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IC: Skrall (Markets; the Bone Hunter Stronghold) “She is right.” He had returned without the slightest sound; stealth was easy in this place, so loud and so crowded, and it came naturally to him. “Do not mistake depravity for weakness. Look around: this is a fortress. Multiple walls, a watchtower, only one entrance and one exit – not to mention that the market means no shortage of supplies to outlast a siege. Not only that, but these Gatherers are disparate; this represents only a fraction of their number, and this location is strategically valuable only in that it can withstand an assault. Those grains of sand would slip through our fingers. Meanwhile, this is our nearest source of supplies outside Roxtus, and they have another stronghold along the route, meaning that they could easily raid the caravans carrying supplies to our army, or even attack our flank. It would be a massacre, and if we won, we would have shown our hand to the South, revealing ourselves as invaders and making enemies of their most powerful Tribe in the process by halting the supply of slave labour for the duration of the siege.” He looked back to the market; Agori were hauling supplies to the carts in which the Skrall had arrived, carefully avoiding the spikits. “I have seen to our supplies. Once Atakus is finished with the handover, we will be ready for the long journey to Tajun.” OOC: @ skrall IC: Kirbraz (Staff NPC; The Shadiest Spot on Bara Magna) The Agori shifted nervously, weighing up his options; he had no idea who this man was, and if he was indeed a mercenary, he would have no reason to take Kirbraz’s side. The moment he spoke the name aloud, the Glatorian would know exactly who the highest bidder would be. “Someone wants me… silenced. I know something they don't want known.” OOC: @Jesse Pinkman

IC/ Skrall/ Bonehunter Stronghold/ Markets/ The bone hunters had no army, no regiments. Not even a glatorian presence to speak of (as far as she knew). Yet they survived in the wastes. That alone warranted caution. She wondered how long the prisoner would last - and banished the thought as fast as Tirveus had banished him. He had been skrall - and skrall didn’t break easy. Focusing back on the task at hand, she also looked to the wagons. The amount of supplies being loaded gave her a pretty good idea of the length of the remaining trip ahead - If everything went well. She sidled up to skrall and asked: “What are the odds they will honor the deal? Like you said: They know exactly which routes we can take.” It wouldn’t be smart to draw the ire of the legion - but they were greedy enough to deal in people. They might well be greedy enough to accept the trade and then try to reclaim the supplies down the road. Caravans disappeared all the time. And bone hunters knew the difference between an ambush and an animal attack. She wouldn’t put it past them to attack and then make it appear like the work of Vorox. OOC: @a goose@BULiK@Nato G@oncertainty@Burnmad@Mel@Toru Nui

IC: Karak - Celrys' Workshop I twist the grip on the handle of my weapon on my back once idly. I reach around the language wall, trying to focus on the words and phrases of most use and interest. silenced. Someone don't want Hmm. "Someone? Someone who? Rock Tribe? Agori?" This language is cumbersome but simpler than first appearance. It can be learned. OOC: @a goose

IC: Del - Celrys's Workshop, Tajun The Ferrumite only stared, Celrys's reach seeming to exceed Del's grasp for the time being. Any wariness they felt about the wreath however had slipped away, trust in the artificer reasserting itself. An electrical impulse, of a sort. He was, somewhere between coy knowing and playful obliviousness, beginning to speak their language. <<Celrys to perform external diagnostic.>> "Celrys to perform external diagnostic...?" The tiniest tonal upturn. <<Celrys to— >> "—test Del I?" OOC: @a goose @Snelly

