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I believe I qualify for the Hau tag

Idk if it fits in this thread, but Lego's just posted this on their facebook page

Some glorious concept arts from BrickFair.

Which is funny, because Fenrir Wolf didn't even use Bionicle pieces.

While the MOC uses very interesting techniques, I can't really see how it's steampunk, aside from its colorscheme. I think adding some gears here and there would really improve the MOC's look and give it a proper steampunk, well, look. Aside from that, the head is just way too small. He looks more funny than menacing or sp00ky because of that :s It doesn't mean this MOC is bad, but definitely has some things that can - or even should - be improved.

I don't get why people complain about metallic colors being used in sets. Those characters are wearing an armor. And armor is made of metal.

I believe this was already posted :P

That looks simply awesome.

Is one of the Toa missing?

I actually hope this won't be the style they'll use in the series - this Tahu model is an exact replica of his set, which means it has all of the set's flaws and if we end up getting this in the show - no thank you.

There you go.

Hey I didn't know this is the "Ties and Bionicle 2016 Set Discussion". Oh wait 'Cause it's not. As for the sets I'm might be getting... Well, I'm gonna buy them all, as with first wave of 2015, but I think day one purchases will be Umarak, Tahu and Gali. I know Tahu's getting a lot of hate because of his "overuse" of gold, but I don't really mind it, and the whole figure looks way too good for me to pass - same thing with Umarak. And Gali just because she's one of my fav characters in G2. I may also get one of the Creatures to see how the whole "Uniting" gimmick will work irl, but overall I'm not really impressed with them - I hope the Beasts will be better.

Trigger may be a little bit... too fan-servicy for Lego :P Plus not all people would like its style. I honestly wouldn't mind CGI, as long as it's not super-set accurate, like Legend Reborn or HF animations. I honestly kind of want them to abandon the style of current animations - it was ok for one year, but I want to see something new in 2016. But as I said, it'd be glorious to have full animations done in that style of Kopaka's test animation video.

It'd be cool if they used the style from Kopaka's test video (or whatever it's called).

Th-Thank you <:L

I don't know about you, but I clearly see 3 "normal brown", as you call it, pieces on Pohatu. Plus he has some accents of this color on his chestplate Any titan set from 2006 onwards?

Not really, because none of the new sets uses this type of connection :P

I just hope they won't release one episode per year lol.

How unexpected :o

Skrall armor was last used in 2012 in Hero Factory set, so it's not that "old".

I highly doubt it, it looks different to me. Also, Onua seems to have trans-purple shells. Terak has trans-purple bones. Could this mean that we'll get Makuta in his Mask Maker form? Even if not, he'll be easy to MOC-up with those parts. I'm so excited.

Tahu's mask looks almost identical to the one from his concept art.

I have a theory that he wants to destroy Mask of Creation as some sort of revenge on his brother, since Ekimu's masks were more treasured than Makuta's.

I like how people still think Lego's going to just abandon the CCBS shells lol. Biomechanical beings don't need to have all the holes in their bodies filled, you know, since they're partially robots. Umarak's way better looking than Scorpio, even better than Kulta, that's for sure. And I'm pretty sure that he has MoCo (or at least a mask that is similar to it) in the box rather than MoCr. He's build is kinda similar to this year's Ekimu+Kulta+Scorpio combiner, which already is taller than Tahu, so, considering Umarak's using longer bones, I can just imagine how tall he must be :o And that's his normal variant, I'm assuming Umarak the Destroyer will be even bigger. My thoughts on the sets though: Gali: Can't really see her all that well, can't really comment on her. The weapon is kinda weird, I don't know what that Rhotuka-thing is supposed to be, I guess we'll have to wait for better pictures. I'm glad that she uses Vorox/Skrall armor in either orange or gold, it's good to have this pieces in more colors, it's one of my favourites. I don't think the new armor add-on is the same one used in Skull Squad, it has a slightly different shape, but as I said, we'll have to wait for a petter pic to know that for sure. Lewa: OMG he's awesome. Like, literally awesome. I'm digging everything about him, can't really see why people compare him to Matau though. The color's obviously a different shade of green, the same one used this year I think (even the shells are the same size :s) and the mask doesn't even look like Mahiki, moreover - it looks closer to original Miru that 2015 mask. I'm loving the weapons and the new torso armor, and the Vorox/Skrall armor. I'm really glad they brought this piece back, and it actually isn't all that surprising - it was last used in Speeda Demon, so if they were able to bring back Guurahk's blade, last used in 2010, they may as well bring back a piece last used in 2012. Pohatu: Looks very similar to his 2015 counterpart, and, sadly, as with Gali, you can't really see him all that well in the picture. He seems to have a different shade of brown (either Avak brown or the darker one, used on Maula's Stomper's head). More Vorox armor in silver, that's great. Umarak: really menacing-looking. I don't really have any complaints with him, other than the eyesoring blue pins on his legs, but hey, you can't do anything with that :P However, he looks like he might be another undead-spooky-scary-skeleton-guy, and hope that's not the case - that motiv was alright in 2015, but I don't want Lego to use it for all the bad guys in G2. Overall, I'm really happy with how the sets look, and I'm waiting for pics or Tahu, Onua and Kopaka. I'm so relieved they don't use SW torso armor, that would've really kill their look IMO. I love how they look really diverse from your typical CCBS sets, while still using this system - anybody who says that CCBS looks the same after all these years, is just plain stupid. I really hope that they will eventually make the new feet, I'm so tired of seeing the same ones all over again, but that's just a minor complaint.