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Without opening a new topic for it, here are the new revisions to my modded skull army. For the mermaid-looking skull villain the credit goes to Logan McOwen and his siren MOC: I thought it was a great idea and that a similar character would make a better fitting adversary of Gali. Without much further comment, their height were increased considerably as some of them use the newer torso bone.

Well, it just surprises me because the set's two primary colors are well-known and nothing new - even with the added CGI, you could easily measure how they will look like in set form. (Btw I'm not sure how such subtle things can make that much of a difference, but opinions may differ.)

But... the set hasn't changed a bit from the pics. I mean at all. ._____.

My thoughts exactly. They don't look bad, they just don't look neat enough. So they get a meh on my part. IIRC somebody recreated the function and posted it on flickr. EDIT: Here you go.

Hey everyone, since I can't use Grievous in my collection, I've always considered the set as a great start for a Bionicle-related MOC, possibly a villain figure of some sort. I had toyed for a while with the idea of Umarak the Destroyer being larger than the size of what it will be and, subsequently, I came up with this. The mixture of trans yellow, trans neon green and trans bright green is purely intentional, the mish-mash of textures is not (hence it's a WIP). Comments & criticism are welcome.

Thanks everyone for the replies! Yeah, now that you mention it, a new set of Toa sounds more plausible as most likely there won't be room for several villain sets in the first wave of 2017.

A random question for everyone: what do you think, will we see more elemental beasts in the first half of 2017? Just an idea that occured to me, given the low number of summer sets (although there's nothing to be suprised about in that as last year also saw 5 sets in the summer wave). Still, having only 3 elemental beasts with only 3 new blended masks is a bit strange, even if the masks are of the larger Toa sets.

Pointing out an invalid comment on a set feature belongs to the daily life of the thread imo.

Here you go: Help the Toa to unite with the elemental creatures to win the battle against the evil and seize the golden Mask of Control! You can combine the Toa with any creature to create completely new and unique powers that will decide the (outcome) of the battle. The sturdy models allow for an intense play with fearless action. Together the Toa and the creatures form an unstoppable force!

What a mess. Much has been said about the textures and the color scheme, but the mask is a serious disappointment as well.

Kopaka was definitely my favorite from the first wave of G2 and, in my opinion, the new Kopaka is vastly inferior to the one we've got this year in terms of proportions, color scheme, mask, weapons and subsequently, overall look. The gun is nothing to run wild about in my eyes and similarly, the sword is nowhere near as good-looking or stylish as this year's shield. And those golden pieces on the thighs. Ouch.

To be honest the trans light blue/gold MoCr would be the most reasonable choice to go with, so that's not really a suprise imo.

And gunmetal shadow traps as well - they seemed to be silver on the renders.

I like CCBS very much from the building perspective and I liked the old system for its more Technic-like aesthetic. What I don't wanna see is going back-and-forth between building styles and overall look. I want my sets not just to be compatible with each other but to have a coherent aesthetic. I don't like at all how I can't really put the 2016 Toa next to the 2015 Toa, Hero Factory sets next to G1 Bionicle sets and so on. That's my biggest concern.

Tahu's upper legs are way too long imo. I hoped the mask would look better in real life than it does on the CGI pics, but it's still nowhere near as pleasing aesthetically as the 2015 version.