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Anybody know whether the three top-down Alpha Team online games from the 2005 website can still be found anywhere?

Are you interested in any help? I've just discovered this project, and have long been interested in this sort of idea myself. Please PM me if you're interested.

Nice, though I feel compelled to point out that "C:" isn't an emoticon. It's the main directory all the other files (except some on the reboot drive) are in on a Windows computer. So the file directories look something like C:Users<your username>Documents...

Happy birthday!

I'd be somewhat sad if Hero Factory ended, but not nearly as heartbroken as I was with Bionicle. I guess something 'd break in me if they wouldn't make another (good) constraction line, as that would be something like the death of Bionicle's legacy.

(I'm still allowed to revive this topic, right?)I would keep the original story as it is, just ironing out a few minor points, and have all of the old sets available through s@h (unrealistic, I know). Then I'd overhaul the bionicle website so you can look up anything you'd like to know more about (explained first in one sentence so you know what it's about, then in a paragraph so you know the basic facts, and then you can keep reading an entire encyclopedic article if you want.)Every year, I'd have a main story set on Spherus Magna that can be followed through webisodes* and things like characters' diaries, with frequent updates, as well as novels for people who like to read it that way. The website and novels would more or less be telling the same story and you wouldn't really need the novels to keep track of it all, but the novels would do things like focus more on certain characters and perspectives. These main stories would have corresponding sets released.I'd also hire a few talented writers who are into Bionicle (Greg, Bonesiii, Ballom...), not only to do the novels but also to do web serials. These may either tie into the main story chronologically (like most serials have done so far) or be flashbacks, and might occasionally have their own tie-in sets (possible s@h only).Last but not least, I'd explore the possiblities of a MMORPG set at the same time as the main story, that could, aside fom just being a playable game, be used as a medium to find out new things about the story. Very important events in the main story would be reflected here.*I'd say in 3d as my first instinct is to think that holds more character than 2d, but then there's The Legend Reborn and Avatar: the Last Airbender to prove me completely wrong. So they'd probably be 2d, which (I think) would also be cheaper.EDIT: for set design, I'd stick to the style we know, but instruct the designers to make sure that every set has something that certainly makes it "worth buying", like using rare colours, an innovative torso design... Also use bright, mata-era colours more often.

I really hated the long loading times but like playing it on a more modern computer. It's also quite odd that it's got such a nostalgic feeling for me, seeing as I didn't know anything about Bionicle until 2004. Oddly enough, I always tend to start playing the game in the days before New Year. Odd, I know.

I think we also have to take into consideration that GB's view the universe differently. They don't create things with minimal costs and effort the way we do, but have an urge to create for the sake of creating and, I think, show how good they are at doing that. Looking at it that way, it doesn't seem so unlikely that it did indeed happen by accident, or could at least have been caused quite easily by a single individual without the others noticing.

Sounds good. BTW, they can't even be powerless, as the mask power is already in there in way. If a matoran is wearing a humble Kaukau, for example, even if it was shaped like another mask, it would always become a Great Kaukau upon transformation. So there must be some sort of power, even if unusable.

I always thought 2008 would have been great as a tv-series... but only if the Karda Nui battle would have been made more realistic (why the heck didn't the Makuta take a SINGLE Rahkshi with them? They have to conquer the core of the universe and they don't send any infantry) and there was a lot of focus on the story serials, also expanding on the actual battles in the Destiny War. As a movie, I would love it if the animation was like in Bionicle Heroes (but more detailed of course), by which I mean the parts should be completely recognizable but they should look weathered and damaged, the voice acting was good and the writing of the dialogue didn't make you cringe and want to say "yes it sounds odd but..." when watching it together with people who don't know Bionicle (that well). There should be a few movies about the known story arcs*, cutting away stuff that's really not relevant but sticking true to the original story and streamlining it a bit (making minor retcons to fix parts of the story that seemed logical when they were introduced but grew to feel odd later on). It could be a bit more mature, in having the Toa be prepared to kill if necessary, but still trying to solve things peacefully (well, Gali at least). What I mean is that, say, Jaller should be prepared to kill the Piraka but would not do so out of "I'm an action hero and I can do whatever I want" arrogance. He would also not kill them in a very gruesome or sadistic way. It should also really be narrated, possibly in text form ("Wall of History, chronicle 17, verse 26 (ok maybe that sounds a bit too much like the Bible, but it does lend it some feeling of authenticity): ... Chronicled by Takua."), because some details would really need explaining. The Great Beings could also be mostly left out, just spoken of as mythical people by the matoran, and maybe found in a "alright we achieved our main plot goal, but what does this conveniently suddenly exposed library/secret masterplan/conspiracy mean?" moment in the end, giving a sort of ominous "was that really what is was all about, or is there something more...?" kind of feeling. *The only part I think that should be cut out altogether is Mahri Nui, unless the transition from Voya Nui to the ocean would be executed very well and didn't feel that forced. All in all, it could be done well, but that would be relatively unlikely even if the movie(s) was/were made at all.

If done well, I would love it and buy all of it. If done badly, I would commit suicide.

Stringer 1.0. I bought Stringer and Breez seperately and then got all of the other 1.0's at once for my birthday. Only others I own are Surge 2.0, Stormer 2.0, Evo 2.0 and Raw Jaw (all are currently dissassembled for MOC's)

My images may need to be resized a little: Art Slot: Shadow Honor: (It might be too similair to Tahu: it was mostly made to test Adobe Fireworks' capabilities of making a shadow.) Art Slot: Red Skull: Art Slot: Iron Hawk: Art Slot: Gemsand, Gems and Orbs: (1.: Gemsand, gems and orbs are all in the Matoran's bag, 2.: This image was made by my brother, who does not have a BZPower account. I'm entering it on his behalf.) Art Slot: Clash: Art Slot: Sonic Boom Impact from the Skies, or, in other words: Thunder: