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Chapter 6 Paru had tried to get Kaore away quickly, he really had. He had even found him sooner than expected, but they still just weren’t fast enough: as became apparent when two Dark Hunters burst through the tunnel ceiling. Paru recognized them immediately, though he didn’t know their names: The first was lithe and reptilian, clad in black, blue, and silver armor. Blue and silver flames licked around his shoulders and the end of his staff, making him look strange and elongated against the darkness of Onu-Wohe. The other was huge and lumbering –or at least his hands were. He was ape-like, silvery-gray, with hands as least as large as his torso, and running on them at an unbelievable rate. Yanking Kaore’s arm again, Paru said “Come on! We know these tunnels better than they do.” Thankfully, Kaore didn’t need much persuasion, and they started running down the tunnel again, much faster than before. Why would they only send two? Paru wondered as he ducked to avoid a burst of silvery-blue flame. “How did they find you– or us?” Kaore said as they ran. Of course, Paru realized. Other Hunters must be searching different areas of the island. But… that means that the others might be battling some of them right now! He spun on his heel and, running backwards, fired two quick bursts of energy from his staff: the first caught the simian Dark Hunter’s ear, but the lizard blocked the second blast with the shield on his left forearm. “Drat,” Paru said under his breath, turning back around so that he was moving forwards again. I need to get Kaore to the others, but I can’t fight two Hunters while running… Looking over at Kaore, he made his decision. Taking the Light sword, still in its solid black sheath, from underneath his cloak, he handed to it to Kaore as they ran, dodging Matoran, carts, and yet more fireballs. “What is–” “Take it, don’t unsheath it, and get to the abandoned tunnels. Now!” With that, he turned around again, took out his shield to block a blast of fire, and ran at the Dark Hunters. “No!” Kaore shouted, but Paru gave him a sharp look and he kept running away, sword in hand. Hopefully Kaore can get to the others in time, Paru thought as he leapt through the ape’s enormous hands, and as his staff clanged against one glowing with silver and blue. * * * Ahi didn’t care much for this mission so far. He still wasn’t sure how much he trusted Paru, and yet, in the current situation, he and the others had to. He also didn’t particularly enjoy being in the dark Onu-Wohe tunnels, with only his flame rod and the occasional lightcrystal to show the way. The one good thing, in his opinion, was that he had been partnered with Kape. She, though, was unfortunately more interested in the job at hand than any kind of discussion. “Doesn’t look like he’s here,” she said, glancing inside the cavern that served as Raiti’s living space. “Let’s get going to the meeting spot; who knows, maybe the others have found him and Kaore by now.” “Okay,” Ahi answered, walking along beside her. After a short silence, he voiced something he’d been wondering: “So, who do you think it is? Kaore, Raiti, or someone else?” “I really don’t know,” Kape said. “I mean, I would definitely prefer Kaore to Raiti, but… doesn’t it seem odd that Paru could have narrowed it down to just two people? Even on an island this small, there’s plenty of Matoran. There’s no way that he could have gone through all of them and ruled out everyone but them, is there?” She’s right, Ahi thought, as always. Paru is smart; he always has been, but it seems unlikely that even he could have deduced something like that. “It doesn’t seem like it,” he said out loud, looking at Kape’s Pakari and being momentarily distracted by her eyes. When he noticed she was looking at him questioningly, he resumed speaking: “I mean, he’s smart, but not that smart. Then again… don’t they seem like likely candidates?” “I suppose— wait— do you hear something?” Ahi stopped and listened. He did hear it: quick footsteps, coming from the tunnel perpendicular to theirs. “Yeah. And is it just me, or is it coming from near where we’re supposed to meet?” “Let’s go see,” Kape answered quietly, heading off toward the noise. “Turn off your forging rod.” Hating the near-pitch darkness of the tunnel, Ahi reluctantly did as Kape requested, stowing the welding tool on his back and quietly following after the Ga-Matoran. * * * “Looks like he’s not here,” Pakohe said, much to Hiko’s frustration. She was becoming increasingly impatient: not only had Mita left to follow Paru (the only one that was probably going to do anything interesting), but she and Pakohe hadn’t made any progress whatsoever. They’d checked both Kaore’s cave and Raiti’s workstation— even if the chances of him being there were slim to none— and found nothing. What made it even worse was that she was partnered with Pakohe, who always wanted to take things slowly: a waste of time in Hiko’s opinion. “Let’s get going, then,” she said, heading toward their meeting point. “Maybe one of the others has found him. We’ll never find him if we just keep standing here. “ “I guess you're ri-“ Pakohe was cut off by an enormous crash. “Sounds like they found something,” Hiko said, turning to run toward the source of the sound. Finally, some excitement. “Come on, let's go! “ “All right, all right!” Pakohe responded irritably, hurriedly trying to catch up to the Al-Matoran. “No need to rush…” * * * As it turned out, Pakohe was correct: there was little need to rush, as one of the Matoran they'd been looking for was just around the corner. “Kaore! There you are! “ “Where’d you get that sword? “ Hiko asked forcefully. “Where's Paru?” Pakohe suddenly noticed the black-sheathed sword clapped firmly in Kaore's hands, clearly the same one Paru had shown them earlier. “P-Paru gave me the sword, said to get it to the abandoned tunnels, “ Kaore responded, clearly terrified. “He stayed behind to fight the D-Dark Hunters. And he said- I must have misheard him. What in the world is going on?” “What’s going on is, we’re getting out of here,” Pakohe responded gruffly. “If you somehow are who ol’ Boss says you are, we need to get you as far away from the Dark Hunters as we can.” Kaore nodded in agreement with getting away, though he still looked very confused. “What about Paru?” Hiko said worriedly. “He-” “What about him?” Pakohe interjected. “He left us behind back in the day, so surely he won’t mind if we do the same. Besides, he can take care of himself.” He turned to Kaore. “Now, I don’t too much like the idea of hiding you where he suggested. Still think he might be up to no good. Come on, let’s get you out of Onu-Wohe altogether. Now, come on, Hiko, let’s-” Pakohe lifted his head, only to see Hiko disappearing into the darkness of the tunnel that Kaore had come from. “HIKO!” Thanks for reading! If you have some time, consider posting in the Review Topic.

