'Got some defects in a poly bag from Om3g4sKanohiForge today. Some of them are in pretty good shape on the outside to the point where they barely look like defects. I want to use them, especially the pink and the chrome on. Just have to think of a colour scheme that'd look good since there's no official Bionicle pieces in those colours.';

'undefined';

'>>10926195
What's this from?';

'>>10926233
Le-Koro.';

'>>10926256
GEE. THANKS.';

'>>10925895
What the fuck is with that Rau?';

'>>10926233
It's just a jpeg cooked up by 1 of the many people on /biog/. And this here is the mask I'm going to use for my Tahu. Mask comes from Exota Forge.';

'I know there's always been talk about 'The Dream', but has anyone actually experienced it? Like, we're all seen Bionicles for say in small stores at some point, but it's always guys who know the real price of those things sealed so they're 300 dollars for a Mint Toa Nuva or something stupid. Surely someone's come across a store where they're just selling bionicles RSP, right?';

'>>10926454
In the present day? No way. I think you're underestimating how long ago 20+ years is. A lot of the stores that sold Bonks back in the day probably aren't even open anymore. My local TRU was nuked several times over between then and now.';

'>>10926454
I had a dream i was in a dollar store and there was an aisle with a bunch of Titan sets but none of them looked like the actual sets';

'>>10926454
Last time I had "the dream", all the Bionicle sets in the store were bootlegs.';

'>>10925895
the grey aki could make for a solid proto toa moc. that rua at best could make for some edgelord villain moc.';

'>>10926454
whenever I get the dream I see a display just like that photo but all the sets are in deep discount. either that or I discover some of the sets offered are completely new and unknown to anyone online. Like I discovered a stash of secret sets nobody knew about.';

'>>10926421
Well the yellow Rau is broken along the top which gives it an odd unfinished profile. And then the colouring around the mouth wasn't even, leaving grey spots.';

'>>10926891
Our struggle is one in the same, none of us will ever be able to again.';

'>>10926454
>All those 2004 canister and titan sets
>Makuta and takanuva
>Knights fucking kingdom on the shelves
Take me back';

'>>10926454
someone found a bunch of sealed matoran at some shop somewhere in africa';

'>>10927485
We all knew that Africa was rich in resources but, by God, this is reality-shattering.';

'>>10926427
That looks like shit. Why do all oc donut steel masks have that same exact cheap knock-off vibe, anyway? My personal theory is that it's to do with the shape of the eye and scalp holes.
>Captcha: W4RRR';

'>>10927736
It's really hard to nail the specific design language.';

'undefined';

'>>10925705
look like gay space marines';

'>>10927736
With wicked forearm pieces like this I cannot complain.';

'>>10928688
Not bad, thematically consistent at least. This, I assume, is meant to hold a socket piece perpendicularly?';

'>>10929087
It is a forearm, you but the ball joint on it and 1 these puppies, only not transparent blue. Picture here is of the upper arm.';

'>>10929127
My way seems more sensible desu';

'>>10926454
I don't often have dreams about toy shopping anymore. When I did it was usually finding an obscure little shop that just so happens to still have a stock of old Space sets, Ice Planet and the like. These days "the dream" is mostly focused on my own collection, finding MOCs or half-finished projects I "forgot" about, which often are Bionicle. I got some good inspiration for a custom Toa that way.';

'>>10927485
well fuck, time to become a modern day explorer then';

'>>10927485
I'll take 5 of each.';

'>>10926975
>bootlegs
hell i would be happy for that, might get some new colored parts.';

'>>10927319
We need to go back. Look at this picture, the Whenua canisters. They are vibrant and nice looking.';

'>>10930094
>tops of the lid combine as a play feature
we really didnt deserve them, they went all out for us. i remember having the toa mata when i was young and i was retarded and threw the canisters out not realizing they were part of the plot somehow.';

'>>10930110
Oh wow! A spoiled trust fund kid get whatever he wants!';

'>>10927485
>Colonialism 2: Electric Boogaloo';

'>>10930113
I always thought he was a trust fund kid because he's so young and has so much shit, a lot of which there's no possible way he could have acquired without paying out the ass. But is there any evidence? I would love to be able to back my claims whenever I shit talk him';

'>>10930110
>>10930113
i dont really get it when people have that level of consumerism but im happy for them they have a hobby or whatever they presumably enjoy. at a certain point it just reassembles hoarding which is why i got rid of a lot of my stuff over the years and narrowed my focus to just a franchises i like. if it gets to the point it doesnt look good anymore to display it i dont see the point.';

'>>10925705
I still have this one his bike and the big guy that comes with him at my parents. Also most of the first gen ones and all of the third gen ones.';

