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When one has no social life, such as myself, thinking is a common pastime. A few days ago I was doing just that when i realized that Teridax's plan had a few gaping holes in it that ultimately led to his destruction. Exhibit A: When Teridax banished Mata Nui, what do you suppose was going through his mind when he decided to trap him inside the most powerful kanohi in the universe, one that controls the power of life itself? Exhibit B: When Teridax banished Mata Nui, why would he shoot his brother towards a PLANET? I mean, there is the possibility that Teridax had overlooked the potential for life on said planet (Especially considering the planet was basically a round desert), but before then, it would seem as though Teridax had thought of everything. Nothing could go wrong, because he had made every possible outcome work in his favor. Why not, you know, shoot Mata Nui into the system's central star, or at least not towards the nearest planet? I mean, I get this if it's the Ignika, 'cause that would destroy all life in the MU, leaving Teridax (assuming he isn't affected) a ruler of an empty world. So, I thought this warranted a blog post. I love having a place to write down my every thought. Elmara
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I'm gonna give it a try. I used to MOC, way back when the Inika torso was cool, and I have a team of about 10 Toa built all from the Inika/Piraka torso. Honestly, they've become a little boring to look at, so I decided to give 'em all custom torsos. I tried, but I couldn't get one that worked. Does anyone have any tips for custom torso building? (I didn't want to post this in the forums 'cause I felt like it would be a 'post it here' topic.) Elmara
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Am I REALLY the only one who still spells Jaller as Jala, Macku as Maku, Hewkii as Huki, and Pewku as Puku? Please, don't make me an oddball! Elmara
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Frankly, I think the hate over Hero Factory is really silly. (I could use much harsher words, but the word filter prevents me from doing so.) Most of the arguments against Hero Factory are ridiculous. There are basically two that Hero Factory haters fall back on (Three, if you're one of those 'Bring Bionicle Back' people). 1) Bad set design and 2) Bad story. Okay, now that we're all familiar with these arguments, let's dig a little deeper. 1) Bad set design. Honestly, could someone fill me in on this here? Like, I get this if we're talking about the first Hero Factory sets, but I think 2.0's set design was pretty good. I don't really understand what the deal is here. Like, I suppose there is the problem of the back being empty and such, but most of the problems could be easily fixed. The torso has great MOC'ing potential, and fixes the 'ape' proportions. I suppose it's hard to completely debunk this, but really, it's all a matter of personal opinion. 2)Bad story. Okay, this one can be broken down quite a bit. When people say the story is bad, I assume they are talking about the fact that it is so simple. It's rather silly, really. You see, simplicity, in both story and sets, was something that Bionicle had at the beginning. Seriously, this is ridiculous. We had no idea that Bionicle was ever going to end up with the elaborate story that it had. No one could have ever predicted all the things that happened. No one can predict what's going to happen in Hero Factory. You see, my brother complained about the simple story in Bionicle (He was more into complicated stories like Halo) way back in 2003. Argument: Invalid. Okay, so I've covered the two basic arguments that HF-haters use. The third, which boils down to "I Hate Hero Factory because it replaced Bionicle is invalid. I shouldn't have to explain this, but for the sake of the argument, I shall. Basically, this argument does not make sense because the whole premise of the hate is based on timing. Had Hero Factory come out while Bionicle was still running, guys like Makuta_Of_Oz (Yes, I mentioned you again) would not complain. So, There it is. Yet another essay on Lego, Bionicle, and hate. Thank you for reading. Elmara
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How Bionicle Should Have Ended ( And Why It Did)
Elmara: Spirit Of Fire posted a blog entry in blogs_blog_1055