Chapter 5: Hello, my name is Kaore. I’m an Onu-Matoran. I work as a mining assistant most of the time, spending a lot of my free time hanging out on my own. As you can probably imagine, my days aren’t particularly exciting: I usually follow the same old pattern of get up, go to work, where I help move carts of mined materials around, then come back to my cavern, sit around carving pictures for a while, maybe hang out with a few other Onu-Matoran, and go to bed. Today, however, something a little different happened. I was just heading back from work for the day; Piro was walking with me. “We got a good haul, huh, Kaore?” he said. “Discovering a whole new section of lightcrystal– that was pretty impressive.” “Yeah, the miners did really well today,” I replied, thinking No thanks to us, just pulling supply carts back and forth… Probably catching the look on my face –I’m no good at concealing my emotions– Piro put his hand on my shoulder, saying “Come on, Kaore, don’t be like that. You know those big ol’ miners couldn’t get along without us! Just ‘cause they do the mining doesn’t mean that we’re not important.” “I guess so,” I answered, somewhat halfheartedly. “I just feel like–” but I wasn’t able to finish my sentence; I wasn’t able to do anything other than stare, fixated, as what –who– I saw behind Piro. “Kaore? What are you loo–” then, looking back over his shoulder, Piro saw him too: Paru, dashing toward us from the far tunnel. At the speed he was moving, it couldn’t have taken more than a number of seconds for him to reach us, his solid black armor difficult for even an Onu-Matoran to see. Before I could consider running, yelling, or even unsheathing my knife, he was in front of me, quickly looking me over with his dark green eyes. “Come,” he said, looking straight into my eyes with a startling firmness. “We need you.” With that, he turned toward another tunnel, beginning to walk away. “Follow me.” Snapping out of my reverie, I said “What are you talking about? How –why are you here again?” Wait… I thought silently. He said ‘we’… does he mean the Hunters, or– “I’m no longer allied with the Dark Hunters,” Paru said, stopping but not turning to look at me. “I’ve returned to stop them from attacking Ora Nui once again, and the Matoran Ora need your help. Now, come.” With that, he continued walking into the distance. The Matoran Ora?! I thought. Could they really be back together? It’s not likely… but it’s not as if I’m in a position to argue with him. Looking at the silver tip of his staff glinting in the darkness, I ran after him, catching up before too long. “What do you need me for?” I asked Paru as we moved from jogging to almost sprinting down the tunnel. It’s not like I’m particularly important… I briefly glanced at the faces of some of the passing Matoran, then focused again on the task at hand. But they must want me for a reason, right? “It’s entirely possible that we won’t,” Paru answered, somehow not at all out of breath. “But we don’t have much time, so I’ll be blunt: you’re possibly an Av-Matoran.” I abruptly stopped, completely and utterly shocked by what he had just said. Well, I didn’t just ‘stop’: being so focused on what I’d just heard, I forgot to keep my feet moving and slammed forward onto the ground. “What the heck are you talking about?” I asked, getting up, spitting out some dirt, and looking, baffled, at Paru. “You really have gone crazy, haven’t you?” “No, I haven’t,” he answered, as serious as ever. “Now follow me. Like I’ve said, we don’t have much time.” “But you’ve barely told me anything! What’s going on?!” I was so preoccupied by Paru’s vagueness, I barely noticed the ceiling starting to shake. “Come on!” Paru said again, grabbing my arm and looking anxiously at the roof of the cavern. “We need to go before-“ And that’s when, with a tremendous crash, the Dark Hunters arrived. Sorry, a bit of a shorter, interlude-type chapter this week. But I promise there's more to come! Thanks for reading, and if you have a minute, consider posting in the Review Topic.

