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  1. We got a second place prize from a mysterious overlord or floating big head. The second place prize will be a Crome Hard Plastic Xa Krana aka VMKK. Once we have it I am going to post a picture.
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  2. Hello, I have recently completed the third and fourth books in the Hero Factory Secret Mission series, Collision Course and Robot Rampage. Being Greg Farshtey's most notable contribution to Hero Factory, they bring to Hero Factory much of what made his BIONICLE writing so good. The characters feel more real and fleshed-out than they ever do in the TV show or comics, and the concepts and locations the books deal with just feel more mature. At the same time, it feels like Greg had little oversight in writing them. The books only tangentially tie into the main story, and there was only one part (when Furno's sword and shield were mentioned) that I was actually reminded of their toy forms. Aside from basic things like color, Greg doesn't describe the actual characters who exist as sets very deeply. He is more interested in describing the non-set characters or environments, which are described very well. Really, if I were reading them without knowing what the toys looked like, I would image much more human-looking or cyborg entities. It is strange to think that these books took much of the energy from Greg that would have gone to BIONICLE had that series continued. It feels like a last hurray of sorts for Greg's gift for action-adventure. The characters brood much like Vakama Hordika or Sahmad. Greg's writing almost chafes against the more kid-friendly direction HF as a whole went in, and I can find most of the books online for cheap, so it seems like the target demographic did not gobble these up the way that we consumed BIONICLE. It is unfortunate, because they really are interesting and well-written books. I am awaiting the arrival of #5, even though I already know it ends on a cliffhanger and the Galactic Conspiracy storyline goes unresolved. Based on 3 and 4, I would recommend buying these books. Especially now that Greg is no longer with LEGO, they offer a historic glimpse into a time period I would say began in earnest in 2004, when lines like Alpha Team Mission: Deep Freeze and Knights' Kingdom II were introduced alongside BIONICLE as LEGO's color-coded heroes fighting ultimate evil. If you grew up around that time, you will find the Secret Mission stories rewarding to read and nostalgia-inducing for the end of an age.
    4 points
  3. Nacho 09/11/2005 - 01/17/2024 The best dog in the world
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  4. Welp, time to reflect publicly on BZP. I always like doing that. This year, I'll be trying something a little different and I'll actually be typing this up while reading my private thoughts from my journal I wrote throughout the year. Starting with something that was a theme throughout the whole year: In December of 2022, as part of a musical Secret Santa exchange, I received the song Where Are You Now by Danny L. Harle. From there, I listened to the rest of the Harlecore album, and then discovered the whole musical world revolving around the PC Music label/collective. I realized I already recognized a lot of the names from the 100 gecs remix album. This really is my kind of music. I found so many songs I loved, but one artist stood out from among the rest: GFOTY. She's quickly become one of my all time favorites and over the course of the year, I've listened to her entire discography. Unfortunately, PC Music announced that they're ending new releases on the label with the end of the year, so I'm listening to some of their stuff on the last day, even as I write this. It was a great ride, even if I only caught the tail end of it. Oh, and going back to the gecs, seeing them live was the other big musical moment for me this year. Their new album was great too. As I mentioned in my last entry, I finished college, moved out on my own, and got a job. I feel a lot more independent now. With that, I've been doing a lot more cleaning and organizing this year for a variety of reasons. I've also had more time for my hobbies though, getting a lot more lego building done and integrating myself into a local lug. I got dental implants put in at the beginning of the year. Something I had forgotten about was that this prevented me from eating my favorite food for a month. I'm actually just now getting scheduled to have the crowns put on the implants. I'm honestly tired of all this stuff going on with my teeth. I'm so ready to be done with it. Something I'm noticing is I was able to become much more social and confident over the course of the year. I even went out on a few dates! Nothing that led anywhere serious, but I'm very proud myself for handling it in a way that felt very natural. Ironically, I'm also much more comfortable being alone now than when I was in college. I think there's something about being surrounded by people that actually makes you feel more lonely sometimes. I've started playing more seriously in @Voltex's BZPGOT games this year. I've only recently started getting caught up on all the previous story there, but before I started that, I decided to read/reread all canon Bionicle story material. This, combined, with another event I'll mention later, means I did a lot more reading than has become normal for me this year. Next year I'm hoping to get caught up on the BZPGOT write ups, maybe read some other Bionicle fanfic ( @Pahrak Model ZX?) , but especially start reading some non-bionicle books aimed at adults haha. Brickfair was great as I also mentioned in the last entry! There was one thing about Brickfair I didn't mention though. At one point during the con, I got a call from my father. He met up with my cousin. I hadn't seen her in 7 years, and we hadn't been able to spend quality time with each other in even longer. He wouldn't tell me what was going on until I got back and spoke with him in person. It wasn't instantaneous for us to reconnect, but we did it. Both of us were worried the other might have somehow become a completely different person in the interim, but we get along so well. We were able to have phone calls, texts, and finally meet up in person for Thanksgiving. This has made me happier than anything else really, and I think it's been so good for both of us to have the other back in our life. I've always looked up to her, we have a lot of fond memories together, and now we're making new ones. She's someone I feel like I can talk to like no one else, and she always has such interesting things to say. So that's obviously not everything, but that's the biggest stuff. Thank you to each of you who have had even some small part in making my year so good! And a happy new year to you all! I know I already have some good things planned for it.
