Mr. Lightning Bolt Posted October 20, 2014 Share Posted October 20, 2014 This is a little late, several years too late, but I was doing a few examinations of the Bionicle wiki, and I was looking intently on Ignika's article. I've just remembered that during 2001, I came up with a "toa of life" as a character. I designed it based on Tahu but with a "DNA Sword", which would have been a sword shaped like a double helix. I also chose it's color as orange/yellow I think. So in summary, this sounds silly now, but depending on the definitions, I totally called that one. Anyone recall any times you "called it"? Time is my frenemy. So is money. May the classics never die and may the future find a new set of Toa. BZPRPG Character Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chro Posted October 20, 2014 Share Posted October 20, 2014 (edited) This is a little late, several years too late, but I was doing a few examinations of the Bionicle wiki, and I was looking intently on Ignika's article. I've just remembered that during 2001, I came up with a "toa of life" as a character. I designed it based on Tahu but with a "DNA Sword", which would have been a sword shaped like a double helix. I also chose it's color as orange/yellow I think. So in summary, this sounds silly now, but depending on the definitions, I totally called that one. Anyone recall any times you "called it"?And there's your problem... you didn't say you had a problem, but I'm telling you, it's a problem(My problem is that I don't understand the point of this thread) Edited October 20, 2014 by Chro save not only their lives but their spirits Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sumiki Posted October 20, 2014 Share Posted October 20, 2014 I did the same thing. It's called a coincidence. 9 avatar by Lady Kopaka Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bioniclepluslotr Posted October 20, 2014 Share Posted October 20, 2014 (edited) Wait. What? For that matter, I always thought Bionicle would return so I called it. Edited October 20, 2014 by bioniclepluslotr Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Blueblur21 Posted October 20, 2014 Share Posted October 20, 2014 I called that Lego was always intending to bring Bionicle back because they put that image of the Toa Mata in the movie. Where are my royalties? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Toa Smoke Monster Posted October 20, 2014 Share Posted October 20, 2014 I haven't 'called it' on anything Bionicle-related as far as I can remember. Everyone is one choice away from being the bad guy in another person's story. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Onyx.5 Posted October 20, 2014 Share Posted October 20, 2014 Oh for pete's sake. Of course it's a coincidence, and Mr lightning says himself it's kind of silly. The point of this thread is that coincidences are (or can be, if we're being less generous) interesting. Now, admittedly, what tends to be much more interesting is when you predict something, and post your prediction to the internet well in advance of it actually happening. If we're just reminiscing, we're all prone to hindsight bias, and there's no way to prove if we ever really predicted anything. All the same...There is one incident I can think of, back when the phantoka had just come out, and the mistika were still around the corner. I knew we were going to get 3 more makuta sets, and after considering that the first three that year had been modeled off of bats, and that the setting for the latter half of the year was closer to the ground (and swampy), I found myself thinking that the next three makuta might be insects. Low and behold, what did the mistika makuta end up being? Oh, and I also totally predicted that the toa mistika would be Tahu, Gali, and Onua. Though that's significantly less impressive. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
~ Toa Of Shadows ~ Posted October 20, 2014 Share Posted October 20, 2014 (edited) This is a little late, several years too late, but I was doing a few examinations of the Bionicle wiki, and I was looking intently on Ignika's article. I've just remembered that during 2001, I came up with a "toa of life" as a character. I designed it based on Tahu but with a "DNA Sword", which would have been a sword shaped like a double helix. I also chose it's color as orange/yellow I think. So in summary, this sounds silly now, but depending on the definitions, I totally called that one. Anyone recall any times you "called it"?Called it when someone would die a dramatic death in '07. More of a think on the spot kinda thing though. Edited October 20, 2014 by ~ Toa Of Shadows ~ Click me to see my Youtube Channel! