Nick's Mods Ep.25- Mata Nui -- LEGO Bionicle Revamp! 

I still think Mata Nui would be better off gold - if for no other reason than having a proper alternative to selling your kidney for a pearl gold ignika.

This series actually taught me so much about character design, this was wonderful

What a great way to wrap up the Glatorian mods. I honestly really like the choice to keep Mata Nui mostly mechanical, it gives him a more distinct vibe when placed with your other Glatorian mocs. It also makes me wonder what the Glatorian must have thought meeting him for the first time, seeing this masked being with so many gears and pistons. Perhaps they would have thought he was a General Grievous type case, a Glatorian with so many cybernetics that he's now more machine than man. Which definitely provides an interesting dichotomy to Mata Nui's very "human" heart.

Adore that you went all in on the humble aspect, he looks stellar

HUGE fan of that sword design. So elegant and a terrific solution to one of my great childhood frustrations of not being able to build the movie sword

The character development in going from rejection g the design to embracing it is amazing. I feel like a lot of moc builders start this way-trying to solve the problems with sets and as they develop their tastes start to gain better understanding of the originals

That original moc of Mata Nui with the hover board looks awesome

Ah I remember when the Gresh episode came out. I pulled apart my Stars Gresh and Vastus and tried imitating it, substituting the original set’s lime claw pieces for the lime stars armor add ons as the side skirts. My eyes lit up watching your Vastus mod video and seeing you did the same thing that I did years ago trying to imitate your Gresh with the parts I had. I’ve loved having these Glatorian mods to look forward to, heck I’ve been watching them first thing in the morning when they come out. I’ll miss seeing my favorite year of bionicle get mods for a while, but I still love the rest of the series. I’ve thoroughly enjoyed these, and congratulations on getting through all the main sets. PS: have you considered filling out the gaps in metru shins with a 3x1 curved slope and a 1x1 tile? It fills them out perfectly. I saw you used a Bohrok eye in the Gelu video to make it look a little more organic and I’ve been wondering if you considered that

Again, I cant thank you enough for this entire Glatorian mod series. It inspired me to go back at making mocs and revamping my old builds. Each of your part choices are cleverly picked, from the movable skirt and shoulder armor so that the limbs can move freely, the friction add-ons giving stability as well as additional space so that the legs can bend in a sitting or split position, the Metru chest pieces sandwiched underneath the chest pieces so that they fill in what would otherwise be empty or skinny space, the Inika armor shells placed as leg back covering, the Piraka leg pieces used so that they dont hit the larger ccbs shells of the arms when bending the limb, how the texture of the Chima elegant armor add-on matches with the lower textures of the pearl gold Inika chest, etc. After trying out your build techniques myself I can tell that you put a lot of care with these. What is also great is because they are relatively small builds that dont use too many pieces, its all the more doable for people with a set budget to recreate. Simply brilliant work Nick!

Every new Nick's Mod with Bionicle fills me with joy. Im'n in love with this format : the music, the editing, the throwbacks... Great to see the Magna Era get this kind of love Thanks Nick

Dude, I absolutely love these mods! And although you said you’re finished here, there’s just three more characters I would love to see you revamp! 1- Telluris (the iron tribe agori who pilots the Scopio XV-1) 2- Zesk (even if minor, I still think he could be upgraded) 3- A Toa (basically, you used CCBS shells to give the design language of the more organic agori/glaotrian. I would like to see an example of a revamp of a toa in your style, and see how how you visually make them distinct from the more organic agori/glatorian.)

I can’t wait to see more complete mocs from you. You are one of the most creative bionicle builders left and you’re understanding of design and storytelling through characters is amazing I can’t wait to see more of your stuff.

I love the background of these videos, They look like something you'd see on a LEGO commercial with the boxes pilled up and the sunlight coming Through the window it's nostalgic

Mata Nui is my favorite Bionicle set, and I have been looking forward to this from the moment these Glatorian mods started. I am very impressed with how he turned out

I love these mods! If I was gonna suggest additional sets to mod, the Skull Spider Army could use a few touch ups.

Gonna miss the God Sword, but the new version is so cool as well. One of my biggest regrets was not picking up Toa Mata Nui when I had the chance to back in the day, too.

i always like 2009 mata nui since he was my “first” introduction to Bionicle so i always had a soft spot for him

i love youre style of using the sun light to shine youre creation

I like the god sword you made since it becomes a surf board it fits with Toa Ignika, his predecessor. That and it also fits with the surfing deal of Tahu all the way back in the original year.

Keeping the love of Bionicle alive, along with the rest of us!

