OFFICIAL Bionicle 2015 Topic

[Bonkle]

 

 

This makes two villains claimed by gravity. 

Gravity Hurts. 

 

As much as I hate that song, that's a clever joke.

 

hiss hiss phantoka are the best

[Bfahome]

[Ekimu wakes up] "At last, after my years of slumber I awake to OH GOD WHAT HAPPENED TO THE CITY?"

 

[Onua looks around nervously] "Uh, Great Cataclysm?"

 

[everyone glares at Onua]

[emily]

This episode has another letter in the background. That's an I, correct?

[Bonkle]

Here's what we have on Pohatu:

 

Batman                      Australian

Gruff voice                  Knows how to handle giant spiders

Boomerangs               Australian Accent

"Detective intuition"

Carries Lewa as Batman carries the dead Jason Todd

[MarkSurge9411]

 

 

 

This makes two villains claimed by gravity. 

Gravity Hurts. 

 

As much as I hate that song, that's a clever joke.

 

hiss hiss phantoka are the best

 

No preciousss, everyone knows the Stars are the best precioussss.

[Bonkle]

 

 

 

 

This makes two villains claimed by gravity. 

Gravity Hurts. 

 

As much as I hate that song, that's a clever joke.

 

hiss hiss phantoka are the best

 

No preciousss, everyone knows the Stars are the best precioussss.

 

Um... I wasn't being sarcastic or joking. *puts on flame-proof armor*

[MarkSurge9411]

 

 

 

 

 

This makes two villains claimed by gravity. 

Gravity Hurts. 

 

As much as I hate that song, that's a clever joke.

 

hiss hiss phantoka are the best

 

No preciousss, everyone knows the Stars are the best precioussss.

 

Um... I wasn't being sarcastic or joking. *puts on flame-proof armor*

 

Oh.

*Grabs flame thrower*

[Irrie]

 

 

 

 

 

 

This makes two villains claimed by gravity. 

Gravity Hurts. 

 

As much as I hate that song, that's a clever joke.

 

hiss hiss phantoka are the best

 

No preciousss, everyone knows the Stars are the best precioussss.

 

Um... I wasn't being sarcastic or joking. *puts on flame-proof armor*

 

Oh.

*Grabs flame thrower*

 

[Bonkle]

*makes u-turn and heads back onto main road*

 

I hope the episodes continue to improve in quality and tone. Seeing this much character development so early is great, and I can only hope that it continues.

[MarkSurge9411]

*makes u-turn and heads back onto main road*

 

I hope the episodes continue to improve in quality and tone. Seeing this much character development so early is great, and I can only hope that it continues.

Yeah, same here.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

This makes two villains claimed by gravity. 

Gravity Hurts. 

 

As much as I hate that song, that's a clever joke.

 

hiss hiss phantoka are the best

 

No preciousss, everyone knows the Stars are the best precioussss.

 

Um... I wasn't being sarcastic or joking. *puts on flame-proof armor*

 

Oh.

*Grabs flame thrower*

 

 

Sorry, sorry.

*Turns around*

[fishers64]

 

This is the best episode yet. Am I the only one who thought Onua's broad shoulders prevented the pistons from crushing him? (Before we saw Kopaka)

I did too.

 

Add me to the party. 

 

This episode has another letter in the background. That's an I, correct?

Nah, it's an H.

 

 

YH?

[MarkSurge9411]

 

 

This is the best episode yet. Am I the only one who thought Onua's broad shoulders prevented the pistons from crushing him? (Before we saw Kopaka)

I did too.

 

Add me to the party. 

 

This episode has another letter in the background. That's an I, correct?

Nah, it's an H.

 

 

YH?

 

Isn't that a Nuva symbol?

[Bfahome]

No.  That's just a square symbol, like the rest of the Okoto alphabet.  And I don't think any of them match the six Nuva Symbols.

[emily]

YH?

My guess is that, assuming this is a word that they're doing, we'll have to unscramble the letters at the end to figure it out.

[jed1ndy]

 

 

This episode has another letter in the background. That's an I, correct?

Nah, it's an H.

 

 

YH?

The letter on the building is, in fact, an "i".

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

This is the best episode yet. Am I the only one who thought Onua's broad shoulders prevented the pistons from crushing him? (Before we saw Kopaka)

I did too.

Add me to the party.

This episode has another letter in the background. That's an I, correct?

Nah, it's an H.

 

 

YH?

Isn't that a Nuva symbol?

While the Okoto alphabet ("y" and "x" are reversed) resembles the Nuva symbols, they are not the same. There are some obvious parallels (like the "t" character almost being Tahu's Nuva symbol upside-down), but no symbol is identical.

 

EDIT: Kapura'd.

 

EDIT 2: I'm calling it: the word is going to be a scrambled-up "unItY". We will probably have nine episodes, and if we get a letter at the current pattern of every other episode, we have five letters. Also, considering the theme of the Toa next year (if you saw Amazon), then the word isn't that surprising.