So, I think we can all agree that 2010 was a royal failure by the Lego Group. Is that the general consensus? Yes? Good. Frankly, I think that 2008 was part of what killed Bionicle. I have been known, in the past, to defend the Mistika and the Phantoka with BURNING JUSTICE, but I agree with most people on the idea that the Toa Newva were bad ideas. I would enjoy their existance much more if they weren't supposed to be the Toa Nuva. And, before BFAHome comes in telling my my arguement is invalid (Which, if left the way it is, is true), I want to say this. I think I speak for the majority of the Newva-haters here when I say we didn't want carbon-copies of the 2002 Nuva. We just wanted some resemblance. The Mistika were, by far, the worst of the bunch (The Toa, not the Makuta) and they needed a serious revamp. I read a topic a while ago that had a perfect description of what the Phantoka and the Mistika SHOULD have looked like. The problem with 2008 was that it brought back the Toa Nuva in a bad way- The older fan's sense of nostalgia (Including my own) was shattered, and the story was far too comlplicated for new fans to get into the BIONICLE story. By the time 2009 rolled around, most of the older fanbase had abandoned BIONICLE completely, and those who didn't were at least beginning to. (I know this is a huge generalization, but bear with me.) Anyway, what was left of the fanbase was a bunch of nostalgi fans waiting to see if things would improve. But, how is this possible? 2009 rebooted the story and brought in new fans? Where'd they go? Well, here's the problem- It didn't work. Rebooting the story was a huge mistake, as it only served to make the story more complicated. New fans did little more than buy a few sets and be done with it, and all the older fans just weren't enough to keep BIONICLE's sales up high enough to keep it around. So, in 2010, Lego decided to axe BIONICLE and replace it with Hero Factory. Bionicle died that year. The problem was, it was uneventful. It's dissapearance from the shelves wasn't that big of a deal to most of us(Glares at Makuta_Of_Oz). Why? 2010 sucked. The Lego Group had decided to kill BIONICLE (I feel like every time I say that, a member of the Bring Back Bionicle Club dies), but they decided they owe it to us fans to give us one last year. Bionicle was going to die (There goes another one), but Lego hadn't given it a proper funeral, so to speak. You see, 2010 had six 13-piece sets. Each one was an idea that needed expanding. Each one was worth something. But what could that mean? Well, let's start with Tahu. Depowered by the Ignika. But why just Tahu? Why not ALL the Toa Nuva? See, they'd use the Inika torso, but instead of the same old armor, we get a new armor pice that resembles the Toa Mata's original chest. Hey, why not give them their original masks with a +plus-rod connector instead of a stud? And improved versions of their original tools? So, we have our good guys covered. But what about villians? Well, that was a bit of a toughy. Originally i thought, Why not have six differently colored Skrall, but then I realized how ridiculous that would be. So, I went with Rahkshi. Not a bad idea, if i do say so myself. We'd have: Rahkshi of Heat Vision (Yellow) Rahkshi of Darkness (Black & Red) Rahkshi of Plant Control (Green & Brown) Rahkshi of Gravity (Blue & Silver) Rahkshi of Chain Lightning (Silver) Rahkshi of Sleep (Maroon) Okay? Cool? So, now we have good guys and bad guys. Now, we need titans. Let's look back at the Stars. We have Takanuva, Gresh, Skrall, and Nektaan remaining. So, now what? Well, Nektaan would have to be a titan. He would use a spine piece like the Piraka spine, but of course with his own face and spine pattern. Also, he sould be called Nektaan on his packaging, not just Piraka. Not only is the reason for it silly (Anyone old enough to remember the Piraka would know that the Piraka were a group, not a person, and that they each had individual names), but also inaccurate. As for Taknuva, He'd be a titan too. But, we would see the return of gold, and Taka's original mask. As for Gresh and Skrall, if they ABSOLUTELY have to be there (Which I suppose they do, as they are the primary inhabitants of Bara Magna), then give 'em vehicles and cal 'em pilots. The small sets, I think, should be Baterra. They'd be about Stars-sized, but awesome instead. The final set of the year would be...Mata Nui. But certainly not TOA Mata Nui, no no. I mean GIANT ROBOT Mata Nui. Come on. You know you want it. The story would be like this. Teridax has arrived on Bara Magna, with intent to conquer it. He unleashes hordes of Rahkshi (Bad guy sets) onto the inhabitants of the planet. They fight back (Gresh), but they are quickly overrun. Seeing the danger, the Ignika depowers the Toa Nuva into their original forms and transports them to Bara Magna. Knowing what they must do, they battle the Rahkshi in the nme of peace, despite the Glatorian's distrust. But a new threat arrives- The Skakdi warlord Nektaan has escaped the MU, and has reformed the the Skrall army with his own intentions. With enemies on all sides, will the Toa be tripumphant? Or will they be finally vanqushed by the forces of the Makuta? So, what do you guys think? Elmara -
