Make sure to flip the Onua sticker when you get it so it matches the Takua style
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What is this?
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It’s shaped like a Glatorian life counter, with some decorative signs on top.
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It’s the Bara Magna symbol
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This doesn’t really count because this piece was released before bionicle in the ufo theme but still this piece has always reminded me of the kraahkan mask.
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I’m also getting vague Pakari vibes.
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Does anyone have any context for this image?
I found it on Brickshelf, and the folder text suggests that this is some kind of non-Bionicle thing that very clearly took inspiration from a Toa Mata head.
However, I have no idea what that non-Bionicle thing is, or if it has any other references.
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A quick reverse search on Google Lens yielded no meaningful results; most relevant things were the Bricklink catalog entry for Kalmah’s foot and an eBay listing for Turahk’s feet. Is it possible it was AI generated?
I see the folder is called “something interesting I noticed”, sure wish they had told us where they noticed it lol
EDIT: I’m noticing the folder was last edited in 2005 so it almost certainly wasn’t AI
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Even so, that was one of the first things I thought when I saw it as well. Another thing I’m thinking is some kind of album art.
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me when I see an unattended dachshund at walmart
oh wait you mean for Bionicle
The file is listed as Scan0002_2, which might mean it’s a scan of some kind (gasp). The thing is, if this is an album cover, it goes to incredible detail to make a cheap plastic looking toy clearly inspired by Bionicle, along with a system of gears in translucent orange, when no basis for such a wild deviation from existing lego gears seems to present itself, as well as some of the more interesting changes to the mata head, like the cheekbone grooves and the lack of cranial cavity.
My guess is this is a photograph printed on either an advertisement or a box for some kind of bootleg robot, no Bionicle comparisons, outside of stealing some pretty big design elements for the head. The extremely reflective paint on those plastic elements feels very much like early 2000’s cheap toys made by people with little awareness of the market looking to score a quick buck, which I’ve run across lots of times over the years.
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Bionicle was acknowledged in this search and find book.
But here’s the interesting thing from the extra finds in the back:
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Look at that sad Onewa minifig
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I find it really interesting that everything except most of the Bionicle figures is traced directly from stock photos on the second page. Did the artist have the Bionicle sets in hand but nothing else?
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I achually wanta ask if Hero Factorty (and Bionicle G2) is in the book? seem to have everything
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It looks like it’s just Speeda Demon in the top left corner. Also, that’s Tommy Andreasen right by the golden dragon.
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Slightly strange that the Atlantis squid warrior’s on the 2011-2015 page when everything else Atlantis is on the page before…
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That’s so wholesome, especially the Faber sigfig lol.
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So I was intrigued by this line of thought and decided to track down every traced stock photo I could
Here’s what I’ve got so far…
As of right now, the only elements I can’t match to anything are
- Irnakk
- Vezon & Kardas
- Jaller Inika
- The Vladek figure from 8702 Lord Vladek in the bottom right corner
- The entirety of 7691 ETX Mothership Assault
- Any elements from 7637 Farm (farmer behind Underground Mining Station, both cows)
- Any elements from 8191 Lavatraz (Eruptorr, silver-suited Power Miner in the bottom left)
- Any elements from 5969 Squidman Escape (Squidman himself, the Space Police officer on top of the Underground Mining Station)
- The catapult from 7036 Dwarves’ Mine mounted on top of the Underground Mining Station
- The Duplo shark from 7882 Shark Attack behind the Underground Mining Station
- A couple of individual minifigures dotted about
I want to complete this as best I can so if any of you recognise any other traced stock photos please let me know
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I like how quickly this makes you go from “aww that’s such a sweet thing of lego to do” to “well that’s just really freaking lazy”
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