Nick's Mods Ep.25- Mata Nui -- LEGO Bionicle Revamp!
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I still think Mata Nui would be better off gold - if for no other reason than having a proper alternative to selling your kidney for a pearl gold ignika.
How would it have held up if they made it gold? I know some older Transformers had issues with gold plastic shattering over time, has that ever been an issue with Lego?
@@darthwalrus4740gold plastic syndrome was never a problem for Lego to my knowledge, Brutaka is mostly gold and he's fine
@@jokig Well that's good to know, likely won't have to worry about that then.
Actually, Lego's older gold from 2010~ was pretty brittle with certain pieces.
SPRAYPAINT
This series actually taught me so much about character design, this was wonderful
What a great way to wrap up the Glatorian mods. I honestly really like the choice to keep Mata Nui mostly mechanical, it gives him a more distinct vibe when placed with your other Glatorian mocs. It also makes me wonder what the Glatorian must have thought meeting him for the first time, seeing this masked being with so many gears and pistons. Perhaps they would have thought he was a General Grievous type case, a Glatorian with so many cybernetics that he's now more machine than man. Which definitely provides an interesting dichotomy to Mata Nui's very "human" heart.
I still wished there was a fan fic with instead of a saviour from the star, we got a robot grampa with alzheimer and his imaginary friend, ignika/matoro's ghost and the glatorian and agori had to deal with this robot dude talking with himself and thinking they are some made up race called matoran, giving some of the vorox inteligence back, healing the sick and helping those in need just because he can.
HUGE fan of that sword design. So elegant and a terrific solution to one of my great childhood frustrations of not being able to build the movie sword
The character development in going from rejection g the design to embracing it is amazing. I feel like a lot of moc builders start this way-trying to solve the problems with sets and as they develop their tastes start to gain better understanding of the originals
Went through that process, but with my Toa Matau build. Eventually just added balljointed shoulders and articulated hands and left everything else pretty set accurate. Before I modified the body with longer limbs and larger wings, but eventually just came back to the original set design.
Adore that you went all in on the humble aspect, he looks stellar
That original moc of Mata Nui with the hover board looks awesome
Ah I remember when the Gresh episode came out. I pulled apart my Stars Gresh and Vastus and tried imitating it, substituting the original set’s lime claw pieces for the lime stars armor add ons as the side skirts. My eyes lit up watching your Vastus mod video and seeing you did the same thing that I did years ago trying to imitate your Gresh with the parts I had. I’ve loved having these Glatorian mods to look forward to, heck I’ve been watching them first thing in the morning when they come out. I’ll miss seeing my favorite year of bionicle get mods for a while, but I still love the rest of the series. I’ve thoroughly enjoyed these, and congratulations on getting through all the main sets.
PS: have you considered filling out the gaps in metru shins with a 3x1 curved slope and a 1x1 tile? It fills them out perfectly. I saw you used a Bohrok eye in the Gelu video to make it look a little more organic and I’ve been wondering if you considered that
Hmmm
I love the background of these videos, They look like something you'd see on a LEGO commercial with the boxes pilled up and the sunlight coming Through the window it's nostalgic
Again, I cant thank you enough for this entire Glatorian mod series. It inspired me to go back at making mocs and revamping my old builds. Each of your part choices are cleverly picked, from the movable skirt and shoulder armor so that the limbs can move freely, the friction add-ons giving stability as well as additional space so that the legs can bend in a sitting or split position, the Metru chest pieces sandwiched underneath the chest pieces so that they fill in what would otherwise be empty or skinny space, the Inika armor shells placed as leg back covering, the Piraka leg pieces used so that they dont hit the larger ccbs shells of the arms when bending the limb, how the texture of the Chima elegant armor add-on matches with the lower textures of the pearl gold Inika chest, etc. After trying out your build techniques myself I can tell that you put a lot of care with these. What is also great is because they are relatively small builds that dont use too many pieces, its all the more doable for people with a set budget to recreate. Simply brilliant work Nick!
Every new Nick's Mod with Bionicle fills me with joy. Im'n in love with this format : the music, the editing, the throwbacks...
Great to see the Magna Era get this kind of love
Thanks Nick
Man is using Metroid music in the background fits way to well
i love youre style of using the sun light to shine youre creation
“Kinda cakey from the back”
Mata Nui boutta make me act up
Dude, I absolutely love these mods! And although you said you’re finished here, there’s just three more characters I would love to see you revamp!
