So last night I finished World War Z. It was a great story, much more about people than it was about zombies. I'd consider it fairly mature though, so don't give it a read if you can't handle violence and other graphic content. If that sounds like something you're ok with though, by all means check it out - it was very gripping and emotional.
The issue now is what should I read next. I have a whole bunch of books queued up that I want to read or reread, but there's no real priority assigned t
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Another week done, another update come.
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So, as always, I'm a fan of plugging the wonderful RPG Contests going on over in the Bionicle RPG forum. We're giving out prizes this time, so all the more reason to create an awesome entry and submit it.
If you haven't yet, got get the awesome Mata Nui picture by entering an exclusive BIO Code. Remember, Kelly rocks!
Other than that, the holidays have been keeping things busy and news is slow.
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I'm glad someone uses i
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How'd it get to be December already? No, you're not allowed! Go back to November!
Drats, not working. Well, in that case, I guess I'll update you guys.
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Check out my editorial about what the recent announcement of the end of Bionicle really means and how it's not really ending. Go check it out and see what you think. I hope it clears up a lot of misconceptions people were having.
Then you can listen to us talk about the same stuff in episode 5 of the BZPowercast. The only
So I don't like macadamia nuts - what are you gonna do about it, fight me?
Yeah, I said it. I dare ya. We'll see whose ban hammer is bigger.
Geez, a person can't say they dislike a food without it becoming a blog fad.
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Another week, another update. Nothing much has changed. Well, maybe that's a bit of and understatement...
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So the biggest news of the week is that we finally got our review of The Legend Reborn posted. Go check it out.
Ok, so maybe that wasn't quite true.
The Bionicle line of sets has been canceled. I actually have a lot to say on the subject, and when I have time you'll all get to see it on the front page. Being an Admin has its perks like that. I will say this: some peo
This is a permanent offer for you guys to join us on the BZPowercast. If you have any questions about BZPower or Bionicle that you'd like to hear answered, send an audio file with your question to Powercast@bzpower.com. We'll pick the best few to include in the next episode. Send your questions in - I can't wait to hear from you!
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Back this week with a little bit more time to do this thing. Let's see what I can come up with.
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You may or may not have noticed, but with all the staff changes recently, we decided it was time to do an overhaul of the staff forum assignments. I think things are distributed more evenly now, and every forum should have sufficient coverage. I'm hoping we don't have to do that again for a while.
So we are doing stuff, just very slowly. Bear with us.
In other news, LEGO has n
...I miss you guys!
I'm in the Comfort Inn on Leesburg Pike in Vienna, VA right now, within walking distance of the Sheraton Premier at Tyson's Corner where BrickFair has taken place for the past two years. So many good memories of this area and it's making me miss you all.
I'll see you all at the new venue next year!
So BrickFair came out with a new webpage layout today, and it's pretty snazzy.
'But Black Six, why should I care?' you ask.
Well, if you go look at it, you'll see they have some pictures from previous BrickFairs that cycle through showing just how awesome the event is. Here are two of those pictures:
Sometimes our awesomeness amazes even myself...
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I'm writing this Thursday night and will be posting it early Friday morning. It's going to be short, sweet, and to the point.
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Not much has happened this week. As some have pointed out, even our front page has been rather devoid of news relating specifically to Bionicle. I guess this is just the lull before the 2010 storm.
If you haven't already, make you go fill out LEGO's survey - they want to hear from you!
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1. This one.
2. Today.
3. Ah, the infamous triple
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It's that time again - time for our weekly update. I hope I have something to talk about.
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The most recent episode of the BZPowercast went up last week. Check it out and listen to us ramble. Feedback is always welcome.
I'm going to remind you about our recent promotions. The reason there hasn't been much going on this week is because I've been busy finding forums for them and rearranging staff after all the recent changes.
With that said, there's not much to update you gu
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Whaddya mean, trick or treat? It's not Halloween yet! Oh fine, I guess I'll give you a little Weekly Update.
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If you missed it, check out this topic. Lots of promotions! Yes, I fulfilled on my promise from recent updates! Success! Congrats again guys. Raga and mumu, you'll be missed. Unfortunately things rarely stay the same for long.
