Lewa Krom

Peach 00 - I wouldn't put it past the Great Being that was hiding in the Matoran Universe. He would have the means, motive, and opportunity to accomplish something like that, after all.

Well, to be fair, the Great Beings are more technologically advanced than we are, having had a hand in the creation of cyborg wolves, biomechanical dinosaurs, a giant maze that can transform itself into things. So comparing their techology, with ours might not be fair.I think it might have something to do with the fact that it was built out of protodermis. A while back (looking through Planetperson's summaries of OGD), Greg said that protodermis had been derived from energized protodermis, or something to that effect. If protodermis is a "non-toxic" form of energized protodermis, it might still have some qualities that produce unexpected consequences. We know energized protodermis can create/alter life, so it might be safe to say that protodermis radiates some of the effects of energized protodermis at a much weaker rate, taking something that was almost lifelike and giving it a nudge in the direction of life.The Matoran already had minds that were mechanical (not sure if you would call it a mind if it has no emotions, etc. but whatever ), so think of the effects of the radiation of normal protodermis giving a couple extra protons (or is it neutrons... I suck at Chemistry ) to make it Carbon-14. The Matoran were biomechanical so it would make sense for them to have carbon in them to begin with... you know what... I think I'll stop there. I've already overthought this.So yeah, most of that can probably be disregarded as overcomplicating something, but I would believe that protodermis, or at least energized protodermis, had a hand in that.

Last time I checked, BZPower is based out of Virginia, not California. :-)Wait? It is? Awesome. Next time the server's busy or down I think I'll go find it and bang on it until it works again! :lol:Anyway, I may or may not stay. Due to a personal project I have been deeply interested in Bionicle since the beginning of October and am learning all the details that I had missed the first time through (for example, did you know the Morbuzakh's King Root has a distinctive stripe running its length?). I am in the middle of finishing one epic (The Herald) and starting a new trilogy that approaches Bionicle from a different angle. Plus Bionicle: Next Generation (yeah, we're still alive, though slowed down). I expected to leave a while ago, but now I see myself as sticking around for a little while longer. Even after 10-11 years, Bionicle still has me hooked - even when it's been discontinued and we've had all of three story chapters.

Quick question - how was Vakama able to figure out how to use the Vahi but still had no idea how to use the Huna?

All I want for Christmas is Bionicle. Yeah… Hero Factory sucks… Ninjago’s a little young for me… all I want for Christmas is Bionicle. I recently helped my brother build his Axalara from two years back that he got frustrated with a quit. I think that is a prime example of Bionicle being superior to Hero Factory. (It also makes me happy to know that my little brother who never really got into Bionicle but loves Hero Factory thinks Bionicle sets looked cooler. Score one for Bionicle! ) Even ignoring my whole prejudice against it as Bionicle’s replacement, the sets, quite honestly, suck. I’m sorry, but Furno 4.5 or whatever does not compare to even Mistika Tahu. Fire Lord vs. Icarax. I mean, clear winner there. Anyway, my parents always ask me what I want for Christmas. There isn’t anything I really want. Smart phones don’t really catch my interest. A new laptop might be nice but unnecessary. I don’t need the latest Kindle, as my Kindle 3 still works fine. Don’t have time for books due to school work, plus I still have a ton to read that I have. Planning on getting D20 Pro for my Dungeons and Dragons group, but that’s it. Now, if Bionicle was here, I’d put down every single set like I have since 2003. Christmas just isn’t the same without Bionicle. So I guess I’ll continue my one person boycott of Lego. Maybe eBay has some interesting Bionicle sets that I may have missed. :/

Of ones we've seen, I'm going to have to say the battle between the Toa Metru and the Density Control Rahkshi is one I like. Though it might be because the image of a black and green Rahkshi flying around like a ghost is awesome image to have in your mind.

My problem with the whole "he was mind wiped, therefore couldn't be the Great Being" thing is that he's a Great Being for crying out loud. I know Greg acknowledged that it ruled out all of the Metru Nui Matoran, but I'm pretty sure the Great Being would have some mental superiority to small Matoran pods. Also, I feel like the Matoran pods would erase data on the Matoran's brain/hard drive and that the Great Being would probably go in as a spirit and would be somewhat separate from the whole system in general.But anyway... I'm stuck between Velika and Krakua. Metagaming it here (IDK if that's the right word ), but Greg said that whoever he chose he would lose as a regular character. Therefore, it definitely rules out Takadox because he's Greg's favorite Barraki and I'm fairly sure Greg wouldn't want to lose his favorite character. As for Krakua or Velika, I'm leaning towards Velika as the loss of having Krakua as a regular character is greater than the loss of having Velika as a regular character. At the same time, Greg hasn't really focused on Krakua, so he's still in the game IMO. Yeah, no story reasons for backing it up from me.

