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Where are the honkles? So, we've seen the Summer Wave and I had to delete my last entry pertaining to my thoughts on them as they were still leaked info at that time - we'd only got names, not pictures, and I was talking as if I'd seen pictures. I'll speak no more of them, because even though we've seen the summer sets, the actual images I saw are still leaks - that doesn't change just because we saw then in non-leaks. I'll start with Umarak the Destroyer. As a fan of Umarak the Hunter... I think the summer incarnation loses too much of Umarak. I don't get why the antlers had to go when they were one of Umarak's most defining features. Instead, they're replaced with horns that are all too common, used in sets like Pyrox and Skull Basher. It also bugs me his upper legs are shorter than they were in Hunter, and yet they made the lower legs longer by using longer beams, so these shorter upper legs negate the presumed point of the lower legs, which I assume was to make Umarak the Destroyer taller than Umarak the Hunter. If there's one colour that I like more than other people seem to, it's the transparent neon green, but here, for once, I don't really agree with it. Transparent Neon Green doesn't look anywhere near as good as the Transparent Green Umarak, Uxar, and Protector of Jungle us. Also, why does he have such a thin, spindly neck without articulation? Let's move on to Lava Beast. Lava Beast, I think, looks decent. It's pretty clear it's a beat, but I think Lava Beast is a bit too humanoid and the lower legs could probably have been replaced with one 3m or 4m bone and a 5m bone with hinge, if you know what I mean. I like the weapons, and I like the lower arms, but I don't agree with the crystal shell add-ons being transparent black when Lava Beast has no other transparent black pieces. I like the attempt at giving his head variety by giving him a shadow trap half to give him a 'crest' of sorts. Storm Beast would look so much better if the transparent blue was replaced with transparent dark blue. Also, the hands could do with being hands instead of feet. And I'm not too sure what the function is supposed to be, except it looks extremely limiting and clunky - it looks like the tail can't move where it's connected but the tail has articulation in the middle - like Ketar. Actually, that might be it - Storm Beast has Ketar's function, in which case, expect Storm Beast's arms to fall down and be hard to pose. Quake Beast... uhhhh. What's with the random transparent neon green disc-thing and the random shell and blades on the shoulder? They look extremely out of place, and the shoulder shadow-trap doesn't look good nor would it have much functional use being there at all. And it appears that Quake Beast, much like Protector of Earth, suffers from having only half a spiky thing. Quake Beast also doesn't pull off the asymmetry as well as Skull Warrior did last year, nor does the combination of transparent purple and transparent neon green look good. Ekimu: I think Ekimu is the best lower-priced set of the wave. But I wouldn't mind Ekimu being replaced with another beast. He's like the Toa, except with a gearbox instead of a piece of unification. He appears to be doing something similar to Tahu and Gali last year, where they had shells over the shoulders, except for some reason it's connected to the torso here when it's probably better-looking to connect them to the shoulders where the arms attach, like Tahu and Gali last year. Easy fix to make, so it's nothing too major. I'm glad the Mask of Creation isn't a gold and transparent blue blend, because just look at the shape of the Mask of Creation: even if it was blended, it really wouldn't look too good - the 'spikes' on the top of the mask are too tall. I guess Ekimu is the new Takanuva. The hammer also looks really good, though I don't understand how the shield is attached. It would be nicer if Umarak's mask was black and transparent-neon-green instead of gunmetal and transparent orange, though. Also, the reason why the Beasts are not as good as the Skeletons? Bpooky Bcary Beasts doesn't quite have the same ring to it.
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I am working apace at going through the over 500 images I took at Toy Fair yesterday. Obviously Bionicle will be our first story, but there were many more sets on display. Let us know what themes you're most interested in seeing by voting here to help us prioritize what to work on. Any other questions, comments, or suggestions for our coverage can be discussed here to.
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So, what are your favorite memories from this site in 2015, now that the year is coming to a close? Mine would be finishing up my epic, Extermination. I remember having tons of fun writing it and seeing the reactions as the chapters were posted; I waited so long for the final scenes of Chapter 2 and the pay off was exactly as I'd hoped . I aso enjoyed hosting the Clockwork games while that lasted. I also have another good memory but it's too dangerous to be shared, may it rest in peace ;__;
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So! Now that we are a week and a day into 2016, I wanted to ask a question of you all: What are you looking forward to see/do (or hoping to see/do) on BZPower this year? I'm personally looking forward to seeing how Soran's new CYOA Comic The Road to Home turns out.
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I'm sure that we've all at least heard of the newest original theme destined for Ninjago proportions, Nexo Knights. I've been craving some good ol' Western-style fantasy ever since the LEGO Kingdoms line ended (2013 Castle theme is utterly irrelevant) and as much as I'd love to see the return of the Fantasy Era style of Castle, I'm quite eager to see Nexo Knights go places. So, my question is: What do you want to see? I'll kick off the discussion on the note of Merlok 2.0. I'll be honest, I love the concept of this guy. He puts a bit of a spin on the wise mentor character we've seen in every, I repeat, every original theme with a story by making him everyone's personal J.A.R.V.I.S. This is a pretty good example of what Nexo Knights should be in my opinion; the same tale with everything changed. With that, I'd love to see some spins on some fantasy archetypes such as dwarves, trolls, skeletons, wizards and, most importantly, dragons.
