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  1. So, I haven't been on this website in YEARS, but something I specifically regret forever is posting some very blatant anti-LGBTQ+ bull on here. At the time I had zero (0) socialization with anyone other than those who my conservative parents exposed me to, and HOO BOY have things changed. For one thing, I myself have come to realize my own bisexual identity. I feel like MOST of my friends now aren't straight, amazing what getting a theatre degree does to you.

    So, for those I hurt way back when, if you're even still around here? I'm so sorry for the hateful identity-defying rhetoric I spouted back then. A term I've come to appreciate is "hate parroting," and at the time I really was a hate parrot against the LGBTQ+ community. I regret hurting people by inserting my own dumb, sheltered child opinion, and my adult self is at least offering this apology to the void that will probably not even be read by anyone (and that, afterwards, I probably won't visit this site ever again, or at least not for another few years). I can only hope that this provides some mental closure for me after agonizing over things I said on a children's website years ago, and that somehow someone directly affected back then might see it and feel validated that their attempts to tell me I was wrong weren't completely in vain.

    I love the memories I have otherwise of BZPower, and do miss everything I've done here long ago. Thanks for everything, and one more time, I'm so sorry for hurtful things I once said and hope this olive branch provides... something? Anyways, peace and love, **** Trump, I hope everyone's living life to its fullest despite the world crumbling right now. -Benjamin

  2. Meant to stop by earlier this month for quick drop-in. I can't believe it's been 20 years since I first found this site. I rarely visit anymore, but I'm still alive and kickin', though I'm more active on other social sites.

    The world has changed and so have I. Within the past decade, I got married and now have a kid.

    So anyway, see you around. I may not visit much, but I haven't forgotten this place.

    (C)1984-2023 Toaraga EAM 

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    Tilius
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    Dropping in again for no reason, seeing who's about. Still a few folk I remember doing similar now and again, kind of nice.

    Been doing some self-reflecting recently, bit of therapy and that, you know how it is. Probably should've been doing that as a teenager but eh, better late than never. Actually brought up this place during a few sessions, was very much a place I turned to to be 'validated' when I wasn't getting that elsewhere in my life. Growing up I had nobody around who shared my interests and a lot of folk who just thought I was dumb - so BZP gave me a place to have shared interests, and be seen as 'smart' for knowing a lot of Bionicle lore. And then the 'popularity' and 'fame' I'd get leaking set pictures or kicking off for gay rights or whatever was giving me the attention I wasn't getting elsewhere. And there'd be a bit of a 'fight' mentality in all of that because of dissatisfaction elsewhere in life. A lot of the motivations and brain loops involved back then have persisted over the years - getting quieter, but when I step back and look I can still see that stuff is cycling around in my head a lot. People's opinion of me informs a lot, I do a lot to be valued by people and react badly when I even get the WHIFF that people think I might be dumb or not understand something - it's like I have to 'prove' myself in those situations. It's all able to be traced back, and seeing this stuff laid out like that and mapping it all back just makes it all a lot easier. I can see how my brain naturally functions, and why.

    Wiped this blog because I mentioned it to a few people IRL and they tracked it down, them seeing how I used to be was not a comfortable thing so I panic deleted as they started reading. Bad times. It's tricky with new people, you get the fresh start with them, but having a previous version of yourself 'preserved' online for them to also see is....yeah it's weird innit.

    Anyway, things are good overall. It's cool analyzing myself a bit more - always growth to be had, just trying to actively dig for it a little bit more at the minute. Pretty fun and cool. 

    Also, you know what I'm desperate for? A run-down of like, what happened with every BIG NAME person from BZP back in the day. I wanna know where everyone is and when they dropped off the site and why etc. I live for the GOSSIP.

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  5. LEGO enthusiast who appreciates a sound mind and body.

