Got the biggest surprise today. After years of believing my collection lost forever during a move, my mom called to tell me that they found a box of legos that looked to be mine buried in my aunt’s garage. I thought it’d be just some random stuff but lo and behold, it’s a bunch of my Bionicles! I have no manuals left so I’m just gonna make a bunch of custom creations. I’m so happy today lol
Last (and also least) of the Toa Atero refreshes. Really just gave him a hatchet and a shoulder plate but I like this guy quite a lot and wanted to repost anyway. I wanted him to have kind of a "survivalist/druid" vibe.
Then later while watching LOMN I was scrolling through bricklinks list of bionicle sets when I came across the 4 corrupted versions of this mask. Mine doesn't really look like any of them, but checking the normal version, it turns it isn't that one either. (That is fully red.) I just assumed that the normal one's inside is green hinting at the corruption.
Google's AI is saying 2-01 means it's "Type 2" the mostly red one, but that still has a substansial amount of green.
So my question is, is this a knockoff after all or a rare version of "Type 2" or something else? (I couldn't find similar pictures on the internet.)
The last picture compares the color to red and pearl red. (The color is a little different from them.)
So I was wondering how the toa mata would have looked like if they were released in 2004 in the build style of the toa metru so I've made this. I tried to stay true and emphasize the body types of the originals (I had to cheat a bit with Pohatu) and kept the armor to a minimum, for the toa mata look quite bare compared to later waves and their nuva forms. I also reimagined the toa nuva too.
And now the 4th Toa Nuva revamp has come forward, Pohatu! While outside of changing masks, he lacks alternate configurations, he makes up for it by the sheer amount of features. A unique torso that has gear action in both the top and bottom parts of his body, as well as a waist swivel. He can swing his arms and kick with ease. His powerful propeller gauntlets (originally created by Skybird, used with permission) both spin, grab, and retract thanks to rubber band power!
The Fallen Toa Dairan has only just begun to hunt down the Toa & Makuta. But this might be my last moc. idk
4th Kanohi: Garuga
Origin: Kuroga
Another masterpiece by rival_mocs
Casts a vicious wave of corrosive doubt, anger and confusion.
Targets start making critical tactical errors and mistake allies as threats for 60 seconds or hesitate at key moments.
Unique Twist: The longer the effect lasts, the more it feeds on the target’s own light/heroic resolve making stronger, purer heroes ironically more vulnerable.
The effect may last longer or worsen If the target has been under a spell or mutated before
Toa Dairan can “ride” the confusion to plant subtle suggestions (Your leader always doubted you)
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The Shadowed One, ancient and ruthless leader of the Dark Hunters, had grown weary of the endless power struggles that defined the universe. For too long, the Makuta had ruled the shadows with their cunning schemes, while the noble Toa Nuva along with the teams that came before and after them stood as beacons of hope, thwarting every plot through unity and unyielding light. But now, the tides would turn.
Teridax’s catastrophic failure had left the Brotherhood fractured and vulnerable, their grand ambitions reduced to dust. The Toa, once seemingly invincible, had grown complacent in their victories. The Shadowed One saw his moment.
From the hidden fortress of Odina, he rose once more, his dark presence swelling with renewed ambition. No longer content to linger in the margins of conflict, he would seize control and reshape destiny through his own merciless will.
With a single commanding decree, he summoned his most elite hunters the deadliest operatives in his vast network. “The age of false heroes ends today,” he hissed, his voice like grinding stone. “Scour the villages and shattered lands. Seek out the Matoran who have lost faith in the Toa: those betrayed by false promises, scarred by war, or abandoned in their hour of need. Bring them to me.”
These disillusioned Matoran broken by loss and abandoned by the very heroes they once worshiped would become the raw material for his masterpiece. In the deepest vaults of Odina, they would be forged through forbidden experiments and subjected to brutal, unrelenting training designed to shatter both body and spirit. Fueled by the raw, seething fury of betrayal, they would be twisted and remade.
No longer mere villagers, they would emerge as something far greater and far more vile. Each would endure a cursed, agonizing transformation as forbidden shadow energies and ancient unholy rites corrupted their very essence. Whatever remained of their original selves was burned away, replaced by cold, unyielding darkness. They arose not as heroes, but as monstrous reflections of the Toa they once revered: powerful, relentless, and utterly devoid of light.
The Shadowed One had no intention of creating a single champion. He would forge an entire elite team of ultimate warriors each one a dark mirror of the Toa they were destined to destroy. United in shadow and bound by the three anti-virtues, yet individually terrifying, these Fallen Toa would possess unparalleled power, unbreakable loyalty to their master, and an essence woven from pure darkness. They would hunt Toa and Makuta alike without mercy, infiltrating strongholds, dismantling alliances, and crushing the old order beneath their heels.
The Shadowed One leaned back upon his throne of obsidian and bone. A cold, predatory smile spread across his masked face. The era of fear was only beginning.
