Chronicler06

This time, I was fortunate enough to see this being promoted earlier this week, so I was prepared to make some large purchases. Unfortunately, a majority of the few remaining things I was interested in possible buying have since become listed as "out of stock", so that significantly limited my options. I did ask some of my family if there was anything they were interested in, so at least this provided me with a convenient opportunity to get my Christmas shopping done.

Once again, glad that I didn't have time to listen to this yesterday, because today I was able to find the YouTube link for this week's episode: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IHZ94XwbuvM Much like with the episode about Junkbot, it was interesting to hear about an early web game that I never really got a chance to play. I think there's little question that being a 3D web game from 2001 is really impressive on its own simply due to the technology limits at the time. I also found myself in agreement with what they said near the end of the episode that it's such a shame that many web games from the early 2000s are practically impossible to play these days (in fact, I can think of a lot of internet games I used to play as a child that I would not be surprised if it turns out they simply don't exist at all anymore). I mean, let's face it, earlier forms of media were created in a physical format (like paper or film) so that it was possible to find an intact copy decades later that could still be enjoyed just like they originally would have been, but with early digital content, unless someone was insightful enough to archive everything as it was made back in the day, it's like a vast majority of that stuff has completely ceased to exist. Thankfully, it seems that Lego content is among those rare cases where fans were dedicated enough to find ways of preserving these things for future fans to have an opportunity to experience (and hopefully, I can one day get around to trying that experience for myself).

Pretty good progress this week. The last of the (unlocked) Rexplorer worlds completed and some significant progress done in Apocalypseburg. Not to mention, everything there is to be found in the blue relics are now unlocked, so that just leaves a few more characters to be found with those purple relics, then you won't need to bother with opening anymore relics (though you should still continue opening chests to collect those special building bricks that I mentioned in the chat). So for the total amount of progress left to go, there are (including Apocalypseburg) six worlds in the main system (each with 50 master bricks to collect in total), plus Syspocalypsestar for all those big builds, and finally that last bonus world in the Rexplorer system. I think you might be able to have this game fully completed by late December or early January, depending on how quickly you can get through each world (unless if it turns out you needed to scan all those objects for 100% completion, in which case it could take quite a while longer).

Yesterday, I finally got a chance to watch the recording of this livebuild, and among the various things I wish I could've commented on as I watched, I'd like to point out that you made a mistake while building the London set. The support struts for the center part of the London Eye are supposed to be angled forward so that it's centered within the ring, but you instead placed those struts angled backwards away from the ring so that it sticks out in a way that the nonexistent spokes of the wheel would make the whole thing shaped more like a sideways cone than a disk (it's especially notable while viewing the set from the side).

Two days later, Modular LEGO Store has already reached the maximum and is now considered sold out. Venetian Houses, Mountain Windmill, and Retro Bowling Alley are now halfway between the minimum of 3,000 preorders and the maximum of 10,000, with Clockwork Aquarium easily over the minimum, so the other four entries will not be sold at all. All that remains to be seen now is how long it'll take before the rest of the fully funded entries will reach 10k preorders.

First of all, I still find it a little ridiculous how this site continues to go to great lengths to pretend that Harry Potter doesn't exist, despite being one of the larger and more popular Lego themes that's still ongoing to this day. Sure, I still understand the reasons (and I certainly don't stand opposed to the official stance that was taken here), but my concern is that, given enough time, some people might end up confused by an apparent double standard regarding this site's policy against any form of political discussion. Anyway, despite not being much of a fan of Harry Potter, I certainly found this episode interesting. What I found most notable was how Years 1-4 was the first Lego game to feature a real open world to explore, rather than just a simple hub room like in the earlier games, and making that possible was quite an interesting process. Not to mention, being a franchise with less frequent battles and fewer enemies to fight presented the challenge of trying to focus less on action and more on exploration, which certainly helped make some later Lego games much more practical. Overall, a nice addition to this podcast series.

Just five hours into this and the winners are already obvious. Modular LEGO Store easily surpassed the minimum necessary preorders and already has double that amount, so this one could likely hit the maximum of 10,000 preorders in just a few days. Mountain Windmill, Retro Bowling Alley, and Venetian Houses have just barely surpassed the minimum preorders, so those three will also be sold. As for the last available opening, it looks like Clockwork Aquarium will likely get there before Seasons in Time Calendar, while Ruined House is further behind with Science Adventures and Quest Builder in the distant last two places. While I'm not surprised by the popularity of the Modular LEGO Store, I am surprised by just how little support the Science Adventures got, despite being by far the least expensive of all these models. I had considered possibly getting the Science Adventures, but seeing as it's already unlikely to become available, it looks like I am once again too late to even bother going for a preorder (although the Modular LEGO Store was my second favorite, I'm not willing to spend that much after all of the other Lego purchases I've already made this past year).

I got the New York City set among the Architecture Skylines earlier this year, so I would like to have at least the Chicago one without having to spend $100 on Bricklink. As much as I would love to watch this livebuild, I'm afraid I'll be a little busy with other things at the time.