  6. Primus
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    Posted another MOC! I've been on a roll this year:

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    Sisen
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    I've been toying around with some ideas in my brain about this project involving Kanohi masks. It is by no means going to be a complete mask collection, but more of a personal memento I want to create. Initially I wanted to include the great and noble masks together, however that is a larger aspiration that can be reviewed down the road. For now I just want to gather each of the original great Kanohi masks (this entry is partially going to serve as reference for myself).

     

    All things considered though, if you have Kanohi you are willing to part with, know someone looking to get rid of them, etc. let me know!

     

    This is organized by the amount of masks I currently possess, so I'm trying to gather the few I need first just to get an idea about how this might turn out.

     

    Akaku

    Hau

    Kakama

    Kaukau

    Miru

    Pakari

     

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  7. So, I'm selling a chrome Hau for $15 in my sell topic. Someone asked if they could buy it for $15, then someone else said they'd bid $17 on it. Since it wasn't originally on my auction list, should I let that continue as an auction, or sell it to the first guy for a flat $15? Thanks in advance.

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    A reimagining of Nocturn, where he sought redemption in his imprisonment.

    Image links to the gallery which should have complete photos by the end of the week.

  9. Over a year since my last entry and I still have no answer as to why I can't stop coming back. Oh well. It seems like every time I return fewer people are logged in. Huh. Place hasn't died yet, so that's good I suppose. Also still see activity among a handful of my old acquaintances. There is no real purpose to this entry. It almost feels obligatory, to be honest.

  10. Binkmeister
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    So, it's been almost six years (!) since I started working for LEGO. Yesterday was my last day with the company. So now I can actually post on BZPower again!

     

    I'll probably be posting some reminiscences about my life in Denmark, and what I found it to be like to work for one of the best companies in the world. A year and a half in Denmark, four and a half years back in the US, and frequent travel. It was really the most excellent job I've ever had, and the BIONICLE portion of it was by far the best.

     

    Short answer to "why I'm not with LEGO anymore": the position was relocated to the East Coast, and for various personal reasons (family mostly) I decided not to relocate. So we parted on amicable terms, LEGO and I.

     

    Obviously I won't be posting any confidential, non-public info about the company, or talking about future products or anything like that. Mostly just my experiences working there, the friends I made, and what it was like for me to be able to do things like take tours of the molding halls, packaging areas, and so on. I also recently moved, and discovered just how MUCH memorabilia I've collected in the last few years. I think it might be a good idea to take some pictures and share with people who'd be interested.

     

    I was also thinking of doing an AMAA (ask me almost anything) thread later, when i have some time. I'll announce that later.

     

    - Binkmeister

  11. Queen of Liars
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    I wish a most happy holiday season upon you all.

     

    I am having a great night trying out a slightly new look. Which can totally look festive and jolly for the occasion too.

  12. Yes, I did log in just to see what spinny I had now. That's what I've become.

     

    Real talk though: happy anniversary to BZPower and to myself. I can't believe it's been 14 years since I signed up on my old dial-up internet. Times were so simple back then.

     

    Anyway, I don't really have much to update. I'm still working on my video game. I've mostly just been trying to survive this heat. There's not much incentive to me trying to go out and meet people when everyone's all sweaty and gross. I went to Brick Fiesta earlier this year (as is tradition) and had a lot of fun. Will not be a BrickFair this year, but I'll try to go next year and make this into a 4-year cycle :lol: ('09, '13, '17).

     

    How have you been? Yes, you. I thought I just wanted to see the spinny but now I'm interested.

  13. I know I didn't go over this in the last blog entry, but I'm sure if you remember me at all for some reason, you're probably curious as to where I've been or what I've been doing. The short answer is "none of your ding-danged business."

    I will say this, however: I do have a handful of things I was working on that were meant to be seen by the BZP public. This includes PIRAKA COMICS, which I know I haven't posted in what, three years? Yikes. Anyway, I've still got plenty of ideas left for it and they're all super amazing and I'm definitely looking forward to unleashing them upon an unsuspecting BZP audience. However, at this point in my life these things unfortunately need to take lower priority.

