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I haven't seen any of the Batman movies, which is a shame because I've heard they were very good...

So, I'm taking it you're a DC > Marvel kind of guy?

I remember some of them, but mostly through Eljay. Leppy, however, I found myself while digging around his Brickshelf. And as for BD, well, I know him from being the guy who started Generic Quest.

But with the Montago Show, that seemed quite innovative, especially in its day and age. Its a shame that nothing more came of it: an animated comic series would be quite enjoyable to watch.

You realize that this is as much a prank on the staff as it is you? We didn't plan this out as a group, Black Six just went ahead and changed us into Barbies.

Okay, that bumps this up IMO.

It's sad that people can make an entire living out of making up horrible lyrics and autotune them.

No, what's sad is that this girl is autotuned and she still sounds better than Justin Beiber.

butbutbut

 

I'm sure we can set aside our differences!

The voice in my head added a 'For science.' on the end of this.

 

Even though it's not even the exact quote....

 

- Tilius

You monster.

You're an interesting person, man, but you seem okay to me.

but SPIRTE COMCIS R SITLL BTETUR ATHN HNADSRWAN :angry:

But you were supposed to choose Tepig and name it Balrog!

Aw, man...I shoulda done that...

I've got several Pokemon that I can't remember the names of, although I have named them after several people. Right now I have: Alena (Lv. 11), Angry Nid (Lv. 14), Kortu (Lv. 13), Hoto Bug (Lv. 13), Biocryptid (Lv. 9), and Darcsyde (Lv. 10).

I'm trying to figure out how to change the nickname thing, though...

YES taEK me I am a tROO fan of BIONCALS :D:D

Ach, sad to see you go, Zar. But I suppose real life must come first, now, mustn't it?

Ah well. Its been fun.

I'm holding this ancient Babylonian scroll

Its to make me look smarter than I actually am

If that's possible

Its not possible

Surely you have not forgotten PIRAKA VEZON, the only PIRAKA who succeeded in his PIRAKA PLANS?

And what about PIRAKA PIRAKA, aka PIRAKA NEKTANN, who does not exist?

Also, what if the PIRAKA are killed by someone else?

Oh, yes, that PIRAKA was VERY TREACHEROUS indeed.

I haven't seen much of PIRAKA PIRAKA lately. I'm getting a bit suspicious...

And if the PIRAKA are killed by someone else, then I will still have found the MASKS of the TOA INIKA and will gladly return them to the TOA INIKA.

I liked the private eye bit you did. Noir series always have gbeen a favorite of mine...

Who is this "Gerlicky" that I keep hearing about but seems to have disappeared when you came?

Never heard of him, PIRAKA HAKANN! I have seen PIRAKA VEZOK from time to time, though...

I had never noticed that you used those Chimoru Metru sprites up until now...

Personally, even though I liked Tron, I thought those outfits looked pathetic. And those guys with the cardboard boxes on their heads in the end...

Yeah. :/

Hey, awesome, you decided to do these!

Its interesting to see what made you do those early ones...I'm going to go look up this War of the Worlds broadcast you mentioned.

In the meantime, however, I'm going to link this in my sig.

Keep it up; I'd love to hear more.

Ah, continuity wars. Doesn't get much better than that.

I thought that they were only for the comedies written this year...

Aw, man. Tonight was meatloaf night...

nothnx. I agree with SPIRIT, so yeah.

 

Besides, I'd light them ablaze. Side with the anti-Duck people and charge Denmark, fire and all, and capture all their staff and force them to give over the company to BZP.

 

...

 

Second thought, bad idea.

 

Very bad idea.

 

Sides from the fire.

Eljay, you're just a dirty traitor to LEGO. :angry: I don't care if these "plastic bricks" were a better marketing decision, or if it gives LEGO employees food, home or clothing, or even if LEGO is a business in the first place. I just want my wooden ducks back because I want to be happy and I'm not going to give up a kid's toyline, not even if there was a similar one being made like it right now with a different name OR they continued the story for the fanbase. LEGO is just a cruel heartless evil greedy big fat meenie head by canceling the ducks.

DON'T BE TRAITORS EVERYONE. JOIN OUR CLUB AND TOGETHER WE'LL BUG LEGO FOR YEARS TO COME UNTIL THEY BRING THOSE DUCKS BACK!!!!!

WOODEN DUCKS FTW!!!

Hmm, just found this and finished reading all the entries, so I may go back a little ways.

 

This quote if from the topic in which he first said it in response to a question on if LEGO might bring it back do to people's complaints.

. . . What I am actually implying is that if there is no fan sentiment being expressed for it at all, it definitely WON'T come back. The only reason LEGO would have to bring it back down the line is if they feel there is an audience out there for it. If the fan community just dries up and blows away, then the prevailing notion will be that no one is interested enough to support its return.

As you can see, he neither confirms nor denies whether or not "petitions, raids [ ], boycotts, etc." may help to bring back BIONICLE. In fact, he seems to confirm that both "petitions, raids [ ], boycotts, etc." and "just kept having fun with it same as they always had" would help to convince LEGO that "there is an audience out there for it". He doesn't appear to limit it as you do.

What I think that the point Greg was trying to make was that, although BIONICLE has ended, that does not mean that enjoyment of it should end just as well. We can go on as we've always had. We can keep discussing story, we can keep writing fanfiction, we can keep building MOCs and everything else. He was basically saying that just because BIONICLE ended doesn't mean that we have to completely throw BIONICLE into the trash bin and forget about everything and stop making MOCs or writing fanfiction and leave BZPower altogether. It means that, although it is gone, we can still keep talking about it and doing stuff with it. It does not mean, however, that we should bother LEGO with all these thousand and one petitions and letters.

