I always found it funny how in the show the bats didn’t even talk 😂🙏 They were essentially just mindless beasts lol. Either way these mods are AWESOME! Great work!

When the bat tribe sets first came out, I would rebuild Batman sets into bat tribe sets, was really clawsome and pawsome. Such a cool video:3

Holy moly, when the Scuttler came into frame, if you had played something like Ridley's screech from Metroid Fusion, I would have properly soiled myself! Not only is the face terrifying, with the full set of razor-sharp teeth and the giant nostrils and eyes, but also the pose, with its long, outstreched, dead straight arms! Unlike normal bats, which are very scuttly and shy, this thing has a vibe of moving slowly and not fearing anything, which in turn induces even more fear in the beholder (or, even worse, the beheld).

Scuttler for ten dollars? Sometimes I have hard time believing things like when I see your mod and compare it to original build and apparently they're supposed to be related at one point before modifications... But that price... Who did you held at a studshooter point?

The scuttler looks absolutely brilliant

“Couldn’t stand for guano” Well played Nick, well played

Wow just wow Nick, not only have you inspired me to become a China fan I have also now been modding my own sets and it’s great fun

I’ve always been somewhat fond of Chima but your revamps have made me really fall in love with the theme and after I finish a few projects I’ve been working on I plan to make some Chima stuff like fleshing out the beaver tribe more

The scuddler is the best mod even the best china moc I saw so far The head is just perfect I love it so much

If you told me that the Scuttler was originally designed for the Bat Tribe but they couldn’t fit it into the budget for that year, and just saved it for Batman I would not be surprised.

As someone who owns the scuttler, I always found it out of place with everything else. This mod fits it perfectly in place and I love it. Awesome vid!

All the subtle details of the Scuttler just make me squeal. The big pointed ears, the snout, the long legs looking like folded wings… It’s such a clever mod, and I can’t help but wish that this had been a real set. Heck, it looks official enough. This is a 10/10.

That click of the wing for the ear- SO SATISFYING. You’ve done more incredible work here!

I know they probably won’t revisit this theme but dam watching these videos make me want to see a larger Outland Lego army

I just rewatched the chima vid the other day. I do wish past year one, they fleshed out the new tribes like this. Very cool mocs.

Ok so the scuttler has to me one of my favorite builds, so cool

I love the Scuttler’s bat head! I can just imagine it wheeze-laughing it’s ass off like a psychopath mid-battle!

The Scuttler is absolutely perfect!! And all those faces built into the vehicles are shockingly realistic!!

These Chima mod videos are always so good, ive been enjoying them the most.

My predictions were right! Neat mods still.

Excellent MODs! I never would have thought of using the Scuttler! and to think I just disassembled it last month, Oh well, awesome job as usual!

That reveal of the Scuttler got an audible “Whoa” out of me. It looks amazing!

wow, that scuttler works SO WELL! the head captures chima's charm perfectly I could easily see it being in the theme for real! great job!

That ear clip connection is brilliant! I’m currently working through some aquazone Mocs, and have started on building some aquasharks, I’ve picked up some airplane tails and they have that exact same type of edge that can connect a clip too so I want to use them in a similar way to what you did with the ears. Really enjoying your mods.

I used the purple bat speedor head as an _actual_ head for one of my bonkle MOCs, and to this day, it's still my favorite current bonkle MOC.

Scuttler looks impressive! Love the design, although I think the back could have been beefed up a bit. But that head is spot on, looks amazing! Well done nick, you always somehow out do your self!

blown away by the bat face on the scuttler! another great addition

The scuttler mod was a long time coming! The two other mods you've made are also great, I especially like the stud snooters. The bat tribe mods might be my favourite of your series so far! Heck, I've never really liked the sets from those two waves, but after your videos I'm gonna give them a real chance. I've found in the past that sometimes, sets that don't appeal to you just from the box art can actually turn out to be awesome, so maybe I'll then feel compelled to collect them all 😅

All the piston detailing is probably what makes the scuttled seem more rugged than the other Lego Batman Movie builds.

