Instructions To Build All The Toa Mata In The GWP Style

[@DJKCP]

They all look great! One thing you could try that would be interesting is to make a brick built head for Tahu, so his style matches the others instead of him having a print and not matching with the others.

[@epicgal234]

That would be great

[@elijahtronti8574]

I was going to say the same thing

[@BrunoMaricFromZagreb]

What is the GWP?I have not heard anyone call it that.Maybe I've heard 1 or 2 people call it "Mixel style" because of the joints...

[@Bobstroyer]

I assume you would take from Jaller's mask at 0:34

[@thatloserwhoplays]

I wondered if the only reason I hated that new bionicle kit was the face plate... turns out I was right lol LOOK HOW MUCH BETTER A BUILT MASK LOOKS incredible work!

[@TheOrangeBrick22]

As far as "accurate" colors, i totally agree with using the more modern variants of similar colors. Not like the brown is the same, or the grays. Lego already changed Takua's mask from medium blue to medium azure after all

[@lewa3910]

Gali's definitely my favourite, love the translucent blue pieces used for her mask

[@agostonsomogyi8743]

I always wondered why Lego isn’t hiring these types of guys as product designers, this is incredible work

[@jayc6894]

i personally really like this new style for bionicle, not the original pieces but that’s fine

[@teridax5103]

I like the original parts. I grew up on Hero Factory so the more mechanical parts are more of a my thing. But I'm getting this one too.

[@LucasTigy2]

i think if they made a few original pieces for masks and weapons, that would be enough. like how ninjago have the sword pieces for the mechs

[@jayc6894]

@@LucasTigy2 actually yeah original mask pieces would be nice. I wonder how they would connect to the brick heads, maybe a single stud?

[@LucasTigy2]

@@jayc6894 well the original masks already used a single stud to connect to the mouth of the heads. so that would be fine

[@slumburger1145]

I honestly really hope they made these a proper official set line. I think it would be a good way to get people that didn't grow up with the original series (like me) into Bionicle while also giving us a lot of rare colored pieces, pretty much just like Mixels to a certain extent.

[@Spinosaurus_Aegyptiacus]

Onua looks so good!!! I LOVE HIM SOOO MUCH!!!!!!!!!!!!

[@EinsamPibroch278]

May the Great Spirit bless you always! This is the Renaissance of System Bionicle!

[@MrBoxJolly]

If bionicle was going to come back with toa costing 10$, this is how i would imagin it, with a few changes, and those changes are: 1:gear functions 2:more articullation (especialy in the feet, it bothers me so much with this GWP) 3:custom pieces for the masks

[@blaze3766]

The way Lewa's mask looks is fenomenal! Absolutely brilliant build!

[@Gundamu-p9m]

OH MY GOD I LOVE THESE I already love the gwp tahu cause its basicly the return of bionicle AND YOU NAILED THES OUT OF THE PARK

[@thevenomspino]

Imagine the GWP Tahu set doing super well, so Lego makes a whole 6 pack with all the Toa mata or they make more GWP set with the other Toa.

[@Jlavi25]

I’d love a soft reboot for specific OG sets in this style.

[@Majorlydevilish]

The brick built masks/faces looks so good, gives me a sliver of hope for a system constraction line with buildable heads like that.

[@BenCossyOfficial]

Had a lot of requests for a brick built face for Tahu, if you want to make one, the Jaller Mask I made in this video could easily be translated into red and used on Tahu :) kzbin.info/www/bejne/mXjMc3alYrB1h9E

[@glukkogobrrr]

Can you make Tahus howl brick build?

[@BenCossyOfficial]

@@glukkogobrrr Stay tuned for a video coming out this Tuesday, I will have instructions at the end of the video for Tahu's Hau in a brick Built style.

[@C0MMANDERBRICKS]

@@BenCossyOfficial can you link the vid i cant find it

[@main.ignisha]

Would love to see this style for the other Toa teams. Definitely gonna try building the Mata team myself and perhaps even Jaller to compliment Takua.

[@MidoriNatsume]

I love these! The only personal improvement (which I would do to even the original set) is making Pohatu's shoulders wider, so that he strikes a more heroic figure.

