ZeldaTheSwordsman

I know Logan was talking about their looks - I was pointing out a bad word choice he made. I also explained how the Kakama and Miru Nuva resemble their original counterparts more than they get credit for (and the regular Miru Nuva resembles its original self more than the Adaptive version, I might add :P)... perhaps I need to make a graphic to show what I'm talking about... As for ugly, that's subjective.

I want to double-check some of the info in the 2003 monthly Shop at Home catalogs, but of course I don't have mine anymore. And specifically, I want to check the Bionicle section of those catalogs. Can anyone provide scans? I would also appreciate a scan of the December 2001 or 2002 (I forget which) catalog cover, the one that showed a tree decorated with gold and silver Kanohi.

Well, since this has gone and been dug up I suppose I may as well put in my two cents worth. Okay, first off, "consistency" doesn't mean what you think it means. If any of your Legos have a tar-like consistency then they have literally melted. As for "barely resembling their previous forms".. First, that's completely untrue in the case of the Akaku and Kaukau Nuva. The Hau Nuva still has the distinctive "mouth" and top ridge and bell shape, it's just lost the gaps and gained some ridges in their place. If you look at the Kakama Nuva, you can still see the "cheek" slits (just with a solid backing) and even the original bullet outline beneath the ridges. The Miru Nuva also has that going, the original but with some reinforcing ridges (that happen to make the mask in its entirety look like an oak leaf. Appropriate - something so easily blown about on the wind makes a good symbol for Lewa's element and the mask's power). The only one "barely resembles" really applies to is the Pakari Nuva. But on the upside, the design definitely works with the mask's power. And there is a real-world reason that motivated the redesigns for the Nuva versions of the masks: Durability. The original masks were made of ABS, if you'll recall - it wasn't until the Avohkii and Kraahkan that they started being made of that semi-soft plastic. The original Great Kanohi, particularly the ones with big holes (Hau, Pakari, Kakama, and especially Miru), are thus a bit on the delicate side. So they were redesigned to be bulkier and less gappy so that they could take more abuse. My personal pick for worst.. I'm splitting this between toy and story because reasons. Toy: Kanohi Mohtrek (Bitil's mask). Why? Because the darn thing doesn't have its own peg! It relies on a separate axle! Tied with the Inika masks if those are counted as real mask parts despite their nature. Story: The Kanohi Ignika, the mask of Death and Destruction and Dragging Certain Plot Elements Past When They Should Have Ended and Generally Just Being All Kinds Of A Nuisance. As for best.. The Kanohi Avohkii, which looks awesome and which promised victory and happiness (even if that part was ultimately negated by the villain it was supposed to vanquish becoming a Creator's Pet... grumble grumble grumble...) Can't really speak as to G2 Bionicle or to Hero Factory.

Thank you both very much.

Pretty impressive. If you host pics on DeviantArt you can set their display size to 800x600. Then when you copy the link from right-clicking the image the embed will be of a more appropriate size.

Sharing a thing I did in 2015 I love the Toa Nuva, but good grief was the official Wairuha Nuva design an afterthought piece of rubbish. I mean, just look at this: That is just BAD. Wairuha Nuva is shorter than the non-Nuva version, doesn't integrate Kopaka's weapon or shield, doesn't have as good legs, doesn't make as much use of everyone's parts, and doesn't really show off the fancy armor that was one of the main features of the Toa Nuva. Akamai obviously got all the effort this go-around. I just couldn't stand it. So I decided to redesign Wairuha Nuva: Much more impressive, I think. Properly tall, integrates the weapons of all three component Toa, has Kopaka's shield, takes advantage of all the limbs, and makes real use of the Nuva armor. And the best part? It still only uses parts original to the sets.

Because the only treads I have are the ones on my Corporate Alliance Tank Droid =P Agreed on the need for beefing up a bit.

Why would you be impressed? Gali's hook, being a great big hook, is particularly suited to snagging things and the Year 1 masks were specifically designed to not be too difficult to knock off. On that note, you're right that bonking the mask with the side of the hook (it's a downward slash) would also be as effective at knocking masks off. But I stand by the downward-facing claws for three reasons: One is that while dino hands can't be rotated downwards, they can still end up facing down like that via bending at the shoulder (the look of mine's arms due to the parts used notwithstanding). Second, the downward orientation works better for fighting with a hypothetical counterpart figure because of where the mask is located. Third... It is still meant to be a Year 1-style Bionicle creature and downward-facing claws is nothing compared to having treads instead of legs :-P

The problem with that is that it's important for play purposes that the claws are angled downward (so that they can swipe masks off). I will consider the wings, though.

The other day, I took a photo of my Iruini and Norik sets to show that I had them but they were incomplete. And then, as I looked at Norik, a silly idea came to me. "Alas, poor Norik. I knew him, Kualus."

The latter, I suppose. Well, realistic aside from the kangaroo posture.