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  5. Absolutely not. Rendering that sort of pivotal moment in the story; not to mention Matoro's whole character arc, completely moot would make for a terrible continuation. It would serve only to satisfy you, and you alone.
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  6. Happy droneuary!
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  7. I'm not sure what possessed me to make this, but uh, here we are! Comic 1 Stay tuned to see if it possesses me to draw some more --Akaku: Master of Flight
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  8. I just got accepted into graduate school. My dream program. I feel excited, and I also feel guilty for feeling excited because I'm also still mourning. None of this makes sense.
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  9. Hey, I guess I stumbled on this at the right day. Right now, I'm going through with my cat a lot of the same things you mentioned going through with your dog and I'm worried I might be about to lose her for good. Come to think of it, I got her right around the time I joined BZPower too. We're just voices on a silly old forum, and your status as the person who comes back and posts a blog entry every so often has long eclipsed anything I might have known you for when you were actually active in my mind, but for just a moment I was able to feel like there was someone else out there who understood me. I'd give you a hug if I could. Give yourself as many days to cry as you need. It might take longer to get over than you expect or feel is expected of you. That's okay. You may feel good for several days and then suddenly find yourself a wreck again. That's okay too. And I hope grad school is as good for you as it was for me.
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  10. Apologies if this is the wrong part of the forum to advertise this, mods feel free to remove this, but in light of some recent irl issues, I'd like to advertise that I take art commissions. This is a rough idea of what my prices are, of course, I am willing to do Bionicle as well as anything else Lego under the sun, Lego stuff is my primary specialty, I do have more examples of my work in this thread, plus my social medias linked on my page. These prices are just rough estimates, depending on what you're looking for, I'm willing to lower/raise prices accordingly. Feel free to contact me here or on other platforms, I do take Paypal as payment. Also, small correction, as this is somewhat of an old sheet, but if desired, I can send physical goods such as the commissioned artwork as pins or prints. (Would offer stickers but I currently need to fix my sticker machine- will update this tidbit upon fixing it.) Prices listed are USD.
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  11. Dulce et Decorum Est Moc based on the poem "Dulce et Decorum Est" by Wilfred Owen. 19/01/2024
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  12. Give yourself time to mourn your dog. When it's time for grad school, the feelings will be easier to manage.
