Meiko

Well there's a ton in the LEGO Movie. Many parts of the movie's humour comes from real-world references such as the "Orb of Titleist" and many others.

Already seen and read this several times but still cool.

I hit the level cap in the Chima MMO when it was in closed beta, but didn't want to do all that work again after it went into open beta and then public release. I did a lot of work at The Chima Wiki over a year ago, but that died (but might be back soon). I've followed all the news and updates people have shared in the Chima-related topics on Eurobricks as well, so I'm familiar with it's current status and past going-ons.

Most online LEGO communities know that Aanchir and Lyichir are my brothers, however BZPower is the only LEGO community that ever seems to care about that. Eurobricks, Brickipedia, RRU, Brickset, and many others know they're my brothers, but on all of those sites I've never seen someone identify me as "Aanchir and Lyichir's brother".

I'm not, and it does bug me when people identify me by being related to them yet I don't associate myself with them online, since I prefer my own self-identity to be what people look at online.

I don't particularly like it, and would rather the default or something that better identifies me as an individual, not that identifies me by who my brothers are. Ah, I see. Well, I didn't say this, but this is the Internet. Here, you aren't allowed to have an opinion! But I can complain.

I don't particularly like it, and would rather the default or something that better identifies me as an individual, not that identifies me by who my brothers are.

pls no

If someone had told me that I'd be allowed to have a custom member title I would have chosen one long ago. a better one than this

No reward Someone just tell me which one of you staffers changed my member title to "Super Secret Chir Brother" without telling me. k? srsly

Brickipedia also has a page for it. I don't know if it's complete, but it has pages for each one listed on http://en.brickimedia.org/wiki/BIONICLE_Comics

I don't know if this is what you want to program up a game. Katuko's suggestions ring more true to me as better. If you want to know webcode to put your game in a browser, www.w3schools.com is your friend. But I've done HTML, CSS, and JS, and none of them seem ideal to program up a game. I've also never used Java for game design either - and I would advise against it personally, as Java is cantankerous to work with. If you really need to learn hard Java, C++, C#, etc, you need to take a programming class, and most aren't geared toward game design. Go with what Kat says - he's a game developer himself, and knows what he's doing. HTML is the most-supported language for game development across any platform (Windows, OS X, any Linux, UNIX, BSD, Xbox, PlayStation, 3DS, Wii U, Android, iOS, etc), and is by far the easiest, being object-oriented with block-like syntax. LEGO has thankfully begun to use it over Flash in some of their latest games such as the LEGO Movie Sig-Fig Creator or the LEGO Movie Game Maker.

Learn HTML, JavaScript, CSS and XML. Web-based development will work better for you. This is the 21st century; there's no point using things like Flash nowadays. If you must go for a desktop-based application though, use Python, Ruby or Java instead of anything else, since it will work across platforms without having to be reprogrammed and recompiled for various platforms.

Just don't use any wordmark or design that's trademarked. Really? What are you using for a source? A search on ustop.gov turns up the following: It's a distinct possibility I'm missing something, as this is one of the worst websites I have ever used (I can't even link to pages on the site). The security of it is also questionable (are they seriousely piping the search query into a Windows executable?) That only says the clothing is cancelled. The trademark is still live for the purposes listed without "(CANCELLED)" before them according to that. Either way, the trademark is still valid and enforceable by the LEGO Group. Fine. Make all the darn mousepads you want. But selling them isn't the best idea. I doubt that Lego would object to your creations, PrismWind, unless you used one of their existing images which are trademarked along with Bionicle (Hau, three virtues symbol, island of Mata Nui, etc.) A small-scale operation of this sort is unlikely to raise their attention, and fan groups have probably done similar things before. The mere wordmark of "BIONICLE" is still a registered trademark of the LEGO Group so he couldn't even put the name on it.

