Would need to be an opening mouth that fires the web... I suppose its possible, just complicated and parts intensive to set it up with a function. Especially if you wanted to keep the other function intact.

You could put it in his abdomen like a real spider.

Well judging from the animations and the set's general response is the original function even worth it? It is simple and compact parts wise but it compromises a lot of the set's size and playability. If anything it's worse than Dragon Bolt considering he was at least the size of the largest hero barring Jet Rocka. Alas, my point is if he was at a higher price point (£15-£25 or $20-$30) I do believe he could have pulled off both the size and the function. He could probably keep the aesthetic by using the super large chestplate used on Onua.

I suppose its not, personally i covered my LoSS in any spare white spike pieces i had lying around and fixed the mechanism so it would'nt work, just a personal prefrence i guess. As for the idea of a massive scale LoSS i believe the animations, game and CGI version are just enlarged versions of the set we got, so might be difficult to replicate it exactly. Would be interested to see someone try that though :3

You could put it in his abdomen like a real spider.

True, though if we are trying to make an enlarged version of LoSS with his functions then he'd need to be able to spit the web from his mouth like the animations i suppose. Build the basic body around the idea of replicating a gun mechanism and have the lever at the back being the trigger i guess?

You could put it in his abdomen like a real spider.

If you ask me, a spider that farts webs is a lot less cooler than one that spits them from its mouth.

For fantasy spiders, anyway. Especially because that allows the spider to directly face its opponent without having to turn around to fire a web.

If you ask me, a spider that farts webs is a lot less cooler than one that spits them from its mouth.

For fantasy spiders, anyway. Especially because that allows the spider to directly face its opponent without having to turn around to fire a web.

Hee hee web farting

http://i.imgur.com/G4wpI0d.png

I just realized that between this new mask, and the silver bone and torso pieces, Necron-inspired MOCs will be quite easy.

http://i.imgur.com/G4wpI0d.png

I just realized that between this new mask, and the silver bone and torso pieces, Necron-inspired MOCs will be quite easy.

I love how the masks colors are independent of their highlight color

http://i.imgur.com/G4wpI0d.png

I just realized that between this new mask, and the silver bone and torso pieces, Necron-inspired MOCs will be quite easy.

How long before someone builds Trazyn to watch over their own collection?

I doubt that Mask Maker is Ekimu. Because they're both kind of... asleep.

How is set MM not Ekimu? He has his colour scheme, his design, his hammer, the Protector mask he's worn during his slumber and..well, just about everything. It's pretty obvious that the Toa are going to awaken him. The quest to awaken Mata Nui was huge, but it seems the new plot is going to focus on different themes and concepts (Makuta is still asleep, for one).

How is set MM not Ekimu? He has his colour scheme, his design, his hammer, the Protector mask he's worn during his slumber and..well, just about everything. It's pretty obvious that the Toa are going to awaken him. The quest to awaken Mata Nui was huge, but it seems the new plot is going to focus on different themes and concepts (Makuta is still asleep, for one).

Do we know for sure Makuta is still asleep? I don't remember seeing that anywhere, was this in some promo material I might have missed?

Do we know for sure Makuta is still asleep? I don't remember seeing that anywhere, was this in some promo material I might have missed?

We dont know for sure, we know the blast sent both Ekimu and Makuta to sleep however the Lego.com description calls Makuta 'The Mask Hoarder' implying to an extent that he is either awake and collecting masks or he is asleep but will be awake soon.

I doubt that Mask Maker is Ekimu. Because they're both kind of... asleep.

Their is a prophecy about Ekimu's awakening, and i'm pretty sure thats why the Toa are heading to Ekimu's location in Summer. They'll probably use the golden masks to awaken him and he'll help them search for the Mask Of Creation.

Found hi-res pictures of the Hero Pack, if anyone's interested (click to see in full size (4000*3000)) :

It gives us a nice closeup of the prototype MoCr.

It gives us a nice closeup of the prototype MoCr.

The more i look at it the less it looks like a prototype and more a finalised design, i mean it has details and symbols and a design that doesnt match any of the early MoCr concept art. Something feels off about it.

Thanks for the images, any chance of a look at the back of the packaging?

Edited February 4, 201510 yr by Scarilian

The more i look at it the less it looks like a prototype and more a finalised design, i mean it has details and symbols which i doubt would have been on a prototype. Something feels off about it.

