LEGO Bionicle MOC: Schilvak

Been a long time since I made a LEGO Bionicle MOC, and it'll probably be even longer before I make another!  This one has been a very long time coming, though.  The Schilvak is a predatory creature that lived in the Swamp of Secrets.  Where it came from and what its motivation was remains unknown to this day.  Learn more about it in the video...

• Video - LEGO Bionicle MOC:  Schilvak

LEGO Bionicle MOC: Lorne, Self-MOC

My latest, arguably Bionicle-themed creation is Lorne, my first ever "self-MOC."  For this creation I had minimal inspiration.  I only knew for certain that I wanted it to be tall and not too thick & bulky.  Oh, and I wanted to use some sort of translucent color.  Since I had already made good use of orange in my Shadowed Vengeance MOC, I went ahead with the opposite side of the color wheel.

Lorne is an intergalactic law enforcement agent.  Imagine the most elite member of Interpol, in a universe of which Bionicle is only a small part.  He travels, a lot!  He may have only one hand, but who needs two when you're equipped with a MARC-12?  That's a Macro-Atomic Re-Configurator device, 12th production series.  It briefly suspends ionic & covalent bonds in its target and changes the arrangement of all atoms in any object to create something new.  The device is always used in a non-lethal way per agency policy, usually to disable key components of criminals' weapons or getaway vehicles.

This MOC was built over the course of about 4 weeks with a lot of gaps between building sessions.  For around two weeks of that time it was standing on the coffee table all complete except for the feet.  I had some temporary duds on it but wanted to make something custom.  I attempted to start several designs but kept hitting a brick wall.  Late one recent evening, I sat down with a good mood and some good music blaring out of the computer, and it suddenly all went together!  Here's his little unveiling video:

• Video: Bionicle Self-Moc Lorne

Zeyek leaves Bionicle, joins the Hero Factory universe!

My transition to the world of Lego Hero Factory becomes still more complete today with the bold move of the Zeyek chronicler character into the HF universe.  In this video you get to hear Zeyek's voice for the very first time, and see my very first elementary (i.e. terrible) attempt at stop motion...

Video: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1u6_Lfmfmwk

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LEGO Bionicle MOC collection videos!

This past week I finally published quick video walkthroughs covering nearly all of my LEGO Bionicle MOC collection.  You can find them all on the LEGOJANG channel on YouTube.  The preview video I published earlier is shown above.  Here are the shortcuts to individual narrated videos, one per shelf display:

• LEGO Bionicle MOC collection Part 1 - Rilovians
• LEGO Bionicle MOC collection Part 2 - Mixed bag
• LEGO Bionicle MOC collection Part 3 - Rahi
• LEGO Bionicle MOC collection Part 4 - More miscellany
• LEGO Bionicle MOC collection Part 5 - The Ptah
• LEGO Bionicle MOC collection Part 6 - Hordika (fully mutated)
• LEGO Bionicle MOC collection Part 7 - The final group

LEGO Bionicle MOCs: Rahi, part 2

Here are a couple underwater creatures, a deep-sea lobster from far off the shores of Metru Nui, and a Mahri Nui crab with asymmetric claws:

How about some forest dwellers?  This flexible tree lizard and poisonous tree frog are common creatures that Toa Lewa grew up around.  The blue & green Fikou tree spider, on the other hand, is a rare spectacle.

In the mildest climate zones around the Matoran Universe you might have occasionally come across a parakeet-like winged rahi like so:

LEGO Bionicle MOCs: Rahi, part 1

At long last, the time has come for me to get caught up with posting my rahi MOCs!  I'll start with this giant centipede.  It measures 30" long and was built basically just to use up a lot of parts, since some of my parts bins were overflowing badly after a bunch of used collection purchases off eBay.

Next is a dog-like rahi that came about as a result of just trying to find anything really different I could do with an Ehlek mask.  Paired with a Lerahk mask for a moveable jaw, it took on a new life, and the body basically sprouted from there, creating something I think has dog-like qualities.

What better to follow a dog with, than a cat?  This was actually my very first rahi MOC, and it remains my favorite:

This next, hyena-like thing has no name or story behind it.  I also made this in my early days of MOC'ing.

This next creature comes straight from the swamps of Karda Nui, where it wades through the deep marshland, prodding through the murky, weedy waters with its long tongue to search for sugar-rich rhizomes -- energy storage pods of certain plants.

LEGO Bionicle MOC: Self-created Makuta?

