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  1. The infamous video game Shadow the Hedgehog was supposed to be released with a T rating from ESRB. However, during its development, the E10+ rating was introduced. SEGA decided to build their then-upcoming game around that new rating instead, resulting in the tame and laughable edge-fest that the internet loves to slam. According to Akira Toriyama, some of the major villains in Dragon Ball Z were inspired by real people, such as real estate speculators and his editors. While on the subject of Dragon Ball Z and its editors, it's said that the editors urged Akira Toriyama to continue the series whenever he tried to set it up for an ending. Throughout all of Dragon Ball and Dragon Ball Z, observant readers of the manga (or watchers of the anime) can actually spot potential endings throughout the sagas. There is/was a religion based around bacon. Whether it's satire or not, the thought had still crossed people's minds. The video game Halo 3: ODST (Xbox 360 version) actually teases the video game Destiny by putting up a poster of Earth captioned "Destiny Awaits" in the game. Both games were created by Bungie and have been released five years apart. Considering Halo: Reach would be released after ODST, Bungie was really thinking ahead! Additionally, the Master Chief Collection version of the game did not retain the Easter egg.
  2. Let's not omit the fact that there's probably a hundred police HQs in the city. Not jails, but HQs. The police are so omnipresent, that they have full-on HQs on every block. On a more lighthearted note, at least people like their boating. Sure, escaped convicts like going out on the water every once in a while, but so do the innocent citizens. If I remember correctly, there are some nice speedboat sets.
  3. While some kind of special anniversary celebration would have been cool, I've never lost sleep over it and I will continue that pattern. See, if there's not gonna be an official celebration, the fans will have to celebrate it themselves in their own ways. If I wanted to celebrate BIONICLE's anniversary that badly, I would have just bought old sets in honor of the previous years or something. Star Wars is the only one I can think of, but it's a licensed theme, so make of that what you will. For all we know, LucasArts probably reminded LEGO about Star Wars anniversaries or something.
  4. Do you have a different derby for every day of the week?

  5. Actually, I like your suggestion for a Bohrok-Kal remake. Nowadays, people like to blast those sets solely for being clone sets, so I think remakes of all six would have some fan support. Also, Bohrok-Kal are stronger, upgraded Bohrok, so a new look could reflect that. You're onto something, if you ask me. As for what I would like to see remakes of, I'd say the 2008 Matoran, the Agori, the Glatorian, and the Stars. Anything with the Agori build can work as an impulse buy and a chance to get a kid's feet wet with BIONICLE, but they could have been so much more. If anything, the Protectors of 2015 are something like what the Agori should have been. As for the Glatorian, the designers played it too safe with the spammed Inika builds. They were cool on the Inika and I guess the Mahri, but by 2009, the designers should have gotten past it or at least improved on it.
  6. Sybre

    4THWALL

    Simple; you make a comic explaining why you failed making the comic explaining why you failed at making a comic.
  7. A live-action Halo film has been in development heck for a while. It's quite possible that the beloved classic video game franchise will never see a theatric release, as it was announced back in 2004 and saw next to no progress. The closest Halo fans got were two live-action miniseries that could be taken as movies if all the episodes are watched back to back with no interruptions between episodes. When the two lead actors for Bill and Ted's Excellent Adventure were cast, they actually couldn't tell which one would play Bill or Ted. The answer was eventually revealed to them before filming, even though the difference hardly mattered outside of certain situations before the titular adventure took off. To go further with that, that's a reference to the live stream made to celebrate the release of the game, in which a translator spoke out of turn and said the legendary phrase of "it's better than nothing." as he played the game. The joke made from this was in the misunderstanding that the developer said this and the translator spoke it and in the terrible quality of a $4,000,000-budget game. Aw, man! That's a slip-up if I've ever seen one! Also, Sonic actually fired shots at Mighty No. 9 more than once. One of the occurrences was to bash the graphics!
  8. Sybre

