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I think Hikaru rescued Takeshi's family in one of the books and that was the end of it. :PAnd Ryo was standing next to Takeshi but he got cut off. :)NNH

I think Keiken had a few slaves who just passed orders around. There were probably more in the books as well (Takeshi's family I know of) but I never read them. They had a lot of freedom though and not much link to the sets and the main story.NNH

I still think one day with a revamped style for the minifigures and sets, like with the level of detail in Ninjago, Exo Force could have a great comeback. I really think it's the only theme in years that had that kind of feel to it similar to Bionicle that got people properly hooked.PLEAZ GIV US the LIMITED GOLD EDITIONZ LEGOOOO.NNH

I always thought Blazing Falcon was meant for Hitomi anyway but they wanted her minifigure to be exclusive to the Golden Tower so they just put Ryo in the set.I was more talking about the minifigures in terms of the extra battle machines too rather than the characters, because obviously there were meant to be a lot of extra generic pilots... which sort of contradicts a lot of the story seeing as most of the time it's as if there's only 6 humans alive.If Exo Force had carried on I would have really liked it if they did more sets with things other than battle machines in (buildings etc.) and included civilians and more generic characters to give it a bit of depth and scope for people to be inventive with their own characters. A set of the robot base would have been amazing... Meca One's throne, some human prisoners, maybe a special mold for that giant black robot head that's meant to be on top...NNH

Yeah I noticed the KK colours matched. I guess it's all to do with the "you can't have yellow LEGO people because then it's like they have no clothes" thing. Purple is the only alternative really. :PI didn't really notice the lack of new characters at the time because it was certainly fine without, but for the sake of minifigures it would have been nice. Eventually each member had 4 or 5 battle machines each which was a bit silly with nobody to help them out.NNH

Shame that in the three years, they only had two hair molds in five colours. It would have been good to have more new characters with different hair etc. considering Hitomi was the only character in the whole theme that wasn't there at the beginning and she didn't even get a new hair piece. Some different robots would have been nice too. Unusual for a LEGO theme really, to go for so long with such a small group of characters... NNH

And Exo Farce is like 5 and a hald years old now too... that's strange to me as I was writing it at secondary school and now I'm at university. :| Feels more recent...Time for a commemorative special "LIMITED GOLD EDITION!!!" EF set to be released I think. NNH

I assume Ree-oh. I haven't seen any of the old promotional videos for a long time but I know they had all the names in so if it was different I think I would remember.EDIT: Yes, the unbelievably so-bad-it's-bad promotional video from 6 years ago (!) says Ree-oh. Ryo himself has only one line of course, the immortal words: "Hmm, the valves need oil?" I don't know why he says it as if it's a question, but he does.I'm guessing we still aren't allowed to link to YT so I can't share the video.NNH

I think it was decided LEGO probably did it to help kids pronounce it correctly. :PNNH

Yes it's definitely Ryo lol. I wonder, if Exo Force had ever left Sentai Mountain, what would be out there? I never really knew how to interpret the setting, something about it seems like it's set in the past and the future simultaneously. I assume nobody ever really decided because it's just made up obviously, but still... surely the robots would have decided to expand their horizons a bit at some point?NNH

Loool. I'd love to do that and film it with a slow motion camera or something... but the resulting destruction is quite tragic (especially as Pridak seems to be a casualty).I wish I had space to keep all my EF sets on display but they're so bulky and after a couple of weeks they need dusting which is a nightmare. I always found Bionicle didn't have that problem because they don't tend to have many flat surfaces, but all the mechs were are bad for it. At some point I'll be able to have all the flying ones suspended from the ceiling in a battle scene or something.NNH

Yep. The original version is quite weird. I love the way it deploys Iron Drones except it doesn't work if you put red eye-bars in them. For that reason I tried to modify it and found it's quite fun because it's quite a basic frame as it is and there's a lot you can do to turn it into an actual 'mobile battle station' as it claims to be.I have some other pictures of my first modified version on my Brickshelf but the main thing was a double rack of Iron Drones that sort of folds out and a drawer that either slides out or can be accessed through the floor (it only fits one robot so I put an extra Meca One clone in each side):NNH

My Iron Drone army ended up at this stage I was quite pleased.NNH

Someone in a Bionicle character costume. :)It's hard to think of good ones... I find most of them are good because they have amazing special pieces in rather than who they're meant to be.I think they should do a special series for iconic real life people, although I like how they obviously vaguely base some of the current figures on specific famous people.NNH

It would be nice if a future theme paid tribute to Exo Force. I'd like to see a special robot minifigure pop up in some sort of futuristic museum or something.Maybe they'll do a series of collectible classic figures one day... Meca One should be considered iconic. ^_^NNH

LEGO tends to set off trends with big brands like Mega Bloks and Playmobil, and of course the very low quality, more direct rip-off "brands" that spring up all the time. It's unfair when any good ideas get copied but as others have said this collectible mystery bag thing isn't exactly a brand new concept and it's impossible to say who came up with everything first.LEGO simply have more of a focus on innovative ideas and quality products as opposed to short-term massive profits, which is why I think most of us love them. They aren't really threatened by copycat products, so whilst it can be annoying to see them... well, never mind. :)NNH

I agree, it did actually have a good run compared to many themes. In a way I didn't mind too much that it ended because it was bound to soon enough. There wasn't that much scope for development if you think about it, just putting the same basic characters in different mechs every so often.But we love you 5-eva of course, Exo Force. <3I was reading my unreleased episodes of Exo Farce the other day, sort of funny. I think I ended Series 4 after about 10 episodes and then later I wrote 4 episodes of Series 5 and never got far enough to start posting. Seeing as the theme ended the parody would have trailed off too, but I also felt I'd grown out of my creative writing skills for some reason. Maybe I could share some of what I have sitting on my laptop if anyone's interested.NNH

There's a chance these will work, or not, worth a go: http://www.brickshel...ry.cgi?f=410760I'm not entirely sure how you view them but they are there at least.EDIT: In the ones I have saved, the launcher is an .html file, which you open and it combines the text with the empty comic. So if you want I think you could save those files, just rename the .txt. as .html and open it?EDIT 2: Yes that works. :)NNH

I stopped following the story fully in 2008-09 ish because it became too in-depth for me to remember, so my knowledge of the last couple of years is a bit vague in places and it's been a long time since I thought about some of the earlier stuff so it's certainly not all fresh in my mind.However a lot of things seem to be committed to my subconscious... if I see pictures of old sets etc. I surprise myself when I know the names instantly then wonder how much else is buried away in my memory... NNH

I think under a lamp will be alright because it's mainly sunlight that will have an effect if anything, but you could just move them around every so often so nothing is under the light too long?

Hey guys I'm still here. Just checked back here for the first time since the forums have come back. Good to see a few people still here!I think I do actually have the old official comics saved but there should still be other ways of seeing them.Of course I also have all the old Exo Farce episodes up to a few episodes of Series 5 that I never posted. :oNNH