Edited August 22, 2015 by jed1ndy

[MarkSurge9411]

 

 

This episode has another letter in the background. That's an I, correct?

Nah, it's an H.

 

 

YH?

The letter on the building is, in fact, an "i".

 

 

 

 

This is the best episode yet. Am I the only one who thought Onua's broad shoulders prevented the pistons from crushing him? (Before we saw Kopaka)

I did too.

Add me to the party.

This episode has another letter in the background. That's an I, correct?

Nah, it's an H.

 

 

YH?

Isn't that a Nuva symbol?

While the Okoto alphabet ("y" and "x" are reversed) resembles the Nuva symbols, they are not the same. There are some obvious parallels (like the "t" character almost being Tahu's Nuva symbol upside-down), but no symbol is identical.

 

EDIT: Kapura'd.

 

EDIT 2: I'm calling it: the word is going to be a scrambled-up "unItY". We will probably have nine episodes, and if we get a letter at the current pattern of every other episode, we have five letters. Also, considering the theme of the Toa next year (if you saw Amazon), then the word isn't that surprising.

 

Alright, thanks for the info.

[General Scales]

Finally! The summer wave sets have finally arrived where I live in Canada. Jeez, it felt like it took forever. I gotta say; Kulta and Ekimu are awesome sets. I also didn't realize just how fun it is to remove characters masks with Kulta's weapon.

 

Kulta: "I'm going to enjoy tearing that fancy mask from your face."

 

Seriously; he deserves to say that way more than Tuma.

[Taria Pakari]

Here's what we have on Pohatu:

 

Batman                      Australian

Gruff voice                  Knows how to handle giant spiders

Boomerangs               Australian Accent

"Detective intuition"

Carries Lewa as Batman carries the dead Jason Todd

 

And considering how much he laughed, I'd say Skull Slicer was the Joker.

[Regitnui]

 

Here's what we have on Pohatu:

 

Batman                      Australian

Gruff voice                  Knows how to handle giant spiders

Boomerangs               Australian Accent

"Detective intuition"

Carries Lewa as Batman carries the dead Jason Todd

 

And considering how much he laughed, I'd say Skull Slicer was the Joker.

 

No, that would mean he targeted Pohatu first, since the Joker has a thing for Batman. I still approve of Pohatman's character. Makes up for having the most basic set.

[Taria Pakari]

Now we just need an answer about why he looks like he has a fake arm. Unless he just decided to have silver armour to make people think he has a fake arm, thus making his fake arm a fake fake arm.

Edited August 22, 2015 by G2 Terton

[Rahkshi Lalonde]

Pohatu has all these mysterious qualities, doesn't talk much, stands iwth arms crossed enough, has future-vision(?)...

 

guys, what if... what if pohatu's just garnet? a fusion! O:

[NickonAquaMagna]

Now we just need an answer about why he looks like he has a fake arm. Unless he just decided to have silver armour to make people think he has a fake arm, thus making his fake arm a fake fake arm.

 

His left arm is more heavily armor plated than his right arm.

[Taria Pakari]

Pohatu has all these mysterious qualities, doesn't talk much, stands iwth arms crossed enough, has future-vision(?)...

 

guys, what if... what if pohatu's just garnet? a fusion! O:

 

I accept this.

[Naota Takizawa]

Yeah, and if Skull Scorpio takes Pohatu's mask away, he breaks down into two villagers, one made of crystal and one made of stone!

[Toa of Gallifrey]

I got all the summer sets yesterday for my birthday and it's been a blast playing with them. Thoughts from worst to best:

 

Skull Scorpio: Definitely my least favorite due to bizarre looks and rigid legs. I didn't care about them having much articulation but something like a function where turning a knob rotates them a bit would've been nice. I don't know whether I like it or LoSS better. LoSS has a bit more poseability and looks really cool overall whereas Scorpio has an incredibly addicting function, so I'm torn. I'd probably rule in favor of Scorpio due to the Kakama, since I like it more than the golden Skull Spider Mask.
 

Skull Slicer: Love how he looks although the function is a bit clunky, what with the colliding swords and chain. Still, I love how he looks and it was great fun building his gearbox. The Miru also looks pretty sweet in those colors (plus I'm in the camp that loves the 2015 design for it so that helps)

 

Skull Warrior: Relatively standard build but he pulls it off very well. The bow is amazing, the spear is cool and overall the figure itself has both great play value and amazing posing capabilities. The Akaku is my favorite of the drained masks, what with being my 2nd favorite 2015 mask (my favorite being the Kaukau, which didn't get a drained form) and having what I consider to be the best colors for both the Toa and the Skull villain.

 

Skull Basher: Definitely my favorite of the 4 smaller ones due to its function. At first I was worried because he didn't have a rubber band so I thought his arms would flail wildly. Even though they do flail, the lack of a rubber band allows for such great movement range with his shoulders that I can't fault it. It's my favorite function of the entire wave. Combined with the epic dual axes, makes for my favorite of the smaller sets for the summer. The Pakari is pretty sweet too. This set was only dethroned by...

