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
http://biomediaproject.com/bmp/comics/
Get up to speed:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dpfNrl6RIvM
For builders:
http://ldd.lego.com/en-us/
http://www.bricklink.com/
Can't get the game? Go here:
https://apkpure.com/lego%C2%AE-bionicle%C2%AE-2/com.lego.bionicle.maskofcontrol
Previous Thread: >>5425885
Three of those sets look ugly as fuck and I still want them. Fucking bonkles, man.
>>5430691
Question is there anything redeeming about the new setting at all? I haven't actually taken the time to catch up on the new story, but we just had another big nostalgia thread in /tg/ about Bionicle.
The pictures on the back of the boxes haven't been giving me much optimism about it honestly.
>>5430732
There isn't the same level of intrigue and mystery as the first few years of G1 but it's decent. It's actually fairly similar in some ways. I'd say it isn't any better or worse but just different.
>>5430732
I think you should wait for The Journey to one Netflix original and see how it is, so far the new bonkle has been lacking in media exposure.
>>5430691
nth for posterity
On a scale 1 to 10, how badly will this thread explode if these turn out to be fakes after all?
>>5430769
There'd probably be more relief than anger, but it seems unlikely they're fake at this point, plus the real ones would've surfaced by now.
>>5430691
>Wave one: spiders
>Wave two: skeletons
>Wave three: wild animals and bandits
>Wave four: subterranean trolls and orcs
He was right all along
>>5430732
The only real problem is that 2015 barely delivered any story content. The few pieces of media that did have notable worldbuilding did an excellent job and there's still lots of untapped potential, so it should continue getting better with every piece of content we get this year.
>>5430732
Speaking of /tg/, has there been any real attempt at making a Bionicle tabletop RPG?
That BZP RP horsecrap doesn't count.
>>5430807
How bad is the BZP rpg? I never bothered to check it.
>>5430809
Basically, "No mention of any actual lore/setting, your character can't be a Toa, If it's based on a MOC that MOC can't exceed a certain piece-limit, and of course you know the exception to all of these rules."
>>5430807
I'd like to do this but haven't got any experience in games like dnd so it would probably be shit.
>>5430817
GURPS.
>>5430819
Going out today but will give this a read tonight
>>5430814
What...how are they even playing an RPG with such retarded rules?
>>5430732
The story and setting are actually pretty good, unfortunatly last year they decided to have the only storytelling material for most of the year be these shitty 90 seconds animations which had awkward pacing due to their short run time.
If one ignores those and reads between the lines a bit to see the stuff that the story team actually put together versus how it was presented to us, you see a pretty cool setting. Basically instead of villages in different regions like 2001's island, you have an island that was originally just all the same biome and the villagers all lived in cities be it the capital city or the city of the mask makers, the capital ended up being turned into a crater after the great cataclysm caused by Ekimu and Makuta's battle (this cataclysm also fucked with the island itself, causing the six elements to basically manifest themselves and completely change most of the island except for a single corner which happened to be protected from the shockwave by the mountain in the middle of the island), and the city of the mask makers was later abandoned due to an invasion by monsters.
Also way before that you had six avatars of the island's elements come into being in the form of what are basically ancient / wise dragons but in the forms of a bug-like creature, shark-like creature, etc. and a being born the shadows at around the same time who's sole purpose is hunting them down.
The villages the villagers eventually moved to havent been covered too much because there are multiple villages in each elemental region so they never bothered going into detail about all of them and the villagers eventually end up moving back to the city of the mask makers anyway.
The main weakness of the setting versus G1s is the lack of terms for everything like in G1, basically everything that was in "matoran language" is just said in english now, so 'Kanohi' is just mask, "Wahi" is just region, and so on.
Anyone here need manuals? Figured I should at least ask before I throw these away, since I have some spare sets.
Pay for the shipping (3,30€ for Europe and 4,60€ for everywhere else) and they're yours.
Anyone know if anyone has bothered ripping the rest of the Mask of Control app OST? It's really fucking good.
Anyone have this bad boy yet?
>>5430959
Wrong thread, friend
>>5430961
This makes me think, does lego general even allow technic talk in it?
Finally got some snow that didn't vanish overnight.
>>5430973
I have no idea. Just pointed out that the post was a bit out of place.
If you(was it yours?) were asking specifically bonkle-anons, that's a-okay by me(not that i decide anything, tho)
>mfw I started parting out Bahrag from Bricklink
>mfw no face
See ya next year when I actually have everything I need. But as of now, I am a walking pile of regret.
>>5430988
It will probably be worth it in the end, I've had the Bahrag since 02 and have always liked them, their only problem is the over-reliance on elastic bands and those green ones always snapped for me, I need to get more eventually.
>>5430988
What do you mean parting out?
