@@BenCossyOfficial Just hope they actually consider the potential of a Bionicle revival, not necessarily a reboot, and that they move away from the GWP format. I've seen many people genuinely unhappy with the GWP method of introducing a new Bionicle set in years and last thing we need is another reboot. Not even sure if Faber would be interested in coming back to Bionicle even if there was a reboot, but they still have G3 story which they kinda left hanging so they could revive that with system sets if they wished.
Honestly, I totally wouldn't mind a system figure line in a similar style to this. Be it a Bionicle revival or an original IP, it's be so nice to be able to buy buildable figures again.
Mini ball joints are a godsend for figure building with system parts. It's a shame that there aren't a lot of sets or themes on the market right now that take full advantage of them, cause they're easily the pieces I use most in MOCs besides tiles or clips. Fun fact btw: LEGO's old 1970s buildable figures have hands with both a stud connection and a ball joint that's compatible with Mixel parts. Get your hands on some of those if you want an even smaller connection point with a bit of a swivel built in.
@@LucasTigy2 They're being used less and less nowadays. The most recent Marvel mechs especially have been phasing them out in favor of new static limb pieces. I'm moreso talking about using mini ball joints in a new character building theme like Bionicle, Hero Factory, and Mixels, anyways.
@@skippy6536 and i agree that that's a travesty. i hope they rethink that piece as a whole because it reminds me of how limiting most CCBS pieces were which is what drove me away from hero bionicle G2. with that said, there's still a good amount of creator 3-in 1 sets that also use them. i recommend many of those sets as a whole just for their great animal designs as well as the many ball joints they use
@@LucasTigy2 Smaller mechs use them for limb pieces, larger ones for hands, just recently we had the Avatar sets use them for the creature limb articulation. Mixel joints arent going anywhere. Like the larger balljoints and sockets, these seem to have integrated with system quite well.
I’m in love with that Kopaka. I’m sure throughout this year we’ll hear about fan made prints and stickers to give each of the Toa their masks and finally have them all together.
got mine yesterday, and just opening the instruction manual to that original poster and the message from Greg, i found myself feeling a type of childhood joy i haven't felt in a while from Bionicle there were even a few tears of joy, just to have a remake of the original Tahu, as it's been so long since, and it's going on display with the Tahu Mata made from some parts of my original one that i had back in 2001
This was a great little set and surprisingly poseable, despite the limitations. All it needs is more points of articulation, and this great set would become absolutely amazing. Also, got that Ninjago Ice Dragon Creature to get my Tahu, and you know... given how Fire vs Ice is a fairly common trope, this was probably a smart decision. Like Tahu is in Ko-Wahi and facing a giant ice dragon Rahi. Love it.
@@BenCossyOfficial Oh! Just remembered. The set has instructions for an alternate build, but personally, I take more interest in this fan-made alternate build. ruclips.net/video/7B0PQ90b5OY/видео.html I dunno, thought you'd get something out of this.
Actually jalla has a styled mask in one of the photos of the development of the set If you look at duckbricks video there is a black pakari and a yellow how.great video and moc too
The Kopaka you have made is awesome. The light grey Mixel parts work even better here than it does for Tahu. Aside from the (well designed) head, your moc matches perfectly with the new Tahu. So much so, that I see this as a missed opportunity from Lego. They could have made all six Toa as their own individual figures in this style, and they wouldn't have cost much to produce. Just a fun thing to do for Bionicle. I can honestly see something like this happening in the future if the GWP does well. If anyone makes stickers for Toa heads that match the esthetic of Tahu's print here, I'll gladly buy them and build the rest of the Toa. If they end up looking good with a moc like your Kopaka, that would be incredible. ^^
I got this set for retail price via Bricklink (didn't want to spend the money on a full box to get it with purchase), and I must say I actually love it so much more than I expected! Really brings back the good old bionicle feels from 15+ years ago. I have the set at a prominent place on my desk at home, and every time I look at Takua's face it reminds me of the amazing Mata Nui Online Game... Luckily I have a copy of the flash file on my laptop so I can relive that amazing memory over and over again!