    DREAMS

    I once had a dream where I lived in a town set up in a massive ravine. Think of this deep, wide trench with steep walls, ledges carved into the walls, big ramps that were used to get to the ledges, certain parts of the walls hollowed out to serve as homes, and then a flat floor on the ravine. Seriously, this ravine was big enough to have an entire town in it. Anyway, my family and I were walking around, grocery bags in hand with food and stuff in them. We were heading home, but doing some sightseeing along the way. So, we get to a part where the ravine opens up to an open-air circular area, and on the other side, the ravine started back up again. In the middle of the circular area, there was this tiled pool of water that took up almost the entire town circle, and it was a big town circle. There were no fountains or anything; just blue tile. I took off my shoes and, groceries in hand, stepped into the pool, which only went up a little past my feet. I just walk around, enjoying myself, when all of a sudden, I wake up. In the dream. I woke up in my trench-wall home in the dream! I had a dream within a dream! Yeah, that last part is the only reason why this dream is special compared to my other dreams...
  9. During the development of Halo: Combat Evolved, Master Chief was originally going to be called "Commando." He was renamed "Master Chief" as a placeholder name, but the name stuck. In a trailer for Halo: Combat Evolved, a Covenant Elite was shown wielding an Energy Sword and a shield! Later on in development, the shield was taken off the Elites and given to the Jackals. There were tablet computers invented before the iPad popularized the device. During the original release of the anime adaptation of Dragon Ball Z, Vegeta's first appearance saw him in a different color scheme than what we're used to. However, by the time he arrives on Earth in the events of the show, his color scheme is apparently corrected. If I remember correctly, this color confusion was because Vegeta's true color scheme wasn't decided on by the time his first anime appearance was made. The manga chapter in which he first appeared was released in black-and-white, so the animators invented a color scheme for Vegeta and his comrade Nappa and used those colors until a final palette was decided on. However, in Dragon Ball Z Kai, Vegeta's color scheme was corrected to what we're used to. Similarly, when the movie Dragon Ball Z: The Tree of Might was advertised to premiere at an anime fair, there was a poster made for the occasion. On the poster, the movie's main villain Turles is shown with a color scheme that ended up being different from how he looked in the movie, which was most likely completed by the time the poster was made. The cartoon show Danny Phantom would have gone on longer had it not been cancelled by Nickelodeon. The creator Butch Hartman stated that a fourth season would have involved a rematch with Danny's ultimate enemy, an adult version of himself from a bad timeline, who he fought in the second season. Stephen Christian, a singer-songwriter and former lead singer of the now-disbanded Anberlin, stated that he once beat Super Mario Bros. Given his age, it's safe to assume that he meant the one on the NES. The infamous Dragon Ball GT has 65 episodes, the first 17 of which were "lost episodes." Those 17 episodes were so hated and so different from what Dragon Ball Z fans were used to, that in a series re-release, the first 17 episodes were cut out and footage from them was turned into a special episode made for the re-release. Due to the big skip to the better stuff, this made the series shorter and a little more akin to the liking of longtime Dragon Ball fans. Selfies were a thing long before social media popularized them. When the video game Mighty No. 9 was released, it was so poorly-received, that Sonic the Hedgehog made fun of the release on his twitter! Let's get one thing straight; if Sonic can get away with dunking on a game release and people near-unanimously agree with him, the game's that bad. When Charles Schulz was making A Charlie Brown Christmas, CBS executives urged him to include a laugh track in the special. Schulz refused, stating that he wanted fans to enjoy the special at their own pace and not be told when to laugh. Sure enough, he stayed true to his word and didn't even try to put a laufgh track in. CBS was afraid that the special would flop, but released it anyway. The special was a hit and became a holiday favorite, ensuring that there would never be a laugh track in future specials. Meanwhile, CBS actually created a version of the special with a laugh track, but the version is unavailable for viewing.
  10. Sybre

    DREAMS

    2008 and beyond at best, considering every piece in the set (with different colors) was used in 2009. In fact, maybe it could have been Matoran Nuparu Hordika or something. That would explain his beast-like posture, claws, and tail. A Deadpool Lego set would be AMAZING!!! I'd definitely want that! Here you go! This one sounds way better than the stuff I dreamed up...
  11. Sybre

    DREAMS

    2008 and beyond at best, considering every piece in the set (with different colors) was used in 2009. In fact, maybe it could have been Matoran Nuparu Hordika or something. That would explain his beast-like posture, claws, and tail.
  12. Sybre