Hi, everyone! So, when I first posted Ora Nui on the old BZP forums, it had proper formatting on everything: italics, multiple paragraphs, etc. When I wanted to re-post it on the new forums, I didn't yet understand the new post editor, and ended up just giving up and pasting everything in as plain text. But, since I'm about to post some new chapters to the story, I've finally gone back and re-formatted all the old chapters so they don't look like garbage! I'd love it if people could take a look at the old chapters with the proper formatting, and all the new chapters I'm beginning to post! I'll be trying to improve based on the feedback I've received. Thanks for reading!

Chapter 4 “The Shadowed One is after something big: otherwise he wouldn’t have bothered going back into conflict with our island. It took some significant effort, but I’ve discovered what’s caused him to direct his sights this way again. Believe it or not, there is an Av-Matoran on Ora Nui.” Those were the words Paru had just said. He was beginning to regret them. “What??” Ahi said, shocked. “You’re saying that here, on our little island of all places, is a Matoran of Light?” “Yeah, right,” was Pakohe’s skeptical answer. “Like there’d be someone like that in a place like this. Av-Matoran are just a fairytale, anyway. Y’ask me, he’s just back to lead the Dark Hunters here!” he said, pointing his hammer at Paru. For once, Hiko was perfectly still. Snapping out of her reverie, however, she said “Don’t leap to conclusions, Pakohe. After all… Paru did leave us, but… has he ever been wrong about something?” The response Paru was waiting for, however, was Mita’s; he watched as the De-Matoran stood there, simply thinking. His opinion matters the most: the others see him as an intelligent decision-maker. If he decides something is true, they will generally follow suit. Finally, after a lot of arguing amongst the other Matoran, Mita spoke. “I’m inclined to trust you, Paru,” he said. “However, there is just one factor which leads me to doubt your story: how did an Av-Matoran end up here? On an island as out of the way as Ora Nui, the Matoran of Light are, as Pakohe said, not much more than a legend.” Paru nodded. “An understandable skepticism. Come, we must start walking while we finish this conversation, as time is not something we have an excess of.” Resuming his walk up the river towards Po-Wohe, and making sure that the others were following, he continued: “I will admit that I don’t know all of the details. But what I was able to find out, through rumors and other sources, is this: some time, long ago, Av-Matoran were supposedly placed on a select few islands, disguised as other types of Matoran. There was even one story of a fake ‘Ta-Matoran’ who, upon being given a Great Kanohi mask, became a Toa of Light.” “Yeah, right,” Pakohe said from the back of the group. “A Ta-Matoran, becoming a Toa of Light? And that’s assuming that Toa of Light even exist…” * * * Ahi was somewhat skeptical as well: “I hate to say it, but Pakohe’s got a point –kind of… – I mean, you’re saying that this ‘Av-Matoran’ could be anyone? Even one of us?” Maybe even Kape? He thought. Then she’d be way out of my league… “It’s technically possible, but I highly doubt it’s one of us,” Paru said, not looking back at the others, but simply continuing to march on. “Otherwise, it would have come to the attention of the Shadowed One sooner, what with his Hunters coming into contact with us so often.” Whew, Ahi thought, looking over at the Ga-Matoran next to him. Then Paru added “And, of course, we know that it’s not me. If it was, they would have already had me; there’d be no need to come here.” “Speaking of which,” Hiko said in a slightly impatient tone, “If they were already on their way, why in Mata Nui aren’t they here yet? And how did you get here before them at all?” “Well, Hiko, I managed to get word of their plans before they actually left, and I came back as soon as I could. However… even though my small, light-weight boat was probably much faster than whatever ship they’re sending, I would expect them to be here very soon, if not now. So we need to hurry.” With this, he picked up his already speedy pace, to Ahi’s slight annoyance: Aren’t we running fast enough? I’m getting tired… “Wait, wait, WAIT,” Pakohe said grumpily, falling behind. “Where are you even taking us? If there is an Av-Matoran here, then where is it?” Not bothering to slow down, Paru said “Where do you think, Pakohe? If you