You know, if Lego decides to make a 3g, I wouldn't want Bionicles to be built from System only, because that would completely kill the Bionicles feature. I think it would be cool if Lego released a couple of buildable action figures from the technic and system, which will have new parts of masks, heads and weapons, and these "mixels" will be released as minifigures in systems sets with buildings and vehicles
I haven't bought any kid-targeted lego in years so I don't have any experience with those ball joints, but they seem sturdier than they look and have a lot of potential!
I started to make my own MOCs in Studio to see how many parts I need before I order! I'm going to take the design from Lego as a base like you did with Kopaka.
I've never been a fan of the original Tahu, maybe that's just because I got into Bionicle from G2, but I want that set. I looks so good and the poseability is perfect! But I just don't have the money to buy a large set that I want to get this.Maybe some point in the future though
Spectacular ben a absolutely wonderful build of toa mata kopaka and as well for the head design great review on the toa mata tahu look on other bionicle characters into brickonicle which could be a good biss episode for brick bionicle characters
I love my Tahu, too. I kind of want to try my hand at a could of other Toa. Reboot my Tiny Toa with some bigger versions, and maybe even get the others in there, too. Maybe not 1:1 but you know, at least inspired by Tribute Tahu.
I really hope this set gets a more traditional, widely available, release, even if we don’t get the other toa. I missed out on this set because of the gift with purchase thing. Getting over $100 of Lego from a very restricted range of themes and sets just to get the one set I actually want.
I wonder how well the face of the Chibi Tahu would go on the head of the GWP Tahu, for those that couldn’t get the exclusive piece… with a different eye, hmm
Something I do want to say whenever I watch a video about this GWP: I like it, I think the designers clearly love Bionicle and the community. I do however feel like GWPs that you have to pay huge amounts to get is inherently anti-consumer: let us buy them! FOMO to get folks to make huge purchases or get left out doesn't fit right with the love for the community angle they want to sell us on
I like that jallas mask resembles Lhikans mask more than tahus. So is this a with purchase set? Cause I probably won’t be able to get it, witch sucks I’ve pretty much been waiting sense the end of bionicle gtwo and so this really sucks. At least I can still build in this style though
Yeah you have to buy other sets to get it, more info here, or just check the LEGO shop website :) brickset.com/article/90332/here-s-how-you-ll-be-able-to-get-the-bionicle-gwp Hopefully you can get one though dude, would be a shame if you missed out
Check out the bioniclelego subreddit. People have made the toa mata a plethora of times with very interesting and unique building techniques. More importantly, people have also drafted up and released HQ decals of the 6 great kanohi masks you can print on translucent sticker paper to apply to bricks to make your own masks awhile others have brickbuilt masks that work on the type of heads the GWP released
As soon as GWP Tahu dropped, I knew everyone was gonna be chomping at the bit to make the rest of the team in this format. I myself got the pieces to do Lewa, but I couldn't think of a good way to do his axe for that scale. Anyone have any ideas?
I'm not upset with the build being system; I'm upset that I have to drop another hundred dollars USD just for a set that's worth $15 and that being the only thing I'd actually want
I'm gonna be honest: This thing is objectively better than the original Tahu set because it's easier to transport, more opposable, and isn't weirdly expensive.
0 confirmation on that, but it's very very likely. It's too expensive for LEGO to keep the molds of old parts that they don't use. The older it is the more likely they got rid of it.
I don’t like the set. The Original Design Remake is also wrongly picked. In the movie you see the actual fig being completely different. You can even watch the Movie here on yt. Lego should just remake bionicle and hero Factory or merge it together in something new. The Movie: ruclips.net/video/ep7fZkUwqVg/видео.html
This is actually, factually, insulting. Lego truly hates Bionicle and the constant blueballing that we've been getting for a whole decade really comes to show this.
I think this is just a cool little homage to the IP leading up to a potential relaunch of actual sets. I know there's a bit of a history of lego system fans being greatly favored over Bionicles, and this could be seen as a insult in that regard, but I think this was created with good intentions.
@@ModFactory Yeah I'm certain this came from a good place, many lego designers probably love bionicle too, but lego as a company is making it seem as if it presonally hated the ip for some reason :/ It probably is because they tried to keep it alive a couple of times already and it didn't pan out. It didn't work because most consumers were STILL KIDS like why would you "revive" a dying ip 3 years after it died like fucking wait a bit, do you even understand why it's dying at all? That's what bothers me, because it kinda feels like Lego is going like "Well we tried guys, but you didn't want this back then, you chose videogames over us, so now enjoy this funny looking tahu system poop :P"...give us a break.