Buying pieces singularly?
Is that cheaper than buying the whole thing?
>>5430984
Obligatory
"I didn't slip"
>>5431012
"Now stop laughing."
http://brickfanatics.co.uk/london-toy-fair-2016-lego-news/
>>5430986
Not Anon who originally asked, but you could maybe fit a protector in it as a justification. Then again, looks can be deceiving.
>>5431021
>this year has a simpler storyline as kids were getting confused. will come with 4x 22min netflix movies.
From what we've seen the story is a bit better than last years, not simper. Perhaps they meant something more along the lines of 'straightforward', since last years story was confusing in how poorly presented it was for most of the year. (Unless they meant in comparison to G1)
>>5431025
I sure hope the comparison was with G1. Even if the media representation was a bit messy, I don't see anything in the 2015 storyline that could confuse kids to the point where Lego immediately decide they need to cut back on the complexity.
>>5431002
Well, part of the reason I started this is that Bahrag are one of the 5 sets I'm still missing from complete 02 collection (rest are Pahrak Va, Nuhvok Va, Tahnok Va and Power pack), and while everything else is in my parts bin as a fucking mess, it's the thought that counts.
And I am planning on replacing the rubber bands with generic ones if I ever make it that far
>>5431004
Exactly. And no one knows if it'll be cheaper. Generally stuff like this is cheaper to part out, but it really depends on many things.
And because totally no one asked, here's what I have so far.
>>5431034
I feel like they were probably going over their whole G2 gameplan and the person who wrote the article linked there just sort of interpreted that way, remember what we know of the story this year versus last year:
2015
>Toa get summoned
>Toa find golden masks
>Toa get to city entrance and beat up LoSS
>Toa go into city and beat up skeletons
>Toa wake up Ekimu and beat the big bad skeleton
2016 (from what we've seen)
>Toa get upgraded and go find the elemental creatures
>Creatures tell them they hid the mask of control in a labyrinth on an island
>Toa go there and find Umarak, a being as ancient as the creatures who wants to hunt them
>Umarak gets mask of control and eventually puts it on
>Umarak turns into some sort of huge monster
Even without all the information I would hardly call the 2016 story 'simpler' than the 2015, more straightforward perhaps.
What is a good piece of information is that now we know for a fact that the series is four 22 minute long episodes
>>5431040
What all parts are you still missing there? I don't see the blue and red +oo+ pieces, nor the white technic axles and half axle half pin pieces, nor the ribbed hose piece or the round piece the eyes go on, is there a reason you are having difficulty parting these together?
What's the best way to see JtO, if I don't have Netflix?
It's not like I don't want to get Netflix, but it's just that it's fucking terrible here, and I don't even know if we'll get it.
>>5431051
Youtube
>>5431053
Not that Anon, but when are we supposed to get those episodes.
>>5431049
>is there a reason you are having difficulty parting these together?
Simple. I just went to biggest store on the country and got everything I could scrape together. But as of now, the project is on hold before I get some more money. Other stuff I'm missing is more or less the hinge-pieces on the legs, some Technic bits and bobs, Pahrak-shields from the feet, antennae for the both, every single gear, every hose (some of those are surprisingly rare), one red Bohrok half and the white Technic parts for the teeth. Again, not so common.
And yes, I am ready to order internationally.
Hi!
Does somebody know where "Gathering of the Toa" can be downloaded?
>>5431057
Next month, but no exact date.
There's no photos allowed at Brickfair.
>>5431075
Do they ever?
>>5431075
London Toy Fair
>no photos, descriptions at best
Nuremberg Toyfair
>First Photos
New Yourk Toy Fair
>More photos
Every year.
>>5431084
Nurbengurb is next week
Thank the stars
>>5431084
I just want good 2016 pictures ASAP to stop some of the shitposting. I personally like all the beasts and feel like all the disappointment in the 2016 summer sets stems from Umarak, who we were looking forward to the most. If the actual model for Umarak proves to look really good and the iffy-looking prelim was simply a matter of poor posing or CGI errors, then I feel like people will warm up to the summer sets pretty fast.
>>5431109
We still wont be getting the sets for several months, so its not like the images do much harm. If anything it's nice to know what sort of monsters the uniter sets you purchase will be fighting.
>>5431084
>New Yourk
Oy m8 God bless the queen
>>5431108
I've already warmed up to lava beast and the destroyer. Now all I need is Ekimu to look better
>>5431108
Yeah, nah, the Beasts look like shit. Umarak has nothing to do with that.
Never would've I thought that I would be glad that only Creatures come with Shadow Traps.
I did some cleaning and digged up a bucketful of Skull Spiders I just don't have room or will to display them.