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mr. Lightning Bolt Posted October 20, 2014 Author Share Posted October 20, 2014 Oh for pete's sake. Of course it's a coincidence, and Mr lightning says himself it's kind of silly. The point of this thread is that coincidences are (or can be, if we're being less generous) interesting. Now, admittedly, what tends to be much more interesting is when you predict something, and post your prediction to the internet well in advance of it actually happening. If we're just reminiscing, we're all prone to hindsight bias, and there's no way to prove if we ever really predicted anything. All the same... There is one incident I can think of, back when the phantoka had just come out, and the mistika were still around the corner. I knew we were going to get 3 more makuta sets, and after considering that the first three that year had been modeled off of bats, and that the setting for the latter half of the year was closer to the ground (and swampy), I found myself thinking that the next three makuta might be insects. Low and behold, what did the mistika makuta end up being? Oh, and I also totally predicted that the toa mistika would be Tahu, Gali, and Onua. Though that's significantly less impressive. You're entirely correct. And that's somewhat more impressive. All I did was apparently "call" a portion of the color scheme and the element. Time is my frenemy. So is money. May the classics never die and may the future find a new set of Toa. BZPRPG Character Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Toa Of Virtues Posted October 20, 2014 Share Posted October 20, 2014 In 2007, I thought that the next year would take place in the sky. I even drew pictures of Matoran with wings! Granted, I thought the entire island would be flying, but I was still very close. A battle in the sky seemed like the natural place to go after an underwater theme. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tuuli Posted October 20, 2014 Share Posted October 20, 2014 There was a lot of stuff I called. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bioniclepluslotr Posted October 20, 2014 Share Posted October 20, 2014 How about things you called and got wrong? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Prime Axiom Posted October 20, 2014 Share Posted October 20, 2014 Remember that guy who called that Mata Nui was the universe in 2007? That dude takes the cake. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bonesiii Posted October 20, 2014 Share Posted October 20, 2014 Well not sure what kind of thing you have in mind, but there's been lotsa things. One that always stands out was my right theory that the Turaga hid the Kanohi on Mata Nui (although I didn't guess they were Toa at the time). And now a huge one is I guessed right on the return of Bionicle, and even the timing more or less. A weird one is I came up with the name "Kanoka" in 2001, and used it for a character. Later when Bionicle picked the same word for the disks I worked it into my fanfic storyline as the character being nicknamed after the disks, which he had been very good at using before the Great Cataclysm memory wipe. I also named a fanfic Rahi "Lohraka" which is oddly similar to Lohrak (mine was a giant biomechanical starfish thingy... I haven't bothered to explain the similarity, just figure it's some etymological thingamabob lol). Plus I always hoped for a final battle between titans Mata Nui and Makuta and was overjoyed to see it happening and on a much grander scale than I could have imagined. I'm sure there were others but it's my memory lol. 2 The Destiny of Bionicle (chronological retelling of Bionicle original series, 9 PDFs of 10 chapters each on Google Drive): Part 1 - Warring with Fate | Part 2 - Year of Change | Part 3 - The Exploration Trap | Part 4 - Rise of the Warlords | Part 5 - A Busy Matoran | Part 6 - The Dark Time | Part 7 - Proving Grounds | Part 8 - A Rude Awakening | Part 9 - The Battle of Giants My Bionicle Fanfiction (Google Drive folder, eventually planned to have PDFs of all of it) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Toa Green Ninja Posted October 20, 2014 Share Posted October 20, 2014 Just a few weeks ago, I called that we were going to get Flash-animated mini movies for the reboot, and look what happened. "We didn't lose the battle. Today, we just lost the fight." -Lloyd GarmadonAvid collector of LEGO for many, many years. Feel free to private message me, or email me at greenninjaatcp@gmail.com, and I'll be happy to help. A ninja never quits!Visit the Mixels Wiki! http://www.mixels.wikia.com Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JMSOG Posted October 20, 2014 Share Posted October 20, 2014 Back in...I think it was 2009...I was SUPER intent on making a whole alternate bionicle