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He may look cute, but one wrong move and he'll trap you with his trap-jaw mouth... (Click on the pictures to see full resolutions. Sorry about the quality at full res, my camera really isn't suited to taking photos of LEGO in the dark English days we've been having recently) Not much to this really. I was just playing around with some of the new 2016 Bionicle pieces and I came up with this little Shadow Trap mouthed beast. I imagine this to be some sort of Rahi-style beast, with crystalline armour, sharp crystal tail blade and deadly snapping jaws. The Creature head/Shadow trap combo I found turned out better than I'd expected. And I'm beginning to wonder if this should have been my entry to the January Flickr contest instead of my second Dragonborn MOC But never mind that now, I'm still proud of how this little tearaway beast came out Comments, upvotes and constructive criticism appreciated
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Got some sets, time for my thoughts. Umarak: Umarak is tall. Probably the tallest BIONICLE set since Toa Mata Nui. Probably. I'm not actually sure. But he's definitely the tallest in a long while. Bow connects a little weirdly on the right hand, though. Makes it a bit awkward to pose. Also, the trap halves on his shoulders get in the way of 'UNITE' mode with other creatures. (The instructions are calling it 'UNITE' mode, so that's what I'm calling it. Which is disappointing. But then again, Umarak isn't really supposed to combine with the creatures - it's just a bonus. Uxar: Uxar's pretty neat, as a four-legged... (insect? Lizard?) thing with wings. Its function was a bit of a pain to build, though, as I inserted it the wrong way the first time... his tail lifts up and down to flap the wings. It's a nice function and Uxar has nice colours, but it seems that so far, a recurring problem with the creatures, is that their function gears are exposed from the back. Terak: The most humanoid of the creatures. Also, has a weird function: pulling a hidden lever on the back raises its arms up. It's got trans purple, and trans purple is THE BEST transparent colour. Although I think I got a messed up Terak, since the add-ons on the claws are gold and transparent clear instead of gold and transparent purple like everyone else's. Lewa: I was wondering why people disliked Lewa this time around. Then I added the arms. Up until you add the arms, Lewa looked honestly really good. Then you add the arms. They're a little too short and it looks awkward, even in the instructions. I'm not sure if this would fix much, but in terms of arm length I'd swap out the friction extenders on the feet and place them on the lower arms, making his arms look a little bit longer without losing the upper arms that make Lewa more unique. Lewa's mask is much, much better than it was last year. This year it actually resembles the original Miru somewhat! Lewa also looks cool in UNITE Mode, but unlike some sets (TAHU), he looks decent without Uxar. Although if you're going to UNITE Lewa with Uxar, I'd say keep the regular mask since Lewa has no gold and the trans-green of the gold mask is going to be covered up by Uxar's silver head. That's another reason to keep the regular mask: Uxar isn't gold. Onua: This version of Onua, in my opinion, is a clear improvement over the awkwardly wide Onua we had last year. He's still bulky, but less ridiculously so. He's still got rather wide shoulders (I don't know if they're the widest in the wave, but I'd assume so) and he's dropped most of the silver he had last year, making him look better colour-wise, The purple has also shifted to trans purple, which is great because trans purple is the best trans colour. For me, his lower leg armour add-ons have the same problem as Terak. Also, the hammer is cool. Because it's a drill-shooty-hammer hammer! That's cool. Terak doesn't really do much in UNITE mode for Onua other than cover the trans-purple shoulder armour pieces, and it's meh. He looks decent with or without Terak. It also seems every Toa has gotten taller this wave. Not sure about Kopaka, though... and yet, Umarak still seems to be taller than all of them. I can't say for certain, but LEGO does say Umarak is 28cm tall. It also says Darth Vader stands 28cm tall, but Darth Vader is a good third taller than Umarak... now I'm confused. Actually, going by images, I'd say 2016 Tahu is taller than Umarak. 2015 Tahu too, probably, now that I think about it... LEGO catalogue and their errors... Addendum: The new torso also looks to be compatible with the 2015 gearbox. I fully expect one of the Summer sets to have both the hip-gear stuff of this wave and the gearbox of last year. That is, if they don't continue with the UNITE stuff.
