That’s cause if it were it would steal all the votes
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This might actually be the worst part of these delays.
[EDIT: Rereading this, I realize I made it sound like you finishing your entry would be bad. That was super bad phrasing on my part]
The amount of time between voting periods kind of sucks, but it’s ultimately not a huge deal, as others have said many times before; it’s been ten years, we can wait a few more weeks; we’ll get results eventually; etc.
What is a bigger deal, though, is that a time limit was put on the entries for a now-seemingly-arbitrary reason; if the voting isn’t going to start right after the entry periods, then what’s even the point of having an entry period? It doesn’t do anything to speed up the contests, but it does limit the time and effort that can be put into entries.
If there’s going to be multiple months between voting periods, why can’t people be submitting entries for the entirety of that time?
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Nah I see what you’re saying, I think it would be better in future that they timed prolonged breaks with the entry period maybe? Of course they would need staff moderating entries as they come in but still, such a method would be better.
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We will be issuing a statement momentarily in a new topic. Stay tuned.
Alright, we’re reopening this topic. We hope to have the contest results posted soon, but we’re going to (as usual) wait on Greg before the big unveiling.
For anyone that would like to continue discussing the contests, read this.
It is very easy to discuss these things and not feed into drama or negative feelings. The goal is to have a good time, and mindset is the first step in that. Be respectful, be kind.
Ah, quick edit because I forgot to mention it earlier. The next contest held will be Tuyet. We’re going to be taking our break for the holidays and to recover from the Toa Hagah ordeal, as well as to attend to any refinements/improvements we can. Stay tuned for the next Nak & Jay. That said, expect Tuyet’s contest to be early 2022.
Best way to help out at this juncture would be to find any canon information on her appearance and make us aware of it. It’s my understanding that all we know is that she’s a blue Toa of Water, that looks like a Toa, with a mask of an unknown shape and a Broadsword with barbs that do more damage if removed from something. If there is something we missed, let us know!
Thank you,
-Eljay
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Couldn’t find anything else on tuyets apperance but made this index for toa canon heights (mutated toa, transformed toa and normal toa are present in this scale) This is also nothing that should be a hard rule but a guideline for all future toa sized characters in my personal opinion should fall within this index. its sorted tallest to shortest, the avtoran limbs for tahu and takanuva stars don’t exist in stud.io so i’ve just measured that piece in studs and let the torso hover the appropriate distance. Beyond that height with masks does not matter in this comparison as this is more a general take on toa heights. Also some of them are more built than others but I’ve omitted details where it doesn’t affect height or the build.
If you disagree as Eljay said be respectful, If you are one of the people from the subreddit discord server who has by their own admission stated that they only argue with me to get a reaction out of me, please keep it in your pants
//Tarkur
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Is anyone else surprised to find out Helryx and the nuva were the same height?
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Not really but its interesting. I’m more suprised at how many of the inika builds are the height of some metru builds though
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I was. It was such a coincidence.
Also I’m really excited to start the Tuyet contest because I have a tuyet moc and all I have to do is get the parts irl
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I’m not surprised. The fandom as a whole wanted articulated limbs, and to have those, you have to increase the scale. My entry was about the same height as onua and everyone complained about lack of articulation and use of system, even though the system pieces were more specialized ones that match bionicle pieces very closely. There are plenty of minifigure helmets and weapons that match bionicle. “Too much system” is now an inside joke my brother and I use now whenever we read nitpicky complaints online because of all the criticism my helryx and artakha mocs got from people with a poor working knowledge of how lego pieces actually work.
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This is interesting for sure (I’m a sucker for good comparison charts). I agree it shouldn’t be a rule, though. I can’t imagine there will be lots of titan-sized Tuyets submitted, let alone that make it into the final rounds of voting. If you say “make this character Toa-sized,” it’d be understood that 08 Takanuva for instance is an outlier. At least, in my mind it would be.
For this contest maybe have a guideline of “if she were next to Lhikan would she stand out as unusually tall or short?” Not necessarily a hard rule of “no taller than Iruini or shorter than Whenua” like with the Hagah, but it may help guide people as they’re building if they have that in the back of their mind.
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For sure the titan tuyet might not be an issue for this contest but going forward for example Lariska is said to be toa sized
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And Tuyet is Toa sized since she is a Toa. If that restriction is imposed for Lariska, maybe it should also be for the rest of the Toa, maybe something like, taller than Onua Mata and shorter than a Toa Inika.
Only one “Toa” has a titan size without an explanation, and the set isn’t canon.
Okay, so, I did some preliminary vote-tallying - I collected the votes of everyone who publicly stated their vote in the poll 6 topic, and calculated the winner - currently, the projected winner is SpecterL’s entry three. However, this contest has been really volatile, and I only have about 10% of the total votes cast, so it’s possible that that’s entirely wrong.
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To be fair, Meso did release all the poll results already 
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I think there should be less restrictions for Tuyet. The Hagah’s restrictions made sense both because they were meant to be an elite unit, and because Greg said they had the same build.
Tuyet is just some lady from a random continent unrelated to Lhikan. The Mangai as a whole are a ragtag group of individuals. Their team composition doesnt follow the preestablished 6-primary element formula, so why should the Mangai members be forced to be Metru Builds?
I’m gonna advocate for more diverse builds this go around. Custom torsos, Inika Torsos, Nick Bluetooth torsos, idgaf. Just let people be creative.
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Was it not already stated there would be no torso restriction for Nidhiki and Tuyet or am I losing my mind
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Yeah that is true. None of the future Toa will have such a restriction. The only restriction would probably be, that it can’t be too big.
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Idk if it’s been said anywhere, but that’d be nice to see. I’ll get to reading her serials again this weekend, see if I can sus out any more details of her appearance.
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