@@gaminggranny1541 i remember trying to make the original dragon by Adding the Zekrom i made, but could never make it work so i settled on just Kyurem-White
I think the "rambling" is important, as it demonstrates what sets the Crystal Crawler above the rest of the pack, and goes into what makes combination models in general so cool, but also how even professional set designers can struggle under these limitations, and how hard it can be to make something cool, unique, and functional with one.
Man, as a kid I got myself the Mine Mech as my only Power Miners set, because I assumed it was like, the head honcho of the entire line (partially because it was in the Clutch Powers movie and partially because, it was a bloody huge robot) but now Im realising it was the second smallest set.
that feeling of like "why am I put these functional or bright pieces in a place where they can't be used or seen" is such a feeling I get when making creator 3 in 1s
Yep, that, and more, is one of the good thing to know for future, when making custom builds with specific toy brick sets. And man, I LOVE Lego Creator - rebuilding as much sets into alternative builds as possible can taught some things for general Lego building
So glad you went into the more goofy Bionicle combiners. Theme simultaneously had some of the sickest fucking things like Vezon & Kardas (I will forever have envy for anyone that actually owns that set) and then absolute manmade horrors beyond my comprehension like the Krahka just to try and fit 6 sets worth of pieces together.
@@BigYellowSilly The fact that almost all the combiners are cannon I think is the icing on the cake. The Visorak combiners are very fucked up and definitely should not be in the Bible. Adds a lot to the theme though for sure, and the good ones are stupidly good.
@@princesscunk Considering the fucked up shit that's already in the Bible, no, no, they should absolutely be in. ...and now the phrase "biblically accurate bonkles" is stuck in my head.
Kardas doesn't contain any pieces that aren't included in the three individual sets it's built out of (Axonn, Brutaka, and Vezon&Fenrakk), so if you get the three titans separately you can show off the model a lot easier. ...But if you want the official printed Kardas instructions then be ready for some pain.
I used to do Legos as a kid, and I think I fell more into the "alter existing sets myself" style. My favorite thing to do was to take a set and add on to it by making improvements. For example, the first Titanium Mech set from Ninjago (featured the four-armed Ghost mech as well) didn't have bending elbows, so I took the arms apart and remade them to have elbows. Then with the Lego Speed Champions McClaren Senna set, I added a couple of pieces to the interior for a speedometer.
It's really fun doing that. The best part is when you do such a good job altering the set that you forget it's not the base version after a while, and then when you revert it back to its original it starts looking weird and unfinished 😂
I’m absolutely here for all the Rock Raiders love! ❤️😉 Power Miners is absolutely noteworthy in their promotion of alternate builds and combiner models during an era where that simply wasn’t the norm. The Crystal Crawler has always been an idol of mine and you do it such justice here! I’m also really loving that Granite Grinder alt build (modified) as well - I’m gonna need to grab a second copy of that set to build it!
Thanks so much! I really can't recommend that alt for the Granite Grinder enough, the second I got the footage of the awful official one I instantly rebuilt it into the modified one, fanmade alts are something I'd love to see more of!
I have very fond memories of shoving a dozen bionicles together and proudly taking a dozen photos on the DSI camera and every time a photo of him appeared on the top screen of the DSI menu I would pop off. Kinda sweet actually also i saw Speeda Demon in this video and he's so fucking cool he's a bionicle with a motorbike look him up
As a kid, I was big into the Dino Attack series which had a combination build of the fire hammer and the iron predator to create this cool half track. I could never find the instructions as a kid, but I bought an extra of each in case I ever did. Somewhat recently someone uploaded a build video on it and I was finally able to put my very own together
As a kid i used my brothers random harry potter and star wars lego to make GLaDOS and olimars ship from pikmin , bith made pretty accurately. The ship could even take off parts to be in a broken state like the game. Fun video btw
Hey, I know this is completely unrelated to the video, but I recently had a dream that you made a video on fishing. You also showed how to find the best worms for using as bait. You ended up feeding a massive carp and an even bigger catfish, and then made a follow up video that you ended up with a really nasty cold, because you would go too deep into the water for fish feeding and got hypothermia. Yeah I don't even know where this came from, but I thought I'd share it. No japes btw, really had such dream.