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Happy New Year, everyone! Here’s to an awesome 2016, complete with new BIONICLE, of course! Hope you all enjoy my New Year’s gift of comedy to you all. New Year’s 2014 Happy Birthday, Mata Nui! A BIONICLE comedy by Me! Part 4 of the Lewa# Studios Holiday Series 2015-2016 A band of Matoran trudged up the frigid slopes of Eary-Nui, an island just west of Metru Nui. They knew they had a vital task to perform, given to them by the Toa Nuva themselves: the last item in the Book of Awakening Mata Nui. (Technically, the title was Awakening Mata Nui for Dummies, but Book of Awakening Mata Nui sounded much more epic, so the Toa preferred to go with that). “How much farther?” asked Random Matoran #35. “I can’t even feel my toes.” “We don’t even have toes,” said Aaa, walking next to him. “Oh. That explains why I can’t feel them…” “QUIET!” shouted the Matoran in front, a De-Matoran named Yodel who had been leading the band. “We’re here.” “ ” the rest of the assembled Matoran emoticonned. “That was convenient timing,” said Aaa. Yodel turned and faced the crowd. “As you know, we have been given a vital mission. The preparations are complete, the Toa have done their job, and now it is time to awaken Mata Nui this day!” “Plagiarizing thief…” muttered Hahli, standing somewhere behind Aaa and Random Matoran #35. “That’s my line!” “Now,” continued Yodel, “let us begin!” At Yodel’s signal, a conductor’s podium randomly appeared and he stepped behind it, holding his conducting baton aloft. The other Matoran all readied their instruments. “1, 2, 3, go!” As one, the Matoran Band started playing “Happy Birthday”...or at least, they tried to. The resulting cacophony actually ended up sounding much more like an ear-splitting alarm noise than anything remotely melodic. The sound was so bad, that at first all of the Matoran assumed the loud rumbling and sounds of grinding metal was just part of the song. Then Aaa turned around and noticed all the percussionists had stopped playing. “Uh...guys?” he asked, putting down his instrument. “That’s not us.” “Hey! Percussion! Get back on your instruments!” ordered Yodel, oblivious to the racket. “But Tiribomba got stuck in a tuba!” protested one of the Matoran. “We’re trying to get him unstuck!” “Uhh...guys?” asked Aaa once more, louder this time. At last, this got their attention, and everyone stopped playing. “What’s going on?” asked Hahli. “ARRRRRRRGH, MY EARS!” bellowed a huge voice that seemed to reverberate all around them. “WHERE’S THE SNOOZE BUTTON?” All the assembled Matoran fainted dead away. Mata Nui yawned, shaking his head violently to get the earsplitting racket out of his head. Inside Metru Nui, everyone went flying this way and that. The entire Nuva Inn collapsed from the earthquake, though luckily Takanuva was on hand to repair it immediately. The Colosseum creaked and swayed, and Dume went tottering away from it (very slowly) screaming “IT’S THE END OF THE WORLD!!1” Chutes buckled and broke, spilling crates, vehicles, and Le-Matoran out onto the ground below. A two-headed Tarakava escaped from its broken Archive tube and went on a rampage throughout the Archives before Onua put a stop to that. Several Ga-Metru schools suddenly became submerged in the sea (luckily all attending could swim, so it didn’t really bother them that much). Statues in Po-Metru crumbled and fell, crushing some oddly-named Matoran (who thankfully survived with only minor injuries, though the impact got many of them stuck face-first into the desert sand and unable to get out for quite some time). Forges went into overdrive and lit half of Ta-Metru on fire. And Ko-Matoran remained oblivious to the entire thing, everyone just continued being nerdy and saying ellipses. “Kopeke,” said Jaa, entering the former’s Knowledge Tower room, “there is a panic--” “--AT THE DISCOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO~!” shouted a randomly appearing Turaga Matau, swinging in on a vine. At the extremely awkward silence that followed, he remarked, “Wow. Tough group-crowd.” “You are interrupting, Turaga,” said an exasperated Jaa. “How many times must we ask to be left alone?” Matau just slowly backed out of the room. “I’ll be leave-going now, I guess…” he muttered. Unfortunately, he failed to remember that he’d entered through a twelfth-story window, not a door, and stepped obliviously backward off the ledge. “Oops. AAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAHHHHHH!!” “NRRRRR BEEP KAWEEP ZRTZKZ!” yelled Turaga Nuju from somewhere higher up the Knowledge Tower. The two Matoran watched Matau get levitated slowly to the ground. “...” ellipsed Kopeke. “...” ellipsed Jaa. The door swung open with a crash, and Pakastaa walked in. “...” ellipsed Pakastaa. “...” replied Kopeke. “As I was saying,” said Jaa, “there is a panic in the streets. We must observe and learn what has caused such panic.” “...” said Kopeke. “...” said Pakastaa. “To the telescope--” “--ROBIN!” yelled Matau, swinging in once again. All three Ko-Matoran just facepalmed. One low-budget attempt by Matau to recreate the Batman transition later, the three of them (sans Matau, who was being doused in water by Nokama) had emerged onto the roof of the Knowledge