>>5431142
see I really don't get the hate on the beasts, it's not like the skeletons where exposed ball joints on both the torso (which was a terrible inexcusable flaw that plagued all the 2015 sets but whatever) and on the limbs, and then there was scorpio who was just a weird set.
The beasts have consistent color schemes (a splash of trans-neon green here or there but its not as jarring as the trans-orange on the skull villains), cool head designs, and varied and cool silhouettes, Lava beast looks like some kind of imp or demon with his short legs but scary looking head, Quake beast looks intimidating with his bulky frame and especially bulky crystal arm, and Storm beast has an awesome lean look with terrifying looking claws. The shadow traps sticking out of them in places also gives them a strange, very evil feel.
>>5430825
Sorry, by "actual lore/setting," I meant "canon Bionicle lore/setting."
>>5431151
Here's what you do, get blue tack, get out skull spiders, put tack on skull spiders, make them wall decorations for Bonkle display.
>>5431051
Probs that site where you can Watch Cartoon(s) Online
>>5431051
Torrent it
>>5431157
Wait, which kind of RPG are we talking about, is it like classic tabletop stuff, or is it dare I say, Google plus/Youtube commenter role playing.
Anyone try making one of these guys in the same scale as grievous? I feel Rey's cloth pieces would be useful for them
>Making Stringer MOC
>Function makes no sense on stringer
>Make a dark blue skull guy
I know it's fairly simple but I wanted to keep it skull villain. The arms swing up and down in the same direction.
>>5431176
They do it on their board, so I guess it's internet forum format? I dont really know what to call it, I dont participate.
>>5431189
I think it's called Play-By-Post
>>5431180
And the function. It's basically a switch but I like how I built it. What do you guys think?
god I love how tight the new masks are, you can actually move the Toa's heads by the mask if you want, you dont have to pinch your fingers onto an exposed part of the head and carefully move it, you can just grab the head anywhere and turn it as you will, its so much nicer.
>>5431199
oh, NEAT!
That is a pretty cool idea you got there, anon.
My only suggestion would be to add some more support to the shoulder-anchoring pieces.
>>5431199
That is literally how Terak works, aside from achieving the same but with only two gear pieces.
>>5431199
Looks fine, though seems a little bit overkill on complexity when a simple gearbox piece would do.
>Beasts come with corrupt versions of Tahu, Onua and Kopaka's masks
>it's almost entirely possible to make 'corrupt' versions of these Toa AND their beasts using Umarak's colour scheme, minus a couple of pieces (such as no 3L shells in Trans Br. Green)
I sure know what I'll be MOCing this summer
>>5431155
>One new shell color
>Shitty legs
>Gunmetal
>Random Mountain Dew parts
>Storm Beast's colorscheme
>Quake Beast's asymmetry
>Lava Beast's everything
>>5431238
There is nothing wrong with asymmetry. Only Lava beast has shitty legs, Gunmetal isnt bad, trans lightblue, and trans blue with trans bright green accents isnt that bad, Gali pulled it off with worse colors in 2015.
What even are you talking about new shell color?
>>5431238
Mountain Dew parts?
>>5431238
Lava beast is literally the best set in the wave and there is nothing wrong with assymetry
>M-muh legs on Lava Beast
He's a wyvern idiot
>>5431250
It's less of the look and more how stupid the connection is.
And those small horns are horrible.
>>5431259
I think the horns look fine, I dont really see the problem with them.
>>5431216
If he used the vanilla gearbox both arms would swing in oppositie directions, he wanted them to swing in the same direction like the was doing a sledgehammer.
>>5431273
In that case you could have probably just torn Terak's back off and stuck it on there.
>>5431043
This. There's 0% chance of the story being simpler seeing as the animations added up to 30mins. While JtO is 88mins total. And the fact that we know we have another graphic novel and two more books coming.
I can understand why kids got confused since 2015 was a clusterfuck in terms of media.
>>5430834
The halfassedness of 2015's story material really fucked it over. I don't think Genwunners would be complaining about the story so much if the animations showed, or described this.
>>5431277
Selfish Amerifat
>>5431277
I didn't do that because a. no 2016 sets in Australia yet and b. that'd be lazy of me. It's like 30 pieces anyway, even if I had Terak it's nothing that complex.
>>5430834
So if the Six Critters were born from elemental essence around the same time as Umarak, does this mean that Shadow is the "Seventh element?"
IS UMARAK THIS GEN'S VERSION OF TAKANUVA?!
>>5431319
It's G2 Mangaia
>>5431336
Nah, G2's Takanuva will probably be next year, but this would be an anti-Takanuva.
>>5431336
While Shadow seems to be more than just another element, I can actually see "Toa Umarak" happening in a way. The enemy for 2017 might very well be Makuta, and Umarak's probably going to be mighty cheesed at the guy who forced him to wear an evil mutating mask.
