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True Fans Of Bionicle Club (120 & Final Bump)


Takuma Nuva

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FINAL BUMP EDIT: I would like to thank the 100+ people who join(ed) this club that Turakii, Avohkah Tamer, Laughin'Man, and I started. I expected, at the most, maybe 15 people to sign up. To reach a full 100 is mind-staggering. Even though I'm sure we all knew there were plenty of us who still wanted to honor Bionicle this way, it's nice to actually see the evidence. In celebration of this, I will make one last bump to this entry and will begin working on a permanent content block with a full list of names. Of course I will continue to accept more members joining and add them in.

 

All in all, this kinda gives a person warm, fuzzy, unity-duty-destiny feelings. Thanks a ton, guys.

 

-TN

 

 

I'm really not one for forming clubs (sure, I tried it once in the past), but it just seems to me we could use a club like this. Even if nobody joins, it seems worthy of bringing attention to. After discussing it with my "colleagues", we thought we'd go for it.

 

This club is for the true fans of Bionicle. Obviously the definition of a "true" fan is open to interpretation, but we are quite confident that we've come as close to hitting the nail on the head as anyone could. So we shall explain what we believe a true fan to be.

 

A true fan isn't blind. A true fan is willing to admit and live with truths that many refuse to accept to the point where they fool themselves.

 

Bionicle was great, but it wasn't completely void of flaws. If you believe that Bionicle was perfect in every single aspect, I'm sorry but you're wrong. Nothing in this world, no matter how great, is absolutely perfect.

 

Hero Factory is here to stay. A true fan of Bionicle will accept that. Boycotting Hero Factory and condemning it to the deepest pits of Karzahni won't help anything. What many fail to realize is that, just because you shouldn't hate on Hero Factory doesn't mean you have to embrace and love Hero Factory and name your first-born after it. You can like both Hero Factory and Bionicle if you want to, or you can not.

 

A true Bionicle fan keeps it alive through discussion and using it as inspiration for creativity. Storming LEGO, sending them threats, and other forms of wanting to force TLC to continue the Bionicle set line is, in a sense, disrespectful to the Bionicle theme we love. To do so is to act like a spoiled child who throws a tantrum the first time they're told, "no".

 

"Keep in mind that if Star Trek fans had, as a group, said, "No point in talking about this anymore, it's never going to come back," it never WOULD have come back." The words of GregF have been quoted to the point where it's almost become stale, but there is a point to be made. GregF wasn't telling us to run Bionicle into the ground with "relentless and unerring" dedication as some seem to think. If you want to know what GregF was saying then take it for what it is. Star Trek fans didn't go nuts for years and years with petitions, raids, boycotts, etc. until it was brought back. They just kept having fun with it same as they always had and that is precisely what did bring it back.

 

Even if you didn't get the sets towards the end or you've "lost interest and moved on", I'm sure you can agree that Bionicle still had a great run. One doesn't need to worship Bionicle as a religion to be a true fan.

 

This is what we, the true fans of Bionicle, believe.

 

EDIT: Because some people seem to be misunderstanding some things, I'd like to add these in...

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I'd like to point out that I'm actually not against petitions and the like. In fact, I believe that, at some point, a petition or two might actually do some good. As I said, it's when people go absolutely nuts about it that it's probably not going to do much good. From what I've seen, all these petitions seem to be fueled more by simply RAAAGE and anger than the actual desire to have the sets recontinued. A civilized petition? Yes. A petition formed by people who are all "SEE THIS, LEGO? THIS IS THE NAMES OF 20 PEOPLE WHO ABSOLUTELY LOATHE AND HATE YOU FOR DISCONTINUING BIONICLE, YOU #####!"? I'm gonna go with "no". Maybe I'm looking in all the wrong places, but I've yet to see any other kind.

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"Hero Factory is here to stay" might have been a poor choice of wording. Of course I don't believe that Hero Factory is going to be "permanent". I just as much expect it to only last so long, unless something drastic develops. I simply meant that sending petitions to restart the Bionicle line, death threats for starting Hero Factory, etc. isn't going to bring Hero Factory to a screeching halt. Even if the community did convince LEGO to recontinue Bionicle sets tomorrow, that doesn't mean they're just gonna drop Hero Factory in an instant. In fact, I'd much sooner expect that if Bionicle came back so soon we'd see the two themes running parallel rather than cancelling Hero Factory just because Bionicle was popular again. So long as Hero Factory is working for LEGO, they aren't likely to cancel it until they feel it's for the best, just as it was with Bionicle I'm sure. Hope this clears that up.

 

 

Of course, no club can be without a shnazy banner. Many thanks to Laughin'Man for contributing this while I was piecing things together...