If you haven't seen the recent new LEGO Universe screenshot, check it out! Jim Foulds is awesome. (Where's my beta invite Jim?)
The first o
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Back for more this week? I think you might be disappointed, but we'll see what I can scrounge up.
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So, our review last weekend was probably not what you were expecting. xccj was very much intent on buying it and talking about it though, so why not? It's definitely not the greatest camera around, but hey, it's got Bionicle slathered all over it!
In other news, we may or may not have a review posted this weekend, depending on how busy I am and if I want to deal with editing an
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Why'd it get so cold all of the sudden? And what's that white stuff on the ground outside? I really should be sitting in front of a cozy fire instead of writing a weekly update - I'm too good to you guys.
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It's been a pretty slow news week this week. We had a rebuttal of Click and a new story serial, but that's about it. Hopefully we'll have a new and rather unique review this weekend.
So, behind closed doors, some stuff has actually been kind-of sort-of brewing. It's like a
I made yet another trip to the post office for BZPower purposes. This time the Blog Contest winners had their prizes shipped as well as the prizes for some recent BBC Contests that hadn't been shipped yet, but not for the most recent contest. So if I owed you prototypes, they're on their way. Arpy, you have a boatload coming to you (two BBC Contests and the Blog one).
I still need to collect addresses for the next round of prizes, and then find boxes. I think I like shipping prototypes better
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Time for this week's update. What do we have in store? Read on to find out.
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Shannara shared his thoughts on Thornatus V9 this past week. You should check it out if you haven't already. Hopefully we'll have some more review-like content this weekend, whatever that means.
If you have a Toys 'R' Us nearby, you should check it out to get your free Bricktober bricks. Seems like a really cool promotion. And the Ambassadors may or may not have had a hand in it...
Speaking of Am
There's a con like me in every prison in America, I guess. I'm the guy who can get it for you. Cigarettes, a bottle of brandy to celebrate your kid's high school graduation. Darn near anything, within reason. Yes sir, I'm a regular Sears & Roebuck. So when Andy Dufresne came to me in 1949 and asked me to smuggle Rita Hayworth into the prison for him, I told him no problem. And it wasn't.
Andy came to Shawshank Prison in early 1947 for murdering his wife and the fella she was cheating with
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Welcome to the Shawshank State Penitentiary. Time to see what's going on behind those walls.
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So we had a review of Click by Toaraga. If you're interested in this exclusive set be sure to check this out. We'll have more to come soon.
If you're in the Seattle area, be sure to head to BrickCon to hang out with some BZPers. It'll be awesome I'm sure.
Also, be sure to check out Episode Three of the BZPowercast. I hear one of the people has a really depressing voice though, s
So at BrickFair this year Steve Witt told me I should take a visit to LEGO Headquarters in Enfield, Connecticut. Today I took him up on that offer and made the approximately three hour drive up. I got caught in some traffic thanks to an accident, but I made it there in one piece. We had a quick lunch and then went to the employee store, which is pretty awesome, since everything's pretty cheap. I had been talking to Steve about getting some prizes for BZPower contests and giveaways and he was awe
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Wow this week flew by. Lucky for you that means the Weekly Update comes faster.
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Biggest news this week is of course the new Bionicle sets that were found on Target's website. Some other pictures were found on Flickr, but have since been removed. I have some thoughts on the sets, they're interesting in their own way. Buy that's a discussion for another time. 2010 is getting close though...
We had a review of Vastus by our very own Darth Vader. More reviews to come soon about
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Welcome back to your regularly scheduled Weekly Update.
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This past week we had two set reviews. Kaxium V3 was reviewed by Hahli Husky and was quickly followed by an amazing group review of Mata Nui. Be sure to give them both a read and watch the video review of Mata Nui (and the two bonus reviews that we did because we love you guys so much).
Let's not forget that this Tuesday was the release date of Bionicle: The Legend Reborn in the United States. Personally, I'm looking f
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I'd like to thank everyone using the 'remember-usa' avatar today. We have all changed since 9/11, but we will never forget.
Now, onto the update.
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There's been a bunch of video updates for The Legend Reborn this week, so many, in fact, that I'm not going to even link to them. Just check out the front page. There's been some interesting footage in these videos that really has me looking forward to the movie coming out on September 15th. Four more days.
We also had the rest