canon for a bionicle fan gamemaking company that existed at the time. I had a complex alternate universe put together, with the intended difference being that the ignika landed in a star and melted instead of landing on Bara Magna. One of the core ideas I was going to introduce was the idea that characters in the matoran universe don't die...they get sent somewhere else to be repaired. Now, I did not think of it being the red star, i instead was going to say it was the prototype robot, but still...that's pretty close. I felt pretty happy when I found out about the red star. Hi. If you remember me from when I was most active on BZP, from 2009-2011... I know I was cringy. But please keep in mind I was literally 12. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CeeCee Posted October 20, 2014 Share Posted October 20, 2014 I called Makuta always planning the game ahead from 01I called Mata Nui being a robot from 01I called the Inika becoming Toa from 01 And like pretty much everything else. Signature Guidelines: Avatar and signature total file size may not exceed 250 KB! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Blueblur21 Posted October 21, 2014 Share Posted October 21, 2014 I called that Pridak's 'natural markings' weren't blood the first time I saw him. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Spiderus Prime Posted October 21, 2014 Share Posted October 21, 2014 (edited) I was right where the hold Matoran turning Toa thing in 2002. Edited October 21, 2014 by Spiderus Prime Twitter | deviantART | Spring.Me | Youtube | Facebook |List of Blue Phantom Stories|Nintendo Network ID: spiderusprime Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PeabodySam Posted October 21, 2014 Share Posted October 21, 2014 I once had this idea for a fanfic wherein a Matoran with black-colored arms was unwillingly transformed by one of the Legendary Kanohi into a much more powerful being. His memories were wiped and his personality was overridden by a new personality of a jailer, which was thrust upon him by the transformation. His single goal became to hunt down, capture, and lock up all other characters in his prison, regardless of whether they were the heroes (i.e. Toa) or the villains. This was, of course, several years before the 2007 storyline introduced Dekar/Hydraxon. That being said, it is a very good thing that I never actually wrote that fanfic because, in hindsight, it was really, really stupid. There was also the fact that the original title for another fanfic that I once wanted to write (but never got around to doing so) was "Reign of Shadows". Then Greg Farshtey took that title for one of the serials and stole my thunder. 2 Armed with a Tail - Birth of a Legend - Calcite Copter VS Cybernetic Rock Monster - The Coming of the Toa - Cursed Form - Dino Attack Headquarters - Five Years Too Many - Gresh - Gladiator of Jungle - Hate and Vengeance - Lost and Found and Lost Again - Roodaka the Merciful - Scene 24: Johnny Thunder Blows This Taco Stand - Tearing Through Dimensional Portals - The Search for the Mask of Light - Wake One... - Vakama's Secret "It's all right, children. Life is made up of meetings and partings. That is the way of it. I am sure that we shall never forget Tiny Tim, or this first parting that there was among us." - Bob Cratchit Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rahkshi Lalonde Posted October 21, 2014 Share Posted October 21, 2014 the question is, is it we or Bionicle that is predictable here? o: 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Nidhiki of the Shadows Posted October 21, 2014 Share Posted October 21, 2014 I guess I "called it" when I made a theory topic on Mata Nui (the island) being the face of a larger entity (though I did base it off of some leaked images...) -NotS Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ragnar Lothbrok Posted October 21, 2014 Share Posted October 21, 2014 I 'called' that Dume was an evil Turaga, due to how sinister Nivawk looked. I was partly right. Twitter: @enkindle_this Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pomegranate Posted October 21, 2014 Share Posted October 21, 2014 As soon as Lego gave us the first description of Bionicle 2015, I snapped my fingers and said, "oh, they're definitely gonna be doing a gold mask promotion." Other than that, I don't remember accurately predicting a single thing while Bionicle was running . Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Nidhiki of the Shadows Posted October 22, 2014 Share Posted October 22, 2014 I 'called' that Dume was an evil Turaga, due to how sinister Nivawk looked. I was partly right. Plus his name is literally "doom". How much more sinister can that get? xD -NotS 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pohatu: Uniter of Stone Posted October 22, 2014 Share Posted October 22, 2014 I recall getting the map of Bara Magna in the Lego Club magazine and thinking that Mata Nui would wake it up, destroy Bara Magna in the process, and throw Makuta into the sun. Of course, Mata Nui did fight Makuta with it, but he didn't throw him into the sun. Or destroy Bara Magna. 1 I HATE SCORPIOS ~Pohatu Master of Stone, 2015 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
