wonder if Umarak the Destroyer will keep the antlers.
>>5372601
They're his thing, man. I'm sure he'll keep them
>>5372577
>jungle man with voodoo staff
I sure can dig it, man.
Do you only have post-Bionicle CCBS parts? You still make do pretty well without any HF-era stuff, but I wonder
>>5372241
where the fuck is my bionicle pack
>make some kind of snake creature using the 2016 creature head
>use Unite function to build a headless suit of armor for it
Rahkshi. It even has a side-to-side arm movement due to the assgear.
>>5372626
Thanks. And yeah, I've got every early 2015 set and nothing else. I collected in 2001/2002, stopped collecting for a few reasons, got a pang of nostalgia for the early 2015 sets, and just bought all those.
>>5372583
For a second I thought that was Flamedramon.
>>5372645
EBay lol
I'm out and about and only seeing Umarak, Kopaka & Melum, Onua, and Tahu in my area. What's the general consensus on the best of this wave?
>>5372786
Umarak for best G2 set.
>>5372786
Leesburg by any chance? That's all my local target is carrying.
Personally, I prefer Tahu and Umarak to the other toa
I don't have access to the new sets, so can someone post some closeups of the patterns of Uniter Gali's chest and abs?
So I bought some of the new sets, along with a First Order Stormtrooper. The first thing I did was immediately build a rough Z6 Riot Baton for him.
>>5372885
It even clips on to his side.
>>5372878
Don't have the set yet, but here's a pic stolen off a video review.
>>5372847
Nah, Richland/Kennewick. I went around to two Targets (Toys R Us hasn't stocked yet here) and they both had Umarak and Kopaka. Tahu and Onua differed by location.
>>5372890
>blue friction peg
>not tan for extra fast spinning action.
>2016
>not living in your bro's natural habitat
>not taking sweet outdoor pics
Can you even call that living?
>>5372945
I don't care what anyone else says, 2016 Pohatu looks damn fine in person. And ketar is a 1-2 piece fix from being fine as well.
>>5372945
Not everyone can live in the land of Australia, where everyday is a fight for survival against camel spiders, kangaroos, and crickey knows what else that barren abyss holds.
>>5372952
Advice on fixing Ketar? My biggest problem is the piece of unity wobbling.
>>5372955
(dont have camera here with me so excuse the shitty LDD mock-up)
I basically just moved the tail back by replacing the blue pin on the ball piece on the back of his torso with a grey 3 long axle (though one of those pieces that is 2m of axle with a pin at the end (featured on LoSS and Kulta works better) and replaced the tail with a gear to operate the mechanism, this was all pretty subjective stuff really. I found it made the torso not feel quite as tall and just more well balanced to me. Though the arms don't hold their positions as well without the tail resisting their movement.
>>5372945
It's funny to me how the 'crystal lower arms' thing works on Onua and not on Pohatu
>>5372429
You could get into a LUG (Lego User Group) in your area, I've heard of something called LUGbulk where LUGs can buy parts in bulk.
Though I know fuckall about it because Ive never been a part of a LUG.
Australian release dates are out. This combined with no Nexo Knights until February is pretty shit.
http://catalogs.lego.com/BrandCatalog/BrandCatalogue1HY2016/aus_1HY2016/
>>5372392
Look, a redditor
>>5372978
Very nice, I'll be taking your idea with the ball joint for sure. Thanks!
Which is the best of the Protectors?
>>5373121
Stone or earth
>>5373127
Or jungle, I find him ridiculously posable
>>5372885
EPIC WELL MEMED MY NIGGER
>>5373134
Stone and Jungle are the same thing, except Stone's weapon doesn't require both hands to look good.
>>5372357
Love all around for this moc, loving that skirt. Would throw in a white accent or two due to the white head, and also the Grievous chest looks a little out of place due to the green to me. Expecting updates.
>>5373066
Dane here, we don't get it before that either.
>>5371889
jesus christ Bionicle is such shit now.
R.I.P. Kopaka
>>5373238
2015 Kopaka is pretty solid man.
>>5373244
Too bad 2016 Kopaka doesn't measure up.
>>5373244
>implying 2016 isn't better.