Bear in mind that it's not a physical mask or even a 3D render. It's concept art, and concept art is frequently even more detailed than the final product. Case in point, this image.

The more i look at it the less it looks like a prototype and more a finalised design, i mean it has details and symbols and a design that doesnt match any of the early MoCr concept art. Something feels off about it.

I wouldn't call it a prototype, but a stand-in. It's a fairly basic tribal mask, the sort of thing I imagine most artists could whip up on the fly. Regardless of how it looks, it was used in the leaked preliminary display-stand in place of the MoC, in the same way that the preliminary box-art used the Ignika.

Found hi-res pictures of the Hero Pack, if anyone's interested (click to see in full size (4000*3000)) :

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It gives us a nice closeup of the prototype MoCr.

Who took those pictures? Some good stuff.

I like the prototype MoCr looking at it now. If the mouth hole was open, especially, it could have been really fun.

I like the prototype MoCr looking at it now. If the mouth hole was open, especially, it could have been really fun.

oh, I'm sure it would.

I'm baffled as to why a prototype made it on the package, but it does look pretty neat. And so does that awesome trans Hau...

Bear in mind that it's not a physical mask or even a 3D render. It's concept art, and concept art is frequently even more detailed than the final product. Case in point, this image.

Drawn concept tends to come before this sort of computer generated image, so what confuses me is how we have a bunch of concept art of the Mask Of Creation yet none of it looks remotely similar to this mask which was apparently close enough to being finalised that it was featured on a display piece that included fairly finalised set designs.

I wouldn't call it a prototype, but a stand-in. It's a fairly basic tribal mask, the sort of thing I imagine most artists could whip up on the fly. Regardless of how it looks, it was used in the leaked preliminary display-stand in place of the MoC, in the same way that the preliminary box-art used the Ignika.

True, a stand-in makes more sense. Though if its just a stand-in then once again i'm confused about why we have it on the bag now. If it was only ever intended as something to be a place holder for a finalised mask, then why is it here on a bag? I suppose it could be accidental, or maybe they made the bags ages ago and never intended to use them, but its still very odd.

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Given the design is so finalised on this prelim/stand-in mask, i honestly would'nt be suprised if they did use this mask as a design in the future.

Edited February 4, 201510 yr by Scarilian

Who took those pictures? Some good stuff.

They're actually official pics, I saw them on the Hero Pack's product page, and managed to get the hi-res version from Lego's server.

They're actually official pics, I saw them on the Hero Pack's product page, and managed to get the hi-res version from Lego's server.

Excellent, last time I had checked they had a broken file link, so I wasn't sure if they even had images like this. I'm going to go use it on BS01's set database now~

oh, I'm sure it would.

I knew somebody would make that joke =P

Excellent, last time I had checked they had a broken file link, so I wasn't sure if they even had images like this.

Yeah, they seemingly appeared today.

Bloody hell, the map is huge.

Yep. That's going on my wall.

Got my hero pack today, mask is glorious and the extra skull spider is nice, even if it could have been red.

What IS interesting is the extra material. The mini comic is stuff we've seen before and the stickers are obnoxiously shiny to the point of inducing a massive headache.

The map is the best part. The masks are drawn somewhat differently in a way which somewhat falls between the Euro comics and the online animations, but set accurate. Another point I find interesting is the masks on the opposite side. They are stock from the sets, but Pohatu's mask is noticably darker than the set form akin to the brown used on Ogrum and CHI Mungus. Added into the bag itself portraying the prototype MoC amd one has to wonder how much of this is preliminary.

Got my hero pack today, mask is glorious and the extra skull spider is nice, even if it could have been red.

Do you mind flipping the bag over and checking for any dates. If the packaging was made in 2015 then the 'preliminary mask' might not be as preliminary as we thought...

Also, pics of trans-mask to satisfy us all until our own arrive? :P

Edited February 5, 201510 yr by Scarilian

Do you mind flipping the bag over and checking for any dates. If the packaging was made in 2015 then the 'preliminary mask' might not be as preliminary as we thought...

That's not likely to be of any aid. The copyright date is always the year the set is intended for release in. If you get a Winter set in November of 2015, its box will say "© 2016 the LEGO Group."

Of course, there's the map and sticker-sheet themselves, but judging by the above photo, they seem to simply have the copyright date as well.

Edited February 5, 201510 yr by Quisoves Pugnat