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Decided to show you all my take on the whole Matoran numerals debate.

A lot of people have pointed out in the past that the 1-9 symbols we have for Matoran numbers appear to show an incomplete pattern, with a repeat on a new inner ring happening on the number 6, which could theoretically be extrapolated out to show the numbers all the way to 11, and then continued on with further inner rings for higher numbers.

This has always been pretty cool, both for the implication that Matoran count in base 6 rather than base 10 (always neat to see different counting systems in sci-fi/fantasy stories) and because it implies that a single symbol can be used for any number, unlike our system which requires multiple for numbers above 9.

The only problem with this though is that it gets really unwieldy, really fast. Getting up to 11-12 is fine. You can just about get up to 17-18 and still have it easily readable, but after that it gets increasingly more difficult to fit everything in and still have the symbol recognisable at a glance. There are number systems that allow for one symbol per number even for much larger ones (I think Cistercian numerals are pretty neat and worth a google) but the inherent design of the Matoran symbols just doesn’t allow for easily readable higher numbers.

That’s why I’m proposing instead of a base 6 system with only one symbol per number, the Matoran might use a base 12 system with increasing digits per multiple of 12. I think this gives us the best of both worlds: we can extrapolate out the repeating symbols hinted at in the canon version, but not to such a degree that the symbols for higher numbers become functionally useless. Plus, as counting systems go, base 12 is actually really useful. It’s highly divisible, whilst still being small enough to have an easy number of individual symbols to memorise (unlike the even more highly divisible base 60).

What do you think?

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The OOMN sure does… diversify

also my hot new axonn theory

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I wish Lego did something like this back in 2001-2002. Probably in like gumball machines for these Matoran gacha capsules.

Matoran Gacha Simulator

I made a Matoran (from Bionicle) unboxing and building simulator! Check it out and feel free to reblog with the characters you roll! Inspired by @boxturret, @kdnx, and @toaskello

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Disneyland!

You see it. On your expedition through forgone lands, an ancient rune of warding. As if possessed by the first sorcerer to imbue this arcane emblem with divinity, it’s calling bellows from your mouth:

“Uhh, yeah. I sure hope it does.”

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Nicely done rendition of Teridax if he was in the Transformers One universe. I’d imagine if was a lackey of Sentinel Prime before D-16 murked him. Then before or during the Transformers One sequel, he doesn’t see eye to eye with Megatron and form his own faction called the Makutacons.

Not me a year late to the Transformers One hype

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And what about r/BionicleLego on Reddit?

Biomedia Project is Onu-Metru and BS01 is Ko-Metru.

No I will not elaborate.

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It looks great. Tbh, when I saw the first image, I knew it was shaped like Metru Nui.

Just completed the greatest scavenger hunt in the history of Metru Nui!

What do you think of my Morbuzakh inspired display for the 6 Great Disks?

After finishing my Toa Mata Kanohi collection (the display for which is coming along well by the way) I decided to move on to the great disks given I already had most of them from the Kanoka packs back in the day. I tried to use parts I already had lying around to make it, with only minimal bricklink purchases once I had the design down.

The idea was to base the Morbuzakh off of the versions seen in the promotional art and the Toa Metru character videos rather than the comics, which I think I’ve done quite well on. The flat stud in the central “eye” glows in the dark too, to compliment the glow from the disks.

I also tried to match the shape of the display to Metru Nui itself.

Now I just need to figure out where to hang it…

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A tribute to one of my favorite childhood cartoons…

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Just a wee lil' bugger

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THIS IS A CALL TO ACTION. Censorship affects all of us, and if Project 2025 gets its way, the entire trans publishing industry is at a significant risk of criminalization. In this article, I lay out the problem and the stakes, and suggest a broad action plan with dozens of potential response ✊

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This new head is going to be good for story telling. You can visibly show that your Toa has lost an eye long ago or has just upgraded for a better eye(s) then they started with or if you want to show this more of robot like Maxilos or just some goggles.

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