Now I'm thinking of getting some of those Atlantis minifigs and turning them into CHIMA tribes

You should be proud of that head it’s beautiful

I wish lego had added Stud-snooters to their bat sets. Your convertions look awsome man 👌🔥keep up the good work👏

Lol I love how it looks life like but not too much

That bat scuttler is SO DAMN COOL! If it were me I would give it some huge wings with some chrome bits here and there. You did a great job on that bat head but in my opinion it would look more cool with chrome teeth.

That scuttler damm it’s so good i wish I could own one of them

So amazing so glad the bat tribe getting the love they deserve.

This series has inspired me so many times I’ve been making my own Chima mods for example a mod for the Lego Ninjago Ultra Stealth Raider as a combining vehicle with all the 1st year good guy tribes. Thanks for making these awesome videos man keep up the great work

I’d personally love to see one more bat vehicle. Definitely an underloved tribe :)

Wow. That scuttler is impresive.

Best 12$ seems like an understatement. Such good mods, amazing wordl!!

Bats are one of my favorite animals. I incorporate bat wings into many, many of my character and creature designs.

That clip connection on the scuttler's head is absolutely geinus,awesome work man👍

I love all these chima mods you've done. They all look like they are real lego sets!

Honestly the dark tribes are IMO the best looking tribes. Also their theme is awesome

Dude I love how you bat-ified the bike and scuttler! They’re so creative and absolutely adorable

These are awesome! Love your mods!

Wow! Very cool work, Nick!

I wish the Dark Tribe got their own CCBS ultrabuilds like the Ice and Fire Tribe

great videos for this month, thx for your hard work !

Amazing video as always!

My god the giant bat walker is crazy, I would buy it if it was a marketable set ! So nicely designed, congrats !

That thing looks alive amazing job on the builds lovin the content keep up the good work

This was the one that I was most hyped to see and it didn't disappoint I freaking love this build

Wow the scuttler looks amazing!

God I love these videos, they're always filled with so much creativity! You also gave me some great ideas

I like these mods a lot. You definitely made some awesome mods for the weakest yet coolest of the chima tribes!

This is an accomplishment Nick! Love the design of the scuttler

It is scuttling there, menacingly

I´m loving these!

Excellent as always!!

$12 Scuttler is quite a deal. I've been able to get about $200 worth of sets for $25 once. Guess some folks aren't entirely aware of the value that bricks have. Great find. O and the Scuttler is the greatest thing you could do not only for the bat tribe, but as a final boss for the dark tribes

I love your work Nick

Your MOCs are amazing! It's a bit sad that you don't do worldbuilding MOCs (like the Eagle Spire), but the machines are great! I'm excited to see Raven builds, because their culture is definetly one of the most underdevelopped ones (alongisde the bats, which I'm very happy you made a build about them). I know you don't accept ideas and stuff, but, if you do make a Raven MOC some day, maybe make a mining machine, with a drill that looks like a raven's beak (because ravens like shiny things, so they would probably mine), or a scrap detector, with "magnets", because it's cannon that they use scraps from other tribes to make their own objects. Chima has fantastic worldbuilding and cultures for a lego theme, so seeing it explored by fans would be amazing!

I’m planning to mod the Infinity War Benatar for the Bat tribe as their Big Boi vehicle. Remove the front glass, recolour and slightly redesign the front to extenuate the bat like qualities, lengthen the spikes on the back of the wings, Completely redo the cockpit, and seal off the cargo hold. Then replace the entry ramp with a cell door, add Talons to the back facing fins after thickening them, like it captures chimans by raising the ends of the wings, moving the back fins out, then swooping down. After that, the generic Chi crystal and recolour, then after that it’s done. Might even convert The Flying Fox while I’m at it. Definitely two outside the box ideas

this is pretty rad

This is really cool

I'd wait until next year to revisit chima mods because it turns 10 in 2023

I always thought that skuttler had potential. Great work!