“Kinda cakey from the back” Mata Nui boutta make me act up

I really like how you kept him smaller than other characters. If I remember correctly Ackar was slightly bigger than Mata Nui in the Movie so its fitting. I really enjoyed these Mods, cause it gave me some inspiration for characters I would want to write :3 Hope to see more Bionicle Mods/MOCs in the future. Cheers!

I really love seeing those Bionicle mods, I think I modded tahu 2015 once, don't know if he still is but I believe this could be the spark to look at him again

You did Mata Nui Justice. Thank you.

Man is using Metroid music in the background fits way to well

I don't mind the Keetorange, even the small mask. It's just the original set build was too lanky, like a gorilla. But your revamp is amazing. Brilliant use of the Lewa Masters keetorange CCBS shells.

I’m about to start buying more Bionicles

Nice work!^^ It’s been a while since I seen a bionicle video. Thank you!^^ I really enjoyed this mod video keep up the good work 😊

Wow nick! Very cool! Thanks for sharing!

Love it man, just a little bit here an there is great ❤

I loved this series so much and I love this Mata Nui, he was one of my FAVORITE sets that I bought when I was younger

After all these years I've finally noticed that Mata Nui's face looks like a man with his arms stretched out.

Good on you for opening the Mata Nui set, destroying the sealed secondhand market is always fun.

I hope a Duma mod is visited, would be cool to see him given the growth of the Glatorian as well, maybe even some for that one Glatorian that works for Velika

Looking forward to what next year’s Nick’s Mods(Mocs) have in store then!

I really like the gratorin plant because it reminds me of battel world where they fight to the death every day

That Duckbricks reference got me lmao

Thank you! Mata NUI was always my favorite character. He’s so underrated in the main canon of Bionicle

That really was a Great Spirit I saw in this vid, he looked legendary! Maybe someday i'll get to Show my own Glatorian mocs based partially on these revamps. Yeah that'd be great!❤

Bro is absolutely caked up

!PRAISE MATA NUI!

A shame that whole period suffered from those blasted Frail limb parts.....reinforcing my Own Mata Nui might be my next project...after fixing up my Toa Mata.

I waited so long for this

This is my favorite glatorian mod next to Kiina, I wish they made him golden too

Mata Nui was my first bionicle set, I remember asking my parents to get him for my back during Christmas of 2009 when I finally got into bionicle and then Bionicle end of the next year

The legendary Toa who's got an entire island named after him! Keep up the mods going you mighty LEGO Maniac!

I actually got the figure back in 2009 along with The Legend Reborn DVD. Love your modifications.

Those mocs are awesome! An Earth Tribe Glatorian and Sister of The Skrall are two we never got any images of, and in the case of the Earth Tribe they were just tacked on after the series ended but still sound like a neat idea.

Super Nice

Yet another great moc from you nick. The final glatorian. Just one question for you, what's next for nicks mods.

By far my favourite Nick's Mod, which isn't a small achievement since I really liked the previous ones.

I always quite liked the OG Mata Nui, so this is a pretty nice mod

how is it going my fleshbros? -mata nui

Never understood people's criticism towards this set: one should wonder how much "experience" Mata Nui himself had on body proportions and how much the Ignika itself influenced the birth of this body. To me, it's like a newborn trying to find a proper shape, mixing ancient knowledge (the shoulder armor) with most recent experience (Matoro Mahri's shoulder armor, retained by Toa Ignika too and even the keetorange-black colorscheme from Toa Ignika). This is THE Mata Nui but the body is just a temporary means made possible by a mask that has its own history and independence. Both entities ended up forming this weird yet unique, and even storied shape. And yet, it's also charming in its pristine innocence, exactly like a newborn. Anyway, I lost track. All this to say that I really appreciate this revamp, since it's very faithful to the appeal of the original set.

Id love to see what you could do to Toa Mata Nui. It would be interesting

All these mods have been amazing, this Mata Nui is no exception, I love it so much. It does remind me that I made a transgender glatorian Mata Nui moc

If i modded mata nui, i think i would make him look like the great spirit robot, with just bit of armor on top

Time for the Great Spirit!

All you need to do now is Toa Mata Nui

great build. Honestly have been looking for ways to replace his upper arms and legs because both parts have shattered due to the fragility of 2009 sets

My only glatorian, and my only glatorian that i MOCed, wich is also my favorite MOC i made

"I am Mata Nui" Michael Dorn was great casting for The Great Spirit. Wish they did a movie for the final fight against Terry, but eh. Great Mod. Personally I like him not being gold, as the Mask of Life was weakened during this time, but not so weak that it would turn silver, thus yellow seems fitting. Plus, since his armor looks to be based around sand, he's kinda a take on Toa of Stone, kinda. Quick question, if you could choose any of the elements in Bionicle, which would you choose? (Me personally I like Ice and Stone)

Really enjoyed the videos. How do you choose your background music ? It fits so well that I almost didn’t think about it

Gold would’ve been cool, but I think it would’ve looked worse then keet

They should've at least make his helmet gold, or give him two, other than that, I agree that he looks better yellow. And damn, no wonder Teridax tried to usurp him, Mata-boy is THICC! He feels slightly on a plain side, but I really don't know if you can add much to change that. The only thing I can think of is a shield, I've seen some MOCs of it that looks pretty similar to movie one. Also, feet change was a choice that I'm not sure how I feel about. Previous feet works well with ankle guards, making the shape of the whole feet flow nicely, Metru feet feels too narrow. I'm not calling that a bad choice, it just takes a bit for me to get used to. But as always pretty amazing mod once more!

