Hapori Tohu

Start up your engines and get ready to build, because the Bio-Cup 2022 is almost here! The preliminary round starts tomorrow, May 23rd, and will continue until only one builder remains! This event always brings out some of the best builds in the community, and I can't wait to see all the entries this year. Everyone should consider entering, because even if you don't win, you can still participate in the Promotional Raffle for a chance to get some cool swag. Best of luck to everyone, I'm excited to see the cream of the constraction crop!View the full article

What's been going on over at LEGO Ideas? Head over to the Target x LEGO Ideas Set Vote! before May 31st to pick between Working Mini Golf Course - Fully Playable by LEGOParadise, Viking Village by BrickHammer, and Marine Life by Brick Dangerous to see which will become an actual set. You can also check out the LEGO Ideas 40533 Cosmic Cardboard Adventures Gift with purchase, which can be yours with a LEGO purchase of $160 or more. Finally, the LEGO Ideas 21333 The Starry Night set was revealed, releasing on June 1st for $170. What are you the most excited for?View the full article

If you're interested in watching us play some more LEGO Star Wars: The Skywalker Saga, then you're in luck! Swing by the BZPower Twitch channel starting around 7:30 PM Eastern to watch us continue our way through the prequel trilogy, battling droids and Sith lords in a futile effort to save the Galactic Republic. We may know how the story ends, but I'm still looking forward to how the game interprets it. See you there!View the full article

If you had your eye on any of the remaining projects in the Bricklink Designer Program 2021 Invitational, make sure you set your alarms! Round 3 of the crowdfunding part of the program begins tomorrow, May 17th, at 5 PM UTC (1 PM Eastern), and the first five out of nine projects to reach three-thousand preorders will go into production. In the running are: Brickwest Stuidoes ($350), 1950s Diner ($130), Train Station Studgate ($400), Winter Chalet ($200), Working Waterfall ($230), Space Troopers ($200), Mountain View Observatory ($320), Steam Powered Science ($300), and Modular Construction Site ($320). Which do you think will make it? Let us know, along with which ones you may be supporting yourself, in the Talkback!View the full article

Tomorrow we'll be building our first Bricklink Designer Program set: 910028 Pursuit of Flight. Swing by the BZPower Twitch channel starting at 1 PM Eastern to see how this set comes together! I'm really looking forward to checking out the mechanisms and internal workings that bring the build to life!View the full article

It's Tuesday again! I'm looking forward to playing more LEGO Star Wars: The Skywalker Saga over on the BZPower Twitch channel for your heckling pleasure. We'll go live around 7:30 PM Eastern (usually a little earlier) and this week we'll be diving into the depths of Naboo to see if we can fix their little blockade problem. See you all there!View the full article

I'm playing a bit of catch-up here, but there's been some cool developments in the Bionicle Heroes modding community over the past months. BZPower member Toa_Kralich has been sharing the work that they, Hexadecimal Mantis, and others have been doing to both improve and alter the way the classic videogame can be played. Here are their recent efforts: Bionicle Heroes: Double Vision - a mod to make the PC game more similar to the Nintendo DS version Bionicle Heroes: Voriki Mode - a mod that adds the fan-invented Seventh Toa Voriki to the game Bionicle Heroes: Myths of Voya Nui 2.0 - a major update to the original mod with lots of changes View the full article

Another Tuesday, and another adventure into a galaxy far, far away! Join us at 7:30 PM Eastern on the BZPower Twitch channel as we head back into LEGO Star Wars: The Skywalker Saga and make our way through Return of the Jedi, now that Han Solo has been saved from the clutches of Jabba the Hutt. And once we blow up the second Death Star, we'll head straight into the prequel trilogy!View the full article

Happy May! As we celebrate the beginning of every month, we have a new giveaway for everyone to enter! By adding your name to the 2022 Member Raffle #5 you'll have a chance to win 71305 Lewa - Uniter of Jungle. And don't forget we have two other raffles with some rare memorabilia with the proceeds supporting Ukrainian refugees through The Office of the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR). Also, congrats to MartinCollects, who won April's raffle!View the full article

Tomorrow, Sunday May 1st, we'll be finishing our build of the LEGO 76240 DC Batman Batmobile Tumbler! Last week we made some great progress, despite the finicky bits that were occasionally a pain to construct. Join us at 1 PM Eastern over on the BZPower Twitch channel to see the set come together, chat, and win some LEGO sets! View the full article

The end of April is fast-approaching, and we wanted to make sure you didn't forget about the multiple raffles we have going on right now! In addition to our monthly free giveaway, we have two other raffles raising money for Ukrainian refugees to be donated to The Office of the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR). You could win a free Star Wars buildable figure or donate to have a chance at winning a Bionicle style guide disc or even some prototype parts! We appreciate everyone's generosity thus far, and look forward to seeing the final total! Good luck!View the full article

Who's ready for some more LEGO Star Wars: The Skywalker Saga tonight? Join us at the BZPower Twitch channel starting at 7:30 PM Eastern as we continue our fight against the Galactic Empire and make our way through the original Star Wars trilogy. Every week is an adventure, and I can't wait to see what's in store for us this time!View the full article

Over the past four months we've been doing a lot of work under the hood of BZPower, updating our forum software, performing database maintenance, freeing up server space, and more. This coming week, we're planning to move the forums from their location at bzpower.com/board to bzpower.com, so the first thing you see when you come to the website will be our community. Once we do so, we plan to put a redirect in place so that old links to the forums still work. The changes will hopefully not take very long, but there's always a chance that something unforeseen might come up. We appreciate your patience and understanding while we continue to work on BZPower and try to keep our home in tip-top shape!View the full article