I feel that today is as good a day as any to post this on BZPower (already did it on other sites). For the past month and a half or so, I've been working on a personal project done completely by me. What I have been doing, and what I will be posting updates about in this blog, is a (questionably legal ) project to gather together all of the Bionicle story into one cohesive leatherbound (or legobound - still undecided) tome. Right now, I am in the process of getting everything into a single word document (and, no, I cannot, should not, and will not post the entire thing on this site, mostly due to my respect for Greg and then copyright laws as well). I started with 2001, which came out to be a nostalgic trip of awesomeness. In that, I have typed up the Bionicle Chronicles #1: Tale of the Toa book as well as taken the Mata Nui Online Game Walkthrough and adapted it into the third person to fit with the rest of the story (however, I might change it back and label it as "As Chronicled by Takua..." or something... not sure... yeah, I'll probably do something like that). I've adapted the three comics into a full narrative. Once I get through everything else, for my first revision, I am going to add in the 2001 GBA game as flashback Takua experiences after the battle with Makuta to signify his "I have my memory back" moment. I will also go back and make the MNOLG parts more narrativey and less, "Hello, Who are you?" "I am Bob?" "What is a turtle?" "A turtle is not a fish." And so on. I also intend to add in the Challenge of the Rahi comic and the Legend of Lewa comic. A couple things I'm thinking about regarding it is whether or not I should make the first chapter be Tahu washing up on the shore in BC#1 or Takua's awakening and then vision of Legend of Mata Nui. Suggestions are welcome to anything, BTW. Anyway, ATM, it is about 175 pages in Microsoft Word. Part 2, 2002, is much shorter, just under 100 pages. It was pretty simple because Hapka pretty much copied what happened in the comics, dialogue and all. It includes the 2002 comics, BC#2, and the Bohrok Animations adapted by me, plus Takua's reports. A pretty slow year storywise. Part 3 covers the Bohrok-Kal. It includes BC#3-4, the comics, and the animations. Now the annoying part with the Kal saga is that no two story sources agree on which Bohrok-Kal stole which symbol (some even self-contradict). Thus I have decided that they went in pairs regardless of what "official canon" has to say about it. I included the flashback scenes from BC #4 (aka, everything except the prologue and openings for chapters). Not a bad storyline over all; don't see why people complain about Bohrok-Kal that much. (They were superior sets to Hero Factory, though I might just be a little biased in that statement... a little... ). Ended around 125 pages. Part 4 concludes the Mata Nui arc with the Mask of Light storyline. This needs the most work ATM. I have the MoL novelization ( was the last Hapka book I had to adapt!!! Yeah, I celebrated that ), the comics, and MNOLG II. MNOLG II's walkthrough wasn't as good as MNOLG I's so I really need to go back and make it interesting. Also, after rereading Dark Destiny, I'm going to go back and include The Legend Continues game and I have deduced that, as far as I'm concerned, Keahi and Aodhan are the two "Ta-Matoran". I couldn't find any Onu or Po-Matoran that resembled them, so I pretended to be color blind and chose two Ta-Matoran with similar masks to them. Also need to go back and add the kraata chronicle thing from the sticker book. About 170 pages. Part 5... is taking quite a while. That might be because it has 4 or 5 books, though. So far I have the first three Bionicle Adventure books down and have just passed halfway on #4. I adapted Comics 19-21 (my favorite comic arc ever). I will need to go back through Mystery of Metru Nui and replace the "a random Matoran" with the Matoran they were depicted as being in the Toa Metru promo CDs. This section alone, and still incomplete, has reached 230+ pages. I'm debating on whether or not to include Voyage of Fear in this one. On one hand, it happened in 2004 and leads up to their arrival on Mata Nui. On the other hand, it's kinda sorta part of the Great Rescue. Though that would give the Great Rescue a bajillion pages. Undecided though. Part 6-7 nothing done for these (Hordika and Inika). Part 8 - I decided that because there's a huge gap in the story, aka Invasion, I am going to use Toa of Italy's epic that depicted these events rather well. Link. Probably should get permission from him, even though it's a private project. Part 9 - The Final Battle. Woohoo. Yay. Not much done for it, but it took me a while to determine how I was going to order everything. Here's my current outline. (BTW, this is the only part divded into subparts - it's that awesome) First part is a prologue of sorts and opens with the Toa Mata's adventures from BL10. I'm not including the prologue or epilogue at this point (later on though). It then goes into alternating chapters with FoF and TMC. The second part is Bionicle Legends#9 and the Toa Nuva parts of Bionicle Legends#10. The third part is all Destiny War, DiD, and BiA stuff... And the fourth part is the Journey of Takanuva. Opens with the prologue and epilogue of Bionicle Legends#10, then goes through Journey of Takanuva, The Kingdom, and Dark Mirror. Oh, and then at the end of that I included material from the EM guide depicting the Olmak shattering. The fifth part includes Bionicle Legends#11 and the final chapters of DW and DiD. Also included is "The Rising." Epic as all get out. Part 10 - Bara Magna. Yuck. Didn't like it that much, but thankfully I only have to type two books into the computer. I through most of RoS in there somewhere. Yeah. Not really fond of that year. Moving on. Part 11 - Journey's End. I've done one run through because it was a simple "convert PDF to Doc file" and then copy, paste, and format session. Plus the best chapters of RoS line up with it. I still only have half an adaptation of the fifth Glatorian comic. I also will be editing it and including the Mata Nui Saga chapters... somehow... Part 12 - The Golden Age of Spherus Magna. Title subject to change. Opens with ROS 12 and then goes through the occasionally updated serials. Also included are No One Gets Left Behind and the ATYU2 winners that didn't fit in in other places (yeah, I jumped the gun and went ahead and assumed that the winners are the winners). When the Lesovikk contest wraps up, I intend to do something non-canon in which Kopeke has gathered stories about Lesovikk as the Toa of Air is hunted down for murder. Can't find anywhere else I would that material. So all in all, I'm up to a 1130 page Word Document and, according to some calculations in Excel regarding average pages per chapter, number of projected chapters, etc., I'm just over a third of the way done with what should be a 3100+ page book. So what am I thankful for? The fact that we have enough material to fill as 3100+ page book. Thanks Greg and the rest (yes, even you CA Hapka ) for making such a great storyline. I'll probably post so more stuff later, but this is what I've been doing for fun.

