Well, we're just on a roll this month, aren't we? Though BZPower's BBC contests do tend to bring out some above average creations. So yes, retinence has also built this Viking. The elbows are more than a little awkward, but we like the rest of this, especially the beard.
Yarr harr fiddle dee dee
Do what you want cause a Viking is free
You are a Viking!

HEY! DO YOU WANT TO FEEL SO MAN-ERGETIC? THEN TRY KAKARU'S "THE COMMANDER!" IT'S A MANLY MOC FOR MEN! MAN-MOCS! IT'LL MAKE YOU FEEL SO MANLY, YOU'LL BE ABLE TO PUNCH COMETS! THAT'S RIGHT, COMETS! COMET HALE-BOPP WILL BE LIKE "HURR I'MMA CHUNK OF DIRTY ICE AND ROCK" AND YOU'LL BE LIKE "SCREWWW YOUUU" AND SHOOT IT IN THE FACE WITH YOUR MAN-GUN! IT'S LIKE A SOLID HUNK OF TESTOSTERONE MADE OF LEGO! LEGOSTERONE!


CHEST HAIR! RUNNING ALL THE TIME! BAAGH! SPORTS! BAAGH!

Hey, y'all (no, we are not using that word ironically; we believe that English needs a second person plural pronoun that is distinct from 'you')! retinence has built this guy he calls "Malrik." We call it "nifty." We are not entirely sure about his shoes or feet or what-have-you, but we are quite enamoured of the parts combination on the head and the integration of Glatorian helmets and Hero Factory armor.

Motorized Ringo Starr!

U2 in concert!

Lazy sod paying attention to his blog for the first time in months!

...No, wait, you don't get a picture of that. I'm not lazy--well, okay, I am sometimes--but I have a life to be getting on with, too, you know.

ToM has put up some new pictures of his White Makuta creation. My favorite part is probably the warhammer.

Primus's Call of Cthulhu uses inverted tires and tentacles to make an excellent squiddy sort of head. The rest of the diorama isn't too bad either. You can check out his short comic leading up to this creation if you're into that sort of thing.

A couple of creations for today. First is Rojaz's Clone Trooper bust, based off the pivotal scene from Star Wars Episode III wherein Emperarth Palpamasidious tells his clones to off the Jedi:

Also, TOAOFCOMEDY's miniature Krika build is instantly recognisable, in part due to the use of Kraata for the head and leg spikes:

However, I would suggest using these for the front spikes instead.

BZPower's current building contest requires entrants to build something from a work of science fiction. As the deadline nears, some great entries have come in. First up is Blue Diamond's R2-Q5 astromech droid, which uses stickers and dome pieces quite well:

Kakaru has built a turret from the video game Portal:

I went old-school and did something from a book, or rather a series of books: A Formic Drone, or bugger, from the Ender's Game series:

Pate-Keetongu's Spider-Man creation has a great solution for the head that makes it instantly recognisable:

Primus's Katsumoto is a fine samurai-inspired creation with some creative parts use. Note particularly the use of treads and the unified design aesthetic (read: poky bits) on the arms, shoulder armor, and torso.

Jason Corlett has a pair of steampunkish post-apoc sort of creations, the Wasteland Scavenger and Clockwork Soldier:


There's more at his MOCPages if you're into the story side of things.

Flickrite Pate-keetongu has built a rendition of, well...Keetongu. The colors could use some work in that the secondary one should be all black or all gray, but I like the use of Bohrok headplates. They give this revamp a Juggernauty sort of vibe.

There are two things I really like about BCii's version of BZP member EmperorWhenua: The head, which uses a Piraka skull interestingly and generally looks cool, and the color scheme. Gold, teal, and white. Definitely a rare, if not entirely novel, combination, and one in which I'd like to see more creations made. Also, check out the teapot. When was the last time you saw one of those attempted in Bionicle form?

Yeah, I've been terrible about blogging recently. Not that I normally post frequently, but there have been some good creations lately that deserve the bloggage. All of these are entries for BZPower's 56th BBC Contest, which asks entrants to build things using the often loathed red axles and blue axlepins prominently.

Also, I've put up a poll for you to give feedback on things you might like to see more of on here. Please vote!

Kakaru's MOCer's Medication uses lots of those inside his pill bottle, but the pills themselves are also worthy of notice. They are easily the best use for Thornax fruit that I have yet seen:


Shannara enters with + and -, a pair of roboty creatures using flex tubing to make rings of pins and axlepins:


Finally, MeWithoutYou has undertaken an ambitious project: Building the island of Metru-Nui out of Bionicle pieces! With the prerequisite pieces only showing up in Ga-Metru and Ta-Metru, it doesn't fit the theme as well as some others, but it's still quite an original creation. Chutes crisscross the different Metru city sections, and pieces like Cordak bullets are used as small towers. The overall shape of the island is done well too:

Brickshelfer shaddow has a fine rendition of popular video game character Sonic the Hedgehog. Actually, I have no idea if he's popular anymore. I think he was at some point? I don't play many video games. Anyway, the Glatorian hands really come through here, and the head is well done.

Nice thighs, and the rest of what Internet rumor informs me is Moko's first published Bionicle MOC isn't half bad, either. He's really worked well with the asymmetry of the Gali Mistika mask.

Fair Bricks

BrickFair 2009 took place recently, and there having been a peculiar and deplorable lack of good Bionicle MOCs recently, I have decided to throw patience to the winds and post pictures of some of the peculiarly and deplorably unpublished(?) MOCs that made their appearances there.

First up is an unattributed MOC, possibly black fantasy. Note the use of stingrays as ears.

Next, Bundalings's Packbot.

Perhaps most impressive, at least in terms of technical skill, is ToM's Autobot Jazz. Yes, it really transforms.


And because I'm a sucker for small cute MOCs, a model of the beetle Click from the upcoming Bionicle movie.

For more pictures, see here and here. BrickFair 2010 is August 5-8th of next year. Be there or be an oblong rectangularish sort of thing?

Rawr rawr rawr

Never mind that Kraata are little more than invertebrates (though admittedly superpowered ones), Distorted's Kraata skeleton is great regardless. The curvature and parts use combine to create a bit of a menacing aura about the thing.
Additionally, Peguo's "Cypris-Morpho" has a nice look, as well as an interesting hand technique.

IT

This creation by Brickshelf user HARRY44 appears to be an evil version of Ronald McDonald. The piece use on the face is especially effective, and Great Kanohi Huna are put to good use as shoes and hair. Via foxyay.gif.

More than meets the...oh, zark it.

Frequently features builder Kawazu2110 has a sharp little transformer here that has beast and humanoid modes: