Hello Fellow compatriots to yet another MOC! this time I am trying to make the worst of the worst as best as it can possibly be. That’s right I have done a fully articulated Fire Lord and fixed the colors. When building this moc i really wanted to focus not only part accessibility but also a build that wasn’t so reliant on Technic or the ball joints/voodoo ball pieces. The figure has actual functioning ankles with feet that isn’t glatorian necks but rather ccbs bones to make up its construction. Though to be honest i wanted to try this new body design with Firelord before i try to perfect it further with other builds which is kinda poetic in its own way. Well anyways i hope you all enjoy!
I am gonna be honest, this MOC isn’t much of an improvement over the actual set. I feel like the colors in the original set were a lot better than here. On top of that, I feel like you haven’t actually fixed the biggest problem with the original set, that being the leg design.
Still though, Fire Lord revamps aren’t something you see very often, so I definitely appreciate the attempt.
I for one never had a problem with Fire Lord’s legs. I think the fact that you can see his inner structure gives him some junkyard-monster vibes which I love.
I really like your take on the character, and how poseable he is! I love how you pulled out the feet especially.
The legs are different, as you can see the whole frame is upside down. With the ball joints going up into the pelvis. Not only that but if the legs were the same you would not have the ankles work the way I have it. Plus the colors on the original model was messy. I removed the orange for a reason and replaced it with transparent orange for the firey effect
The goal was to make it look like a lego made set. I imagined if I was one of the lego designers that would make firelord “how would I go about it?” And this is what I came up with while remaining in a reasonable parts count
Thanks! And yeah I loved the original set. But I thought I could make him better since I have heard complaints about the big lad himself over the years. Guess you can’t please everyone but hey, at least I can get more poses out of this one
Wait, a Tributron MOC without a function!? Is this even legal!?
Okay, jokes aside, this is really nice. I think there isn’t anything bad about the upper body, it’s a standard CCBS build if I’ve seen one. But the legs just make the whole thing for me. Their construction is really clever, it improves the look of the figure and still doesn’t require much technic, kinda makes me want to revamp Firelord myself!
but hey, at least I can get more poses out of this one