'>>10930839
I just noticed he's a bit different. I ment this one. That came out with the first movie.';

'>>10930839
This revamp is pretty good but there's a lot of faith in that upper arm connection.';

'>>10926454
Closest thing I can think of is maybe half a decade ago in a Japanese grocery store in California I found these. They had Bohrok Va too. Insane to find not just G1 stuff but all the way from the OG line. For some reason I didn't buy any. Retard moment.
I guess these were the only bonkles ever released in Japan with Japanese boxes under Kabaya.';

'My Turaga kabaya collection has arrived!! Time to build the combiner!';

'>>10931712
Here it is. Turaga Kaita "Alpha". This is the main combiner. This set also has two alt builds that I'm going to show off soon.';

'>>10931719
Here's the first alt build, Turaga Kaita "Beta".
This is my least favorite build, so the title of Beta for this set is fitting.';

'>>10931727
And finally here is the second alt build, Turaga Kaita "Gamma". This is my favorite out of all three, so I'm keeping this one on display.';

'The seller I bought the Kaita set from also threw in this as a free bonus. Looks like my Bionicle collection is tainted with a shitty G2 set now.
At least I got it for free.';

'>>10931740
Give/sell it to someone who will enjoy it. Ekimu's bird is one some will surely be excited to get.';

'Fellas, where do you get your 3D printed masks from? Been trying to get back into the MOCing game and I keep seeing sweet new masks. I dont have any local library or makerspaces thatll let me print them out myself';

'>>10931820
I get my custom masks on shapeways.';

'Got a cheeky pickup the other day.

I'll probably just sit on it.';

'>>10927485
Buy them all. It is your destiny.';

'https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jcynclXd5BQ
what the fuck';

'who are the best resin mask stores? seems like a lot of them never send orders or take a long long long time like a year fro what i read';

'>>10933011
Slizer bros, this can't be happening....';

'>>10927485
this is like the modern day nerd equivalent of digging up a cache of buried gold doubloons';

'>>10926454
>pic
fuck, I miss when bionicle dominated the lego aisle, sometimes even the whole toy department. big displays/signs, shelf upon shelf of figures and sets.
it really was on top for a while';

'>>10933011
How could this happen to me? I made my mistakes.';

'>>10933222
Witnessed';

'>>10933011
Who's this? What's the lore?';

'undefined';

'>>10934163
I feel like the parts for the Toa Mata and the Nuva were extremely versatile, despite being specialized pieces. Especially the weapons. It's no surprise they were so commonly reused even outside of Bionicle up until 2010.';

'>>10933019
resin cast or resin print? DriftingFarandWide and buryumocs is not bad for prints and NatesMaskShoppe and Om3g4sKanohiForge do casts';

'>>10931824
Shapeways is fucking dogshite';

'>>10925705
Hey, China. Make more bionicle mask recolors, plox.';

'>>10933011
Soul';

'i don't think 2025 is happening guys....';

'>>10935902
What makes you think that?';

'>>10935902
Hold on to hope!';

'>>10934337
I liked seeing them in alpha team';

'>>10935942
>>10935974
Competency crisis. Too many lego sets come in box with broken and missing pieces. Story is too dumbed down so Lego can be universal ‘enjoyed’. (gen alpha and zoomers are retarded t. Zoomer btw).

Lego will never try anything new again and despite what doomfags are saying, Lego is doing just fine.';

'undefined';

'>>10936058
i just want a new constraction line of anykind. those brickbuilt guys they're putting out now dont scratch the itch for me and frankly im growing more and more tempted to get back into the old stuff after giving up my collection in high school like a moron.';

'>>10932342
Nice find. Always get something cool and cheap in vinnies about once every ten times I go';

'Bionicle could’ve been it’s own company

https://youtu.be/v070gPXTYYc?si=eWPlBhsxPP2iUo2U';

'>>10936605
>Bionicle at its peak would benefit breaking away from Lego and its restrictions
>Lego: We’ll think about it
>2008, sales start to drop because Lego keeps meddling with the Bionicle team (this only applies to original ip themes, licenceshit can operate without following Lego’s moral code)
>Lego: See, it would have never worked tee hee

Worst timeline.';

'>>10936605
It wouldn't have just been Bionicle, but other constraction as well, new stories, themes, etc. I assume it'd have still been a subsidiary of Lego, but it would have certainly been an interesting choice. They could have technically split along with Technic since they're such different building experiences. No reason Lego couldn't still use Technic pieces, I assume if they were still a part of the company.';

