Elmara: Spirit Of Fire

So, I think we can all agree that 2010 was a royal failure by the Lego Group. Is that the general consensus? Yes? Good. Frankly, I think that 2008 was part of what killed Bionicle. I have been known, in the past, to defend the Mistika and the Phantoka with BURNING JUSTICE, but I agree with most people on the idea that the Toa Newva were bad ideas. I would enjoy their existance much more if they weren't supposed to be the Toa Nuva. And, before BFAHome comes in telling my my arguement is invalid (Which, if left the way it is, is true), I want to say this. I think I speak for the majority of the Newva-haters here when I say we didn't want carbon-copies of the 2002 Nuva. We just wanted some resemblance. The Mistika were, by far, the worst of the bunch (The Toa, not the Makuta) and they needed a serious revamp. I read a topic a while ago that had a perfect description of what the Phantoka and the Mistika SHOULD have looked like. The problem with 2008 was that it brought back the Toa Nuva in a bad way- The older fan's sense of nostalgia (Including my own) was shattered, and the story was far too comlplicated for new fans to get into the BIONICLE story. By the time 2009 rolled around, most of the older fanbase had abandoned BIONICLE completely, and those who didn't were at least beginning to. (I know this is a huge generalization, but bear with me.) Anyway, what was left of the fanbase was a bunch of nostalgi fans waiting to see if things would improve. But, how is this possible? 2009 rebooted the story and brought in new fans? Where'd they go? Well, here's the problem- It didn't work. Rebooting the story was a huge mistake, as it only served to make the story more complicated. New fans did little more than buy a few sets and be done with it, and all the older fans just weren't enough to keep BIONICLE's sales up high enough to keep it around. So, in 2010, Lego decided to axe BIONICLE and replace it with Hero Factory. Bionicle died that year. The problem was, it was uneventful. It's dissapearance from the shelves wasn't that big of a deal to most of us(Glares at Makuta_Of_Oz). Why? 2010 sucked. The Lego Group had decided to kill BIONICLE (I feel like every time I say that, a member of the Bring Back Bionicle Club dies), but they decided they owe it to us fans to give us one last year. Bionicle was going to die (There goes another one), but Lego hadn't given it a proper funeral, so to speak. You see, 2010 had six 13-piece sets. Each one was an idea that needed expanding. Each one was worth something. But what could that mean? Well, let's start with Tahu. Depowered by the Ignika. But why just Tahu? Why not ALL the Toa Nuva? See, they'd use the Inika torso, but instead of the same old armor, we get a new armor pice that resembles the Toa Mata's original chest. Hey, why not give them their original masks with a +plus-rod connector instead of a stud? And improved versions of their original tools? So, we have our good guys covered. But what about villians? Well, that was a bit of a toughy. Originally i thought, Why not have six differently colored Skrall, but then I realized how ridiculous that would be. So, I went with Rahkshi. Not a bad idea, if i do say so myself. We'd have: Rahkshi of Heat Vision (Yellow) Rahkshi of Darkness (Black & Red) Rahkshi of Plant Control (Green & Brown) Rahkshi of Gravity (Blue & Silver) Rahkshi of Chain Lightning (Silver) Rahkshi of Sleep (Maroon) Okay? Cool? So, now we have good guys and bad guys. Now, we need titans. Let's look back at the Stars. We have Takanuva, Gresh, Skrall, and Nektaan remaining. So, now what? Well, Nektaan would have to be a titan. He would use a spine piece like the Piraka spine, but of course with his own face and spine pattern. Also, he sould be called Nektaan on his packaging, not just Piraka. Not only is the reason for it silly (Anyone old enough to remember the Piraka would know that the Piraka were a group, not a person, and that they each had individual names), but also inaccurate. As for Taknuva, He'd be a titan too. But, we would see the return of gold, and Taka's original mask. As for Gresh and Skrall, if they ABSOLUTELY have to be there (Which I suppose they do, as they are the primary inhabitants of Bara Magna), then give 'em vehicles and cal 'em pilots. The small sets, I think, should be Baterra. They'd be about Stars-sized, but awesome instead. The final set of the year would be...Mata Nui. But certainly not TOA Mata Nui, no no. I mean GIANT ROBOT Mata Nui. Come on. You know you want it. The story would be like this. Teridax has arrived on Bara Magna, with intent to conquer it. He unleashes hordes of Rahkshi (Bad guy sets) onto the inhabitants of the planet. They fight back (Gresh), but they are quickly overrun. Seeing the danger, the Ignika depowers the Toa Nuva into their original forms and transports them to Bara Magna. Knowing what they must do, they battle the Rahkshi in the nme of peace, despite the Glatorian's distrust. But a new threat arrives- The Skakdi warlord Nektaan has escaped the MU, and has reformed the the Skrall army with his own intentions. With enemies on all sides, will the Toa be tripumphant? Or will they be finally vanqushed by the forces of the Makuta? So, what do you guys think? Elmara