Tower, which was covered with several telescopes. Each of them picked one and began observing the stars. “...” said Kopeke, after they had been stargazing.for a while. “...” answered Jaa, swiveling his telescope to point where Kopeke’s was looking. “...” put in Pakastaa, moving his telescope as well. “...” argued Kopeke. “...” Pakastaa pointed out. “...” ellipsed Jaa angrily, pointing to the stars. “...” ellipsed Kopeke, trying to pacify the others. “...” yelled Jaa. “...” said a now somewhat-panicky Kopeke. “...” Jaa yelled again, gesturing wildly. “...” shrugged Pakastaa. “...” admitted Kopeke finally, defeated. All three of them turned their telescopes to the ground instead, gazing at the Colosseum. Pakastaa saw it first. “...!” he said. “...!” “...!” “Buzz zaaa leee click whirr weird noise,” scolded Nuju, walking up onto the roof. Lumi, Nuju’s new translator, followed behind him. “Will you keep your voices down? Some of us are trying to study,” he translated. “Sorry,” whispered Jaa. “Squeak squawk squnk,” said the Turaga. “What was all the screaming about, anyway?” Lumi translated. Jaa shrugged. “You mean just now, or before?” “Bonk.” “Both.” “First it was Matau’s antics, and just now...well, you should probably see for yourself, Turaga.” Jaa and the others showed Nuju the telescope, pointing him first toward the stars, then at the Colosseum. “GONK GONK GONK GONK GONK GONK GONK GONK GONK GONK GONK BEEEEEEEEEEEP!” The Turaga immediately ran back down the stairs into the tower, faster than any of the assembled Matoran had ever seen him move. The others stood in silence for a moment. “That needs no translation,” commented Lumi, racing down the stairs after the Turaga. Mata Nui stretched and sat up, shaking water out of his ears as he did so. How long was I asleep? he wondered. I dreamed that my spleen decided to rebel and tried to take over my brain. That’s got to be the weirdest dream I’ve ever had. “AAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAA!” screamed the Matoran band, as the entire ground shifted sideways and dumped them, along with a large amount of water, through a hole in the island. The Matoran and their instruments plummeted into the ocean, followed quickly by all the water leaving the island with them. They spluttered and gasped as they kicked to the surface. “Okay, what?” demanded Aaa. “Not you, we were just screaming,” Random Matoran #35 said. “Oh. I hate it when that happens…” They all treaded water and looked around. “Where are we, anyway?” “We’re in the water.” Aaa looked over at him and sighed. “Yeah, thanks for that. Could you be more specific?” Suddenly, a torrent of water buffeted the assembled Matoran, knocking them this way and that as a large, black-armored figure broke the surface. “You’re roughly 2,143.75 kio away from the location of the Pit, or what’s left of it, anyway. Is that specific enough for you?” “Who are you?” asked Random Matoran #35. “I’m Hydraxon, Pit jailer. Or...at least I was, before the entire universe decided to lift up and move away just now.” “So can you help us get back? We were in Eary-Nui and...suddenly fell out,” explained Aaa. In response, Hydraxon pointed up. They followed his finger to where a towering stone structure now rose out of the water, climbing higher and higher until it was lost to sight amidst the clouds. “Eary-Nui will be up there.” “Where? Like 2, maybe 3 stories up, I hope?” asked Random Matoran #35. “No. Way up. Pretty close to the top, I might add. So you’d better all swim over there and start climbing.” “ “ the assembled band of Matoran emoticonned in unison. “Matoran of Metru Nui! I have a great announcement to make!” declared Turaga Nokama, who had decided to fill in as temporary leader of Metru Nui while Dume was busy running around panicking. “Hey, what about us?” demanded Tahu, standing in the Colosseum Box next to Nokama, the other Turaga, and the other Toa. “Sorry. I mean...Matoran and Toa of Metru Nui! I have a great announcement to make!” Nokama corrected herself. “Hey! What, we don’t count either?” asked Turaga Onewa. Nokama huffed. “Fine! Matoran, Toa, and Turaga of Metru Nui! I have a great announcement to make!” “Don’t forget us!” yelled a Kikanalo that had wandered into the Colosseum for some random reason. “You can’t even talk,” said Nokama. “Oh yeah. “ Nokama waited expectantly for several moments. When no one else seemed ready to interrupt her, she cleared her throat. “Ahem. Matoran, Toa, and Turaga and anyone else I forgot to mention of Metru Nui! I have a great announcement to make!” “GET ON WITH IT!” shouted some random Matoran. “YES, GET ON WITH IT!” said another one. “GET ON WITH IT!” shouted those guys from Monty Python. “I’m trying to, if you’d all stop interrupting me! Anyway, I have an announcement. Tomorrow is the start of a new year, as you all know, but it’s also something else that you all don’t know. Tomorrow is the Great Spirit Mata Nui’s birthday!” After the hubbub had died down, she continued, “That earthquake we all felt not too long ago is believed to be the awakening of the Great Spirit. What better way to honor him than to throw him a birthday party, and a New Year’s party at the same time!” “This sounds like a really bad Turaga Dume idea…” muttered