were trying to hide a being of Light so that he’d never be suspected, where would you put him?” “Ah,” Mita said understandingly, though Ahi was still confused. “So it’s Onu-Wohe we’re headed to, then. The darkest section of the island: not a bad place to look.” “Exactly,” Paru replied as they kept running. “In fact, I already have a suspicion as to who it is.” “How would you know?” Ahi asked suspiciously. “You said yourself, the Av-Matoran would be disguised an ordinary Matoran, that even he wouldn’t know what he was. How could you find out?” You know, without some sort of inside information… or unless this is all just a trick. “Av-Matoran are stronger, bigger than average Matoran. It would also probably be someone who had a natural aversion to the darkness, who didn’t appreciate Onu-Wohe,” was Paru’s only explanation. “I have one main guess: Raiti.” * * * Hiko was shocked to hear the name Paru suggested. And, from the sound of it, so were the others: “What? That jerk?” Ahi asked angrily. “Are you being serious, Paru?” Kape said, looking irritated herself. “No way someone like that is someone that special,” Pakohe said, frowning. “He’s ‘accidentally’ broken more of my sculptures than you can count!” Even the usually impartial Mita seemed doubtful. “Hmm… I suppose it could technically be…” I don’t understand, Hiko thought to herself. Raiti’s so hateful. Him, a being of Light? Maybe Paru is up to no good with this ‘plan’… Suddenly, Paru interrupted the others’ clamoring: “Okay, OKAY already! I do have one other guess, but it isn’t as likely. You all do remember Kaore, correct?” Hiko did remember Kaore, reasonably well at least. She seemed to remember that he was slow… not slow in the head, but in physical speed. Always took his time about things, Hiko thought. Never amounted to anything; he’s probably still just a mining assistant. He wore a Miru, didn’t he? A little unusual for an Onu-Matoran… “Yeah, I remember him,” she said, somewhat disdainfully. Why do both possibilities have to be so… imperfect? “He helped us out once, didn’t he?” Ahi asked, looking like he was trying hard to remember. “Something in Onu-Wohe…” “He pushed a cart in the way of a rampaging rahi,” Mita and Paru said in unison. After glancing at each other, Paru nodded for Mita to continue. “The cart slowed down the rahi enough for me to get a rope around its legs with one of my arrows,” Mita reminded the group. “We might have handled the beast otherwise, but his participation was key in taking down the animal in such a short time.” “I remember that,” Kape said, as Hiko thought the same thing. I’d forgotten that he did something quick, for once. “So, you’re saying that those are the only two possibilities?” Pakohe asked doubtfully. “Neither o’ them seems, y’know… like ‘hero’ material. That is, assuming you’re not just leadin’ us on for some Dark Hunter trap.” “If I were trying to trap you, Pakohe, I could have done it long before now,” Paru said evenly. “Now, let us wait until we arrive to talk more. We should save our energy.” Good, Hiko thought. The sooner we get there, the better. * * * Mita was still thinking over all that Paru had told them when they arrived at the Po-Wohe border entrance to Onu-Wohe. He’d been so entranced by his thoughts that he hadn’t noticed the boats that had passed their group on the river, or the Matoran passengers on them who looked particularly startled to see their old heroes united again. How did the Shadowed One learn of an Av-Matoran here? he pondered. And, assuming that one of Paru’s guesses is correct, which candidate is the Matoran of Light? Raiti, the bulky Onu-Matoran with an insufferable attitude, or Kaore, the strong, but much more quiet and patient Matoran of Earth? As they began the descent into the tunnels, Paru stopped the others, turning around to face them; Mita immediately paid direct attention. “Now,” Paru said, “we need to work quickly if we are to find the Matoran we’re searching for. Quickly, as well as together: full cooperation is necessary for us to achieve our goal as soon as possible. As such, I need you all to voice whatever questions or doubts you may still have, before we begin our search to awaken the Av-Matoran.” Awaken? Mita thought. He never said that we would be restoring him to Av-Matoran status (I can only assume that that is what he means). Before he could voice his question, however, Pakohe said “Yeah, I got a question, ‘boss’: playin’ along with your story here, just what do the Dark Hunters