After a couple week break, it's time for us to begin another LEGO live build! Tomorrow, April 24th, at 1 PM Eastern we'll be starting 76240 DC Batman Batmobile Tumbler over on the BZPower Twitch channel!. I can't wait to see how this awesome set comes together, and to chat with everyone as we build and give away some sets!View the full article

http://www.bzpower.info/Imaging/stories/2022/04/2022-04-20_matoran_guy_teaser.png It's been a while since we featured any artwork here on the front page, and low-and-behold, I checked this week and Arcee had posted a new topic. Go give Matoran Guy a gander to go meet Ludwig, a Gen 2-style Matoran with a very cool mask. I love the color scheme and art style that's reminiscent of the comics and animation in the Bionicle reboot. People should post more artwork so we can share that here as well!View the full article

Come on by the BZPower Twitch Channel starting around 7:30 PM Eastern tonight for our weekly videogame stream! We've still got plenty of LEGO Star Wars: The Skywalker Saga to get through, as we continue reliving the events of The Empire Strikes Back. See you tonight!View the full article

http://www.bzpower.info/Imaging/stories/2022/04/2022-04-17_faber_files_teaser.jpg It's been a while since Christian Faber updated his Faber Files blog, but on Friday he made a new post: Chroniclers journey - 2022 Bionicle Community tribute poster. Take what you will away from his message, but the artwork is certainly gorgeous and leans into Faber's strength as a creator of imagery and ideas. The lone explorer juxtaposed with the massive robot is rather awe-inspiring and I'd love to have a print of it to hang on my wall!View the full article

In case you missed it, I thought it would be a good idea to share our current raffles with everyone that are benefiting a great cause. Go check out the BZP for Ukraine 2009 Movie Style Guide Raffle and BZP for Ukraine Bionicle Prototype Raffle to see if you'd like to donate for a chance to win some rare Bionicle memorabilia. All of the proceeds will be donated to a non-profit group supporting The Office of the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR), and I will be matching up to $500 worth of donations in each raffle. Please consider helping out the millions of Ukrainians displaced from their homes in the wake of the Russian invasion.View the full article

It's Tuesday again, so that means it's time to play more LEGO Star Wars: The Skywalker Saga! Swing by the BZPower Twitch channel starting at 7:30 PM Eastern to watch us dive back into Episode IV: A New Hope and continue to save the galaxy from the Empire's tyrannical oppression, all with LEGO humor and fun!View the full article

Now is the time to head over to the Official BBC Contest #79 Voting to pick your favorite videogame-themed MOC. The entries are as varied as they are fantastic, and I know I had a hard time casting my vote. You have until Thursday, April 14th at 11:59 PM Eastern to choose which creation you like the most, so don't dilly-dally, get right to it! Good luck to everyone who entered!View the full article

Earlier today, The LEGO Group announced that The LEGO Foundation invests USD 20million to catalyze innovation supporting neurodivergent children. This takes the form of the Play for All Accelerator, a three-phased program that encourages social ventures, organizations, and social enterprises to propose plans to improve the education of children with autism, with ADHD, and with other neurodivergent diagnoses. The pool of proposals will be reduced in each phase, and ultimately The LEGO Foundation hopes to find up to five new long-term partners that will receive additional funding to implement their programs. This definitely seems like a worthy investment and one that I hope bears fruit!View the full article

The Russian invasion of Ukraine has resulted in millions fleeing their country, becoming refugees throughout the world. Today we are starting two raffles to raise money to donate to The Office of the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR), through a US-based non-profit, to help the many displaced citizens impacted by the conflict. Please consider participating in the 2009 Movie Style Guide Raffle and Bionicle Prototype Raffle, where we're offering some rare Bionicle memorabilia. In addition, I will be matching up to $500 of donations in each of the raffles, doubling the help you all will be providing. The winners will be selected on May 8th. Good luck and thank you all for your generosity!View the full article

According to our news archives, LEGO Star Wars The Skywalker Saga was announced at E3 in June 2019 and was originally to be released in 2020. After a global pandemic and many delays, it has finally arrived for everyone to play, and that includes us! Join us over at the BZPower Twitch channel tonight starting at 7:30 PM Eastern as we play our first new LEGO videogame in quite some time. I'm looking forward to heading to the galaxy far, far away to relive nine movies worth of adventures, and I hope to see you all there!View the full article

The new LEGO Ninjago EVO sets stirred up a lot of discussion when they were first revealed, introducing a collection of new and interesting parts that comprise the System Character and Creature Building System (SCCBS). BZPower Member and New Elementary contributor Pohaturon put together an article for the latter site with a variety of creations they built using the new pieces. Go check out LEGO NINJAGO: MOCcing with the new-for-2022 parts to see what they came up with, especially Tahu EVO and The Bully, which Bionicle fans will surely appreciate. I look forward to seeing these parts circulate more and the MOCs that end up incorporating them!View the full article

There's not much left to go on our build of the LEGO Star Wars 75309 Republic Gunship set! We'll see everyone tomorrow at 1 PM Eastern on the BZPower Twitch channel to wrap up our build of this UCS set. As always, we're looking forward to seeing you there to chat, build, and give away some free sets!View the full article