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This was what I was getting at many pages back. Lego only needs vital info to be given to new fans so the story makes sense, and if they want more, well, Biosector is there for them. Exactly. What happened during the past within the MU isn't vital to understanding the new story. They don't have to reference Makuta or the Giant Robots, just give brief vague background like. The Great Spirit Mata Nui defeated his evil brother and freed the people of two universes from the machinations of a tyrannic warlord, and now hibernates within the Great Mask of Life until the world need him once more... Then introduce basic facts about old characters as needed. Eg: Ahkmou once served Mata Nui's evil brother but is now an outcast. Takanuva was once a Matoran until he became the powerful Toa of Light. The Skrall are a race of powerful warriors but scattered across the desert after their leader was beaten by Mata Nui. The Baterra were created by the Great Beings to end an old war, but instead ran rampant. Etc, etc. You see where I'm going with this. I think we've had quite enough of "shadow is always evil" for one decade. I think Lego needs to focus on a more diverse group of villains, like a rogue Toa team, perhaps using those lesser-known Toa powers that never really featured in the main story all that much. Because of the Makuta betrayal, shadow has always been seen as this malevolent evil element within the bionicle universe. A lot of the major villains had a black colour scheme. But shadow itself isn't evil. It isn't corrupt or malicious or whatever. It was the people who used it who were corrupt, and cruel and evil. Shadow itself was just one more of the many elements created to give balance to the MU. I think we should have a good Toa of shadow, or perhaps a villain who uses the power of light, just to turn the whole preconceived concept on its head. This is new era of Bionicle, so let's mix things up a little. Why not? I was tired and worded that a bit funky. I wasn't saying all of these rogue Toa need to be Toa of shadow, I was indicating Ahkmou should be a Toa of shadow and be their leader. You want a villain who uses light? Was actually thinking about that myself. Gavla could be one of the rogue Toa. The other 4...hmm, maybe Lesovikk could finally go nuts. Other 3 could be different elements. Lightning, sonics...heck, let's make acid an element and have a Toa of acid. Again, I want all of them Nuva...want this situation to become so dire that Mata Nui has to step in or something. May have to write a fanfic..

I think he was calling me the new Greg since it was my idea...didn't think it would catch on like that. Ahkmou needs to be their shadow Toa leader. We need these guys to feel evil and truly corrupt. They need to be scary. Their corruption needs to run so deep that it alters their physical states and also causes their elements to become intertwined with shadow. They need to be such a threat that when Marendar is activated, he has to create Terminator-esque robots to ensure the death of every Toa. And to make these rogue Toa even more intimidating...they need to be submerged into energized protodermis and become Nuva. If we have a rogue Toa story, it needs to be dark.

I'd like to see rogue Toa. After seeing Into the Storm, I think it'd be cool to see rogue Toa screw things up royally by causing natural disasters and stuff. Just imagine New Atero being ravaged by a sudden and mysterious tornado outbreak. Even if not rogue Toa, any villain pulling the strings from behind the scenes and making things look completely natural and fooling even us readers would be cool. I dunno, something about power abuse sounds intriguing to me.

If any director were to make a big-budget Bionicle film, it needs to be either James Cameron or Guillermo Del Toro. I do like Michael Bay, his style works for Transformers, but for Bionicle? I'd rather not give him an excuse to blow up a 40-million foot tall robot. Cameron is a good choice, just look at Avatar. Del Toro may be best though, fits his art style quite well. Anyone seen HeIIboy II: The Golden Army? The Golden Army itself looks very Bohrok-esque, IMO.

I'd wanna see a canon game that's similar to BioShock. Anyone who's played BioShock knows that it's not just a typical mindless shooter and there's a focus on story. If we can get a Bionicle game of that quality, I'd be able to die happy.

Um, it's not getting the Blu-Ray treatment. Just a re-issue of the DVD. Sorry if my wording made it sound like it was getting a Blu-Ray release. I sure wish it was though! Better yet, a 3D release. I'd love to see a 3D Bionicle movie, doesn't matter if it's a new one or just the originals post-converted.

??? ??? That is weird. I bet its an error on Amazon's part though. Unless a new version of the movie is being released and no one has heard of it until now, but I don't think that's the case since it doesn't say that its different from the original movie. That's what makes me think that Amazon made a mistake with this. What I found odd is that there's the page for the re-issue AND the page for the original release. Re-issue is a slightly higher price. Wonder what's going on here. Also wonder why it's not getting the Blu-Ray treatment if it's being re-issued...

Is the Bionicle 3: Web of Shadows DVD getting re-issued? I was looking the Bionicle movies up on Amazon to see if they'd been put on Blu-Ray yet, and the page for WoS says it will be released on October 7th of this year...

Only if you have a very narrow idea of what a robot looks like. The Toa have lots of exposed mechanical details like pistons and such. They have a "clockwork" look like you might see in a steampunk universe. But a lot of real-life robots and machines, such as ASIMO and Robonaut, have much smoother, cleaner-looking designs. Even a car or plane generally has a smooth, streamlined body made of metal plates, with the mechanical innards hidden underneath. Pistons and whatnot is also characteristic of Terminator endoskeletons and Transformers. But then again, the Jeagers from Pacific Rim are fairly smooth. So it's really up to personal interpretation. Anyone here a Bleach fan? Perhaps Bionicle could reboot similarly to what Bleach did after the Arrancar arc. There was a 17-month timeskip, and then we got the Fullbringer arc, which initially didn't require knowledge of the 2 previous arcs to understand. Although the current arc is tying up loose ends and whatnot. Maybe we'll see a similar approach with Bionicle. Eases people into it at first, then explains things and gives throwbacks/nods for older fans.