This 24" creation is my tallest Bionicle MOC.  I was originally going to write a full story for it on Zeyek's Bionicle: Untold, but it never came together.  The general idea is that when the Great Beings were doing their early creationary experiments, they were going through many revisions, making prototypes of new beings and casting them off or recycling their materials until they got it all "just right."  One day they retired to rest after failing to create a viable Makuta prototype.  In the protodermis pool they were working from, the spirit of one of their prototypes did not fully dissolve as planned, and it gathered bits of intelligence and designs from other prototype beings that had been experimented with from the same pool.  By night, this being was able to form a rudimentary body for itself, and as it witnessed the glory of its success in creating its own physical self, it grew in confidence and strength and began to add more & more material to itself, eventually becoming a hulking, skeletal, robotic giant.  As it was not part of any plan, the Great Beings decided this early Makuta could not be trusted, and could not be allowed to continue its life.  They deactivated it, melted its body back into the protodermis pool, then froze and sealed the pool to ensure that nothing contained within it would ever be used or have a chance to escape again.

For transportation, this MOC could be fairly easily taken apart.  I think it's funny that the head has feet.

LEGO Bionicle MOC: Bohrok-Kal Titan

The Krana carried by the original Bohrok could be very powerful indeed, but when not under the control of the Baharag, most had little to no motivation.  Not so with the Krana-Kal.  This Krana Bo-Kal's bearer was damaged in battle, but it will was so strong that it managed to assemble parts from the battlefield and regain function as a larger, stronger than ever Bohrok-Kal Titan!

LEGO Bionicle MOC: Taroah

Taroah was a Rock Tribe agori in the Bionicle world of Bara Magna.  He vehemently opposed Tuma's rule, and paid the price in the form of a viscious nighttime ambush that damaged one of his legs and one of his arms beyond repair.  Abandoned in his crippled state far from any village or trading route, Taroah was astonishingly rescued by none other than Zeyek himself.  Why Zeyek chose to intervene on this lone agori's behalf remains a mystery. 

Taroah was flown to a far, distant, highly advanced planet, where he was given free medical attention and fully robotic replacements for his damaged limbs.  He found work on the planet and saved up his money to purchase custom-fitted weapons, including a double-barrelled blaster that would attatch directly to his right arm, as well as a rocket-propelled mortar launcher.  A patron at a tavern he began to frequent has said that Taroah was preparing to journey back to Bara Magna, just days before the planet was reunited into Spherus Magna.

He has not been heard of since.

LEGO Bionicle Moc: Green and white

Green and white!  That's all I can really say about this Lego Bionicle MOC!  I wanted to make something Toa-like that was green and white.  So I did.  Yay.

LEGO Bionicle MOC: Ptah assassin & rahi mount

My favorite creation from the Ptah series is this Assassin class warrior with a crossbow-like weapon, combined with an unnamed rahi that started out much smaller & with a completely different head, but ended up looking a little bit like a "Dewback" from the Star Wars universe.

LEGO Bionicle MOCs: The Ptah

The newest Bionicle Untold posts introduce a species called the Ptah. This finishes off the  discovery story about the origin of the Vorox and Zesk started back in August 2009.  The MOCs were finished long before that, I just procrastinated a lot in posting them while also trying to figure out how the story would come together and also hopefully be plausible in the context of the canon background on the Great Beings and Bara Magna alike.

I really liked the Zesk mask when I first built the normal set and used it in my posing & photographing Bionicles post, and I decided to see what else I could make of it.  This Ptah Guardian was the first creation to come out of those experiments:

The desert regions of Bara Magna made me think of ancient Egypt, so from there came the inspiration to create a tall, proud, gilded warrior.  I liked the colors, so I then just tried out different ways to make similar characters.  The backstory & names all came later.

After these I was running low on dark gold parts, so I tried what I then called a "commando" style with a larger figure, and then put bright gold pieces to use for my very first time for the Royal Elite.

Though I was left with almost no gold parts after these, buying all of those Zesk for their masks produced a surplus of tan one-piece arms/legs, and I had to put those to use too!  The result was this pill bug-inspired desert Rahi covered with "scales" of minifig-scale Visorak from the Visorak's Gate set:

LEGO Bionicle MOC: Vakama, alternate universe

Conceptually all I had in mind when building this MOC was to make something with an orange & gray theme, hopefully with an original body design.  The result was this character I did decide to label as Vakama, from an alternate universe where he is evil.  Here, he is in an in-between state between Matoran and Toa forms, held back by the other Toa from completing his transformation.  He is a strong fighter and hot-tempered as in the familiar storylines, but he is unable to use any Toa powers as yet and is crowing quite impatient.  Will he join forces with the heroic Makuta?

LEGO Bionicle MOC: Toa of Air

This was a Toa of Air MOC I finished last year.  I never came up with a name for him, but I do like the MOC!

LEGO Bionicle MOC: Vorox evolved

Continuing the ominous Vorox & Zesk evolution storyline, the latest from Zeyek includes these two possibilities (same MOC) for the future, further evolved (devolved?) appearance of the Vorox.  Zeyek believes the 4-legged stance is the correct one, and that this solves a longstanding mystery, which he will soon reveal.  What will it be??

LEGO Bionicle MOCs: Mini-Rahaga

Continuing the mini theme, I realized I might be able to go even shorter by doing mini-Rahaga!  Ha!  Of course they're not canon Rahaga, just random creations.