[MOC} Boxor (GWP Style)

[admiral_typhoon]

For the "vehicles and mounts" category of TTV's GWP style Build contest I remade the Boxor, one of my most favourite vehicles in the whole of Bionicle. I originally made it in studio, and then I've been gathering the parts to make it IRL for the past week or so.

Boxor (GWP Style) by Admiraltyphoon, on Flickr

I liked the mechanics of the original, but I wanted to try and give it a wider range of articulation, so I kept the same linkage designs but with balljoints instead, so the arms and feet can pivot, and the legs can splay outwards!

Boxor (GWP Style) by Admiraltyphoon, on Flickr

The back, just like the original, has a tohunga arm for its spine, and can hinge back for the cockpit top to hinge up and fit in Nuparu (or any other GWP style tohunga), which actually stays in place with a single stud on the seat, so you can actually have it look around without the top pressing on his head.

Boxor (GWP Style) by Admiraltyphoon, on Flickr

I've also made instructions available on Rebrickable, so you can build it yourself! https://rebrickable.com/mocs/MOC-145743/Admiraltyphoon/bionicle-boxor-gwp-style/#details

[jacabias]

I absolutely love this. I remember randomly buying this set at Walmart when it originally came out in 2002 not even knowing beforehand that it existed. When the GWP was released, a boxor was on my list of things that I wanted to build to go with it, so I believe I am going to have to try building this. I think you've done a wonderful job representing the original technic functions using the ball-joints here.