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  13. "He is only a dog", but he is human enough to be a great comfort. As I type, my best and oldest friend lies in my lap, drifting in and out of consciousness. He has not eaten in more than a day, nor has he drank anything in that period except a small amount of water administered by syringe. He can barely move, though he keeps trying. It has been eighteen years since he entered my life and I am not ready for him to leave it. He's one of the few remnants of my childhood, which is perhaps why I felt the urge to write this here, on this site I used to haunt in my elementary-school days. Perhaps I will clean this up, post it somewhere else, somewhere other than the ruins of Web 2.0, somewhere where it might get more attention, but this version, typed in the BZP blog submission box at five-thirty in the morning, is the original. I joined BZPower in 2005; I adopted Nacho later the same year. But only barely the same year. He was a belated Christmas present; we picked him up on New Years' Eve. Actually, there was another dog there too, and we had our choice of which to take. The other puppy was let out first; he was small and so very sweet. He walked up to nine-year-old me ever so calmly and politely, introduced himself in the most dignified way a four-month-old Shih Tzu could. Then the-dog-who-would-become-Nacho was released. He immediately charged my six-year-old brother, leapt into the air, slammed into him with all the power his seven-pound body could muster. My brother was actually knocked backwards. We could tell he didn't mean any harm by it. To the contrary, he loved being there, loved to meet new people, loved to be alive. He wanted to share that with us, even if he didn't know any way to do it beyond throwing himself full-force into the nearest kindergartner. --- I "made" a spritesheet for him, back in those days when the Comics board (I believe it was called Artwork III back then, having been split off from Artwork I because the people who actually knew how to draw were tired of being overshadowed by Dark709) was the hottest place on the site. Of course by "made" I mean I took a preexisting sprite sheet (actually, it might have been by Dark709, though I no longer recall), recolored the spot on the dog's back, and was off to the races. The entire process probably took me about sixty seconds, which was the limits of my patience at the time. He only ever made one appearance in a comic I was a co-author for; why someone would let me, with my complete lack of artistic or comedic talent, touch their strip, I can only wonder. I'm glad that Brickshelf has archived my achievement in the field of bad BZPower sprite comics. Man, I was such a kid. --- I wanted to name him "Wicket," after the Ewok from Star Wars. My younger brother wanted Nacho. He was inspired by a cute MOC he had recently seen, here on BZP, that had the same name; that build is probably lost to time now. I was a little sore about losing out, but in retrospect, he definitely chose the right name. It's funny how much of that dog comes back to this website. --- I haven't done much of anything today besides sit and worry. Every now and then I try to see if a miracle has happened, if his appetite has returned, if his body has decided not to shut itself off after all, and every now and then I am disappointed. I have my laptop, but I don't want to play or watch anything, nor do I want to read the book I have left sitting on the coffee table. I have marked my life through fiction, and I know that anything I read or watch or play now will be the thing I was reading/watching/playing when Nacho died, indelibly linked to him in my mind. I don't want to ruin a perfectly good anime series that way. Nor do I want him to be permanently associated with a bad one. Instead, I mostly scroll Twitter. The one other bit of entertainment I afford myself is playing randomly-generated Picross puzzles. Actually, it's kind of boring, but it appeals to me. The canvas is a rigid grid, its solution locked away in the numbers, and all I have to do is put things in their place. Either I get one that's easily solvable, or else I get one where there are at least two valid solutions and it comes down to chance which one the computer thinks is right. I think I have a winning record at guessing, though. I suppose writing is now the third interesting thing I've done. --- My brother and mother (yes, I still live with my parents at twenty-seven) have gone about their days in as ordinary a fashion as possible (given the severe winter weather we're now experiencing). How can they act like the world isn't ending? --- In a way, the Nacho I met all those years ago has already gone. It's been many years since he could run and jump and force his joie de vivre on the most proximate elementary-schooler. Then, when he went blind a couple years back, whatever energy he still had vanished. These last few months he's had difficulty walking, and sometimes even difficulty standing. Two days ago, I was already never going to take him on another walk again. But even two days ago, he wasn't skin and bones like he is right now. Where did the mass go? As long as he's alive, there was--is--always that irrational hope beyond hope that he would somehow get better, that his eyes would regain their form and function, that his energy would come back, that his telomeres would re-lengthen. When he dies that will be it. He will stop being is and become was. --- I remember how he would greet me when I returned home from school. He was always so excited, like it was the first time we'd seen each other in years. I remember how much he used to love broccoli; I've never really heard of a dog who liked broccoli, but he always went crazy for the stuff. Whenever we had it with dinner we'd save some for him. I remember how he used to love to play with plastic water bottles, more than any actual dog toy. I remember how excited he got at so much as a glimpse of the leash. I want to keep those moments frozen, forever, as if in amber. It's not even that I didn't/don't want to grow up; I just always wished, wish, for the ability to grow down, to return to these comforting events in a format more perfect and real than memory, to reclaim my innocence, to revive the mosquito in the amber of the past. My best friend is dying. My life can never be the same.