I got my first bionicle sets today! OG lewa and maku!

I heard the new bionicle sets will be brick built

OMG, it's been so long since I heard anything Bionicle. BTW, what happened to the build-a-hero concept?

Do you think you can do some hero factory revamps or reboot bionicle revamps?

Speaking of a god-like Mata Nui, have you tried modding the Titan set? Because someone online posted a picture of it without the shoulder spikes and a Mata head, and it looks kinda similar to a certain giant robot...

2:35 do not lewd the matoran universe

I wonder if he's gonna revamp BIONICLE STARS from 2010 since he did revamps of the Glatorian wave from 2009.

Tuma next?)

Do you happen to have Titan Mata Nui? If so would be awesome to get a video on him in this style

Small question, are we gonna get another Chima mod anytime in the future?

Do you plan on ever mocing the piraka?

You should do perditus would be cool to see a lesser character on youtube

I’m interested to know if you have modded any of the 2008 Madura since I’m trying to find inspiration to mod mine to look nicer overall

Could you maybe modify the Tiger mobile from Chima? The plates are bending because of a lack of a middle wheel, how do I fix this?

Have you ever made a Glatorian for the Iron tribe? I don't think one exists to my knowledge.

I’m really excited to get a closer look at your Sister of the Skrall. All of your Glatorians look great and seeing full MOCs in this style will be a lot of fun. I built my own female Skrall recently, and while mine went in a very different direction to yours, it’s nice to see that you didn’t go the same route a lot of female Skrall MOCs went. Was not a fan of how a lot of them interpreted “female”. I’ve got that and a few other MOCs I’m proud of that I’ve been meaning to share somewhere. Where’s a good place to go for that? I’m not interested in using Reddit and was underwhelmed when I checked out BZPower.

I've given the 'organic' thing some thought, and, well, darnit, the more I think about it, the more I think the people on BM should be even more mechanical in appearance than the people from the MU. My thought process is this; according to Farshtey, the Glatorian/Agori were entirely organic, before the 'Great Beings' started 'improving' them, making them cyborgs, as it seems. As such; shouldn't the Glatorian and the like look more mechanical, then? They're effectively the Great Beings' prototype for the Matoran Universe, which is why the Toa and Matoran and the like look like robots made of flexible, organic metal [Protodermis] in the movies; because they are the Great Beings' design work perfected, taking everything they learned from 'upgrading' their own people, and making theoretically perfect beings, supposedly lacking in the flaws of the Glatorian [and why they were used to pilot Mata Nui, instead of the Bara Magnans, since the Matoran were mindless drones, and likely less prone to error for such a crucial mission] Meanwhile; the Glatorian were 'upgraded' before the discovery of Protodermis, so, then; its only natural [at least to me, I suppose] that the characters in 'The Legend Reborn' look even more mechanical; because they're crafted with primitive designs and inferior resources. And actually; that idea fits spectacularly with Kiina's resentment towards the Great Beings in the movie, as they messed up so much of their planet and the people... only to abandon it and leave their people to slowly fall apart and die in the hostile desert remains, forcing them to fight for survival, and make crude repairs to their own bodies, becoming even more rugged and machinelike. Maybe Kiina doesn't know about the specifics of the Great Beings, but it does still fit

Telluris and Pereditus?

NICK PLEASE WATCH THE LEGO AVENGERS CODE RED TRAILER You won't be dissapointed i swear

can you also du Perditus? would like to see that

I picture your female Skrall being Branar's own daughter, I'd name her "Fractryll." & I could call your Glatorian of earth "Gaiex."

#Teridaxdidnothingwrong

Have you considerd 3d-printing, or buying a replica of the sword, or are you trying to be a purist? (sorry for my bad grammar)

Waiting for tume

Spending my last video before youtube blocks my account until I disable my adblocker to get you them good good engagement points, for all that a watch, like, and comment are worth!

Do me a favour and do Lego Mixels

0/10 Not the whole matoran universe

I noticed you took down that old capcom rant where you turned into the joker at the end lol. A bummer, but I completely understand xD