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  1. wow i wish i knew for sure...I think i have a handful of some of the original lego star wars sets, but i don't remember for the life of me what they are, they haven't been in one piece since I was six...also I think some really old duplo bricks... oldest bionicle set is the entire first wave though...proud of that one...
  2. Neutral. It's a good set, to be sure. cool function, good overall design, etc. But by default it will have to be compared to the masters...That's a fairly large shadow to sit in.
  3. GN 10...i remember when this was gonna be a thing, hello memories XD what i would have liked was seeing more of the blending between the two worlds...see how the MU inhabitants react to essentially losing their universe, and now having to share a planet with a vastly different society...that's what i wanted to see. but it was supposed to be mata nui's journey...which i would have happily given a kidney to see nonetheless XD
  4. Dark mirror is one of the better examples of why I liked gen1 so much: at no point did greg underestimate or "look down upon" the kids in his audience. He had faith that kids would be able to grasp difficult concepts, which is something i liked...So no, I don't think it was too dark or to mature.
  5. While you meant this as a joke, this actually looks fine to me. Gen2 is lacking in story AT THE MOMENT. That's just as gen1 did back in 2001. Gen1 has such a massive plethora of information to debate and theorize over that, until gen2 has 10 years of story as well, it's going to take a back seat to gen1 topics by default. Gen2, however, is a current, "living/breathing" story. We're going to learn new things more frequently, and topics over what those new things mean are categorically different than gen1 discussion. "Connections/Comparisons" are important as well. It wasn't necessary before, but now the terms "bionicle" and "bionicle as a whole" can mean two very different things. It's a change that should be instituted. I can understand waiting to do so, but it does need to happen.
  6. "depends" and "yes". Yes. I know it could severly damage G2. however, if done correct, it could still grant G2 it's autonomy...Perhaps it's set really far in the future, so only the major g1 events would matter. Or maybe really far in the past, so that gen1 doesn't matter yet. Maybe it's an agori legend that gave the GB's inspiration for the toa's design. Maybe Vakama is telling the story to the mata nui matoran before the toa arrived, with him mary-sueing himself in as the fire protector. Maybe the GB's sent out two robots. Those are just the ideas off the top of my head...Bottom line, we can't discount it and say it shouldn't happen because it MAY go wrong. It can go well if done right, and I have faith in lego to do it well.
  7. Remember Axonn, the guy who was supposed to be roughly the hight of 3-4 inika builds? Yeah, I'm okay with the size discrepencies. bionicle hasn't had a stellar history there in the first place.
  8. a very lucky christmas when i was 5 XD i can only assume it was eBay or mcdonalds...Or burger king...i just realised i don't know where they were given out XD
  9. I think lego planned well. very well. I'm satisfied with what they've done. The issue is that problems arose when they tried to bring the media to us. We began getting rumors and leaks way back in (to my knowledge) march of 2014, with us even getting pictures as soon as june. This was followed by us at BZP URL guessing. They even leaked the question/answer/script from comiccon a few days before it happened. This was then followed by 6 months of storyline material leaking over the course of the first week. Let's reassess the problem: Lego did a fairly fantastic job with the ideas and the execution of gen2. But somewhere, they have lost control of the rate at which the information gets to us. That's the true problem, not the substance of the story itself.
  10. While these larger sets are obviously not as strong as some gen1 sets, i like them because of what they represent/what they're trying to do. Would this sort of skelatal theme be even possible back in gen1? right out of the gate, they do something with bionicle that wasn't possible before. While the execution of these sets is not perfect (asside from ekimu, oh wow), the ideas and thoughts behind them, at the very least, give me strong confidence in where gen2 is going.
  11. i said neutral. On one hand, it would be fantastic to hear them since they are so integral to the later bionicle years, but on the other hand, it would possibly give gen2 some heavy gen1 baggage. I would most want to see them play a contributory role, though. Guest vocalist or guest guitarist or something along those lines.
  12. Disclaimer: staying true to their gen1 incarnations was a major factor for me. 1: Lewa. I feel like they did the best at capturing the essence of all his gen1 forms really well, better than the other toa arguably. He would be a perfect set...if it wasn't for his head not moving... 2: Tahu. Similar reasons as lewa. 3: Onua. THIS is the onua we always wanted to see...big, buff, tough, super posable...fantastic set overall. If it wasn't for the claws not quite seeming like claws to me... 4: Least similar to her original form. Still very evidently gali though, and a great set still overall. 5:Kopaka: Bye far the best mask. Not a huge fan of his tank build though. 6: Pohatu. Not because he's a bad set, let me get that straight, this would have blown our minds in the gen1 era...it's just the others are better.
