This is a recreation of the Toa Head Statue that Yannickbuildsthings had submitted to Lego Ideas a couple of years ago. After it got rejected, I have seen a lot of people ask for instructions. So I decided to try and reverse engineer it in Stud.io
I tried to build it as similar to the one in the photos, using the same pieces. But I did change some pieces so it could be cheaper for those who didn’t have all the pieces on hand. I also built one using the pieces I had to prove it is stable and buildable :]
The original model and idea is from Yannickbuildsthings and I don’t claim to be the original designer, I just reverse-engineered it for people to build. Of course, if Yannickbuildsthings wants me to remove this, I will. Don’t forget to check his Instagram out
Well, I knew it was inevitable that someone would figure it out, but I didn’t think it would be so soon
Perhaps there is some internal component that only Yannick knows preventing us from ever “truly” recreating it, but this is as spot-on as I’ve seen anyone ever get. Fantastic work!
I might be making a Bricklink order soon
Do you have a version of the instructions with only the original pieces?
I appreciate it :] Unfortunately, I don’t have a version of the instructions with the og pieces, but I do remember what they were.
Instead of 11 of each side of 3x2 Wedge Plate (43722 and 43723) you need 3 of each side of Wedge 3 x 2(6565 and 6564) and 2 of each side of 3x2 Wedge Plate(43722 and 43723). I replaced them because dark bluish gray of the Wedges cost a lot, are very rare to find and I didn’t want anyone to force themselves to use the old dark gray lol
Thank you @deniko_productions for the instructions, but I couldn’t help myself, but to try and make the statue closer to the actual mata head (which turns out is actually a pretty hollow piece).
This has also been my first time rendering a turnaround gif in stud.io (it took my laptop something like 6 hours to complete the rendering with medium quality settings, so it will probably be also the last time).
You can also spot minor differences in the base.
Omg I just had to make an account to comment because I also remade this build awhile back. The whole story behind it is a bit messy but I lost 2 versions of this build a year ago and only just a handful of months ago got the courage to try again. Probably would have held off on that if I knew someone else was going to post something almost half a year later. You did awesome btw!!!
It was so interesting to see the difference and similarities in technique and trying to solve specific issues. I like the way built the attachment for the toa mata mask to sit on the base, mine requires an old $3 piece and faces a different angle. The way you attached the black supports to the base is a lot less awkward than mine. Not going to go over all the differences but those were the ones that stood out to me the most.
This is the rebuilt of the 2nd version I lost. V1 was trying to be as accurate to Lego Ideas set as possible, V2 was trying to be more accurate to the actual Lego piece, that’s why the back is so different. However my original V2 had side panels on the sides of the nose to be slightly more accurate to the piece but it was such a pain the first time to get it right I gave up on that. And idk if you could tell but there’s a mini Bionicle canister hidden in the back, not the best looking but I tried.
I kinda haven’t known what to do with this build other than buy and build the parts when I had the money, I wasn’t sure if it’d be ok to make and post instructions given it’s still mostly someone else’s build. So I’ve mostly just sat with it for awhile but then I just saw your post and thought it’d be fun to share my attempt.
@D-E_GOISIS Absolutely love the little changes and additions you made to the base!
Thanks! I’m a little more proud of it than I probably should be lol, partly because I learned that part 89678 exists and has enough friction for the bottom piece (as apposed to it’s sibling part 4274). I might have settle for a 1x1 round tile instead of piece 15470 if it could have some kind of printed design on top that resembled the canister lid.
I briefly thought about scattering colored canisters that represented the toa around the build but figured that might look a little weird, and sadly unless you were coloring the middle piece you’d only be able to do Pohatu and Kopaka.
Had to add more foliage on the side because it had to big of a gap. Theoretically you could use 14417 instead of 3614b and replace one of the studs with a stud with a hole in the middle, but I felt like this would look nicer from where ever angle its visible.
Good luck to that brave soldier… I REQUEST Gali in as many trans blue pieces as humanly possible!!!
I once thought about adding the transparent piece also, but figured it’d be out of my skill level. So I thought maybe adding chunks of transparent pieces in the eyes and back parts of the head to suggest that part of the head got shattered, but that was a little to dark for me lol.
Be kinda cool to make a mossy/overgrown foliage version though.
