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Some WIP 3D printed masks

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I’ve acquired some of the parts for Hewkii Mahri and decided to mix them with stuff I already have.

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ISSUE THREE

Got some chinese Bionicle bootlegs that might interest you all...

These are made by Enlighten back in 2000s (this company goes by Qman nowadays and their stuff is still excellent!) and are probably the best bionicle bootlegs ever. Quality wise they are very-very close to lego, no wobbley stuff, nice sockets, disk launcher that ACTUALLY WORKS.... Not only that, but as you can see on the picture these provide unique recolors such as dark silver on limbs, launcher and sockets.

Here’s what they are shipped with - decent cardboard boxes with nice shiny polish over all sides and a small two-sides instruction booklet.

Throwing disks are well made, with an unique print and are glowing in the dark, just like the original disks. Here’s a comparison:

Here’s a comparison with BELA’s bootleg Bionicle set. Difference is quite large - plastic is full of flashes, molds are questionable at best, weird sockets:

Now this one blue matoran was of a dark blue color in the original set, but here the color is much brighter. Here’s a comparison with LEGO Piraka Vezok whose dark blue parts have the color that this matoran is supposed to have:

And here’s a comparison with LEGO Toa Gali, whose blue seems close enough with what this bootleg uses:

So basically, these bootlegs are almost as good as the real deal and provide a ton of new recolors. I think I’m gonna switch one part on the brown one though, wanna make this guy look friendlier or something...

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Bootleg Nektann made by a chinese company BELA under a brand called INVINCIBILITY ROBOT. These guys have been making bionicles accessible to the kids from low income families since like 2002 or so. The quality risen considerably since the times when they were making bohroks with parts in random colors and sockets that would die upon the first use, but these are still the worst bootlegs you can find.