Cap'n Shirley J. Puma

I gotta say, 2010. I experienced it all through the comics, and I loved the artwork. Part of the excitement was the fact that there were both giant robots fighting, and a struggle on the ground. If either failed, the result could've been catastrophic. Not to mention journey's end, which was neat, too. Overall, it seemed fairly cool and it felt like it had the most magnitude behind it.

Oooooooh! I absolutely love the idea of Halo coexisting with Bionicle! And, seeing as Transformers are somewhat alive, even having metal simply flexing instead of being made of multiple parts for the sake of movement, it'd be neat to think of the Transformers as being made of some form of protodermis in another section of the universe. Furthermore, if one considers the Quintessons, it's not improbable that they would come across some form of protodermis in their voyages throughout the universe. As shown in G1 of Transformers, there are actually several sentient species, and they interact quite often. Perhaps some Great Beings were involved? Ah well, those are my two cents.

Karda nui. Aside from the makuta, beforehand it seems like it'd be a good place to live. Being high up, and able to fly down to the swamp. The whole environment just sounds so cool.

I gotta say, the metrutoran were pretty cool to me. I especially liked the torsos for whatever reason, and they didn't seem as awkward or "weak" if you will, as the previous matoran. That's not to say the tohunga weren't great, but they seemed helpless. As for toa, the Inika build was pretty cool to begin with, but it got old after a while. For the small, non-matoran builds, I liked the rakshi in 2010, as their spine/head setup was pretty cool.

Actually, I haven't made it an item that can be bought on shapeways yet, due to some imperfections. The dimensions aren't quite correct, so I'm currently working on another model with (hopefully) the correct dimensions. If they check out, I'll make the piece publicly available, provided it's legal, which I haven't looked into yet. This whole process should be wrapped up within a week from this coming weekend or so. At that point, provided everything works out, I'll post the link somewhere in this topic. On a different note, thanks for the support!

I dunno, I kinda like the gas mask idea. And, given the goggles, I could actually see it as a popular mask for workers in a Ta-Metru forge. Furthermore, would it be able to filter out water vapor? If so, while maybe not the most practical, it could potentially make the air clearer, and at least you would breathe less humid air. Not sure how well these would all work, but hey, I thought I might share them anyways.

Thanks for the kind words! I'd certainly be interested to see a stainless steel part. Good luck on your up and coming 3D endeavors!

So, I notice you've stopped gathering individuals for this now. However, if you would like some more people at a point in time, or spaces open up, I'd love to get in on this!

Wait, is friction the reason you can't stick an axle through there like you can with earlier sockets? Never noticed a difference in friction, but the inability to stick an axle through (plus likelihood of survival) drives me to pick the older style pretty much every time. Always seemed like an inferior part. No, I don't believe the axle impacted the friction. I think I made the socket a little big, so on my next model if I dial it down by .05-.1 mm, that should do the trick. However, I do agree that more coverage couldn't hurt, although I'm already gonna widen up the socket on my next iteration of the design for the sake of movement, so I'm not sure about how I'll achieve that.

I don't know why, but the old Bionicle parts' tendency to break has always bothered me. If you look back on my older posts (of which there are few) you'll notice I have chimed in on a few topics about this subject, trying to see if someone's come up with a solution. There have been solutions to an extent, but they all seem a bit unstable for my liking. As a result, I decided to make this. It's essentially a double ball cup, but with the redesigned sockets that Lego introduced in late 2010. However, I attempted to retain full functionality of the original joints. For example, I have decided to open up the holes on either side of the socket so that an axle or pin can go through like so: So far, that hasn't affected structural integrity, and when inserting a ball you are greeted by the typical muffled pop. I've only popped it in and out a few times, so I'll certainly have to do some more testing before I can confidently say that it won't break on me. As for tolerances, it's a little more loose than I'd like and won't support some more heavy structures, so on the second build I'll have to fix that. As you can see in that picture, it's a bit shorter than an actual Lego piece, so I'll need to fix that as well. However, as other dimensions go, it's satisfactory. Overall, as a first build, I'd say I'm happy with what I did. For those of you wondering, I modeled it in Autodesk Fusion 360, and ordered it from Shapeways. Just as a disclaimer, I am associated with neither of the two, and I am making no money by promoting them. Any who, here are a few more pictures, so you can get more of an idea of its scale and whatnot. Ehlek wonders if these come in lime green... Well, that will do it for me. Let me know what you think!