Pardon my ignorance, but what exactly does CCBS stand for? If it's a continuation, we definitely NEED to see the element lords and the dinos. Next logical step, IMO. Even if it's a reboot, I'd wanna see them. Dinos and giant reptiles are popular again. Recently we've had Pacific Rim, Godzilla, Transformers: Age of Extinction, and Jurassic World is coming soon...only makes sense for Bionicle to cash in on the giant reptile craze before it goes extinct again. ...Pun was very intentional.

This is correct, as Windrider has said multiple times. Everyone needs to stop. Well, we can't go much further with speculation...unless something happens soon, this topic will temporarily die or become a spam-fest until official images are released. The leaked images policy hurts topics by stunting discussion/speculation, and breeds spam. The hype train spam a few pages back has only occurred on here...haven't seen much hype train talk on the TFW2005 discussion. There's been some there, but not excessively like there has been here. Interesting to note that websites where there's no policy haven't had topics spammed quite as much. Surely that's not just a coincidence? But enough of that, no point in me ranting about something that probably won't ever change.

Wouldn't load for me either...yup, updating is my guess. LEGO, what are you up to?

To be honest, the only reason this ran into the ground is because we've run out of things to discuss. If you're upset about it, why not start a new discussion in here, rather than get on to us for spamming? We wouldn't be running out of things to discuss if that outdated leaked images policy wasn't still in place. We're the only site I know of that has such a policy.

We do NOT need a Toa of time. The Vahi is powerful enough as is. Toa of iron, electricity, sonics, magnetism, plasma, gravity...those are ok. Toa of shadow, acid, or alchemy are interesting ideas as well. Not sure how I feel about a Toa of psionics.

I don't think it would confuse people, if done right. If this is a reboot, LEGO can introduce different elements. I think it would be cool if we had more plot twists where Matoran aren't the element everyone thought they were, like when Takua turned out to be an Av-Matoran instead of a Ta-Matoran. Imagine having a team of fire, water, stone, air, ice, and then finding out the Onu-Matoran is actually a Ba-Matoran. As long as that kind of thing isn't overused, it would be nice to see. Plus having Toa/Turaga/Matoran of gravity would be an excuse for more purple pieces, something I know I'd like to see. Yeah. TBH, I wouldnt be disappointed if they just stuck with the main 8 elements. I also think it would be more confusing to younger kids. They would very likely keep the same or similar colours so say if there was blue used in both Electricity and Water, the younger audience might get confused. Lightning colors should be yellow with white, IMO. Dunno why they made it blue and white. By 8 main elements, you're including shadow, yes? A Toa of shadow would be interesting...I wouldn't be disappointed either if we stuck to the main 8, but at the same time, I do like variety. Ah well, we'll see how this plays out.

I don't think it would confuse people, if done right. If this is a reboot, LEGO can introduce different elements. I think it would be cool if we had more plot twists where Matoran aren't the element everyone thought they were, like when Takua turned out to be an Av-Matoran instead of a Ta-Matoran. Imagine having a team of fire, water, stone, air, ice, and then finding out the Onu-Matoran is actually a Ba-Matoran. As long as that kind of thing isn't overused, it would be nice to see. Plus having Toa/Turaga/Matoran of gravity would be an excuse for more purple pieces, something I know I'd like to see.

Although this is more of a story issue, I never understood why lightning and plasma were considered two different elements, considering lightning is made out of plasma. Oh right, it is...however, plasma can take many different forms. And is plasma even considered an element? Although this is more of a story issue, I never understood why lightning and plasma were considered two different elements, considering lightning is made out of plasma. I never really understood the difference between stone and earth, I kinda wish lego chose one and did lighting for the other main toa Same.Always thought it was pointless since they're basically the same. But ti appears we're getting the Mata back, and if LEGO changes Onua or Pohatu's element, I can only imagine how many people will lose it. I wouldn't want it unless it fit the character as well as if not better than their current element.

That'd be interesting... I guess they did have the chance to make a Spiderman ultra build set but I dont think they ever did. Darn you, Lego! Where are our Spider-Man, Wolverine, and Thor Ultrabuilds?! Heck yeah! I want to see Plasma, Gravity, and Magnetism. A Toa of Psionics would be nice, especially Orde. Of course, being realistic, I'm not sure where Lego would go with that... I'd love to see a team composed of lightning, gravity, sonics, iron, magnetism, and plasma. Just need something different.

Spiders? I thought this was Bionicle 2.0, not Eight Legged Freaks: Bionicle Edition. Kidding, I already knew about the spiders. BTW, anyone else hoping to see Toa of different elements this go-round? Think it would make things fresh.

Hello all. I'm 19, was 6 when Bionicle began. I've stalked this site for years and never joined. The recent leaks and rumors convinced me to finally join. It's nice to know that my childhood is coming back!