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    Advertising Policy Revised

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    YOUTUBE!!!

     

    Always wanted to loud-shout that! :P

    Should Bionicle Really Be Revived?

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    Sorry if this isn't in the right place, but it seems the most appropriate.I have been researching this lately, about Bionicle's revival. Older posts say it will return in summer 2013. It looks like that isn't going to happen. I've also seen stuff about 2015. I mean, who knows? But still, unlikely. All of this begged the question for me: would Bionicle's revival be what we hoped? I can't say it will because of the following reasons:1. It wouldn't be meant for the same audience. Hero Factory was obviously aimed for younger kids. The older fans would be incredibly disappointed, I would think. There would be more simple good vs evil and good always triumphs, stuff like that. Also probably less death.2. We don't know what it would be like. The story could derive completely from the original story. Even if that's a good thing, then how will the original story be incorporated? It would be pretty difficult to completely ignore the huge war of Light and Shadow.3. The Universe is too big. Assuming #2 is null and void, then anybody that didn't grow up with Bionicle wouldn't be able to absorb it all. Heck, I can barely deal with everything like alternate universes and crazy things that weren't part of the main storyline. Things done "off camera" if you will. Since #1 will probably be true, the expanded multiverse (insert overly complicated and gigantic photo of multiverse here) will blow up the heads (figuratively) of children. It's simply too much to comprehend.Whelp, that's all I got. Thoughts? Feelings? And please keep the cultism to a minimum, if you please.

    Honestly, I can see where they could take the story from here, but it would all matter on if they pulled it off right. In the end, yes I feel it should be brought back. -_-

    Do you take your mask to other places?

    in Bionicle Discussion

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    I was wondering- do you take your mask to other places with you? I some times do this so they kind act as good-luck charms or something. So, yeah, just wondering if you did the same.

    Why would I want to take them with me, when I can just summon them from my suva?

     

    Well, I used to wear a rahkshi head on a necklace!

    Polar ice caps

    in Bionicle Storyline & Theories

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    The only place I can recall seeing it in story is herehttp://biosector01.c...Promo_AnimationJust at the start of the clip.

    That's non-canon and from 2001. That idea was clearly repurposed for Metru Nui's sky for 2004. :) Otherwise Greg would have been talking about multiple suns in the real sky all that time rather than just one.

     

    Admittedly it would be possible to put it into the canon later but why? It wouldn't make sense to contradict all portrayals that made it to the published canon just for a game that was never published.

     

     

    I've gone through fishers' 2010+ Greg quotes archive looking for binary (no results), sun (no results), and solis (same), as well as star (all refer to the Red Star). Haven't checked the older ones yet. (Also, any other search terms I should be using instead?)

     

     

    Edit: Checking the 2008+ Greg Dialogue file, starting at the end and working backward, binary gives no results. Sun gives this (not from Greg):

     

    Someone else: On the two suns thing, it is astrologically possible for a moon to reflect enough sunlight that it could be considered a second sun. Maybe Aqua magna.

    Sounds promising, but no context in the quote above it. Searching on...Here's another hit:

     

    Original questioner: Didn’t Bara Magna have two suns? If so, which is the other one called?Greg: Where did we say it had two suns?OQ: #4 was just to confirm a rumor I heard.Someone else: You’re thinking of Metru Nui, which had two suns (Mata Nui’s eyes).OQ: In TLR two suns were rising as mata nui left vulcanus

    Well, that would certainly explain the rumor. I don't recall this scene and I don't actually own TLR. Can anyone confirm this? This may be what the other quote meant -- not that anybody called something a sun but that the movie showed two shiny things and it was taken to be a sun (but might be one of the two large moons; Bota or Aqua Magna).

     

    [Another Edit: Found it in a promo video clip online:

     

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    It's very faint (to the lower left of the main sun), and I'm not sure that's not a reflection off a cloud or something. If this is the only such scene that made it to publishing I wouldn't put much canon weight on it.]

     

     

     

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    What is the name of the sun in the Spherus Magna system? /nGreg: I believe the name I approved was Solis Magna

    Note he doesn't disagree with the assumption that it's just one sun.Sounds to me like the TLR people might possible have shown two suns but it would still be non-canon. The moviemakers themselves might have gotten confused from the older movies.