    DREAMS

    Maybe last month or so, I had a dream where I was walking around a store similar to Target, KMart, and Wal-Mart. I was just browsing; I had $9 (two $1 and a $7 bill, oddly enough). I walked into the video game section in search of anything RWBY-related. Dream-me and I knew about the RWBY game on Steam, but no, he wanted something for the Xbox One because his PC can't even properly handle Minecraft (true story). Finding nothing that fit my criteria, I left the video game section and stumbled upon a new LEGO theme. It was a theme just for Deadpool! A theme where every set had Deadpool? How could anyone lose? Oh, I'll tell you why. The sets themselves looked strange and boring. Every set, all sealed away in boxes with neon green borders, involved Deadpool fighting DC characters in scenes with no play features apart from a horse or two in one set. The set that stood out the most to me, though, was Deadpool fighting the Joker and Harley Quinn near a giant bottle. That was the set. Three minifigures and a big bottle made of transparent sand-green pieces. The bottle was just supposed to lay on its side while Deadpool battles the villains on or around it. Needless to say, I didn't take much longer to wake up. I'll give you guys a BIONICLE-related dream this time. I was in a LEGO store that was full of BIONICLE sets. The selection was astounding, too. Imagine a decently-sized LEGO store completely stocked with enough unique BIONICLE sets to last a ten-year run. That's how amazing the variety was. None of the sets, excluding Kongu Inika and the Thornatus V9 (which didn't have a driver), were real, either. Now, as you could probably guess, the recurring theme of me being short on money in my dreams kicks in, so I couldn't get anything good. The biggest set I could afford was an orange and blue palette swap of Tarduk with a green tail that was the same piece as the little green blade on Tuma's sword. This mysterious set was named "Nuparu." I tried to buy him, but the second after I did, I woke up. I think my dreams are teasing me with cool stuff and an empty wallet... Silly dreams; I don't need you to do that.
  13. Captain America: Civil War. Only watched it for Spider-Man and Scarlet Witch, but there were some pretty cool fights in there that were able to tide me over until Spidey showed up. I'm looking forward to his next movie!
  14. Those don't look like the beads my mom used to bead with! I guess I'll have to think of another Christmas present for her... She isn't a BIONICLE fan anyway... He went on that side of YouTube when trying to look up ways of preparing bluegill.
  15. Last night, I had a dream that $7 bills existed and were legal U.S. currency. Take notes, America. Bills like that would really keep the wallet light!

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    2. Sybre

      Sybre

      The writers are missing some good opportunities here. This is a chance to redo Boba Fett; make him a more pivotal character somewhere in the lore.

       

      When it comes to survival, anime characters tend to give it their all. However, when only a bunch of heroes engage in that sort of massacre, it is indeed strange.

    3. Manducus

      Manducus

      This reminds me, are all of the episodes in the Clone Wars canon? Wookiepedia seems to state otherwise like omitting Barriss's crimes in the canon section or Ahsoka's encounter of Deathwatch.

       

       

      But then again, being branded the title of "hero" doesn't exactly mean you have the qualities of one. And that's what I like about the series. Each magical girl has their own agenda and reasonings for being a magical girl.

    4. Sybre

      Sybre

      Last time I heard, yes, at least The Clone Wars (the 3D one) was canon, but if Wookiepedia is saying otherwise one certain things, then maybe the majority of the show is canon.

       

      That is true. If each batch of magical girl is full of unique characters, then hey, I'll give the writer(s) props on that!