I would love to see a future video showing off the atlantis mods we briefly saw in the seatron video! (particularly the mods you made to the sea creatures)

That really cool !

Good job

Lime wheels are always a joy to vehicles.

The best part about that Scuttler revamp is that the actual Lego Batman Movies lets the OG Scuttler turn it's front legs into wings and fly. Imagine making an additional modification to this one to have a similar effect, even if you need to make it out of cloth or several smaller wings pieces or something. It's too perfect, it would be like a giant monstrous bat right out of your worst nightmare, especially with those large glowing/reflective eyes and it's large size compared any ordinary bat.

I rally hope one day you make a part list for this and instruction

One vehicle that would be cool to see Chima bat-ified would be Misfortune's Keep from Ninjago. The big wings on the side could be made more bat like, and the sharp, jagged pieces of wood and the hangar as a whole could be modified to resemble the mouth as a bat with several teeth sticking out. The tail part on the back could be made to resemble ears, making the ship into a large bat's face with large wings on the sides and a huge mouth that bats and their vehicles can fly out of.

Tbh these mocs look better that the actual sets

You're a bigger man than me to admit the thorax thing. If it was me I would've intentionally included the term thorax as much as possible and exclusively used it to refer to things that weren't thoraxes.

Love it

The Bat Tribe was my least favorite of the Dark Tribes when they were revealed, but after seeing the work you've done on them, I do think it was the lack of set representation. You've made them just as good as the Spiders and Scorpions. Also, I've been working on mods for Ninjago's Oni (As they never got any models, just a minifig pack). Already modded Spindrax's bike from Monkie Kid. Watching this video, I realized that the Bat's color scheme is basically the Oni's, but with green and a bit more purple. For some reason, this has just inspired me to grab the new Black Panther Mech tomorrow when I go shopping. I'm planning on modding that and the Tech Wizard Showdown from Nexo Knights into some kind of double mech final boss for the Oni. Darn it, Nick, you're inspiring me and draining my wallet at the same time!

that head is beautiful!

This kind of makes me wonder why they didn't make more sets for the Dark Tribes. These guys were so underdeveloped, next to the Mammoths and Sabertooths.

I’m curious about your AU for Chima would you talk about that more in detail in a future video?

You should do Planet ripple Mocs

Technically you weren't wrong about Cree Summer being BA's voice actress, as she voiced her in Transformers Animated, you just got the shows mixed up and wanted to refer to Venus Terzo, but yes that Thorax/abdomen mixup did urk my entomologist-side a tiny bit ^^; These mods have been a treat to watch, and gives me ideas for what MOCs I want to build, it's been real fun, great work Nick =)

* giggling with excitement *

I swear a long time ago I commented on one of your videos suggesting the Scuttler for the Bat tribe

The bat minifigs always looked a lot more like goblins than bats to me

I remember you say ing something about the beaver tribe are gonna get builds so here's a idea I have how about a mechanic built to build things.

My personality for the Bat Tribe would be Gothic Punk. Basically they are a gang hired by the Scorpions and Spiders as scouts and aerial transports but share no love for the other tribes and most of them has a moody or dramatic attitude.

It’s surprising that Nick hasn’t done a mod for a space theme

I was trying to modify Laval's Royal Fighter cannon to prevent it from hitting the pilot's head, until I succeeded, but it was in a kind of "primitive" way, using 1 by 1 brick studs fitted into the holes of the technic pieces ( I don't know if this technique is illegal or not).

What if the ice tribe looks like ice monsters for nexo knights

Finally some love for the lovely bat creatures!~ With all those MOCs though, do you plan on making like, a new story? Comic, novel, anything? I'd love to contribute, even!

The scutler kinda looks like Warhammers wargheist

Scuttler mod reminds me of þe future predator from primeval

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NICK NICK NICK! Hear me out but I think Coles dragon cruiser could make a nice addition to the bat tribe if it’s mod,Ed I know if any one could do it it’s you

Stud Shooter Snooter

do a Galaxy Squad mod!

If you could add any more species to the ranks of the darktribes, what do you think youd add?