Ultra-Rare LEGO Bionicle G2 Concept Art Book Analysis and Review!

[@eric4636]

G2 in my opinion is underappreciated and it has so much great potential, it's a shame that G2 was cancelled too soon. G2 should have continued around 2017 and give us a proper conclusion to G2.

[@BillSchrader]

If it had been given just one more year it might've been smooth sailing after

[@ToaNaterFilms]

Dude, imagine if the G2 sets were as animalistic as the concept art! That would have been sick

[@funnyguy397]

I would have preferred a hood piece and that white and gold mask of ultimate power for Mocs because I can see gold and white and blue Mocs using that mask.

[@ToaNaterFilms]

@@funnyguy397 that would be sick Ngl

[@synnova32]

This should be included in a museum; god, imagine if Lego actually had a dedicated exhibit for the discontinued constraction IPs?

[@DuckBricks]

They technically have a section in the Lego house museum just for Bionicle!

[@ToaNaterFilms]

I’m pretty sure they’re people who are trying to setup museums but they usually do it as a joke

[@Luka1180]

@@DuckBricks There’s barely anything there though. It’s sad they asked Faber for all that material and then never really used it.

[@BillSchrader]

@Bionick Toa it's just a bragging right for that guy

[@ToaNaterFilms]

@Sunset's Channel lmao

[@anthonyvillanueva5226]

The art direction was definitely G2's greatest strength.

[@gojiking5456]

28:38 Is... Is that... That's straight up the Eva Unit 02 from Evangelion!! 😂 Crazy!! There was a Weeb on the G2 team lol

[@traveandre8877]

so I wasn't the only one seeing that

[@UrGhostGaming]

very cool design

[@axelford5514]

Thanks for sharing this, everything in that book is so inspirational, I so wish that work they put in behind the scenes translated to the actual product.

[@legodavid9260]

Congrats on getting it, man! Soon, you will own every piece of Bionicle memorabilia out there, lol....

[@DuckBricks]

Haha Ty, still have a loooong way to go

[@Luka1180]

@@DuckBricks I can’t even afford a Manas set anymore. I envy collectors :( I wonder if my G1 collection will ever be complete. I wonder if even my 2001 collection will… my gf also doesn’t fully approve of the hobby, which is ridiculous. But she still supports me and says she does. But she finds it weird. Sigh.

[@BillSchrader]

@@Luka1180 bionicle is weird and you can't expect everyone to like it but at least she doesn't tell you no

[@chilflow]

I love how Lego just took the crystals from Bionicle and moved it to Ninjago😅

[@DuckBricks]

Haha exactly; it’s weird how similar the earth crystals are to Crystalized

[@lxtf8044]

Yes, please review this skull villain 🙏🏼 and show us how the torso is made!

[@DuckBricks]

Will do!

[@veekleek7535]

Thanks for showing this artwork. A future bionicle remaining would have been amazing. Although a lot of the exciting concept art was too simplified down to what eventually reached the market.

[@TheChoppip]

Omg I just noticed, you got to over 50k subs 🤩 congrats man, I've been there since the first few hundreds haha keep up the awesome content

[@DuckBricks]

Thank you!!

[@Luka1180]

Yeah, it has been a WILD ride!

[@Enbeanie]

It's really cool art, but i feel somewhat sad seeing all the work that went into G2, which would ultimately end up being...a bit lame. Although it would be very cool to see some of these designs as MOCS!

[@Obi-Wan_Kenobi]

Even if Lego isn't going to print anymore of these, I still think they should make officially release them as an E-Book. I'm sure people would buy a digital version on Kindle if it was released and Lego would bet a few extra bucks. And I especially wish Lego would do this for their other books because at least we have a high quality bootleg PDF of this art book, we don't even have that for the Ninjago Dark Island Trilogy of Ninjago Movie Art book. Like do you not like money Lego? Just sell digital copies of these already existing books and people will buy them!

[@DuckBricks]

I agree - even as someone who owns the physical book, I’d kill for digital copies of these to really go up close to the images and see those gorgeous multi-page spreads as actual images

[@bioniclesreturn]

Hello everyone! Just as a reminder, my non-canonical continuation of BIONICLE lore will be released sometime this summer. If anyone wants to help me out on creating artwork for the new novel (because I’m not an artist!), please feel free to comment here.

[@xendordawnburst9969]

Only 100 of these were made?!? Man, another collectors item I will never be able to get. Is there a paper-back varient, or is this all we will ever get?

[@DuckBricks]

Unfortunately this was only made as a limited special gift to certain fans and web communities when they launched it - which is why I had to pay so much to obtain it and it doesn’t exist in any other form. Thankfully there is the PDF though!

