#bionicle fandom

[malwarewolf-mocs]

Happy twentieth birthday to my favorite year of Bionicle.

#feel old. that’s not a request. #Bionicle #bionicle memes #Bonkle #Bionicle 2004 #Metru-Nui #Bionicle Metru Nui #bonkles #lego bionicle #bionicle fandom #lego

[a-thread-of-green]

A real treat from r/bioniclelego.

#bionicle #bionicle fandom #reddit #transgender #queer #fellow queers #lgbt #lgbtq #lgbtqia

[dontfindme445]

trying to explain a bionicle oc I made

I’m sorry about the low quality of the image above.

edit: have made a different Matoran design for him.

Seradoka is a Toa of stone who comes from a small sister island of Mata Nui, [I decided to just call it “Huatak Nui” ]. He wears a Kanohi Olani (a fanmade kanohi mask that I designed for him.) It is referred to as “the mask of radiation transference”. Basically, he can take the radiation out of things like idk some random polluted piece of trash that came from Metru nui, and put it into something else like a case meant to carry nuclear radiation or you if you try and hurt any of the matoran in the local village.

(Fun fact: The word “Olani” sounded very Polynesian to me, so I checked to see if I appropriating any sacred words, but it turns out that it just means “dry roast by a fire”. 😂😂😂 If Seradoka ever became evil, Tahu would totally Olani him.)

Anyway, he became a Toa after his brother brought back a Toa stone, saying it was fake because he would wouldn’t become a Toa when he touched it. Seradoka, at this point known as “Doka”, told him to put it in the spare chest they had in the upstairs portion of their house because “it might be worth a fortune”. After forgetting the thing existed, he one day checked inside of the chest, touched the stone, and shaboom shabang, you already know what happens!

#bionicle #lego bionicle #bionicle fandom #Lego #bionicles #bonkle #bonkles #art #oc #bionicle oc #toa oc #artist #oc art #drawing #traditional drawing #my art #matoran #bionicle toa

[rahiwatching]

Thought Process of the Great Beings Regarding the Design of the Great Spirit Robot

This post is going to be a long one, so buckle up. Hopefully my ramblings below make sense to you all.

I’ve been thinking lately of the design of the GSR and how at first glance it doesn’t seem to make any sense. The Great Beings had two problems that they built the GSR to deal with:

Fixing the Shattering of their home planet into 3 pieces

Figuring out how to avoid the cataclysmic war that led to the shattering of the planet in the first place.

So, they build the GSR, a giant mechanical system that had the power to fix the planet (once the pieces stabilized and with the help of another mechanical) and could go out into space to observe other cultures to see how they deal with war. However, beyond that, the questions about why they made the GSR the way they did keep building up:

Why make it a giant humanoid robot? Wouldn’t other shapes be more efficient for the completion of the task?

If the nano-machines inside the robot that kept it running (the Matoran) were never meant to be sentient, why give them a universe inside the robot with diverse islands, seas, skies and wildlife for them to inhabit? Wouldn’t it have been simpler to just build the sections required to keep the robot running and then place service corridors etc. for the Matoran to travel between areas?

Why are there species inside the robot other than the Matoran when it appears that it’s only the Matoran that are essential to the functioning of the robot?

Why are the Toa needed at all? They are there to protect the Matoran and ensure they can keep working, but the Matoran Universe is a closed system, so why create a universe that would have dangers that the Matoran would need protecting from in the first place?

Why, when observing alien cultures, does the robot land in their world’s oceans and disguise itself with an island over its face? Surely observing them from space would be more efficient. Also, if you are wanting to observe their culture as it is, why introduce to their planet a very noticeable new landmass basically overnight? Wouldn’t that cause a massive disruption to the very culture you were trying to observe?

However, I think there is actually a very sound logic to all of this, and its all linked in with the secondary mission of the GSR – observing and documenting other alien cultures.

I think that nearly every non-Matoran / Non-Rahi species within the Matoran Universe (with notable exceptions such as the Makuta) are a biomechanical representation of one of the alien species that the GSR encountered along its 100,000-year journey through space, created within the Matoran Universe to act as a physical storage medium for the data gathered, as well as acting as a way of simulating that species and its culture for further study and experimentation once the GSR leaves their planet. This would explain why there are so many different species within the Matoran Universe, each one is a different alien observed by the GSR (I know canonically that the different species were all pre-programmed into the GSR by the Great Beings to be created later, but this could have easily just been the Great Beings loading the already known information about these species into the GSR for it to build upon later with actual observations). This would mean that the Vortixx, Skakdi etc., all exist in some form out there in the wider galactic universe, with biomechanical copies now also existing within the GSR.

