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
No smartphone? Play the mobile game here:
http://www.lego.com/en-us/bionicle/games
Old Thread: >>5254222
LoMN > WoS > MoL
[spoiler]TLR > All[/spoiler]
Favorite Karzahni form?
His first one (black and gold) was pretty cool, but I find it was slightly cliched. His second one (green and blue) had an original and non edgy color scheme and still looked very intimidating. His third one (set form) felt half-assed to me so I never bought him.
All this because I want to build a G2 Karzahni and I really like Umarak (and he slightly reminds me of Karzahni's second form), but I don't know if I should reuse Umarak as a base for him or if I should use Umarak for something else and build a black and gold Karzahni out of scratch.
/endofblog.mkv
>>5260518
DIE
>>5260535
- >:^)
>>5260442
Yeah but it most likely wasn't rigged or fucking least it wasn't another black and red mask from BZPower.
Wonder if it will be actually molded. Would be pretty awesome if they used it as a mask for a 2017 winter bad guy/girl
Feel Free to make your own little Lava crabs,or switch out the colors and make other regional crabs! If it's enjoyed enough, I'll make another thing.
>>5260546
>mfw they choose it as the mask of ultimate power
>>5259053
Use a brick remover. Then go rework as much as possible in LDD until you get it right.
>>5260184
Hella nice. I was always afraid to use plate hinges for knees but I've stacked them for arms before. I suppose I should give it a try on my stuff.
>>5260503
He's using two per knee. It could work, maybe he could open the joints and use Pledge if he were desperate.
>>5260578
I wouldn't mind that. It looks like it belongs to an high tier villain, not some mook.
It needs the six Avokhii-like spikes, though.
>>5260513
Is pic related something you can buy as is? Or can you build it with a single bonkle fig by excluding and rearranging pieces? Or does it require many sets?
>>5260617
>Is pic related something you can buy as is?
No
>Or can you build it with a single bonkle fig by excluding and rearranging pieces?
No
>Or does it require many sets?
Yes, you need 8991, 8998 and 8940
>>5260584
>He's using two per knee. It could work
Yes it could. The joint strength of hinge plates seems to wildly vary from piece-to-piece. So with 4 really strong joints it could be viable. Still though, it's not a connection I'd personally use for anything other than elbows.
>>5260673
>not knowing based slizers
>>5260442
It was a life-sized mask competition. Of course the prize wouldn't go to a poorfag with a small selection of pieces or with little more than basic system elements.
Normally, I'd call this LEGO rewarding it's loyal customers, but there were many great and expensive builds that ate shit and nothing more. I don't know the winners and I've no grudge with them, but I don't think they deserved first place. Also, I thought colabs and team efforts weren't allowed.
>>5260584
Any advice for keeping the shoulder pads on the legs and making a skirt?
>>5260573
thanks bro
>>5260722
You know Bricklink? Use that.
Look at other MOCs with skirts. Take inspiration.
If you do use LDD keep Bricklink open both to catalog what you'll want to buy and to check that the parts you're trying to use exist in the colors you're using.
>>5260521
holy kek
this doesn't look like a standard mata torso
what is it /biog/
just got the new club mag in cali
welp, that's a wrap!
https://youtu.be/6QI-6OBs6rc
Not mine, but neat
>>5260894
I find that every bit of Bionicle G2 art outside of the animations, be it stuff like this or just concept art, just looks really really good. Wish we could have more art like this of various places and things.
>>5260894
The winning mask reminds me of a mix of the Daedric and Falmer Heavy helmets in Skyrim, though the physical thing does look pretty fucking neato. Looked through the winner's gallery of Lego stuff and they even have a fucking Bane mask
Third-place looks like some kind of mask you'd put on a furry bonkle if those are meant to be ears
Rate fisherman Koroki.
And lava krab thing.
Constructive feedback is very helpful.
More pics can be provided if needed.
>>5260955
Lava Crab needs more red.
>>5260971
???