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MEMBERS

Takuma Nuva

Laughin'Man

Avohkah Tamer

Turakii #1 Lavasurfer

Lady Kopaka

Aho-Chan

Indeed Master Gorgnak

Kini Hawkeye

Johnuva

TNTOS

Ferhago

Show Them Fury Unleashed

DJ Reidak

Brickeens

Sumiki

Xaeraz

munchy

LewaLew

Parugi

Gerlicky

WERE DOING THIS

Tavakai

Kumata Nuva

Shadok

Iro

Phyoohrii

Veq

Max Justice the Sorceror

Mr.Mayno

Lord Trionx

The Optimist

Squishyfrog

HercuLesss

Cyrix

Daiker

MakutaKlak

The Smoke Monster

Ynot

Bfahome

Spartan Commander KNI

OrangeStoneDefenderMyzerax

Angel Bob

BioGaia

HERO FACTORY

~MatoroIgnika~

Lord of Ice

Uber Bunny

Great Spirit's Disciple

Hubertus - Teutonic Knight

The BIONICLE Hero

Potu

Mesonak

Kalgorohath

Element lord of Milk

Bite My Shiny Metal Armour

*..Awesome Masquerade..*

Nuju Metru

Blackout

Caliga

Rising Moon

Eljay: Toa of Mangosteen

Cheese Dalek

VampireBohrok

Diamonds Droog

Legolover-361

Toa of Dancing

Junkmaster

Xon

CRABFIG

~~Zarkan~~

Bitter Cold

-Annihilation-

Waffles

Night Fury

Zeskii

Zahakikahaz

Tazakk

Tahu Nuva Unleashed

ROTF Devastator

A Timid Person

Christo1096

=Zion=

The Clue

Titan of Energy

Tylerax Toa of Awesome

Kahinuva

SonicBOOM XS

Arcalis

TAK the Voyager

Megan51

VakamaMetruNui

MatauMetruNui

McSleuthburger

Fearlix

Matoro Inika: Toa of Ice

Vamprah The Phantoka

Mysterious Minifig

toa kopaka4372

Shadonix

Nuzar the Pinapoconut

Turaga Zaki

Aquatic Lewa

Zaxvo

Riglax

Kyou Fujibayashi

nara

Synan

Endless Sea- Alaki

the last chronicler

Kohrak Kal: Sonic Engineer

Onewa80

Darkrylles

Kaitan

Zarayna

Fantasia

Lorem Ipsum Dolor Sit Amet

leg 'Obrick

Moatau

Paleo

-Didact-

Emperor Kragh

 

 

«TN»

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Teacher: All Scotsmen enjoy haggis.

Student: My uncle is a Scotsman, and he doesn't like haggis!

Teacher: Well, all true Scotsmen like haggis.

 

No True Fan exists, all varying degrees of fandom. Please don't use the term in future.

:tohu: I wish I could tell you exactly how wrong and ridiculous that is. How ridiculous and wrong you are.

 

Please don't act like our superiors in the future. :tohu:

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Teacher: All Scotsmen enjoy haggis.

Student: My uncle is a Scotsman, and he doesn't like haggis!

Teacher: Well, all true Scotsmen like haggis.

 

No True Fan exists, all varying degrees of fandom. Please don't use the term in future.

:tohu: I wish I could tell you exactly how wrong and ridiculous that is. How ridiculous and wrong you are.

 

Please don't act like our superiors in the future. :tohu:

Please stop using that Tohu emoticon excessively in the future.

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Teacher: All Scotsmen enjoy haggis.

Student: My uncle is a Scotsman, and he doesn't like haggis!

Teacher: Well, all true Scotsmen like haggis.

 

No True Fan exists, all varying degrees of fandom. Please don't use the term in future.

:tohu: I wish I could tell you exactly how wrong and ridiculous that is. How ridiculous and wrong you are.

 

Please don't act like our superiors in the future. :tohu:

Please stop using that Tohu emoticon excessively in the future.

Please stop telling people what to do in the future.

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Sign me up kthnks

 

also you deserve this:

 

http://www.brickshelf.com/gallery/ToaZehvo...es/approval.png

That approval would be really funny if it was the other Blackout. :P

 

(was pointed to this approval from another forum)

 

I would rather eat my face than approve this blog.

 

Also, see my banner.

u mad bro?

 

Yes I am mad.

 

But at least I have the courtesy not to insult people who disagree with my viewpoint by labeling people who do agree with it "true fans".

 

All fans are true fans, regardless of what their viewpoint is.

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But at least I have the courtesy not to insult people who disagree with my viewpoint by labeling people who do agree with it "true fans".

I would rather eat my face than approve this blog.

Oh yes. You are just the very image of courtesy.

 

«Takuma Nuva»
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Sign me up kthnks

 

also you deserve this:

 

http://www.brickshelf.com/gallery/ToaZehvo...es/approval.png

That approval would be really funny if it was the other Blackout. :P

 

(was pointed to this approval from another forum)

 

I would rather eat my face than approve this blog.

 

Also, see my banner.

And I would rather skip rope with my intestines than watch you troll this blog pointlessly just because your favorite series of plastic children's construction toy has been dead for almost a year now and you still will not get over that fact.

 

I honestly fail to see why some people get so worked up over toys.