If this were the case, it explains why the Matoran Universe needed to be an actual universe – it was not for the benefit of the Matoran at all, but instead so that the GSR could create a better simulation of the natural habitat of the copied species for their biomechanical representations to inhabit and thereby enabling further study to be as accurate to the real thing as possible. Mata-Nui can manipulate the universe inside the GSR to have any landscape or conditions that he wished, which means that each island can be shaped perfectly to match the conditions of the planet that species was copied from, allowing for a better simulation of the species going forwards. This can also explain why there was such a preference for islands within the Matoran Universe – each island in its own dome, linked by the silver sea, was analogous to planets in space. Each species (other than the Matoran and the other exceptions) was largely restricted to one island, but the potential for travel and mixing between the species was possible via sailing the silver sea, representing the possibility of these cultures developing space travel and going to each other’s planets. That way, Mata-Nui could simulate what would happen if these alien cultures were ever to meet and interact, something that would provide further valuable insight: would they go to war with one another? How would those wars be resolved?

This, by extension, explains the need of both the Rahi and the Toa. Rahi were created to better the simulations, filling these recreated worlds with wildlife and therefore making them more realistic and making the simulations more accurate. Toa were needed to make sure that the Rahi and the newly simulated species did not interfere with the work of the Matoran in keeping the whole GSR and Matoran Universe running. Though, the other species were still allowed non-disruptive interactions with the Matoran as this allowed for some simulation on how these other species might interact with the Agori society that the Matoran were based off of.

This mission to observe other cultures I think also explains why the GSR landed on planets and created an island above itself. The island didn’t just act as a way to disguise the face of the robot, but it also allowed for an extremely valuable research tool that wouldn’t have been available from other observation methods: a controlled environment. The sudden appearance of a large new island practically overnight would entice the populace of the planet being observed to travel to it to investigate it. They would likely also settle it as new land to expand into due to it being a new source of resources they could use. We already know from the canon that the island created by the GSR’s camouflage system can be fully manipulated as we saw Makuta Teridax do just that during the ’01-’03 storyline to create storms, earthquakes, volcanic eruptions etc. to challenge the Toa Mata with. So, Mata-Nui could use the exact same system to create situations for the newly settled alien cultures on the island to deal with and observe how they handle them, with all this feeding into the data gathered and being used to create their simulations within the Matoran Universe buried beneath them.

Because the island can be manipulated as Mata-Nui see’s fit, it can also be used to generate a situation that would allow him to re-create the starting conditions of the Core War, minus the Energized Protodermis. For example, if Mata-Nui observed that this planet/culture was lacking in a particular substance, he could manipulate his systems so that the island had an abundance of it. Once this was discovered, he could observe how the natives reacted – would they go to war? If so, how was the war resolved? If not, how was it avoided? By using the island as a controlled space from which he could manipulate certain aspects, Mata-Nui could experiment on the native population to gain insights into the answers he required, rather than just passively observing them and hoping the situation would come up (this is rather morally questionable of course, purposely starting wars and all, but hey, the Great Beings aren’t exactly known for their ethics).

All in all, while it may seem strange at first glance, a logic as to why the Great Beings made the GSR the way they did can be seen if you dig deeper. Did the story team intend for all of this to be the underlying in story reason for why things were they way they are? Almost certainly not. But its still fun to think about nonetheless.

And as for why the Great Beings built the GSR as a giant humanoid robot? Well, I think that the answer to that one is far simpler.

It’s rad as hell.

That’s why.

#bionicle #lego bionicle #Matoran #matoran universe #GSR #Great Spirit Robot #Mata-Nui #Toa #great beings #fan theory #bionicle fandom #lego

[pyrousred]

An homage to an old Bionicle MOC of mine from when I was a kid. The build isn't super complex or interesting, but I'm still a fan of his character and general vibe. Thought I'd give a nod to that chapter of my life with this character sheet.

#pyrousred #pyrous red #bionicle #bionicle fandom #bionicle fanart #bonkles #original species #oc design #original character #fanfiction #sword #reptilian #reptile #scalie #bionicle art #bioinicles #lego #lego fanart #lego art #character sheet #character design #character illustration #fan content #fan creation #moc #lore #rahkshi #bionicle moc #bionicle fan #art

[furmewolfy]

LEGO is just crack for autistic people

#I don't think there is ONE allistic person in the lego fandom ok #even middle aged autistic dads love that shit #also all of the autism gays are obsessed with the shows #lego ninjago #ninjago #lego monkie kid #monkie kid #lmk #the lego movie #lego batman #bionicle #unikitty #lego hero factory #legends of chima #lego chima #nexo knights #lego nexo knights #hero factory #lego city no limits #lego city adventures #lego city undercover #lego city

[crystaltoa]

Thought experiment: In an alternate universe where Bionicle recently got a wildly popular reboot and now has a MASSIVE following on Tumblr...