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  14. wow, very nice, hope you gets lots of sales
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  15. One-week-later’s from visits to ERs are unofficial holidays. ❄️❄️❄️ Wishing a glorious new year to all here!
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  16. I guess I have to just take this one day at a time.
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  17. *a virtual happyhug to the site, so hope to return here from absolutely overwhelming medical emergency recluse soon, terribly grateful for this place, being alive and the splendid strangeness of complex medical care access at last*💙🫂
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  18. Hello, BZPower readers! Today we have a treat for you: a new short story by one of our talented members, TahnokTrapper. The story is called, "The Creation of Koli," and it explores the origins of the popular sport that we all know and love. It is set in the early days of Mata Nui and follows Onewa and Whenua as they decide to create a new game to replace Akilini in their new island home. You can read the story here and leave your feedback and comments for the author. We hope you enjoy it as much as we did, and we look forward to more stories from TahnokTrapper and other BZPower writers!View the full article
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  19. I’m deeply fascinated by the paranormal and strange occurrences. Especially beings like aliens, Bigfoot, mothman, hauntings, etc. I have yet to witness any myself in spite of deeply desiring to. I live in an area with frequent BF sightings and other related things. I’d there a paranormal thread already? I didn’t see one.
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  20. IC: Del - Celrys's Workshop, Tajun The Glatorian stared unblinking, taking the engineer's brief cardiologic explanation as given, subconsciously connecting word to sound to substance to function. Optimising their understanding of their frame. Del gave a little nod. This explanation was taking a great deal more processing for Del to wrap their head around. The leap from literal to metaphorical was still just a span too far. Del lifted their hand away from their chest. Clink. The glass of the stethoscope tapped against Del's helmet. The expected thu-thum, thu-thum, thu-thum was absent; instead the quiet vibration from the cooling fans, running at low speed now, gently sounded into their ears. <<Query.>> "Mind... no sound?" In a surprising few ways, this was true. OOC: @a goose @Snelly
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  21. The mask still here we didn't sell it. However that did not stop people from asking to buy it,by using the contest submission page.😑😑😑
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  22. Hau Cast In Silver These two classic Kanohi Hau are both cast in sterling silver. The twin masks where cast for a contest, two were cased in case of an error in the process. The top mask has revived a high polish and the lower mask is its original state. The sterling silver Hau has more weight then the official 14k gold Hau given away by Lego that has holes for a chain. If you are curious a mask like this in other metals would cost; Palladium: $2,019.42 ----- $1804.42 + $215 for processing/cleaning/polishing Platinum: $2,328.96 ----- $2113.96 + $215 for processing/cleaning/polishing 14k Gold: $2,004.32 ----- $1789.32 + $215 for processing/cleaning/polishing 18k Gold: $2,404.73 ----- $2189.73 + $215 for processing/cleaning/polishing
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  23. After viewing a bit of your past work, I get the feeling you'll blow the competition right out of the water lol
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  24. Yeah I'm good lol
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  25. Yeah I swear you used to be able to see the results after voting.
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  26. I’ve noticed a lot of people have them but I haven’t found out how to add any. Do I need to gather enough points or something? Or be a member for a certain amount of time?
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  27. That's your signature. You can edit it here.
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  28. This contest is not over,come on lets see some cool m.o.c's.
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  29. (I don't think you're supposed to copy-paste the same text in two different topics.) I don't think any of this is realistic. I guess it would be cool to see some more shout-outs in other sets, like the BIONICLE mention in the new DreamZZZ/Ninjago crossover.