>>5260955
Love the crab. Have you tried giving Koroki the trans red g2 hau? The protector mask makes his head look too tall, I think
>>5261003
I would if I had one, I'm a bit cheap in terms of paying five dolllars for a mask and a map, I'll be getting it soon anyways, when I have money to spare.
Sometimes I get all feely over how far this whole thing has came. The hype of last summer was amazing when this picture first surfaced. No one knows how long this reboot will last, but I hope they give it a proper send off. Going out as hype as it came in would be divine.
>tfw I'm excited for new sets but not even a fraction as excited as I was about the first wave
>>5260997
Looks better, but you may wanna change the rock part into the one with lava streaking in it.
>>5261016
>I hope they give it a proper send off
They already wasted a great opportunity with the GLORIOUS SKULL SQUAD GATTAI so I wouldn't get my expectations too high
Been out since the first week of October, what did I miss?
>>5261040
I just want a good final battle in the form of sets. It's not gonna take a whole lot to top the "finale" that was STARs.
>>5260521
Jesus christ my old art is cringy
>>5261094
I still wish we could have gotten a set form of the giant Mata Nui robot.
>>5261110
Jesus christ I'm cringy
>>5261111
What are you talking about?
We did :^)
>>5261111
well, I mean, it's technically supposed to look like a big grey unspecified mata build, so I guess in theory you could technically make it, but it'd be tiny and hideous
>>5261016
>2017 Rolls Around
>We all wait for leaks
>6 sets
>Chibi Tahu, Chibi Ekimu, Chibi Makuta, Chibi Skull Basher, Chibi 2017 Winter Villian
>>5261222
Would be the first time in G2 when hero sets have a lower rank.
I'm sorry, but I need to get this off my chest somewhere.
I FUCKING HATE BZPOWER. The elitism is thick enough to cut with a butter knife, and the amount of ignorance paired with their shitty pointless leak policy is suffocating. I can't lurk there for more than five minutes without experiencing an insufferable urge to stick my head in a blender.
That is all.
>>5261266
Umm... everyone here hates BZPower, I don't know why you have to get it off your chest.
That is like a child saying they don't like broccoli.
>>5261272
That's why I came here to say it. I know I'm not bringing news to anyone, I just needed to vent for a moment.
Was Armchair's Kopaka 2016 description posted here yet?
>>5261311
Multiple times. Post it again anyways.
Those silver or white metal things from years ago still floating around? Or does no one really care about them?
>>5261313
>Kopaka has Earth Blue (Metru Blue) lower arms. This is the first time CCBS shells have appeared in that color.
>Kopaka's sword uses what looks like the same hilt piece used for Kylo Ren's lightsaber, but with System "longhorn steer" horns instead of the 3.2 mm bars.
>In case anyone still isn't aware, Kopaka and his creature will be packaged as a larger combo set, rather than individually.
>>5261311
It was his brother.that posted it.
>>5260744
A. That's a damn good build.
B. What a cutie.
>>5260894
is that a cup of coffee and a donut?
>>5261674
Well marshmellows are already confirmed for okotoverse, so why not?
>>5261674
Is it that farfetched?
I'll gladly take this over genwun where the people were too dumb to invent wheels and paper
>>5261710
>too dumb to invent wheels
>what are the 2010 vehicles
>>5261720
>2010 vehicles
...you mean Hero Factory?
>>5261722
Not MU
>>5261723
Destral Cycle?
>>5261720
>greg says wheels arent canon
>still have tarakava
>manas
>umbra
>pulleys in cable cars from mnog
man, this always pissed me off way more than the “love isnt canon” thing
>>5261720
>>5261727
To be fair, tires on wheels were not invented in the MU. Plus, the 09 vehicles were Glatorian technology.
>they were even too stupid to make papyrus
Now THAT grinded my gears. I hope that if the Toa go dungeon crawling in 2017 they get proper maps and not stone tablets they need to lug around.