I have never seen more words put into Greg's mouth than I have over this quote. The topic Greg originally said this in was a "give it a rest, BIONICLE is never coming back" topic. Certainly it does not say that "we should bother LEGO with all these thousand and one petitions and letters", but it also does not say they "we shouldn't bother LEGO with all these thousand and one petitions and letters", that would be twisting his quote out-of-context. Also, thousands of letters and petitions sounds like a bit of an exageration, don't you think.

That is untrue, as it seems to be exactly what Greg is saying. What do you think Star Trek fans did all these years? Write petitions and letters to the producers time after time after time again? No, they kept discussing the story and writing fanfiction and the like. Greg was talking about general interest in BIONICLE, interest being kept alive the fan community. Not suddenly start going on RAEG TRIPS and bombarding LEGO to bring it back, because sooner or later they're going to get tired of us.

You must remember, though: LEGO is making quite the push to get Hero Factory out there. Storied LEGO themes died because the stories were limited to online games and two paged comics in the LEGO Magazine. Hero Factory has its own TV Show, which means that more kids see it all the time and it is in their minds much more than the usual LEGO theme is. They are more likely to ask their parents for the sets and stuff for Christmas and Birthday presents that way.

BIONICLE also got a very big push, yet, it also nearly died on it's 3rd year. Also, it's worth pointing out that Hero Factory is not the first LEGO theme to have a TV show. Galidor was. And not just 4 episodes either, 2 full, 13-episode seasons! It even got high-ratings, believe it or not! Bet I don't need to tell you what happened to it though.

Not as much as Hero Factory, mind you. BIONICLE got several CDs and a card game in its first year, I believe. Also, Galidor was not made by LEGO, so I'm not sure where you're going with that. Obviously, if you're going to go that way, Star Wars was the first licensed theme to have a TV series made off it, but since that didn't have anything to do with LEGO either, it doesn't count.

Hmm, just found this and finished reading all the entries, so I may go back a little ways.

 

 

This quote if from the topic in which he first said it in response to a question on if LEGO might bring it back do to people's complaints.

. . . What I am actually implying is that if there is no fan sentiment being expressed for it at all, it definitely WON'T come back. The only reason LEGO would have to bring it back down the line is if they feel there is an audience out there for it. If the fan community just dries up and blows away, then the prevailing notion will be that no one is interested enough to support its return.

As you can see, he neither confirms nor denies whether or not "petitions, raids [ ], boycotts, etc." may help to bring back BIONICLE. In fact, he seems to confirm that both "petitions, raids [ ], boycotts, etc." and "just kept having fun with it same as they always had" would help to convince LEGO that "there is an audience out there for it". He doesn't appear to limit it as you do.

What I think that the point Greg was trying to make was that, although BIONICLE has ended, that does not mean that enjoyment of it should end just as well. We can go on as we've always had. We can keep discussing story, we can keep writing fanfiction, we can keep building MOCs and everything else. He was basically saying that just because BIONICLE ended doesn't mean that we have to completely throw BIONICLE into the trash bin and forget about everything and stop making MOCs or writing fanfiction and leave BZPower altogether. It means that, although it is gone, we can still keep talking about it and doing stuff with it. It does not mean, however, that we should bother LEGO with all these thousand and one petitions and letters.

I agree with all of the above except for the Hero Factory part. I dislike Hero Factory, mostly because it just doesn't suit me rather than because it replaced Bionicle. I also don't see it as here to stay. In my opinion, in maybe a year or two at most, it'll be replaced by another line (or Bionicle, IDK). It probably won't outlive many of the other themes with stories we've had in the past like Exo-Force and Knights' Kingdom. Four years at most but after that Lego will probably try something new. But I do agree with they

Here here! Mayhaps he did not mean it literally, but stating that Hero Factory won't be going anywhere is very short-sighted. As Lewa Krom said, rare is the storied LEGO theme that lasts more than 3 years. Even BIONICLE nearly died on it's third year. People who believe BIONICLE can never come back are making the same mistake as people who believed BIONICLE could never be cancelled in the first place. Not even LEGO has limited themselves to never bringing back BIONICLE, why should we?

You must remember, though: LEGO is making quite the push to get Hero Factory out there. Storied LEGO themes died because the stories were limited to online games and two paged comics in the LEGO Magazine. Hero Factory has its own TV Show, which means that more kids see it all the time and it is in their minds much more than the usual LEGO theme is. They are more likely to ask their parents for the sets and stuff for Christmas and Birthday presents that way.

Anyhow, this is just my opinion on what the answers are, although Takuma Nuva may have a completely different explanation which would better come from his mouth...

Sign me up. BIONICLE was great while it lasted, but it wasn't perfect. Seriously, guys, this is a toyline. It gives some great memories, sure, but is liking its successor honestly being "disloyal"?

Also, Philbert has a point. These are kids we're talking about. As long as they have stuff that they can build and make spitting noises with, they don't really care whether it is BIONICLE or Hero Factory.

I don't know, I think it was good for the ducks to retire. Their storyline was getting a little convoluted near the end.

You're just being disloyal. Shame, SPIRIT.

Sign me up, guys. Maybe if we get more than ten signatures, LEGO will bring the ducks back

GRAH

Last night, the internet for our city went out (Verizon's DMS Servers stopped responding or something like that...)

It's back up for most of it, but not my house. I'm typing this from our public library.

I don't know when it will be back up...hopefully tonight, but if it doesn't, then yeah...

Google Chrome is faster because it runs each tab on a different process. The problem is that I'm one of those people that uses about 100 tabs in one sitting, and having 100 processes running at the same time just kills my computer.

Hence, I stick to Firefox.