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  30. IC: Luka - Streets of Tajun "I suppose that's where we come in," Luka said with a grin, "For me, I just can't resist the heroics that can come with being a Glatorian. I know it's not a super common trait, but I dunno. I've always been a helper-type myself. Glatorian are the best equipped to be protectors and heroes, as well as revered athletes and entertainers" As the blue-armored young man said this, he continued to look out at the shops and people bustling along. Glatorian of all Tribes seemed to grow in number, and they all looked like they had somewhere to be yesterday. Many of them had weapons strapped to them that Luka had never seen before. A remote part of Luka's mind was cowering. Any one of these titanic warriors could be Luka's opponent—and none of them looked friendly. One particularly brutish-looking Fire Glatorian had done a sideways glance toward Luka as he stomped into a nearby weapons shop. He wore the emblem of Vulcanus and had the unmistakable red and yellow hues in his armor. Luka had tried to will the rest of his mind and soul to combat this lapse in bravado. Luka knew he could compete—otherwise how had he been spending his time the past several months? Hopefully not a waste of time. Instead, the heroic hopeful gulped as that towering Fire Tribesman trudged inside and slammed the weapon shop door behind him. OOC: @Nato G
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  31. I will pay anyone at LEGO any amount of money for that to not happen. I marked "maybe" on the survey because marking "no" made me feel too much like a sociopath. Here's how storytelling works, you are supposed to want the bad thing to not happen but recognize that that is how dramatic tension is formed. It'd be great for Luke if Ben Kenobi didn't get killed on the Death Star but that's because it's an allegory for growing from a boy into a man and losing your parents and other mentor figures when you feel like you're only beginning to truly appreciate them. The story would be "better" if Obi-Wan didn't die in the sense that the people in the story would feel happier, but it would be a much worse story (and probably not be remembered at all) because it would not be about emotions that the viewers could understand. Have you ever read/watched any media featuring a chosen one ever? I agree with @Nato G that the Red Star kind of ruined BIONICLE. I know that Greg a "zombies on a space station" story, and Greg has surprised me with his ability to make seemingly stupid story ideas work before, but on paper it just sounds weird. Virtually any death in BIONICLE being removed would also remove all our investment in why it happened. Matoro has to die for the story to be about humility and self-sacrifice, Mavrah has to die to show the danger of arrogantly trying to control nature, Sidorak has to die to show us how evil and detached Roodaka is, and Lesovikk's team has to die to turn Lesovikk into a grimdark atoner edgelord.
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  32. Type: Giveaway

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    Seek the lost masks of power with Skull Scorpio! Enter the dark burial ground of the ancient city to search for lost masks of power with Skull Scorpio! This evil creation of Skull Grinder is a fierce enemy for anyone who gets in its way. If you encounter LEGO® BIONICLE® heroes underground, press the trigger on the tail to unleash the stinger with hook blades. Then pick up their elemental masks in the gripping pincers to give Skull Scorpio even more poisonous power! Features a Bull Skull Mask and mask pop-off trigger, villain shell, trigger-activated stinger with 2 hook blades, gripping pincers, silver-colored bones, translucent rib cage and posable joints Press the tail to trigger the battle stinger! Pick up masks with the gripping pincers Pop off the Bull Skull mask! Durable design for intense action play Combine with 70795 Mask Maker vs. Skull Grinder to create a powered-up Skull Grinder using building instructions available online at LEGO.com/BIONICLE/bi Measures over 4” (12cm) high, 10” (26cm) long and 7” (20cm) wide Prize donated by The LEGO Group.
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  33. this is great! welcome back!
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  34. right, what i ment to say it for flims like nightmare before Christmas, jack could so easily be made out of bio pieces, what do u guys think, tell me ur ideas and show me some builds i am an animator myself, i need some ideas......
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  35. Siblings fused into one. Organic and mechanical. Past and future. Twisted and distorted. A forbidden amalgamation. Instagram
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  36. Could it be, a birthday on BZP? Why yes, there just happens to be one on this day! Happy birthday, @otter! Art gifted on the behalf of Mushy, who is currently feeling a bit under the weather:
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  37. Alright, small update time! It's been a while! I haven't done many of these since my previous post. I usually take a small hiatus around October, drop everything else I'm doing to do some Halloween stuff. That didn't really happen because then I had a massive irl commission to take care of for a family friend, so this in conjunction with college and retail work left me with minimal time to work on my art (and I fear it shows in some of these lol). What was supposed to be the annual October hiatus ended up lasting until the week after Christmas. Finally getting back on the horse though! Got 10 left before the big 100! Gonna do a lot of highly requested characters, characters I should've maybe done sooner, etc. We have: Clouse and Yang, probably some of the most requested Ninjago characters so far. Sweet Mayhem from TLM2. Ava, Robin, and Merlok from Nexo Knights. Aaand I've almost finished up the main Dreamzzz roster with Night Hunter and Zoey, just need to do Mr. Oz soon!