I had an epiphany. Does anyone recall when Takua and Jala (I'm so old school I spell it Jala) were riding Puku (OLD SCHOOL) through Le-Koro, and Takua said he hated Le-Koro, and Jala asked him if there was anywhere he DID feel at home, and he said, "I don't mind Ta-Koro." We later discovered that Takua was actualy an Av-Matoran, and thus does NOT have the natural Ta-Koronan resistance to heat. Takua has also been seen lava surfing at least twice. How can he do this without discomfort if he's not a Ta-Matoran? Or is like a psychological thing? Elmara
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So recently, I had this odd dream yesterday where I was in this retail store aisle that had a bunch of discontinue and old sets like the Toa Mata; all at cheap prices. Yeah, I realized that was only a dream and it more than likely that stuff like that would of went up in value. But well, it reminder me of how I always admired the LEGO Mindstorms sets and how I would of liked to have been able to get one myself (I was in a LEGO Robotics Club when I was in middle school and we were often enter the kickoff to competition of the FIRST LEGO League's challenge. We never got past there though at least during my time with the club.). So then, I started thinking, "Well, I do have some money that I could use to get the latest Mindstorms set. Maybe I should do it." I am still kind of weary about the idea though. Not because I don't think it would be worth cash, but rather more of that I won't know how to program it as well as I did with the RCX models (I was a programmer/chief sorter on the team.). Hm...I could consider the idea of looking for an older model. Although that idea has its cons too, especially considering I doubt I could run the programming program on my Window Vista computer. What do you think I should do?
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So about two weeks ago, I finally completely fill up a sixty drawer storage cabinet with just BIONICLE pieces. It was part of plan that I made last year to take my LEGO organizing to next level (I had my BIONICLE pieces separated by color in bags originally.) with the hope that it would help me find parts better when I needed them. It has been pretty helpful and I already have consider getting at least two more of these cabinets with the hope of at least getting all my BIONICLE/Technic pieces sort through and account for (Likely going to write up an Excel Worksheet for it with part count, color, etc.). Hm...Well, maybe I am going a little overboard with this sorting thing. Although it could be much worst if I decided to go with my full plan of getting all the LEGO pieces, I own, in cabinets like these. Now that would be a lot of cabinets. I would have literally a wall made out them in the basement. So yeah, that's what I am doing with LEGO this week; sorting. No wait, scratch that I was playing with my Jar Jar Binks minifigure a little and posing Furno 2.0 this week too. Oh, and I just remembered I got to get around to typing up my review for both their sets. I'll see about getting to it this weekend. And for those interested in those reviews, I have this question for ya: would you like me to provided pictures taken of the sets in the review? And one last thing before I end this entry, its a question again, but unrelated to the reviews. How interest would you be in the Brickmaster Mini AT-AT Walker? Not at all? Mildly? Extremely? Just wondering. Thanks for reading, folks. I hope you all have good day/night wherever you are.
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Should be voiced by Joe Pesci.
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"It sucks."
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Just wondering as I like to hear people's opinions on the new sets, so I can help myself decide on what sets that I will get. I personally like the look of Takanuva 2008, so I'll probably will get him. And the vehicles also look pretty cool, although Lewa's vehicle is a lot of money and if I go for him, I won't be able to get any other sets really. Thusly, I thought I check out your opinions and this entry was born. Now if you would be so kind and tell me your opinions on them, I greatly appreciate it, thank you.