It's worth noting that I don't think LEGO has any active registered trademarks for these specific products. From my understanding, trademarks are registered for 10 year periods, and must be renewed every 5 years. They can only be renewed if the company has a product which the trademark can defend. Seeing as BIONICLE products have not been sold in nearly 5 years, and only LEGO sets were sold in the last 5 years, I don't think they have a patent on these specific products. I know their registered trademark on BIONICLE cloathing expired. Their trademark on Rock Raiders has also expired, and has since been registered to Data Design Interactive, who is developing a new non-LEGO "Rock Raiders" game. All of this being said, I don't know if having a registered trademark legally required is necessary to defend it. Of course, any Bionicle designs and images are still copyright LEGO, and having a registered copyright is not necessary to defend it. So at most you could only call it BIONICLE, without using any official images. It would probably also be necessary to look sufficiently different from Bionicle, so that it is not a derivative work. It should also be noted that people make and sell custom LEGO sets all the time, and LEGO never complains. I don't think it would actually make a difference if he made a profit or not. LEGO still owns the trademark for Bionicle for the following goods and services: Video games. Clothing for children, namely, t-shirts, sweatshirts, socks and head wear; clothing for men and women, namely, t-shirts, sweatshirts, socks and head wear. Construction toys; toy building elements and connecting links; toy construction kits; toy figures; toy kits containing toy figures and toy construction elements for building human figure, animal figure and action figure robots. The trademark was filed on 28 August 2000, and last renewed on 15 June 2012.

If you're selling them for a profit, it's trademark infringement. If the LEGO Group finds out about you doing this, you'll likely get a cease and desist order from their attourney's office. If you continue after that, you'll likely be taken to court for an injunction, which will have a hefty fine you'd have to pay. Just warning you, it's probably not the best idea.

I don't ever remember playing past the part where there were all the ga-koro people near the start of the game.

Since it doesn't seem BZPower's gonna put it on the front page, I figured I ought to point out that after worries about park safety and security, LEGOLAND Windsor will be closed this weekend, as Brickipedia reports. The abrupt closing of the park was after LEGOLAND Windsor had to cancel a Muslim Fun Day by the MRDF due to the controversy around it. After the cancellation, far-right groups threatened the park, which led LEGOLAND Windsor to close it's park due to security and safety concerns. Brickipedia's news report (linked above) has more details.

Yes, after associating the Facebook account to your BZPower account, there is a button to disassociate the Facebook account as well (it's Facebook terms of use for third party apps using Facebook's open graph API). I don't think I'll use this but I've associated my accounts for the heck of it anyways. I probably won't ever have the statuses between sites being synced because I don't really post the same stuff on either, and my Facebook friends probably don't care at all what I post here (most of them are either IRL friends or acquaintances from my affiliations in other online LEGO communities), and I don't think too many BZPower people care much about my personal life or other miscellaneous stuff I share with my Facebook friends (but heck if you do, just shoot me a friend request or follow me on Twitter).

We already have pictures of rural landscapes for example, yet people still buy professional artwork of them. It's art— it's something to admire. Whether it's a character we have pictures of or not, it's unique and it's something that many people appreciate.

After Aanchir said that there was no character "Peno", I searched "bionicle peno" on Google. Third result, http://www.ebay.com/sch/?&_nkw=jala On that ebay search page, I see both jalapenos and a Bionicle Jala polybag. Perfect evidence. Half Life 3 Jala's name's origin confirmed!

I had read abut Inside The Brick before, actually, and was considering contacting Rob for an interview just recently. I'm not autistic, nor do I have any social disorder, but this is certainly a noble thing to do and provides great opportunities for children who don't have the same social opportunities as many others.

Why no Android version? Legends of Chima Online is done in Unity and it is super easy to export games in Unity to work natively on Android. I'd especially like an Android version, because as a Linux user, Legends of Chima Online doesn't work in my browser, since there is no Unity Web Player for Linux distros (yet).

Only one thing I can say to this... FINALLY

Unless the CUUSOO project does well and they decide to make more sets with the license, like they've been doing with Minecraft.