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Remember when, a few years ago, that people were trying to get kinetics to become an element? This was around the same time PSIONICS became an element. Psionics was made an element, but Kinetics was rejected, under the basis that a 5-year old child would not know what kinetics is, I believe? Despite the fact that a child would likely not know what the word 'Psionics' meant either. Honestly, why use a fancy name if your target audience doesn't know what the fancy name means? It was a silly element anyway. Actually, just how many elements did BZP canonise in the later years? Did the Bohrok-Kal elements becom elements when the Kal were introduced, or was that way later? In retrospect, G1 has way too many elements. I wouldn't really say there was any need for more than twelve. If I could say what elements were to be the 'canon' ones, this would be it: there are the six primary elements. There are the two 'special' elements: light and shadow. Then there are no more than four secondary elements: lightning, sound, jungle (switch with air if G2), and metal. Plasma has been excluded because it was basically just hipster fire. Magnetism and gravity have been excluded for being too specific. Psionics has been excluded because of aforementioned reasons. Sonics has become sounds, Iron has become metal in general, and lightning can remain as is, as can jungle which was formerly known as plant life or the green. This totals to twelve elements total, which is a good amount and covers a decent range I think. Any more would be pushing it. Sorry to anyone who likes plasma (myself), magnetism, gravity, or psionics as elements. Since I'm in the mood to talk about elements again... What's the most ridiculous but plausible G1 BIONICLE element you can come up with? What do you think of late elemental additions, such as Psionics? Would you prefer that it had remained the original six elements? Light and shadow: good addition or bad? The secondary elements: which are good, which are bad, which are silly? Do you agree with the dropping of air in favour of Jungle in G2? Stone and Earth present a bit of a problem. How would you differentiate them? Or would you just scrap one of them?