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I found it today at my local Borders, after I got a well needed hair cut. Of course, I brought it along with my summer reading books that I'll be starting to read in a week or so. I finished Bionicle Legends #10 about a few hours after I got it. I also ran into a former substitute teacher from my school, who works their part time as his main job is at another school that he went to after my school. Anyway, I am sure you all want me to comment on Bionicle Legends #10, so I will in these simple words: It was awesome. And clearly, it is one of Greg's best books in the series. If you been waiting to hear about the Toa Nuva's past, you will like this book. And quite a few mysteries are solved in this book. The Swamp Makuta, I'll say this are very strange in my opinion. I won't comment how as that will be a spoil, but I find most of their behaviors strange for Makuta. They will make the situation with the Toa Nuva very interesting for sure, especially in this book. The Toa Nuva's past is one of my favorite parts of the book and it had plenty of fun parts to it too. I can tell you that if your Toa Nuva fan like I am that you will probably enjoy these moments into the past. Of course, many of parts make you wish you could hear the whole story, but obvious this isn't no Toa Nuva history book and the books already are limit in pages and numbers of book release, thanks to the poor sales... Buy this book, visitors. Don't just look for spoils online...Sorry about that, but I had to get a point across to people, who just used places like BS01 and Bzpower to get the story information rather than get the book themselves. They are serious killing the books sale price and I could just imagine in a few years, the books just vanishing because of it. So, what are you waiting for? Go out and get the book for yourself, I am sure you will enjoy it. And don't ask me for spoils as I am not spoiling the book for anyone. I want to help improve these book sales, so I refused to spoil any books for anyone. That is all I have to say on the subject of the book. In other news, I am quiting on my RPG idea as what I learn from the book make what I have in mind, not very likely to happen.
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Do You Think I Should Get These Bionicle Books?
Jedi Master J. posted a blog entry in blogs_blog_299
Do you think I should get these Bionicle books? Bionicle World=$6.99Bionicle: Rahi Beasts=$5.99Bionicle Encyclopedia Version 1=$6.99Bionicle Encyclopedia Version 2=$6.99 Just wondering as I need to get these books and I want to hear from people that have them, so I know if its worth it buying them. So, if you could answer this, I would very grateful. Thank you for taking the time to read this. -
Anyone Like To Recommend A 2008 Set For Me To Buy?
Jedi Master J. posted a blog entry in blogs_blog_299
Title say basically all. See, as I still have money from Christmas, I been trying to think of what 2008 sets to get; I thought I should ask you all, as a lot of people here have the sets, what set would be good to get. I personally would like to get all the Toa Nuva, but there are a lot of other cool sets coming out too, so I am sort of torn between what to buy. That's why I made this entry to see what you all think would possibly be wise to get. So, if you could help, I greatly appreciated. That's all I got to say. Thanks for taking the time to read this. -
Considering I didn't start my life as the being of which you see before you, I thought I give you some background information on myself and how I came a pond collecting Lego sets. Notably as an infant, I have very few memories to look back on to confirm if I had been introduced to Lego back then. But it seem that I may of had a building block thing as child from how I can remember vaguely having a large block with studs on it, which may have been a Mega Block product. Another memory of which I can remember was back in the Kindergarten center, where I also vaguely remember enjoying building with wooden blocks during free time in the class; which actually may be the only thing of which I can remember from my time at the Kindergarten center. At I search my memories at this moment, I can only think of one time that could have been my first introduce to Lego and this was at the Dentist's waiting room. Yes, I am sure this may come as a surprise to some that had been to a Dentist's office like one of which I go to. But considering that this is a Dentist for children, it should be expected that they would need some form of entertainment to keep the child occupied as they wait to be call to the back room. As such, two areas within the waiting room were meant to keep children occupied as they waited, which were old Arcade games and a table with Lego of which were design to be big, so not one would try to swallow them. Considering I was five years old during my first visit to the Dentist, I was too short to have try to play the Video games, so I had play with Lego as I waited to be called. But even this event didn't mark the beginning of me being a Lego Fan for in a sense all it shown was that I enjoy building things really. And I have no memory of rushing to get Lego at five years old. It been the Christmas of 2001 that I believe I truly was pulled into the Lego world. For the under the Christmas tree had been two Toa Olda with their respectable Turaga. I have no idea if I had asked for them, but I confirm