>>5431379
So not an ally in a sense, but they just have the same goal, like Vakama and Teridax in Time Trap?
I can dig it.
>>5431379
He clearly chose to put the mask on himself
>>5431362
I think Ekimu is supposed to be Takanuva, Mata Nui and Turaga Vakama all in one.
>>5431336
>>5431362
>>5431379
>Shadow Hunter the Hunter is a Shadow the Hedgehog expy
So if Umarak's name means 'shadow hunter,' does Terak's name mean 'dirt hunter' or something?
>>5431420
I thought Protector of Fire was stand-in Vakama.
What if we just stop spamming these.
>>5431439
Ya doin' god's work, anon
>>5431439
What if the NegaBeasts don't have Unity pieces on their chests because they can capture/unite with the Elemental Creatures?
>>5431439
Providing Ekimu gets more gold then the only bad one is Storm Beast
>>5431439
Anyone else gonna combine Umarak sets to make a better humanoid looking one. Maybe use that beast head has a helmet.
>>5431431
Does that mean the suffix 'ar' means 'insect' or 'crawler' or something? Ketar and Uxar are both bugs
>>5431439
All lined up like that they look like a cool wave
>>5431455
See Umarak the Destroyer is actually a pretty tall, very humanoid looking guy, I've seen people make pretty legit mock-ups of it, its just that the pose in that boxart is absolute garbage.
>>5431453
See, Storm beast is my favorite one so clearly there is some subjectivity to it.
>>5431462
I think Umarak will actually look great hunched over with his claws in front of him, kinda' like a Gorilla.
>>5431465
True enough, hey, at least they bothered with an alphabet and have been pretty damn consistent with it, as the mask of control game's comics features the alphabet
>>5431439
>gets posted here
>six minutes later, posted to TTV's board
why
who is best creature?
>>5431534
I really like Ikir, there is just some weird charm in it.
>>5431534
Terak and Ikir
>>5431534
Subjective.
Ikir's cool but the open ball joints are kind of obnoxious on him and there isnt a whole lot of ways you can pose him.
Uxar's really cool and has a very sleek design, but his wingtips are hard to keep organized since they are connected by blue pins, and his wingspan is so huge its hard to fit on a shelf.
Terak is cool looking and has neat colors but his function is really lame
Melum is basically a worse-looking Terak but with a much better function
Akida is a really cool creature who feels way larger and more substantial than all the others despite being considerably smaller in terms of surface area than Uxar, the guns are kind of weird and there isnt a WHOLE lot of ways you can pose a fish, but the set is really good
Ketar is a mess, but has a certain sort of underdog charm to him
>>5431534
Akida and Uxar
+ masks made with the new mold stay on heads without assistance
+ when heated, the mold produces masks with crisper detail than masks cured at room temp
+ I made sure to brush all the little debris off this time when making the mold, so detail is perfect
- the working time of the solid resin that I have causes it to begin to solidify before I can finish pouring
(maybe this can be solved by mixing equal concentrations of it and the transparent resin - result would still be fully opaque, but maybe take longer to solidify)
- Regardless of whether or not I'm fully covered and wearing a breathing mask, it seems I can't avoid getting some kind of allergic skin reaction when working with this stuff, but I have proper stuff to treat it
>>5431534
Terak because https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5DPZYKY_up0
>>5431467
>Gorilla
Damn, I was trying to convince myself that LEGO doesn't just recycle ideas constantly and that UtD isn't a reheated Raw Jaws.
>>5431485
Because we are the #1 source for bionicle news that doesn't 69 with LEGO like bzp does.
TTV has to get it's news from somewhere.
>>5431565
>BZP cant post leaks
>TTV cant post leaks
>Eurobricks cant post leaks
Have we become the number one Bionicle community for leaks and other such news simply by process of elimination?
>>5431534
I think that's fairly obvious
>>5431569
/r/bioniclelego can also post leaks.
>>5431569
I think that's fairly obvious
>>5431563
Good work, Anon.
We love you for this.
I'll pay you 50 US dollars for a bootleg trans Gali mask that could pass as real.
>>5431572
Yeah but who gives a shit about reddit
>>5431563
Great progress senpai. Keep it up.
Does anyone have any good, custom, head builds? Preferably one that's robotic.
I've been trying to complete my most complex MOC ever, but I can't seem to get a good head together.
>>5431534
ketar
So I can't decide, should the limbs have trans orange or trans green.
>>5431634
And I forgot the picture, fucking hell.