'>>10936605
its frustrating looking back on it all. from the start it seemed like bionicle was the red headed step child of the company. they embraced it only when it made money and rejected it the moment it didnt. I really wish we had more concrete sales figures to know just how bad the decline of sales had become. these days I suspect the abscence of tie in films for everything post hordika up until the mistika is responsible for the brand's initial demise. hero factory clearly aimed to fix that which explains why that theme got so much more media compared to bionicle. really with how much money those early bionicle waves made its bizarre that they didnt go all in on an animated series sooner.

just the prospect of a distinct constraction focused company makes me drool. We can only imagine what they could have done without LEGO's heavy handed oversight.';

'>>10936653
>we will never live in the timeline where galidor and bonkle both succeeded long term
>we will never live in the constraction company timeline either
everyday we stray further from god's light';

'>>10936649
>force the bionicle designers to reuse a fuck zillion pieces
>the inika builds become standard to save money, establishing a feeling of boting uniformity among later sets
>everything fails because of this
>lel its your fault guise
fuck LEGO';

'>>10936657
>they didnt go all in on an animated series sooner.
How many Lego series were there around 2001? I can't recall anything consistent until Ninjago way later. Lego was new to an original IP going beyond being just a theme (Galidor was really their first go at it I think, and you could say they backed the wrong horse with that decision) so it's somewhat understandable, along with their financial woes, that they didn't want to put too much money into any one thing.';

'>>10936695
Bionicle went long and strong for years. They surely could have put out a series for atleast a season by 2005-2008.';

'>>10925705
>finally able to get the nui-jagas yesterday
>check in today after I buy them, the same store now has the Muaka and Kane-Ra in
I can't believe it's finally happening, bros';

'lately I've been thinking about what a second wave of ben 10 constraction figures would have looked like. I imagined they would have made use of that 1.0 hero body with new chest pieces. They probably would have mixed in CCBS pieces from the 2.0 heroes too. The one piece from these concepts that isnt era accurate would be those invasion from below/skull spider feet as wrath's claws. I cant begin to imagine how the ultimates would have been made. Outside of Alien X and Goop the remaining AF aliens would require alot of new parts.';

'Sorry for opening up the hornyposting can of worms, but would anyone happen to have saved some of the images of this Roodaka moc that got posted here like two years ago? I noticed I only have this ass shot and some of the instruction pics saved, and the archive is totally fucked.';

'>>10937086
Elusive loved more Ben 10. Are these your sketches?';

'>>10937130
I actually really like this build. unique use of a lot of pieces in the legs there.
at some point I feel like all these roodaka Mocs should just be their own vortixx OC with how many and how varied they are';

'I apologize if this gets brought up here a lot, but I have a handful of bionicles from 2001-2006 or so (not necessarily intact or with their packaging) in storage and I'm wondering if there's any collector value there. Yeah, I know that's kind of vague. I'm not really concerned with making money, I'm just wondering if it would be worth putting them up as a lot to brighten some autist's day or if there's no interest there and a kid would enjoy them more.

Kopaka was always my favorite, by the way. I used to repurpose his weapons into spaceship parts.';

'>>10937441
yeah. i may share more in the coming days. aside from more ben 10 set ideas Ive also been day dreaming about original set ideas using alot of the exclusive pieces from the ben 10 range.';

'>>10937130';

'>>10937130
All I've got';

'>>10937479
It's more or less a collector's market with the occasional kid wanting to buy some. Hard part is figuring out if you're going to be selling to someone who wants to flip them or someone who's genuinely interested
>>10937130
I swear I had these saved but apparently not. Got this other Roodaka tho';

'same anon as 10937729 back again. here's one of the original theme designs I had in mind. this guy is supposed to be the big bad of the range. the recipe here is pretty straight forward, but I'll clarify incase my drawings dont communicate the idea well enough

>Humungosaur torso, fore-arms, head, and shoulder pads
>Von Nebula leg build, swapping out the Rahkshi lower legs for Ben 10 ones and replacing the mata feet for the ones off the invasion from below stormer mech (i apologize for not drawing these, i ran put of space on the page). The skrall armor on the legs would be replaced with that hero factory 1.0 villain armor plate for added bulk.
>the arms are kongu mahri's blasters with mistika turbines added underneath. Attached to those turbines are those tri-axel pieces which in turn connect to a bunch of basic connectors using rahaga limbs as fingers
>the tail is a vahki lower leg, attached to a ben 10 thigh, attached to a CCBS hinge joint, ending in a glatorian neck attached to a visorakk foot spike';

'forgot to add, I intended for barraki eyes to be added onto Tyrannitor's chest. Anyways here's a CCBS take on Robocop. He's supposed to have mata feet.';

'final bump with a random idea I had. Life support bohroks';

'>>10937130
>>10937816
fatdaka is better';

'>>10937870
Why do you want the Toa to be cripples? That's cruel.';