Shield gun is kinda strange but at least he feels a lot more like G1 kopaka in terms of build and weapon.
also what is it with the new year that brings in all the shitposters?
So the general consensus is
Lewa - Best
Onua
Tahu
Gali
Kopaka
Pohatu - Worst
Right?
>>5373250
>opinions
Gali a shit. I think they're all pretty good though, especially with some small modifications here and there. And IMHO how good they are also depends on whether or not they're united. For example Tahu is bottom tier alone but god tier with his creature.
>>5373250
Generally, I mean it varies a bit, for me it goes something along the lines of:
Tahu > Lewa > Kopaka > Pohatu > Onua > Gali
But yours seems to be the general consensus of the fanbase with one or two swapped around. I feel like the Toa this year are a lot more sensitive to the tastes of the individual then last years, these are just overall more polarizing I guess. Umarak is better then every other G2 set though.
>>5373248
Dark blue arms and only having gold on the thighs really limits the appeal.
Luckily if you're smart and didn't skip Hero Factory, or at least are willing to sacrifice 2015 Kopaka, you'll have the same shells in white.
As for the thighs, maybe Gali's Crystal piece would fit better.
I don't moc too often but heres some goblin guy I made, needs a name.
>>5373260
2016 Kopaka is pretty easy to fix I find. Just swap out his gold thigh armor for Gali's silver (Gali needs a full rework to look good anyway, so you might not even need these parts if you dont plan on buying extra) and swap his arms for his 2015 thighs, which have a better color and strangely well-fitting stickers.
You could also just leave him with his golden mask on all the time or try to squeeze in some bits of gold onto his upper body if you really dont want to swap out the thigh armor (though completely removing it is also an option).
>>5373258
Yeah you could say a lot about the 2015 Toa's design, but you can't argue that they look clean, good, and unified.
Sure, stuff like Pohatu's automail arm, Lewa's gangly proportions, and Onua's massive girth may have not been to everyone's taste, but they looked damn good.
>>5373267
My overall opinion is that the 2015 Toa feel more polished, but I like the 2016 ones more, kind of hard to explain why for me though.
>>5372945
taken by this guy's pool
>>5372945
I'm sorry I can't live in a mining shaft, man.
>>5373238
Bionicle went to shit in 2005. Suck dick nostalgiafaggot.
2015 and 2016 are fixing it.
>>5373296
Honestly my only real complaint with 2015 in hindsight is that the release dates of all the books werent sooner, I feel like we could have used "Revenge of the Skull Spiders" and the "Gathering of the Toa" graphic novel a lot earlier since the former gives us a good amount of lore, worldbuilding, and new characters, while the latter gives us a look visually at various parts / aspects of Okoto that were underdeveloped in the animations.
>>5373284
Lewa is... Just different in his Uniter form. I personally miss the keetorange, but Uniter still looks finished.
I really want to like Uniter Gali. I love the use of orange, and Trans light blue bones with orange shells then silver addons looks sooo good, but she needs a lot of work to stand next to Master Gali.
Pohatu just needs a bit of burnt orange shells added back in and he does fine, possibly including the body shell with the 2015 version.
As long as Onua's shoulders aren't too spiky he looks good, though going back to his previous feet may be better.
Tahu has been shown to need a bit of red added back in to look his best. As for the azure details I don't know, but in pictures they somehow work.
>>5373299
This really. It's good to see 2015 isn't going to be the norm for G2 since we're getting a graphic nivel early this year and hopefully JtO will be better than the animations, I'm really digging the art style.
I'm really impressed overall with how 2016 so vehemently address the general concerns / criticisms the majority seemed to have with 2015. Fans complained they looked too textured / too "Hero Factory", Lego dumps a bunch of new and old pieces on us that are unmistakably "Bionicle", fans say the masks pop off too easy, they improve that as well. Hard to say if this is in the same vein or not, but it also feels like Umarak's $20 price point and substantial figure is an improvement made over the rather unsubstantial LoSS.
Say what you will about the 2016 sets, but it's really nice to see how the set designers have listened to fan feedback. I just hope that sales don't let them down.