     

    The Toa Mertu know when they found Mata Nui that was outside of the MU?Greg: Yes, they could tell by the sky and the sunlight.

     

    Does Bara Magna orbit a star?Greg: Yes

    This might be relevant, but possibly not since it doesn't say "the" suns:

     

    Can you confirm that the fortress of the VotM is where the Ignika’s "forges that burn hotter than suns" were located? I believe you already claimed that the caverns of ice where it was cooled were located elsewhere on Spherus Magna. Maybe in the Northern Frost?Greg: Sure, I can confirm that

    And given that this comes before the quote where he wasn't aware of an idea of there being two suns in the real sky, I doubt he would have written about two suns in a story prior to this... It probably just means the many stars out there that have life-supporting worlds orbiting them that Mata Nui would visit.

     

    Why is Teriax bothering to destroy Mata Nui. I’m pretty sure you once said that he let mata nui go out of the MU without destroying him to let him live knowing he was beaten.Greg: Right, but he also expected that Mata Nui would die fairly quickly, either because the mask would go into a sun or in some other way get destroyed. Once he realizes weeks have gone by and the mask is still active, he figures he may have a problem with a still surviving Mata Nui.

    This one seems to open the possibility for more than one sun to have been in range, but this is not necessarily proof of a binary system, as the "alien stars" might be closer than the closest star in real life is to our sun (about four light-years which is fairly unusually far compared to other star arrangements in our galaxy, if memory serves, especially toward the galactic core).

     

    Will it be revealed what lights the Bara Magna system? (i.e. is there a sun somewhere?)Greg: Of course there is.

     

    1. The something I just noticed, but I remember you saying that in TLR that BM will be shown to have more than 1 suns. I’m just wondering how could BM and the EOP be in the same solar system if EOP only has 1?Greg: How many have we shown the EOP to have?

    Urg, he just doesn't seem to want to confirm it lol...Alright, this one helps:

     

    How many suns are in Bara Magna’s sky?[/b] Some of the story so far makes it sound like there’s more than one, but I haven’t got confirmation.Greg: I believe I was told more than one would be shown in the movie, but not having seen the movie, I don’t know which direction they went with it.

    So, he's saying this is something the movie people are doing that he has no input on and was unaware which was right at that time (therefore no need to go further back in time, methinks). So it comes down to whether TLR meant to show two suns and whether that is canon or not. I'm not seeing any confirmation of it, so I still doubt it.

     

    Note also that TLR is the one that shows the "Endless Ocean" planet as a lumpy potato moon akin to Mars' moons, clearly incorrect (and Bota Magna is also shown lumpy, but water especially could not do that). So it doesn't exactly have a great track record of astronomical accuracy.

     

    Who's to say that the "second sun" isn't a stylized lens flare...

     

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    Toa Carax

    in Bionicle-Based Creations

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    I assume you mean stone! :P Anyways, he isn't that bad, and I like the shoulder mounted thornax launchers, but he needs a little bit more... uniqueness. I don't like to say customization because I dislike people saying that every moc must have custom everything, but he needs to look less like pohatu.

    Toas Team: Toa Dieono

    in Bionicle-Based Creations

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    Ooh! Purists are gonna cringe at this one!

     

    Luckily, I'm not a purist! ;) The group looks good together, but Saido is my favorite. I like that you went beyond normal placement for full armor coverage, despite it not being my style.

     

    Saido: I really see nothing to complain about, aside from that the cape seems a little high. His colorscheme is simple and effective, and that chest plating is awesome!

     

    Oras: Not quite as good as the last one, but still relatively good. His armor is kinda chunky looking, and with the theme you are going for, better leg coverage would be nice! As before, the colorscheme is nice and unbroken (aside from some of those blue pins) , and despite the custom chestplate, His chest still works out!

     

    Randas: This guy is my second favorite. Essentially the same things that are good with saido, are good with randas. My only real gripe would be that that krana looks rather weird on his crotch area!

     

    Sanuiy: Strait off the bat, I'm gonna say that I don't like the nuva chest plate bits. Aside from the arms being a little iffy, they are the only things that bother me. They just look a bit... Tacked on. As far as good things go, I like what you did with the armor on the hips, and the shins are marvelous!

     

    Overall, they could use a little work, but they honestly look good as a team! ^_^

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