'>>10937963
its more like a prosthetic body for toa or matoran who happen to get severely wounded. i came up with the idea with the recolored masks in mind. I also thought it would be cool to imply these bohrok bodies had been customized by the matoran in different ways. the rahkshi feet and mistika rockets replacing the typical bohrok shields are meant to be used in defense, but once you ball the tohrok up i like to think they would act like boosters. Another idea I had was using the HF thornraxx head as tohrok shields.';

'>>10937934
All thick Roodaka are good';

'>>10937749
>>10937753
Thank you anon, that's exactly what I was looking for.';

'>>10938155';

'>>10936695
>>10936813
>>10936657
Well it was also kind of the victim of timing in this respect, mainstream original streaming content beyond the scope of limited web animations wasn't really a thing until the early 2010s, so to do a show in the 2000s they would've had to pay out the ass to have it on an actual TV channel. It's the same reason why yidsney can shit out half a dozen soi wars shows at the same time while Lucas could only spring for one animated show.
G2 has no excuse, of course, they just completely smothered it in the cradle in regards to marketing.';

'>>10938550
G2's launch felt very rushed. If they held it back a year to 2016 they could have launched it on the 15 year anniversary of Bionicle, have the series ready to launch, etc. Plus the weird jump from the cute lil flash episodes to suddenly the netflix show. Just odd. The Toa in particular were good sets, outside of there just not really being anything to sink one's teeth into aside from the sets, I'm not sure what went wrong. Unique weapons would have gone a long way.';

'>>10938555
The 2016 "Nuva" (Uniter) sets were unironically a huge step up in terms of design, having unique shoulder connection designs and shell pieces compatible with both CCBS (kinda) and the old bone/socket pieces. The weapons were mostly even shittier than 2015, but I feel like they were actually figuring out G2 as its own thing rather than just another CCBS reskin before it got shitcanned.
So yeah, I'd say that they definitely should have put more thought into it. Also check.';

'>>10925705
I’ve finally gotten every rahi. I can finally cease existing.
Also the manas are in the back, I couldn’t fit them in my desk';

'>>10938555
you can say that for alot of the later constraction themes. the superheroes, chima, even ben 10 felt very rushed. I feel like CCBS didnt really get a chance to find its footing until the star wars sets, and then ofcourse we had those human characters forced down our throats, and constraction was dead overnight. the 2015 toa were great, its too bad their foes were such halfassed downgrades from the likes of the bohrok.';

'>>10938593
thats awesome. im happy for you anon.';

'>>10938659
Thank you fren, I love me some bonkle';

'>>10938593
Now get the combiners, both rahi and toa, and all the master builder rahi. You said you wanted them all. Don’t be a poser!';

'>>10938593
Very cool Anon, I like them as well. The Tarakava is my favourite.';

'>>10937130
Can you share the instructions? Asking for a friend...';

'>>10936605
Duck Bricks just keeps on winning.';

'>>10938830
anon pls, think of my bank
>>10938877
same, honestly. They’ve got a super fun play feature that works the best out of all of the rahi, and have a cool color scheme and shape to boot.';

'>>10938884
Sure, I'll post what I have';

'>>10939388';

'>>10939389';

'>>10939393';

'>>10939397';

'>>10939399
Then there's this one that I don't think was from the same batch, but I think is from the same guy. It's at least showing the same ass build.';

'undefined';

'>>10940051
Help! Help! I’m stuck in a box!';

'>>10939402
Thanks anon, be blessed';

'>>10939402
I actually have that batch saved. Definitely same guy, it uses a similar torso design.
https://imgur.com/a/KzKEOTJ';

'>>10937753';

'Speaking of lusting and alternate company universes, wouldn't it have been nice to have more Hordika Torsos? Despite the weir way it's slanted it feels like a bunch of lift arms held together by mechanical detail, not unlike some of the original Throwbot pieces.';

'>>10940822
Hordika and Visorak bodies are pieces I'll forever find weird that the were never reused. Both seemed incredibly versatile and yet they never saw use elsewhere, much less recolors that could have benefited the parts.';

'>>10927485
Cuz they actually have better ways to spend their money instead of overpriced plastic for spoiled westerners.';

'>>10941597
Consider the fact you went out of your way to shitpost in regards to a four day old post on /biog/ of all places because you're that starved for attention.';

'>>10941250
Took me a moment to realize you meant that little liftarm skeleton inside of Visorak and not their stupid shells.