>>5373316
When I was picking up my onua today, there were three lil kids huddles around the few new sets my store had, a look of awe on their faces. Their mom came by and bought them tahu, onua and Umarak after they begged her for a minute or two
There's still hope boys
There's still hope
>>5373139
Stone has no back armor
>>5373250
I don't really like to rank them, but here's my first impressions of Pohatu and Umarak, who I own, and Kopaka, Onua, and Gali, who my friends own:
Pohatu: Decent ununited, United his Karate chop arms are kind of silly but he definitely looks better in real life. Looks really good if you spread the spikes out like wings. Pohatu is also VASTLY improved if you separate his weapon into a throwing spear and a mace. Overall he's my favorite for play, but loses some points as far as aesthetics go.
Onua: Despite the complaints, still pretty stronk and pretty wide. A bit unwieldy in his United form but very good. I dig the wide shoulders. Very good looking, good for play.
Umarak: Still a must-have. Looks better with trap pauldrons single, but they become unwieldy when he's united. Looks REALLY scrawny without them if he isn't united though. Lots of features and value, good for play and VERY good for display, and even comes with a bonus trap piece. Kopaka, eat your heart out.
Gali: My least favorite overall, and pretty bad ununited. HIGHLY recommend replacing the axle and pin connector attaching her orange armor bit with one of the hinge parts (like the ones in the middle of the traps) for articulation. Her weapon is garbage. The function is weird and doesn't work unless you hold it in place, and the swinging chain just doesn't deliver, especially compared to Pohatu's boulder of death. United she's a bit better but honestly she's much better as a display piece than a toy.
Kopaka: Surprisingly, much better than I was expecting. Still pretty low tier on his own but looks really good United. He would have looked better the the gold sword he had in the prototype leaks. My main complaint with him is I feel like the developers made a 15 dollar set but realized he was supposed to be a 20 dollar set and just slapped two gold parts on him. Weapons aren't anything special but they look good. Better than Gali, but still much better for play than display.
>>5373326
The Netflix series might help spread awareness of the theme too. They are growing in popularity, after all.
>>5373316
They've done an excellent job this year, I think. Last year was okay, but this year absolutely SCREAMS Bionicle. Tons of improvements all around, although I feel like a good half of the toa were designed around their united forms and suffered for it. I look forward to seeing what Summer holds.
Are they really selling poorly? They've been in decent demand in the local stores in my area, and after Christmas all that was left in the local walmart were a couple galis, some protectors, and a single skull scorpio, and at the Lego Store I saw a couple people buying the new sets and one guy even bought his kid every single one of them.
>>5373316
The new chestpiece looks like a clusterfuck
Their color schemes are all over the place
They have really short limbs and really long torsos
The new Unite piece and the Crystal shell addons are cool though
>>5373331
>Overall he's my favorite for play, but loses some points as far as aesthetics go.
This comment seems oddly deja-vu when on the topic of G2 Pohatu sets.
>My main complaint with him is I feel like the developers made a 15 dollar set but realized he was supposed to be a 20 dollar set and just slapped two gold parts on him.
I feel like they had a bit of an odd case with budget here honestly, I feel like what we have is a set that is slightly more substantial than a 15 dollar set and less substantial then a 20 dollar set, packaged with a creature that is less substantial than the others (sacrificing his complexity to buff out Kopaka a bit) so that Kopaka can still look like one of the meatier Toa, but they can sell Umarak as a $20 dollar set and still have the exact same price for the entire wave as they did last year.
>>5373294
I still don't get why they didn't make the crystal parts trans purple instead of trans clear
>>5373336
Honestly it is hard to tell with sales, since it seems to vary WILDLY from region to region. In North America they seem to be doing decently enough, Sold like hotcakes for the first month or so due to nostalgic fans, but tapered off quite a bit later on to still sell, though less popular than lego system sets by quite a margin. We really don't have the data to say for sure one way or the other though.
>>5373343
Moccing probably
>>5373343
My thought is either:
A. To give fans a neutral-colored piece to MOC with
B. Trans-purple is somehow an odd color material-wise to work with and this was better for durability.
>>5373339
I absolutely cannot understand what went wrong with Kopaka unless they were trying to rob people blind, which seems almost out of character.