    Yeah, sorry about this being so vague. I will say this, though: I'm still here. I've always been here. I just don't post because, well, I really don't have anything to say these days.

  14. Anyone else with a possibly-cereal based name HAS TO CHANGE IT

     

    -Exo (chhhhhh)
  15. I've been hit by the nostalgia bat recently. A few weeks ago, I was tagged (on the book of faces) in an 18-year-old photograph of my senior homecoming, well, a homecoming alternative put on by those of us (and our parents) at the church I attended at the time. I was about to turn 17 (if I wasn't already) at the time of the photograph, and I'm now more than twice as old as I was when that photo was taken.

     

    Something else I saw on the book of faces recently: an update to something I posted 6 years ago. I got to reading the old entry, and I was struck as to what has changed in the past 6 years:

    • I have not worked at another MathCounts competition since then.
    • One of the other judges at that competition is now a co-worker.
    • I'm now considering sending my firstborn daughter to one of those three Lake Castle schools for pre-Kindergarten.

    As for the funny email, well, it appears six years hasn't done too much to the running joke. I'm sure you've heard it before, but here it is to enjoy again. (Lines with no change have been greyed out.)

    Why did the chicken cross the road?

    Famous celebrities, politicians and big mouths help us out...

     

    SARAH PALIN: The chicken crossed the road because, gosh-darn it, he's a maverick!

     

    BARACK OBAMA: Let me be perfectly clear, if the chickens like their eggs they can keep their eggs. No chicken will be required to cross the road to surrender her eggs. Period.

     

    JOHN McCAIN: My friends, the chicken crossed the road because he recognized the need to engage in cooperation and dialogue with all the chickens on the other side of the road.

     

    HILLARY CLINTON: What difference at this point does it make why the chicken crossed the road?

     

    GEORGE W. BUSH: We don't really care why the chicken crossed the road. We just want to know if the chicken is on our side of the road or not. The chicken is either with us or against us. There is no middle ground here.

     

    DICK CHENEY: Where's my gun?

     

    BILL CLINTON: I did not cross the road with that chicken.

     

    AL GORE: I invented the chicken.

     

    JOHN KERRY: Although I voted to let the chicken cross the road, I am now against it! It was the wrong road to cross, and I was misled about the chicken's intentions. I am not for it now, and will remain against it.

     

    AL SHARPTON: Why are all the chickens white?

     

    DR. PHIL: The problem we have here is that this chicken won't realize that he must first deal with the problem on this side of the road before it goes after the problem on the other side of the road. What we need to do is help him realize how stupid he is acting by not taking on his current problems before adding any new problems.

     

    OPRAH: Well, I understand that the chicken is having problems, which is why he wants to cross the road so badly. So instead of having the chicken learn from his mistakes and take falls, which is a part of life, I'm going to give this chicken a NEW CAR so that he can just drive across the road and not live his life like the rest of the chickens.

     

    ANDERSON COOPER: We have reason to believe there is a chicken, but we have not yet been allowed to have access to the other side of the road.

     

    NANCY GRACE: That chicken crossed the road because he's guilty! You can see it in his eyes and the way he walks.

     

    PAT BUCHANAN: To steal the job of a decent, hardworking American.

     

    MARTHA STEWART: No one called me to warn me which way the chicken was going. I had a standing order at the Farmer's Market to sell my eggs when the price dropped to a certain level. No little bird gave me any insider information.

     

    DR SEUSS: Did the chicken cross the road? Did he cross it with a toad? Yes, the chicken crossed the road, but why it crossed I've not been told.

     

    ERNEST HEMINGWAY: To die in the rain, alone.

     

    GRANDPA: In my day we didn't ask why the chicken crossed the road. Somebody told us the chicken crossed the road, and that was good enough for us.

