Mods To The 2015 Sets

Chro · January 7, 2015, 4:11pm

The year 70795 marks the sixty-fifth return of Bionicle

CeeCee · January 7, 2015, 5:43pm

Well in this Universe that Protector mask makes a lot more sense. Buy yeah, I would love some re-colours at some point too

Brikkyy13 · January 7, 2015, 8:41pm

I mean set #70795 - Mask Maker vs a Skull Grinder.

Chro · January 8, 2015, 1:29am

I know exactly what you meant… not sure if Char did, though

Charyas · January 8, 2015, 1:35am

I did.

Political_Slime · January 8, 2015, 2:20am

IT LOOKS SO MUCH BETTER WHY DID LEGO NOT DO THIS I DONT UNDERSTAND WHY I MEAN I GUESS IT WORKS WITH THE GOLDEN MASK BUT ONLY HAVING FOUR GOLDEN PIECES ON A SET DOESN’T MAKE ANY SENSE

(cough). But yeah, this looks pretty cool.

Chro · January 8, 2015, 4:01pm

Right here in this thread… someone’s linked it to you already, you should probably check for a reply before asking your question a second time

Tate · January 8, 2015, 6:55pm

actually, his post was moved by an moderator/admin to this topic

Scarilian · January 8, 2015, 10:30pm

Gold and trans piece Tahu
http://i.imgur.com/1r1504w.jpg

Pohatu with more brown and trans pieces
http://i.imgur.com/5dY84Ie.jpg

Sneak peak at Lord Of Skull Spiders’ head revamp
http://i.imgur.com/rnNqAVC.jpg

Vuhii · January 8, 2015, 10:31pm

You simultaneously made Pohatu slightly better and ten times worse.

Scarilian · January 8, 2015, 10:39pm

@ToaVuhii
Its difficult to make Pohatu worse, but glad I got some parts done well. Just wanted a metallic silver protector and needed the parts for a Makuta MOC :3

Marendex_T17 · January 8, 2015, 10:51pm

Continuing this:

LoSS: Totally negated the function for all but the front-most legs, thus adding an incredible amount of stability.
Kopaka: Permanently locked-up gearbox.
Tahu: Permanently locked-up gearbox, moved gearbox up one peg, replaced missing friction joints on ankles (used for 2015 CAIRO MOC) with remaining friction joints from renovated Lewa.
Lewa: Permanently locked-up gearbox, replaced three-module length upper-limb bones (plus friction joint) in legs with four-module length upper-limb bones (minus friction joint)
Gali: Permanently locked-up gearbox.
PoE: Tore apart for 2015 Katarax MOC and 2015 Nordik MOC. (Will buy a duplicate.)

StudentScissors · January 8, 2015, 11:43pm

Um why would you get rid of the gear function? It’s not like they have floppy arms…

Marendex_T17 · January 8, 2015, 11:53pm

Slightly unpopular opinion: I’m not the biggest fan of gear functions.
…
Despite the fact that, in these new sets, the functions do not limit articulation, they do produce a few minor problems.
I’ll admit, I am a bit OCPD-ish, and need everything to be just the way I want it. Gear functions, while good from a play-ability perspective, get in the way of perfectly accurate (to how I want them) poses. For example, Lewa’s arms, while they didn’t flop around, kept returning to a less dynamic pose whenever I messed with them.

I also prefer moving the actual arm of the figure (thus granting me full control over it’s movements) to moving a gear (which grants less-than-total control).

It’s just a preference really, like how some people loath the Disney The Lone Ranger remake, I actually found it quite enjoyable, though I can’t nail down why.

(Sorry for getting off-topic, but I wanted to explain this in detail.)

TeslaEffect · January 12, 2015, 8:10pm

Two descent versions of Tahu, one that uses body structure from Kopaka,

and the other one is pure gold.

Lewis Hammond | Flickr)

Shaymin36 · January 12, 2015, 8:31pm

That design is… pure gold! Get it?

I’ll leave now.

Jemoph · January 13, 2015, 2:43pm

Well, ain’t that golden…

Wait, it looks like Tahu if he were a movie transformer/cybertronian

Helryx08 · January 18, 2015, 2:02am

Anyone interested in seeing some modifications to the ‘combo’ models?

I’ve already posted Kopaka on my “Posing the 2015 Sets” topic, and the others should be up within a few days.

Political_Slime · January 18, 2015, 4:30am

I’d be interested. I have both PoS and Pohatu but have yet to find a proper way to combine them.

Marendex_T17 · January 19, 2015, 6:11pm

Continuing both of these…

Marendex_T17:

Lord of Skull Spiders: Replaced Technic beams with CCBS bones. Changed yellow gears to black.Kopaka: Temporarily locked up gear function until I can beef-up the friction or eliminate it entirely. Added a real handle to his shield.Tahu: NoneLewa: Moved gearbox down one peg. Moved back-armor up one peg. Rotated the pieces holding his shoulder armor 90 degrees to allow for more head movement.Gali: NoneProtector of Earth: None

LoSS: Totally negated the function for all but the front-most legs, thus adding an incredible amount of stability.
Kopaka: Permanently locked-up gearbox.
Tahu: Permanently locked-up gearbox, moved gearbox up one peg, replaced missing friction joints on ankles (used for 2015 CAIRO MOC) with remaining friction joints from renovated Lewa.
Lewa: Permanently locked-up gearbox, replaced three-module length upper-limb bones (plus friction joint) in legs with four-module length upper-limb bones (minus friction joint)
Gali: Permanently locked-up gearbox.
PoE: Tore apart for 2015 Katarax MOC and 2015 Nordik MOC. (Will buy a duplicate.)

LoSS: No change form previous iteration.
Kopaka: No change form previous iteration.
Tahu: Added CCBS socket-joints to exposed ball-joints on the torso piece.
Lewa: Added CCBS socket-joints to exposed ball-joints on the torso piece.
Gali: Added black 2008 socket-joints to exposed ball-joints on the torso piece (will replace with CCBS sockets whenever possible).
Onua: Permanently locked-up gearbox, replaced three-module length upper-limb bones (plus friction joint) in legs with four-module length upper-limb bones (minus friction joint), used trans-purple three-module length upper-limb bones for the arms, replaced one-module-length bone in neck with friction joint, rotated Technic “T” connector 90 degrees so that Onua may store his hammer with the shovel pieces still-attached.
PoE: No change form previous iteration.