If they'd just added a shadow trap and given Kopaka some better weapons, the set could have potentially been AMAZING, and probably would have sold a ton better. The shadow traps on the box only have 11 parts (two trap halves, four legs, two parts for the hinge, two pins, one eye) and I'm sure they could have found room to give Kopaka some action features beyond a six shooter. Hell, if the six shooter was removed altogether, that would free up a TON of parts, including the parts on his leg, and give plenty of wiggle room for something better. It absolutely baffles me how thoroughly they managed to drop the ball with him.
>>5373343
Lego seems surprisingly phobic about trans-purple colors. It's a really strange design choice that I feel would have been more appropriate for, say, Kopaka, and they could have saved blue-gold crystal armor for Toa Ekimu, giving us a whole extra color of the parts to build with.
>>5373337
Oh yeah, I also like the waist articulation even if the function makes it look like they're all walking around with buttplugs
>>5373316
Lego needs to pump more effort and funding and advertising into Bionicle. I mean, it's the brand that pulled Lego out of a nosedive that, had it continued, would've ended Lego as a whole. It lasted several 'Waves' longer than most themes ever last, all due to the love from the fans.
Ninjago is a poor man's Bionicle,
Lego needs to appeal to their actual fanbase- autistic teenager NEETs. Kids 8-14 don't play with toys anymore- they just watch shitty minecraft retards and text. You gotta go for the obsessive late teens- young adults who have the money. Mask packs would've sold like hot cakes, and you don't even need new molds at this point. Solid color and recolor versions of the Protector and Uniter masks. A full set of each Master mask in each of 6 colors plus gold, silver, and gunmetal. Skull Spiders in weird colors like dark red and orange. People would be eating those up like candy.
>>5373351
As I said, it was probably some budget shit in order to let Umarak be what he is. Personally I feel like stud-shooters dont contribute to the price of sets much since its the volume of plastic that effects the price moreso than the amount of parts (as if one just looked at parts, the price per part ratio on Umarak and Akida looks like an absolute steal).
As it stands, you are hardly getting robbed by buying Kopaka and Melum, the set costs the same as a 15 dollar and 10 dollar set, except you have to buy both at the same time rather than separately (which doesn't matter at all for a collector). Hell in my country (Canada), you actually save a bit of money for that arrangement.
Piece wise he is tied with Umarak but features a lot more large pieces compared to Umarak's many smaller technic pieces. The weapons are kinda subjective and I like the sword a LOT more than his spear last year, but find the shooter shield less imposing than his old one.
I guess subjectively you really hate the set, though have to say it feels like the opinion on him is pretty mixed and not negative across the board (my only true complaint is the misplaced gold).
>>5373366
Lego is a bigger deal now than when Bionicle first came out, and it really just doesn't completely fit their modern brand image, so Nexo Knights gets to have advertising that puts certain video games to shame.
I really like Umarak. There's some very clever integration of the trap into his body, and it seems like the build took a lot of cues from powered up Skull Grinder, which is great because I always felt like he was the set the build team WANTED to produce, but the part count combined with him being boxed with Ekimu would have just made it way too impractical. I hope Umarak the Destroyer is just as good, because the Hunter has raised the bar RIDICULOUSLY high. My biggest worry is if he's meant to combine with the beasts I fear his solo design may be thrown under the bus for the gimmick, like many of the Toa. Overall, I'd say he's the best Bionicle set we've seen yet.
>going to build my cart with the new sets on lego's site
>have a cart with Umarak and several toa and beasts
>notice I have an email from my grandma
>she bought me Umarak because it wasn't out in time for Christmas
>despite the fact that she already got me MM vs SG on Christmas already
feelsgoodman
>>5373326
Oh yeah, same here. The kiddies love the new sets.
Saw all the sets at Toys R Us yesterday, the Lego Store didn't put any 2016 sets out ahead of release though. I gotta say, I don't really care for the new wave. Apart from Onua and Umarak, which both look fucking awesome, they seem to all be really thin and lanky and look awkward. And Gali (my favorite from the last wave) just looks like shit with the asymmetry and her terrible weapon. Maybe I can mod her in a way that I'll be satisfied with but I don't care for her set at all in its stock form.
Ugh. In other news, Target has some of the 2015 sets on clearance now. Picked up Skull Basher for $10.
>>5373505
My Target has Basher and Slicer for almost $7.50.
>>5372138
Unfortunately, it would appear that they were CallanLoF.