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We NEED a release of System Bionicle, in both this style and in Derpy Tahu.
4+ bionicle?
@@Max-nt5zs Hard to say if it'll happen, I sure hope it does! But yeah if the GWP set sells well, there's no reason that they wouldn't do more
@@BenCossyOfficial Just hope they actually consider the potential of a Bionicle revival, not necessarily a reboot, and that they move away from the GWP format. I've seen many people genuinely unhappy with the GWP method of introducing a new Bionicle set in years and last thing we need is another reboot.
Not even sure if Faber would be interested in coming back to Bionicle even if there was a reboot, but they still have G3 story which they kinda left hanging so they could revive that with system sets if they wished.
At the very least we need the moulded mask back
A little blind bag of derpy toa
Honestly, I totally wouldn't mind a system figure line in a similar style to this. Be it a Bionicle revival or an original IP, it's be so nice to be able to buy buildable figures again.
The love child of Bionicle and Mixels.
Mini ball joints are a godsend for figure building with system parts.
It's a shame that there aren't a lot of sets or themes on the market right now that take full advantage of them, cause they're easily the pieces I use most in MOCs besides tiles or clips.
Fun fact btw:
LEGO's old 1970s buildable figures have hands with both a stud connection and a ball joint that's compatible with Mixel parts.
Get your hands on some of those if you want an even smaller connection point with a bit of a swivel built in.
lots of the mechs use them actually, especially the marvel ones.
@@LucasTigy2 They're being used less and less nowadays.
The most recent Marvel mechs especially have been phasing them out in favor of new static limb pieces.
I'm moreso talking about using mini ball joints in a new character building theme like Bionicle, Hero Factory, and Mixels, anyways.
@@skippy6536 and i agree that that's a travesty. i hope they rethink that piece as a whole because it reminds me of how limiting most CCBS pieces were which is what drove me away from hero bionicle G2.
with that said, there's still a good amount of creator 3-in 1 sets that also use them. i recommend many of those sets as a whole just for their great animal designs as well as the many ball joints they use
@@LucasTigy2 Smaller mechs use them for limb pieces, larger ones for hands, just recently we had the Avatar sets use them for the creature limb articulation. Mixel joints arent going anywhere. Like the larger balljoints and sockets, these seem to have integrated with system quite well.
I’m in love with that Kopaka. I’m sure throughout this year we’ll hear about fan made prints and stickers to give each of the Toa their masks and finally have them all together.
got mine yesterday, and just opening the instruction manual to that original poster and the message from Greg, i found myself feeling a type of childhood joy i haven't felt in a while from Bionicle there were even a few tears of joy, just to have a remake of the original Tahu, as it's been so long since, and it's going on display with the Tahu Mata made from some parts of my original one that i had back in 2001
This was a great little set and surprisingly poseable, despite the limitations. All it needs is more points of articulation, and this great set would become absolutely amazing.
Also, got that Ninjago Ice Dragon Creature to get my Tahu, and you know... given how Fire vs Ice is a fairly common trope, this was probably a smart decision. Like Tahu is in Ko-Wahi and facing a giant ice dragon Rahi. Love it.
I got that one too, haven't built it yet, but very keen to!
@@BenCossyOfficial Oh! Just remembered. The set has instructions for an alternate build, but personally, I take more interest in this fan-made alternate build.
ruclips.net/video/7B0PQ90b5OY/видео.html
I dunno, thought you'd get something out of this.
Actually jalla has a styled mask in one of the photos of the development of the set
If you look at duckbricks video there is a black pakari and a yellow how.great video and moc too
I've been anticipating this exact thing since I learned of the GWP
I need you to make more of these guys it's perfect
I have in fact made the full team of Toa Mata characters, will be posting a video with them this week :)
Awesome job on that brick-built Hau!
I love the old tohunga/matoran so much. They give of this adventurous vibe.
Oh great way to word it, I wholeheartedly agree about that adventurous vibe!
