#balta

[roaches-are-forever]

Balta hebardi by Jean and Fred Hort

[groundrunner100]

There are times I wish that the Agori & Protectors were just Matoran.

One of the things I’ve come to like about the Bionicle mini sets is that it shows you how unique & diverse the Bionicle universe appears.

Like each yearly Matoran design belonging to a particular village/island.

[unteriors]

Balta, Odesa Oblast, Ukraine.

[tiredspacedragon]

I love how BS01 describes the roles of the members of the Voya Nui resistance

There's Garan, the leader. Balta, the second-in-command and a skilled tinkerer. Dalu, the team's best fighter. Velika, a Great Being in disguise and the team's inventor, even more skilled than Balta. Piruk, the spy, their eyes inside the Piraka stronghold.

And then there's Kazi. He's a realist. His job is to stand there and remind everyone how utterly boned they are.

They could have made him anything, he could have been a medic, or a hunter, or a scout, but no. His title is "realist." Not even an allusion to him being the secretive one who knows about Axonn before everyone else, no, Kazi is defined by how he makes sure the people around him remember their circumstances and don't have too good a time. Icon, honestly.

[guys-moments]

[postcard-from-the-past]

The pavilion at the Bajada Balta in Miraflores, Peru

Peruvian vintage postcard

[tempelbeast]

Renders of the Voya Nui Matoran Resistance, with the bonus Matoran Makuta render:

Sparckle black-copper is the the only thing that looked rust.

[creatureimages]

jumpscare of a vaguely german-looking cockroach landing on my desk vs subsequent marvelling at how cool this cunty undescribed* Balta is

*according to stephen thorpe, may he rest easy