Always a good day to see a new big yellow video, sometimes it’s about lego, sometimes some random fighting game character or mechanic, or sometimes it’s about how gen 1 Pokémon fails to not bug out… but every time it’s a 15-40 minute video that’s whole vibe is “here is the random ass thing about something you more then likely haven’t thought about or care about but I’m gonna tell you why it’s coolest shit ever”… and damnit I’m on board :)
one of my favourite themes for combination models was mixels, it’s got lost in the shuffle since it ended, but there were a whole bunch of little dudes that were very affordable, and the fiction very much encouraged mixing the parts together in your own ways. there were official combos, but just about any pair of mixels could make something really weird or interesting. the parts were somewhat limited, but there were enough joints and hinges and parts for making faces that you could pretty much always make a satisfying little toy, and the individual sets were simple enough that when you wanted to put them back together it’d take like maybe five minutes per guy. such a fun theme, just really brimming with life and creativity.
Hot take: I really like the RRR. I like that the Power Miners crew have a vehicle that's just a truck modified to clear rubble and find people, that isn't a massive piece of mining equipment. ...is it worth buying the station? No, part it out, but I like it, and it's inspiring to make like, idk, a small tanker truck designed as a sprayer to get rock dust out of the air.
How do you make just rambling about legos so interesting? I swear, I was captivated every second of this video, and it really was just you rambling about legos! Amazing video, I'd sub to you again if I wasn't already.
5:26 when you brought up the slizer pic, I got so excited to see hiker mike, only to remember there were more conventional combiners. but then the excitement PICKED BACK UP BECAUSE HIKER MIKE'S IN THE VIDEO AFTER ALL YEAHHHH
I was definitely a "build the model, play with it for a while, then if I liked it enough as-is I'd keep it around or maybe modify it slightly, and otherwise take it apart" kinda lego kid. I also loved the heck out of Bionicle combination builds. To the best of my memory I *never* took apart my Shadowed One after I built him, in part because, at the time, I thought the dark hunters were the coolest thing EVER (I was 11, don't @ me). Point being, this video was made for me and I always have a great time when you talk about lego :).
I'm ngl, I don't think I ever "got" lego until i listened to you ramble about combination models lmao. I can totally see the appeal of all this now ^-^
How you managed to get me to sit down for 40 minutes and watch a video on a topic I'd never heard of nor cared about is absolutely wild to me. Genuinely insane how you're able to consistently keep doing this. Great stuff.
I never was personally into Hero Factory, but from what I've seen, it doesn't look bad in my opinion. It looks like a cool constraction line, truthfully
I actually really enjoy your lego videos and wouldn't mind more of them. I used to collect all the bionicle sets, so these videos are a nostalgia bomb for me, and I love it.
I unironicly see your channel not as the channel that 'sometimes' posts Lego Power Miners videos but as THE Lego Power Miners channel. I don't know how or what else you could talk about but am all here for the Lego Power Miners videos. I listen to them as I paint warhammer.
You made me want to build this model again. What's cool about it, it doesn't have a janky, half-baked shape, but instead there was some idea behind it and is kinda stylised like a scorpion.
this video RULES dude!! you make such awesome content. combining sets was my favorite as a kid, i had NO idea that was a thing which was official in any capacity! i man so many eldritch bionicles...
I wonder if LEGO made combo models that left out a bunch of pieces from their component sets for the reason you mentioned with the crystal crawler. By leaving pieces out of a build, you're encouraged to build other things with them. Maybe this was meant for kids with siblings who couldn't get a lot of builds so they had to share. That way they could each build their own stuff with the combo model acting more like a starter build for them.
I actually really like that aero shredder. The little dynamite catapult bolted onto the side of the vehicle gives off a really ad-hoc vibe, like the power miner quickly created that as a weapon for their otherwise defenseless construction vehicle
very swag vid! i always remember seeing these in the instruction booklets but never had the chance to make one. however, i thrived with those 3-in-1 sets; their diverse parts usually gave my kid brain the inspiration to somehow repurpose the handful of hinge pieces into a mech. (as a completely unrelated side note, your nails are very pretty and it inspired me to actually do mine again after not doing it for a hot minute :3 )
I had the underground mining station when I was younger, and this video absolutely awakened some kind of sleeper agent shit in me. I'd forgotten that entirely! Cool video - your enthusiasm is as infectious as ever.