>>5372392
>m'lady
Evening /biog/
Have some updated Nuva symbols.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QDwcfB3FYYg
If you look into the comments under some guy named "The Gray Kirby" Callan says the following and I quote "The new armor shell is awesome, the masks aren't as bad as pictured though the silver still annoys me, and some of the trans armor pieces are neat(trans purple studs look great). The new chest armor is not that great, but the BIGGEST DISAPPOINTMENT IS THE NEW TORSO. The gimmick is awesome, but it's just a tad too long and it throws the whole figure off for me."
Tisk tisk tisk, even when he gets his way, he's still disappointed...
>>5373671
Problem is too many people on the internet are just plain addicted to bitching. It's pathetic.
>Kopaka and Melum are actually only 25 dollars
Well fuck me, I take back most of the bitching I've done about it in the last few months. Still disappointed it doesn't have a trap but I've already bricklinked everything except the trap halves so I'll live.
>>5373696
People are allowed to dislike things anon
>>5373845
>"The sets are too simple and Hero Factory-ish! Where's my old texture?"
>"The sets are too complicated and have too much texture!"
Someone at BZP also called the new armor piece dumb for not being easily compatible with CCBS.
>>5373851
>Everyone is a hive mind except me
>>5373696
The most annoying thing is that he asked specifically for a new torso that was to separate parts to have a for of waist articulation and then when he got that he whines that it's not short enough. He's the Bionicle equivalent of a pre-teen girl whining that her new iphone, for christmas, was the wrong color.
>>5373851
Are you retarded?
There's a difference between being tastefully detailed and looking mechanical (example: piece of unity, looks great) and then you have the chest piece, which just has like 20 pistons spammed all over the place
>>5373880
This.
I feel like the Unity Piece and the torso armor were designed by two different people (they almost definitely were). One evokes the G1 aesthetic successfully while the other has fucking nine million pistons and nothing else. Like "muh pistons" are the only thing that separate Bionicle and HF.
>visit three different stores in hopes of Bonkle
>only one had a pile of full-priced Master Lewa, rest had jack and shit
I wasn't really except anything, but damn was that disappointing
>>5372337
>Started making this guy to use up all my gold pieces I'll probably never use.
I have two huge full silver mocs standing around for that reason
>>5373326
Same story at B&N, where two kids (high schoolers by the look of them) were sheepishly checking out the sets. We talked about how cool the new sets were and how great it was to see them on the shelf at last (and they said they had checked the local TRU and found them there, too). They grabbed the last Onua and a Pohatu, I picked up an Umarak.
Umarak is good shit. I love everything about him except his ankles being a little limited in motion, he feels like a smaller Witch Doctor to me, in terms of iconic looks. His colors manage not to look like a clusterfuck, and my gf keeps calling him Wendigo and reposing him to look like he's stalking something.
I can't wait to pick up some more sets for 2016. Gradually this time. I grabbed all of 2015's winter wave at once, and the excitement drained a little too quickly. Not making that mistake again.
>>5374033
Fuck, your gf is onto something.
>>5373671
This fuck is going to complain for the entire run, so you better get used to it now.
>>5374037
I like to think the dark red bohrok eyes are meant to be exposed muscle tissue.
>>5374037
Wendigo are cannibal spirits...
The toa finally confront umarak
Tahu "What are you? Where are the rest of your kind?"
Umarak "Oh that... I ate them."
>>5372950
For some reason, this pic reminds me of How to Train Your Dragon.
>Bionicle 2016: How to Train Your Creature
Wouldn't be surprised at all if this is the route Umarak TD takes.
This was all they had at my local TRU
>>5374077
A bit off topic but I don't know why From Software don't license some of their characters from Dark Souls and Bloodborne (though that would require Sony) out to figure companies, they do it with Armored Core and Dark Souls has far surpassed that in terms of sales and popularity for them. You have no idea how much dick I'd suck for a Moon Presence figurine. There has to be a market for this shit, I can't be the only one.
>>5374101
Never going to play it due to it being console exclusive, more so because DS wasn't my thing at all. But I can understand what people see in Blood Borne. I really dig the visual design of it.
>>5372337
LIGHT HAS REVEALED THE WILL OF MATA NUI!