Let's also hope that this next chapter isn't all "another plot twist?!?! What?!?!!" kinda thing and that we get some actual character development for once. Or maybe that's just me.

I now have reason to get another browser in addition to IE. Google Chrome, here I come! :PThanks!

The magic returns when you play MNOLG on a touchscreen computer. Trust me.

It was drawn by Toby Dutkiewicz.

Honestly, what BS01 says is or isn't canon isn't always accurate. It's accurate to what they feel should be accurate. What they say is not law. However, MNOLG and MNOLG II can both probably be said to be canon as there's nothing to suggest they aren't.EDIT: The whole beginning part is simply my opinion that has developed from reading some of the BS01 discussion pages. Nothing of fact.

Now what if Greg is being really crafty and Lesovikk is the killer after all? Though, I guess there wouldn't be much motive for him to kill Tren Krom.

Is the offline menu system still in the works?

It'd be nice, but I'd much rather Greg get the money so that he can support his family.

If he were a Great Being, Krakua would have plenty of motivation to work for the Order of Mata Nui. He knew that he was living inside a giant spaceship of sorts and would therefore want to preserve it - at least until he was no longer on it. Also, Krakua wasn't recruited until just prior to 2008, as Axonn had never seen him until then. Also, Krakua gave Vakama a prophecy of the Toa Inika, who were birthed from the Red Star, and would make for an interesting connection if Krakua turned out to be the "Red Star Killer"/Great Being.

You can always read the transcripts on BS01.

The voices I hear are influenced, but not completely determined by the movies and other sources. I generally have my own idea for them.

Legolover - He was on yesterday.

Update on Blender Academy: Found some good Blender tutorials, but they appear to have a comment system so not sure if I'll be able to post them here. Also, on a new promotion, Hapori Boar (aka Rainbow Dash) has been promoted from "Pet Troll" to "Incharge of Relations with Certain Projects." Congrats to HB to having a legitimate job!!!

Bionicle's very world is one big technological device.

Phantax is busy with school (and also doesn't use Blender as far as I know), but there may be another person I can ask. I will look into setting up a Blender Academy for BZPower members interested in joining BNG, assuming I can find someone willing.

knuckles chaotix - Sort of. More like some of the best material coming out of the years you liked the least. Makuta of Oz - It's in the Tales of the Masks book. (I count most of those as individual short stories IMO)

I find that years that were not as terrific for Bionicle, IMO, have some of the best Bionicle stories hidden within them. For example, the commonly disliked 2005 had Time Trap, a story that many claim is the best. Other examples: My favorite short story, "The Mountain", was in one of the less than stellar storylines, the Bohrok-Kal. My favorite story serial, "Reign of Shadows", was in a year I didn't really enjoy. Has anyone else noticed this trend?