The joy of combo models is that they remind us of where we came from: when we were little and just had a couple of sets, we could do so much with so little. It was our training camp, a learning experience. Then, seeing Lego do the same, pushing to use our imagination with just two simple sets, that pushed us to give it a try. As the years went by, the amount of sets owned grew exponentially and so did the pieces used for MOC's. However, after some time, I found it more appealing and more challenging to force myself into building something with just a bunch of sets. It's just easier to throw as many pieces as you can get. On the other hand, going back to basics, where we all started, but with so much more experience, that's where the real fun is, imho. I love the Kardas dragon from Bionicle, I could already do something bigger and better when I was 10 years old. However, I'm more proud of smaller achievements, that made me use those pieces in newer ways.
this reminds me of these little Lego race cars I had as a kid, they were a collection of four and each of them paired with one of the others to make a bigger combination truck, and the coolest part of them was that the instruction manual for each car came with half of the instructions for its combination truck while the pair for it came with the other half, as kind of a teaser for what you could make if you got the other car too. I also remember each of the cars came with a different type of glow-in-the-dark piece, the glow-in-the-dark sticks that came with the red one are still one of my favorite Lego pieces but I lost one of them
I love your lego videos so much, I haven't actually had any legos since I was a young kid where notably I never had any sets whatsoever, only the loose bucket lego to play with, so it's just fascinating learning the kinds of things lego sets get up to
As someone who does not have a whole lot of knowledge of the Lego community, the concept of 'illegal' builds is interesting. Would definitely watch a video on those, though I don't know if there are enough to cover
I totally forgot about the Power Miners alt builds, but I know I built them all as a kid (at least the first wave ones). The Crystal Crawler was definitely my favorite, but I loved the original sets more so that’s how the pieces have stayed for a decade. I have a ton of extra Power Miners parts now so I might try to make a new one to go along with the rest of my crew! Also, I like to think the Crystal Crawler is the unofficial 13th vehicle. We need some custom stickers for it lol Edit: holy crap I even have an extra big bucket. This is so happening
I actually really like the idea of large combination sets leaving a bit of pieces for you to make your own side build. They give you a nice big model to stimulate your creativity, then leave you with a smaller pile of parts to tempt you
I fully agree on the Crystal Crawler being the best Combination Model, and i have future plans to buy the two sets to make it, and i have made an idea for it that would add a reactor type thing and another thing to make the wheels wider
This reminds me of when I was younger, and followed these fan made instructions to build an AT-AT with some cannon on the back (I think it's canon in star wars, idk) by combining two AT-ST's, after I had gotten one for my birthday after I already had that set. It became one of my favorite things in my lego collection. Combination models and alternate builds are so fun.
Great stuff, these combo models were the coolest thing when I was growing up. Bionicle and power miners were my two biggest Lego addictions by far. I should give this one a shot, I always wanted to back them.
i know very little about lego but it was still really fun to watch this video! your editing definitely helps to keep it engaging but also i personally think it's fun to listen to someone talk about the intricacies something they're interested in, even if you don't know much about it. barely know what the fuck's going on but keep it up
8:15 I nearly choked on my supper As someone who recently tried to rebuild every Exo Force Robot Battle Suit in Studio, that comment on some alternate model instructions being lost media hits hard. A lot of 'em were ridiculously hard to find
Ah nice! Just finished a pokemon tournament and now I can lie down at home, put on my thigh high socks, and watch a video from my favorite content creator!
The discussion on Lucas Valor took me back. I was reading the Lego magazine at the time, and I remember that issue. That was such a weird concept for a build, and I'm glad to be reminded of it.
Gracious, preeetty sure I made those -Slizers- Throwbot combos; at the least, that second one's big ol' eggy head is tactly familiar. Really need to dig out the Technic-pieced models I've kept around for a photoshoot~
your videos are well written enough and on interesting enough topics that you can be off topic for most of a video and still have it be interesting content, great job!
Mixels comes to mind to me when I hear the word “combo model.” The mixes, maxes, and murps are so goofy and funny at times, and sometimes are pretty sick. Personal favorite max is the MCFD Max from Series 8, where it transforms into a fire truck. Overall, Mixels is just one hell of a fun LEGO theme with combo models related to it.
i looked them up and aside from onua they're p mid to bad imo, but i did find a site which has the pdfs of the original books including the last one which i missed so i know what i'm doing today
I am now honestly thinking about getting two granite grinders to make this weird lil thing in the style of my current granite grinder. That is, having one granite grinder and that mech robot from first wave rebuilt into massive engine and tool storage, then attached to modified back of regular granite grinder. It makes whole thing longer, gives it some articulation as it can bend up and down in the middle, and is capable of carrying tools. Still one minifigure fits it tho.
crazy how you can just make a video on literally any little niche interest you have and get me hooked. Amazing video and have really been enjoying the channel :]
Absolutely amazing video! Bonkle combiners can honestly be very hit and miss, but I find existence of regional combiners really interesting; there is a number of Japanese inspiration models that were also covered by Eljay. Then there is what I call "Irnakk's husband" which was sold alongside non-special version of Irnakk in Korea; I assume that it was an older design that was largely scrapped in favour of Protodax. But, yes, its a shame that people ignore combiners when Lego's, y'know, about putting things together in various combinations.