even want this guy for? Karzahni, what do we even want with ‘im?” Hoping to prevent another pointless argument, Mita spoke before Paru could reply, saying “Pakohe, try, just for a moment, to put yourself in the place of the Shadowed One –or, perhaps, someone who paid him to take this Av-Matoran. A Matoran of Light is an incredible threat: even without the power of a Toa, they supposedly can access their elemental powers to degree. And, if he or she were to become a Toa, well… that’s something that a lot of people out there don’t want to happen, to say the least. As for why we want to find him, other than to protect him, I believe Paru just told us,” he continued, turning to look at the Onu-Matoran. “However, Paru, with no disrespect, I want to confirm what you’ve just said: are you suggesting that we’re going to return the Av-Matoran to his true state, as a Matoran of Light? And if so, how do you propose we do this? Your only mention of an Av-Matoran being restored was a rumor involving a special Kanohi, which also made him into a Toa. I presume that you do not have such a Kanohi in your possession.” Speaking over some grumblings from Pakohe, Paru replied, “I was about to show you all the answer to your question, Mita.” Looking at the Matoran assembled around him, and making sure that there weren’t any others nearby, he said “Gather close, everyone, and please, be careful. What I am about to show you is an object of the utmost power and importance.” * * * Yeah, right, Pakohe thought to himself as he and the others gathered around Paru. I still don’t trust this guy as far as I can throw him… which would probably be pretty far, now that I think about it… After snapping out of his thoughts about how much Paru weighed compared to Pakohe’s statues, the Po-Matoran looked closely at the Matoran of Earth, keeping his hammer at the ready in case of a trap. What he saw, however, what nothing like anything he might have expected. What is that? He thought, staring. And how did Paru get it? In front of Pakohe, the Onu-Matoran had pulled something from inside his cloak: a long, shining, white and golden sword, glistening even in the darkness of the tunnel, almost as if it was producing a light of its own. “What in Mata Nui’s name is that?” Pakohe said in awe, forgetting his doubts and suspicions. “And where did you get it?” * * * Kape was amazed by the sword Paru was holding. It was so amazingly beautiful, with light rippling over the golden blade like water over the leaves in Ga-Wohe. She looked at Ahi, and even he was too mesmerized by the weapon’s glow to be distrusting of Paru: he wasn’t even casting his usual occasional, furtive glance at Kape. Turning her attention back to the sword, however, she noticed that Paru didn’t directly touch it: he was delicately holding its white handle with the end of his cape wrapped around his hand, as if coming into contact with the sword would severely burn him. Entranced by the weapon, she vaguely heard Pakohe ask something about its origins, which Paru politely answered. “This, Pakohe, is a sword imbued with the power of sheer elemental light: too much for an ordinary Matoran to handle, but just enough to bring out an Av-Matoran’s inherent abilities. As for where I got it, well… Let’s just say that I made a lot of helpful connections while I was on Odina.” Well, that explains why he’s holding it so gingerly, Kape thought. Then, suddenly, she had a horrible realization: Wait– if the sword will harm an ordinary Matoran… “Paru!” she said firmly, “Just what would happen to a regular Matoran who held this sword?” “Try not to speak so loudly, Kape,” Paru replied, looking around to make sure no one was watching or listening. “And to answer your question: they would probably burn up from the sheer amount of power; at the very least he or she would suffer severe injuries.” With this comment, the others stepped back slightly from the sword’s captivating glow. Stowing the sword back under his cloak –Kape noticed that he had a darkly-colored sheath hidden underneath it –Paru began walking down the tunnel towards Onu-Wohe. “Now, let’s get going,” he called to the others. “We’ve wasted enough time as it is.” Kape silently followed the rest of the team, though her thoughts were grim. If what Paru says about the sword is true, she pondered worriedly, then what happens if we give it to the wrong Matoran? 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I'll be there with ~SUMMONER~. Looking forward to it!

