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How often do you find Bionicles at thrift shops?
That Matoran with a Vahi replied to a topic in Bionicle Discussion
Assuming thrift shops are more or less the American equivalent of the 'charity shops' we have here in the UK, then yes; as a fairly frequent visitor of charity shops (in my experience, you can find all sorts of interesting things if you visit enough of them... ), I've seen a fair few. Didn't get any of my current Bionicle collection from one, save for a few spare '01 Kanohi; mostly, I only tend to stumble across sets I already have (often missing significant parts like masks or limbs), or that I have no interest in buying. I did, however, get most of Bionicle's precursor sets, the Slizers and Roboriders, this way; some of them, I was even fortunate enough to find unopened, which was a nice bonus. -
A lot smaller than it used to be, to say the least. I used to have almost every set (exceptions being the 'McToran', Exo-Toa, Tahnok Va and playsets) from 01 through 07, All but Axalara (sp?), Jetrax and Krika from 08, and then just Fero and Skirmix, Kiina, and Tahu star from the final two years, but recently a while ago now, I decided that, quite simply, I didn't have the space nor the interest in maintaining the full collection, so I had a significant cutdown, sold many of my sets on eBay, and a few more to friends. Now, my greatly reduced collection is as follows: 2001 - All six Mata, all six Turaga, Kongu, Muaka & Kane-Ra, the Manas 2002 - All six Nuva, five Bohrok Va, the boxor, Cahdok & Gahdok 2003 - Three Rahkshi (Panrahk, Lerahk, Vorahk), all six matoran, all four large sets 2004 - All six Metru, all six Metruan, Dume & Nivawk, Krekka 2005 - Two Hordika (Matau and Nuju), Toa Norik, Toa Iruini, Roodaka 2006 - All six Piraka, all six Inika, Brutaka, Vezon & Fenrakk 2007 - Hydraxon, Maxilos & Spinax, Idris (...she was cute, okay? I kept her when I sold the rest of the Karzahni set) 2008 - Toa Ignika, Gavla 2009 - Kiina That's pretty much it nowadays. Like a said, quite a reduction from the numbers I used to have. I kind of regret getting rid of ALL of the Bohrok, Vahki and Visorak... kind of wish I'd kept just one of each for nostalgia's sake. But oh well, too late now, I guess.
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How did you hear of BZPower?
That Matoran with a Vahi replied to Hitoshura's topic in General Discussion
So that wasn't just my imagination! Thanks a lot for confirming that, because I was sure that was how I found BZP, too; though I couldn't find any other evidence that the link had ever existed, so I thought maybe I'd just been confused at the time XD;;; But yeah, I found BZP in early '04, too, via that link on bionicle.com. I didn't really understand what I was getting myself into at the time - I was a complete newbie to forums, only being twelve at the time - but it only took me a couple of days of browsing to decide that I wanted in. And, in hindsight, I'm glad that I did; it gave me a lot of useful internet experience I wouldn't have got otherwise - even if I did spend my first few years here just saying dumb things that I regretted later XD -
I dunno. I mean, a while ago, I would have said Onua, easily, but now that I sit back and think on it in an unbiased manner... I do like Onua still, it's true, but I'm not sure he's my overall favourite anymore; I think I was biased previously because he was my first set ever. Recently, I've stated to like Gali a lot, possibly the most. I feel she's sadly underrated, to be honest; always doing her best to keep the other Toa together, never with much true success. Though Kopaka is pretty cool (no pun intended) too; and I've always had a soft spot for Pohatu as he appeared in the early comics and Tales of the Masks - though I didn't like him so much in the post-Metru-Nui novels, he just never quite seemed the same to me in them. Maybe that's just the nostalgia speaking, though. As for choosing a favourite; after some thought I'd say it's actually about equal between Gali and Kopaka, really - though my vote goes to Gali because she seems the more unappreciated of the two. Then, for the sake of having a full order, Pohatu and Onua share joint third place, I think; then Lewa, with Tahu being my personal least favourite.
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How did you picture them?
That Matoran with a Vahi replied to gunconvoy's topic in General Discussion
I used to imagine them in movie style, but recently... well, this may sound odd, but recently I reread the books, and I found myself much more prone to imagining them them as humans, only with a bion-mechanical twist to their appearance; just enough so that they resemble their set versions. I think it just makes it easier for me to empathise with the characters, to think of them as humans rather than part-robot sort of beings that the sets always appeared to be ^^" -
Well, look at that, I vanished again. My Disney-based roleplaying sites keeping me busy, mostly. I'll sort of... be wavering between being here and not, I guess?