>>5261757
>yfw its a Mask Map made by Ekimu
>>5261757
>09 vehicles were Glatorian technology.
This actually bothers me as well.
At the start, Bara Magna was shown as wasteland where biggest technological advancements were fruit slingshots.
Then all of a sudden Mad Max. If Greg bothered to foreshadow it, just a little, I wouldn't be so mad. They just popped out of fucking nowhere
>>5261761
Honestly, yeah. I blame the 08 vehicle hype leaking into the new wave.
Although, if you think of Bara Manga as post apocalyptic, the fact that they have to resort to super primitive weapons because of ammo shortages but they still have cars lying around, it's not that far fetched.
I just wish that the vehicles were more important, and we got a society where everyone settled shit through death races as opposed to gladiator matches.
Imagine if playsets came back with a set that had Tuma riding a huge oil tanker and his Skrall riding little motorcycles.
>>5260673
>not remembering throwbots
>>5261772
They're called Slizers you damn burger.
>>5261772
Planets or Planet?
>>5261777
Even though super clean biomes are corny as fuck, /nospoiler/G2/nospoiler/ I love em. The thought of a region of volcanoes instantly ending into the ocean through a dropoff as far as the eye can see just seems so visually abstract and awesome.
>>5261772
It kills me that in official art, they fuckef up two faces and one disc
>>5261772
There was no winners in Slizers story line. That's why they ended it so abruptly.
The planet imploded, killing everyone. Bit too dark for kids, and stalemate endings are boring
But then again, they more or less killed off the other four original ones, so I don't know
>>5261757
Speaking of which, where is 2016 going to take place I wonder?
I imagine each Creature is found on its elemental region, but once they and their Toa are together the story has to shift location, like this year.
And surely next year is going to reveal something about Makuta given his mask is the focus.
Are the Toa going to visit where the Great Cataclysm took place? Are they returning to the Ancient City? And is Umarak's box art part of the Jungle Region or is it something else entirely?
>>5261781
Here's the full planet.
It's interesting to see that they tried some minor blending. There's a river going from one to another, the lava is leaking to either side, small part of the city is frozen. ..
>>5261842
Probably some ancient jungle next to the city.
>>5261842
>>5261848
Bitch we headed to Mata Nui
>>5261775
>yurotrash pls leave
>>5261853
>>5261842
I actually hope we do go to a new island that the MoUP rocketed off to, but I honestly don't want it to be Mata Nui. Something similar to the finger islands, just some small barely habitable hunks of rock would be pretty cool.
I'm betting the MoCr is located in a former lair of Makuta's, maybe we'll see more of his backstory through relics and why he loathed his brother so much.
Does anyone have the pictures of Gali with Jango armour?
>>5261878
I cant wait to give 2016 Gali Cody's armor.
>>5261879
Big orange butt?
>>5260521
Although it was an awkward set, I quite liked his broadness and the head they created out of Pridak's feet. So I'm gonna say that.
Also, I hated that his mask was retconned into being an ordinary mask that just happened to look like 4 different ones fused together. Would have been cool if it had 4 different mask powers, but they worked slightly erratically and malfunctioned every so often. Would highlight the fact that he's a fuckup craftsman compared to his rival, Artahka.
>>5261917
As a set, Karzahni is mediocre at best.
As a parts bin, he's excellent
>>5261110
I disagree, I think it looks great.
>>5261903
I was thinking hips. That build leaves the front of the legs exposed.
>>5261961
>green Vakama Hordika head
>Metru blue Ruru
As mediocre as they were, the option of a green Vakama Hordika was always cool to me.
>>5261978
I know. I was just messing with what I had.
Once I actually have Gali, I try to do it properly
>>5261772
Come to think of it, I once tried to recreate them in LDD with CCBS parts.
>>5260513
movie-accurate sets make me hard
Well, all except Millenium.
>>5262040
>trans purple bones
And I'm having a boner again. Fucking great
>>5262038
Actually no but I kinda doubt that there's still enough nostalgia or popularity behind them to be lucrative enough for LEGO.