Onua. Nokama shrugged. “Well I’m filling in for him, so I decided to do what he would probably do. For the record, I agree with you, Toa Onua.” “But that doesn’t make any--” “So,” Nokama said, turning back to the microphone, “let us all do our best to celebrate Mata Nui’s birthday! I want this to be the best New Year’s bash ever! Oh, and if someone could find the real Turaga Dume, please dump water on his head for me. Thanks!” As the crowd began to disperse, Nokama looked over at Matau. “So?” she asked. “How’d I do?” “Hmm...the speech was good, your Dume impersonation was spot-on, but there was zero mention of me in that speech. If it were me, I would have mentioned how awesome I was about 529 more times.” “So you liked it,” translated Nokama. “...Yes I liked-enjoyed it.” On the other side of the Colosseum Box, Tahu shook his head. “This can’t possibly end well.” “I’ll make a Birthday Pie!” exclaimed Tava, the Toa of Pie, excitedly. “It’s like a birthday cake, but a pie, which makes it automatically better! Better yet, I’ll make one big enough for the whole city!” Tava ecstatically bounced away, presumably to find an oven big enough for such a pie. “For once, the entire city’s in on it, though. And better yet, Dume’s incapacitated with his panicky ranting!” pointed out Gali. “Besides, it’s a birthday party for the Great Spirit, which I think we’d all agree is a very important holiday. Unlike Dume’s usual inventions. What could possibly go--” Onua clamped a hand over Gali’s mouth. “No. Don’t you dare say that. Anytime anyone says that, inevitably things become a complete disaster just to mess with us. Nobody say ‘what could possibly go wrong.’” “Uhh, Onua? You just did say it,” observed Takanuva. “NOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO!!” “Okay, who dumped me in a giant swimming pool,” Mata Nui asked aloud. “Don’t tell me it was Pranky-Nui, that guy is always doing stupid stuff like that. Where was I yesterday, anyway? How long was I asleep?” He lifted his arm to check his watch (sending a huge herd of Rahi falling this way and that in the process), and saw that it was broken. “Oh, come on. This thing even says ‘water resistant!’ When I get home, I am getting my money back…” On Metru Nui, preparations were in full swing. The usual New Year’s stuff was ready, of course, especially the giant (and now rather singed) disco ball to be rolled to the top of the Colosseum. This time, though, the Matoran had managed to recruit several Visorak to eat lots of birthday cake, then spin webs everywhere that now came out in “HAPPY BIRTHDAY MATA NUI” streamers. It wasn’t long before the entire island was covered in the streamers. Tava had borrowed the Great Furnace in order to make a pie large enough to feed everyone. Gali was keeping Tahu restrained deep in the Archives, to avoid a repeat of the previous New Year’s debacle. Even Toa Santa and his (now-returned) Bohrok had decided to help out, repurposing leftover Naming Day decorations into birthday ones. “Hey, does anyone know where that Matoran marching band we sent off to Eary-Nui the other day went?” asked Lewa. “I liked that band.” “You would,” said Kopaka coldly. Onua scowled. “Knock it off with the lame pun already.” “What lame pun?” asked a confused Lewa. “Not you, Lewa0111.” (Will you stop talking to me? One of these days I’ll write a comedy without you breaking the fourth wall…) “Make an actually good comedy and I’ll stop criticizing it.” (You little…!) “ “ emoticonned Lewa and Kopaka. “As for the band,” continued Onua, ignoring the weird looks he was getting from talking to me, “I just assumed they got stuck rehearsing somewhere. You know how Yodel can get.” “ “ said Lewa. “I wanted them to play “Happy Birthday” for Mata Nui tonight! It’s not a party without music.” Onua and Kopaka pondered this for a moment. “Toa of Sonics,” Kopaka said cold...err, warmly. “That’s better,” said Onua with a smug smile. “What’s better?” asked Kopaka. “Not you. Lewa0111.” “Oh.” “Am I the only one who’s completely lost?” asked Lewa, frustrated. “What about Toa of Sonics?” Onua sighed. “It’s obvious,” he said. “They can make the song in lieu of the marching band!” “Oh! Right! Duh! I totally knew that,” said Lewa. “So all we have to do is find a Toa of Sonics and convince them to help us! I can get on that.” With a burst of his Miru Nuva and some elemental power, Lewa took off into the air. Wide-eyed, Onua and Kopaka stared after him for several long moments. “Did...did that just happen?” asked Kopaka. “Lewa...just...offered to do work!” gasped Onua, dumbfounded. “What is the world coming to?” “I don’t know. But I’m suddenly scared.” “Let’s just see what else we can do to help,” suggested Onua, “and put this weirdness out of our minds.” “Fine.” “Wait…” muttered Mata Nui, remembering the previous night, “wasn’t today when I had that date with Preti-Nui? Oh no, I probably look like a complete mess...where’s a mirror?” He then looked down at his feet, which were submerged entirely in water. “The water works.” He spent several moments looking at his reflection in the water when he noticed a large blotch on his nose. “YAAAAAAAAAAAAH! What the--!?” Tentatively, he felt his nose, where he realized there was a large blotch of trees still growing