Constraction Pieces in Modern Lego Sets

[LegoDavid]

@NOTaHFfan

Such a shame I won’t be able to get my hands on any, as they don’t really ship Lego to my country anymore

You can always just buy them separately from third party European sellers on Brick link.

[Monopoly]

@Ghid

also new type of claw for the kai mech fingers

which I don’t think is used anywhere else

lego why do you do this

new ghost rider mech has the same piece in black

[thewimpykid]

@Ghid

golden hand connector on the ice dragon creature

@Monopoly

How on Earth did I miss that?

[The_Blue_Panda]

time to abuse Lego’s bricks and pieces service to get a few of those bad boys

[Krelikan]

Is it just me, or is the mata hand clipping through the axle section that connects the ball joint to the axle holes?

[TheJerminator]

@Krelikan

Is it just me, or is the mata hand clipping

Yeah, there’s definitely some clipping there, probably because the box art is CG.

Like how the older Bionicle canisters showed the limbs flexing in impossible ways.

[Willess12]

It’s the new version though, disgusting.
(also that clipping is painful)

[TheJerminator]

@Willess12

It’s the new version though

Does the new version have any additional strength?

I don’t really see any advantage of this version over the previous CCBS version. Maybe Lego eliminated the hole to avoid confusion around people thinking that something is meant to connect to it?

[Ghid]

it’s possible the socket might not break as easily with that extra bar in there, but that’s an extra usage of plastic, and lego tends to go in the opposite direction. in theory, it’s for a good reason, but I don’t know what.

[Monopoly]

I believe it might have something to do with extra friction? The 2022 rerelease of Mighty Dinosaurs uses the new socket design, but also lacks the friction extenders from the original version. Perhaps they have more strength?

Or it could be that the friction extender piece is discontinued now. Come to think of it, I haven’t seen it around recently.

[Willess12]

Every time Lego upgrades the hand piece they remove a point of connection.

In '08, it was the stud-compatible holes on the side.
In '10, they made the socket hole smaller, but you can still stick a lightsaber rod in it
in '20 they’re removing the lightsaber rod connection.

Give them a few years, the axle holes on the sides will be gone too. They’re not using them here anyway.

[TheJerminator]

@Willess12

In '10, they made the socket hole smaller, but you can still stick a lightsaber rod in it

That was still a loose connection though, right?

What they should do is combine with width of the CCBS style with the larger hole of the 2001 style. Then you could actually connect studs at proper angles.

Even if they want to discourage the illegal connection that was popular in the early 2000’s, the hole doesn’t have to go all the way through, it just has to be deep enough for a stud.

[Ghid]

@Willess12

In '08, it was the axle holes on the side.

there’s still axle holes on the side

[Willess12]

I meant the connections on the front and back, where you could fit–
hm.
studs
Studs are not axles.
I’m a ghidiot, let me edit that

You can see it used in designs such as this

almost fully articulated bionicle hands.

I’m still figuring out this website. I hope to upload more of my creations. To you guys that enjoy creating bionicle mocs as much as I do. These hands are what I use for my self moc and hope you all find these usefully. [20221022_105822] [20221022_105815] [20221022_110105] moc

[Enbeanie]

this set has a new sword piece

[The_Blue_Panda]

Ninjago Crystal sword piece recolored in blue here, I’m gonna hit up Bricks and Pieces in January to get me a few of those

[Rukah]

ooh that looks really cool

[Axelford]

The best-selling Lego set of all time; I cannot believe it sold out within 4.20 seconds.

[BioKnight]

@Enbeanie

this set has a new sword piece

This set has them in bright green

[TheTDChronicler]

I spy with my little eye a Mistika fin piece