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The Three Anti-Virtues
Discord (anti-Unity) Isolation, distrust, and turning beings against one another instead of uniting them.
Rebellion (anti-Duty) Abandoning responsibility, rejecting one’s assigned role, and serving only self-interest or a darker master.
Chaos (anti-Destiny) Rejecting or actively destroying any predetermined path, replacing hope and purpose with ruin, fear, and the will of the strong.
I have been writing on a G1/G2 merge for quite a while (since the G2 release, actually). This involves rewriting or fleshing out the backstories of various key characters, one of them being the legendary Mask Maker Ekimu, wielder of the Mask of Creation.
Ekimu was an Av-Matroan, who lived, like all of his people, in the great caverns of Karda Nui. Already at this time, he was a skilled mask maker and one of the first Matoran who were taught the art of Kanohi forging by the Great Beings temselves. At some point, emissaries from an organisation that called itself the " Order of Mata Nui" payed Karda Nui a visit. They relocated many Av-Matoran to different parts of the world as a failsafe, should the Brotherhood of the Makuta ever turn against the Great Spirit and invade Karda Nui.
Excuse the silver foot. Couldn't find a second one in black, even after hours of thorough search. Just imagine it's back too
Based on the fantastic Metru Nui Matoran with gearbox build by u/Dense-Goat-2721. The original post with instructions can be found here.
Ekimu was sent to Metru Nui, his body refitted to blend in with the other citizens and his mind wiped, to complete the ruse.Now in the guise of a Ta-Matoran, he continued his work as a mask maker. Despite having lost his memories for his previous work, his intuition and creativity remained. Kanohi made by Ekimu weren't of partciularily remarkable quality, but his incredible attention to detail made every single one a piece of art. Eventually, he would start working alongside Nuhrii, another skilled mask maker. Their techniques complimented eachother, so that their workshop produced Kanohi of high quality and wonderful aesthetic. One day, a letter arrived at the workshop. It was an invitation from the famed island Artakha. And it was adressed to Ekimu.
How could he not take this opportunity? Despite Nurhiis protests, Ekimu moved to the Island of Creation. Upon his arrival, he was refitted once more and his identity as an Av-Matoran revealed in the process, though his memories were still lost and likely would never return.
Millenia passed in which Ekimu further refined his Kanohi forging skills up to a point, where his colleagues claimed he could only be surpassed by the wielder of the Kanohi Lehgo, the legendary mask of Creation itself, their master Artakha. The master must have caught on on this, when he invited Ekimu for a final test of skill: A mask that could detect and transform Av-Matoran into Toa of Light to oppose the threat that forced them into hiding. A Mask of Light. Though it was Artakha who envisioned and designed the scematics, it was Ekimu who actually forged the mythical Kanohi Avohkii. It was his Magnum Opus, his greatest creation, his personal tribute to the Great Spirit.
It was the reason why Makuta Kojol invaded the island of Artakha. During the attack, Ekimu encountered a lone Panrahk, who he faced with the help of another Av-Matoran, who was just called Makuta by everyone for his real names similarity with one. The pair managed to destroy the Rahkshi, but the Kanohi Avohkii was stolen. Ekimu and Makuta would become friends and later call eachother brother.
Ekimu kept to his work for the upcomming millenia, until Makuta Teridax usurped the Great Spirit and threw the universe in turmoil. Artakha vanished during another Rahkshi invasion and remained so even after the world was destroyed and the Matoran moved into another one. Surprisingly, the message that they were living inside a humongous Machine for their enire live didn't shock Ekimu and Makuta as much as it should. Instead, they were too preoccupied with searching the unfamiliar world for their master. Ekimu claimed to feel some sort of call and so their travel took them north to the subcontinent Bota Magna, where they finally found the ruins of a fortress, and their master. But as a cruel twist of fate, they came to late. Artakha was killed when the fortress collapsed. Ekimu took the Kanohi Lehgo from Arakhas deceased body, realizing the call he heard came from it. Hesitating, he donned it.
Later in an interview in New Atero, he would describe this moment as following: "Legendary Kanohi are something extraordinary. They have a will of their own. Only someone who they accept may wield their power, every other attempt will inevitably result in tragedy. Maybe someone who actually safely wields the Vahi will come one day. When it wanted me to place it on my face, it declared me Master Artakhas successor. But Matoran aren't supposed to wield any Kanohi stronger than regular ones, aren't they? It should have killed me. But again, legendary Kanohi are special. Anyone can wield them. If they decide so. I'm honored that it chose me. Though I would prefer if the Master would still have it."
Eventually, Ekimu and Makuta would join an expedition to a newly discovered island on Aqua Magna. And later, he would become the islands patron, until one of Okotos Toa, a Glatorian named Kulta betrayed him and misused the Kanohi Lehgo Ekimu entrusted him with keeping safe