I did a T. Rex-based theropod dinosaur Rahi a while back, but I guess I never got around to posting it. I photographed it today for posterity before I broke it up for parts. I designed it with the idea of fitting in with the original Rahi sets. It has a mask that can be knocked off, and a rubber band-powered attack function (pull the lever for an arm to wind up a slash, then release to strike). I'm going to see if I can recreate it in LDD or an LDraw client, with an actual planned color scheme and a Spinosaurus-based counterpart (to further match the Year 1 Rahi sets), and I hope to recreate it for real someday.

It's also built for play, or it would not have play features. But my point is that whatever else it is, it is still a Lego set. It is a building toy made up of several multipurpose elements designed not for permanent assembly but to offer decent construction yet be easily separated. It is not a model kit made of injection-molded parts that you paint up and permanently glue together. Periodic disassembly is good for Legos, especially when they're put under this kind of strain by a build.

Well, for me it's important to have a major transport craft that I can actually use as a transport while playing, and also as a storage space for troops. For the Rebel Alliance I have the 2004 Falcon, for the Republic I have the 2013 Republic Gunship, for the CIS I have a custom PAC I made, and for the Empire I have this AT-AT.

I specifically said they seemed unwilling to produce an MTT that came with a large number of them (matches how they treat other $100 and up transports, which only come with 4-5 minifigs. 2014 MTT came with 3 regular minifigs and 3-4 Battle Droids = 1 regular mini, so..). Not denying it's a bad set - there's no excuse for only having rack space for six. I would hazard a guess that "Partisans" is the name of either Saw's band or another major Rebel group in Rogue One, and that's the livery of their X-wings. After all, no reason everyone's would be painted like Red Squadron's. Here's something we're about due for: A new Sentinel-class landing craft. Only set we've had of that so far came out in 2007, and lacked seating room when built to spec. With as much as the Sentinel-class has appeared in Rebels, I'd say it's fairly likely.

Uh, no. First, you know how (as you said) Tectors don't have hangars? 6211 has a hangar. Second, 6211 is an Episode IV set and the only Star Destroyers to appear in Episode IV were Imperial-class. Third, 6211 includes both Darth Vader and the one successful escape pod from the Tantive IV. That makes it not only an Imperial-class Star Destroyer, that makes it intended as a specific Imperial-class Star Destroyer: the Devastator.

Thank you. I can take no credit for the bell hanger, which I cribbed off of the "Constitution Train Chase" set, and minimal credit for the cab and tender since those are simple modifications of the original design. The boiler's my design, though. The pilot is on a triple-jointed armature, so hopefully this would be able to navigate curves just fine.

Both the loco and the coach are looking pretty good. Have you thought about adding a clerestory to the coach?

Real or bootleg, the only thing the tumbler Batmobile (The "Collateral Damage-mobile" as I call it) is fit for is scrapping for parts :P Me, I haven't really dealt with Lego clones aside from some Holi sets my dad bought once (and those are clones in a loose sense; figures and parts colors often differ from what the box and instructions show). But I am familiar with the debate from being a Transformers fan. Myself? I'll happily buy a bootleg if the thing I'm after is off the primary market and it's the most cost-effective way to get the parts or figure I need (and it often is when it comes to G1 combiner bits). A bootleg of something current, though...

I believe Paddy was speaking of the Dornean Braha'tok-class gunship, and on the Imperial Side the Tector-class Star Destroyer. Care to explain how 6211 isn't an Imperial-class? Because unless I'm missing something then by your logic, 8039 isn't a Venator class.

I remember the "My Own Train" range during the metal-rails 9v era. Some of the stuff, like the hopper, could have passed for modern. The passenger car was decidedly old-time, though. The steam locomotives could have been from various decades, but like all steam locos from that era their appearance suffered because Lego did not create any steam loco drive wheels for that era. I've heavily modified the larger "My Own Train" steam loco design, both to give it proper wheels and to give it a solidly old-time appearance. This is what I have so far:

Well, don't give up on it. It'd be good for function's sake and appearance's sake (since you can see the tops of the legs in the movie). I have to say that while the way the wings are built is very cleverly designed, brick-thick all the way seems a bit much for a minifigure Eta-2 in my opinion (it's about as thick as the wings of the Hasbro Eta-2).

Any plans to add a functional astromech socket?

More updates on this (hm, maybe the thread title needs an update, considering) The blaster rifles that were stored in the rear have been relocated, mainly to this tray that tucks into the undercarriage: I had difficulty getting all four stud-shooting blasters onto the tray, so two of them are currently stored in the middle of the walker on either side of one of the seating trays. The figureless battle pack arrived yesterday, so as stated the speeder bike from that has replaced the original one from this set: Looks better and is more space-efficient. You can also see the reason I moved the blaster rifles: to make room for storing an E-Web Heavy Repeating Blaster (based on the one from 75049). I'm fairly happy with these mods, but I would value others' input. Would any of you consider using these mods yourselves? Can you suggest improvements?

Ah yes, the 2003 mini sets. Four of them came with parts to build that Y-wing, four came with parts to build a TIE Bomber. Their instructions are also available through Brickset, just in case Kenneth-DK has no luck with his search.