>>5374083
Didn't your mother teach you not to keep your toys on the floor, anon?
>>5374155
>he doesn't play with his bonkles on the floor
>>5374161
At least pose them for pictures instead of taking a picture with them at an awkwsrd angle like that.
>>5374083
combine tahu and akida and take pics
>>5374116
I understand, they're not for everyone but they do have some REALLY fucking neat designs that are just dying to burn holes in my wallet.
>>5374101
robot models are more profitable than skyrim funko bazinga pops
>>5373366
oooh man don't get my hopes up
>>5373366
>their actual fanbase- autistic teenager NEETs
eeeh, not so sure you're right
That was pretty much true of people exhibiting at Brickfair, but there were a lot of kids who were interested in the Bionicle section (and awed by the then-new Ekimu and Kulta which several people bought and were fiddling with).
>>5374256
>Brickfair
wasn't there a Bionicle Official Furry Fanbase group there?
got a 25$ amazon giftcard for christmas, which set/s do I get /biog/??? could get a smaller set and a creature or one bigger set, or kopaka and melum...???
>>5374270
Umarak
>>5374272
I second this
>>5374267
There was just one furry, some fat girl and her equally fat boyfriend, both BZP I think.
It's sad... if you spend any time with people from other lego subgroups, you learn that Bionicle is basically the basement dwelling loser of the lego community.
>>5374284
well, there was only one person in a fursuit that I saw
sure there must have been more, like cockroaches
>>5374284
Is it too much to ask for a friend that's not ugly and autistic that likes bionicles?
There has to be someone in my city.
I just bought Umarelk,Ketar,Uxar and Terak
I'm gonna make a Ke-xar-ak creature of Darkness
He is gonna look like a deer and he will attach to Umarak so he will look like he skinned him
>>5373349
yeah, they've refrained from using regulaf purple in the past because it's a difficult color to keep consistant. I have a bunch of parts from the Night Bus set (purple triple decker Harry Potter bus) that are noticably slightly different despite all of them supposedly being the same color.
>>5374292
well not everyone there was that bad. A couple guys affiliated with the Flickr group "Piece Out - Bionicle Moccists" had their shit together, socially speaking.
>>5374292
>tfw I am top tier qt3.14 according to the ladies
>tfw they say I'm pretty
>tfw [spoiler]brother ruined my bionicle collection because mother chose to give him everything[/spoiler]
Now I just have 2015 Tahu, and a bunch of Transformers.
>>5374343
and I'm sure a good chunk of the BZP people are, too.... once you get past the "please don't talk to me I don't know you" aura some of them seem to have (emphasis on some).
why do all the toa bar onewa have those fucking swords? the weapon design is fucking weak this time round. the 2015 toa weapons were pretty weak (tahu & kopaka/gali & lewa having the same weapons) but it seems that little to no thought was put into the weapons this time, which is a shame cause the new shoulder movability is great
>mfw no-one will acknowledge that Closer to the Truth is the GOAT G1 Bionicle track
>>5374364
>Onewa
Onua*
I think the budget for new parts is pretty limited for contraction because it is such a niche theme, even moreso for Bionicle since it doesn't have the popular license that star wars does. Last year wave one we got one single new armor piece and four new weapon pieces. This time around we get one new weapon piece and three new armor pieces + one returning one. But also a few additional new parts compared to last year if one considers the torso construction and the villain this go around having a mask. It's likely that they just didn't have the ability to create a bunch of new weapon molds for this year and do what they wanted with the armor pieces, so they just tried to use the same piece in different ways, since if they reused last year's weapons that figure might seem like not as big of a deal to some people.
Honestly I feel like while I would have rather had a bunch of new weapon molds, their reuse of this part works out fairly well with Kopaka, Tahu, and Lewa who use it in decent enough ways for it to feel okay, but Gali and Pohatu's use of it is what really makes the weapons feel like this this time around, because they use it in exactly the same way, but then cover it with useless bling, making the reuse of one pieces as weapons across the line seem even worse. I feel like if they had given Pohatu a flail exclusively instead of a spear with flail keychain, and if they had reworked Gali's spear to look a little more unique, then the reuse of the single part would seem a lot less awful.
