Lyichir
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Based on my own LDD sketches (and messin' around with the physical parts Aanchir and I got at NYCC), a figure like that with a gear function for the legs looks better if you add ANOTHER gearbox behind the first one, for his arms. Still pretty portly, but then again the classic Pohatu was as well, and by adding a gearbox for the arms, he's less bottom-heavy and his hips don't stick out behind his shoulders.
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Looks more greyish than green to me. I'm assuming that's just atmospheric perspective, to ensure that he's not mistaken for part of that set's contents.
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These sets look great! A much wider color selection than the basic brick buckets I had when I was a kid... and despite the basic part selection, I do see some new parts, specifically the 1x1 round eye tiles with new expressions. They seem to have a great selection of newer colors like Medium Lavender and Medium Azur, and I might just buy some of these sets just for that since my collection is woefully lacking in parts in those colors!
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I'm happy with it! Although it HAS taken away any desire I might have had to venture into the historic themes forum—and I imagine they might be left wanting for more topics of discussion if the Hobbit sets don't continue and there aren't new Castle sets until next summer or later.
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Well, we're still months away from when the sets are even out. No one needs to come to a decision this far in advance. Why not wait until the sets are out, the instructions are available, and people have reviewed the set thoroughly?
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61801 seems to have a pretty severe boundary error. In the linked image part 33299 should not be able to phase into the other part that way. -
Yeah, that occurred to me when I was trying to put the sets together on LDD (and realized that the set itself only needed ONE pair of connectors attached to the flippers, unless there was another function). It's odd that that feature isn't displayed more prominently in the set images or instructions... perhaps the set was designed to be able to do that, but they decided that function didn't make sense for the story, and thus left it out of promotional images? I guess we'll see. I think she looks fantastic that way, myself.
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Kopaka has 5M gold shells. I'm guessing you know which part the shoulders use... and I suppose you're planning to swap the chestplate out for an unprinted one?
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THANK YOU, DeeVee. Anyway, unrelated to previous discussions... something I've been wondering about the Protector's blasters. Do you reckon the yellow center section can fit in the Technic wheel hub? Seeing it from multiple angles outside the blaster (like in BZP's Protector of Ice review) I can't help but think it might. As only a casual Technic builder (and not the kind who can design vehicles with custom functionality) I have no idea whether that attachment would even have any practical uses if it worked—but I'm sure our friends in the Technic subforum might have some ideas.
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Rules like the exact ways in which Toa can control or manipulate elements, or the complex Matoran>Toa>Turaga life cycle, or the many, many states of protodermis and how it is reconstituted to form almost every material in the universe. Lore like the original ten-year story (which was not so prohibitively complex when the theme started but spiraled out of control in later years). Terminology like Kanohi (which literally means "mask", making the term "Kanohi mask" redundant). Little things like those which built up from year to year until you had Toa whose elemental powers were fused with lightning, but not ELEMENTAL lightning, which was for some reason an important distinction; or weapons made from Protosteel, which was a type of Protodermis but was significantly stronger than the Protodermis that had come before it; or story serials featuring characters drawn from several years of story, working independently of the main characters on missions with world-changing implications; and a dense, wide-ranging vocabulary that made the names of sets on store shelves into the equivalent of gibberish for new customers (Toa Hordika Vakama, for instance is a name made up of three words which all mean nothing to anyone new to the franchise). I'm not trying to say all of these things were necessarily bad for everyone. I enjoyed Bionicle's unique vocabulary, and many people enjoyed the story serials for giving new adventures to characters who were no longer the main subject of the story! But something that's enjoyable for longtime mega fans can ward off potential new fans who just want to know what powers that Lego character has, not research an epic story that has been told for years and is spread across many mediums. At a certain point you have to question—are these minor aspects of Bionicle (which you may have personally enjoyed) sabotaging the theme's efforts to bring in new fans, and by extension crippling the story's potential for longevity? Or can the story be told more efficiently, sacrificing a certain amount of detail to make it more accessible, and still capture the essence of the theme that made it great? I think the answer to the latter question is "yes," and I'm hoping Lego can meet that expectation.
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No, you've got his point all wrong. He's saying that kids who get into the theme in its seventh or eighth year can't realistically be expected to catch up on everything that came before their introduction to the theme just to understand what's going on in the current story. To do that is to put a greater and greater burden on new fans each year, all while the majority of older fans grow out of the theme at a fairly steady rate (fans like you and I who continue to enjoy a children's toyline well out of childhood are not and will never be the norm). A simpler take on the story has the potential to extend the lifespan of the theme by cutting out excess rules, lore, and terminology in favor of a more accessible storyline. And those sorts of simplifications aren't a bad thing, especially if instead of spending as much energy as the old theme did on explaining the minutiae of the universe it focuses more on providing diverse settings and characters, and developing the characters and settings better as the years go on.