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I'll join. Clicking banners actually led me somewhere worthwhile for once. This explains quite clearly what a 'true fan' is. 'True' Fans don't go crazy and petition for their toy-line back. Instead they continue the legacy with fan-fictions and whatnot.

 

Some people just get too attached.

 

I don't have an approval since I don't tend to comment in the blogs but here's a text approval.

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But at least I have the courtesy not to insult people who disagree with my viewpoint by labeling people who do agree with it "true fans".
92% of teens have moved on to rap. If you are 8% that still listens to real music, copy and paste this into your signature.

:teehee:

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Sign me up kthnks

 

also you deserve this:

 

http://www.brickshelf.com/gallery/ToaZehvo...es/approval.png

That approval would be really funny if it was the other Blackout. :P

 

(was pointed to this approval from another forum)

 

I would rather eat my face than approve this blog.

 

Also, see my banner.

And I would rather skip rope with my intestines than watch you troll this blog pointlessly just because your favorite series of plastic children's construction toy has been dead for almost a year now and you still will not get over that fact.

 

Listen to what I am saying and not to what you wish I was saying.

 

All fans are true fans regardless of viewpoint. Labeling any particular faction of fans as "true" fans is insulting to the rest of the fandom.

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...So rap is real music, then? :)

 

That statistic is a joke, as opposed to this blatant insult to the vast majority of the Bionicle fandom.

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This isn't insulting anyone but you Blackout as you choose to perceive it like that. I believe a true fan is what one perceives them to be and not something defined by one person.

 

If 'true fans' offends you so much I'm pretty sure the name can be changed.

 

...bionicle had its own share of overpriced, poorly designed sets too. That statistic is also an old, unfunny joke.

 

 

 

I should probably stop now as if I go on this has the possibility of escalating into a flame war... which is usually always for me...

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That statistic is a joke, as opposed to this blatant insult to the vast majority of the Bionicle fandom.

So far, the only person who has taken this as a personal insult is you.

 

As a matter of fact, if I was part of this "vast majority of the Bionicle fandom" I would be GREATLY insulted that a single person like you was putting words in my mouth.

 

You say that I insult anyone that doesn't share my viewpoints when, in fact, it is YOU who came HERE and started insulting US for not sharing YOUR viewpoints. That's rather a hypocritical thing to do, y'know.

 

If you don't like this club, fine. If you're going to take it's harmless intentions as some kind of great insult, that sounds like a personal issue to me. Either way, if you've got some problem with this entry being here you can take it up with the BZPower Blog Staff. Don't come in here looking to start a fight.

 

«Takuma Nuva»
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...So rap is real music, then? :)

That statistic is a joke, as opposed to this blatant insult to the vast majority of the Bionicle fandom.

And do you think the VAST MAJORITY OF THE BIONICLE FANDOM is crying in a corner right now because Takuma Nuva the big fat meany head unintentionally insulted their "HERO FACTORY IS EVIL FOR KILLING MY BONKLES" mindset?

 

No, the VAST MAJORITY OF THE BIONICLE FANDOM has moved on to Hero Factory because they're a bunch of eight-year-olds who don't care if the Bionicle logo is on the canisters as long as they get their construction toys. :)

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That statistic is a joke, as opposed to this blatant insult to the vast majority of the Bionicle fandom.

So far, the only person who has taken this as a personal insult is you.

 

As a matter of fact, if I was part of this "vast majority of the Bionicle fandom" I would be GREATLY insulted that a single person like you was putting words in my mouth.

 

You say that I insult anyone that doesn't share my viewpoints when, in fact, it is YOU who came HERE and started insulting US for not sharing YOUR viewpoints. That's rather a hypocritical thing to do, y'know.

 

If you don't like this club, fine. If you're going to take it's harmless intentions as some kind of great insult, that sounds like a personal issue to me. Either way, if you've got some problem with this entry being here you can take it up with the BZPower Blog Staff. Don't come in here looking to start a fight.

 

«Takuma Nuva»

Takuma Nuva, I wouldn't put too much thought to what he is saying, he is doing what all trolls do.

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All fans are true fans regardless of viewpoint. Labeling any particular faction of fans as "true" fans is insulting to the rest of the fandom.

 

Then let me say this... if someone was such a die-hard devotee of Bionicle that they decided to hold the Lego executives hostage until they promised to bring back Bionicle, would they be a true fan as well?

 

Yes, that above example is fairly ridiculous and highly unlikely (though considering the world's current state, not completely implausible), but it illustrates a point: that people who let their supposed fandom of Bionicle overpower common sense are not actually true fans. This doesn't just apply to Bionicle either - it relates to any product of entertainment, whether it be a book, movie series, or who knows what else. True fans of anything should not allow themselves to become so devoted to something that their love of it consumes them, otherwise their fandom descends into pure obsession. This is not an insult to anyone, but a mere statement of common sense, and if people take it wrongly, then so be it. It is simply unacceptable for members of this site to be holding grudges against a toy company, of all things, and BZP would be a much better place today if this "fandom" of Bionicle was not taken to such extreme lengths.

 

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