I always love these videos that portray live action as if everything behaved like a Lego world, and this one is no exception. So many hilarious moments. And the song parody that goes with it (with subtitled lyrics) just makes it even better.

For the Lego Rubik's Cube, I gave a vote of support for a different model that features the same concept (the only difference is that the colored tiles on that one are square instead of round, making it more identical to the original thing), so it does baffle me why the one I passed on got to the full 10k votes while the one that got my vote has yet to reach even 1k votes.

I was a little too busy yesterday to listen to this, and it's a good thing I had to wait, because the YouTube version went up earlier today: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8BukxpyjoWw Lego Tower is one of two mobile Lego games (the other being Lego Legacy: Heroes Unboxed) that I had downloaded onto my phone and later my tablet, but have not yet taken the time to actually try them out (I hope to finally start playing both games sometime within the next few months), so this episode definitely had my attention. Interesting that this game was the first in a new wave of games that were intended to stand on their own rather than be tied with an existing theme, and the fact that it's still being actively supported shows how much of a success it has been. It was also neat to hear about how the initial launch of the game was celebrated with a community build of physical models based on the game's rooms to create a Lego diorama that ultimately set a world record for the largest such diorama by floor-space. Overall, definitely a nice episode to listen to, and I look forward to the remaining upcoming episodes of this final season.

After how late this week's stream went, it's obvious how easy it can be to spend a vast amount of time playing through all of those classic arcade games. As for that area in the hub world with all those locked games, I'm speculating that you must first find and play those games throughout the story levels and other areas in order to obtain access to them in that one single location, where you can replay them later just for the fun of it (the fact that the games you played in the Level Pack level are the only ones you found unlocked supports my theory). So now all of the Level Pack levels among the Year 1 content have been completed, which now leaves the question of where to go next. Well, the other packs are the single "Fun Packs" and the double "Team Packs", so I think some of the Team Packs, especially among the themes not yet explored, should be considered next. Of course, the ultimate goal is to eventually open all of the Year 1 packs, so you can then replay through all of the story levels (and Level Pack levels too) to obtain everything there is to collect in those levels. Oh, and I just remembered that you needed 1,000,000 studs to purchase the x2 studs "Dwarf's Bounty" red brick you got from the Lord of the Rings hub world, and I think you've likely surpassed that by now, so the next time you return to Lego Dimensions, the very first thing you should do is finally purchase that red brick, which will make it easier to reach "Rule Breaker" in all of the levels.

Been a long time since I last did any jigsaw puzzles, but I might be tempted to consider getting this one.

Alright, that's two worlds fully completed, and apparently you've also now reached the maximum amount of items that can be unlocked from relics (which means collecting those green item relics will no longer be necessary, unless if you don't mind the extra relic shards to unlock everything else more quickly). I also mentioned that multi-world chain of quests involving the party invites, for which you gave one on Planet Unikitty (and I'm assuming you also gave the one for Middle Zealand back when you fully completed that world), so that leaves the one for Classic Bricksburg, which is why I'll recommend visiting that world first on the next stream. FYI, that other world that requires 400 brick to unlock is NOT Syspocalypstar (that world is among the main story worlds, specifically the green one where you currently have collected only 4 bricks), but rather is a special-looking world where you'll find just a few more bricks to collect to help reach 100% game completion (I'll keep the exact details of that special world a surprise). Either way, I'm still insisting on waiting until after you've completed all the other worlds before going to Syspocalypstar. For next week's Lego Dimensions stream, I gave my vote for Midway Arcade, as it is now the only level pack left to do among the Year 1 content. (Word of caution for that level: when you get around to playing the Gauntlet game, do NOT use the "Insert Coin" action, because while it'll give you unlimited health, using it even once will immediately prevent you from collecting any studs you might've earned from progressing through that game. Just warning you so you won't repeat the mistake someone else made in a playthrough video I had watched some years ago.) With the three starting characters and the six level packs, that's 9 out of 14 themes among the Year 1 content already covered, so I'll need to think about which of the remaining 5 themes to suggest next time.

Although I had gotten myself a Bricklink account a few months ago in a futile effort to obtain that Bionicle model back in the first round, I think I'll pass on the remaining rounds as I feel like I've already spent plenty on purchasing other Lego sets this past year. If I was able to afford any of these special models, I would probably go with Science Adventures, not just because it just so happens to be the cheapest (though that certainly helps), but mainly because I find anything involving science to be interesting. So which of these models do you find most interesting? Would you be willing to actually purchase them? And which ones do you think are most likely to actually become the five that reach three thousand preorders?

I gave a vote of support for this one, so I'm definitely hoping it'll be accepted, in which case I would absolutely get such a set for myself.

