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Re: Comment about Bionickle Colors
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Sat, 7 Jul 2001 08:42:29 GMT
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I have infact made Lvl 2 Toas, most featureiong articulated necks similar to
those you described(but with STF flair). I should be able to get some pics
of them for u all to see very soon...just hang on
In lugnet.technic.bionicle, Ray Kremer writes:
> > ...the legs pictured on the container are not the same legs as supplied with
> > the set!!!
> > Check it out for yourself. The legs pictured on the packaging are bent at
> > something like 90 degrees, which is either a prototype element or TLC taking
> > liberties with digital imaging, the legs that come with the set are only
> > very slightly bent. I REALLY hate this kind of thing -- it smacks of false
> > advertising. It's okay I suppose to use creative lighting to show off a
> > design, but this goes too far -- what is on the container is NOT what you
> > get inside, it's close but not quite the same item. Blech...!
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> In the CGI movies Lego made of the Toa the CG models have a lot more joints
> than the actual toys do. I think the same models were used to make the
> package pictures. It seems reasonable to me, to get the arms and legs to
> actually be fexible like that they'd have to be made out of cheap flexible
> plastic or have some kind of flimsy hinge. Still, it would be cool if the
> heads could rotate without pulling them off the axel and putting them back on.
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> > Even so, I'll try and end on a positive note: there is a small black ball
> > that comes with other sets (as pictured in the super-bionickle instructions
> > section of the pamphlet) that looks like it could be used to make a socket
> > joint attachment, and with a technic crossed peg element one could then
> > attach the whole to any kinds of constructions one wished. New types of
> > elements that hinge, swivel, and turn are always welcome. Can anyone confirm
> > that the element works as I surmise it does?
>
> Yeah, propably the only thing the Technic purists like about the Throwbot line
> is that it inspired the ball and socket pieces. Several people bought
> throwbots just to cut the ball and axel thing off the throw arms for use
> elsewhere.
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| (...) In the CGI movies Lego made of the Toa the CG models have a lot more joints than the actual toys do. I think the same models were used to make the package pictures. It seems reasonable to me, to get the arms and legs to actually be fexible (...) (23 years ago, 7-Jul-01, to lugnet.technic.bionicle)
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