1- Telluris (the iron tribe agori who pilots the Scopio XV-1)
2- Zesk (even if minor, I still think he could be upgraded)
3- A Toa (basically, you used CCBS shells to give the design language of the more organic agori/glaotrian. I would like to see an example of a revamp of a toa in your style, and see how how you visually make them distinct from the more organic agori/glatorian.)
i always like 2009 mata nui since he was my “first” introduction to Bionicle so i always had a soft spot for him
I can’t wait to see more complete mocs from you. You are one of the most creative bionicle builders left and you’re understanding of design and storytelling through characters is amazing I can’t wait to see more of your stuff.
You did Mata Nui Justice. Thank you.
Mata Nui is my favorite Bionicle set, and I have been looking forward to this from the moment these Glatorian mods started. I am very impressed with how he turned out
Keeping the love of Bionicle alive, along with the rest of us!
That Duckbricks reference got me lmao
Bro is absolutely caked up
Gonna miss the God Sword, but the new version is so cool as well. One of my biggest regrets was not picking up Toa Mata Nui when I had the chance to back in the day, too.
I’m about to start buying more Bionicles
I love these mods! If I was gonna suggest additional sets to mod, the Skull Spider Army could use a few touch ups.
I don't mind the Keetorange, even the small mask. It's just the original set build was too lanky, like a gorilla. But your revamp is amazing. Brilliant use of the Lewa Masters keetorange CCBS shells.
I like the god sword you made since it becomes a surf board it fits with Toa Ignika, his predecessor. That and it also fits with the surfing deal of Tahu all the way back in the original year.
After all these years I've finally noticed that Mata Nui's face looks like a man with his arms stretched out.
Those mocs are awesome! An Earth Tribe Glatorian and Sister of The Skrall are two we never got any images of, and in the case of the Earth Tribe they were just tacked on after the series ended but still sound like a neat idea.
Looking forward to what next year’s Nick’s Mods(Mocs) have in store then!
Good on you for opening the Mata Nui set, destroying the sealed secondhand market is always fun.
I just wanted a Mata Nui that didn't have any cracks in it, and 99% of the time you buy a used bonkle from this era it's already borked. I managed to build this one without breaking anything.
Thank you! Mata NUI was always my favorite character. He’s so underrated in the main canon of Bionicle
The legendary Toa who's got an entire island named after him! Keep up the mods going you mighty LEGO Maniac!
I really like how you kept him smaller than other characters. If I remember correctly Ackar was slightly bigger than Mata Nui in the Movie so its fitting.
I really enjoyed these Mods, cause it gave me some inspiration for characters I would want to write :3 Hope to see more Bionicle Mods/MOCs in the future. Cheers!
I really like the gratorin plant because it reminds me of battel world where they fight to the death every day
I hope a Duma mod is visited, would be cool to see him given the growth of the Glatorian as well, maybe even some for that one Glatorian that works for Velika
I loved this series so much and I love this Mata Nui, he was one of my FAVORITE sets that I bought when I was younger
I really love seeing those Bionicle mods, I think I modded tahu 2015 once, don't know if he still is but I believe this could be the spark to look at him again
That really was a Great Spirit I saw in this vid, he looked legendary! Maybe someday i'll get to Show my own Glatorian mocs based partially on these revamps. Yeah that'd be great!❤
Wow nick! Very cool! Thanks for sharing!
Mata Nui was my first bionicle set, I remember asking my parents to get him for my back during Christmas of 2009 when I finally got into bionicle and then Bionicle end of the next year
By far my favourite Nick's Mod, which isn't a small achievement since I really liked the previous ones.
!PRAISE MATA NUI!
This is my favorite glatorian mod next to Kiina, I wish they made him golden too
A shame that whole period suffered from those blasted Frail limb parts.....reinforcing my Own Mata Nui might be my next project...after fixing up my Toa Mata.
how is it going my fleshbros?
-mata nui
Love it man, just a little bit here an there is great ❤
I always quite liked the OG Mata Nui, so this is a pretty nice mod
I actually got the figure back in 2009 along with The Legend Reborn DVD. Love your modifications.
Super Nice
All these mods have been amazing, this Mata Nui is no exception, I love it so much. It does remind me that I made a transgender glatorian Mata Nui moc
All you need to do now is Toa Mata Nui
That..... isn't feasible.
Kinda want to see an entire episode about the agori
Yet another great moc from you nick.
The final glatorian.
Just one question for you, what's next for nicks mods.
More of the same, really. Chima, some miscellaneous things from other themes.
Time for the Great Spirit!
Id love to see what you could do to Toa Mata Nui. It would be interesting
If i modded mata nui, i think i would make him look like the great spirit robot, with just bit of armor on top
great build. Honestly have been looking for ways to replace his upper arms and legs because both parts have shattered due to the fragility of 2009 sets
I waited so long for this
Never understood people's criticism towards this set: one should wonder how much "experience" Mata Nui himself had on body proportions and how much the Ignika itself influenced the birth of this body. To me, it's like a newborn trying to find a proper shape, mixing ancient knowledge (the shoulder armor) with most recent experience (Matoro Mahri's shoulder armor, retained by Toa Ignika too and even the keetorange-black colorscheme from Toa Ignika).
