Help locating a specific Bionicle Bootleg

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Hey! Apologies if this is the wrong place for this thread, I don’t visit this site that often. I’m looking for one of five Bionicle-esque bootlegs that include a set of articulated hands, but I have scoured the internet high and low and I can barely find any mention of them. I have a few leads, but I’m stumped as to where to go from there. I started with google image searching pictures of the sets themselves, which eventually led me to some kind of news article that had a picture of one of the sets new in box. https://kknews.cc/game/m29pgb2.html

From there, I found the brand name 818, and continued digging around on Google until I found a blog post about another set made by the same company under the same theme. Here I learned the original franchise was named King of Glory, and the company had made a handful of sets based on it. https://downtheblocks.blogspot.com/2017/12/818-82008-golden-king-of-glory-minifigs.html

But no amount of searching for any combination of “818” or “king of glory” has yielded anywhere I can actually buy these sets. The best I got was this thing, which appears to be a King of Glory set by the same company, but in a completely different style. https://item.taobao.com/item.htm?spm=a230r.1.14.16.392e770aidk15j&id=634419192524&ns=1&abbucket=16#detail

I already own a pair of these hands, so I know someone made them, but I want to try and find a pair that are still on the sprue so that I can send them to someone who can resin cast or 3D print them and make them more readily available for people. I took some pictures of the hands when I first got them back in 2017- this also has some old Aliexpress links that are no longer valid, as well as the brand I originally purchased, YNYNOO: Reddit - Dive into anything

I did some more digging and it seems like these Iron Man sets have the fabled hand pieces, too, albeit with a towball instead of a standard ball joint: https://downtheblocks.blogspot.com/2019/12/818-82198-82200-various-iron-man-mech.html

So yeah. I know it’s a long shot considering these things are 5 years old at this point, but hopefully you guys can help a bit.

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First of all - wow, that guitar build is neat. I might have to steal it. Secondly, I think those hands are copied from some fan designs. I’m unsure which but I’m pretty sure a 3D printer in the community originally designed those.

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There are several 3D printable designs out there, but all the fan-made ones I’ve seen use a socket rather than a ball due to the obvious convenience that brings. Can built ones be disassembled safely? If so, 3D printing new ones should still be possible.

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I’m extremely nervous about disassembling mine due to their age, the questionable quality of the plastic, the size of the joints themselves, and the fact that I only have one pair- otherwise I would just get my existing ones cast in resin. Having them still on the sprue would also make it much easier to cast, I imagine, since that’s sort of the entire idea behind a sprue.

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I’d like in one this. Boot leg bionicle parts come in colors ot made by lego yet. Heck they even have some original parts