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  1. Tahakki

    Big Box Of Stuff

    By Tahakki,

    I recently did a trade with Anthony_Dalek. For £50 ($100!) I got:
     
    The Bahrag
    Tahnok-Va
    Kohrak-Va
    Pahrak-Va
    Bomonga
    Norik
    Nui-Jaga
     
    I'm happy. And now I shall build the Bahrag.
  2. Tahakki

    Tayto Yesterday!

    By Tahakki,

    Yeah, I finally got round to it.
     
    Aaaaanyway, yesterday we went to the Tayto factory. Yeah. It was fun, and just because you all really want to know, I'll tell you about it.
     
    So, we got there and got hairnets and aprons. Hmmph.
    Then we went around the factory. First we went to a shed with about 400 tonnes of raw spuds in it. Wowser. Then we went upstairs, to a very noisy room with a lot of machines. We went to the end and there were the crisps, coming out of a machine that sorted them into good and bad. They didn't have any flavourings, but we got to eat some anyway. They were actually really nice.
    We got to try other just-out-of-the-oven crisps, and then we went into the next room. Here there were loads of machines, sorting and bagging the crisps. There were even those big arm robots used in car factories - Tayto had actually bought them from Vauxhall.
    That all took about an hour. Then we all got a free six-pack of crisps! Yee-haw!
    And then back into school...and double maths.
  3. Tahakki

    Tayto Tomorrow!

    By Tahakki,

    Tomorrow I'm going to the Tayto factory! If you don't know Tayto, it's a big brand of crisps. Chips, you'd call them in America.
     
    Anyhoo, it's a Business Studies trip with school. I'll tell yas all about it tomorrow.
  4. Tahakki

    I'm A Moc!

    By Tahakki,

    Pink Nuva has made a MOC of us! Yay!
     
    Anyway, you can see it here. Oh, I'll put one of the pictures on this entry too...
     

     
    I'm on the left.
  5. Tahakki

    Winner...

    By Tahakki,

    Toa Coleanuva has won the poetry contest!
     
    And was the only entry...
     
    Shame on you people.
     
    Anyway, here's his entry:
     
    When I discovered Bionicle,
    It was really, really cool.
    When I discovered Bionicle,
    I was sitting right at school.
    I made a friend named Cooper,
    He was really cool.
    He taught me about Bionicle,
    Right there at school.
  8. Tahakki

    My Blog Approval!

    By Tahakki,

    Everyone seems to have their own wee thingy for approving blogs, right? Well, I've got one now!
     

     
    Yeah.
     
    So, you might get it if I like your blog!
     
    Don't take it without me giving you it.
  11. Tahakki
    Hey, guys. I see a lot of people entering blog contests, and I thought maybe I should do one!
     
    Anyway, in the COT forum there's a poetry contest. Nothing to do with Bionicle. Well, I thought that I'd have a wee contest here, just for a bit of fun. If you win, the prize is a banner to show you won. Doesn't seem like much, but hey. It's all fun.
     
    Anyway, the poems must be about Bionicle, for starters. Specifically, they'll be about when you first discovered Bionicle. Oh, and it must be at least eight lines long. That's it, really. Just post a comment here with the poem. Get going. You've got til midnight on the 9th.
     
    Oh, and by the way - I much prefer rhyming poetry to any other sort. It doesn't have to be, though. If the best poem's a Haiku, it'll win.
     
    Good luck!
     
     
  12. Tahakki

    Tngm!

    By Tahakki,

    My good friend, Lesovikk-Nuva : Toa of ?, came in this morning and handed me a lump of paper. I thought it was just him being himself.
    But then I opened it, and there was a TNGM! Gasp!
    Anyway, he'd got it off The_Sim, I think. The best part? I don't owe him anything.
     
    Cheers, Les-Noov.
     
    Anyone else have one of these? If so, how'd you get it?
     
    Still no entries on the poetry contest a bit down the page. Come on!
  13. Tahakki
    Nothing really happened today. I played a bit of rugby, and got stuck on Tom Morello in GH3. On expert.
     
    Anyway, Celeste has returned! An Ode to Mata-Nui can continue!
     
    And why had nobody entered the poetry contest?
     
    Probably because no-one reads this blog.
     
    Anyway, about five days to get your entries in. Can y'all do me a favour, and put a comment on this? I just want to see how many people read my blog. Call it a census.
     