>>5262036
Sets? So Glatorian, Hero Factory and G2?
>>5261111
If you want, I think it wouldn't be too hard to reproduce the MU I did years ago, and easily improve it, also.
I got a brand new in box electro slizer for $10 canadian yesterday!
found a guy in my city who has hundreds of old new and used sets for sale. has specific bricks he can get me too. like every lego series ever including bionicles
thinking about trading my bnib roodaka for bnib nui rama and my bnib keetongu for an exo toa
>>5262030
>>5262033
I really like how you did Energy and City, they do look really good. We also worked with a friend years ago with the idea of re-imagining every slizer, and I was pretty happy about how it turned out.
>>5261266
Pretty sure most people already got sick of BZPower over a decade ago.
>>5262033
>>5262221
>tfw torch's head is still on his crotch
Aw man, this brings back memories.
>>5262223
>Inika are decade old next year
Where the fuck did time go? I remember it like yesterday. Going to Legoland for the first (and also last) time, seeing all the cool Lego shit, and then going to the store and seeing these big and bulky Toa with all too familiar names. Holy shit the weapons light up and they have multishot launchers and weird masks.
It was the first time I ever saw those. Needless to say I almost shat my pants and got Nuparu.
Holy shit,Elmer Fudd actually put in positives and isn't whining about the Twans Neon Owenge
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Hg1j2kquFTE
>>5262293
>Riaso
>Actually legit complaints
Now just if he could get the production quality right this would be almost tolerable.
>>5262282
It wouldn't be Fire (I'm Europoor, so the line was Slizers to me, though Torch is a pretty great name) without the crotch-head. Also, city and Rock transforms, and Millenium can go from a canister sized dude + (very shitty) motorcycle to a pretty decent titan as a hommage to the original set.
>>5262293
>using Jang's footage
>>5262301
Too bad fuel tanks and concepts like torch like are beat to death.
>>5262304
While you're right, They are really well done by lego, most of the time, I feel. Just look at Toxic Reapa, which is one of the very best HF sets in my opinion.
>>5262293
looks like sonicfag robotknok caps-locked some sense into him.
>>5262221
More pics are a must
>>5262315
Who do you want to see ? I have a gallery handy for everyone.
>>5262293
>Infect
>>5262347
ASIAN EKIMAU KKKRONICLES 2.0 SEXY GO GO FUN TIME
>>5260997
Twoo much twanswuscent neon owange
Hopefully the new crotch piece has two peg holes.
Kill me.
>>5262394
Do it yourself, you lazy sack of shit.
>>5262407
Mcfucking kill yourself, tripfaggot
>>5262394
Thanks for reminding me that they are less than two months form launch and we have no official pics.
allright guys, ive been theorising this for a while now: The mask of ultimate power is actually a variation of the mask of light. Now i know what you are thinking: but the mask of light isnt black red and evil, well no but thats just a ruse to throw us off. when the destined person puts it on it will become golden like the original and with shadow being introduced as an element next year light is probably up next
>>5262417
It would be prety awesome if Makuta summons some shadowy spectres in 2017
>>5262412
That's where you're wrong, buddy boy.
Lego magazine has this.
>>5262433
The designer team didn't even know this was in the magazine until Armchair and his friends told them about it in the Brickfair :D
>>5262426
i think 2017 might hold some big reveal
>>5262439
>G2 takes place DURING G1
>The two storylines never cross because they take place on opposite sides of Aqua Magna
>Okoto is Mata Nui's butthole
>MFW
>>5262394
...why? Isnt a january relese a good thong?
>>5262457
It's two months.
And about one if you are lucky enough.
>>5262457
After Xmas.
No hopes of freebies from legobro.
>>5262320
Millenia and Blaster in particular, always loved those two and it looks like you did them plenty of justice.
>>5262433
anyone have full scans of english magz?
