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Not really following on from the discussion above, but I think a change like this is good since it should give the writers greater ability to make the characters a bit more relatable allowing for stronger and more emotional storytelling hopefully. Makes the weird kind of abstract premise a bit easier to relate to and probably not as jarring with the very familiar/human personality traits the characters had.

Going to say Axonn - I do really like Brutaka too (I prefer his colour scheme), but overall I think Axonn was a lot cooler. 2006 was a really good year overall in retrospect, a lot to choose from.

Takanuva <3 The Takua and Jaller sets come close after for me though too.

Put this set as one of the few items on my Christmas wishlist - really want those minifigs. If don't end up getting it will probably pick it up early January hopefully.

Keetongu for being the most yellow set.

Bionicle characters are not human and are not directly related to any human culture. All of them however are inspired by various cultures (including the areas you said weren't ie Metru-Nui saga) - some more strongly or directly than others. People tend to interpret translations of characters from fictional worlds to be like themselves (as that is how the stories are portrayed - with a point of view relating the audience to the character) so people should be allowed to interpret them how they like to strengthen that bond. Saying the characters should be translated from the fictional world to the "real world" as a certain race or culture is silly since they aren't meant to be a certain race or culture, they simply take aspects of a variety of cultures and real world ideas and incorporate them into something new. It'd be like saying if an apple was a steak it should be rare since apples aren't cooked  - yeah there's a relation there but an apple isn't a steak in the first place so it's kind of a pointless argument.

(sorry if this post doesn't make much sense not in the best word forming head space. )

Off the top of my head not really sure what counts as rare - but I'd say the rarest things I have probably are two Power Packs and two gold Vahis?

Yeah as with many others I'm never a fan of the stickers. Additionally I feel like the colour schemes could have a few unnessecary complications which hold back a few of them needlessly (would have been very easy to make them look better is what I mean by that). I think something else that I'm not a huge fan of is how round the shapes used on all of them are - feels a bit different to the my angular shapes used in the past I think - particularly on the masks and armour. That being said that could just be my memory playing tricks on me and is more of a preference thing.

Combining gravity and magnetism on the basis that they both "push/pull" isn't a very strong argument imo since pretty much anything can be reduced to "pushing/pulling" in some way or another. All the fundamental forces and motions of nature are central forces that pull or repel really so that same argument could basically be extended to every element/power.

Usually not a huge fan of green and yellow together - but this is one of those instances where it works pretty well I think. i would probably say a nay on the silver - but overall this guy seems really cool - especially the weapon! The protector's are actually quite impressive I think.

 

I agree, the game is very difficult and stops becoming fun at that. It doesn't explore Voya-Nui like the MNOG's did because it focused too much on fighting, and so other than the physical locations, it just became dangerous and uninteresting. I do like the art of the characters/setting though. I just feel the game play and mechanics were better.

 

Not only is it difficult, but the backtracking is RIDICULOUS. Even worse than MNOG II.

 

-NotS

 

Coming from someone who really liked VNOG (minus some flaws) I was mostly fine with the difficulty - however I agree more depth should have been added to the island. That way the backtracking would have been more of a "free world" kind of feeling where you could explore new things as you went from one are to the other. Either that or just have a more non-linear structure. All in all I'd really like to see another Bionicle RPG like it again with some more story/MNOG like exploration.

Really like the look of this one! Cool colours, cool weapon! Will probably pick up this guy.

Shame it's not that great - particularly the functionality. I was hoping this one would be one of the better sets since it's the largest new "character" and the most unique looking of the sets. Still looks kind of cool, but yeah not entirely sure I'll end up getting it. May depend on how big it is in the story.

TBH I'd prefer something with a bit more gameplay depth like VNOG (more refined hopefully of course ), but any game that gives you the ability to explore the entire island and go through the year's story would be fantastic.

All aspects were good I think but the standout two for me were the lore and atmosphere. The atmosphere not as much as the line went on personally, so in that regards I would probably give the lore a slight edge.

Gotta say after watching through this I'm liking the Tahu set a lot more - also annoyed I didn't catch this live - saw the update on Facebook but wasn't at home.

Nice job! Never ventured much to those parts of the forums but I suspect you'd have to be quite prominent there. Congrats!

I can't really take anyone who thinks BZP was the cause of Bionicle's cancellation (referring to the link in the OP) that seriously - obviously is a group of people being salty and emotional with regards to BZP for whatever reason - doesn't seem to be a huge concern to me.

I like the start of year reveal the most, but I've noticed I tend to get more excited for the mid year sets. There's usually more mystery and anticipation regarding the start of year since it's usually a new chapter, new location and so many unknowns. Whilst the mid year ones are teased more and generally have some cooler story significance.

Really like the style, can't wait to see the full world imagined like this.

Release order, it's how it was intended. Reading in chronological order would spoilt some of the twists and turns I imagine for a first read through. As for the books, none of them are too bad, just nice and simple, they should be enjoyable if you enjoy the Bionicle world.

Can't wait until I'm a billionaire and can participate in things like this.

(Ok don't need to be a billionaire, but richer than I currently am. )

Couldn't not vote for the mega pretty Mask of Creation.

Lesovikk and Vakama had the best characters personally, or at least the most interesting character developments. However my personal favourite is Takanuva.

2001: Muaka & Kane-Ra

2002: Nuhvok

2003: Takanuva

2004: Lhikan

2005: Keetongu

2006: Axonn (Maybe Brutaka too though...)

2007: Lesovikk or Hydraxon (Some of the Barraki are pretty high up there too though...)

2008: Bitil or Takanuva

2009: Mata Nui

2010: Takanuva