No idea what the hell you could ever reuse a Visorak shell for.';

'>>10941250
Especially since they go so great together with Vahki upper torsos. It's almost like they were meant for each other.';

'undefined';

'>>10925705
Where can I purchase the masks shown in the OP? Are they even worth purchasing? I'm a sucker for the classic Hau.';

'>>10942052
check bricklink';

'>>10942052
aliexpress';

'Playing around with Suno, and I think I finally got a song that's half decent. Thoughts?
https://app.suno.ai/song/66d29529-38dc-4976-90f7-f6cc5f2d9b3c/';

'>>10942701
And I linked to the wrong version of the song like a idiot.
https://app.suno.ai/song/231de061-aa86-4663-839b-88ddc6904af9/';

'>>10942705
this is gold';

'>>10942926
It took so many tries to get a version that sounded good. I'm inexperienced with this AI stuff.';

'>>10942701
Sounds like shit';

'>>10930839
>big guy that comes with him
For you';

'>>10939399
Blue board anon';

'>>10939399
Love the use of that protector foot';

'Would a Bionicle anime be good?';

'>>10943145
Yes.
Also I want to see a a Justice League/Bionicle crossover.';

'bionicle youtubers really running out of things to talk about huh....';

'>>10943515
They're waiting on that 2025 let down. People need to seriously start looking toward bootleggers at this point';

'>>10943521
Bootleggers aside, I'm surprised no one has tried to make their own buildable characters with a Bionicle-esque (or whatever, really) style. We've seen those Ultraman figures, and even Appmon (Digimon) build able toys that use similar joint setups to ccbs, so it doesn't seem like there's anything preventing this.';

'>>10943594
>>10943521
It's no surprise Americans haven't made anything because they can't. They don't own the means of production and rely on fragile 3D print crap.';

'>>10943594
>>10943596
Fellas, we're gonna need to line Tributron's pockets';

'>>10943515
packaging is a pretty big deal when it comes to bionicle, so it's not that weird to discuss it';

'>>10943515
>>10943679
ok I just watched the video for the hell of it, not very good but at least it was only 4 minutes of my life. as the thumbnail suggests, the "best" bionicle box is the mutran and vican one because it has a clear plastic window on it. aside from being unique to that set afaik, it's not really all that great. considering it's basically just two canister sets packaged together, they probably could have done something a lot more interesting. the phantoka canisters themselves are arguably some of the best we got visually, with the rock structure being a physical component being attached to the package. also he uses "superfluous" incorrectly and I strongly suspect he used chatgpt to write the last part of the video';

'>>10943594
Gigabots is the only ongoing constraction style line out these days. It just seems like the very concept of buildable figures with propietary components has fallen out of fashion.';

'>it's been years since I ditched my collection
>i've been overcome with nonstop moc ideas for weeks now out of nowhere
this is hell';

'I need Fatdaka pics for reasons
Both the actual build and art';

'>>10930094
man, I hated horica so much
>late 2004, I asked so many times for the metru sets to my parents but they told me to grow the f**k up bc they didn't want me to be a lard ass collector (I was like 8 yrs)
>finally convinced them next year, but at the time the metru mainline were all gone, except for those big expensive sets
>I knew a lot about the metru gen. bc I had the movie so I learned a lot from the special features
>They bought me the whenua hordica
>I had so many spectations on my mind since I was obsessed with that throwbot fire fird that my older brother had
>followed the instructions to get a flimsy hunchback
>I got some old masks (from the mcdonalds sets i guess) so I was hoping to get the removable mask gimmick but got nothing of that
>no removable mask
>no combinable weapons
>permanent deformed hunchback position
>can't pose without the disk falling off
>large piece allways poking out
>I mean, it was my first bionicle, of course I was happy about it, but the dissapointment was there
>I managed to save enough money to buy a bootleg Iruini, it has all the metru goodness
>"holy sh8t, I missed from so much"
>next year my parents gifted me the red Piraka
>my love for that figure growed as much as the hate for hordika sets
>saw the movie, hated that even more, since it was so cheesy and non epic as the previous ones';

'>>10944210
Both the Visorak and Hordika almost made me drop out of Bionicle when I was with it from the beginning, those sets were so ass, but like you, I got Hakann (and Reidak) the following year and the fucking joy from getting those compared to the disappointment from last year probably permanently altered my psyche';

'>>10943937
lost media';

'>>10943937
this build?';

'It happened. I finally had the fuckin bionicle dream. It was so vivid that I legitimately thought it was real for a minute after waking up.';

'>>10945236
Congratulations. You're one of us now.';

'>>10944356
yeah that one';

'>>10945735
well here's a compilation of all the pics of that build i have saved from these threads https://imgur.com/a/PY64RfN';

'>>10945901
omg this is the holy grail of lost bionicle media';

'recently went through my old storage bins, looking to sell my old stuff

I have all the original bionicles as their manuals, boxes, and all pieces in tact.
-minus the 2nd gen brown ones box.

Should I sell them individually? or as a set?