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Ah, right, forgot about those parts there. It'd work with a smaller shell on Gali (but again, just because it could attach doesn't mean it'd look that great)
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Actually, the arms could PROBABLY still move, since the shoulder shells would be attached to a ball joint that could still rotate inside them... but the shoulder attachments would shift around as you moved them, and would make the arms that much harder to move smoothly. I doubt it'd look nearly as good, either, since the way the set has them lets the shell details on the shoulders cover the top of the arms themselves, something that wouldn't work as well if they couldn't be angled downward.
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I've seen a lot of people suggesting the arms and legs should be longer and I just don't see it. Arm and Leg length typically works as a function of a characters overall height, and while Onua has a huge, broad chest and shoulder base, he's actually tied with Pohatu as the shortest of the new Toa. I like the look these dwarf-like proportions give him (making him look strong enough to carve tunnels through the earth but small enough to fit through them), and I think lengthening his arms and legs without significantly changing the torso build to make that taller as well would result in a very odd-looking figure
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Using the balljoint on the leg bone isn't an illegal technique so much as an impossible one. Those shells flare out too much in the back and you literally couldn't attach them to both the front and back except by doing so in the way Kopaka does.
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Going to nitpick here—G1 Onua WAS the "quiet, strong and wise one" in the early years. A lot of people take issue with the more boisterous persona he acquired in Mask of Light and later media.
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Interesting that you prefer the gold mask on him. I prefer the white one, since it helps balance his color scheme (otherwise, his entire upper body is pretty much just a mass of gold that makes him look even more top-heavy).
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1500 is a LOT for a niche theme, especially since Bionicle's fanbase isn't going to start growing quickly until the sets are out, the commercials are on TV, and new fans start flocking to the series. At the very least you can take comfort in the fact that once the fanbase DOES start growing exponentially, there's a decent chance that demand for the clear Hau will cause a hike in its selling price. Anywho, $30 isn't worth getting that broken up about. It's a lot for a single piece of plastic, but it's also less than a day's pay if you're working full-time at minimum wage or better. So applying a little more frugality to the rest of your budget for a while should be enough to help you recoup your losses before long.
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I feel the opposite. I'll take all the 4M shells I can get, especially in new colors like Lewa has. They're a very useful size of shell, given the fact that they cover bones quite differently depending on how you orient them and are small enough to work on all sizes of models. And I personally like the way they look on him. They give him a quirkier, lankier appearance than the others, one that I think suits Lewa just fine.
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It could always be both—maybe Lego planned fewer production runs in preparation for Bionicle's launch AND the HF sets which were produced sold faster than projected.
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That's still maybe the best official part name of all time, in my opinion.
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Like Aanchir just said—the actual new gearbox would work perfectly, and the resulting proportions (even with the same axle lengths used on Toa Pohatu and Lewa) would actually be identical to the Protector of Fire's. There's no need for the convoluted solution there, or for narrower, less secure shoulders like the gearbox you posted has. Literally all you have to do is take off the back construction of the Protector of Fire and slap on a Toa-styled gearbox. Don't see why anyone sees fit to make that more complicated than it is.
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Probably. It's not a matter of whether they CAN, because Lego is just as capable of making canisters as they always have been. The matter is whether they WOULD. Lego has been making great strides in terms of environmental awareness, and a lot of that has been through reducing the sizes of boxes and using more environmentally-friendly materials. Making a set slightly more flashy isn't worth squandering the goodwill they've gotten from environmentalist groups, especially since they can just as easily make a special edition package stand out using printing treatments like gold or holographic foil that don't make the packages significantly more costly or significantly less recyclable. One final thought. I doubt it'd happen until the new theme needs to reinvent its look for another year, but one thing they COULD potentially do in the future would be some sort of multi-layered cardboard packaging. They've done something similar before with the Exo-Force Deep Jungle wave, having a box with cutouts and a diorama-like background behind them. The overall effect was somewhat akin to the effect of the Phantoka packaging with its cave-wall like cover, only without necessitating a useless plastic shell.
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I would actually think that's more a case of that figure never having been intended to be SDCC-exclusive in the first place. Normally there are three types of Comic-Con exclusives: exclusive figs (packaged on their own, never released anywhere else), preview figs (packaged on their own, but intended to be released in later sets), and exclusive sets (using available figs in a small model that's only available at the con). Rocket's Warbird was the first time we'd seemingly had an exclusive set that itself contained an exclusive fig. But it's entirely possible that that was never the intention, and they simply decided to use a version of the character intended to be released later. In any case, it's nice that we'll be getting this fig in a wider release, especially in such a charming little polybag! Love the tiny Groot!
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The first thing I thought when that showed up in this topic: "Someone needs to make emoticons of those". Seriously, I've long felt that the Action Figure subforum here on Eurobricks ought to have its own emotes, and images like these (perhaps with the other Toa for some emotions, of course) would be perfect. Unfortunately, I'm no good at making emotes. Hopefully someone can whip something up at some point.