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The original site where I saw pictures of it from LEGO World Copenhagen 2013 (lekgodt.no) no longer exists, though there is another picture of it here from Flickr user Teabox. For reference purposes I also saved and uploaded one of Lekgodt.no's photos to Flickr myself years ago: https://farm8.staticflickr.com/7517/15604244814_eaa96c409b_o.jpg

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I also did my best to reverse engineer it using LEGO Digital Designer, which I shared as an image and LXF file here. But because of a lack of reference photos I never did figure out a lot of how the less visible parts of the back were constructed, including where the wings attach. That said, I used a lot of techniques inspired by the parts of that MOC I was able to figure out in a MOC of similar height, Caitlyn Gauss XL.

The original MOC is by long-time Bionicle lead designer Christoffer Raundahl, who is also one of the three designers credited as the inventors of the CCBS on its patent documents and featured in the LEGO Group's own "Explaining the Character and Creature Building System" video series. Among the classic Bionicle sets designed by Raundahl are the original Tahu and Kopaka sets from 2001 and the Cahdok & Gahdok set from 2002. He was also interviewed in a 2007 issue in LEGO BrickMaster magazine about the design of the Toa Mahri sets.

There was a second copy of this MOC hand-painted by Søren Westborg as a commission and exhibited at LEGO World 2013 alongside the original, but all the sites where I remember seeing pics of it (including Westborg's own personal website) seem to have disappeared. I saved probably saved at least one pic of it for reference, but if I did, I never uploaded any (I'll bet I have them on a flash drive somewhere, but don't have time to dig through old files like that right now).

Glad I recognized which MOC you were asking about! Hope this helps!

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