Way back when I built all three of these and also put all the remaining pieces back together in this weird 4th model, which was kind of mostly leftovers from the Crawler really, it looked like a very silly top-heavy tractor
I've never loved a lot of the combiner models, but now I might have to try some of these. I think the steamroller actually has some potential too. One I've always really loved though is the Kabaya Bohrok combiner model. It's a little janky, but has such an interesting shape and use of pieces that even predated exo-force (using the bohrok "spines" (?) as guns).
Not quite the same but by far my favourite full Lego set I ever possessed was LEGO Creator 4994: Fierce Creatures. Look it up. It wasn’t a combination model, but it came one set of bricks and instructions for THREE DISTINCT CREATURES, ALL GOOD IN THEIR OWN RIGHT. It was released 2008, so the pieces are a bit basic, but for one like $30(?) you got instructions to build a fully articulated spider which was clearly the main focus, an articulated cobra hissing and rearing, and a dragonfly… wasp… thing. All with a strong red and black colour scheme! It was the perfect set for me as a kid because I could say “I want to play with the spider today!” and spend an hour reconstructing the wasp into the spider before moving its legs and letting it crawl around. It didn’t use ALL the parts in every build but it got pretty close. Great set. Great video!
this is by a mile my most 'I am going to ramble about a thing only I care about for an extended period of time' video hope that's cool
I see this as an absolute win!
Amazing video and more like this please
that's what we're all here for
That's literally why I'm here.
Best type of video
I once built a Reshiram and Kyurem out of Lego and one day just decided to fuse them and it worked.
Bro made the Original Dragon before Gamefreak 💀
@@gaminggranny1541 Kyurem. Made Kyurem-White, not the original dragon.
I made a Lego Zekrom in 2011 because I was so hyped to get it. Truly felt legendary back then, and still today
Ok Ghetsis lol
@@gaminggranny1541 i remember trying to make the original dragon by Adding the Zekrom i made, but could never make it work so i settled on just Kyurem-White
I like to think you had the Titanium Command Rig in your lap the whole time and were just stroking it like a cat while the camera wasn't on
I think the "rambling" is important, as it demonstrates what sets the Crystal Crawler above the rest of the pack, and goes into what makes combination models in general so cool, but also how even professional set designers can struggle under these limitations, and how hard it can be to make something cool, unique, and functional with one.
Man, as a kid I got myself the Mine Mech as my only Power Miners set, because I assumed it was like, the head honcho of the entire line (partially because it was in the Clutch Powers movie and partially because, it was a bloody huge robot) but now Im realising it was the second smallest set.
Technically speaking it's not even the largest mech but it's still an awesome set for what it is
I'd say the Thunder Driller's the "flagship/most iconic" vehicle, myself
that feeling of like "why am I put these functional or bright pieces in a place where they can't be used or seen" is such a feeling I get when making creator 3 in 1s
Yep, that, and more, is one of the good thing to know for future, when making custom builds with specific toy brick sets.
And man, I LOVE Lego Creator - rebuilding as much sets into alternative builds as possible can taught some things for general Lego building
So glad you went into the more goofy Bionicle combiners. Theme simultaneously had some of the sickest fucking things like Vezon & Kardas (I will forever have envy for anyone that actually owns that set) and then absolute manmade horrors beyond my comprehension like the Krahka just to try and fit 6 sets worth of pieces together.
The fact there's so much genuinely bizarre stuff makes the fact that they also made like Botar and Voporak is insane I love it sm
@@BigYellowSilly The fact that almost all the combiners are cannon I think is the icing on the cake. The Visorak combiners are very fucked up and definitely should not be in the Bible. Adds a lot to the theme though for sure, and the good ones are stupidly good.
@@princesscunk Considering the fucked up shit that's already in the Bible, no, no, they should absolutely be in.
...and now the phrase "biblically accurate bonkles" is stuck in my head.
Kardas doesn't contain any pieces that aren't included in the three individual sets it's built out of (Axonn, Brutaka, and Vezon&Fenrakk), so if you get the three titans separately you can show off the model a lot easier.
...But if you want the official printed Kardas instructions then be ready for some pain.
I used to do Legos as a kid, and I think I fell more into the "alter existing sets myself" style. My favorite thing to do was to take a set and add on to it by making improvements. For example, the first Titanium Mech set from Ninjago (featured the four-armed Ghost mech as well) didn't have bending elbows, so I took the arms apart and remade them to have elbows. Then with the Lego Speed Champions McClaren Senna set, I added a couple of pieces to the interior for a speedometer.