  13. Yes. All the yes. And while they're at it, they should do a cover of the Piraka rap. While in all seriousness I want them to continue this orchestral rock style they are doing, snoop dog doing a song for bionicle would be one of the most magnificently glorious train wrecks this planet has ever seen, and I would love to see it XD Lonely Island might be able to pull it off if they had a chance to get really into the story first...
  14. 2001 would have been better if they had a better plan of how 2002-2010 was going to go (so the stark differences people point out would have been smoother) 2002 would have been better if they merged the Bohrok Kal concept into it 2003 would have been better if the Kal were in 2002 and they focused on the Mask of Light all year 2004 would have been better if they had something to replace the Vahki (maybe some mangai? i don't know if their existence was known to the story team back then) 2005 would have been better if a different hordika were the betrayer (my personal preference is Nuju...it makes the intro to maze of shadows much more poignant) 2006 would have been better if it got a movie...like previous years did... 2007 would have been better if the piraka got a better fate than sea snakes 2008 would have been better if they expanded upon each of the makuta more (Krika deserved much more "screen time"). 2009 would have been better if mata nui landed at the begining of the year, and the WHOLE YEAR focused on his time there (it was a simple issue of releasing the vorox in the summer...it could have worked...) 2010 would have been better if...well, obvious isn't it... 2015 would have been better if they were better at keeping in leaks (imagine how it would have been if we all discovered the return at the announcement, as opposed to a slow trickle of leaked material)
  15. on one hand, I do not own a single limited edition item (WMKK, etc), promotional item ("good guy", etc), or prototype. I also do not own many collectables (kanohi, kanoka, etc). On the other hand, I own every single set, gen1 AND gen2. Every. Single. One. And right here, right now, was when I realised how sad it is that I consider this one of my life's greatest accomplishments.
  16. Greg discounted the rode on the grounds that it would be rare. There is the argument, which i saw, of "it's still possible", so I decided to mathmatically prove that, even though it technically is possible, we should still accept greg saying "no" on the Rode. I have no stake in this, I was just bored XD EDIT: so in response to your question, the first option
  17. Wondering how likely it is we'd see another wearer of a rode i see? I'm taking AP Statistics right now. Let's have some fun. I'm going to make a lot of assumptions that will make my final outcome inacurate and likely larger than the actual answer, but let's try it out. It will give us a ballpark answer. Sources: my memory and BS01 ASSUMPTIONS: -Mata Nui has 1000 matoran (cannot find source, remember reading this) -All Metru Nui matoran made it to Mata Nui -No matoran transformed into toa on Metru Nui besides the ones we know about -We know of every kanohi-wearing species -Toa teams of unknown number had 6 members -No two Toa Hagah were from the same original team -Matoran are the most prevelent species in the MU, and and the average population size of the other kanohi wearing species is half the size of the matoran population. -As greg said, The Rode is rare, let's call it 100 wearers total. -Every toa that has existed is known to us (I know that is wrong) Okay. So, out of the roughly 1000 Metru Nui inhabitants, we know that 13 became toa (the metru, the inika, and Takua). Assuming this is representitive of the matoran population as a whole; (# of matoran turned into toa)/(# of matoran)= Chance of matoran becoming toa = 13/1000 = 1.3% chance This means roughly 1.3% of the matoran population is represented any toa that has ever existed. Of the toa that transformed naturally, we know of: -7 toa hagah teams (7x6=42 toa) -Each original hagah's team (42x5=210 toa) -the inika (6 toa) -the metru (6 toa) -the cordak (8 toa) -the mangai (11 toa) -Jovan's team (call it 8) -Makoki stone guard team (4 toa, not including Lhikan) -Lhikan's army (300 toa) -Dume's team (6 toa) -Orde's team (minus orde) (5 toa) -Savage's team (6 toa) -Spinner's team (6 toa) -Zaria's team (6 toa) -Chiara (1 toa) -Krakua (1 toa) -A team that inprisoned the KD first (6 toa) -Toa that Chirox experimented on (call it 10 toa) -Xia defense squad team (6 toa) -team that fought the dark hunter Poison (6 toa) -Team from Northern Continent (6 toa) -Prototype (2 toa) -14 other toa who are still alive (14 toa) This comes out to: 42+210+6+6+8+11+8+4+300+6+5+6+6+6+1+1+6+10+6+6+6+2+14=677 toa since 677 is 1.3% of the matoran population: 100/1.3=76.92307692 76.92307692x677=52077 there are 52,077 matoran ever in existance. There are other species/individual wearers that naturally wear kanohi as well: -Brutaka's species (52077x.5=26039 