  16. the answers are on the update. Kudos on the awesome-looking Guurahk cheeks and the last panel. That last panel, man. I'm really excited for the next comic because of it!
  17. Thanks! The bike is quite bouncy, and unfortunately I was limited by time constraints, so I was unable to add in the suspension system I had planned. It's definitely getting a makeover in the future, but for now, I fulfilled the MOC I promised to do a year ago. :/ I'll make sure to nab a picture of my self-MOC on it when I update it. You're welcome! Despite the current condition of the suspension, the bike still makes a neat prototype to the updated version, which I would like to see. And I'm seriously looking forward to that picture!
  18. ♫♪ I gotta bike for a face, and everyone thinks my name is Bichael. Yeah, iz not. ♪♫ Sorry about that. Anyway, the bike may be simple, but it works well because the skinniness of the MOC mirrors the skinniness of a real bike's body. If I had one gripe, it has to be about the way the back wheel is attached. A real bike has more connectors than that, so the bike looks like it could bounce uncontrollably on rougher rides. Other than that, I like this MOC! Good job! I wanna see something tall and lanky enough to ride that. :3
  19. I'm liking the plot you're setting up here! Sure, the premise is typical, having a number of travelers stumble upon a seemingly abandoned location, but I look forward to seeing your take on it. I already know it'll look great, seeing as the lighting in the second-to-last panel was fantastic. It isn't fantastic for Guurahk, but it was great to see on my end of things. Valso, vhy voes Vemato vut v's vin vront vof vandom vords?
  20. Superman would demolish Tahu 10/10. He's far too fast for the Toa of Fire to keep up and waaaaaaay more durable than any Toa. I don't know much about the ones in the middle but I'm a bit more knowledgeable on the last one. Pohatu Mata would win 8/10. He is very durable and very strong. Even without the Kakama or stone powers, Pohatu would take this fairly easily. However, in a friendly sparring match Chun-Li could certainly give him trouble with her skill and fighting style. She wouldn't be able to inflict much damage, but Pohatu wouldn't be wiping the floor with her. What about with all the Kraata powers Tahu could have? Or does that only work on other BIONICLE characters? If so, then yeah, stupid idea on my part. Concerning the Kualus vs Hiryu fight, I forgot to mention that Hiryu has no problem fighting out in the cold. In the 2014 Strider game, he fights extremely well out in the (supposedly) Russian winter and he fights a tough robotic boss out in the cold twice, one of the fights being in the sky. I'm not sure how well Kakashi would do, but he's a strategic fighter and has squared up against strategic opponents, but considering he was outsmarted by the same kids more than once in a training match, I doubt he's the best at what he does. As for Zabuza, if he were to lose in the end, he'd put up an alarmingly tough fight. Yeah, thought so. At least Chun-Li would have a shot in some friendly sparring.
  21. Stars Tahu (Golden Armor) vs Superman. With all of the powers Tahu gained from using the armor to fight Rahkshi, I'm honestly curious to see how he would square up against the Man of Steel. Toa Hagah Kualus vs Strider Hiryu (2014). For starters, both have ice-based weapons (so long as Hiryu has his Cypher sword on the 'ice' setting) and can control some form of animal, Kualus being able to control surrounding wildlife and Hiryu being able to command special robotic animals. I think Hiryu's resume alone could make him a worthy foe for Kualus and I'd love to see how a warrior such as the Strider would go up against a Toa. Toa Nikila vs Kakashi Hatake. A battle of strategy and tons of lightning would be quite the show. Kakashi would be at a disadvantage due to Nikila's Mask of Possibilities, but all he has to do is crack it, then he can let his speed and arsenal of jutsus do the rest. If Nikila were to end up beating Kakashi, though, I'd be interested in seeing how she'd do it. Also, they both control lightning, so that's another similarity. Hahli Inika vs Zabuza Momochi. Yet another Naruto-related match-up. A fledgling Toa up against a skilled, capable killer who was called a demon even during his childhood would be a scary match for BIONICLE fans. While they both control water and wield bladed weapons, I feel that they have enough differences to spice up the battle, what with Hahli's lightning powers from the Red Star and Zabuza's remarkable melee capabilities. Pohatu Mata vs Chun-Li. This could end up being a very stupid match-up, so keep that in mind. Both are fast characters and rely on their legs to fight, but if Pohatu uses his Kakama, I don't see Chun-Li lasting too long. However, if they were to have a friendly sparring match, I'm sure Chun-Li might give Pohatu some trouble.
  22. For those looking to buy Dragon Ball Xenoverse 2, allow me to tell you that I really like it so far. It's tutorial-heavy at first and the Xbox One controls are something to get used to, but so far, I don't regret pre-ordering it!

    1. Axilus Prime

      Axilus Prime

      You were expecting an instruction manual, BUT IT WAS ME, DIO!

    2. Sybre

      Sybre

      I wish! I got it on digital, so there was no manual, and then Dio never showed up during any of the tutorials even though there was plenty of time for him to stop! Next time we meet, he'll lose because I'm ticked off.

  23. Sybre

    Spunk Mail

    I figured it might have been, but I've only seen it on the bottom; under the chin area of the mask. Eh, nothing a little erasing can't fix.
  24. Sybre

    Spunk Mail

    I highly recommend you watch both. Prince Wu doesn't show up until Korra's final story arc, but you will see exactly what I mean once you see him in "action" (if you could call it that). You're very welcome, and yes, it did give me an effect of it actually taking place on Mata Nui. I immediately pictured this story in the MNOLG/Bohrok cartoons' art style. Speaking of which, here, have this. Other people have said that to me in the past, so I decided I'll give it a shot! I'll be on the lookout for Wu in "action" when I get to that point in the story. I'm glad you thought that, as I kept picturing the events as a cutscene of MNOG or just an online animation. Speaking of which, I might end up making some accompanying images for each part using the MNOG image kit that was really big on BZPower at one point. Like, take an event from the story and make an illustration out of it. Wow, thanks! It's good to see an actual illustration of Saru even before I was ready to make one on my own! I have one question, though: what's with the black lumps on the side of his mask?
  25. Sybre

    Spunk Mail

    All part of making the island feel accurate! I thought the familiar names would make the comedy feel something like it's really taking place on Mata Nui, and it's great to know that you admire that. I've never seen The Last Airbender or Legend of Korra, but I actually plan to watch both in a few days. Anyway, I'm glad I could make the setup work! Thank you again for reading!
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