>>5374377
INSANE BIONICLE BRAIIN
>>5372396
Yeah, I tried to find a way to make Luke's head SOMEWHAT good looking - turns out the secret is to hide most of it...
Also, just came back from buying the entire Uniter series (they're out in German Lego-shops Deutsch-bros), finished building Ketar and Pohatu and tried a bunch of minor but important modifications:
1) switch the forearm and thigh shells - makes the color-flow look better
2) put the ankle friction extenders on the knees
- makes the legs look less shit
3) DON'T FUCKING PUT KETAR'S LEGS LIKE IN THE INSTRUCTIONS, JESUS CHRIST! - instead, move them so they look like some animu shoulder and skirt armor and imagine the crystal-swords are shoulder-mounted cannons
WHAM - instant awesome Pohatu!
>>5374292
Ugly people ruin fanbases.
>>5374377
That's a funny way of saying Bye Bye Baybylon
>>5374459
*Babylon
>>5374361
how many bzpers like mlp?
>>5371985
onua
>>5374267
Don't call them that, you'll trigger them. They're the Offical Chima Ultrabuild Appreciation Society.
>>5374443
4) Put his normal mask back on or pray to Denmark for a silver one. There's no point in having the fade to trans neon green when Ketar's head covers it anyway.
>>5374443
He looks knightly!
Pohatu went from my lowest priority to my first purchase based on simple mods and posing I've seen here and on Jangs review.
>>5374377
I will never not acknowledge the objective truth.
>>5372337
Spider-Dick, Spider-Dick, does whatever a Spider-Dick does
>>5374343
>Piece Out - Bionicle Moccists
those guys may have there shit together in, public, but I've seen that they can get all dramatic on skype.(it's rare, but if you want to see it, gimme your skype name and I'll invite you to it) I'm not in their main skype group, but their sub-chat group thing can get pretty crazy. Just remember, you need to be patient.
>>5374443
I would orient Ketar's swords as wings and keep the non-gold mask, personally - but this is a really good job at fixing Pohatu just with the pieces you're given
>>5374610
Didn't the sane people (Meskii and others) left it?
>>5374745
I don't remember, but I'll ask someone who would know.
>>5374610
well it was only three people I met, so
>>5374462
I dunno, I'm only there for contests
>>5373250
Builds:
>God Tier: Umarak, Kopaka, Pohatu
>Good Tier: Onua, Tahu, Lewa
>Bad Tier: Gali
Color Scheme:
>God Tier: Umarak, Onua, Lewa
>Good Tier: Tahu, Gali
>Bad Tier: Kopaka, Pohatu
Kopaka and Pohatu are easily fixed by swapping out a couple of shells - but Gali needs her build to be changed to look good
>>5373366
Lego sells products to the whole world. Kids not playing with toys/being distracted by electronics is probably just a problem in the United States. Lego wont change their product lines because of one country.
>>5373366
>brand that pulled Lego out of a nosedive
I thought that was Star Wars.
>>5374802
Star Wars made them bleed money due to the licensing costs vs their personal profit at the time.
the reason why G1 got so much effort and marketing was because it was a 'do or die', basically.
>>5374808
I'd say the lego movie with great characters such as benny, wydlyfire, batman and emmet is what makes lego great and helped lego a lot more. the movie even said bionicle wasn't even important and not even a character in the movie when batman shows up in the classic millenium falcon lego loves to keep rereleasing just because of how great a build it is
>>5374830
>>5374788
>Gali needs her build to be changed to look good
She looks pretty good with this configuration here since it gives her some wider thighs and somewhat better proportions.
The Vorox armor also doesn't really interfere with the shooters when united.
And yeah, screw the gold masks.
The united models look way better with the normal ones.
>>5374793
How is it in other countries, then?
Eurobros, Australian M8s, etc? I'm curious
I guess this is really a topic to take to /int/
>>5374838
Yea, that netflix show will be on equal level to the movies and batman
>>5374847
Around 2000 is when Lego was having financial difficulties, lol. Did you really not know this?
>>5374853
Can't know things from before he was born
>>5374861
>>5374861
>>5374644
Them being cannons would actually kinda make sense since it would mean that two beasts would turn into armor, two into wings and two into cannons.
>>5374377
Heh, someone saved my pic
I feel like an impotent manchild when attempting to make new MOCs. Maybe it's just that I only have pieces from the early 2015 sets.