This is THE Mata Nui but the body is just a temporary means made possible by a mask that has its own history and independence. Both entities ended up forming this weird yet unique, and even storied shape. And yet, it's also charming in its pristine innocence, exactly like a newborn.
Anyway, I lost track. All this to say that I really appreciate this revamp, since it's very faithful to the appeal of the original set.
"I am Mata Nui" Michael Dorn was great casting for The Great Spirit. Wish they did a movie for the final fight against Terry, but eh.
Great Mod. Personally I like him not being gold, as the Mask of Life was weakened during this time, but not so weak that it would turn silver, thus yellow seems fitting. Plus, since his armor looks to be based around sand, he's kinda a take on Toa of Stone, kinda.
Quick question, if you could choose any of the elements in Bionicle, which would you choose?
(Me personally I like Ice and Stone)
Gold would’ve been cool, but I think it would’ve looked worse then keet
My only glatorian, and my only glatorian that i MOCed, wich is also my favorite MOC i made
I got my first bionicle sets today! OG lewa and maku!
Aren't they colorful?
They are! Now I want all of them, especially Onua, I love Onua!
2:35 do not lewd the matoran universe
I heard the new bionicle sets will be brick built
They should've at least make his helmet gold, or give him two, other than that, I agree that he looks better yellow.
And damn, no wonder Teridax tried to usurp him, Mata-boy is THICC!
He feels slightly on a plain side, but I really don't know if you can add much to change that. The only thing I can think of is a shield, I've seen some MOCs of it that looks pretty similar to movie one.
Also, feet change was a choice that I'm not sure how I feel about. Previous feet works well with ankle guards, making the shape of the whole feet flow nicely, Metru feet feels too narrow. I'm not calling that a bad choice, it just takes a bit for me to get used to.
But as always pretty amazing mod once more!
Do you think you can do some hero factory revamps or reboot bionicle revamps?
I bet a revamped Umarak would be absolutely glorious.
Tuma next?)
Speaking of a god-like Mata Nui, have you tried modding the Titan set? Because someone online posted a picture of it without the shoulder spikes and a Mata head, and it looks kinda similar to a certain giant robot...
Really enjoyed the videos. How do you choose your background music ? It fits so well that I almost didn’t think about it
I just.... pick music that I like, really.
I wonder if he's gonna revamp BIONICLE STARS from 2010 since he did revamps of the Glatorian wave from 2009.
I'm right here.
@@NickonPlanetRipple Oh, also, you should revamp BIONICLE STARS from 2010 since everyone hate like how they look.
OMG, it's been so long since I heard anything Bionicle. BTW, what happened to the build-a-hero concept?
Small question, are we gonna get another Chima mod anytime in the future?
Yes.
You should do perditus would be cool to see a lesser character on youtube
Have you ever made a Glatorian for the Iron tribe? I don't think one exists to my knowledge.
I have not, but I assume they'd look something like Mata Nui or Sahmad's colors.
@@NickonPlanetRipple I can see that working. But this each Glatorian has a shape and design to fit in to there elements.
Do you happen to have Titan Mata Nui?
If so would be awesome to get a video on him in this style
I have.... some of him.
Do you plan on ever mocing the piraka?
No.
#Teridaxdidnothingwrong
NICK PLEASE WATCH THE LEGO AVENGERS CODE RED TRAILER
You won't be dissapointed i swear
I saw it this morning and I was kinda disappointed.
@@NickonPlanetRipple still kinda sick that they brought back Tuma and Surge for this
I've given the 'organic' thing some thought, and, well, darnit, the more I think about it, the more I think the people on BM should be even more mechanical in appearance than the people from the MU.
My thought process is this; according to Farshtey, the Glatorian/Agori were entirely organic, before the 'Great Beings' started 'improving' them, making them cyborgs, as it seems.