>>5262489
http://catalogs.lego.com/Club/us/2015/NovDec/RedBrickNovDec2015/
>>5262493
thank you
>>5261853
Man, a head on view of Tahu's mask combined with the creatures looks awesome. Pretty sweet tribal headdress look.
>>5261863
This island seems the most appropriate. It's between the two regions and distant enough from both and there's a visible structure. Due to it's location it can't be counted as part of either fire or jungle.
>>5262457
Really? You have to ask that? December release, fucking Christmas, Lego's sales would be much better if they'd release the new sets for Christmas, I already heard the Star Wars sets are going to be in shortage for January anyways.
>>5262485
Here is millenia, mostly done by my friend, with a link to the gallery. I remember helping on the legs and feet, but that's it.
http://www.brickshelf.com/cgi-bin/gallery.cgi?f=451548
>>5262485
Here is Millenia in his basic form, without the motorcycle because... yeah, it's pretty darn horrible.
>>5262485
here is the bike in its worst angle, and you never wanted to see that, but sadly you didn't have the choice.
>>5262485
And here is the titan mode, with a link to the gallery !
http://www.brickshelf.com/cgi-bin/gallery.cgi?f=464550
>>5262536
>>5262540
>>5262545
Glorious! I love me a good Combiner, and Millenium was a real favourite of mine as a kid. Kudos to you good anon.
Kokori anon here again, I've been questioning if my fisherman should have some sort of weapon, or just stay with the fishing pole, I've experimented for awhile, and asked around, so now I ask you all, /Biog/, should the fisherman be armed? Or is the fishing pole enough?
>>5262642
A knife should be fine.
>>5262642
Forgot picture, fuckin' hell.
>>5262566
>>5262569
>>5262574
Thank you very much, even thought I'm not quite happy with the bike. Maybe one day I'll try to work on it again, I really liked this project.
>>5262575
Thanks, I don't have a flickr, but I do want to make one, so I'll post it here if I do. Use the design if you want, I don't mind it, I didn't even use it since Millenium. Here is another creation of mine you probably have already seen here.
>>5262667
Wish I had a boxor claw, I'll pick one up and give it a try with my next order off bricklink.
>>5262647
Big knife or little knife? More like a machete?
Little knife suits him perfectly, though.
>>5262680
The minifigure blade is pretty much perfect for a fisherman, so go with that !
>>5262685
>>5262682
Knife it is! Perfect for gutting fish, and cracking open the hard Lava Crab shells.
>>5262700
>cracking open the hard Lava Crab shells.
>>5262642
knife made of fish
>>5262394
Toys R Us and maybe the Lego Store will get them early December.
[toyler]In the UK.[/toyler]
>>5262712
why did my image flip, this sucks
>>5261759
You mean a map mask. Like, Ekimu wanted to sketch a map, but he didn't have a napkin handy, so he made a mask and scratched the map on it with a nail one quiet morning. Then the Mask Burglar broke into his forge and coincidentially stole this mask out of all the others. The toa must find the Mask Burglar and pry the mask off his face. Even though, you know, Ekimu could make another, or carve the map on a tablet that the Mask Burglar wouldn't be intrested in in the first place.
>>5261761
Greg made the story as he went. That is as he went to the company meetings.
>>5262708
Tasty.
>>5261757
It'd be cool if at the end of the 2016 story, they try to fight Makuta and fail like in 2001. It probably won't happen and it'd make the Toa look like pure shit after getting wrecked by skellygrind this year.
why does lego not want my bionicle christmas money?
>>5262801
Fear not, stores will probably have the 2016 bonkles out by Christmas Eve. And I doubt Disney will care much about the Force Awakens sets since the movie will be out by then.
>>5262293
Stop posting this guy's videos. No one cares that you hate him.
>>5262999
Trips confirms nobody cares.
>>5263000
If you wanted to clue him, you would have done it already.