>>5431563
Don't get lung cancer or anything, anon
>>5431639
The orange fits with the red pieces on the feet and the headdress better but the green matches everything else
>>5431640
I've got a setup where fans blow the fumes into the ventilation system in my bathroom, which seems to be working alright... I haven't been having issues like before now that I'm fully protected, but maybe I should lay off until the current rashes (leftovers from before that are nearly diminished) clear. I have noticed that being near fumes when they are uncovered makes them tingle...
Damn weather doesn't let me do this outside... the cold doesn't help the curing at all. Though maybe that would increase the cure time so I could get the mask filled... no wind though...
What's the best way to start a shit storm on BZP without getting banned?
>>5431674
don't?
Like, they're dicks and all, but why start shit unnecessarily?
Plus it wouldn't exactly help /biog/'s reputation in the community at large. You know that bzp members browse the shit out of /biog/.
What did you guys think of last years lesser known skelly-combiner?
>>5431684
It was shit imo
>>5431684
"Where the fuck are these multiple heads advertised in the sets' descriptions" is what I think.
>>5431674
politely disagree with anything related to social justice
>>5431684
>Tauted as a 3-headed warrior
>Ended up as gappy rainbow-puke
What do you think?
>>5431639
Red on the top green on the bottom
>>5431684
>>5431694
What? Are you users there sjw?
>>5431639
With the way you have it, the colors aren't very balanced.
I'd suggest relegating one color for the arms and another for the legs.
>>5431693
My best guess is that it has something to do with the prototypes and concept sketches that indeed had multiple heads but even then that was mostly Kulta and not the other skellies.
>>5431694
This or post a moc with Nuvatits
>>5431702
I don't go there, but as far as I understand it, SJW is to now as Homeschooled Christians were to thirteen years ago
>>5431704
Not disagreeing with that, but at the same time bright blue, green, and purple don't exactly mesh together as the most cohesive colorscheme no matter how you slice it.
http://brickset.com/article/18851/London-Toy-Fair-report-part-1
>honestly, they are really just more of the same. Four were standard sized figures each with little to distinguish them from others except for a new spiky armour piece that looks like a molar tooth and several components in trans-light blue. The larger Umarak the Destroyer is not much different to his current Hunter incarnation except for a darker colour scheme and a new jaw element.
What the fuck, couldn't he even tell the colors of them.
How autistic these guys are.Yyou don't need to be an expert to determine if something is red or blue for fucks sake.
>>5431718
what if a colorblind guy is in charge of writing these for some reason
>>5431718
>the storyline is being simplified to avoid confusing youngsters.
Jesus christ, Lego, this shit doesn't need to be game of thrones, just do what you did for the first few years of G1 before GregF had total control and you'll be golden.
>>5431728
colorblind anon here, wasn't me I swear
>>5431733
I think they are just referencing to what they already did.
>>5431736
At the risk of sounding mean, I'd love to see some of your mocs.
>>5431733
Anons here have already pointed out that by "simpler", they probably meant more " straightforward". Since 2015's media was a clusterfuck with three retellings of the same story with different shit added.
>>5431740
colorblind doesn't mean you're blind to every color/everything's grey.
fucktard.
how do i into horns
>>5431711
I have skeleton tits. Would that work?
>>5431718
It's because the average Lego reporter generally doesn't give a shit about Bionicle
>>5431718
From the comments regarding UTD:
>It was a bit of a patchwork really but I think the figure consisted primarily of dark brown, reddish brown and trans-light blue elements. The lower jaw was pearl dark grey.
>trans-light blue element
What?
>>5431780
Maybe they haven't finished the 'spike' add-on in all its colours so they're using the one from Storm Beast/Ekimu's hammer rather than the ones he's supposed to have
>>5431756
more or less like that.
I was always kinda irked that g1 masks/head builds never really allowed for horns, so props to TLG for trying something new here
>>5431718
How can they even simplify the story more!? Last year was baby level shit.... although, he did say the beasts all look the same so I don't think I'm going to take his word for it.
>>5431781
well here's hoping they fire up those 3d printers and fix shit by the time February rolls aro--
>FEBRUARY
...what if the reason they haven't officially announced JTO's release date is that they're waiting for the summer wave to be revealed?
>>5431740
colorblind guy here, >>5431755 does not speak for me but has a point, I do see colors but the intensity of these are a little different for me, so many times I mistake some for others (like trans light green for trans yellow. sorry about that...). I've posted mocs here every now and then but don't have pictures of any of their current iterations, and will probably fix that when I get home tonight.
>>5431850
Io be fair, some of those renders (pohatu's arms especially) do make trans-green look like trans yellow even to non-colorblind eyes.
Kek, most of the Bionicle forums are freaking out now.
>>5431850
>like trans light green for trans yellow
This better be bait
>>5431437
Narmoto is honestly more like Jaller.
>>5431869
twas not I'm afraid, I thought the stone guys had yellow on them, partially because they've had solid yellow on them in the past generation. I did not think to question it until I said it out loud, and a terrible meme was born.
