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    Hordaki

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    Melissa McCarthy in the new Ghostbusters.

     

    then it might be at least somewhat bearable. still unnecessary, but bearable.

     

    I still don't get this criticism. It's one I've seen leveled against a lot of movies, not just the new Ghostbusters movie. Since when is any new movie "necessary"?

    Kaleidoscope Tekulo

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    Okay, then, I won't ask. Instead, I DEMAND you tell me your favorite flavor of ice cream, whether you refer to carbonated soft drinks as "soda" or "pop", and what connection you have to the one they call "Samantha". We have it on good authority you've been asking around about her. Now talk or we'll find a way to make you talk. :sly:

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    Catra

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    This is amazing! I wish I could come up with a way to express myself this well in a self-MOC. I've tried to make self-MOCs before but I've never come up with one I'm really happy with at all, since I never feel like they really capture who I am and what makes me unique. Yours, on the other hand, is unique, expressive, and feels like she has a real story to tell that is all her own. I wonder if she is as creatively skilled as you are!

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    Trijhak

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    I don't totally mind that flame piece on Ikir and Tahu being Tr. Red and Tr. Yellow, mainly because it's usually used as a flame, and thus under no obligation to match other types of parts like armor and bones. Protector of Jungle even managed to make the Tr. Blue and Tr. Yellow flames work despite his main color being green! On Tahu and Ikir I'm more bothered by how the orange color of the crystal blades doesn't really approximate any of the other solid or transparent colors in their designs. Knowing that an actual transparent color for that piece wouldn't be possible, I'd probably have just colored them Bright Red, which is a closer match to Tr. Flu. Reddish Orange in my opinion than Bright Orange is.

     

    My problem with the Piece of Unification being used as armor on Tahu has nothing to do with its texture, it's about how scrawny it makes his upper legs. Most of those other highly-textured CCBS parts you mentioned either weren't used as armor or were considerably bulkier, so didn't create that same problem. I already had mixed feelings about how lanky the 2015 version's upper legs were, and now the 2016 version feels even lankier (with no armor even approaching the hip joint). If his legs were not so long it might've worked fine. Certainly it doesn't look nearly so awkward on Kopaka's lower legs, which are two modules shorter than Tahu's upper legs.

     

    I'm also bothered by just how many textures Tahu has in his design, because it just makes him look busy, as opposed to the 2015 version which used a select few textures consistently throughout, and thus felt a lot more unified. But this isn't the fault of any one piece. I wish it WERE, because then fixing it would be a lot easier — just remove the problem piece and, if necessary, put a more fitting piece in its place. But as it is, it's much tougher to decide which parts should stay and which should go.

     

    As for the new torso shell, to me it just feels excessive. We're talking 21 pistons on one piece. That's more than the Toa Mata had on their entire bodies. And unlike the Toa Mata's pistons, many of these pistons on the new torso shell are in places where it doesn't make any sense for a point of articulation to be implied. Pistons on other CCBS pieces have been used more sparingly, which helps them to feel at least somewhat purposeful instead of just slapped on as meaningless decoration.

     

    I don't especially mind Tahu's colors, though more red wouldn't hurt. The Dark Azur accents are brilliant and I wish he had more of them. Like Gali's Bright Orange parts, the contrast with the set's main colors really makes the entire color scheme "pop". It's the same reason the Bohrok's Krana colors and eye colors really added so much to their color schemes.

     

    Are Tahu's shoulders really wider than an Inika torso? According to the instructions the shoulders should be eleven modules, exactly the same width as an Inika torso, just as the 2015 version's shoulders were. Unless you're counting all the way from the edge of the armor rather than just measuring from the joint...

     

    Overall, I have warmed up some to the new Tahu after seeing more pictures of him, but like most of the new Toa, really, I don't think he's nearly as refined-looking as the 2015 version.

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    ChocolateFrogs

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    Neat choices. My top 2015 LEGO sets would probably be...

    • Temple of Airjitzu. Great minifigure selection, nifty play features (love the shadow puppet theater), and overall a grade-A display piece. It says a lot that even AFOLs who normally don't give Ninjago the time of day have praised it as one of the year's greatest LEGO sets!
    • Master Wu Dragon. Possibly the best LEGO dragon ever? It's definitely up there. This was the first set by Nick Vas (Brickthing) and it definitely shows why LEGO was right to hire him! Great parts, brilliant building techniques, amazing value for money, and lots of play value.
    • Gali - Master of Water. Even though she's a pretty average-sized Toa, she's still my favorite Toa set of all time, and it doesn't look like the 2016 lineup is going to change that. Great proportions, awesome colors, and an impressive dual-function weapon. Looks great in all kinds of poses.
    • Naida's Epic Adventure Ship. The Elves theme may be small, but it's had a great track record so far, with no sets I'd consider "duds". It's tough to pick a favorite set from this theme, but the Adventure Ship deserves some credit as the one that first showed just how "epic" this theme was going to be!
    xccj

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    I have to agree with CF. Even to a person who knows the character, it doesn't end up looking all that impressive, and to a person who doesn't know the character it'd be even harder to relate to it on any level. In general I'm not sure the comics from this year's instruction booklets are really distinctive enough to make good mosaics.

     

    What about just a mosaic of the Mask of Control? Or maybe a mosaic split down the middle, with the Mask of Creation on one side and Mask of Control on the other?

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    ChocolateFrogs

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    Glad you're enjoying Nexo Knights! My brother and I have only bought three of the "Ultimate" sets. We're thinking of saving most of our bigger Nexo Knights purchases until after New York Toy Fair so we have a better idea of what's coming in the summer. But there are a lot of sets we're pretty confident we'll end up getting.

     

    I've been enjoying the TV series and webisodes a lot so far, and I'm excited for new TV episodes to start next week! I kind of wish I didn't like Nexo Knights so much, because you're right, it's definitely going to be an expensive theme in the long run!

    Nathan Evo

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    Congrats on having a job! I still need to work on getting a job myself... something a little more secure than just writing one freelance magazine article per year. If I can turn freelance journalism into an actual career (like, say, writing multiple articles a month) that'd be great, but I think there's probably more to be gained in the short term from having a job with steadier pay.

    Trijhak

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    It could also just be that LEGO has made some kind of logistical changes that alter the cost of doing business in Great Britain, and the small and mid-size Bionicle sets are the first place that those cost savings have trickled down to the consumer.

     

    It's fairly normal for the USD prices to be lower than the converted GBP prices, but these numbers indicate to me that LEGO might be starting to smooth out that discrepancy.

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