that wasn't disappointed in see them under tree as far as I can remember. Notably though both sets didn't belong to me, my brother had gotten one of the Toa and Turaga. And in some irony twist, I had to build both of our sets for brother didn't understand the directions as I did and notice how fast, I had build my two sets. The sets of which we gotten had been Toa Pohatu, Toa Kopaka, Turaga Nuju, and Turaga Onewa in case, you were wondering. I had gotten Toa Pohatu and Turaga Onewa as my first Bionicle sets, not counting the McDonald's Happy Meal ones that I may have gone before that time for I have a few of them. At this time period, I had been within the age limit that Lego had target at for Bionicle as I had been nine years at the time. In some sense, it hard to believe that I had struck to it for so long, but I did. I will admit that at the time, I didn't go into too much dept of Bionicle for my interest in Star Wars had made me buy quite a few sets with the little money of which I had. After a few trips to Lego.com and even joining it, I had discover there was a story behind Bionicle series, which spark my interest in learning about it as well growing roots of interest in Lego products with stories like Johnny Thunder and the Alpha Team. Sometime later and possibly before September 2002, I had order Lego Magazine from one of the subscriptions within the instruction book of a set, which would marked the beginning of me getting the magazines. Problems, of course, occurred by how there was many sets of which I wish to buy from each of the series that I shown interest in it (Bionicle, Johnny Thunder, Alpha Team, and Stars War.). So, I had many times tried to split evenly with what sets to get. But with lucky though, I was able to form a deal with my brother of sort to help me buy sets of which we would shared. This deal was not only for regular Lego sets, but Bionicle sets too with my brother getting all the blue, green, and white, while I would get the red, brown, and black. Notably this deal, I believe may of been form near the end of 2002 for my brother and I had collect all the Toa Nuva through this deal and try to do so too with the Bohrok and Bohrok Kal. As Bohrok Kal era started, I believe this is the period of where I realize the storyline had books for it that went into move detail than the comics with that I went off to a local Borders and began buying the books. This, of course, hurt buying the Bohrok and Bohrok Kal to collect our collection, but I could not denied my brain craved for knowledge. My brother didn't seem to mind much though and that was most likely because he found fun in doing battles with Toa and Bohrok trying to beat each other to removing their masks/Krana. I can remember that neighborhood friend of our had show him that if you flip the Bohrok's teeth around it made it easier to put the mask off the Toa. This friend had also help me designed an interesting sword design that I still have today, which is commonly known as Sword of Death to reading of my stories. As well this friend's younger brother, who was older than me by a few years, had also been a Bionicle fan and had many sets of which I didn't own at the time till he give me them, when the big moved from my hometown arise by my father dislike of how the place was becoming bad from influence of a bad area. Notably this friend of mines had give me them, since we mixed our pieces together to build something out of them not realizing we wouldn't be able to tell who was who late on. As late 2003 came, my brother's interest in Bionicle began to die. The sets of which came out then were mostly brought by me, but he did get a few Rahkshi though. From another friend of our, who happen to be my brother's best friend since Kindergarten, we would watch Bionicle: Mask of Light movie together by a DVD; he was given by a former Bionicle fan, who was a friend of his. I personally as I watch the movie grew even more interest in the series than ever before. At the start of 2004, my brother's interest of Bionicle began to disappear completely almost with most of his free time being center around Runescrape. I on the other hand continue my interest and began reading all the books to catch up to the people that had follow storyline since the beginning as well as get the second Bionicle movie for Christmas. I would at some point in time find Bzpower, although I have no idea if this happen before this event. But I know it back when Lego.com had linked to the site was when I found it and even try to join, but failed by my e-mail accounts not getting the messages from Bzpower. As 2005 came, I would begin to pack my Lego away for the big moved during the summer. And I believe my brother's interest of Bionicle had at this time ended completely, although he still wish me to keep his Bionicle together and just let them sit on display really. I would also help pack other things include my brother's Lego through I don't think I need to go into detail, since this is suppose to be about how I became a Lego Fan. As the summer arrived, my family moved from old neighborhood into a new one, where we would get Vezion internet for the two computers, we own at the time. This would be where I try to join Bzpower and eventually success in joining by help of my sister, who also joins to keep an eye on me. And the rest is history then, since I am still here and buying sets/reading the story, so no point of going into more details; unless you all want me to.
