#5: Lava Thrall (Biowave Project)

Genius, pewku was my absolute favourite set growing up and this does the function justice and integrates it so seamlessly! It does look a bit derpy from some angles, but the fact you were able to make the function work as well as it does whilst still have it look this good is one heck of an achievement.

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holy crap the function is awesome, also dat head does, pretty good detail

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I like how the white rubber band for the opening mouth looks like teeth.

Hadn’t thought of that :stuck_out_tongue:

The crawl-function is absolutely astonishing. The head especially looks reminiscent of the 2001 rahi, specifically the Tarakava. Amazing work!

Nicely executed functions again. I probably still prefer Pewku’s crawling function (because with those six insect legs it just looks so good) but at least the Lava Thrall’s function doesn’t seem to come apart every second time you use it :stuck_out_tongue:.

FUN FACT:

One of the first head designs I came up with for the Lava Thrall was this one:

Kinda got the size wrong, though :stuck_out_tongue:. Since I liked (and still like) it a lot I eventually used it on my Cliff Drake MOC.

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I really like the walking feature that was able to be incorporated into the build

geez its like your getting better and better! love your work and the way you put functions in your mocs, I do feel the back of this thrall is a little to straight, but my gosh, the head, legs, feet, functions are just fantastic!

This creature is bonkers! I love it!

I find this very creative. Tempted to make a MOV of it. Great work.

It’s so adorable. <3

Once again you have exceeded my expectations. The decision to make this a salamander was really creative, presenting itself to numerous ideas and routes to go with the design. The direction you did take ends up coming together perfectly. Pewku’s function is something I’ve always wished to see more of in constraction sets and here it is engineering well despite not being an arthropod of sorts. It evokes enough life that I can just imagine it crawling up scalding rocks. That said, the body itself looks a tad blocky compared to the more organically curved limbs and head, though it’s nothing severe. Overall this is probably my favorite of the five shown thus far.

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Good luck with that. It’s pretty expensive to build :wink:

Unfortunately the head did turn out a bit ‘cute-looking’ but I think the concept art fixes that :stuck_out_tongue:

The LEGO Ideas page for this set is live now so please go support it if you enjoyed:
https://ideas.lego.com/projects/176012

I like him, I’d definitely want him as a set, though he’s extremely underwhelming once you analyze it. The function is the bomb.com/cooldude though.

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That derpy face though.

It’s the best part.

Straight out of the olden days :stuck_out_tongue:

NIIICE.
That is a great use for the roborider face piece thing.

Those eyes…they have seen what cannot be unseen…

Eh. My least favorite of the bunch, but still imposing and cool.

The head looks very strange to me. However, the build is impressive, and the function is very cool. Keep up the good work!