I do frequent /toy but not the biog.

I also have the entire 1st mcdonalds sets with their discs, and bags full of the individual masks they would sell along with dozens of little rubber faces.

I'm looking to get rid of all of it';

'>>10946615
this shit hasent seen daylight in 22 years';

'>>10946615
>>10946627
I'll get you $3.50 for the whole lot.';

'>>10946615
Name a price';

'>>10946640
i'd be willing to cut a great deal, and honestly throw in a bunch for free, but I'd have to do some research on pricing and recent sales.';

'Holy shit, bros. I just snagged a Ultimate Dume set complete in box for a really good price. I'm so pumped to add this to my collection.';

'>>10930094
every day i wish I had kept those canisters
and I'm just now noticing the hordika canister tops have a nice spot to hold your rhotuka. lego just did these nice little things for us without being asked.';

'>>10946782
It's neat. I used to have it CIB but the box was so tore up I just didn't bother with it anymore and threw it out. I only have a few boxes left that are in any condition worth keeping (hoarding is not a good reason)';

'>>10946627
Shit nigger, is that an unopened Nuva mask pack? You can get big cash money for it.';

'>>10947127
Ah, nevermind, it's open, I'm blind.
Still, good spread of masks in there. I'd join in the bidding, but I assume you want to sell it as a lump and honestly I don't think I have enough space for another full set of Toa and Bohrok.';

'>>10947128
idk what I'm doing yet. There's so much of it, I didn't even show it all.';

'Regardless of 2025 "rumours" I think there might actually be something in the works, considering how much focus characters/creatures/mechs/robots got in recent years and the new specialized pieces that came with them. Though if Bionicle or constraction comes back in some form, it's definitely gonna be mostly system based so not everyone's cup of tea here.';

'>>10947346
Oh, let's not have another thread of soifacing about mixelmech horseshit, can we?
I will say that the new stuff looks fucking schizophrenic, they're mixing 5 different types of joints unnecessarily while still killing elbow and knee articulation. If this is the "future" of constraction, I'm out.';

'>>10947421
Bye!';

'>>10947421
lol';

'>>10947346
if I'm gonna make believe that bionicle or some form of contraction is coming back I'm at least going to fantasize about something that actually resembles bionicle. I don't really see the point of preemptively coping with the possibility of a system-based compromise when literally nothing has been announced or even hinted at';

'>>10947421
desu, I don't care what it is, I just want them to hurry up with whatever G3 is, since we aren't getting a B4 regardless of whether it's a flop or a big hit';

'>>10943193
Mr Freeze VS Kopaka and Gali doing the kick out on Aquaman would be awe inspiring.';

'>>10926454
I had the dream. I was in a store and there were Bionicle canisters covering the entire shelf. I reach and grab one, open it up, and inside was a fleshlight. I was disappointed. Then I woke up.';

'>>10938830
>tfw unironically working toward this
I've lost control of my life somewhat.';

'>>10949068
I highly recommend getting the master builder set. You can make some pretty neat stuff with it.';

'have any of you anons seen the recently released voodoo heads stuff? a year 2000 bionicle story bible also released, really cool.';

'>>10949920
Charming as I do find that stuff (especially the prototype sets), I'm glad they went with the mask motif. Much cooler.';

'has anyone tried building any of the prototype sets in that voodoo heads comic released last year? some of them have been seen before in CF's turaga files videos, many have not.';

'here we can see some sort of pterodactyl proto-rahi as well as a domed tank thing with arms. this looks like a much cooler line than roboriders.';

'a colorized version is known to exist and may be featured in the next duckbricks video with CF. surely some video of these sets must survive as well?';

'>>10949922
>>10949930
>>10949939
Where are these from? Are these from when Duckbricks visited Chris Faber? Can you post a link?';

'>>10949947
https://drive.google.com/drive/folders/1P1TultlXOac-LQ2pXUFOiyvDFPtSgg13
https://youtu.be/GXOXpIXxtkg?si=p75DPPfo4IRlGzmf';

'>>10949948
Thank you.
Wow, they were planning to give them poseable heads at some point? It always bothered me as a kid that the heads were in a fixed pose.';

'would it be possible to make a 3d printed mockup of this arm piece and head? I don't have the necessary skills, unfortunately';

'>>10949962
huh, I just realized the reason og ball joints have such little friction is because they were designed to allow voodoo head pieces to come off with ease.';

'So what have you anons been building recently? I just finished building the Bohrok combiner. I like how it looks.';

'>>10936918
Where are you guys buying these things, dude?';

'>>10950046
I was working on building a prototype makuta but god sidetracked trying to organize my box. I have soft pieces together with hard pieces which I have learned the hard way never ends well, also colors and parts from different eras all mixed up.';