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I am feeling so very nostalgia'd right now. Seriously, great work with this; I wouldn't quite say flawless, but it comes very close. I'm especially impressed with how accurate all the matoran were to their classic MNOLG personalities, and I eagerly await seeing more. A couple of continuity issues that struck me, though, if I may? For one, Jaller's name; shouldn't he still be Jala at this point? I didn't think it was changed until after the Bohrok-Kal's defeat. And the other is the pack of Muaka; I seem to remember Norik stating that they were loners by nature? Still, these are very minor issues; just me being pedantic, mostly XD;; Don't feel like you need to change anything on my account ^^
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You'll Be Here For How Long?
That Matoran with a Vahi replied to Toa Smoke Monster's topic in General Discussion
I couldn't say. I though I'd left for good just over a year ago... but here I am again, so I evidently hadn't. As such, my future on BZ is unpredictable/So... yeah, I'll probably just be here for as long as I can't find anywhere more interesting online to spend my time instead -
I can't believe I never read this before. This comedy is wonderful! In fact it's so good, I'm a bit at a loss for anything else to say about it right now XD I love the entire concept of this one ^^...seems I broke the rules of Ask Comedies numerous times in the past, though... Especially the script one XP
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How Often Do You Post?
That Matoran with a Vahi replied to Akuna Toa of Sonics's topic in General Discussion
Whenever I feel like it. On average, it probably works out at about two posts per day, although that number is prone to varying depending on my mood. -
Favorite Bionicle Videogame
That Matoran with a Vahi replied to Rarity's topic in Bionicle Discussion
I feel I ought to clarify, when I said BH had a less enjoyable gameplay, I meant that due to the fact that every level (excluding the Piraka boss battles) seemed virtually the same thing in different locations; get all the Toa's masks to use their abilities, destroy everything in your path, get gold and shiny in order to move gold and shiny objects, and blow up a big bad enemy. Practically all there was too it. With BtG, at least, every level was unique in its own way, which, in my oppinion, made its gameplay much more interesting - hence why I prefered it. -
Stupid Rubber Bands Of '01
That Matoran with a Vahi replied to Just A Dot's topic in Bionicle Discussion
I've had that problem. And I can't even find anywhere to buy suitably-sized replacements - the bands on Muaka and Kane-Ra, for one, were incredibly small, and I have yet to see anywhere that sells them that small. -
LEGO Universe Closing Down
That Matoran with a Vahi replied to Hapori Tohu's topic in BZPower.com News Discussion
Can't say I'm surprised - it was a pretty dull game, all things considered. Guess that's what happens when you create a game aimed at a target audience that just isn't going to be interested in that sort of thing anyway. -
Type: BannerSize: 600x200Foreground: http://biosector01.c...toran_Macku.PNG (flipped, on the right) and http://biosector01.c...oran_Hewkii.PNG (on the left)Backround: http://www.brickshel...kuholdhands.pngText: Along the top: "I support Hewkii x Macku as a couple..." and along the bottom: "...and I don't care that their romance is no longer canon"Maybe in some sort of 'natural'-looking font, if possible? As for colour, I don't really mind. Whatever works best.Special Notes: Would like the MoL pics of them to be cut out from their own backgrounds, and be slightly transparent too.Thanks a lot ^^
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Too much good stuff to even try quoting, but this comedy is indeed awesome. Especially love the Takanuva/Kopaka dynamic going on here, as always, and Krekka's pretty funny in here, too.
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Blame nostalgia, but I'm with the older themes all the way. For one thing, at least, the characters always felt much more developed (see Adventurers, AT or RR) - whereas nowadays they've seem lucky to get a name and/or personality slapped onto them at all.
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2008 lime, of course, has always been a problem for me, as, I've found, has been '09 black. I found a fair few cracked ones of them - although not as horribly mangled as the lime ones - as I was disassembling my '09 sets to sell on eBay ^^"
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How Many Bionicles Do You Have?
That Matoran with a Vahi replied to Kopekemaster's topic in Bionicle Discussion
Not counting duplicates, I used to have something like 174 sets - that is nearly every set, McToran, playsets and Exo-Toa excluded, from '01 though '07 - a large percentage of '08, and barely any from after that. Now that I've sold a good percentage of my collection on ebay, however, I currently only have about 75 in total. -
Podu's Mask
That Matoran with a Vahi replied to Great Toa Nui's topic in Bionicle Storyline & Theories
Ah... correction: http://biosector01.com/wiki/index.php/Kivi Back on topic, it's almost certainly either a Huna or a Ruru, because as outher have said, you can make out the hole in the top of the mask fairly easily. Can't make out any more detail than that, though. -
What Do You Think Of Bzpower's New Look?
That Matoran with a Vahi replied to Voltex's topic in General Discussion
I don't much mind either way. I am somewhat fond of the new layout, although the lack of any interesting skin is just enough to get on my nerves a little... So yeah, don't really care which over here. -
Official "favorite Bionicle Comic Artist" Poll
That Matoran with a Vahi replied to Erebus's topic in Bionicle Discussion
Carlos D'Anda, all the way. His work practically MADE the first two years of Bionicle for me at the time (...I didn't figure MNOLG out until '03 XD)