I thinks there's potential. It'd certainly have to be a couple of years down the line at the least, and I think we can agree that if a hypothetical G3 happens, it needs stronger marketing. If it does happen though, I'd hope it'll be the last. I'd imagine few of us want to see bionicle being dragged out of the closet every couple of years. And when it ends it must end on a good note. In my opinion, JTO had a terrible ending, and a giant robot boxing match wasn't very exciting either. Ah, well. Little can be done as of right now.

I know it's a very hated year, but nostalgia really blinds me, so I'd have to say '08. It had a cool vibe going, with Mata Nui being reawakened after several years, sort of making it feel like there was some form of a countdown going on. As for the environment, I loved it. The Lego magazine artwork really did it for me, seeing the caves and swamp of secrets. As for the sets themselves, they were pretty bad, aside from the first three Makuta. Those tridax pods were cool! That said, it could've used some work.

Actually, when Pohatu became a Toa Nuva, he got the climbing claw thingies. As the name entailed, they were for climbing. So, while they probably are just hands, I'd like to think of them as tools to help them traverse their environments.

So, I have many parts sitting in a bin that get rustled around whenever I search for one. Hence, I have many beat up and nicked parts. In particular, some of the later pieces were made of softer plastic, and as a result look ugly after being in that bin for a while. I'm sure many of you know what I'm talking about, and I was wondering, does anyone have a remedy for this? I was thinking of (as the title suggests), is there a way that anyone knows of to "buff" parts?

I'm gonna have to say '08. This is because this was the year that brings the most nostalgia to me. I can still remember my first experiences with the tridax pod, and want to, and eventually getting, the "one with the Mohawk looking thing," better known as Tahu Mistika. Finally, I loved the way the year ended, with it basically being the endgame, and the inhabitants being on the run/fugitives in the matoran universe in the serial "Reign of Darkness." The only think I disliked was the fragility of the redesigned sockets, but I may have actually found a solution for that, which is in my pocket as I type this. Overall, 2008 was probably my favorite year. As for my least favorite, I'm going to have to say 2010. No explanation needed. I'm gonna have to say '08. This is because this was the year that brings the most nostalgia to me. I can still remember my first experiences with the tridax pod, and want to, and eventually getting, the "one with the Mohawk looking thing," better known as Tahu Mistika. Finally, I loved the way the year ended, with it basically being the endgame, and the inhabitants being on the run/fugitives in the matoran universe in the serial "Reign of Darkness." The only think I disliked was the fragility of the redesigned sockets, but I may have actually found a solution for that, which is in my pocket as I type this. Overall, 2008 was probably my favorite year. As for my least favorite, I'm going to have to say 2010. No explanation needed.

OOC: Shyrlex open for interaction, message me if you interact.

Name-Shyrlex Species-Matoran Description-Relatively small matoran, with an Akaku. Brown with yellow accents, blue eyes, and usually has a bag of mechanical items that he tinkers around with. Gender-Male Powers/Weapons-Has a small dagger, and a natural resistance to heat, living in the desert. Technology-N/A Weaknesses-Has a fear of heights, and can't swim very well. Has a good physical tolerance, but can be beat by brute force eventually. Alignment-Relatively neutral, but will help toa if there is little danger involved. History-Has lived relatively peacefully, but wanders the island from time to time. He hasn't been part of any major conflicts, preferring to lay low and stay out of trouble. Personality/Traits-Shyrlex is a matoran who loves tinkering, and building stuff. An engineer at heart, he builds items, usually projectile launchers and weapons.