     
  14. Tahakki

    Lego Network Impressions

    By Tahakki,

    Okay, so I'm finally doing this!
     
    Anyway, here's my impressions of the Lego Network, typing as I join.
     
    On logging in with my Lego Club account (which I've had for eight years now ) I'm greeted by a message from Echo, the computerised character who tells you about it. I can't be bothered with him, so I'm going to go ahead and click 'Build your Page'.
     
    Clicking on that, I'm greeted by a purple page with a load of rectangles on it. There are modules on the side, which I can put into these rectangles. Let's put the Lego Tree in. Apparently it's a "Tree that grows red Lego bricks". Interesting.
     
    The rectangle turns blue, and the name of the module and an 'Edit' button are in it. On clicking the edit button, I get a balloon in which I can choose the background colour and pattern. This already seems more varied than the old Lego Club page. I can also change the background colour. I'm going to click 'Save' and see what my page will look like.
     
    Okay, so there's the tree. And not a lot else. My avatar is just a standard minifig, I'm going to change it.
     
    The options for this are pretty varied. I can choose hair, eyes, everything. It's a bit like the Miis on the Wii. I'm going to make my avatar now.
     
    Aagh. There's a ninja hat but no ninja outfit. Oh well.
     
    Okay, it's done. I'm also going to edit my profile. It asks your favourite music, food etc. I'll just put my stuff in. It seems rugby and hurling aren't included. Typical Americans. Also, it seems that Soul is a type of food in America. Also odd. Oh, and Emo is a choice for music. On a kid's website. Tch. There aren't that many choices. All the old Lego themes are left out, for example.
     
    Anyway, there's 'inventory' here. On clicking on it, I get a page with items. This is like a game. Cool! Anyway, there are 'blueprints' for making items. With one red brick I can make an apple. Shweet.
     
    You can also click on 'Collections'. This brings up your gallery (MOCs, I presume) and Factory (for that Lego Factory thingy). Nothing here, so I'll check out other stuff.
     
    It also seems you can change the soundtrack of your page. This is really cool - it's a module, and you can compose your own sound.
     
    Elsewhere on the Network, you can do things like add friends and stuff. Cool.
     
    This seems to be very interesting. I'm going to have another look around. You can find my page here. Anyway, see y'all next time!
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    Northern Ireland?

    By Tahakki,

    I live in a part of Ireland called Northern Ireland. It's actually its own separate country. A lot of people may know of the violence - the "Troubles" - there, but many may not know what it was all about, and how Northern Ireland came to be separate. Here I'll tell you. I'll try to make it very simple, as the whole of it would quite literally fill a couple of books.
     
    Okay, so waaay back - about 1300 - Ireland was all one country. Most people were farmers, and there were hardly any towns at all. It was ruled by many kings. There were petty kings, who ruled a very small area. There were the Ruiris, who ruled about a county or two each. There were the four High Kings, each of whom ruled one of the provinces - Ulster, Munster, Leinster and Connaght. And there was one High King who ruled it all.
    The High King of Leinster at this time had a fight with the High King of Ireland, and had his land taken away. He went to England to get help, getting his land back. The English came, but when that King passed away, they stayed.
     
    Over the next several hundred years, more English people moved into Ireland. Soon, the North-East of Ireland was mainly English. Soon, Ireland was actually owned by England.
    In the late 1800s, the English made Ireland part of the UK, the same country. They were now basically British.
    Because of this, fighting and protests started. Most of Ireland wanted to be independant, except for the North-East.
     
    Eventually, during the first world war, there was a big riot, called the Easter Rising. This took the British by surprise. The leaders were executed, which made the Irish people like the rebels a lot more.
    Soon, Ireland got partitioned - six of the nine counties of Ulster would remain part of the UK as they were mainly British, and the rest would be the independant Republic of Ireland.
     
    It didn't stop there, though. Up until just a few years ago, there was terrible fighting in the new Northern Ireland. The Irish and the British who both lived there wanted different things - the Irish wanted it to be part of Ireland, and the British wanted it to be part of the UK.
     
    Recently, there was a peace treaty signed. This effectively stopped the violence, and we are now living in pretty peaceful times.
     
    Hope I didn't bore you to tears with all that. See you next time.
  17. Tahakki
    Wow. Look at that. It's a Blog!
     