Plus, you've been posting the same pictures for a few weeks
>>5263005
An empty boy spewing empty threats, begging for attention. It's pretty pathetic really.
>>5263005
Tbh I did lie, I'd never glue jala.
I just wanted a picture to go with my empty comment.
Are there any decent bonkles fancomics? as in not sprite shit.
>>5263000
trips confrim
>>5263000
Trips confirms that trips confirm that nobody cares.
>>5263000
>>5263015
>>5263028
I didn't trips
>>5262293
That reminds me, I'm still missing: Skull Scorpio, LOSS, Skullbasher, and Skull Warrior. Should I grab the last 4?
>>5263083
I don't own any of those, but Warrior seems like the only one that's really worth it and Scorpio being the worst.
>>5263088
I always thought Warrior was the most mediocre of the Boneheads of Voodoo Island.
>>5263083
>Skull Scorpio
Only good if you plan on actually giving him proper legs.
>Skull Warrior
If you like Pohatu, you'll definitely like Skull Warrior.
>LOSS
Surprisingly neat, imo.
>Skull Basher
He's okay.
>>5262734
Rip in piece. You were nice, but you were just a crab.
>>5262734
>>5263083
Warrior and Basher are cool. Tim Buckley is okay. Scorpio only if you really want to
>>5261266
>tfw I somehow became friends with 2 of the mods and still play xbox with them almost daily
>tfw they shit on BZP just as much as I do and just pray that B6 never contacts them again
I remember talking to them on the chat one time and one of them went to BZP just for laughs and was like "Oh shit, (insert B6's name here)'s on! I can't let him see that I'm on or he'll endlessly message me to do things!"
>>5263064
What about those trips in the first post? Dumb Kopakaposter
CLEAR PICS WHEN?
GOD DAMMIT
>>5263000
>GLUING ME WON'T WAKE UP YOUR GODDAMN SPIRIT
>>5263550
When the time is right, the potential gels, and the Vitreum clouds to reality, then gib shall lead to plox and TLG will Deliver.
Only then will When become Now.
>>5262303
we should tell him
>>5263486
At least he didn't slip.
>>5262378
Walter, what have I told you about posting on 4chan?
Hey folks, I have some new heresy for you. Still not 100% finished, but what do you think so far?
Sorry for the bad quality, phone can't handle the light.
>>5264036
Calm down Anon, that's...that's a bit much, do you need to lie down?
>>5264036
yknow, it doesn't look awful. The kopaka eye is integrated well, and the connections for the pohatu flanges are smooth. But the gold looks kind of chunky--although its tough to tell with such a poor quality photo. But the general positioning of the additional parts looks--not sloppy, because you've obviously put a lot of effort into getting them symmetrical--kind of thoughtless? The pohatu parts stick out too far, I think, making it more obvious that they've been added it. Still, this is easily the best-done heresy I've seen.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uEfjOya55_s
But he didn't slip, at least.
>>5264073
Would be great if the chest armor and lower armshells wouldn't been reversed.
>>5264083
>Would be great if the chest armor and lower armshells wouldn't been reversed.
Forearm shells are supposed to be like that. It's the upper arms' armor add-on that's reversed.
>>5264073
i want this to be kopakas voice in the new series
>>5264086
>chest and torso armor are a one piece from now on so people with downs don't fuck it up
>>5264096
Personally, I kinda like Steve Blum voicing Kopaka.
You know, I'm surprised that no one has bothered to create living versions of the skullfuckers so far.
Here's my attempt at Slicer.
>>5264127
Very clever anon, good job
It's good to be the arena champion.
https://youtu.be/uEfjOya55_s
>those upside down chest and arm armor pieces
>>5264166
>fat and green
But on the other hand, he has his own line of action figures!
>>5264148
a pen as big as his ego
>>5264190
does it have a gearbox?
>>5264198
Of course!
>>5264036
I love the assembly, but hate the paint.
Anyone remember the little cd-roms that came with the toa-nuva and bohrok-Kal ?