Umarak is 25$ or 17.99£
>>5431884
>Umarak is 25$
Umarak the Redundant, or Umarak the Destroyer?
>>5431756
I love how he looks. He looks like a fiend. The leg construction is indeed nice, and I love how you filled up the torso to give it a more natural flow with the shells. Good stuff.
>>5431718
Seriously fuck Toyfair reporters. Why not hire some more competent observers, people? Even if I didn't care about one Lego theme or another, if it were my job to account for what I'd seen there, you bet I'd pay closer attention to the shit the fans actually care about.
>>5431871
How so?
>>5431906
I mean, have you read Revenge of the Skull Spiders? He's kind of an over confident type with a sense of humor and competent fighting skills. Not exactly like Jaller, but certainly more-so than Vakama or Tahu.
>>5431905
Most of the Lego reporters hate Bionicle.
>>5431718
Everyone basically shitposts when it comes to Bionicle, nobody except kids and fans care about it because there isnt any way to treat it as "muh mature hobby im totally like an engineer" as with normal lego system.
Basically this guy is full of shit though he is pretty much correct about certain things, like the spiky armor piece. The trans-light blue thing has got to be a load of shit since its clearly trans-neon green or something similar , and there is really no way he could compare UtD to UtH considering how very fundamentally different they are.
So basically he must have just glanced at it and been like "eh its like this I guess'
>>5431929
>Everyone basically shitposts when it comes to Bionicle, nobody except kids and fans care about it because there isnt any way to treat it as "muh mature hobby im totally like an engineer" as with normal lego system.
I never understood this. Why is shit like Transformers okay but Bionicle is bad? Is it everyone or just AFOLs and if so, does that make AFOLs the gamers of Toys?
>>5431866
That's because most of them are either pretty young teens who got into Bionicle in 06, or manchildren who don't necessarily understand how adults, even in the lego community, view Bionicle.
I mean we're autistic manchildren here, but I would like to think most of us are jaded enough on everything to trust our own impressions over someone who clearly doesnt give a shit about bionicle and makes astronomical assumptions like "my friend barry said something about they were simplifying the story or something so thats why these sets lack innovation" rather than someone who is actually knowledgeable about the matter being "they were likely referring to this generation versus G1 since that has been a statement they made at NYCC and this year shows absolutely no signs of lower story complexity than last year considering the introduction of more names on sets, as well as a more interesting backstory on the villain, these sets look similar to the other ones because it is using the same building system and basic aesthetic, the bestial limbs and heads are what indicate these characters as monsters rather than the hero characters."
>>5431940
Transformers has a LOT more brand recognition, though collecting them is still kind of looked down upon by most adults, people can sort of get it.
Bionicle has less brand-name recognition and automatically loses some points for being basically a spin-off of Lego, and considering it doesnt use the same building system and the AFOLs hate on it so much since it reinforces the unimaginable idea that lego is a toy for children, it is easy for one to dismiss it as some cheap garbage thrown together that nobody really cares about.
>>5431945
Bionicle is literally 15 years old though, surely views on it would've changed as nostalgia set in?
Yeah, so AFOLs are basically the gamers of toys, thanks for confirming that. I can't help but wonder how they felt about the fact Brick By Brick implied that Bionicle was actually important.
I must be the only one that likes Bionicle and dismisses everything else related to Lego.
It's not like I hate the rest, but I simply do not care.
>>5431968
I look up always on certain themes despite never buying them so there's that.
But I also would care less for some of the licensed shit and things like Creator
So there are people in the other end of spectrum too so we can't really blame him that much.
>>5431968
I'm the same. I think regular system sets are pretty over-priced for what they are, so I just ignore em.
>>5431968
You aren't the only one
>>5431968
I really like the Star Wars sets, but they expensive as fuck
>>5431968
I buy a system set once in a while just for variety, but I've never really found any of them particularly interesting. And despite the objectively worse price-per-piece, constraction sets feel way more worth their money just from the rough size of the final product.
>>5431968
Actually, replying to myself, the only things I have other than Bionicle are something like 15 lego racers sets.
>>5431993
Some people were actually disappointed in Grievious because he was too large. Like what the fuck.
>>5431968
I used to be into lego, but I really only cared about castle / fantasy sorta themes like Vikings and to a lesser extent castle, with minifigures fighting dragons or other such monsters, and also enjoyed exo-force, though sadly lego makes the most generic as fuck mechs imaginable now and sticks ninjas or knights in them instead, I really don't buy a lot of sets anymore because none of the settings or themes interest me anymore.
>>5432013
I was really into Space Police 3 at some point.¨
Despite not being a hugest fan of system I really adored the Lunar Limo. What a fantastic design.