It's really fun doing that. The best part is when you do such a good job altering the set that you forget it's not the base version after a while, and then when you revert it back to its original it starts looking weird and unfinished 😂
I once took the Fero and Skirmix set and gave Skirmix the arms of Malum, making it almost Brachydios-esque before I even knew Brachy existed
Hiker Mike is now my spirit animal. Stealing the resources from 4 other things to make something that is only minisculy better.
I’m absolutely here for all the Rock Raiders love! ❤️😉
Power Miners is absolutely noteworthy in their promotion of alternate builds and combiner models during an era where that simply wasn’t the norm. The Crystal Crawler has always been an idol of mine and you do it such justice here! I’m also really loving that Granite Grinder alt build (modified) as well - I’m gonna need to grab a second copy of that set to build it!
Thanks so much! I really can't recommend that alt for the Granite Grinder enough, the second I got the footage of the awful official one I instantly rebuilt it into the modified one, fanmade alts are something I'd love to see more of!
@@BigYellowSilly i wonder if a mix of the command rig and mining station would make something cool.
@@Lavender_Fox oh for sure
@@TheProwlingSleepster too bad the command rig is really expensive
@@BigYellowSillyCheck out rebrickable! It's the premier source for fanmade alt models in my opinion.
I have very fond memories of shoving a dozen bionicles together and proudly taking a dozen photos on the DSI camera and every time a photo of him appeared on the top screen of the DSI menu I would pop off. Kinda sweet actually
also i saw Speeda Demon in this video and he's so fucking cool he's a bionicle with a motorbike look him up
Speeda demon is a hero factory set but honestly hero factory is still basically bionicle
I don't care the slightest about Lego, but you better damn well believe I'm about to watch 40 minutes of Big Yellow talking about it.
As a kid, I was big into the Dino Attack series which had a combination build of the fire hammer and the iron predator to create this cool half track. I could never find the instructions as a kid, but I bought an extra of each in case I ever did. Somewhat recently someone uploaded a build video on it and I was finally able to put my very own together
I absolutely love the "hey let's ramble about some LEGO for awhile" videos, so no complaints on the approach on my end lmao
There’s something…idk if it’s ironic? Or maybe just interesting, about listening to this fun Lego ramble while building a Gunpla
40 minutes of Big Yellow?! Let's go!
As a kid i used my brothers random harry potter and star wars lego to make GLaDOS and olimars ship from pikmin , bith made pretty accurately. The ship could even take off parts to be in a broken state like the game. Fun video btw
Hey, I know this is completely unrelated to the video, but I recently had a dream that you made a video on fishing. You also showed how to find the best worms for using as bait. You ended up feeding a massive carp and an even bigger catfish, and then made a follow up video that you ended up with a really nasty cold, because you would go too deep into the water for fish feeding and got hypothermia. Yeah I don't even know where this came from, but I thought I'd share it. No japes btw, really had such dream.
This is awesome tbh
Always a good day to see a new big yellow video, sometimes it’s about lego, sometimes some random fighting game character or mechanic, or sometimes it’s about how gen 1 Pokémon fails to not bug out… but every time it’s a 15-40 minute video that’s whole vibe is “here is the random ass thing about something you more then likely haven’t thought about or care about but I’m gonna tell you why it’s coolest shit ever”… and damnit I’m on board :)
one of my favourite themes for combination models was mixels, it’s got lost in the shuffle since it ended, but there were a whole bunch of little dudes that were very affordable, and the fiction very much encouraged mixing the parts together in your own ways. there were official combos, but just about any pair of mixels could make something really weird or interesting. the parts were somewhat limited, but there were enough joints and hinges and parts for making faces that you could pretty much always make a satisfying little toy, and the individual sets were simple enough that when you wanted to put them back together it’d take like maybe five minutes per guy. such a fun theme, just really brimming with life and creativity.
Hot take: I really like the RRR. I like that the Power Miners crew have a vehicle that's just a truck modified to clear rubble and find people, that isn't a massive piece of mining equipment.
...is it worth buying the station? No, part it out, but I like it, and it's inspiring to make like, idk, a small tanker truck designed as a sprayer to get rock dust out of the air.
Out of the three wave 2 models it's defo the one I'd be most tempted to part out, it looks nice for what it is yeah it's a cool idea that fits in well
How do you make just rambling about legos so interesting? I swear, I was captivated every second of this video, and it really was just you rambling about legos! Amazing video, I'd sub to you again if I wasn't already.