     

    BARBARA WALTERS: Isn't that interesting? In a few moments, we will be listening to the chicken tell, for the first time, the heartwarming story of how it experienced a serious case of molting, and went on to accomplish its lifelong dream of crossing the road.

     

    ARISTOTLE: It is the nature of chickens to cross the road.

     

    BILL GATES: I have just released eChicken2014, which will not only cross roads, but will lay eggs, file your important documents and balance your checkbook. Internet Explorer is an integral part of eChicken2014. This new platform is much more stable and will never reboot.

     

    ALBERT EINSTEIN: Did the chicken really cross the road, or did the road move beneath the chicken?

     

    COLONEL SANDERS: Did I miss one?

    Good comedy never gets old. Does this qualify as good comedy, though?

     

    -KIE

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    I convinced Black Six and ChocolateFrogs to record a video while we were at Scouting 4 Bricks. I had footage. I edited.

     

    Now there's Elmo yelling fire, a new BZP t-shirt emblazoned with Black Six's words, and an uncomfortable zoom into a horrifying LEGO walking figure.

     

    Please. For your sake,

    . And certainly don't stay long enough to see the two times Elmo appears.
  17. to declare my absolute loathing for the sound of lawnmowers

  18. Last night I turned in my final undergrad assignment before getting my BS in Mechanical Engineering. It was a 100-page research document entitled "Motivations, Values, and Creative Processes of Participatory LEGO Bionicle Fan Community," which feels like an appropriate way to cap things off.

     

    Might try to get it published. We'll see if I have the motivation.

