BIONICLE Canon Contest #3: Honor Guard, Part 2 (Art) + Part 1 Winners

[SirKeksalot]

Norik’s is not pointed by any stretch of the imagination. Again, the part was designed to be an AXE. And Iruini’s weapon has more in common with a glaive than a proper spear. Meso’s already given his verdict: any polearm will do as long as it’s built similarly to Norik and Iruini’s “spears.” I specifically asked him, and he said this:

We make no restrictions on spear-tip usage. Plenty of things in BIONICLE have gone by names other than what they actually are. Norik’s spear tip, for instance, is an aqua- axe. As such, I say go open season with that.

For some reason, it’s not letting me quote the post itself, so here’s a link to his post. I invite you to see the context, since I give some examples Meso signed off on.

Toa Hagah Canon Contest Ruleset Feedback

Good question. We discussed it internally, and we think inverted torsos like that would be perfectly acceptable. The intention behind the wording was more to avoid people trying to incorporate the two individual parts in ways that don’t connect them how LEGO intended. So long as the lower torso is connected to the upper torso in the same way LEGO did, we don’t care how you orient it. Nothing. For me, I make no meaningful distinction between shoulders, bicep, upper-arm, etc. That area of coverage is what’s important, not necessarily the attachment point. They are considered metallic, so they would be allowed. We intend to start in April, if not sooner. Could start as early as the end of this month, depending on how this feedback process goes. We make no restrictions on spear-tip …

@Atobe_Brick

True, but does a flail count? Even if a flail is is polearm I can’t imagine it being used in the same way as Norik/Iruini’s weapons.

Flails usually aren’t polearms, but you could make one that is. I think including the chain would stretch it, but a mace would work fine.