Turns out after some digging , my sister still had all the cd-roms
Oh sweet jesus the nostalgia
what do I get Skull Basher and Skull Warrior or Mask Maker vs Skull Grinder?
>>5264213
I once tried to run those, but I was dumb 9 year old who didn't know much English, abd our computer was a toaster back then.
Didn't get too much out of them
>>5264213
I still have one or two of those mini discs around, mine was Lehvak-kal and something else, I can't recall.
Finally "finished" a moc I've been working on for weeks, will deliver pics later. I've got exams today.
>inb4 why post without pics
>it's because I've been up for 14 hours, strung out on amphetamines, and I'll forget otherwise.
>>5260997
>self-roasting crab
I approve of this.
>>5264213
Back before I could go on the net, these were the shit when it came to getting info.
Although it confused the fuck out of me when the narrator mentioned the Bahrag, 'cause I didn't know what the name referred to. I thought he just mispronounced Bohrok.
(1/2)
I've got an interesting theory about the 2016 storyline. It gets weird, but bear with me.
Here's the key support:
>the theme for 2016 is "Unity"
Just like 2015's was "Duty," and 2017's will probably be "Destiny."
>The overall g2 storyline seems to mirror the g1 storyline
ie. they Toa arrive, have a villager meet-n-greet, go mask-hunting, get masks, and so on.
>G2's writers have a boner for Golden Age adventure fiction
Especially Burroughs. Dudes arrive in a mysterious location, find they have powers that set them apart from the natives, and go do the Thing of Destiny. The imagery is laden with stuff like planets visible in the night sky, ancient civilizations, skeleton/creepy monster fighting, ARENAS, etc. The fast-paced writing with an emphasis on "what happens" rather than "who it happens to" and somewhat florid prose are a bit more tenuous, but still there.
>Final line of 2015's animations is "their true fate was still waiting deep inside the darkness."
The diction used hints that this may not be a metaphorical darkness they're talking about (were that the case one might expect it to go along the lines of "their fate still lay hidden within/by the darkness.")
>2016's focus is on taming strange monsters in a new location with new enemies
>Umarak's BG shows lush forest backed by a massive, arching wall.
>Netflix series is entitled "JOURNEY to One"
If the G2 storyline truly mirrors that of G1's (albeit sped up), then the Toa are going somewhere new for 2016.
Most people assume that this means the Toa are traveling to a new island, or exploring the Ancient City, but I don't necessarily believe that to be the case.
Firstly, the Ancient City was pretty much played-out in the Skelly Saga. The Toa traveled all through that sumbitch and, frankly, it was pretty damn boring.
Secondly, I don't think that we really want the Toa to go to a new island. Think about it: remember how disappointed you were when G2's setting wasn't Mata Nui? (cont.)
>>5264277
(2/2) (cont.)
>remember how disappointed you were when G2's setting wasn't Mata Nui?
I'll bet my bottom dollar that the devs do, too. The Toa to traveling to a new island, and having that island NOT be Mata Nui for the second time would just be rehashing that late-2014 disappointment. Too much baggage.
However, to reiterate, the story's gotta move somewhere new to stay fresh.
So, if they can't cross the sea, and there's nowhere new on Okoto to explore, where the hell can they go? What location would have everything we've seen so far of 2016 -- strange landscapes, weird creatures, savage hunters, primeval jungle, where the ballgame really changes?
How about THE CENTER OF THE GODDAMNED PLANET?! (kinda.)
Remember that G2 draws a lot of influence from classic Adventure Pulp. What four settings are archetypal of that genre?
>Alternate Past/Magical World
That's default Bionicle
>Mysterious Island
Again, the default for Bionicle, and already done
>Other Planet
Future possibility, but not hinted at
>Subterranean Deathworld
Fucking bullseye.
Ekimu arms the Toa with new gear, and they set off from the Ancient City of the surface-world, through G2's equivalent of Mangaia (the Forge), and enter a primeval wilderness below the surface of the island.