[@TheHUNKMrDeath]

That Dragon Hoplite Tahu, pretty lit I must say

[@n_ex13]

I would love if anybody managed to build the octopus umarak But even more the creatures I love the creatures they are adorable Idc they have limited articulation they are just cute

[@DuckBricks]

I agree - seeing these built physically would have been so cool

[@omegaprime9794]

This could have grown into something that rivaled G1, but it was "NoT tHe SaMe" or it was "tO sImPlE", or some other stuff, like that's the point, it's a reboot, it's supposed to start off with a clean slate, we will never see this line live up to its potential

[@NTheHedgehog]

Those villain concepts. Imagine if they were Makutas versions of a Toa that our Toa would of had to fight in 2017. Ahhhh, the stories that could have been told

[@mosbysbioniclemore1159]

They really should have stuck with the cloth elements. I feel like it's the one thing Bionicle had been missing.

[@And0vk]

skull scorpio with the skull spider mask looks impresive

[@RetroActionUK]

So much potential that was wasted. When I saw this originally I couldn’t believe this is how good G2’s storyline could’ve been.

[@Luka1180]

Also note the Temple of Time is both shaped like a clock with the thing swinging side to side but also has a vaguely hourglass shape near the bottom!

[@Mael_Str0M]

That proto-Umarak really reminds me of a Wendigo with a touch of Game of Thrones.

[@RetroActionUK]

Makuta Prints. What a note to end it on!

[@Luka1180]

The paper is called glossy matte paper or photo paper I think.

[@Mate397]

Would love to own a pyhsical copy but the PDF will have to do.

[@The_Bionicle_Nerd]

The G2 Well 2016 Sets Are really well done. The 2015 sets really had the look that they were not from Okoto. While the 2016 sets make the toa look More like from Okoto. To Make my point simpler. All the 2015 toa sets had Barely any trans pieces compared to the other sets. Which made sense because they were not From Okoto. After they got destroyed by Skull Grinder and sometime afterward they got rebuilt Into their 2016 forms Which look more like Natives from Okoto. This is very Reflected in the concept art

[@UltravioletNomad]

I get the purple crystal design, but it feels over done in fantasy. I think the white/yellow and emerald light stones are more iconic.

[@Luka1180]

Make a museum!!!

[@OogaRequiem]

man i really wish people made it so that bionicle would stay but people have some weird tastes for lego because u cant prove that a model of something is better than an action figure that has huge customizability properties and a "collect all hero's" type of feel (toy wise) one thing i notice with the concept arts in this is that they shouldve made sets that could be "upgrades" to toa so we could get these cool pieces and adventually turn them into an expensive looking toa like 17:37 or 16:44 so that both young and serious collectors would like since new people would just be getting the more affordable version. another thing is they shouldve made the characters armours more OG bionicle looking. They are more expensive and plain looking currently. i got way more to say about bionicle but other than that maybe these ideas wouldve saved bionicle but right now its up to lego to bringing it back and when it does im getting 10 copies of each set

[@theauraone7755]

You are very lucky to get the book.

[@BillSchrader]

Weird because yesterday I was encountering this art

[@tweakr4377]

Reading through it is so sad- the original art direction is so good and promising but the direction it takes at the end is in my opinion almost revoltingly bad. So many beautiful slides!

[@KeiArkStudios]

hold on- AKITA IS A SHARK?! I THOUGHT SHE WAS A DOLPHIN!

[@geckochamp345]

Brill. How much are they worth? I have q signed copy that I may be interested in selling

[@chickennugget481]

is it just me, or did the names for the earth and stone elements get switched?

[@EinfachNoah]

i wonder why ability armor and weapon are almost the same for every character

[@gtsanimations1092]

Ahhh so you do have a desk? Why don’t you use it more?

[@jessehcreative]

Wait, where’s the pdf link?

[@DuckBricks]

biosector01.com/images/artofbionicle.pdf Here you go!

[@gtsanimations1092]

Also how can you afford so much Lego?

[@emphorepolpatinedasenate]

Ya g2 had a good artstyle and the 2d animation was fun, I heard the g2 books were good too but that tv show was bad

[@UrGhostGaming]

The concept art for villains is MUCH BETTER than the actual ones we got!

[@toakongu1]

Chad ElJay moment

[@SuddyMuggy]

That one sketch of Tahu looks awfully look an Eva..

[@Karbon.6]

Elden ring vibes

[@samh9861]

Woah this is awesome! Also, just want to know if and when you'll be opening your big.cartel store again?

[@DuckBricks]

It’ll reopen mid to late august when I return from vacation! Expect an announcement around then :)

[@samh9861]

@@DuckBricks Awesome! Will the Toa Haga stuff still be on there?