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I've played pipe organ since I developed an interest in it at the age of 7. I had already played piano, but the pipe organ is my speciality now. I really love Bach.

 

My favorite stops are Vox Angelica, Vox Humana (weird choice, I know) Trumpet 8', Principal 8', and Rhör Floute 16'.

 

I discovered at a young age that I had a my much better than average ear. I have videos of myself playing Bach's Little Fugue in G Minor at the age of 5 or 6, accurately!

 

My pipe organ belonged to Dr. Virgil Fox and I have paper work to prove it!

 

The pipe organ is my life.

Omg Jake you're so obsessed with the organ lol. 

Anyways, I play piano... decently... and I play drums... decently... I prefer piano though.

Hi, I'm Elijah but everyone calls me Eli but you can use both. I love Bionicle, my brother (Prismwind) and I used to play with them when they first came out in 2001. Unfortunately, I had a bad habit of chewing pieces and, one fateful day, I chewed up my brothers prized Vahi (he had spent months looking for one in those old mask packs). He still hasn't forgiven me hahaha jk. I am completely obsessed with the Lord of the Rings, I 'inherited' it from my brother as well. I play piano, and sometimes, when I'm over, I'll play some of my dads drums or my brothers organ. I can't do much, some basic Ringo beats, but whatevs. I am totally addicted to Bach and Mozart, though I think that Bach takes the cake. I love fugues but they are to complicated for me ;(. 

That game is pop-up trash

It's called Esgaroth!

I like both, but my scale tilts to Bionicle 2001. 2015 isn't true Bionicle if you ask me, well then again, I have my own personal cannon for the entire Bionicle story rejecting most of what came after 2005. Bionicle 2001 had a vastly superior story line. I doubt that anyone would disagree. I mean, the sets have been out for 7 days, and the Toa already have their Golden Masks! They had them before the sets were even released! Is this it? It this all that we're getting story wise? That is terrible! Now that my rant is over, I'll talk about the sets. 

The sets from 2015 are cool, it's cool seeing all of these throwbacks to the originals. I like the protectors more than the Toa. They are nifty little sets and are more appealing to look at to be blunt. The Toa are too bulky, just look at them! Does Kopaka need to be as bulky as he is? Look at Onua! Tahu! They are cool as their own sets, but fail in trying to replicate the original Toa. You know what, this mini-review has gotten me thinking about 2015. I talked before as though it was very good but after putting all of the cards on the table... it's kinda disappointing. 2015 is alright, for the sets anyway- protectors especially -but I'll stick with 2001. Over all, I give it 6/10 stars.

Well TLM felt like it was made by a kid, oh wait...

Ha, that was pretty clever. 

Bionicle 2015's story is a little... iffy... if you ask me.

 

Bionicle had games, books, comics and movies.

 

And none of them could tell a clear story because they were spread too thin, with the different forms of media even contradicting each other several times.

 

And just because a movie is made, it doesn't mean it has a story. As TLM showed.

Regardless of your opinion on the quality of the movie, to say The LEGO Movie had no story is completely factually incorrect.

 

I liked the sets from 2001 equally to the sets from 2015. I guess that I'm not all that picky :3 But, in terms of media, 2001 (as you said) was clearly superior. I mean, what could possibly top MNOG? 

 

I'm surprised you got "2001 media was clearly superior to 2015 media" from "Still, I'm gonna have to hand that to 2015." As great as MNOG was, it was the only media in 2001 that managed to reach that level of quality in clear, consistent storytelling. 2015, meanwhile, by putting its story-telling focus into one main form, has made the story very easy to get into and understand.

 

I'm sorry, you said 2015 twice, so I was confused as to which you were referring to. I rushed through the text, as the ending of that paragraph gave away the error. 

Hey, it sure beats 2015s rehashed hero factory.

Um... do you own a 2015 set? If you did, then you would know that it certainly isn't 'rehashed hero factory.'

I don't see any reason to hate the new sets anyway. It's fun seeing Lego giving throwbacks to the original sets in the new ones.

A hooded thing?

 

2001, period.

Ah yes. The good 'ol days when there was no poseability, no articulation, no consistent storyline, and eyepieces that didn't detach. 

Honestly, could you at least give a little information supporting that claim? 

 

What are you talking about? Bionicle 2001 had the best story of any year since, in my opinion, but even if you disagree with that, how can you say that it had 'no consistent storyline'? 

Where should I post a topic about a set- S&T, because I would talk about the story behind it, or Discussion, because I would discuss the general set too? Your help would be very appreciated.

Bionicle 2015 has a clear, consistent media presence, as opposed to Bionicle 2015, which spread itself a little thin across numerous different things, and as a result ended up cluttered with media as time dragged on. On the other hand, as far as media goes, MNOG is the best piece of LEGO media ever produced, so 2001 is still pretty solid in that regard. Still, I'm gonna have to hand that to 2015.

 

For story, they're pretty evenly matched, provided you look at Bionicle 2001-2003 as a truncated segment. They both have much the same core concept, which is why Bionicle 2015 feels like Bionicle, but there are also enough differences that Bionicle 2015 feels fresh. They're both thoroughly intriguing stories.

 

Setwise, 2015 obviously wins, but that's solely by virtue of the fact that if constraction sets were somehow worse now than they were fifteen years ago, that would be a tremendous failing from LEGO as a toy company. I mean, subjectively, there are ways to prefer the old sets (I highly prefer the original set's more vibrant color schemes to the 2015 color schemes washed out by an overabundance of metallic colors, especially Silver), but from objective points, such as articulation, the sets had to improve. That said, there's an iconic nature to the 2001 Toa sets, so don't take this as me saying they're terrible. They're just outdated in terms of what TLG can achieve with constraction sets.

 

Bionicle 2015 is everything Bionicle 2001 was, with the addition of advancements in LEGO's ability to make a story-driven toyline and constraction toyline. In a face-value comparison, Bionicle 2015 is better, but a face-value comparison isn't really fair, because of those 15 years of improvement. Accounting for obligatory change, then, I'd say that Bionicle 2015 is what Bionicle 2001 would have been if released in 2015; in other words, they're equal, if different.

 

This is all kinda jumbled but I hope I got my thoughts across.

Update: After thinking about a bit... I'll stick with 2001. The Toa are just... meh. The protectors are cool though.

Bionicle 2015 and Bionicle 2001 are very similar and very different from each other in a number of different ways like the animation styles and the story. I know that it is a little early for this, what with other games coming, but another example would be the MNOG and the new Bionicle App. I was wondering what everyone else's opinions were on this topic.