So I was browsing Matoran on BS01 yesterday, and something just caught my attention. Apparently, it has been revealed recently that in MNOG 2, Ta-Matoran Nuri and Po-Matoran Kivi, who both wore Kaukau masks in the game as it was released in 2003, were actually planned to wear Komau masks instead: they only turned out the way they did due to a misspelling in the code. BS01 has embraced this fact and changed both Matoran's bios to say they canonically wore Komaus during their time on Mata Nui, however I'm not sure if I would share their stance. While I can kinda understand the initial intention behind making Hahli the only Kaukau wearer in the game for uniqueness' sake as the protagonist - and while I will grant that I don't remember any MNOG 1 Matoran wearing Kaukaus either - the fact remains that canon has recorded these two Matoran as wearing Kaukaus for two decades before this was revealed. Regardless of the initial intention, since it was never corrected in-game, I think it could alternately be considered that the canon that we got may take precedence over an intention that ultimately wasn't reflected in the product. But at this point it's really just a matter of personal preference, so I'm curious: What do you all think? Do you prefer these two Matoran as wearing Kaukau masks, as we've seen them for a long time? Or do you take Templar's initial intention as canon and like them better as Komau-wearers? No judgement either way, of course! I'm just still processing this fact so I wondered how other people felt about it too ^^

PSA on shadow leech prototypes: I've been collecting Bionicle prototypes for a few years now, and it all started with the shadow leeches. I've done a lot of research on them, most likely more than anyone else, so I'd like to consider myself a pretty reputable source when it comes to this particular niche. I've recently seen some questionable "prototypes" pop up, and I wanted to address them along with showing ones that are legitimate, to hopefully inform people who may be less knowledgeable on the topic before making any purchases. Firstly, I want to talk about and show off the real deals (See image 1). First, the Binkmeister prototypes (Image 1, row 2). These are already outlined in this topic, but I'll give a quick rundown. Bags of prototypes were given to community members (for example Black 6) from Binkmeister, a Lego employee at the time (I'm unsure of their current employment status). Among these were prototype shadow leeches, in an array of different colors (all possible colors are shown here, though it's important to note the shades and red speckling vary, just like the normal shadow leeches). I received two yellow leeches from Dviddy, and I traded for the rest of the Binkmeister leeches I needed from a reputable source (who will be kept private). While searching for the leeches, I came across a post in BZP from a former Lego employee, Torsti, made in 2014. It's explained that while they were interning, they found a drawer full of shadow leeches, and was allowed to keep them. This lot consisted of 53 seemingly normal leeches, four 3D printed prototypes of an early design for the leech, three test mold leeches in opaque orange, a 3D printed tridax pod prototype, and another tridax pod prototype in a slightly darker trans orange, with a slightly different mold. I reached out to them and we were able to work out a deal, and on arrival I discovered that the 53 "normal" shadow leeches were also prototypes. They each had varying amounts of sparkle to them, different consistencies of rubber (some being particularly flimsy), some being in much more vibrant shades of blue/green than what was released, and one even having red speckling mixed into it (See image 1, row 1, and row 4/5 for the tridax pods). There have been no images of these prototypes from Torsti other than what he and I have shared, so it is likely these are the only ones of these in existence. (Image 1) This leads me to the recent "prototypes" that have popped up recently. I won't be naming names, of course (as it is always possible to be wrong, and I don't want to put anyone on blast, just raise awareness), but it has all been rather suspicious. Last year, four light gray leeches (FDM printed) popped up, claiming to be from a trade show. I reached out to Skybird, who has done a lot of reasearch on trade shows and prototypes since he won the bid for the prototype Axalara, who gave me his opinion on them. "Axalara comes up for sale in late June (sold early July), I make the story public about two weeks into July. •I mention trade show (by name) •They mention trade show (vague) I mention location, NY They mention location, TX •I source pictures from a private event (because lego invites press) •They explain a lack of pictures with photos being unallowed (fair enough •I mention parts are printed, and mention the method but not the specific acronym (SLS) •They show printed parts (appear FDM, something I have not seen Lego use, but either way, they definitely aren't SLS) All of the info they share is public info, but the only info that could prove the parts are real, sources, material, documentation. Those are left out", and also mentions they couldn't find any trace of a trade show happening at that location, in the rough time frames a shadow leech would be relevant. Here is the post of Tourmalinex's haul, where he was given the