This mirrors and INVERTS the progression of G1, gives us a new (and interesting) setting, opens up imaginative possibilities for the IP, ups the stakes, has a literal century of royalty-free inspiration to draw from, and (most importantly) is sick as everlasting fuck.
Ladies and gentlemen, put on your pith helmets and fire up the Iron Mole. We're going to Pellucidar.
It sucks that the bonkles can't do proper blowjobs.
>>5264277
>>5264298
I really wonder how 2017 will be design- and function-wise.
Everything we've seen of the Toa so far has been a nod to the original sets, only much more refined and improved.
2015
- gear function for the arms that isn't loose as shit
- dual function weapons
- design elements of the Mata, Nuva and even Mistika/Phantoka
2016
- Rahkshi swivel action
- vastly improved Phantoka combining function
- Nuva symbols
- probably a seventh golden Toa on the horizon with Ekimu
>>5264321
It's more how makuta works.
>>5264321
They most likely are keeping the new hip piece as standard because the gear is molded into the upper part.
>>5264148
"What? Another "big" star playing at the Arena again? Huh, you'd think Okoto had enough Hammer Flush champions, and after Basher bit the dust, you'd doubt anyone would want to even watch the game."
>>5264277
>>5264298
>1910's pulp-fiction Toa
Fucking DECENT.
Someone resurrect Edgar Rice Burroughs so he can write this shit cuz I want it NOW.
>>5260513
when are we getting new books /biog/
>>5264453
Book 2: Revenge of the Skull Spiders comes out on the 29th of December.
>>5264453
Are the books worth reading? Didn't know they wrote any yet.
>>5264474
First half of book 1 is fine, some worldbuilding, names the protectors, etc. Second half is literally just the animations in text form, and suffers for it. Since RotSS wont be based on animations, I have higher hopes for it.
>>5261710
>paper
Wait, Lhikan gave Vakama and co. paper maps didn't he?
Is that also non-canon like those pieces of paper strewn about the place in MNOG II?
>>5264627
Nah, that's parchment.
>>5264637
What was keeping them from writing on those instead of carving onto rocks?
>>5264673
It rots.
>>5264677
...I never thought of that...fuck, it makes sense...
Like, Matoran live for thousands of years and are stronger than humans, so why bother with a recording medium that rots when you have perfectly good rocks laying about?
>>5264677
Still, what was the point of the "don't know what paper is" rule if they had something that was almost the same thing, just didn't use it as much?
Same BS as the "don't use wheels" thing even though they have round gears stuck on everything.
/biog/, how the fuck do I l2 organize/display bonkles?
>>5264721
Buy another shelf dedicated to only toys.
>>5264721
enjoy your dust
>>5264733
He has a Swiffer, though.
>>5264709
But they do write stuff on parchment and cloth, yet the characters are baffled when they discover paper, which is almost the same thing, with writing on it.
>>5264745
Because parchment and cloth come from animals and paper comes from plants.
>>5264721
>Someone actually keeps the skullminion I made as a fake polybag still intact
I never want to leave you guys.
Hey, /biog/. I'm thinking about bulking up my Basher, and I was wondering if I should keep the purple horns to match his spikes or replace the horns with its boney counterparts. Thoughts?
any idea how to build /biog/
>>5264817
as much as I like the leg design on that MOC I fucking hate the heresy to attach the feet when literally tons of legal ways to do so.
If you are asking how to build it, legs and arms are really straightforward, body is an inika torso with a Rahkshi upper body piece stuck on with technic or something, its construction should be fairly obvious.
>>5264817
probably with lego bionicle and lego technic products
>>5264298
I'm OK with this. Very, VERY Ok with this.
"Are they really so careless...?"
"To kill such a mighty creature, and not claim the prize?"
"Who in their right mind would leave behind such a priceless object?"
"With the power to control an entire species...I could use it...bring it back to the village...and...and..-"
"And destroy them all."