    Anyway, I signed up for Premier Membership yesterday. And it's been approved already!
     
    Anyway, what are you supposed to do on a blog? I'm not so sure. Here's a list of things I've seen people do with their Blogs. Not all on BZP.
    Talk about their daily life. Make an intelligent argument about something. Moan, whinge, groan, gurn, and other related things. Make contests. Talk utter nonsense. Boast. Right. Quite a nice list. Hows about I try all of these, and see which ones work best? 
    Here we go...
     
    Well, today I went to school, played rugby, came home, played Guitar Hero, and went on BZP. The exciting life of me.
     
    Second one...
     
    I firmly believe that sliced bread is not the greatest invention known to man. No. I believe that man's greatest triumph is in fact...the mobile phone.
    If we didn't have these marvellous inventions, how would we be able to talk to our friends digitally from a few feet away? How would we be able to tell our friends where we are in the food court? And how would we be able to chortle mindlessly over some immature, not-funny picture?
     
    Well, the intelligent bit was hard for me. Next one...
     
    I don't like this board. I don't like me. I don't like you. I don't like a video game I haven't played. I don't like sets I've never seen for real. I don't like anything, really. Urgh.
     
    That was easy. Next one...
     
    Okay, contest time! First person to do nothing!
    ...
    I win! Woo!
     
    Next one...
     
    Spongebob is the coolest! Do you like pie? I like pie. Especially with sprinkles made from squirrels' eggs. Mmmm. Oh, I saw some grass yesterday! Yeah, I know! Cool, isn't it?! It was green!
     
    And so on and so forth. Final one...
     
    I caught a fish and it was this big! Bigger than Tahu's temper! Bigger than Lewa's weirdness! Bigger than Brutaka's mask! It was huge, I tell you!
     
    Okay, we're done. Hmm, tricky.
    I'm not sure what I'll do for this blog. Check back soon!
    *Tinkly music*
  18. Tahakki

    The Bzp Roleplaying Wiki

    By Tahakki,

    Hi, everybody!
     
    "Hi, Dr. Nick!"
     
    Anyway, this blog's looking very boring. I'll have to do something about that. Right. Hmm.
     
    I'll do that tomorrow.
     
    Anyway, I've made a Wiki all about the RPGs here on BZP. It's actually pretty good, but only me and Shyyrn are contributing.
     
    Anyway, you can find it here. Hope you like it.
     
    Until next time!
  19. Tahakki
    Hi again, guys. Today's entry is about rugby! Yay! This'll be brief, because it'd take ages to write the full rules.
     
    Anyway, rugby's a bit like American football but without all the armour and stuff. It's a game played with two teams, 15 men on each. The teams are each split up into forwards and backs.
     
    Forward Positions (Number of players in this position)
    Props (2) Hooker (1) Second Rows (2) (Me!! ) Number 8 (1) Flankers (2) Back PositionsScrum Half (1) Out Half (1) Centre (2) Wing (2) Full Back (1) So those are the positions. The forwards drive the other team off the ball, and give it to the backs. The backs run and score. Forwards are still allowed to score, though. 
    And there's rucks, which are what the forwards are really there for. This is when a player has been tackled, and both teams are trying to win the ball. When the referee calls "Ruck formed!" the rules of the ruck comes into play. No-one is allowed to touch the ball with their hands, except the Scrum Half. When he gets the ball, he passes to the backs.
     
    There are different ways to score. Tries give 5 points, when the ball is put down (without bouncing, it must be stationary) on the goal or try line. If a player on the other team puts his hand under the ball so it can't touch the ground, it is said to be held up, and no points are given. A drop-goal is when the ball is drop-kicked over the posts, and gives 3 points. When you score a try, you are allowed to kick it over the posts for two extra points. This is called a conversion.
     
    Fouls are given for things like passing forwards, tackling above the shoulders, being offside, touching the ball with hands during a ruck, and knocking on.
    Either a scrum or a penalty is given when this happens. A scrum is when all the forwards bind together and try to push the other team's pack off the ball.
    In a penalty, you can kick or pass.
     
    If the ball goes out at the side, it's a line-out. The team that didn't hit it out gets to take the line out. The only exception to this rule is when the ball is kicked out without it bouncing first.
    In a line-out, both team's forwards stand one behind the other, a metre apart from the other team. One team's hooker throws the ball down the centre, and both teams try to get it.
     