near the tip. “Stupid Bohrok! I didn’t tell you to miss a spot! This is embarrassing…” At long last, it was time to celebrate. The time approached midnight, and the preparations were set. The entire population of Metru Nui had assembled to celebrate the Great Spirit’s birthday and the new year. Best of all, Dume was nowhere to be found. Since no one wanted to risk another fire like last year, the Toa had to come up with an alternative method of doing the countdown. “Takanuva,” said Kopaka c...normally, “would you do the honors?” “No.” “AAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAHHHHHHHHH!!” “Takanuva, please,” pleaded Gali. “Make Tahu do it. I’m tired.” “Okay, who switched yours and Lewa’s brains?” asked Onua. That did it. Takanuva stood up angrily. “That insult was completely uncalled for!” he yelled. “Fine, I’ll do it, just to prove I’m not lazy. Where’s that disco ball?” Everyone looked around for said disco ball, since it wasn’t at the top of the Colosseum as usual. “There it is!” exclaimed Pohatu with a , pointing to Le-Metru. They all followed his gaze to see the disco ball had rolled to a stop in front of the Moto-Hub, with six very flat-looking Turaga stuck to the sides. “Ooh, somebody got a strike!” “They’re not bowling, you moron!” said Gali. “I guess helping them push that thing up is the only thing Dume’s good for…” “I’ll fix it!” shouted Pohatu, activating his Mask of Speed and zooming toward Le-Metru before anyone could protest. The remaining Toa all sighed. “Takanuva. Continue,” said Kopaka. “Yes.” “!!HHHHHHHHHAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAA” The Toa of Light readied his staff, looking to Onua for the countdown to begin (since Nokama, along with the rest of the Turaga, was still incapacitated by the disco ball). At one minute to midnight, he gave a thumbs-up, and Takanuva sent a blast of light in the shape of a number “60” toward the side of the Colosseum, lighting up the building. “60!” chanted the crowd of Matoran below. “59!” “58!” “57!” “Pie!” shouted Tava, in the voice of a concession stand guy, “Get your pies here! Every flavor imaginable, and even some that aren’t imaginable! All you can eat! Just be sure to save some room for the Birthday Pie!” The Toa of Pie wandered through the crowd of Matoran, passing out pies on request. “3.14 widgets per slice!” “45!” “44!” “43!” Somewhere on the southern end of Metru Nui, a hatch swung open and the band of Matoran from the beginning of the chapter spilled out. “Finally…” gasped Yodel, exhausted. “Thank Mata Nui we’re not late.” “They’re all at the Colosseum,” observed Hahli. “I say we just give up and rest,” Aaa suggested. “I agree,” agreed Random Matoran #35. “What? We can’t quit! The whole city’s counting on us to perform tonight! Get off your lazy butts and let’s go!” shouted Yodel. “Up, up, up!” “Uhh, Yodel?” asked Random Matoran #35 tentatively. “We don’t even have instruments. They all got lost in the water.” Yodel facepalmed. “You’re kidding me….You know what? We’re still performing. Hope you’re all good at singing!” Aaa and Random Matoran #35 looked at each other. “You’ve got to be kidding…” “22!” “21!” “20!” The chorus of Matoran arrived outside the Colosseum, where Yodel pounded on the door. “Let us in!” he shouted. “We’re here to perform!” The doors swung open and they joined the sea of Matoran already there. Nearby, Toa Lewa was marching in with a blue-armored Toa behind him. “Wait, what are you doing herE?” he asked. Then he noticed the last letter in his earlier sentence. “Okay, very funny…” “Ha, ha!” laughed the Rahkshi of Letter Control, scampering away. “We’re here to perform, Toa Lewa. We’re supposed to play ‘Happy Birthday,’ but our instruments got lost, so we’re singing it instead!” “Singing? Nah, that’s dumb. I went to a lot of trouble to cover for you.” “15!” “14!” “13!” Up in the Colosseum Box, Gali watched the argument between Yodel and Lewa. “This is ridiculous,” she muttered, switching to her Miru and levitating down to the both of them. “Lewa, they said Toa of Sonics! Not Toa of Sonic! Two completely different things!” “Sounds the same to me…” muttered Lewa. “So...you don’t need me?” said Toa Heghogg, the Toa of Sonic. “But I was excited to help celebrate the Great Spirit’s birthday!” “And where are your instruments?” Gali asked Yodel. “Long story,” said Yodel. “9!” “8!” “7!” Outside the Moto-Hub, Pohatu approached the Turaga-covered disco ball. “Hi, Turaga! We can’t miss the countdown, the Toa need my help!” he explained. Nokama woozily lifted her head to look at the Toa. “Wait, Pohatu, that’s probably a bad idea,” she protested when she figured out what the Toa of Stone had in mind. “Oh, lighten up, Nokama, this will be fun!” said Matau excitedly. “Reminds me of our young-Toa days!” “Not the part of those days I wanted to remember…” “3!” “2!” “1!” On cue, Pohatu stepped back, then took a running start. When the countdown reached zero, Pohatu swung his foot forward. ~WHUNT!