I have been to these building events without any problem in the past, and so have other adults in some of the Facebook groups I'm in. Policies and how they're enforced might vary from store to store (in some cases I hear adults have to wait until all the children in line have a chance to build, which is probably a good policy for stores to have), but from what I've heard there tend to be more than enough sets for everyone who arrives on time. Awesome, thanks!

...Does anyone know if TRU would have a problem with an adult attending without a child? I really want those pieces.

So, the island of Mata Nui, and its reason for existing, has puzzled me for a while now. The given reason of "camouflage" seems weird to me for several reasons: 1) As many have pointed out before me, it seems like Mata Nui would need to hide more than his face, and would be pretty conspicuous no matter what. 2) The island is modeled after Metru Nui, including different regional climates. Why do this? If no one was intended to ever live on the Island, why would it have the six distinct regions? Wouldn't that make it more conspicuous (the opposite of its goal of camouflage)? I'd also like to mention a quote from the beginning of Maze of Shadows: "He [Nuju] was at a loss to explain the varied terrains and climates present on this island. It was almost as if the island had evolved with the needs of the Matoran in mind." 3) The other islands that were considered during the conceptual stage. Of the other considered islands, we know there were fingertip islands, and possibly (according to Alastair Swinnerton) islands on the Robot's knees. If these were intended to be camouflage, why fingertip islands? Is that really that important to camouflage rather than, say, the torso? I think that the original reason for the islands, when the Bionicle story was being put together, was as a refuge for the Matoran. Basically, the emergency systems of the Robot would work like this: if something goes wrong, and the Robot crashes, the Toa Mata are deployed to fix the problem. Once the Robot has landed, islands form over wherever the problem(s) is/are occurring (in the case of the virus Makuta gave Mata Nui, this would be the head), maintaining a similar structure to whatever "islands" are inside the robot at that location (in this case, Metru Nui). This way, the Matoran in that area have somewhere safe to retreat to, and the Toa Mata have a place to land and enter the Robot where the problem is. The Matoran can inform the Toa of what's going on, the Toa can go in and fix the issue, and then the Matoran return home, the Bohrok are deployed, and the Robot leaves. One more thing that I think supports this idea: the Red Star's emergency Toa-creating system. As I understand it, this system has 3 criteria: 1) Matoran are somewhere they aren't supposed to be, outside the Robot; 2) these Matoran are in need of Toa, and 3) there are Matoran in this location that are destined to become Toa. This is what happened on Voya Nui, with Jaller, Nuparu, Hahli, Hewkii, Kongu, and Matoro. Well, what about those 1000 years that the same 6 Matoran spent on Mata Nui, terrorized by Makuta and waiting for the arrival of Toa? It seems like those same 3 criteria should be met: outside the robot, in need of Toa, and there are Matoran destined to be Toa. So why didn't the Red Star take action? Because the Matoran were meant to be on Mata Nui. Voya Nui was never meant to be outside the Robot at all; it broke out. But Mata Nui was created intentionally, as a refuge for the Matoran. One of the conditions for the Red Star system therefore was not met: Matoran being where they shouldn't be. Anyways, that went on longer than I thought it would. Thoughts?

