You'll have to excuse the title, but unless you're familiar with Gus from Cinderella and my three sisters, you're not going to get it.

Anyhow, yesterday marked BZPower's 5th Anniversary. Pretty sweet. Five's a nice milestone.

I've been all giddy due to the return of my rank image and my blog, and this has convinced me to finally send in my donation for another year of Premier Membership (though, due to my mostly having twenties, Big D's gonna have a lot of quarters to count).

I was secretly wishing for a giveaway or something of that sort, but I can live without it. If I remember correctly, last year they gave away a prototype Pahrak and...I think it was an Iruini with the canister signed by GregF. Hm. Can't really remember. That was a cool little contest, though.

Along with every BZPower Anniversary, we get to see Big D/Hapori Tohu's spinny change. Hapori Tohu got to me first (due to an interesting little link in Cap'n Exo's signature). The Olmak is officially the new five-year spinny.

Mahalis always does a great job with spinnies. He designs them quite well.

I'm just going to give you my preferences on the spinnies for the first five year milestones. I'm not saying anything about design, simply about selection.

Year 1 - Vahi: This was a really nice choice. This is a very neutral mask that doesn't favor any real character except possibly Tahu (though it was capable of use by other Toa in the Bionicle PC Game, which crashed and burned in 2001). It was a nice little way to mark your first year at BZPower, with something that represents time.

Year 2 - Avohkii: Another good choice, seeing as the Avohkii was basically center of attention at that point in time. While it did slightly favor Ta-Koro, Takanuva was a very neutral character as the Toa of Light. It's another nice little trademark.

Year 3 - Great Huna: While I don't care too much for the idea of sticking to one specific division, I can't really think of any better choice at the time. I don't believe we had much info on Lhikan's set before the spinny was made, though I could be wrong. There wasn't really any better choice besides Vakama's Huna, due to the lack of masks/faces. The only choice that would seem neutral enough would be the Noble Kiril, and that yet again was a Ta-Based character. I think the Great Huna, however, gives a certain feeling of veteranship, considering how long ago the Toa Metru fought and how they are now.

Year 4 - Norik Head: Yeah, this one was meant to make you feel old. You're now represented by a hunched-over elder. I personally like this spinny because of that very feeling of veteranship, even if it does stick back to Ta roots. Some people were vouching for a Rhotuka, but that just seemed kind of 'Bleh' to me. I like the idea of the Rahaga head, due to its "ancient" feeling.

Year 5 - Olmak: We kind of take a step up here. We go from hunched-over old guy to big, titanic warrior with double blades and claws. Brutaka was a good choice, considering the fact he's been around since the first Toa (making him older than Norik) but the concept is still a little strange. This is also the real bad guy we've had for a spinny, compared with Good Guys and Neutralities. I think I would've liked to see an Ignika spinny, though there might not have been enough information on it at the time the spinny was being decided. What would've been really cool would've been if it did a kind of 'tumble' sequence where it would not only spin around but also spin vertically so that you could see both sides of the Ignika (Vezon and the Mask). Fenrakk would've been pretty nifty too. But of course, Brutaka does have that one little flash that neither of those two choices have: Gold. ^^

There ya have it.

Yeah, that's basically what my blog's gonna be like, just me putting in my opinion on things. Little stories here and there, maybe.

Anyhow, that's basically it for now. I might put up another entry later today.

Yours Truly,

Dr. Bionicle