First of all, sorry for missing the first few minutes of the stream (I sort of lost track of time). Good thing I can watch the recordings on Twitch almost immediately after the stream finishes, so I made sure to watch what I had missed. Anyway, good to see you got done with the last of the DLC worlds rather quickly. Seeing as I had to remind you of the use of the scanner binoculars to complete one of the quests, I'd just like to mention that when I had played, I had used that scanner to obtain every object possible as I had progressed through each world (believe me, some objects are a little hard to find). Seeing as you have not been doing that at all, I am a little curious if scanning all of those objects really is necessary for 100% completion, so I guess you'll be helping me find out whether or not scanning everything really would be needed for game completion. Obviously, I suggested the Unikitty world for next week's stream since that was the only one you had not yet done any of the story quests. If you manage to complete that world next week and have some time to spare, then the next worlds to consider completing would be the rest of the Rex-plorer System worlds, which would be Old West, Classic Bricksburg, and Planet Sparkles. (The last world that requires 400 bricks to unlock, that's literally every collectible brick in the base game, so the fact that you've completed all of the DLC worlds means you might unlock it before fully completing all the other worlds. Pretty much the only things to obtain in that special world are just 10 Master Pieces, so you can save that world for after every other world (including Syspocalypstar).)

Well, surreal was definitely an accurate way to describe the brief history of Galidor, according to this episode. I do remember back in 2002 seeing ads for the TV series, and while I was interested at the time to see it, somehow I never got an opportunity to actually watch any of it (and in hindsight, that may have been for the best). The way I see it after what I've learned from this episode, Galidor involved so many interconnected aspects that just one of them being lackluster was enough to doom the entire franchise. Can't say I'm surprised there are a few people these days that are still fond of Galidor (that's to be expected for almost anything that flops on initial release), and while there's certainly some interesting concepts that were apparently quite ahead of their time, I think the consequences of such a failure may have ultimately benefited the rest of the Lego Company in the long run.

As I'm sure you might guess, the story events in the Queen's Palace DLC world is the preparations for the ceremony before General Mayhem went to Apocalypseburg to capture Batman and the others. In fact, you might remember from the song in the movie that the Queen enticed Benny, Unikitty, and MetalBeard with special worlds that she knew they would love, and this world you played in featured all three of them around the palace, so that's a nice bit of continuity. Just one more DLC world to go, Dis-Harmony City, and I have a feeling you might find the story events of that world to be particularly interesting.

It was only last month that I finally decided to get a VIP account, so it's not like I ever really payed any attention to these things. You've probably been at it for several years by now, so I'm not surprised at all that you know the patterns and how to work with them. It actually kind of reminds me of some of the earliest purchases I had made on Steam many years ago, when I payed full price without even realizing there were annual sales (thankfully, I found out about them by the time I decided to start getting all those Lego games). Well, not like I had any real idea on what to do with all of those points anyway. Just one of those missed opportunities that I'll likely never forget and be better prepared (and especially have a lot more patience) for next time.

Ugh!! Why did I not know about this last week?! I literally just received delivery yesterday on over $200 worth of Lego sets I had purchased for myself last week. Not only do I regret not getting a VIP account back when I bought the $250 World Map set a few months ago, but now I'm hearing that I missed out on double VIP points just by being only one week too early?! How many more good things must I miss out on!?!

When I joined way back in early 2004, I originally went by the name of Takanuva's Symbol because I (like I'm sure many other younger fans like me at the time did) mistakenly believed Takanuva was a Toa Nuva like the others we were familiar with, so it made sense in my mind that he should have a Nuva symbol too (I had even planned to make a custom avatar depicting what I believed such a Nuva symbol should look like, but me being an ignorant 13-year-old at the time never really got around to it). My activity dropped off for a few years, and when I decided to resume activity in late 2012, I decided to change my username to something more consistent with usernames I had on other sites (also, I considered my old username to be rather childish and wanted to move on from some admittedly shameful memories of my internet activity back in my early teens). A few years prior, I had joined some other forum and wanted to express to them how much of a fan I was of Bionicle, so I went with The Chronicler. However, that named really worked only on that rather niche forum, so as I joined other larger sites, I needed something less generic and more specific. I eventually settled on Chronicler06, with the number at the end reflecting not only my favorite year of Bionicle (2006), but also because the number 6 has shown up in so many aspects of my life that I consider it my lucky number.

As much as I would absolutely love to have a Lego Titanic set (I even gave a vote of support for one such model on Lego Ideas), I'm afraid this one is going to be a little out of my league. I mean, the huge scale of this thing is astonishing. 9090 pieces?! $630?! 53 inches in length?! I don't have any shelves long enough, my parents would never let me spend that much for a single Lego set, and I'm such a slow builder that I would not be surprised if it would take me well over a month to fully assemble such an absolutely enormous model. The enthusiast in me absolutely wants this set, but the realist in me is saying it's just too outrageously oversized to be worth the effort.

I actually gave a vote of support for this one only a couple weeks ago, not long after it first showed up. I'm impressed by just how quickly it reached the full 10k, so let's hope it's a good sign that it could be approved.

First of all, kind of strange that this week's episode is not showing up on YouTube, so thanks for providing an alternate link where it is available to listen to. Anyway, it absolutely makes sense that the Lego Group would develop games that would interest younger kids. Although not something of particular interest to me, two things that really caught my attention was just how much play testing went into developing these games, and that some of the earliest young kids who played such games years ago loved them so much that apparently they still occasionally play those games despite having since grown up. Quite an informative episode (and hopefully it'll show up on YouTube sometime soon).