5:26 when you brought up the slizer pic, I got so excited to see hiker mike, only to remember there were more conventional combiners. but then the excitement PICKED BACK UP BECAUSE HIKER MIKE'S IN THE VIDEO AFTER ALL YEAHHHH
I was definitely a "build the model, play with it for a while, then if I liked it enough as-is I'd keep it around or maybe modify it slightly, and otherwise take it apart" kinda lego kid. I also loved the heck out of Bionicle combination builds. To the best of my memory I *never* took apart my Shadowed One after I built him, in part because, at the time, I thought the dark hunters were the coolest thing EVER (I was 11, don't @ me). Point being, this video was made for me and I always have a great time when you talk about lego :).
I'm ngl, I don't think I ever "got" lego until i listened to you ramble about combination models lmao. I can totally see the appeal of all this now ^-^
HELL YEA MORE LEGO CONTENT
We have been sufficiently blessed
I made a three skull headed bionicle back in the 2000s. Each head had a cape too.
I am primarily here to hear you ramble about Lego stuff, so more of this please
How you managed to get me to sit down for 40 minutes and watch a video on a topic I'd never heard of nor cared about is absolutely wild to me. Genuinely insane how you're able to consistently keep doing this. Great stuff.
bionicle, power miners, and combo models. Good stuff
I’m curious, do you ever plan on talking about Hero Factory? I think it’s legit my favorite line of Bionicle!
It will absolutely get mentioned more, I'm quite fond of it honestly
@@BigYellowSilly defo overhated
@@solgerWhyIsThereAnAtItLooksBad it has a few bad bits, but yeah very much so
I never was personally into Hero Factory, but from what I've seen, it doesn't look bad in my opinion. It looks like a cool constraction line, truthfully
@@BigYellowSilly YEEEAAAAAA LETS FUCKING GOOOOOO
The crystal crawler really feels like a cousin to the ultra sonic raider from season 2 of Ninjago
ohhh shit it does! thank you for the hit of nostalgia :3
I actually really enjoy your lego videos and wouldn't mind more of them. I used to collect all the bionicle sets, so these videos are a nostalgia bomb for me, and I love it.
I unironicly see your channel not as the channel that 'sometimes' posts Lego Power Miners videos but as THE Lego Power Miners channel. I don't know how or what else you could talk about but am all here for the Lego Power Miners videos. I listen to them as I paint warhammer.
love the new choker
You made me want to build this model again. What's cool about it, it doesn't have a janky, half-baked shape, but instead there was some idea behind it and is kinda stylised like a scorpion.
23:55 Yellow out of context: "That's fucked up, don't you *EVER* fucking do that again." 😂
I don't know literally anything about lego but dammit I'm gonna enjoy hearing someone be passionate about something they love.
I’d like to imagine big yellow has a titanium command rig down his pants at all times just in case
Off topic but the music choice for these rambly videos is on point. Bonus points for listing every used song in the description.
this video RULES dude!! you make such awesome content. combining sets was my favorite as a kid, i had NO idea that was a thing which was official in any capacity! i man so many eldritch bionicles...
The power miners crusade continues🙏 I wish the website was still up
21:31 WE OUT HERE FIGHTIN ROCK MONSTERS IN THE DOOHICKEY
I think the world needed this video. All 38 minutes of it. Thanks for healing my soul :)
Big Yellow: “who would want to watch me ramble about Power Miners at 3am?”
Me: “oh boy, 3am! Time to talk about Power Miners!”
I wonder if LEGO made combo models that left out a bunch of pieces from their component sets for the reason you mentioned with the crystal crawler. By leaving pieces out of a build, you're encouraged to build other things with them. Maybe this was meant for kids with siblings who couldn't get a lot of builds so they had to share. That way they could each build their own stuff with the combo model acting more like a starter build for them.
That, and the fact that there's just a bunch of redundant parts that have no use for the build
How can you be so rad all the time ?
This JUST showed up in my feed and it’s scratching my tism juuuust right. Thank you
I actually really like that aero shredder. The little dynamite catapult bolted onto the side of the vehicle gives off a really ad-hoc vibe, like the power miner quickly created that as a weapon for their otherwise defenseless construction vehicle
very swag vid! i always remember seeing these in the instruction booklets but never had the chance to make one. however, i thrived with those 3-in-1 sets; their diverse parts usually gave my kid brain the inspiration to somehow repurpose the handful of hinge pieces into a mech. (as a completely unrelated side note, your nails are very pretty and it inspired me to actually do mine again after not doing it for a hot minute :3 )
it might partly be because ive never had any bionicle sets but honestly I think Lucas Valor looks absolutely awesome
I had the underground mining station when I was younger, and this video absolutely awakened some kind of sleeper agent shit in me. I'd forgotten that entirely! Cool video - your enthusiasm is as infectious as ever.