Strawberry, to be specific. But seriously, yes. I am very jealous. Very jealous indeed. Elmara

I get to back to school tomorrow. Whoopee. I suppose I should let it out that my Social teacher is a redneck. Like, a SERIOUS redneck. So, uh, yay. Elmara

D: No please! I was framed! It wasn't me, I swear! Elmara

Am I REALLY the only one who still spells Jaller as Jala, Macku as Maku, Hewkii as Huki, and Pewku as Puku? Please, don't make me an oddball! Elmara

Personally, the last one is my favorite. Elmara

An interesting point, but also remember that we've only seen Takua lava surf, but we know that others do too. The two times we've seen Takua surf likely aren't the only times he's surfed. Elmara

Heat resistance is a Ta-Matoran thing. Av-Matoran have the ability to change their armor color and launch bolts of light energy. And he said himself that the only place he felt comfortable in all of Mata Nui was Ta-Koro. Elmara

I had an epiphany. Does anyone recall when Takua and Jala (I'm so old school I spell it Jala) were riding Puku (OLD SCHOOL) through Le-Koro, and Takua said he hated Le-Koro, and Jala asked him if there was anywhere he DID feel at home, and he said, "I don't mind Ta-Koro." We later discovered that Takua was actualy an Av-Matoran, and thus does NOT have the natural Ta-Koronan resistance to heat. Takua has also been seen lava surfing at least twice. How can he do this without discomfort if he's not a Ta-Matoran? Or is like a psychological thing? Elmara

1.Mantax can kill two stones with one Gukko. 2.A Muaka tiger once bit Mantax- after five days of terrible pain, the Muaka died. 3.When Mantax got a face full of Nui-jaga poison, he blinked. 4.Mantax beat Pohatu and Photok in a 200-metre dash. 5.When Mantax was submerged in energized protodermis, IT was destroyed. 6.When Mantax wore a krana, he controlled IT'S mind. 7.When Vahki see Mantax, THEY surrender or run. 8.Mantax played Hewkki in Kollhi-and beat him 100,000,000,000,000 to 0. 9.Mata-nui isn't asleep- he's hiding from Mantax. 10.Takadox once bit the head off a Makuta fish. Not to be outdone, Mantax then bit the head off of Makuta. 11.Mantax once ordered a canoe ride at Ahkmou's shop, and got one. 12.We all know that the magic word is please, as in "Please don't kill me." To bad Mantax doesn't believe in magic. 13.Mantax and Kopaka walked into a store. It then collapsed, for no one building can contain that much awesomeness. 14.In Soviet Russia, Mantax kill you... still. 15. Mantax once worked part-time as a stunt double for Optimus Prime. 16.Mantax is RIGHT BEHIND YOU. I made this post over two years ago, but I thought I'd re-post it. Elmara