'>>10950073
>I was working on building a prototype makuta
Do you have building instructions for that? The YouTuber you got that screenshot from never released the instructions himself. If you have the instructions, can you link it please?';

'>>10950105
>he can't reconstruct the design from pics alone';

'>>10950109
You're right. I can't.';

'>>10950073
I always wondered why moviekuta had big obvious roborider head pieces on the front of his shoulders when the set only used them in the feet.';

'>>10950112
yes, it's become clear a lot of alternate designs in bionicle media are actually based on prototype sets';

'Spring weather has blessed me with the chance to go outside and take some nice photos. It’s really fun! I’m definitely going to do more and, if I grow some balls, I’ll do it in places outside my yard. Y’all should really try it if you haven’t it. Fighting the wind is half the battle.';

'I found the kid who made this (now a grown ass man) and sent him a pic of my version but he never replied. I mean, I don't think it's that creepy is it? I just told him I was curious if it really was him lol.';

'What happened to Perp3tual? Why his Artakha art is used on Biosector but completely uncredited?';

'>>10950119
As long as you don't spam the poor guy, then I guess it's alright. Also nice Throwbot MOC.';

'>>10950136
Then he was likely cancelled by troons, I guess.';

'>>10950139
This is what I sent him';

'>>10950194
You should leave it at that. If he doesn't respond, just leave it be.';

'>>10950196
This was over a year ago.';

'>>10950205
Then why are you bringing this up now, anon?';

'>>10950207
this guy's picture reminded me of it >>10950115';

'>>10950220
Damn. Not the kind of (You) I was hoping for lol';

'>>10950046
the og bohrok combiners are underrated. They're goofy and charming, if a little uncreative. The Bohrok-kal combiners are more creative but they just aren't really good builds.';

'Got them all for a $100? Most are missing pieces but are about 50-90% complete. What do you lads think?';

'>>10951085
decent value I guess, can't say I'd be too excited by any of those sets myself';

'>>10951085
Even if incomplete, I'd say that's a steal imo. At least in this economy. And even if they aren't complete, there's a lot of pieces you can use for MOCs especially those lime green Nocturn pieces since those are pretty rare.';

'>>10946615
Please sir may I have an ounce of Bionicle. 100% serious I will buy that entire picture';

'>>10951435
I was gonna start listing shit one by one on ebay but I'm willing to unload all of it on a buyer for a good deal. I can assure this box hasent been open in 22 years. I didn't even play with then much as a kid with bad ocd.';

'>>10925705
What’s the best Kanohi design and/or power and why?';

'>>10951085
Great deal.';

'It’s time to admit Hero Factory was much better than the last few years of Bionicle had been.';

'>>10951735
Better than 2009 and Stars, definitely not better than any year from the Ignition trilogy.';

'>>10951779
I hate the inika build so all those years are shit to me.';

'>>10951735
I liked 2006 - 07 for the more alien look and feel, the Inika build is Sonic OC tier.';

'>>10951697
Personally, I always liked the Jutlin. I don’t have it, but I especially like the adaptive armor one. It’s really cool. I’d like to get one someday if I can and put it on my self MOC but the Great version is just as good. I also really like the Arthron as a design but its power is kind of wanting. A lot of the Mahri masks feel like they only work in the setting that year takes place in.';

'>>10951113
The nocturn is almost complete other than his lewa swords and tentacle. I am pretty hyped to get him and gadunka nearly completed.';

'>>10951791
>>10951835
Anon... Hero Factory never stopped using the in*ka build, aside from some better elbows. Neither did constraction as a whole desu. Until the Uniters in 2016 we literally had a fucking straight decade of the same exact minimally posable shitassery that they decided was "good enough" in 2006 and gave up on improving in a meaningful way.';

'>>10952311
>Hero Factory never stopped using the in*ka build
true but the sets were at least more interesting';

'>>10950046
Just recently put together the three 2-set Piraka combiners. The Reidak/Zaktan combiner next to Zaktan gives off the same vibes as Peppino next to Fake Peppino.';

'>>10952385
No pictures?';

'>>10952338
Let's clarify something here: The villain sets were interesting, the hero sets were the same copy paste method as the Inika sets.';

'>>10952338
Only the early ones tbdesu, and since they still used angleshit rather than CCBS I had no desire to risk getting them after the trauma of 2008. That was Lego's biggest fuckup with launching HF, how were they hoping to siphon Bionicle consumers into their new constraction theme after the old one died in an embarrassing downward spiral if they still kept using the same abhorrent socket pieces whose replacement of the classic '99 ones marked the definite beginning of the end? Even Ben 10 used new fairly sturdy sockets more like the later CCBS, the set you posted using them for thighs.';