...What's the most annoying thing that the fans are doing?

#I've been thinking a lot lately how I really just love this community as it is #I'm not opposed to new fans joining of course #i love seeing new people get into it. #But if the fandom was huge and had all the dynamics of a typical big tumblr fandom... what sort of drama would unfold? #bionicle

[theyre-gay-because-i-say-so]

Today's LGBT+ Headcanon is;

Tamaru from Bionicle-Transgender Woman

Species; Bionicle

Requested by @lemonylepid

Status: Alive

#Tamaru #bionicle #transgender #lgbt headcanon #character of the day #toys #tv shows #animated #lgbt #headcanons #requested #fandoms i'm not in #keuw #alive

[cryptid-cuisine]

ahkmou would sell seashells by the sea shore

#bionicle #ahkmou #god i hope the fandom knows what i’m referencing

[ghost-mantis]

#bionicle #the fandom has deep pockets #who keeps dropping gold masks at goodwill? #they paid hau much? #pun intended

[catsafari25]

anyway, if there is an active bionicle fandom out there (esp for the toa metru) hmu!

#lego bionicle #bionicle #legends of metru nui #web of shadows #yes i may have just gone diving into the bionicle ao3 and ffnet #and been *pikachu surprised face* at how quiet a fandom for a 20yo discontinued lego line is

[malwarewolf-mocs]

Watch in horror as I deliberately destroy the value and integrity of a 22 year old happy meal toy just so I can store it better.

#bionicle #bonkle #bonkles #bionicle fandom #macku #she is free

[beesgav]

Realizing I can make the bumps on the top of the Hau Nuva into kitty ears

#bionicle #tahu #toa #toa nuva #lego #bonkle #digital #art #sketchbook #hello again bionicle fandom... im sorry i keep bouncing in and out of activity

[dontfindme445]

How bionicle fans think “name day” went vs how it actually happened 😂

#bionicle #bionicles #bonkle #bonkles #”cultural appropriation” #art #not my ocs #artist #funny #comic #funny comic #comic strip #lego bionicle #lego #legos #jaller #takua #maori #jala #bionicle fandom #traditional art

[quohotos]

Did a vector rendering of Nepol from Galidor, how I imagine him looking pre-implosion charge. I tried to get the design to be a middle ground between how he looks in the show and how the toys look... but I don't know why I tried so hard to be consistent, no one's gonna hold me to account. This may be THE only piece of non-crossover Galidor Fan Art in existence. You may think your fandom is obscure, but I promise you, mine is more.

Bonuses under the cut

Here's the scene with no text (and no watermark, be responsible)

And here's just Nepol as a PNG

And here's the original sketch I did in paint 3d before vectorizing it Did you know there are 0 Galidor stories on AO3? I hope Matthew Ewald sees this

#Galidor #Nepol #Galidor Nepol #lego #bionicle #obscure fandom #obscure fanart #my art #vector art #inkscape #sci-fi

[pyrousred]

Since Bionicle has proved to be pretty popular here I thought I'd share some of the stuff I've been up to...

LEFT: Original model. RIGHT: Stud.io redux.

I recently got stud.io and some parts packs. To warm up I've been recreating my old MOCs, then sprucing them up to be how I might've built them if I'd had access to more parts.

The character above was dubbed 'Toa Advanced' by those who were privy to his existence. He was a mysterious, quiet, hulking being that avoided others, traversing the Matoran Universe in search of relics and items of personal interest. He was just as interested in the Vahi as he was a handful of prettily colored riverstones. This, combined with theories that he was an escaped experiment in creating a living superweapon, falsely lead the powers that be to believe he was stupid - read: easy to capture. This quickly proved untrue...

For his new model, I included articulating fingers, wings, clavicle, and waist. He can also fold back his rhotuka spinner when it's unloaded, and is significantly taller and more 'filled out,' which was how I wanted him to look.

Depending how things go I may rig him in Blender and make some cool renders of him. Also, I haven't built serious MOCs in a long time, so feel free to let me know how I did and give me any (constructive) criticism you might have. Cyaround everyone!

#his avian look was not intentional but i really leaned into it for the remake #and no i didn't give all my MOCs rahkshi heads i swear #not my fault they look extremely cool #bionicle #bionicle fandom #moc #bionicle moc #lego #bionicle fanart #stud.io #3d model #3d modeling #bonkles #bonkle #avian #oc #original character