[@Dragynn5]

Seeing brick-built head for all of the other Toa made me realize that Tahu's smooth, shapeless decal-face was my only actual gtipe with it. Makes it easier to justify buying the set since that's an easy fix.

[@romanjustroman7445]

Damn, these are beautiful. I wish I could afford the pieces, these figures would look great on my desk. They are so clean and simplistic, yet recognizable and stylish, and I love the built masks as well! They are much better than anything a printed version could possibly offer.

[@danielbrazell]

That Lewa mask is so good! Love that you used the negative space in the pieces to give his iconic... holes, lol

[@MetruManStudio]

Wow these are CLEAN!

[@codynewcomb3819]

It surprise me how many people like these new designs.

[@BobTheDoctor27]

I’ve been wrestling with these exact same issues trying to build my own version! Amazing to see someone else going through sourcing the lime and medium blue clips! These are fantastic redesigns of the Toa and I love how you’ve used the color limitations to make new designs! The masks as well feel quite retro and fit each Toa perfectly.

[@Bionickpunk]

Tahu feels a bit out of place with the other Toa due to being the only one with a print head. Are there instructions to brick build his head as well? Just so we can have all 6 cohesive visually. Does he use the same head build as your Jaller brick moc and is it doable with a red mask/head that Tahu has?

[@BenCossyOfficial]

Yeah the Jaller head should work as an alternative, all those parts come in red :)

[@xaayer]

If you hop on the bioniclelego subreddit, people have made graphics that you can print onto transparent sticker sheets so you can have stickers similar in style to GWP Tahu. Then you just have to put the sticker on the proper pieces. It's been crazy to see how people have embraced this. Some have even made the Toa Nuva, Rahkshi, Bohrok, Turaga. There's even an Onua Mistika made with an adaptive Pakari that can fit the GWP head design.

[@Rasmos]

Very well done. I'm most impressed with how you did Pohatu's kickers. It looks so accurate to the original piece scaled-down. If they sold these officially, I'd for sure buy them.

[@MerpMonster]

I hope lego releases official Bionicle designs like this 👍

[@renegadebraun4959]

Ohmygod, did anyone ever tell you how genius you are? I'm totally blown away by these 😄😵 I wish these would become available to order as a whole set, as I don't see myself going and ordering them piece by piece 😁

[@Matter_Of_Fact]

Amazing builds and great vid. I would pay big bucks for these lol Let me buy this lol this is my second time watching this because they look so good

[@pepperhead7589]

If you can, try doing a toa nuva one, along with toa takanuva. Maybe challenge yourself and do other toas outside of the main 6.

[@vulpus]

This is fantastic! After seeing the Kopaka video I was starting to plan out a Lewa build but seeing how you did it is really helpful. =w=) 👍

[@YasaiTsume]

I'm actually very impressed with Pohatu's kicks. Very close to the original and honestly, could even go right side up anyway since the kick function is no longer needed.

[@PacificTime369]

Love Lewa’s mask, well done!

[@BulletBader]

They need, NEED, to turn these guys into official sets! I'd buy each and every one

[@williamverhagen5210]

I think the brick build masks look better then the printed slopes because they just have so much more detail and depth

[@andystevens123]

This is awesome! I'm curious how you would make Tahu's mask in this style, instead of the printed mask

[@henrypaleveda7760]

the brick built masks are more in line with what I had hoped for with the bionicle them being converted back into standard system.

[@Puppet_Channel]

Omg thank you so much as a lego bionicle fan myself I wanted to recreate the bionical sets with normal lego but I didn't know how and this helped thank you, also they look so good looks like offical lego

[@jaytwokay3265]

Beautiful! Can't wait for the someone to make the Nuva versions.

[@FoxsDumbSeriesMaker]

Well, this is certainly interesting. In your System Kopaka vid, I felt that the head design made for him was great, even though it was different from the flat printed face on the GWP Tahu. Understandable, since there were no other options for mocs like these without the use of custom stickers. Now that I see the rest of the Toa with equally great masks made out of bricks, I feel that Tahu should have looked more like these from the start. He would look so much better and unique with a custom made head/mask. If you ever have time, it would be neat to see you recreate Jaller's head for Tahu in red and use it for a Toa group shot. ^^

[@thenutzgod]

For the Onua hands you should try using 92692 to achieve that angled look his hands have.

