Did anyone else notice Von Nebula's face is the same as Hydraxon's Mask? It's cool that Lego decided to reuse a Bionicle mask here, and from a set that rivaled Von Nebula in its quality.
6:49 yes... but nope. The pieces at that time were of horrible quality, once lego produced another mold i bought tons of it to change all the crap that were in this set and bionicles from before. For those who wonders, this specific design of this piece was prone to break VERY easily, ( even when you are careful ) and contraty to the oldest pieces that were just cracked at an end and still usable after vreaking, these things were often breaking at some disastrous point so you couldnt use them anymore....
Heh, Bionicle does have a character called Fire Lord. Lord of fire actually, but it's pretty much the same thing. The lords of water, jungle, rock, ice and sand also exist.
I have a cool von nebula mock that I could send you pictures of. Made it long time ago and meant to send it in but forgot. Used two con nebulas to make.
"People would roll their eyes if a BIONICLE was named Firelord!" Yeah, like Skull Crusher, Skull Warrior, Skull Slicer, and Skull Basher! At least Skull Grinder had a legitimate name, Kulta! But still, LEGO did poorly with the names in 2015!
Those black Bohrok faceplates are so good. I used to have a giant MOC that used them as pectoral muscles, though I don't have it anymore. I liked the torso construction, but I was never satisfied with the limbs. I do want to revisit the idea, though, and try to make something that uses that design again. The number of hand connectors you get in this set is great, it's just a shame they're the 2008 ones and they'll break very quickly unless you treat them with kid gloves.
the "Von Nebula Revamp" by bruh_iOnicles makes excellent use of the negative space with the armor in the arms. i typically don't like seeing the underside of the armor but i was very impressed here. can you do a special on use of negative space or the "ugly" side of parts? or if you already have an episode, might you direct me to it?
As a kid I had Von Nebula, and he was badass ngl. What I have left of him however... Kids be kids you know. Hero Factory came out when I was in my pre-teen years, so give us near the turn of the century kids a break.
In the Hero factory animated series, Von Nebula was once a hero, similar to Core Hunter, who has a deep hatred and resentment for hero team leader, Stormer.
Never got into Hero Factory, once they did away with Bionicle I moved on but honestly one of the better sets I've seen, mostly because it contains so many good classic Bionicle parts from all generations. My favorites being the Bohrok head flap, Hydraxon's mask, the Piraka-claws and even the original Toa Mata feet.
One of my favorite Von Nebula revamps has to be Masteryker's Von Ness V2. It just looks so sinister and evil. Also I have the von nebula set to thank for the black hydraxon mask that I now use as my self moc's mask.
this is probably just something my bug obsessed mind brewed up, but von nebula has the vibes of a stag beetle, just the face claws as a beetles mandibles and the two rounded pads on his back remind me of a beetles elytra/ the hard shell that covers the wings