emily Posted October 22, 2014 Share Posted October 22, 2014 I called Makuta always planning the game ahead from 01I called Mata Nui being a robot from 01I called the Inika becoming Toa from 01 And like pretty much everything else. Is this... sarcasm? Because it is a pretty tall order to swallow. Obviously the indications were there from the beginning regarding Mata Nui's true nature, but the truth really didn't get out until pretty close to the official reveal in 2008. And Hahli and Nuparu didn't even exist as characters in 2001. believe victims. its actually not that hard, and youd look kind of bad if you were to, say, side with an abuser because theyre your friend Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Shadow Destroyer Posted October 22, 2014 Share Posted October 22, 2014 I called Makuta always planning the game ahead from 01I called Mata Nui being a robot from 01I called the Inika becoming Toa from 01 And like pretty much everything else.Is this... sarcasm? Because it is a pretty tall order to swallow. Obviously the indications were there from the beginning regarding Mata Nui's true nature, but the truth really didn't get out until pretty close to the official reveal in 2008. And Hahli and Nuparu didn't even exist as characters in 2001.He still called it, somehow! Maybe? Probably not? Yeah, I think he was being sarcastic. Haha Thank you to the Dark Beings Banner and Avatar Shop for the banner! Brickshelf Gallery BZPRPG Profiles Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hasreadit Posted October 22, 2014 Share Posted October 22, 2014 I've never called anything in Bionicle, but my worst fail was when I got Reidak for Christmas 2005. Since my parents always got my the Toa first, and from the descriptions from the Lego magazine, I assumed that the Piraka were the new Toa:) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dralcax Posted October 22, 2014 Share Posted October 22, 2014 I distinctly remember a silver MOC from 09 wearing the Ignika. I believe I called him "Toa Mata Nui". To be honest though, was there ever any doubt Mata Nui would get a new body? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Manducus Posted October 22, 2014 Share Posted October 22, 2014 I called Mata Nui and Teridax were going to have a big 'ol fight. I was right. Literally. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Flex Lord Splash Posted October 23, 2014 Share Posted October 23, 2014 I'm confused on what you called since a toa of life with a DNA sword never happened. The topic title also confuses me greatly and I'm not sure the point of this thread lol. BZP-RPG Profiles Marvel Profiles Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The 1st Shadow Posted October 23, 2014 Share Posted October 23, 2014 Not really sure if this counts, but I once had a dream (back in 2005, or something) about me going to the store and being able to buy some of the old Matoran sets from the first 3 years, but in larger, box-like canisters, and containing many more parts. Less than a year later, we got some of those Matoran in box-like canisters, but they were now Toa. That freaked me out when that happened. My first thought on seeing the sets and their canisters was, "I got a sneak preview! ~Your friendly, neighborhood Shadow ~Credit for Avatar and Banner goes to NickonAquaMagna~ Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rahkshi Lalonde Posted October 23, 2014 Share Posted October 23, 2014 I did the essential opposite of calling a thing when i made an orange toa of lightning and then later the official colors were revealed to be blue and white. oops. :u Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Zeddy Posted October 23, 2014 Share Posted October 23, 2014 The topic title also confuses me greatly and I'm not sure the point of this thread lol. Honestly, me neither. It was a borderline topic, and it started out relatively ok, but now it's just devolving into a free-for-all. Since there's really nothing concrete here to say and no proof offered in any of the comments, and coincidence topics are generally frowned upon, I'm gonna go ahead and close this (I totally called that, btw). 3 [blog|Message] Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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