Everyone should see this movie. Elmara

Urgh. Argh urgh. Urgh urgh urgh. It's just not the same. Elmara

Is anyone as fascinated by words as I am? It's just so amazing how we have entire languages through which to communicate. What do you suppose they did before then? Elmara

Finally. I got my premier membership again. At last. It's been spring break all week, but it's been a rather uneventful spring break. We haven't gone any place, we haven't done anything, but I did get a chance to start writing my epic again. I've completely reworked everything in it, so I need to get a proper outline before I can actually begin writing and posting. But the story's fleshing out real well. Do you guys suppose that I should delete my old blog entries, and start anew? I kind of want to, but I don't know. What do you guys think? Elmara

Well, now that I am all caught up on the Annals of Kemet Nui, I feel as though posting here would be a good idea. Turaga Saait fairly cool. Interesting how you managed to give it a well-balanced color scheme with purple. Where did you get those hands? They weren't in the Nui-Jaga, were they? Turaga Sah- Love the body design. So simple, yet so ingenious. I really love Turaga Ferohn's... "Shadowed-up" body. Matoran- All fairly cool, but it bugs me a little bit to see so many different body types for the same population of Matoran. I dunno, I'm just a little OCD about that kind of thing. Toa Sah- All very cool. I like the use of the Metru body on Atemu and Akito. I haven't seen that in a while. Also, I absolutely adore Ukhikh. SO MUCH TEAL. I don't remember there was actually that much teal in BIONICLE. But then I remembered the Tarakava. Metu is also a cool one. I like the system parts, but the color scheme is a little icky for me. But then, he's a Toa of Poison, isn't he? Toa Neteru- Ausar bugs me a little bit. I think it's the cape...Yeah, definitely the cape. It just makes his head and shoulders (knees and toes) look awkward. Heru needs some more buff in his legs. He's looking a little lacking in that region. Sutekh, I think, needs longer legs. Vahki legs are some of the shortest you can get in BIONICLE. He looks far too tall to have such small legs. Auset and Nebt-Het, on the other hand, are perfect. I really like Nebt-Het's wings and claws. Ignama- Ignama's looking pretty heavily armored there. I like it for the most parr, but I think some of his armor (not much, but some) could be blue, so his mask would look so oddly coloured. Burnak- Great representation of the not-set Rahi. Really the only complaint I have resides not on the figure, but in the description... canine felines Frostelus- Kinda looks like he could eat me. But seriously now, not bad. But again, the blue coud be distributed a little better. Having his head blue and the rest of him white is a little odd. Nui-Bauk & Ohee- One word-Cute! Rock Raptors- Great revamp! The only thing I can nitpick on is the arms. the shoulders appear unarticulated. But who am I to judge, as I would have done the same thing. Serqet-Jaga- Holy cow. That is awesome. It looks so menacing, and looks like a real scorpion. But that's also why it's gross. I can't stand arachnids. But really, a great creation. Wild Fang Tooth- I absolutely love this thing. I want it. How much? Sebau- I like it. It looks like a chibi. I like the use of the Inika head- Could never figure out any other use for that thing but a bad head. Samiu- Don't know why, but this reminds me a little of Pohatu. And that is a good thing. Nak- Hrm. It's good, but it looks a little akward. The stubby Mata arms and the giant legs aren't a good combination. I suggest making the arms longer. Aso- Why so small, Aso? this reminds me of the STARS sets. Like, a smaller, pocket-sized version of a larger set. Now, I don't hate it's STARS-ness because it's not the last thing we're ever going to get out of BIONICLE. Tekhtekh- Metamorphosed Tekhtekh- Much better. Are the black Tahu flame and the Pohatu claws painted, or did they come in a set? Wow. Super-long post. Well, anyway, great job so far, and can't wait to see more updates!

I'm going to have to be persuaded on the elements of sleep, anger, elasticity, and density. Also, what exactly does moonglow control? SP

I might be able to get you a Ditto for an Infernape or a Torterra, if you've got one of 'em.