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Brickfair, Etcetera.

Aanchir

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Everyone loves the Takanuva. He is a terrific athlete.

 

Now back to business.

 

I attended Brickfair yesterday. I had lots of fun, but I'll probably wait to describe it in-depth until the official BZPower coverage does a good deal of that for me. But I'll tell you that I got to meet Omicron and Roa McToa, plus got to see ChocolateFrogs again. A worthwhile experience.

 

At the event my family managed to purchase the Tarakava set, and afterwards got to go to the Tyson's Corner LEGO store, where I bought Rockoh, Lyichir bought Takanuva, and my little brother bought the Ultimate Collector Series AT-ST from LEGO Star Wars. Surprisingly, the prices for the two BIONICLE sets were each ten dollars less than the online prices (Takanuva for $30 US and Rockoh for $40 US), and the AT-ST was marked down dramatically from its original 2006 price of $80 (we got it for $50).

 

I had gotten to see Rockoh demonstrated by Roa at Brickfair, but after getting the set there were still surprises in store, namely the number of pins used in its construction! It took some time before the massive framework began to take shape. All of the action features work flawlessly, and the new Pohatu mask is spiffabulous. New Pohatu has some evident flaws, but I hope to produce a "best of both worlds" MOC merging this with the amazingness of the original Phantoka set.

 

Rockoh's true beauty, however, lies in the details. It features a delightfully cushy-looking seat, as well as fabulous handlebars and a well-structured body.

 

Hope to draw Rockoh and the new Pohatu soon. Of course, after watching the Democratic National Convention, I realized that whatever your views on Obama's policy and personal life decisions, he has a beautifully-sculpted face. Trying to find a BIONICLE character who would look good with his facial features, it hit me: Holy Shrimp, that's my Toa Vakama concept! And so it was, just as I had drawn him long before. So a pic of Toa or Turaga Vakama may be pending now that I have a real face to base it on and to use when working out the kinks in his design.

 

Also, Artemis Fowl and the Time Paradox is fabulous. Buy it now.

 

With all due respect,

:vahi: Aanchir: Rachira of Time

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Dark Wanderer

Holy Shrimp?

 

 

There are several gaping holes in Artemis Fowl/Time Paradox. And a bit too much revealed of the future books.

 

For the latter, Opal turned up and said that the stream had closed. This means, as we know she went to the future, that she was sent back and mind-wiped before hand. That's revealing too much for me.

 

Also, as for changing the past being impossible- it's the present when you're back there, so you can still change it.

 

 

Although massive paradoxes are fun.

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Aanchir
Holy Shrimp?

 

 

There are several gaping holes in Artemis Fowl/Time Paradox. And a bit too much revealed of the future books.

 

For the latter, Opal turned up and said that the stream had closed. This means, as we know she went to the future, that she was sent back and mind-wiped before hand. That's revealing too much for me.

 

Also, as for changing the past being impossible- it's the present when you're back there, so you can still change it.

 

 

Although massive paradoxes are fun.

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Concerning too much being revealed, it's the same with Artemis knowing he would be wiped. As he said, he knew it the whole time, he "just didn't know the cost." A million scenarios could play out before Opal is captured and wiped. People could die; people could be badly injured, or perhaps there could be some other cost even more shaking for the reader's understanding of the roles of characters in the series. Also, as my brother just pointed out having read the book out loud to my mom over the past few days, Opal stated that it was closing, not that it had closed.

 

And as for your argument that changing the past is possible, it is indeed as possible as changing the present. But can you change the present? As much as one imagines that they have unlimited decision-making power, something is behind every decision you make, and thus the events of the past Artemis went to were bound to lead him on the adventure which, being the past, had already happened. His fate was in a way decided from the start, but in another way his fate in all of his adventures is decided, whether they are in the past, present, or future, since what happens, happens.

 

And yes, holy shrimp.

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Aanchir
You mean you got Taka for $20 and Rockoh for $30? WANT

 

And Taka has too many arms to be a terrific athlete. 8u.gif

 

BtB

No, Taka for 30 and Rockoh for 40. Last I checked they were each supposed to go for $10 more. Or maybe that info is outdated...

 

Regardless, I still have money left over from what I was saving for Rockoh, so maybe I can get some of those Wii games I was looking forward to, or perhaps something else.

 

Does Taka have any more arms than two? :wacko:

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ChocolateFrogs

Durn...I had thought what Bunda was thinking.

Where are you thinking online they are charging $40 for Tananuva? S@H currently has him for normal $30.

 

Nice to see you again! And I was serious about visiting me at CNU. But not Columbus Day weekend or November 9-11. (In other words, PM me for my schedule.) (And do some digging aruond. There should be a special kind of day scheduled that entails more than just a tour. Either they are called "Discovery Days" or I'm getting it confused with a special UMW event I went to.

 

-CF

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Aanchir
Durn...I had thought what Bunda was thinking.

Where are you thinking online they are charging $40 for Tananuva? S@H currently has him for normal $30.

 

Nice to see you again! And I was serious about visiting me at CNU. But not Columbus Day weekend or November 9-11. (In other words, PM me for my schedule.) (And do some digging aruond. There should be a special kind of day scheduled that entails more than just a tour. Either they are called "Discovery Days" or I'm getting it confused with a special UMW event I went to.

 

-CF

Maybe I got the $40 price from a reported store price in the Official 2008 Sets Topic (wish it was still around).

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