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Profiles of Characters from The Mana Nui War- My Epic- Members of The Evil Group, The Brotherhood. CARAKUTA Color Scheme:Carapar Brown/Yellow, Black, and Yellow Height:6ft 7in Weight:450lb Mask: Khramar, The Mask of Mutation. Can Make an Object temporarily mutate. Weapon(s): Chainsaw Staff Quote: "Nival, Leave It To Me- The stupid Toa just needs to get us the mask- Then we mug him. Simple as that. You Fly Above and Steal the Mask- I'll Kill Him." Description:A Black and yellow evil, tall being with Rust-Colored Armor, Carakuta is very cruel and greedy. When he came into existence, He was immediately recruited for the Brotherhood. He is responsible for the Mutation of the Le-Kono Flood Waters. NIVAL Color Scheme: Black, Gunmetal Gray, Silver Height:6ft 4in Weight: 234lb Mask:Nival does not have a mask. Weapons: ClawSword, Gun Quote: "Carakuta, What the ###### makes you think something different will happen if we put on the Mask?" Description:A bird-like Rahi mutated into a Toa-like body- and given the mind of an evil Brotherhood member. Nival has many Bird-Like Instincts. With his ability to fly, It is easy for him to kill enemies. He joined the Brotherhood after his mutation. That's all for now.
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I noticed that I bought the following "groups" at specific stores: Barraki: Bought all at TRU Small Sets: Bought All at TRU Mahri: Bought all at WalMart Titans (no store exclusives); Bought all at Target Weird coincidences. -KW-
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I got him. Last one of them. The Matoran are good, Karzahni has a strong build, but I don't know about the trap yet, since It doesnt have half it's parts. Other than that, this set is awesome. Go buy it.
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VOTE FOR ME (Ds Stylus) OR FACE THE WRATH OF ELS!!!!! MUAUHAHAHAHHAHA! WITH THIS PLAN I AM SURE TO WIN! EVERYONE FEARS ELS EVEN CHUCK NORRIS -KW-
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My Plans for PBZP. A:Not Taken! B: Not Taken! C:Not Taken! D:Not Taken! E:Not Taken! F:Not Taken! G:Not Taken! H:Not Taken! I:Not Taken! J: Not Taken! K: Taken! L: Not Taken! M:Taken! (In Progress--McSpit) N: Taken! (In Progress--Necrons) O: Taken! (In Progress--Omicron) P:Not Taken! Q:Not Taken! R:Not Taken! S:Taken! (In Progress--Shine) T:Taken! (Finished--Tohunga Matoro) U:Not Taken! V:Not Taken! W:Not Taken! X:Taken! Y:Not Taken! Z:Taken! If you want to be in a PBZP, reply to this entry with what you want on the MOC. And the Omi PBZP is going really well, i'm putting in some 01 pieces and system pieces to make it more unique. Spitty..I've had many designs on him.
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To me, it looks like he was abandoned during design, and was never completed. The double o rods are just sticking out there with no purpose, The legs are too bland, The Cordak blaster is out of place, the tubes are placed weird, The hands get fusturating, The Matoro Mahri weapon pieces on his arms cause trouble for poseability, his left arm weapon is out of place, The back is too dull, and there's not enough silver. And also, the only new piece is his mask. So yeah, I'll make a revamp of him at some point.
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..is dissapointing.
