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Jeffrey Deaver's The bone collector. Being not a fan of crime stories, I had to push through this, but it was a must read of the genre and I realized why. Excellent characterization. It was fun.

Murakami's A wild sheep chase. It's intriguing, and the ending really moved me to almost tears. It's a different Murakami, the immersive landscape descriptions in the latter half of it are phenomenal, and Murakami is not exactly famed for in-depth descriptions.

Jo Nesbo's The redbreast. The guy was a suggestion of a friend of mine, and at last I managed to get a look on his books. I'm not much into crime novels, but the WW2 tie-ins and the different perspective taken on nazism/racism/nationalism, then and today, intrigued me, and it paid off. I'm not sure if I'll read more of him though.

Yay for Skrall helmet and those nifty Knights kingdom shin plates. As far as red/black has become a dull color combination, this guy has the aesthetics and the originality to overcome many other entries.

Here's my G3 wishlist:

• No G3

• no

Let's carry on and build something new.

We clearly have one winner. Even if this entry, like every one so far in every category, is just about 'let's put G1 in G2', with nothing particularily original in the strict sense. I guess we're all nostalgic. But these creations, my man, just blow any criticism away. Well done.

I haven't been checking on here, or on the site in general, from quite some time, so here we go.

I'm not sure in what order, in the past...weeks? months? I've read:

The soul slayer by Paul Doherty. This one was pretty lame, a good concept (satanic deals, superpowers in medieval England) dealt with poor descriptive power and a boring style.

Cuba Libre by Elmore Leonard. A surprisingly good one. Surprisingly because it's not exactly my kind of novel, for the setting (Cuba), the tone (fast, direct, almost a movie script), the time period (1898).

The mayan civilization by Eric J. Thompson. A great insight on one of the longest-lived continuous civilizations, and certainly the most sophisticated of the Americas (you gotta admit, combining love for life and nature with human sacrifice is pretty tough, and the Maya did it pretty well, at least in the classical and early post-classical periods, unlike the aztecs who were just bloodthirsty).

Land of turkey and the deer, another book on the mayans, by Victor von Hagen. I think I've re-read it. It introduced me to the epic story of Gonzalo Guerrero, the man who resigned his faith and identity to become one with the mayans and go against his own native Spain.

The search for the maya; the story of Stephens and Catherwood, yet another book on the mayans, always by von Hagen. I'm writing a novel set in the first half of the 16th century in mayan Mexico, that's why all this. This one deals with the rediscovery in the early 19th century of the forgotten ruins and civilizations of southern Mexico by two artists/travellers.

The song of Solomon, from the Old Testament. A tender and tragic love story. I leave more complex interpretations to others, I liked it for what it seems to be.

Right now I'm reading, at a very slow pace, I've got a job and got not much time, The journey to the west, a classical chinese novel dealing with the obnoxious, OP mythical monkey king Sun Wukong and his partecipation in the from-real-events-inspired travels of a monk from China to India to retrieve authentic buddhist texts. It's funny, and shows how mind-boggingly complex and absurd classical chinese religion and otherworldly affairs are (I hope no one gets offended by this statement).

Congrats on being featured! I knew that was going to happen.

Could someone tell me where is this illegal connection and why is it illegal??

I have only two words for this (and an exclamation mark): oh yeah!

Everything Ancient Egypt-related just gets me crazy and this is no exception. The head looks really canine, good work with the ankh and the was sceptre. Are you going to do other gods?

Finished Ides of march by Manfredi. A thriller revisitation of the assassination of Julius Caesar and the days before it. Not one of my favourites, I'm not a fan of convoluted conspiracies - this was one of the reasons I did not particularily like his latest Teutoburg - but I have to say that this time he nailed the characters perfectly, not just Caesar but all of them: he interlaced historical figures and fictional ones really well. To draw a comparison with Rogue one, even if we all knew how it was going to end - Caesar being killed and the rebels obtaining the data - it still managed to keep your suspence high. Like: what's gonna happen next? Will they make it? How? I might read it a second time in the future.

Whoops, I skipped that part.

I believe the information on anatomy and other functions is not taken from official sources, but from his headcanon greatly described in The folly of the Toa, a fanfiction of his.

There is great effort put into this. Seeing such passion and work makes me think that maybe Bionicle does deserve a third chance.

One thing I'm not particularly fond of in here is the muscle strands: even with armor on, they're exposed. Surely they will hurt a lot? Some coating of sorts? I don't know. Good work nevertheless.

Recently I've completed Archaeology of Ancient Egypt by T.H. James and The warrior, the hoplite and the legionary: armies of the classical world by G. Brizzi. Both have been inspiring and with interesting - and necessary - bits of information, and also quite pleasant to read - the former more than the latter. It's quite hard to achieve that kind of...pleasantness (?) in this sort of prose, which some, well, many, actually, if not most people, see as heavy,

Here's another thing: the fact that all the events from 2001-2010 (2004-2005 excluded) has happened in one year. Okay, we do not know how long a Bionicle year is; ok, maybe matoran and other creatures don't undergo the same psychological stress that we do...but really? All the great stuff happens in one year? Metru Nui is rebuilt in less than a year? There are 100.000+ years of virtually nothing worth mentioning?

He is short, but nice. Gotta love those claws. Where are the green nuva shoulder pads from?

I'm in love with The Nest; the rest, as TheSkeletonMan said, is more reminiscent of GBA games than the original MNOG, but I praise the effort and passion put into this work. Keep it up!

Yes, he looks like the dramatic king warrior magician he really is - he thinks he is. Clawed hands are menacing and dramatic, both of them, and is always nice to see the shortly lived Metru Brown, and all those pieces from the past - you actually managed to use Tohunga feet in a MOC, if my eyes don't deceive me!

The one thing I'm not fond of is the head, the mouth in particular, that plain light gray piece specifically. Looks off, and I'm not really sure what's it supposed to be. Great work nevertheless.

I absolutely love this, especially Tarix's swords used as wings. It's always great to see an underused piece so elegantly employed. I long to see more of your works!

Thus spoke Zarathustra by Friedrick Nietzsche. It's...weird. It has been difficult and long to read it all.

The shaping of the armor really nails the knight look. I love the feet/boots and the mace piece used as helmet, and of course I love purple. Who's the other guy in the second to last picture?

Reminds me of Lloyd Wright. Which is a compliment, I guess.

It's really impressive and must have taken a lot to build. I too don't really browse this forum here, but the totally uninteresting title got me interested!

As Master Inika said, it looks like an official set, and one I'd totally buy (if I could afford it).

 

If it's not actually Bionicle, it's not a sequel or a reboot, it's something different. End of story.

 

You're probably the only one who's sick of the Toa Mata. For the rest of us, we want a legitimate reboot, NOT a spiritual successor. That would just not be the same.

 

I actually don't. If Lego starts doing reboots over reboots - and that is going to happen, because 'the rest of us' hold G1 in such high regards that nothing is ever going to be on par with it, no matter what, not even a direct continuation - then Bionicle is ruined. We all should come to terms with the fact that Bionicle had its run, and that it's over. Nothing lasts forever.

Drawing comparisons with Transformers is not really helpful, for it has a completely different commercial history, and is a completely different toy.

Dang, I voted no, but I actually wanted to vote yes.

If a G3 does ever happen, and I hope it does not...let's say we'll have a new elements-driven universe...it should be like it's in the Avatar universe: fire, water, air, earth.

What's up with Lego and 6 anyways?

Banana brain - Die Antwoord