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  38. I had to google Cycladic art, but these are quite beautiful in their own quirky way. They look so smooth, barely even LEGO. I like them.
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  39. Hello, everyone! Phovos the Raptor here! I've recently rebooted this comedy. Click here to skip straight to the Reboot. If you're just getting into this comedy and can't face reading the bit with too many characters, I suggest you jump to this post where the more recent stuff starts to happen: Clicky! Here's a quick intro for the characters too. Nuhvok-Kal: Old and grumpy and annoying. Lehvak-Kal: Little baby who loves doing practical jokes and enjoys annoying and hurting people. Gahlok-Kal: Slightly dumb. Slightly feminine. Fairly normal. Breaks electronic equipment. Tahnok-Kal: The Nice Guy. Gets sad very easily. Pahrak-Kal: Slow but he'll get there eventually. He's also amazing at cooking and cleaning. Kohrak-Kal: The Sensible One. If you want a normal conversation, Kohrak's the guy to speak to. Also enjoys singing. Other characters include me (Phovos), The RED Team, Turahk, Pohatu Nuva, Veekay, The BLU Team and Random Guest Stars... ... Welcome back to BZP everyone. You probably don't remember me, but I'm Phovos, the insane little Raptor born from the Bionicle Universe and now with my own story and everything. And I am Tahnok-Kal, also known as Teekay. You remember me, right? Well, I'm the guy who built Phovos. I'm also a Bohrok. Yay. I'm Lehvak-Kal. And I am Elkay, a parallel Bohrok just like Tahnok there. That Lehvak-Kal is the original guy from the proper Bionicle Universe. And as we are here, I am the original Tahnok-Kal from the proper universe as well. Please excuse me while I ignore you all. You can talk, Tahnok, you don't have mental issues. And you're not the male equivalent of a Bahrag. A valid point. But you are not human like those two freaks over there... Hey, Doc, Ah believe we are lost. Ja... I believe so, mein freund... Zhis is not zhe remains of zhe BLU base of Teufort... Medic, Engineer, get lost. This is for bio-mechanical beings only! Ah'll get out me gunslinger then. You moron! He means like zhose creatures zhere! Oh... Well, I'll bugger off then... Good idea, guys... Anyway, don't mind them. They are just morons like the rest of us. Oh, by the way, Teekay, is this an introduction? No, it's more like us randomly talking at people who aren't here and really just don't care. As usual. Can I speak now? Oh yeah. We forgot a few people. The rest of the Bohrok-Kal speak in their old colours. Blue for Gahlok, black for Nuhvok, brown for Pahrak and light grey for Kohrak. I suppose you remember those guys too, right? No one here remembers us, little Raptor. We are old in the minds of the young ones... Is it me or has our leader become rather philosophical? Sorry, Kohrak, can't hear you. Use a darker colour. Is this better? Nope, still can't hea.. Ignore him, Kohrak, he's just messing with you again. Also, yes, Tahnok is now all grumpy and stuff. Not much has changed then. Also, I think I've changed gender yet again. You change gender almost daily, Gahlok. No I don't! Are you two going to argue over nothing in our first chapter? Hey, it amuses some people. Plus, it isn't your first chapter. It's your first chapter on a new forum. Coming from someone who makes it up as he goes along. Blame Phovos for that. Plus, she's the poor blighter who has to type all this rubbish out. It's not that bad. Means I can practice a bit. Also, it means I can pretend to make you say things. I could make you say that... Phovos, I'll electrocute you... As will I. I do not wish... Eh, shut it, Tahnok. We kinda don't like your new outlook. I hate Microsoft Outlook. Always crashes. Are we done yet? Nope. GET LOST, ENGINEER. Nah, let the humans stay. I find them amusing. Really? No, but I am sure their blood will make for good oil... Er... Doc, does that respawn machine work in different universes? I have no idea. He's joking. Phew. I think. I'm getting my shotgun. Won't work. I am getting my medigun,.. That won't work either. Okay, I'm confused. You're not the only one...
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  40. Hi, guys. I’m not sure if this is a good topic, but how can people see the votes in the polls in BZPower? I mean, every time I make a poll, the votes are hidden after putting your vote in the poll. How can you open them to see how many people vote for something after putting your vote? It’s a problem for me. Please help me out.