  19. BCii
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    HAY GUISE ITS BCII NO IM NOT DEAD BUT I CAME BY TO SAY HI AND A BIG I LOVE YOU TO EVERYBODY I USED TO CHILL WITH IN HERE BACK WHEN BIONICLE WAS BIG AND COMPLEX AND SOMETIMES MADE NO SENSE BUT WAS AWESOME LIKE NOTHING ELSE EVER WAS OR WILL BE AND INSPIRED US TO MAKE MOCS AND STORIES AND ALL KINDS OF WONDERFUL STUFF OUT OF THE AMAZING FABRIC OF OUR FERTILE IMAGINATIONS THAT WE NURTURED WITH OUR UNHESITATING LOVE AND PASSION AND ENTHUSIASM FOR COOL STUFF AND WE SHARED IT ALL HERE AND FELT LIKE A FAMILY ONLY ONLINE WHICH WAS NEW AND EXCITING FOR MOST OF US IN ITSELF AT THE TIME BUT NOW ITS ALMOST 2015 AND SOCIAL MEDIA HAS BECOME THE NEXUS OF VIRTUAL INTERACTION SO YOU CAN FIND ME IN A HEARTBEAT IF YOU WANT TO AND DROP ME A LINE IF YOU FEEL LIKE IT AND I WILL BE HAPPY TO SHARE ENERGIES WITH YOU IF THATS WHAT YOU WANT BECAUSE I AM JUST THAT KIND OF GUY BUT YOU BETTER BE SINCERE AND HUMAN OR ILL CALL YOU OUT ON YOUR UNSAVORY BEHAVIOR JUST AS A FAVOR TO THE HUMAN RACE WHICH WE ARE ALL A PART OF EVEN IF SOME OF US ACT REALLY DUMB AND MEAN ITS NOT THAT THEYRE OUTSIDE THE CLUB ITS JUST THAT THEY DONT KNOW WHAT THEYRE DOING CAUSE THEYVE LOST THEIR WAY AND WHAT THEY REALLY NEED IS MAYBE A GOOD SPANKING TO START WITH AND LOTS OF UNDERSTANDING AND LOVE BUT YOU CANT CHANGE OTHER PEOPLE YOU CAN ONLY CHANGE YOURSELF. FORTUNATELY THATS ALL YOU NEED TO DO IF YOU WANT TO SEE CHANGE IN THE WORLD AS MR GANDHI SO ELOQUENTLY PUT IT AND HE IS DEFINITELY ONE ROLE MODEL WE CAN ALL LEARN FROM AS ARE SO MANY OTHERS THROUGHOUT TIME WHOSE WORDS AND ACTIONS SPEAK AS POWERFULLY TODAY AS THEY EVER DID ONLY NOW THE WORLD NEEDS THAT WISDOM AND PEOPLE WILLING TO ACT ON IT LIKE NEVER BEFORE CAUSE THINGS ARE LOOKING PRETTY MESSED UP ALMOST ANYWHERE YOU LOOK ALTHOUGH NOT TO WORRY WE ARE IN GOOD HANDS AS LONG AS WE STAY TRUE TO OURSELVES FOR INSTANCE THE WAY IVE NEVER STOPPED ENJOYING LEGO TOYS IN SOME FORM SINCE I FIRST PLAYED WITH THEM AS A LITTLE KID AND EVEN THOUGH IM THIRTY AND SLIGHTLY BALDING I WILL PROUDLY DECLARE MYSELF AN ADULT FAN OF LEGO TO ANY PERSON I MEET BECAUSE THERE IS NO SHAME WHATSOEVER IN BEING WHO YOU ARE THE WAY UNIVERSE MADE YOU WITH ALL YOUR DRIVES AND QUIRKS FURTHERMORE I INTEND TO RESUME BUILDING WITH LEGO TOYS AS SOON AS THE APPOINTED TIME ARRIVES ITS JUST THAT NOW ITS NOT PRACTICAL IN MY LIFE SITUATION WITH RELATIVE POVERTY TIME CONSTRAINTS AND A WIFE WHOS TWENTY YEARS MY SENIOR AND SUFFERS FROM ADVANCED MULTIPLE SCLEROSIS AND I WANT TO SEE HER WALK AGAIN SO WERE GOING TO START USING DR TERRY WAHLS PROTOCOL FOR REVERSING AUTOIMMUNE DISEASES AS SOON AS HER BOOK ARRIVES IN JANUARY AND IM NOT MENTIONING THAT TO TRY TO LOOK GOOD LIKE OOH LOOK AT ME IM A SELFLESS RESCUING ANGEL FAR BETTER THAN YOU PETTY MORTALS AND YOUR UNEVOLVED WAYS SERIOUSLY MY WIFE IS THE SEXIEST WOMAN IN THE WORLD TO ME AND I LOVE HER WITH ALL MY HEART AND IM NOT AFRAID TO LET THE WORLD KNOW WHAT KIND OF CONNECTION WE SHARE IT IS THE MOST BEAUTIFUL THING IN THE WORLD AND CAN HAPPEN BETWEEN ANY TWO SOULS WHOSE DESTINIES JOIN UP LIKE OURS DID AT A SNOWY BUS STOP IN FEBRUARY OF THE YEAR THE WORLD WAS SUPPOSED TO END. YES I BELIEVE IN THE APOCALYPSE BUT TO ME ITS JUST ANOTHER ADVENTURE FULL