[@ameizing2138]

Amazing builds! It would be great to see bohroks in this style too.

[@boi8214]

If you look up online you can see custom masks that are prints.i printed them on a label sheet and then cut the labels.this made a great mask sticker.also thx for the inspiration as I have been working trying to find a way to make lewa gali and pohatu Edit Also you should make the kaita models i made one and it looked really cool

[@butterdog7236]

I really want to see the Toa Of Light in this style

[@Furno52470]

I have no opinion on this system for bionicle, but I think lego releasing this line would be a win on both sides. We get cool buildable robots that also are a good source for different joint pieces, and lego wins by releasing affordable small sets that will be popular among kids due to being very easily customizable.

[@metallixstudios4999]

Future go BIONICLE is now!

[@empatheticrambo4890]

I’m planning on doing something like this eventually if I find the time - I have to say, I like the brick built masks more than Tahu’s GWP mask. Takua’s mask print is perfect though...not sure why they’re so different

[@OlegFantik]

Finally someone made really good lewa mask in system.

[@kittycuddler_4437]

I'd LOVE to see Takanuva in this style! Sadly I don't have the pieces to make it myself...

[@user-PARAGON]

It's cool

[@RoninCatholic]

I honestly prefer these to the original Toa and their proprietary pieces. It'd be nice to have more of these common pieces appear in common colors.

[@wendyhotchkiss7772]

Have you considered making Jaller’s mask in red bricks for Tahu, so he has a 3D mask like the other Toa?

[@lordmawkish1286]

Amazing. Now I really want to see a brick-built Helryx or Hydraxon, seeing as they trained this team.

[@Pyrox645]

I like these built faces way more than the original printed one

[@hirngspinster2527]

your heads look so much better than the printed one.

[@Legomicroman]

now i feel motivated to make a video about my own "Brick-onicle" MOCs.

[@iantaylor4192]

They look great

[@JJGray21]

Awesome builds! 🔥

[@dmnk_kkczk6186]

I was waiting for someone to do this, thank you. I am currently working onmy version of Onua, but I still need to figure out how to do the neck, since I want it to have a ball joint. I also have some random ideas: For Kopaka and Lewa you could replace the ball joint in thier shoulders with a version where the ball is on the whider side of the plate. That way their arms would be lover on their body kind of like how they were on the original figures. For Kopaka sword I think a better piece would be a single garage door module. That piece has very similar texture to his original sword, and I think the conection would be more stable than a plate in a clip.

[@timewellspent8137]

When I heard bionicle was coming back, I was excited. Less so now.

[@JordanToa_YT]

Honestly seeing the brick built masks make this style look a lot better than the printed one. Love it! ☺️

[@mikedemchenko3513]

Damn, this should be a LEGO Ideas suggestion!

[@dwarfboy9996]

Hey, having to improvise certain parts for the other 5 toa works for me, gives them slightly more variety

[@YourNeighborNat]

These are quite neat!

[@Luc_ienn]

Ok, not gonna lie, I hated the new Tahu design so much when I saw it, but when you have them lined up all together like this, I can really appreciate it a lot more. The Lewa is my favorite. The axe looks so good despite so simple.

[@juliussloth4665]

just curious, were gali's legs difficult to do upside down? because the mata version has them flipped compared to the "men"

[@NiallByrne]

That Lewa mask could totally work for Tahu if you want to swap the head. Same pieces with red.

[@thehypaspist4063]

I'm curious how toa metru would look in this style.

[@ianpcartoonr]

These look great! Yeah, I had the same problem a while back with a piece I thought would be more common but it ended up not being. It was that original brown, round clip that makes up the old droideka heads? At least at the time it was hard to come bay or too pricey

[@cecillewolters1995]

Man these are cool, thanks ^^

[@ninjanikolai7286]

I love them!!!

[@1dayago843]

I really like the custom masks you made, you should do one for Tahu himself

[@Anton-de5vu]

I’m so glad my favourite is the easy one XD

[@aleksandarradovic3716]

You should try building tahu master in a style resembling this. To me the printed hau looks very much in line with the art style of the 2015 shorts

[@KeruToL]

If Bionicle comes back again it’ll probably be like this.

