The part will be available in Warm Gold /Pearl Gold, Silver Metallic /Flat Silver, and White in various sets. The designers have taken steps to modernize this design language by introducing a new armor detail piece (Design ID 19087) featuring two pistons, a circular bolt, and an accordion joint connecting three armor plates. The smoothness of CCBS shells has been off-putting for some old-school BIONICLE fans because it is a far cry from classic BIONICLE’s design language, in which nearly every centimeter of the heroes was covered in intricately molded mechanical details such as bolts, vents, and pistons.
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The new BIONICLE sets take full advantage of this. This is possible since most of the larger CCBS beams include plenty of Technic pinholes. Most sets additionally use Technic pins and beams to add functions, create additional connection points for armor shells, or enhance their armor shells.
This 26-piece creation is just the bare minimum for a CCBS creation, though. You can see this basic building process (and a range of basic CCBS elements) illustrated in this image from the creative portfolio of one of its inventors, Christoph Röttjer. Finally, detail pieces that provide additional volume or more detailed decoration are attached to the shells with Ø3.2mm bars (the same type of bar that can fit into a hollow stud or the hand of a minifigure). Shell pieces that provide shaping and volume are then attached to the balls at the end or center of a beam using a ball snap on the back. In the most basic type of CCBS creation, beam pieces are connected together using balls and C-shaped ball cups, which provide plenty of friction and a wide range of movement. The CCBS is optimized for action figure building, using the Ø10.2mm Technic ball as its core connection method. The CCBS belongs to the Technic category, which it shares with traditional Technic and Mindstorms bricks. I’ll also describe some of the play features that set these new sets apart from previous CCBS-based sets. This presents me with a unique opportunity to review some of next year’s BIONICLE elements, over two months before they are officially released! In this first post, I’ll go over some of the basics of the constraction category, since it is a bit different from traditional LEGO building, and the Character and Creature Building System (CCBS) which all constraction sets since the start of 2011 have used as their foundation.
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