~ At the same time, Yodel lifted his baton and cued the chorus, who began to sing...very, very off-key. Toa Heghogg sent elemental blasts of Sonic this way and that, summoning blue hedgehogs who started spinning around everywhere and knocking things over. At the same time, Tava hit a remote control he had been carrying around, and the Great Furnace opened, launching a massive pie nearly half the size of the whole city into the air, where it rained down on everyone. Then, as if things weren’t bad enough, the massive disco ball, with screaming (and in Matau’s case, laughing) Turaga clinging to it for dear life, went rolling straight toward the Colosseum. The Toa Nuva all leapt from the Colosseum Box as the disco ball continued on its course, rolling straight up the structure like a ramp and launching into the air, where it lodged itself firmly into a large depression in the ceiling. “Well,” observed Gali wryly, “that could have gone worse.” Then the Colosseum creaked, and cracked, and finally toppled to the ground with a crash. Mata Nui suddenly found his head filled with an earsplitting racket and piercing headache. “Owwwww…” the Great Spirit complained. “Now what’s going on?” As if things weren’t bad enough, he felt an itching in his nose. He quickly looked around for a tissue, but as he was in the middle of an endless ocean, there were no tissues to be found. “Ah...ah...ah…CHOO!” To his complete confusion, he saw what looked an awful lot like a shiny disco ball flying out of his nose, accompanied by tiny voices screaming at the top of their lungs. His headache got worse and worse, and the cacophony (which sounded much like a chorus singing very poorly and out-of-tune) wouldn’t stop. “WILL YOU STOP THAT!?” he shouted at his own head, running around in the ankle-deep water out of frustration. In his haste to calm the racket, Mata Nui didn’t watch where he was running and slipped on a giant patch of seaweed under the water. “Oh no, not again…” The Great Spirit fell backward into the water and promptly drifted back into unconsciousness. The next morning, the Toa and Turaga Dume all surveyed the damage to the city from the roof of the Nuva Inn (as suggested by Lewa, naturally, who was charging Dume for the room). Dume, who had missed the previous night’s...erm…”festivities”, looked around at the landscape. “Not too bad this year,” he said. Gali bonked him over the head with the flat of her aqua ax. “The Colosseum’s destroyed, we’re still rounding up all those darn blue hedgehogs, the Turaga are nowhere to be found, the entire city is covered in pie, and you think it’s ‘not too bad?’” Dume shrugged. “Nothing’s on fire, which is a first.” “A fair point,” Gali conceded. “ “ said Tahu. “You know,” Dume continued, “I think we’ve really made Mata Nui happy. This was probably his best birthday ever!” THE END County-Nui the Word Counting Great Spirit: This comedy has 3,955 words. ~Happy 2016 from Lewa# Studios! Halloween Special 2015 Thanksgiving Special 2015 Christmas Special 2015 Lewa0111 Nuva
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Had a bit of inspiration earlier, so I immediately started working on it. It's funny--a year ago, I was criticizing the Okotomation style (my word for the 2015 animations) the webisodes were using. And now, I'm finding it to be a very fun and relatively easy style to work with. But anyway, you came here for art, so I might as well give it to ya. And here it is! And here's a clear shot of me. See, I'd been out of practice with drawing in the style freehand for a long time, so with this one I had to take a picture of myself in that pose, and then used it as a guide to drawing the other me. Turned out pretty well, I think. So, yeah. Just a fun little thing to say happy New Years to all of you. Wishing you all the best in the months to come. Thanks for looking, and don't forget to take an invisible cookie on the way out.
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It's the new year, and I'm POBZPC, so my text will no longer be Silver, but Gold.
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Y'know how the Nuva symbols keep showing up in the artwork on the facebook page? It makes you wonder - is it just an easter egg? or will the Nuva symbols become important again? Do NOT discuss leaked content. -B6 Just another easter egg? I don't think so. Could it be that the Nuva symbol connection might answer why the G1 Toa had a connection to their Nuva Symbols? And perhaps might answer the questions of the origins of the Okoto Toa? Are they the same toa? fused to their symbols? Thoughts- what's the connection? -
So, the six creatures and other two smaller Toa have been added to the UK LEGO Shop by now. Gali has remained at £9.99. Pohatu and Lewa are both at the price. The Creatures? They're all £6.99, with between 74-89 pieces each (exception: Akida, has 120 pieces). The Protectors were £9.99, for between 60-80 pieces each. There's been what's basically a 25%-30% reduction on price for the small sets and the smaller Toa in the UK (Tahu, Onua, Umarak remain at £14.99. K+M are £19.99). I guess that means either G2 hasn't been popular enough to retain the same price, or it's been more popular than expected so LEGO's decided to see if they can squeeze more profit out of G2. I'm going with the latter since it's more realistic and less naive. (£6.99 = $10.36, £9.99 = $14.80, £14.99 = $22.21, £19.99 = $29.62, £24.99 = $37.03) You know, I think we in the UK might have been on the wrong end of a bad deal in 2015... just a hunch.