[@98perova]

Great builds! the kanohi masks look so good that ironically now tahu looks off, like it was bulid halfheatedly. jajajajaj

[@nicholassmith3499]

I was half expecting an update to tahus mask but I love these

[@Barracuda_Pokemon_TCG_Pocket]

They're simply beautiful. I think it could be cool if you will recreate also the red mask with pieces too, and maybe swap it with the original one just for some pics

[@uniqueblock8788]

No way! So coooool!!!! 👍😮

[@ninjamasterbuilder8675]

Ben Cossy I was wondering if maybe you could make a modification for all six of the toa mata into their nuva forms I've done it with my tahu except for the mask and the wrists

[@autofigure00]

I'm thinking about designing some new mixel ball / socket style heads and masks using Lego pins instead of the original + axle connection. Either that or having the masks just use one female stud connections instead and then theyd be easy to knock off of the head (you could actually do a combination of these methods just like how the 2001 year Bionicle heads and later years can all fit both the + axle masks and the early year masks that can be hit off.

[@JOCoStudio1]

Damn, those brickbuilt masks are actually so much better than the flat prints. Would you consider making a matching one for Tahu?

[@BenCossyOfficial]

One has been made yes. It will be featured at the end of my next video

[@pastelcia42]

About the masks, I honestly wish tahu's gwp mask was bilt in this more detailed style, i think they look even cooler than the printed brick

[@JoJoDoe1997]

finaly gen 4 has arrive i mean gen 3 was good but a bit off ok jokes aside its really cool that you guys made more of this ones i dont think an actual new gen may arrive anytime soon but this keeps the tradition alive

[@ΓρήγορηςΓο]

I'm currently building a black pohatu that's almost identical to yours. Thanks for the mask design 😁

[@born2biscuit]

they need to make these official my man

[@dogheart_ii9301]

LEGO please pay this man and sell these, imma buy all six PLEASE

[@13thprotector64]

I hate how the new sets look. But you do a good job at recreating them

[@thejoyfuldragon887]

for Pohatu I think you could have used the slope grill pieces for the sides of the mask and I think they would have looked more accurate, not sure if they come in brown though.

[@NinaFelwitch]

This should have been an official line of sets (but with the brick built masks instead of the print). And I would buy all of them.

[@Renkencen]

While the detail masks are not bad but if you have a steady hard and a sharpie/ pernament markers, that would be an alternative. Well either that or like custom print a mask face onto a stickets and slap it on?

[@joshualawton57]

They're perfect, I actually like yours more than the one with the sticker for a face 😂

[@Funky_Player2]

Very cool!!!

[@BenCossyOfficial]

For those asking for a Brick Built Tahu head, instructions and images of one are shown at the end of this video: kzbin.info/www/bejne/nJiXoayuftCZiLc&t

[@brandonbaggaley2317]

What about their Nuva forms? I would like to modify my Tahu into being his Nuva form to be closer to the beginning of Mask of Light. I don’t understand why they did the gift with purchase with Tahu in his Mata form. I had his Bionicle Stars figure to represent his Mata Form. And with the functionality of Takua being able to attach to his back, his Nuva form would make more sense.

[@GrimmWF]

4:11 wouldn't a more accurate translation be the part 26047 which is placed on the shoulder design to replicate the appearance of part 32174. I don't think it comes in that blue though.

[@JayFolipurba]

I wouldn't even be mad if we got original brick-built bionicles

[@realbiggestlegofanconnor7007]

I personally would have preferred to get the brick built versions of all the original bionicles as the freebie but that doesn’t mean the one we actually got was bad on anything because I still like it it’s just I’d prefer if we got all the originals in brick built form

[@kandyeggs]

I don’t have any system, but if I did I’d be following Pohatu’s mask instructions right now 👀

[@MrB10N1CLE]

the brick-built masks are so much better than the printed slope. it's not even close

[@FangFeraligatr]

Awesome! Now make them into Kaita! Just kidding, I won't demand that. However...if you're crazy enough to do it, do not let me stop you.