Checked my local TRU, to no avail :/

Great review! Uxar looks much cooler than I originally thought he did. Definitely going to be one of the first creatures I pick up. One question, though: I thought all of these head pieces were dual-injected (if that's the term). Is that not the case?

After the details of the BZP 2016 Convention Circuit were recently announced, I put together these fluorescent MOCs (which I will be shipping off soon!). I'm not able to find much time for MOCing lately, so these were put together pretty quickly, but I still think they turned out pretty well. Note: I've used a mix of photos with and without using a flash, because the fluorescent pieces can look weird with the flash on (particularly the reddish-orange). First, there's Terrance (named at the random suggestion of ~SUMMONER~): Front Head (jaw open) Head (jaw closed) Back Pose Then we have Korek (from Korekoreko, Maori for fluorescent): Front Torso (front) Torso (back) Arm Legs Foot Toa-size And some pics of both: Face-off Kick Gallery (when public) Thoughts?

Do you happen to have a cite for this? BS01 lists all of the events of Tales of the Tohunga under Takua's Biography section. The BS01 page for the game also says "The game revolves around Takua, and progresses through his first recorded adventure on the island of Mata Nui."

Really? Because mine was fine. "The Lesovikk set was recalled shortly after its release as many of the sets were missing a piece. The set was released again shortly afterwards with the missing piece included." - http://biosector01.com/wiki/index.php/Lesovikk#Set_Information You either got lucky, or got him after the new ones were shipped out.

Man, do I wish I had the money for this right now... I've been excited about this since the first picture was shown, and this review makes it look even better. If I do pick it up, though, I'll probably make some modifications to the feet.

Wow. I tend to think that I know a lot about Bionicle, but I've never even heard this guy's name before. It's amazing to hear how large a part he had in creating the early story and characters. Definitely gonna check out his new book.

I'm not sure what counts as "rarest," but I have a few prototype pieces (unused colors for Tarix's and Strakk's helmets and the Skrall blade). In terms of officially released pieces/sets, I have a TNGM, Orange Vahi, about 6 gold Vahi, a Copper Huna, a Movie-Edition Kraakhan, and a Toa Mata Nui. Oh, and I've got the 2003 Bionicle watch, and the box for it. No idea really how rare that is.

I much prefer the old Bionicle parts. CCBS is okay, but it's much harder to make anything original with (at least for me). It's too simple, with far too few connection points.

I was just talking to a friend recently about how Pohatu's greatest enemy seems to be scorpions: the Nui-Jaga, the Skull Spider in his set being a scorpion, and now Skull Scorpio. I'm happy to see that it's now canon that he hates them

This set actually looks better than I was expecting. I really like the jetpack and the gun holsters. If I do end up grabbing this, though, it'll probably just be for the parts. I still have more of an attachment to this version.

IDK, wrist articulation?I think the point being made was that those were originally used as legs, which don't bend like that. Arms are a different matter.Weird, mine do.I suppose they do it you look at it as the ankle bending. I saw it as motion in the middle of the calf. There's also the fact that Vahki are alien robots built by alien robots to enforce the law, they don't necessarily need to have the same kind of articulation as a human.Oh... Right, hadn't thought about that . I'm fact, it'd probably be a useful point of articulation when in their quadrupedal mode. Regardless, I do like this idea about the pistons. I'd always figured they were (usually) placed in such a way that they'd move with nearby joints, but I never thought they might be the driving force of that motion.

IDK, wrist articulation?I think the point being made was that those were originally used as legs, which don't bend like that. Arms are a different matter. Weird, mine do.I suppose they do it you look at it as the ankle bending. I saw it as motion in the middle of the calf.

Which species on Bara Magna had the worst handwriting? The Skrall.

IDK, wrist articulation?I think the point being made was that those were originally used as legs, which don't bend like that. Arms are a different matter.

This is amazing. I've been trying to work through my Steam backlog, but this is definitely going to distract me from that

I really like the way you've armored the torso (the feet on the shoulders, the chest armor layering). The color scheme looks really good, though just a hint of red somewhere might bring it out more. Oh, and I agree with EI-P: the legs looked better before you changed them. Also, would it work better to attach the skull to the chain with one of these?