Cutting it very close, but here is Mevrix http://www.us.lego.com/en-us/technic/gallery/d83ea68f-e357-441d-8304-95c2f28485ae?index=1&searchword=Mevrix

So, it says on the bionicle website that masks have been passed from father to son, and thus that hints at biological reproduction. So assuming there is biological reproduction, would there be both male and female genders in the protectors' species, and not just with the water types? If not, we can assume that the only females would be the water type, and assuming that the offspring's element would be a 50/50 chance, since the only type for all the other elements to mate with would be the water-type, there would be an abundance of water-type villagers. Based off of these things, I am assuming there would be both male and female genders for all elements. I certainly hope so, as this would take many limits off of custom characters. For example, if this were the case, if someone has a favorite color of blue, but is a boy and wants a canonically correct water character, they can make a character that is a male water-villager. Anyways, what do you guy think?

You know, I have been wondering this too. It seems that the first wave of hero factory had an actually decent story (remember that booklet that we got in the lego magazine with the bios and story?). However, after savage planet, in my opinion, the story became garbage. It does kind of make me wonder, did they stop focusing on HF to give more attention to bionicle? If anyone remembers, in breakout, they re used quite a few molds, however I don't have an exact number; it could actually be average as far as new molds went. Anyways, it also suprised me that the video on lego was published in January. And bionicle g2 was started in mid 2012, which also happened to be the first year we got 2 waves for the same conflict. So what if they, to some extent, intentionally used HF to introduce the new system. I mean, how many of us would have been totally fine with lego just randomly switching from the bionicle system to the ccbs? So maybe Hf was used as a transition and just a place filler for bionicle. It wouldn't suprise me, but it would anger me that they had bionicle annex the whole time. Seriously, post 2011, all I wanted was bionicle to return. Well, time to wrap up this post, keep in mind that this was speculation right off the bat, so it won't make too much sense.

IC Jevix When he woke up the next morning, Jevix decided to buy some new supplies for his workshop. So, he exited his home, and walked off into Ko-Koro buy his equipment... OOC I would love to actually interact with someone, so please feel free to start a conversation with Jevix!

Having made it home by nightfall, Jevix entered his home, put the wood on the stove, built part of the frame for the boat, covered it with leaves, and called it a night. When he woke up the next morning, he put the tar on the small part of the watercraft he had finished. He quickly realized, that with the size of the boat he was planning to build, he would need more space. He would need to excavate a celler in his home. Quickly whipping up a sort of drill device, he found a part of his hut that he could use as a stairwell. About 10 feet down, the drill stopped digging! Curious, Jevix threw a rope ladder down the hole, climbed down, and pulled out a lightstone, and examined the cavern he had discovered. It was huge! It went downhill, possibly all the way down Mount Ihu. With this in mind, he carried what small beginning he had of a boat down, and placed it in the cavern. Then, he gathered some lightstones and placed them in the cavern. This was going swell! Satisfied, Jevix climbed back up, and spent the rest of the day building and installing a trapdoor in his hut. Then he went to bed.

IC Jevix Having had a very long walk to onu-koro, and assuming it was night (he couldn't tell underground), he went into an inn, paid for a room for one night, and collapsed on the bed. Waking up hours later, and assuming it was morning, he set off to a mining shop, bought some crystals and stone, and continued on his way. If he moved fast, he could make it home by nightfall. There were some tunnels, one of which led to ko-koro, which he took. OOC Jevicks to ko-koro

IC Jevix Having being dropped off by the gukko rider, Jevix continued his quest. He then departed from ta-koro. After searching for some time, being unfamiliar with the landscape, he finally found the Charred forest, and proceeded to gather some wood, using a hatchet from his multitool. He would be able to distill some tar on his stove back in ko wahi, later on. He also planned on saving some wood, to use as a frame on his watercraft. After a few hours, satisfied, with his wood, he decided the last thing he would need right now was some crystals to use as windows, and some stone for various other projects. Both could be aquired in onu-koro, and so he returned to ta-koro, where there were underground tunnels leading to the village of his destination. Thus, he opened the lightstone on his multitool, and ventured off into the darkness. OOC Jevix to onu-koro