>>5375023
just buy hero factory stuff
>>5375029
This. Give in to it, there are some tasty parts out there just waiting for you
>>5374861
Someone hook that poor anon up with a Gali figure because he just got BURNED.
>>5375057
Anons born before 2000 thought they were faggots because they didnt know Gali was a girl lol
>>5375054
do you recommend I buy sets or just parts? I don't know where to begin, I was just going to keep buying some of the new Bionicle stuff.
>>5375068
I've heard it's better to buy parts rather than sets on Bricklink from several people.
>>5374443
Pohatu was probably my least favourite until I saw this. Well done.
Have they released the Protector masks in singular colors?
>>5375127
Nope, and have my doubts they ever will, which is a shame, means we can't MOC Bingzak, Harvali, or any other villagers without having to use a canonically inappropriate mask.
>>5375023
>>5375029
>>5375054
>>5375068
If you do end up getting some Hero Factory sets, here's what I recommend:
You have to at least get one 2.0 or 3.0 hero, just to see how much better the designers are today.
Most of breakout was pretty solid.
Invasion from Below is good to get from if just because it had access to all the pieces the first Bionicle wave didn't introduce, so stuff like the 3 long liftarm with the ball joint, the beast feet, the friction extenders, and other pieces. Evo XL in particular is worth it just for the fun build and plethora of parts.
>>5375068
Buying individual parts is only really worthwile for G1 bionicle parts. CCBS tends to be a bit pricier, so you may be better off getting some hero factory sets.
>>5375394
Theres a lot of second hand stuff on gumtree IIRC, or even ebay probably.
>>5372626
This MoC is fabulous. Wish the actual sets were as color consistent and aesthetically pleasing as this guy.
>>5374377
That's not "What it Takes"
Hey, remade the six 2016 Toa only using pieces from the reboot waves with their respective colors, Gali needs to be redone I think.
>>5375530
Only Kopaka and Onua look good.
The others seem like part clusterfucks, lots of cool ideas that interfered with each other. This is really apparent on Pohtu and Tahu. Lewa is almost good, but the yellow looks really awkward.
You're trying to merge the two waves, which I appreciate; I'm gonna have a go at it myself when my S@H order arrives. But I think using the old wave pieces to refine the Uniters by filling in their gaps (like Uniter Tahu's upper leg issue) is going to be a more successful endeavor than slapping the two sets together and hoping for the best.
I'd really double down on color scheme unification and keeping their defining characteristics to one or two things. Like on Pohatu, you're going for the feet thing, but those looks like massive claws rather than kicking guards like G1 pohatu.
>>5375530
>Pohatu, the shortest Toa, becomes the tallest Toa
I like this.
>>5375530
okay you convinced me to get the new wave
>>5375553
yes, I have to admit besides Onua and Kopaka the rest are kinda (really) cluttered. Although Kopaka, Onua, and Lewa were my favorites to build.
>>5375577
And hey, that's alright. At least you know that when you're having more fun, it's because you're getting better results. I love Onua's gangliness and squating legs that result from so much bulk. Kopaka looks like a great unification of old and new design. Going over them again, I actually do like what you've done with Tahu mostly, but something about the legs looks off. I can't say what precisely though.
>>5375530
aside from some of those limbs being really odd, I like these
goes to show how much better they look with a torso part that isn't too long or one huge part
>>5375023
I will do better if it wasn't a white character on a white background.
HAIL DENMARK
>>5375678
>tfw sempai is in the same thread as you
h-hail denmark~
So /biog/ I bought the first order stormtrooper today and now I'm hesitating to build it because I'm afraid of what the back will look like, is Phasma worth the 5 extra dollars for the cape and more color?
>>5375678
>3309 minutes remaining
Jesus m8
Also, HAIL DENMARK
>>5375530
I fucking love kopaka's wrist mounted shooter
Here's my attempt at an older, less athletic Lewa. I'm still pretty new at this, but I think it turned out alright.
>>5375714
now this is some rad stuff
>>5375714
That's a cool sword
I picked myself Ikir.
Fun little set, kinda bummed becomes I just bought 15 Tahu, and I don't know if if I can justify 16 Tahu...