Made a weapon out of trans neon green bones so it looks like whip. any better way to do a whip?
>>5432020
Personally I would just like to see large fantasy or sci-fi themes that rely more on the design of the sets and a gear function or two to automate some things rather than sticking wheels, stud shooters, and flick flier missiles over a couple stacked lego plates, throwing on some detachable garbage vehicles, and just having the whole thing be a big mess like lego has been doing with Ninjago, Chima, and Nexo Knights.
>>5431759
Post skeleton tits.
>really want a black or gunmetal Mask of Control out of the summer wave
>end up with a Mask of Creation recolor, 'beast mode' Mask of Control and a G2 Poisoned Hau Nuva - as well as Poisoned Mask of Ice and Mask of Earth
chalk that up as a win
>going on brickset for bionicle news
>>5432066
Made/posted this a while ago.
>>5432079
already fapping
>>5432075
dont forget a recolored umarak mask
>>5431563
the Mask of Jizz 2.0!
hopefully the 3.0 will be less a Jizz Mask and more Kopaka's Mask of Water.
>>5432076
We'd all gladly ignore brickset if any better source had news regarding this stuff. Seriously though, how are there like three diferent major Bionicle forums yet not a single person from any of them who can get into the London Toy Fair?
>>5432092
Because most Lego fans that go too that don't give a shit about Bionicle and/or couldn't take pics.
>>5432092
>being desperate enough for bionicle news to go to brickset
"we didnt have any water, all there was to drink was POISON"
>>5432037
post it. Posable whips are near impossible but horn/fang pieces can be used well, like in Umarak's antlers
>>5432092
To be fair, it's not like we would get any valuable information from non-bionicle fans about these sets that we don't already know from the prelims, we really just shouldn't bother at all.
>>5432129
>Posable whips are near impossible
>>5432041
>Nexo Knights
wanna fight about it?
>>5432159
Is there something wrong with not liking nexo knights?
>>5432163
Ask me again
>>5432086
Oh shit, I thought that was a rock underneath Ekimu's foot at first!
>>5432163
>he doesn't like 1980's cartoon toy revival: the theme
>>5432156
>revolvers for fingers
>>5430691
How is Ekimu's hammer built?
>>5432181
with urinal cakes
>>5432181
>>5432187
>>5432181
With transparent ivory.
>>5432167
To be fair I have no idea what color it is in. looks like pure gunmetal, pure black, or maybe gunmetal mixed with trans orange, it could be preliminary though, as blended parts dont really show up until much after prelims (protector masks in winter 2015, drained golden masks in summer 2015), and the part that is blended on the mask isnt blended here, and I doubt they would change around the molding process considering the relative complexity of the Umarak mask mold with the edges of the two colors being clearly defined and consistent.
>>5432171
I just think the villains look way too dorky and all the bad guy sets look kinda shit, meanwhile the good guy side is okay, but I don't really like the whole castle on treads aesthetic.
But this is completely off topic.
>>5432181
New crystal shell from beasts on the front, the black cover is one mold. Guessing it's HF paw or Ren's back cover.
>>5431419
Nobody cared who he was until he put on the mask
>New batcave
>New Quinn set
>Possible Killer Croc and Scarecrow sets
>Bionicle summer 2016
>Bionicle 2017+
What do I do.
Should I drop a series?
I love bionicle.
Should I just stop after 2017?
Should I stop collecting batman?
Should I sell my marvel sets?
>>5432238
[spoiler]There won't be any Bonkles after 2017[/spoiler]
>>5432156
>That doesn't look anything like a whip
>>5432238
Right now stars are aligning to say fuck Bionicle in regards of 2018.
Let's hope Netflix does what it does best, good original series that have wide audience.
>>5432257
I'm trying to save money.
$500 US dollars on plastic isn't my goal here
>>5432037
There's always this thing
>>5432257
If HF was objectively worse and it still got an extra wave, I wouldn't doubt Bionicle getting one too.
>>5432266
We'll see. It's just that action figures in general are not that big of interest to kids in general and they are in constant decline.
>>5432266
Don't know man... Bionicles are literally rare to find here where I live, to the point that I have to order them online, while G1 had a huge following and even a normal supermarket had a whole Bionicle subsection in the toys department.
>>5432272
if lego is dropping action figures completely then i can finally quit giving them money
>>5431439
Are these the summer releases or can we expect to see these sooner than that?
>>5432313
Summer releases. Uniters arent even out in a lot of countries yet, so you can be patient.
>>5432313
>>5432086
>>5432167
>>5432223
Look closely. The Umarak mask beneath Ekimu's foot is black which bleeds into trans orange.
The sprues 'work', but now a giant air bubble appears in the middle of the face, and I don't have any money or time to try this shit again for quite a while. I'm hoping the mold I just made is salvageable...