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  41. Leader of the Toa Motu, Arai is the fourth entry in the team joining Rewa, Poraru and Kyrehx.
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  42. This is...makes me feel...umm. Truly there are no words to describe this but I absolutely love it.
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  43. It's a literary thing, people tend to like messianic figures to come back from the dead for literature reasons going back several thousand years. It's not like there aren't other heroic sacrifices in media recently that seem to be permanent and "not being reversed" like Tony Stark in the Avengers movies, but for the most part people tend to have big heroic figures who die like Matoro come back to life. Harry Potter does it at the end of the final book, Gandalf returns from falling down the Mines of Moria, Obi-Wan returns as a Force ghost after sacrificing himself in his duel against Vader, Spock is revived on the Genesis planet in a new body which eventually reunites with his original soul, Sherlock Holmes faked his death in his fight against Moriarty on Reichenbach Falls and eventually returned after some time assumed dead, etc. So Matoro is either the greatest subversion because it showcases the cost of heroic sacrifices in a realistic measure, or a constant frustrating plot choice that breaks a strong literature trope. I think the problem lies in the introduction of the Red Star, if all Bionicle characters were assumed dead then Matoro wouldn't feel to out of place. When we find out that Lhiikan, etc. have been chilling up on the Red Star very much alive since their "death" it makes Greg feel capricious and cruel towards Matoro, that in a massive sea of "alive again" characters that the one who by all literary expectations should be the one alive again is the one who is "very very very dead." The rules feel arbitrary and like Greg wanted to have his cake and eat it to by keeping Matoro dead while bringing everybody else back to life.
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  44. IC: Celrys (CelTech workshop, Tajun) “Miss Daring is quite right,” Celrys confirmed, beaming. “That's the sound of your heart, pumping away, keeping the blood flowing around your body. The stethoscope is used to listen in on it and make sure it's working as it should. “The wreath is a great deal like a stethoscope, except that it is for your mind. The readings it takes will allow me to check on your brain function, and account for any possible damage.” OOC: @Snelly @Techn0geist
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  45. Please note that this set is not for sale. I'm happy to chat with other collectors though. Thank you! Hello! Today's Bionicle day, and I made a promise a while ago to post an unseen prototype set of a 2001 rahi, so here it is. I'm a Lego prototype collector and found this when going through a cache of prototypes I hunted down. I figured it'd be appreciated if I dusted them off and shared them with the world! You can tell that the parts are prototypes by comparing the moulds to any moulds that were released, mostly by being rougher than (and containing scrapped details of released) Lego elements. The pieces in this set can also be compared to known prototypes already online: Most obviously the kanohi are prototypes with codes on the front. All Toa Mata parts on these Nui-Rama are genuine prototype pieces too, including the red 32551 hook, and the red 32506 claws even show evidence of being the first claws to ever be produced. Please see the last images. The tail piece, 32177, was also never released in red nor yellow, and have to my knowledge never been seen in those colours before (however Google Images has a cached, very mysterious listing, of a yellow claw here, but I assume that was an error). Of course the colour scheme raises questions, so I'm looking for more information on this: The colour scheme matches Muaka and Kane-Ra. Were all rahi supposed to have those two colours? Were all rahi supposed to have several colour packs released? Were the colours somehow swapped around between the rahi? Or was this just a first test where they didn't focus on the colours? The Toa Mata parts on it are prototypes, but the rahi were designed and released after the Toa. However these predate the earliest looks we've seen of any rahi. Was the Nui-Jaga perhaps first designed next to the Toa, and if so were there perhaps more rahi prototypes that were dropped/designed with alternate colours at this stage? Did it have a nickname by the designers similar to the legendary Sand Tarakava? (Otherwise I will make some up!) If you can help out maybe contacting the designer of the set, please let me know! I'm planning on uploading a "prototype overview" video to my new YouTube channel soon, going through every nerdy little detail about this set, so feel free to subscribe if that interests you! There will be more stuff coming too! Not a full prototype set like this, but some interesting Bionicle things plus some RoboRiders and Slizer. Let me know what you think! Some more images:
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  46. Oh man, I didn't realize otter was still around. I remember playing mafia back in the day. Great art from Mushy too!