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1.Kongu, Hahli, and Hewkii's names are never mentioned 2.The song doesnt fit well with the minimovie 3.Hahli is almost never in the Minimovie 4.HAHLI HAS A MAN'S VOICE IN HER 1 SPEAKING LINE. 5.Kongu and Hahli just vanish 6.There are no Barraki, Hydruka, or Mahritoran 7.Matoro does almost nothing 8.The spotlight is mainly on Jaller, which makes it boring 9.The Mahri only fight with their cordak blasters (Not counting Matoro's ship-thing) 10.Some of the characters have accents, which doesnt make it Bionicle-ish 11.You can barely understand the Mahri when they speak 12.The Mahri never hit one of the Takea Sharks with their cordak 13.They could have picked a better song..
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Here are my ideas.. TAHU: Tanma's Mask in Red. Metru Red+Yellow. Red Round Inika Feet. Flame Sword, etc Regular Inika Body, Gold Carapar Shoulder/Leg Armor GALI: Solek's bask In Blue. Blue Clawed Inika Feet. Blue and Light Blue, etc ONUA:Black Pridak Feet.Photok's Mask in Black, etc
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I couldn't hold it in, here are my thoughts on the 08 sets. POHATU: Pohatu's..allright. The weapons look interesting- the mask is horrible. But however, we have good MOCing peices such as the Orange Jaller Mahri Feet, Orange Piraka Upper Leg Armor, and a Gray Kongu Mahri Body. 7.5/10 KOPAKA: NOO! From what i can tell, he again has a mask with a telescopic eye, there's outofplace red, and it looks to me like a Hahli Inika Body with a few modifications. And are those WINGS!?!?!!?!?!? 5/10 LEWA: So no Dark Green? In that case, they should have fixed the lime green issue. >.> The weapon looks interesting, and the mask looks pretty cool. Also, it's great to have Mantax Feet in another color. The Launchers look like the best yet. 8/10 CHIROX: One Word: AWESOME. This guy looks menacing, almost as much as the Piraka or Barraki. Sadly, i can't see much of him from these pictures. 9/10 VAMPRAH: Hhmm..Interesting. Another menacing one. Is this one gonna be female? But..what the heck is the red thing in it's stomach? 7.5/10 ANTROZ: Oooh. From what i can see, he's got some nice armor and such..I can;t see much more from that pic. 8/10 PHOTOK: Small Sets are getting better. We now have a NEW Mask, NEW Arms/Legs, and of coruse, the jackpot- ORANGE NUVA/OLDA FEET. What's bad? Recycled weapons. 8/10 SOLEK: I like the mask on this one, i can see it being used in Turaga MOCs. Nothing else to really say... 7/10 TANMA: A coincidence here is that the Air Matoran has weapons shaped like the Air Katana.. And are those new hands? They look good.. 8/10 KIROP: This one is good. The Face is pretty cool, and i could use some more Matoro Mahri Claw peices. And this guy has WINGS. NEW Wings. 9/10 GAVLA: This obviously isn't a matoran. Therefore, we should expect Summer Small Sets. Onto the set itself, It's great Mata Blue is coming back, but it should only be a secondary color.. And I need some more Carapar Claws.. 8/10 RAIDAK: Spidermatoran, Spidermatoran, does whatever a spidermatoran does. Wait, i doubt this is a matoran. Highly unlikely, in fact. Regardless, the 4 Legs= Awesome, And the mask-like thing will be GREAT for MOCing. 9/10 TOA FAIL IGNIKA One Word: FAIL. I think a 10 year old designed this. Seriously Lego, you can do way better than this! It's basically a Barely Modified Hewkii Mahri on a thrown-together vehicle. Seriosuly, who designed this? If it's not a little kid who designed it, i'm dissapointed because i know the set designers have much more capability than this. If it's Over $20, I will not buy it. However, if it's $20 or under (How about $1?), I Will, ony for the MOCing parts and the Ignika. 1/10. There are my thoughts. Check back when official Summer 2008 Pictures are released for more! (playets with minifigs with MOVING LEGS..PLEASE!)