As such; shouldn't the Glatorian and the like look more mechanical, then? They're effectively the Great Beings' prototype for the Matoran Universe, which is why the Toa and Matoran and the like look like robots made of flexible, organic metal [Protodermis] in the movies; because they are the Great Beings' design work perfected, taking everything they learned from 'upgrading' their own people, and making theoretically perfect beings, supposedly lacking in the flaws of the Glatorian [and why they were used to pilot Mata Nui, instead of the Bara Magnans, since the Matoran were mindless drones, and likely less prone to error for such a crucial mission]
Meanwhile; the Glatorian were 'upgraded' before the discovery of Protodermis, so, then; its only natural [at least to me, I suppose] that the characters in 'The Legend Reborn' look even more mechanical; because they're crafted with primitive designs and inferior resources. And actually; that idea fits spectacularly with Kiina's resentment towards the Great Beings in the movie, as they messed up so much of their planet and the people... only to abandon it and leave their people to slowly fall apart and die in the hostile desert remains, forcing them to fight for survival, and make crude repairs to their own bodies, becoming even more rugged and machinelike.
Maybe Kiina doesn't know about the specifics of the Great Beings, but it does still fit
I guess it depends on how external the "upgrades" are. I've always thought of the Toa/Matoran as essentially upright walking crabs. Covered in metal, save the connective tissues that can be seen in their joints.
@@NickonPlanetRipple Well, perhaps
Telluris and Pereditus?
I picture your female Skrall being Branar's own daughter, I'd name her "Fractryll." & I could call your Glatorian of earth "Gaiex."
Their names are Nocte (Midnight) and Soli (Soil)
@@NickonPlanetRipple but "Fractryll" & "Gaiex" are good Glatorian names, right?
I’m really excited to get a closer look at your Sister of the Skrall. All of your Glatorians look great and seeing full MOCs in this style will be a lot of fun.
I built my own female Skrall recently, and while mine went in a very different direction to yours, it’s nice to see that you didn’t go the same route a lot of female Skrall MOCs went. Was not a fan of how a lot of them interpreted “female”.
I’ve got that and a few other MOCs I’m proud of that I’ve been meaning to share somewhere. Where’s a good place to go for that? I’m not interested in using Reddit and was underwhelmed when I checked out BZPower.
No idea.
Waiting for tume
I really wish people would stop asking. The thought of that mod makes my anxiety skyrocket.
Ohh, I dun goofed up
I’m interested to know if you have modded any of the 2008 Madura since I’m trying to find inspiration to mod mine to look nicer overall
can you also du Perditus? would like to see that
I mean, I have already...
did you show it in a video and I just forgot about it?@@NickonPlanetRipple
Could you maybe modify the Tiger mobile from Chima? The plates are bending because of a lack of a middle wheel, how do I fix this?
The what? The really big one?
@@NickonPlanetRipple yes! The set number is 70224
@@NickonPlanetRipple hey! This comment about the Tiger’s Mobile Command is four weeks old now, have you started on that or not?
No rush, but I was just checking.
I do have some more problems with it.
The connection with the tail leads to damage on the console in there because of the strength and some stuff jutting out and the treads don’t work either. I saw how you fixed the treads for the ice mammoth battleship which was really cool, should I do the same thing for that?
Spending my last video before youtube blocks my account until I disable my adblocker to get you them good good engagement points, for all that a watch, like, and comment are worth!
RUclips has no real incentive to block accounts if they use adblockers, as that just removes potential yt prime customers or channels that might give them ad revenue from their video creations. These warning pop-ups dont even come up if you watch videos signed out with an adblocker. They just want to annoy and scare people with accounts into signing into their overpriced subscription service instead of actually fixing their site and dialing back at some of the choices they made (removal of dislikes, removal of messaging system, videos marked for kids not able to play if put in tab view, giving too much attention to larger channels, algorithm, shadowblocking comments, screwing over creators, etc). Adblockers also dont violate Terms of Service as some want you to believe, so their entire push RUclips is doing right now is just out of sheer greed. Just last year alone, YT made billions, so they are not scrapping for cash. They are wasting valuable time, resources, and manpower playing the game of cat and mouse with adblocker programmers, which are regular people that mostly do this work out of spare time. Twitch tried this as well, but eventually just gave up. So long as ads exist, there will be adblockers, especially since ads have been proven to be potential malware and bring virus to your computer, adblockers also function as antivirus and anti spy programs while surfing. If adblockers fall, youtube is falling down with it. They seriously underestimate peoples intolerance for corporate greed. I won't pay a monthly fee to have them not harass me, it's a matter of principles at this point.
Have you considerd 3d-printing, or buying a replica of the sword, or are you trying to be a purist?
(sorry for my bad grammar)
I’ve considered buying a 3D-printed one. I just hate how grainy the texture is next to normal, smooth LEGO pieces.
@@NickonPlanetRipple oh, I understand…
Do me a favour and do Lego Mixels
............That wouldn't be good content.
@@NickonPlanetRipple I’m sad now 🥲
But it’s fine
0/10
Not the whole matoran universe
I noticed you took down that old capcom rant where you turned into the joker at the end lol. A bummer, but I completely understand xD