leeches for free, alongside some rarer items he purchased: Something I've noticed is that questionable items will often be shown with rare, legitimate items, potentially to try and boost its credibility. The story behind these is (in my opinion) just doesn't hold up, and they have never been seen prior or have any sort of evidence that can prove that they're real. They also claimed to have one of the 3D printed leeches I received from Torsti, but when asked for pictures, none were provided. Just one month later, new "prototype" leeches popped up on Reddit linked here: The leeches are all white, SLS printed, and notably on a sprue. It's been pointed out to me that with SLS printing, there is no reason for them to have been on a sprue, but I am not an expert on 3D printing myself, so I can't confirm that. They also had a note stating what it was, and they showed me a very low quality digital image of it when I requested to see it in personal messages. Even if the note was higher quality, I can't say a note is enough to verify their legitimacy. I unfortunately don't have an image of the note at this point as it's been awhile. They told me they sold them to a reseller who was planning on splitting them up, but I've yet to see any pop up until very recently. The first user who responded to this post is now deleted, and the other comment afterwards was straight up deleted, which is a bit suspicious on its own. The user who made the post was also on a brand new account at the time. Like the previous gray leeches, these had never been seen before nor had any sort of real evidence, but something notable is that the big critique with the gray leeches is that they were FDM printed, and these white ones fix that issue with being SLS, and the seller made a point to make sure people knew these were SLS. Just last Thursday, this post was made in BST from a new account: Where they post an image of items they allegedly received from somebody who worked for a "promotional events company". It's worth noting they have the NYCC Clear Hau, which may be there to boost credibility, somewhat similar to the VMKK with the gray leeches earlier. Of course, that's being pessimistic, but it's important to look at all the possibilities. Among this assortment of items, there is a white leech and a blue/black tridax pod half. The white leech looks to be identical to the ones on the sprue, notably with no sprue of course. This is in fact not from the sprue, however, as they claim this lot of items was bought in 2018. The tridax pod doesn't make much sense, as if you take a look at it, it's a completely unique mold. It was suggested that it may be a test mold for Von Nebula's tridax pod, however he used the same exact mold of the original tridax pod, just in blue and black. It's possible that they may have tried to use a different design, but this has never been seen prior. When asked, I was also not provided with additional pictures, as they were conveniently (in my opinion) given away (for free) despite them claiming they bought this lot to resell. Without additional pictures, it's impossible to really look into the pod further. Additionally, on the topic of the leech, somebody reached out to me and claimed they heard from a designer, and that there is a file for the white leech that was "not meant to be distributed", and that they have the file, and they can be printed at home. The file was not provided, but this is suspicious on both ends- either this claim is true, and that means that people could just print their own fakes, or it's fake, and people have just been printing fakes. I'm going to completely ignore this claim, as it contradicts it's purpose of trying to prove legitimacy, while also being nothing more than a claim. These three instances all have too many suspicious aspects too them, and in my opinion, are not legitimate. It's perfectly possible that I'm wrong, but I'd like to encourage you all to look into this kind of stuff further than what is presented at face value. A story isn't always true, and it's important to cross reference, compare, and talk to knowledgeable people on the topic. Sorry for the long read folks, I felt it was important to put this out there as I've felt these recent pop ups have been rather suspicious, and I've seen a lot of people kind of just accept them as real with pretty minimal research.

lego beat you to that one

The other stuff.... A lot of it...

Hey, I’m Owls. Earlier this year I found 6 different assumed prototype/misprint parts; 5 Kanohi and 1 Weapon as I’ve documented on Twitter and I’m pretty sure some other people have already posted about this in this thread. I can provide further proof if needed. First of all, I know it’s a bit late but I’m open to answer any further questions about the parts. Second of all, since I’m no collector I’ve decided after some consideration that I’ll probably sell them off over time, with the exception or one or two of the Kanohi(the Teal Matatu in particular). This is why I’m looking for some price estimates, both for the masks and the light blue Trident. I know there have been some recent sales like the Copper Avohkii and Light Blue Kakama, but as far as I am aware multiple of those exist while the ones I acquired seem to be entirely unique (with the exception of the yellow Ruru). I appreciate any help in this subject and hope I can answer some questions in turn. -Owls