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Now the online LEGO shop's added Gali and Tahu as coming soon. Tahu, as expected, is £14.99, same as last year. But Gali? Gali's £9.99. That's the same price as the Protectors this year.... oh, and she has the same amount of pieces as she did this year. 87. 87 pieces at £12.99 this year, 87 pieces at £9.99 next year. I was expecting the creatures to be £9.99 and Gali to be £12.99, but... are the creatures going to be the same price or what? It's probably just a pricing error. But before crushing hopes, let's just pretend until the error gets corrected.
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I just checked LEGO's online shop and I have to say, I was honestly not expecting Umarak to be the same price as Onua and (presumably) Tahu at £14.99 considering he has 172 pieces. Kopaka and Melum, on the other hand, are £19.99 and have 171 pieces. It's clear who has the better price/part ratio here. Onua has 143 pieces at £14.99. The other sets aren't on the UK LEGO Shop at the moment, but it seems weird the sets have more pieces and yet remained the same price. I might as well post my general 2016 set thoughts now that we've got solid looks at them: Let's start with the 'iconic' character, Tahu. Tahu, I like him better than Kopaka. He looks decent, all right alone, and amazing with Ikir. However, alone there's something a bit off about him that I can't quite put my finger on. Though he does have one of the better creature combinations of the Toa, if not the best. Onua, probably my favourite of the larger Toa. The transparent purple, gold, and black combo works so well. He really stands out amongst Kopaka and Tahu IMO. Kopaka is the weakest of the larger Toa, and Melum is the weakest of the creatures. He's got a bit of random dark blue and what looks to be awkward upper arms, plus his leg armour should be silver instead of gold or his silver parts should be gold instead of silver. Lewa's probably up with Onua as one of the more solid Toa. The green and silver go together well and the arms, despite being a bit different, aren't really awkward like Kopaka's. Plus, Lewa's mask is a solid improvement over what we got last year. Gali, not sure how I feel about Gali. I feel like Gali's the plainest Toa this wave, the one that took the least risks (other than the orange parts). Don't really have a strong opinion on Gali. Pohatu, I like. Some may not like the multiple colours but I like how it resembles rock layering, sort of, and I like what they did with the upper arms. Umarak looks good, especially for £14.99 instead of £20.00. I'm skipping the creatures because I like most of them with the exception of Melum. They all seem to do their job well. (Small set design has been amazing the past few years). Ikir and Uxar are pretty good, Terak and Akida are good, Ketar seems a bit meh and Melum is Terak, Uninteresting Edition. Tahu and Lewa have the best creature combinations, followed by Gali, followed by Onua and Kopaka, followed by Pohatu.
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Nothing really. I'm a lover of the original Bionicle. Heck, I even didn't mind the parts from '06 to '09! But anyways, I'm glad Bionicle is back is any way, shape, or form. Even if I can't get over the new parts. -
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I have made my best effort in making the functions of Tahu 2016 now i did not concentrate in making the moc look like Tahu 2016 but it does have the 2 functions. Front: http://i.imgur.com/2GJ92eQ.png Back: http://i.imgur.com/trp77VD.png New gear waste function: http://i.imgur.com/RmXGrcz.png Sword completely extended: http://i.imgur.com/CV4EpIw.png Sword normal pose: http://i.imgur.com/6prrFc4.png Sword not extended: http://i.imgur.com/JHH588V.png All of the functions shown work. Update: Problem Fixed
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We know what the sets of 2015 are: the Toa, the Protectors, and the skull villains. But, what about 2016? What do you want for wave one, wave two, and the small sets? Personally,I want more villains in wave two. Makuta is a must, in my mind. We saw a glimpse of him in Episode 0 (that's what I like to call the episode titled "The Legend"), but I want to see more of him in the role of the supreme villain. As for wave one, The Toa again, but more in tune with their elements. Lewa has more jungle-esque pieces, Gali has a flowing water motif, Tahu has more flame, etc. As for small sets? Villagers. Make them small. Barebones, not much armor. Little to no tools. Why? So we can have 12. 12 little villagers with their 6 leaders. 2 per element. We've seen villagers in episodes 0 and 2, but what if we actually got a few of them? That'd be a whole lot of world building for what, 5 bucks per set? See, 2001 didn't have the same issue we do now. They had villagers (McToran) and leaders (Turaga), plus their heroes, the Toa. That gave the Toa extra incentive to save the island. Now, all we have is the Protectors, and that's less interesting. What do you guys think?
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We should ask LEGO to make the entirety of BONKLE 2016 clown themed. We can already change the name to 'HONKLE', fitting the clown theme. No, wait. THE ENTIRETY OF 2016. Along with this, we can bring back Hero Factory as 'Clown Factory'. Then we can extend Legends of Chima as 'Legends of Clowns'. Ninjago can become 'Clowngo', the masters of Clownjitzu. Roboriders can come back as 'Roboclowns' too, and Slizers... Slizers will simply become 'Clowns'. Galidor can come back unchanged. Already clownish as it is. Knight's Kingdom will come back for a third time or so, but as Clown's Kingdom. All minifigures will be that of clowns. All themes will be clownified. BZPower must become ClownZonePower to survive.
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