'>>10952401
>muh Inika
You mean Avtoran, you fucking schizo.
>muh ccbs
Not the Inika formula, try again.';

'>>10953043
It's literally the same thing all over, you retard. Av-matoran/Agori shittery is the same joint layout as Inika minus the elbows and knees. CCBS is the same exact joint layout but with inverted knees (irrelevant because it's a hinge) and rotating elbows. You're literally trying to split hairs because, what, different types of decoration attach to it?';

'>>10953086
>Same joint layout
You mean standard articulation? Are you fucking retarded?
Inika had the hip piece attaching to a chest and back setup with a seperate sockets for the head, all connected via pins. Invert the joints and it's still different from HF where the torso is a shell slapped over the skeleton that had all five joints connected to a single piece. Masters and Uniters were closer to Inika than the entirety of HF, you fucking mong. Get bent.';

'>>10953122
Unless you're bitching about the HF sets being clones, to which I point to every good guy team prior to 2007, because aside from like Pohatu for the Mata, all other Toa in their respective groups had super identical builds, this wasn't just an Inika problem. Metru were more clone sets than the Inika.';

'>>10953122
Everything before the Priraka was about playing (gears/technic features).
Everything during and after piraka was about posing the figures. I even like the styles of many of the later sets, but slapping on a launcher and calling it a play feature every year is lazy shit.';

'>>10953186
I think the shift away from technic was deliberate too, plus the 05 titans all look very alien alongside the robotic features which made them even cooler imo.
Also are there any official guides on Technic that could be shared here?';

'>>10953122
>pls bro they're different i mean yes they all attach limbs the same exact way but the decorations are different and this one is two parts c'mon bro pls
It's honestly impressive how rabidly aggressive you are about being wrong and retarded.';

'>>10951085
thats massive score man! seriously congrats. enjoy your winnings fren.';

'>>10953771
The one to the right is two seperate pieces, connected with pins, and the neck socket is missing, nevermind the entire front portion of the body. Not the same. Nevermind that the limbs on the Inika/Glatorian are more in common with Metru than they are Hero Factory.
>but muh balljoints
Retard. You're literally ignoring piece count and required use of pin connectors to armor up/construct the Inika whereas HF ccbs bodies have socket based armor with no pins or axles used anywhere. Fuck you.
>but they're all black and lined up nice in my pic so they're all da same
>Inika da same as Hero Factory
Mantax, Strakk, and Skrall say hello, btw.';

'>>10953800
Oop, the body to the left, not right. Sorry, was reading this through a mirror while doing a handstand.';

'Wow, this thread is still the same as always.';

'>>10953803
Maybe if the anti Inika schizo finally offed himself, shit would be more tolerable. Literally don't even like the Inika formula all that much but this fuck is just insufferable.';

'>>10951735
it could just be me but the four years we got all felt like roundabout homages to bionicle
>1.0 villains all feel like lost Barraki sets
>2.0 and breakout are reminiscent of Phantoka/Mistika between the flying villains and the tacticool heroes
>savage planet, brain attack, and invasion from below all have traces of the piraka, ignika, toa metru, and even the hordika between the animal themed upgrades, lumbering ogre creatures, and minifig compatible later sets
i really wouldnt have minded another two years of HF';

'>>10953809
Well they were planning a "The founder of the Hero Factory was a Toa/Turaga/Makuta" twist anyways before they got canned.';

'>>10953822
i would have been excited to see a twist like that. with how poorly received G2 was it may have even been the better option to go that route.';

'>>10953800
>>10953808
Since you still seem to be unreasonably angry over nothing, allow me to explain. My position is that Lego are lazy shits who stopped trying new things in favour of a cookie-cutter format of "standardized" articulation, which isn't necessarily a bad thing in and of itself, except that it's a shitty format that sacrifices actual range of articulation in favour of just being basic and easy. You seem to be having a knee-jerk reaction to what you see as usual (and frankly usual correct) criticism of the Inika design, which is a completely unrelated issue, as at no point did I mention the decoration of the skeleton, which seems to be your main point of contention. If you would like to discuss articulation-related design, I would be glad to have such a conversation. Otherwise, I don't think we were ever talking about the same thing to start with and I see no point in continuing to do so.';

'>>10953937
>Sacrifices actual range of articulation
And you lost me. First off, Piraka standardized the format, not Inika. Second, what do you even mean by sacrificing articulation? Gears? So you mean functions? Elaborate.';

'i hate how incessantly that skybird fag guy pops up in my recs. he's one of 5 biotubers thats still active, and he cant stop showing his ugly mug. all I want to see are mocs and every so often its just his ugly fucking greasy chipmunk face.';

'bump';