It'd be GREAT to not have to deal with this allergy bullshit... In all the instructional materials I've looked up, nobody mentions that anywhere! Did I win the allergy lottery for relatively obscure craft materials or something?
>>5432377
But that's just a little glow behind the mask, which IS solid black. Maybe that illustrative effect suggests that the solid color mask will be marbled in the final product?
>>5432377
>>5432389
Whichever it is, that mask is one of the most impressive / cool looking masks this gen, so getting it in another color / another blend would be greatly appreciated, if it is trans orange it would be pretty sweet, I can imagine how that would look where the trans color comes in front of the face in that little mouth damage protrusion thing, with trans orange it would be quite a cool looking sight.
>>5431563
This looks pretty cool as is,kinda like a mask that's been damaged during an intense battle.
Good work my man.
>>5432265
So I'm guessing that whip will be for bonkle porn.
>>5432265
>having two of these in black
literally the only redeeming quality of Barraki deep see patrol.
>>5431709
These look like way better concepts than what we actually got,it would have at least made them more diverse than just 4 humanoid skeletons with slight variations.
>>5431639
But does he have friends on the other side?
>>5432165
>>5432171
It just looks like every other lego theme where the whole series is just shitty vehicles instead of any kind of buildings aside from (kind of) the castle.
I'd be infinitely more into system sets if they actually made everyday buildings anymore instead of just rehashing the same city vehicles every couple of months.
>>5432257
Personally I wouldn't mind bionicle getting a break in favour of a new constraction theme, especially one managed by someone who will tap into it's full potential rather than pussyfoot and follow LEGO traditions such as the enemies being creepy crawlies (specifically spiders, scorpions and snakes), play function gimmicks, and underground/underwater/jungle year where the entire team gears up specifically for it.
The single most important thing that LEGO blantantly refuses to address is their age group. The constraction lines are aimed at teens. Teens play games with violence, swear, crave sex, prize alphaness and have the potential to grasp complex concepts. You can't just print a 12-17 on a Thomas the Engine box and expect highschoolers to buy it.
Now, I'm not saying that LEGO should make a Duke Nukem line (though I'd shower them with money if they did). They just need more complex-looking sets (piece appearance and colour distribution), better music (music that the average person could casually listen to even without knowing where it's from) and more adult imagery.
Course when I say adult imagery I don't mean strip clubs, concentration camps and onscreen killings. I mean better posing, a palette that doesn't exclude dark or vibrant colours, and more detailed environments that can set the mood for what takes place in them. And of course a more serious character/set design like in the skull squad concept art.
>>5432444
I really wish lego would branch out from everything being fucking vehicles nowadays, I know its all that sells, but considering how uncommon the structure-type sets are nowdays, when thats fundamentally what lego is best at creating, its kind of frustrating
>>5432450
Lego would never make something quite that edgy, remember they still have their whole pseudo-non-violence thing, and constraction is AIMED at younger kids, but I feel like they should change things around a bit yeah.
Bionicle as a theme is honestly pretty great in my opinion, contraction works best for robotic-looking / armored things, and bad for standard humans, as the star wars CCBS line has proved, Bionicle on it's own has plenty of potential for complexity and what have you, as G1 proved (though it kinda went overboard at the very end), a refocus on contraction to be aimed at all ages by being aimed at an older audience (younger kids will always think that whatever the teenager thinks is cool must be super cool), and not being afraid to go for some more complicated storytelling.
Half the people who owned G1 bionicles couldnt give a damn about the story, they knew that you had these good guys with elemental powers that looked cool, and you had these bad guys who also looked cool, thats all they needed to know, the story content is needed to keep people interested who want more from their figures so that they will continue to be invested in the line. I still think G2 has potential, it just needs better story presentation, which HOPEFULLY JtO will give us (though I've watched other lego series like the new nexo knights one, it's pretty cringeworthy, far more than even the 2015 animations), the problem is that unless the line gets greenlit for more years, it might be too little too late.
bow
wow
IMHO the biggest problem with Bionicle right now is the designs are getting more mature and complex, but the story is becoming more childish and simple. You can tell the designers want a really serious and mature universe but the writers want it to be as muted and "child friendly" as possible.
Built another raptor, a bit smaller this time. Did I do good?
>>5432494
>bow wow
What's with the hips?
>>5432512
BIG
ASS
post titty gali
>>5432502
To be fair, last years Toa designs were pretty childish / 'toyish' looking, and while the skeletons fixed that, their whole spooky skeleton thing felt a bit too cliche and silly to be intimidating.
The cool, complex looking characters and designs are coming forth this year, and we havent got any story material for this year yet.
>>5432508
Looks great man!