OF PROMISE AND HEARTACHE AND JOY AND TRIALS AND AWE IN OTHER WORDS JUST LIFE BUT IN A REALLY EPIC WINDOW OF TIME WHERE CRAZY THINGS HAPPEN AND LOTS OF LIGHTS GO ON AND YOU CAN REALLY WIN BIG IF YOUR HEART IS IN THE RIGHT PLACE AND YOU HAVE THE FAITH AND GUTS TO FOLLOW IT SO JUST GO FOR IT DONT WAIT FOR PERMISSION FROM YOURSELF OR ANYONE ELSE BECAUSE YOUR INNERMOST DREAMS AND DESIRES ARE MADE TO BE FULFILLED ONLY ITS YOU WHO HAS TO MAKE THE CHOICE TO HAVE THAT HAPPEN SO IF YOU WANT IT GO GET IT AND BE SURE ITS WHAT YOU REALLY WANT. THE ONE THING WE ALL WANT AND NEED IS LOVE AND ACCEPTANCE BUT YOU CAN ONLY GET THOSE STRAIGHT FROM THE SOURCE WHICH IS INSIDE YOU SO DONT BE FOOLED INTO CHASING THEM EXTERNALLY AND GOD HELP YOU IF YOU DONT CATCH ON TO THIS SOONER RATHER THAN LATER BECAUSE LIFE IS SURPRISINGLY SHORT. MYSELF I AM BEGINNING TO LEARN AND APPLY THE WISDOM THAT WILL GET US FROM HERE TO WHERE WE REALLY WANT TO GO AND IT JUST SO HAPPENS THAT I HAVE A GIFT FOR SHARING IT THROUGH THE WRITTEN WORD WHICH IS WHY IM DOING THIS NOW AS A GIFT FOR YOU TO PASS ON WHAT IVE BEEN GIVEN THAT BELONGS TO ALL OF US. MAY LOVE TRUTH BEAUTY AND POWER INCREASE IN YOUR LIFE AND I WILL SEE YOU ALL ON THE OTHER SIDE AT THE ULTIMATE BOOGIE TIME CELEBRATION WHEN WERE DONE WITH THIS DUALISTIC SHADOW PLAY DRAMAFEST. DONT FORGET TO TAKE IT EASY AND LAUGH ON THIS SIDE TOO AS ITS ALL THE MORE IMPORTANT HERE. IM NOT SURE WHOS THE COOLEST 2015 TOA IS IT TAHU OR GALI OR ONUA PERSONALLY I FAVOR THESE THREE BUT THATS JUST MY TASTE I REALLY LIKE THEM ALL AND WILL PROBABLY BUY THEM AT LEAST FOR PARTS CAUSE IM A MAD MOCIST 4 LIFE AS YOU BZP VETERANS SHOULD KNOW VERY WELL FROM MY YOUTHFUL DAYS CHILLIN IN THE BBC ON OCCASION THOUGH I EVENTUALLY MIGRATED TO FLICKR WHICH HAS SINCE BEEN UTTERLY RUINED BY THE REMOVAL OF THE NOTES FEATURE BUT IS STILL THE BEST PLATFORM AROUND FOR SHOWING OFF COOL MOCS UNLESS YOU LIKE ADS AND TORTUROUSLY SLOW SERVERS THAT DON’T EVEN ALWAYS WORK. IN CASE YOU ARE WONDERING NO I AM NOT UNDER THE INFLUENCE OF ANY PSYCHOACTIVE SUBSTANCES I AM SIMPLY DOING SOMETHING NEW BECAUSE I FELT LIKE IT AND YES IT HAPPENS TO BE 7:41 AM HERE AND I HAVE NOT SLEPT A WINK SO THAT MAY HAVE SOME BEARING ON MY STATE OF MIND. ALL RIGHT GUYS AND GALS HAVE A VERY MERRY CHRISTMAS BE EXTRA GOOD AND REMEMBER TO ALWAYS SAY THANK YOU WHEN LIFE LETS YOU HAVE A NICE THING. IF YOU CAN MANAGE TO SAY THANKS FOR EVEN THE SEEMINGLY CRUMMY STUFF, THEN YOURE DOING MORE TO HELP THE WORLD AND YOURSELF THAN YOULL EVER KNOW. THANKS FOR BEING YOU AND THANKS FOR BEING HERE. BYE-BYE.

     

    MUCH LOVE,

    BCII

  20. VampireBohrok
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    apparently Lego didn't get my phone number, and it took me forever to notice they were trying to contact me, but here we are. now I was thinking, perhaps I should just not open this box just so that whenever someone goes "so what 2015 sets do you have", I can be like "all of them. theoretically." then I'll shake a sheet of paper with Schrödinger's face printed on it right in front of them for several minutes

  21. By almost a full month this time, I'm really bad at this lol. Makes me feel so old, though, seeing a spinny Tohu.

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