@@BenCossyOfficial Makes me want to replay MNOG!
The Kopaka you have made is awesome. The light grey Mixel parts work even better here than it does for Tahu. Aside from the (well designed) head, your moc matches perfectly with the new Tahu. So much so, that I see this as a missed opportunity from Lego. They could have made all six Toa as their own individual figures in this style, and they wouldn't have cost much to produce. Just a fun thing to do for Bionicle. I can honestly see something like this happening in the future if the GWP does well.
If anyone makes stickers for Toa heads that match the esthetic of Tahu's print here, I'll gladly buy them and build the rest of the Toa. If they end up looking good with a moc like your Kopaka, that would be incredible. ^^
I got this set for retail price via Bricklink (didn't want to spend the money on a full box to get it with purchase), and I must say I actually love it so much more than I expected! Really brings back the good old bionicle feels from 15+ years ago. I have the set at a prominent place on my desk at home, and every time I look at Takua's face it reminds me of the amazing Mata Nui Online Game... Luckily I have a copy of the flash file on my laptop so I can relive that amazing memory over and over again!
I'm listening instead of watching this one because I want to wait until I can experience it in person! Then I'll rewatch
You know, if Lego decides to make a 3g, I wouldn't want Bionicles to be built from System only, because that would completely kill the Bionicles feature. I think it would be cool if Lego released a couple of buildable action figures from the technic and system, which will have new parts of masks, heads and weapons, and these "mixels" will be released as minifigures in systems sets with buildings and vehicles
I would love to see someone get one of the old heads and put it on this build
Excited to see the others!
I haven't bought any kid-targeted lego in years so I don't have any experience with those ball joints, but they seem sturdier than they look and have a lot of potential!
I started to make my own MOCs in Studio to see how many parts I need before I order! I'm going to take the design from Lego as a base like you did with Kopaka.
Ooh, I wanna recreate that Roodaka...
I've never been a fan of the original Tahu, maybe that's just because I got into Bionicle from G2, but I want that set. I looks so good and the poseability is perfect!
But I just don't have the money to buy a large set that I want to get this.Maybe some point in the future though
Matoro in Takuas style?
Spectacular ben a absolutely wonderful build of toa mata kopaka and as well for the head design great review on the toa mata tahu look on other bionicle characters into brickonicle which could be a good biss episode for brick bionicle characters
There is one piece used in bionicle: The black ball on his chest hehe
I love my Tahu, too. I kind of want to try my hand at a could of other Toa. Reboot my Tiny Toa with some bigger versions, and maybe even get the others in there, too. Maybe not 1:1 but you know, at least inspired by Tribute Tahu.
Lego has a book explaining they destroyed the bionicle molds cause it costs more to store them than to destroy any molds they make
I made a whole set and made face decals for them. I'm planning on making digital versions to print out and share
If I was to send you a wip that I haven’t built arms for yet, could you show it on a bis episode? I think it’s pretty good
Holy shit joe biden!?!?!
Most likely Mr. President, feel free to submit it and I'll consider putting it into a future episode
@@BenCossyOfficial cheers mate
great build! I do the same but just using pieces from Lego Mixels (greens) to make Lewa 😅
me after seeing gwp tahu: “you’re as beautiful as the day I lost you”
I really hope this set gets a more traditional, widely available, release, even if we don’t get the other toa. I missed out on this set because of the gift with purchase thing. Getting over $100 of Lego from a very restricted range of themes and sets just to get the one set I actually want.
I wonder how well the face of the Chibi Tahu would go on the head of the GWP Tahu, for those that couldn’t get the exclusive piece… with a different eye, hmm
7:27 you could reply caded the mini tahus masks for jaller but with diferent eyes
What I simply need is a small neck mod that can attach Bionicle heads to this brick system so we can use real kanohi mask again
i'd love to see a system build of Lewa Nuva.