I fucking love when youtubers just ramble about stuff they love,I want more of that
The joy of combo models is that they remind us of where we came from: when we were little and just had a couple of sets, we could do so much with so little. It was our training camp, a learning experience.
Then, seeing Lego do the same, pushing to use our imagination with just two simple sets, that pushed us to give it a try.
As the years went by, the amount of sets owned grew exponentially and so did the pieces used for MOC's. However, after some time, I found it more appealing and more challenging to force myself into building something with just a bunch of sets. It's just easier to throw as many pieces as you can get. On the other hand, going back to basics, where we all started, but with so much more experience, that's where the real fun is, imho.
I love the Kardas dragon from Bionicle, I could already do something bigger and better when I was 10 years old. However, I'm more proud of smaller achievements, that made me use those pieces in newer ways.
your mention of slizers ressurected alot of memories, i somehow had mixed up with bionicle in my head
The last vid of yours I saw was you talking about big slow projectiles in fighting games, but you also talk about Lego? Rad. Subbed.
this reminds me of these little Lego race cars I had as a kid, they were a collection of four and each of them paired with one of the others to make a bigger combination truck, and the coolest part of them was that the instruction manual for each car came with half of the instructions for its combination truck while the pair for it came with the other half, as kind of a teaser for what you could make if you got the other car too. I also remember each of the cars came with a different type of glow-in-the-dark piece, the glow-in-the-dark sticks that came with the red one are still one of my favorite Lego pieces but I lost one of them
I love your lego videos so much, I haven't actually had any legos since I was a young kid where notably I never had any sets whatsoever, only the loose bucket lego to play with, so it's just fascinating learning the kinds of things lego sets get up to
As someone who does not have a whole lot of knowledge of the Lego community, the concept of 'illegal' builds is interesting. Would definitely watch a video on those, though I don't know if there are enough to cover
im glad to hear you mention hero factory, kino as always
I wish there was a Playlist for all your Lego videos, I love hearing you talk about this subject.
I totally forgot about the Power Miners alt builds, but I know I built them all as a kid (at least the first wave ones). The Crystal Crawler was definitely my favorite, but I loved the original sets more so that’s how the pieces have stayed for a decade. I have a ton of extra Power Miners parts now so I might try to make a new one to go along with the rest of my crew!
Also, I like to think the Crystal Crawler is the unofficial 13th vehicle. We need some custom stickers for it lol
Edit: holy crap I even have an extra big bucket. This is so happening
Bro I would love to have a video of you talking about Bionicle for an hour
I actually really like the idea of large combination sets leaving a bit of pieces for you to make your own side build. They give you a nice big model to stimulate your creativity, then leave you with a smaller pile of parts to tempt you
5:08 did not expect hungrybox, I love it
I fully agree on the Crystal Crawler being the best Combination Model, and i have future plans to buy the two sets to make it, and i have made an idea for it that would add a reactor type thing and another thing to make the wheels wider
This reminds me of when I was younger, and followed these fan made instructions to build an AT-AT with some cannon on the back (I think it's canon in star wars, idk) by combining two AT-ST's, after I had gotten one for my birthday after I already had that set. It became one of my favorite things in my lego collection. Combination models and alternate builds are so fun.
Great stuff, these combo models were the coolest thing when I was growing up. Bionicle and power miners were my two biggest Lego addictions by far. I should give this one a shot, I always wanted to back them.
i know very little about lego but it was still really fun to watch this video! your editing definitely helps to keep it engaging but also i personally think it's fun to listen to someone talk about the intricacies something they're interested in, even if you don't know much about it. barely know what the fuck's going on but keep it up
It is good to know that you are on team Pro-Bonkle. This pleases me greatly.
Especially since you seem to be a heavy main too.
as both a gaming and a lego fan i find this video on this channel very based and cool and fun 👍
thank you for bringing it to us
Big Yellow, my favorite Lego/Poke/FGC-tuber
How are you so chill? Like I can listen to you talk all day about Lego and I only found you through my recommendations.
8:15 I nearly choked on my supper
As someone who recently tried to rebuild every Exo Force Robot Battle Suit in Studio, that comment on some alternate model instructions being lost media hits hard. A lot of 'em were ridiculously hard to find
Ah nice! Just finished a pokemon tournament and now I can lie down at home, put on my thigh high socks, and watch a video from my favorite content creator!