    Well, that's pretty much it. I've probably forgotten something, so if you've got any questions ask in a comment!
  20. Tahakki
    Hi again, all you avid readers of my blog!
     
    ...
     
    Well, I've got a comment so far. That's worth something, isn't it?
     
    Oh well.
     
    Anyway, it's Friday! Happy Friday! Hope you all have a good weekend!
     
    Now, I come to the title of this blog entry - the best way to get Kanohi. And by that I mean ones you can't get it shops anymore.
    And...ask your friends!
     
    Seriously, if you have any friends who used to like Bionicle but don't now, they probably have a load of masks. Ask them. They'll probably give you them, for free, or a small amount of money. Recently I've bought about 30 collectibles off my friends! They're nearly all doubles, unfortunately. You can buy them in my Trade Topic. Go!
     
    Anyway, that's it for today. I'll give you a clue about what the next entry might be...
     

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    Podcast!

    By Tahakki,

    I'm starting up a podcast here on BZP. This was planned a year ago, but never got off the ground. You can audition for it now.
     
    Live from BZ-Koro is back!
  23. Tahakki
    Yo, doods. Time for the long-awaited part 2! I waited until we had two play sessions in before writing this.
     
    Anyway, unfortunately, I won't be able to say much about it, due to spoilers. However:
     
    The adventure that comes with it is called 'Beneath the Village of Harken'. It's called a short adventure, but we've got about an hour and a half out of it so far and are about half way, so it should last a fair while.
     
    It's mostly combat, but we have a had a few interesting Roleplaying bits. Today, we went into a room where a Goblin Wizard was drawing power from the fire. We put the fire out in the most creative way possible. I'll let you guess what, but the gem we found in it smelled like wee afterwards.
     
    All in all, the set is excellent value for money. To play the full game you'll probably need the Player's Handbook, but it's great for a few hours of gameplay, and your DM can invent their own campaign with the tiles and counters.
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    My Gallery

    By Tahakki,

    I've put a wee box at the side with all the stuff I've made/written on BZP. Kind of embarrassing, trawling through all the stories I wrote at age 8.
  25. Tahakki
    Review: Dungeons and Dragons Roleplaying Game Starter Set

    Well, everyone, here's part one of my review of the new Starter Set. Part one will focus on what's actually in the box, while part two will say what it's like to actually play the game.



    The game came in a cardboard box, with all these plastic sausage things in it. They're fun.
    I got the game off a really good site called GamesLore.com, if anyone's interested.

    The box itself is bigger than I imagined. I pictured a small yet thick box. Actually, it's like what you get a jigsaw puzzle in. Here's a photo, with Thok for comparison.



    And the back...



    Unfortunately, rather than having a lid, the box opens at the top. This is only a minor mumble, however, and the 'D&D' logo on the tab is a nice touch.



    At the side, there, you can see all the stuff that came in the box. All else there was was a set of dice. Don't get me wrong, though - there's plenty there. The DM rulebook is 60+ pages.



    Sorry about the blurriness of the above photo. It shows the six dice that come with the set. Black is a the, red is a d6, orange is a d8, green is a d10, yellow is a d12 and blue is the famous d20.

    What you get in the box, apart from the dice, are:



    Three double-sided sheets of Dungeon Tiles. These are made from really tough cardboard, with a plastic coating. They should last you a while.



    A double-sided sheet of counters, to represent players and monsters. These are made from the same stuff as the tiles. I'm slightly annoyed they chose not to put miniatures in anymore, but it did halve the price of the set, so I 'spose it's okay.



    And finally, two basic rulebooks. These don't contain anywhere near as much as the full rulebooks, but they're more than enough to play the basic adventure, and probably others.
    The one on the left is for players, and is about 15 pages long. The first 5 pages are rules, and then the rest is the 5 pre-generated characters for the players to use. It would, of course, be better if the character sheets were separate, but you can download them as PDFs on the website, so no worries.

    The other book included is called the 'Dungeon Master's Book'. I haven't read through all of this, as it's only for the eyes of Scott, our DM. However, I flicked through it. It's got the same rules as for the players, then some extra ones for DMs. Then there's a short adventure to play through. At the back is some tips to DMs for creating their own adventures, as well as about 30 pages of information on monsters.

    Overall, this set is really good value. For £10, you get all that. How it plays, I shall see on Monday!
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