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  47. Stands at 3.3feet/42 inches, 15 or so pounds. More pictures can be found on my flickr.
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  48. Lasca & Rotte During an order on Bricklink, I noticed that the store I was ordering from had 2 air pumps from the Life on Mars line. I thought it would be a good idea to purchase both. Once they arrived, as usual, I wanted to find a new use for these strange and large pieces. Because this piece is air-bound, I decided to create a pair of villagers, masters of glassblowing. The only Bionicle pieces are the Nuva legs, for the arms I used a flex tube + a sequence of dark gray plates + dark gray 2x2 round plates. 21/05/23
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  49. Agreed - not to be rude to the OP, but most of these boxes are available on their own for fairly cheap. If you already know the contents, why not let the sellers know what they're buying? Especially with the pricing on the Nuva/Krana-Kal boxes, as they're really only worth more money in their off-chance of protodermic Kanohi. Otherwise, I'm not sure you'll find too many buyers.
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  50. My two cents as an older gen z kid: I'm a bit out of touch since I am like, a whole adult, but I do live with and take care of two younger siblings. One of the biggest IPs among kids these days is Five Nights At Freddy's. Do you all know how wild the lore of that stuff is? How obsessed kids are over the lore of these games? I think with the right marketing, Bionicle could be pulled off again, maybe even with something similar to g1, since now with the internet, it should be easier for kids to access the full lore. Again, I point to FNAF. Neither of my youngins have even played the games yet they're all over the lore. I was born a year after g1 started. I was a judgemental little kid who just saw Bionicle as the "weird" part of lego, and I don't think it helped that the lore wouldn't have been fully available to me. I was like, 8 when g1 ended. At this time, the concept of shoving an iPad with unrestricted internet access in your kid's face wasn't a thing yet, so computer time was still a special thing, so surely even if I was interested in Bionicle then, I couldn't just go online and read the serials, etc etc. So maybe it'd work out for this gen if say, instead of comics and serials, it got webisodes like a lot of toylines these days. And I don't just mean some little online animations like previous gens, I mean tell most of the story through one source, one series of webisodes, where it's all easy to access in one place. That or a full length, proper series, but again, keep it all in one place. Maybe some new little mobile games too, just like MNOG. Get those kids looking for every little easter egg in the game, use it for foreshadowing, but don't make it vital to understanding what's going on, just have it there so kids can make theories. Also like, clean up the lore a bit and don't do what g2 did lol. And trust me, even if a kid buys a toy and drops it after five minutes, if it's attached to a piece of media, they'll still be interested and will probably want more toys, and a sale is always a sale. (I mean, there are still new toylines popping up and sticking around. As a general toy collector, I've seen plenty of new franchises and reboots pop up in this decade alone that are still going and honestly, a three year run isn't too bad the more I learn about a million toylines that flopped even before the digital age.) I think there are very few things that just can't work today. Bionicle could work, but I do think Lego is to blame to an extent. Ninjago and Monkie Kid do well, they're clearly evergreen until they eventually go the way of Bionicle too. Otherwise, there's one original story/big bang theme that'll run alongside those (Chima, Nexo Knights, Hidden Side, now Dreamzz), then the sorta generic things like City and Friends. There are outliers, but I think this is a solid description of everything non-licensed. I don't know what it would take for Lego to want to revive Bionicle. I'd say the implosion of one of their other originals, but no, because those all seem to fill some sort of vital role. We have the slice of life stuff (City, Friends), the big cool action theme that can adapt to other aesthetics (Ninjago), and the new theme at the moment that's there for the kids that don't like City or Ninjago (Dreamzzz). I think Bionicle will only return if Lego feels they need that hole filled once again, but I guess currently it's occupied by those buildable Marvel figures and what have you. That said, I don't think it's completely impossible. Also, veering away from the topic of what would interest kids, I could also see Lego dropping a small Bionicle line aimed at older fans. Maybe a single set to test the waters (maybe that's what the GWP was, who knows!), but I don't think it's entirely dead nor impossible to bring back. Idk maybe I'm just talking out of my rear with a heavy dose of hopeful thinking though lol.
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