members) -Axonn's species (26039 members) -the makuta (call it 50 members) -Tobduk's species (26039 members) -Trinuma's species (26039 members) -Toa Mata (6 members) -Helryx (1 members) -Orde (1 members) -Artahka (1 member) -Karzahni (1 member) 26039+26039+50+26039+26039+6+1+1+1+1=104,216 Add that number to the number of matoran: 104,216+52077=156293 There are 156,293 natural kanohi wearers in the matoran universe of these 156,293 individuals, we specifically know the kanohi of: -Toa Mata (6) -Toa Metru (6) -Toa Inika (6) -Toa Hagah (6) -10 Mahri/Voya Nui matoran (10) -10 makuta (10) -7 av matoran (including Takua) (7) -73 Metru/Mata nui matoran (73) -minimum 11 matoran from various comic art (11) -Vican (1) -Vultraz (1) -Mazeka (1) -Dume (1) -Jovan (1) -Lhikan (1) -A Toa Mangai of the Green (1) -A Toa Mangai who wore a kakama (1) -Tuyet (1) -Varien (1) -Lesovikk (1) -Nikila (1) -Helryx (1) -Chiara (1) -Axonn (1) -Brutaka (1) -Tobduk (1) -Trinuma (1) -Karzahni (1) -Artahka (1) (forgive me if i am missing any) Total number of people with their kanohi known is: 6+6+6+6+10+10+7+73+11+1+1+1+1+1+1+1+1+1+1+1+1+1+1+1+1+1+1+1=145 we know the mask of 145 characters. We know that of those wearers, 1 wears a rode. What is being proposed and argued is whether to make that number 146 with 2 wearers. So, here we go: with 100 Rode wearers in this 156,293 member universe, (100/156293=).06398239205% wear a rode. in the proposed sample of characters we know, plus Mr. Rode-Ice-Toa, (2/146=)1.36986301% would wear a rode. prepare for math: If we were to take a ton of samples of size 146 from the 156,293 population, the average of the percentages of all the rode wearers will equal .06398239205%. What we are proposing will equal 1.36986301%. So what, right? it's not that far off. What chance is there that a sample would equal 1.36986301%? Mean = .0006398239205 Standard deviation = sqrt[ .0006398239205 * ( 1 - .0006398239205 ) / 146 ] = .000004379551684 (.0136986301-.0006398239205)/.000004379551684=2981.767798 the probability of 2 rode users appearing to us is 2981.767798 standard deviations from the mean. That appears to be such a small chance of happening that my calculator cannot even handle a number that small. To give you an idea, 3 standard deviations means a less than .3% chance of that value happening. Feel free to pick apart any of the above calculations, i'm sure there's a mistake somewhere. However, even if I made a major one, I think it is evident that a rode user is unlikely to be something we see again. Wow, I spent three hours on this... TOO LONG/DIDN'T READ VERSION: If the rode is a very rare mask as greg says, then the liklyhood of us seeing another wearer is INCREDIBLY small. There is a CHANCE, but so small that it doesn't matter. If greg says rare, then the Toa Mangai does not wear a rode, and we have to accept his decision.
  18. I have it firmly set in my head until proven otherwise that gen2 is a story narrated by Turaga Vakama, with the audience being a group of matoran some time before the toa's arrival on Mata Nui.
  19. Simple solution for now, if the solution ends up being new poll: bring the list of the masks that would be included in the poll to greg. He can eliminate whatever masks he needs/wants before we even start. We have an infinite amount of time to do this, i don't see why a new poll would hurt.
  20. I just listened to it...I think it could easily be either "I didn't slip" OR "but didn't slip". The two carry very different connotations though...In the "But" option, it implies Kopaka was breaking the fourth wall, something I'm wary of if it is true...
  21. I may or may not have almost cried when i opened the masters this morning... I'm 18...i'm 18...i'm 18...
  22. I know it's used, but seeing this on display at my local Schuler's made me happy
  23. From Wiktionary: I've noticed that when topics of canonization come up, the importance of people's personal headcanons tend to be a major factor in the discussion. It got me thinking...people's headcanons can shine a very different light on the story we all know and love. They could be essential to some people's experience of the story, and could take away a lot of meaning for a given person if directly contested. So, very simple question...what headcanons do you tend to follow? Personally, I like the idea of Nuju being the one to go "darth vader" in 2005 as opposed to Vakama. I think it adds a very different context to the scene where he and vakama speak at the begining of Maze of Shadows. (90% sure this is allowed/in the right forum...If not, my apologies)
  24. I don't want to be cold and blunt here, but: "Who Were The Best Villains Other Than Teridax?" EDIT: *facepalm* ...i meant the 2008 makuta...XD
  25. if i were to go by what they represented, I'd say the Makuta (oh, you know that guy who's been terrorizing the protagonists for the past 7 years? here's 10 of them). but, characterizationwise, Piraka. No contest.
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