Something I do want to say whenever I watch a video about this GWP: I like it, I think the designers clearly love Bionicle and the community. I do however feel like GWPs that you have to pay huge amounts to get is inherently anti-consumer: let us buy them! FOMO to get folks to make huge purchases or get left out doesn't fit right with the love for the community angle they want to sell us on
I like that jallas mask resembles Lhikans mask more than tahus. So is this a with purchase set? Cause I probably won’t be able to get it, witch sucks I’ve pretty much been waiting sense the end of bionicle gtwo and so this really sucks. At least I can still build in this style though
Yeah you have to buy other sets to get it, more info here, or just check the LEGO shop website :)
brickset.com/article/90332/here-s-how-you-ll-be-able-to-get-the-bionicle-gwp
Hopefully you can get one though dude, would be a shame if you missed out
@@BenCossyOfficial ok thanks
Check out the bioniclelego subreddit. People have made the toa mata a plethora of times with very interesting and unique building techniques. More importantly, people have also drafted up and released HQ decals of the 6 great kanohi masks you can print on translucent sticker paper to apply to bricks to make your own masks awhile others have brickbuilt masks that work on the type of heads the GWP released
I rarely ever spend that much on non license themes,
So I bought two sers that have lots of mixel and other joints so i can maybe make my own mocs
It would be nice if Lego would just print a bunch of bionicle faces in different colors and put those together in a baggie and sells them
I just hope this is a secret prototype for something in the future...
Can you do a brick built hau? I don’t like how the printed mask looks.
Technically we have onua since it’s a recolor of takua’s mask
there is only one piece 👀 from the original set that appears and it is the ball on his chest
Wait... am I the first one ?
vid heve 100 views what did you expected
You should have made Kopaka’s mask round.
As soon as GWP Tahu dropped, I knew everyone was gonna be chomping at the bit to make the rest of the team in this format. I myself got the pieces to do Lewa, but I couldn't think of a good way to do his axe for that scale. Anyone have any ideas?
I'm not upset with the build being system; I'm upset that I have to drop another hundred dollars USD just for a set that's worth $15 and that being the only thing I'd actually want
TAAAAAAAKUUUUUUUUAAAAAAAAA
is this G4?
I'm gonna be honest: This thing is objectively better than the original Tahu set because it's easier to transport, more opposable, and isn't weirdly expensive.
Your wrong and I hate you.
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my original tahu are also extremely dusty lol
Tbh someone should make a 3D printed kanohi masks that goes with system.
That would be so cool!
edit: I'd like to clarify for this building style
Look up Minionicle. That stuff is glorious. Best BIONICLE minifigs I've seen. Printed a few as well
@@terracolunga1923 I mean ones that fit this build style, but yeah, I've seen those, they're really cool!
Ccbs molds don't exist anymore? That makes me weirdly sad...
0 confirmation on that, but it's very very likely. It's too expensive for LEGO to keep the molds of old parts that they don't use. The older it is the more likely they got rid of it.
Jalas mask looked more like likahns mask in my opinion
Bionicle fans rejoice
bohrok in gwp style. somebody make it happen! I'm too stupid and poor to design one myself
For me, the only bad thing is that the masks are printed...
I hate this. Looks like a McDonald's knock off bionicle. Its not the same. Its NOT a Bionicle without the propper pieces or canister can
I don’t like the set.
The Original Design Remake is also wrongly picked. In the movie you see the actual fig being completely different.
You can even watch the Movie here on yt.
Lego should just remake bionicle and hero Factory or merge it together in something new.
The Movie:
ruclips.net/video/ep7fZkUwqVg/видео.html
bruh wtf this ain't the bionicle
This is actually, factually, insulting. Lego truly hates Bionicle and the constant blueballing that we've been getting for a whole decade really comes to show this.
I think this is just a cool little homage to the IP leading up to a potential relaunch of actual sets. I know there's a bit of a history of lego system fans being greatly favored over Bionicles, and this could be seen as a insult in that regard, but I think this was created with good intentions.
@@ModFactory Yeah I'm certain this came from a good place, many lego designers probably love bionicle too, but lego as a company is making it seem as if it presonally hated the ip for some reason :/
It probably is because they tried to keep it alive a couple of times already and it didn't pan out. It didn't work because most consumers were STILL KIDS like why would you "revive" a dying ip 3 years after it died like fucking wait a bit, do you even understand why it's dying at all? That's what bothers me, because it kinda feels like Lego is going like "Well we tried guys, but you didn't want this back then, you chose videogames over us, so now enjoy this funny looking tahu system poop :P"...give us a break.