The discussion on Lucas Valor took me back. I was reading the Lego magazine at the time, and I remember that issue. That was such a weird concept for a build, and I'm glad to be reminded of it.
Gracious, preeetty sure I made those -Slizers- Throwbot combos; at the least, that second one's big ol' eggy head is tactly familiar.
Really need to dig out the Technic-pieced models I've kept around for a photoshoot~
oh my god, i WAS one of those friendless 2001 kids who really appreciated the combo Bionicle sets, thanks for the shoutout
your videos are well written enough and on interesting enough topics that you can be off topic for most of a video and still have it be interesting content, great job!
Thank u for making these videos, I love that every niche topic you get into is something that I'm already super into. Great video as always
23:56 Big Yellow after they get taunt-killed in 3rd Strike:
This video proves I'll enjoy any content you make. Such a chill vibe
Mixels comes to mind to me when I hear the word “combo model.”
The mixes, maxes, and murps are so goofy and funny at times, and sometimes are pretty sick. Personal favorite max is the MCFD Max from Series 8, where it transforms into a fire truck.
Overall, Mixels is just one hell of a fun LEGO theme with combo models related to it.
40 MINUTES??!!!!! The Yellow realy has biggened their limit this time!
My favourite Lego combination I ever made was combining all 9 Lego mixels from series one.
apparently there was an entire bionicle reboot while i wasn't looking?? fucking wild that i found out from a big yellow video
Wait, what?
Yup there was a reboot in 2015 and 2016, the sets were mostly fantastic but everything else was fumbled pretty bad unfortunately
i looked them up and aside from onua they're p mid to bad imo, but i did find a site which has the pdfs of the original books including the last one which i missed so
i know what i'm doing today
I am now honestly thinking about getting two granite grinders to make this weird lil thing in the style of my current granite grinder.
That is, having one granite grinder and that mech robot from first wave rebuilt into massive engine and tool storage, then attached to modified back of regular granite grinder.
It makes whole thing longer, gives it some articulation as it can bend up and down in the middle, and is capable of carrying tools. Still one minifigure fits it tho.
crazy how you can just make a video on literally any little niche interest you have and get me hooked. Amazing video and have really been enjoying the channel :]
Yes!! Thank you so much for the content you provide.
Big yellow is my favorite power miners youtube channel
Absolutely amazing video!
Bonkle combiners can honestly be very hit and miss, but I find existence of regional combiners really interesting; there is a number of Japanese inspiration models that were also covered by Eljay. Then there is what I call "Irnakk's husband" which was sold alongside non-special version of Irnakk in Korea; I assume that it was an older design that was largely scrapped in favour of Protodax.
But, yes, its a shame that people ignore combiners when Lego's, y'know, about putting things together in various combinations.
I swear to god this channel has the greatest random set of content that I happen to be Interested in. Also you look great these days.
13:33 “You can probably tell from all that”
Bro I can’t see any of that
The caveman edit at like 5:10 really got to me
Way back when I built all three of these and also put all the remaining pieces back together in this weird 4th model, which was kind of mostly leftovers from the Crawler really, it looked like a very silly top-heavy tractor
One of my fav videos of yours, comforting to rewatch
I really appreciated all the shots of the built sets that you yourself made! Definitely down for more Lego videos like this one
I've never loved a lot of the combiner models, but now I might have to try some of these. I think the steamroller actually has some potential too. One I've always really loved though is the Kabaya Bohrok combiner model. It's a little janky, but has such an interesting shape and use of pieces that even predated exo-force (using the bohrok "spines" (?) as guns).
Not quite the same but by far my favourite full Lego set I ever possessed was LEGO Creator 4994: Fierce Creatures. Look it up.
It wasn’t a combination model, but it came one set of bricks and instructions for THREE DISTINCT CREATURES, ALL GOOD IN THEIR OWN RIGHT.
It was released 2008, so the pieces are a bit basic, but for one like $30(?) you got instructions to build a fully articulated spider which was clearly the main focus, an articulated cobra hissing and rearing, and a dragonfly… wasp… thing. All with a strong red and black colour scheme!
It was the perfect set for me as a kid because I could say “I want to play with the spider today!” and spend an hour reconstructing the wasp into the spider before moving its legs and letting it crawl around. It didn’t use ALL the parts in every build but it got pretty close. Great set. Great video!
this is my favorite hybrid LEGO/Pokémon/FGC channel