 

Mask Maker vs. Skull Grinder: Before getting the set, I thought Skull Grinder would be the star of the show. After building it and playing with them, it's definitely Ekimu and the Mask of Creation. I love the way Ekimu's built and how he looks, and the Mask of Creation is now literally my favorite Bionicle mask ever. The hammer and shield look really sweet, the Cinderella carriage wheel was a great touch. While building Grinder was great fun, he's not as impressive as I thought he'd be. The gap is pretty annoying (though I'm willing to forgive it due to the skeleton aesthetic) but what I like the least is that it has an amazing-looking yet annoyingly heavy weapon on one hand and a normal sword on another. I think the sword could've been jettisoned (or adapted as the bottom tip of the spear) and have the spear be dual-wielded. That would've messed up the gear function, though, unless it worked differently, which I'd also do so that both arms swung in unison. I still like the set, though, and I love having him fight the Toa and losing his spear yet still fight them with the sword.

Overall rankings for the year:

 

18- Lord of Skull Spiders

17- Izotor

16- Scorpio

15- Nilkuu

14- Kivoda

13- Vizuna

12- Slicer

11- Pohatu

10- Lewa

9- Narmoto

8- Korgot

7- Warrior

6- Tahu

5- Onua

4- Basher

3- Gali

2- Kopaka

1- Ekimu vs. Kulta

[Wazdakka]

I finally saw the in-store display everyone's been talking about at Target. Of course, Mask Maker vs. Skull Grinder happened to be completely sold out too. 

 

Also, happy birthday, Toa of Galifrey!

[Dallior]

So, I headed over to the brand new South Seattle LEGO store (Southcenter Mall, for you locals) yesterday, and all of the sets from all year were there. But, inside the LEGO display case, featuring Pohatu, Lewa, Onua, and LoSS, I spotted a conundrum. Pohatu's stormerangs were positioned backwards and with the axle wrong. Upon pointing this out to a store person, they let me TAKE THE SET OUT OF THE DISPLAY AND FIX IT AAAAAAAAAH!!! :D

 

Ah, good times.

[fishers64]

 

 

This episode has another letter in the background. That's an I, correct?

Nah, it's an H.

 

 

YH?

The letter on the building is, in fact, an "i".

 

Hmm. According to the key you gave me, an "i" is this:

 

 

Arg confuzzling letters. I do like your theory through. Makes sense. 

[jed1ndy]

 

 

 

 

This episode has another letter in the background. That's an I, correct?

Nah, it's an H.

 

 

YH?

The letter on the building is, in fact, an "i".

 

Hmm. According to the key you gave me, an "i" is this:

 

 

Arg confuzzling letters. I do like your theory through. Makes sense.

You must have not seen that I constantly updated it on the topic! That "i", as well as the "i" in my banner, is from v1, while the "i" I compared the screenshot to is from v2.1, which is also in the post comparing the alphabet to the Nuva symbols. Sorry about the confusion! Edited August 22, 2015 by jed1ndy

[hiddenderek]

I'm surprised no one has made the mad max comparison with pohatu yet, considering he sounds Australian

[Lyichir]

I'm surprised no one has made the mad max comparison with pohatu yet, considering he sounds Australian

Hasn't anyone? I feel like I've made that comparison a lot (if more about his general aesthetic than his attitude or personality).

[Jobber]

Anyone wanna take a guess on when's Ep. 13 coming out?

[emily]

They're on a tight schedule now, so it should be next Friday.

[Wazdakka]

Source?

[MarkSurge9411]

I just got Gali from my mom, completing my colletion of 2015 Toa (for now). I gotta say, she's better than I thought she'd be. 

 

Anyway, what're your favorite 2015 Toa sets?

[Irrie]

I just got Gali from my mom, completing my colletion of 2015 Toa (for now). I gotta say, she's better than I thought she'd be.

 

Anyway, what're your favorite 2015 Toa sets?

Pohatu. Always Pohatu.

[Bfahome]

I think Gali is the best Toa set this year, though I still lack Kopaka and Lewa to compare fully.  But I doubt they'd change my mind, anyway.

[Bonkle]

I'd have to say Lewa. His gearbox situation makes him unique, and his new colors make him stand out.

[Taria Pakari]

I just got Gali from my mom, completing my colletion of 2015 Toa (for now). I gotta say, she's better than I thought she'd be. 

 

Anyway, what're your favorite 2015 Toa sets?

 

Onua.

 

Because all I have is Onua. :v

[MarkSurge9411]

 

I just got Gali from my mom, completing my colletion of 2015 Toa (for now). I gotta say, she's better than I thought she'd be. 

 

Anyway, what're your favorite 2015 Toa sets?

 

Onua.

 

Because all I have is Onua. :v

 

You poor soul.