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First off, yesterday when I said "meh" I didn't mean meh on the sets but meh on wanting to blog about them. But, in all honesty, they do look cool, clever, and fun. If I had the money I might get one for the pieces, if it was worth it. Second, Aanchir has a cool point on how the helmets are reused simply by having them put on backwards and recolored. That will give us many options. Maybe I'll try to get my hands on a few. IDK. Cendox V1: Better than last year's $20 set, but still probably not worth it. $15 would be worth it. But the set, overall, is cool. Tread, cool keetorange pieces, interesting build, and...black Brutaka swords! (Ok, I know Tuma has them, but honestly, this set is worth the $20 more than he is.... Kaxium: The regular blue and silver look spectacular together! Very tempting to get if I was simply displaying sets and perhaps playing with them. (But alas, I don't need the pieces.) The concept is cool too. Might be worth the $30 price tag? (I guess it'll have to do considering how money is going these days.) Baranus: Pretty cool. Good design. Colors are a bit messy--Lego probably could have done a little better with that. (Let's count the colors: dark green, lime green, silver, gunmetal, black, bley, orange....) But in general it looks like a cool set. The driver's Bitil staff is probably a little big for him though. Also, the heads don't seem ferocious as BS01 makes them out to be. Thornatus: Alright. The TAN probably makes this the only set I'd consider getting. (Except the $60 price tag makes it hard.) At the very least I'll have to try to get those Bitil wings. The rest of the design is cool too, even the basic-built driver--wait, nevermind, maybe not him. (Bley hands but black joints on his feet and double joints on his arms? Why?) Plenty of cool silver parts to use as well. Oh, and I need one of those tires for a Space Ship's engine, y'dig? Yeah, I'm excited just to read this set's review, since I'll never get him. If I'm lucky someone at a WAMALUG meeting will have it and I can check it out. Skopio XV-1: Whoa, this guy also looks cool, and his function to go from "sled" to walker is even more amazing. I love the bright red of course, and it has a good design and well-placed pieces (like the Hewkii Mahri short swords). The driver isn't too bad, especially considering the keetorange !!! , but I fear the Av-Toran body won't work for anything bigger than an Av-Toran. This one will be fun to see as well. I guess that's it. Anyone super-excited for anything (or pieces?) in particular? -CF Quote of the Day: I don’t suffer from insanity. I enjoy every moment!
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There is a lego store opening 45 minutes from us. =D
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Here's what Aanchir said here. Here's what I've said (though I admit I'm focusing on the first part and not the second. I guess as far as the "where are the better torso ideas?" point goes, I again stress a 9 stud long shoulder length, 8+ stud height, and perhaps some actual building process as seen in MOCs (though some are complex, we can tell you). I'd also have to say leave it up to the designers, but they don't want/need to change? Read on: So, if we get a new body (9 stud shoulder width), would there be an uproar over lack of new limbs and armor? I have a few ideas about armor (like bringing back Nuparu Mahri's armor recolored) because I was sad to see all Inika leg armor on the white summer Glatorian. But I really want to discuss this in another whole entry, so please, if at all, only touch on this. -CF
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I might as well just keep republishing this all day... CERTAVUS (Click) -CF
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I am so glad I brought my Bionicle Encyclopedia to college with me! (Along with the other guidebooks. In hopes of using them for reference when writing my epic, and we all know how well that's been going.) Anyway, I think we should cause the data loss the BZP Time Slip, based on a similar six month period in the MU where nobody can remember anything. (BS01 link.) Granted, it'll never be presented to the masses, nor greatly accepted, but that's what I'm going to call it. -CF Quote of the Day: Eat dessert first. You don’t know what’ll happen before the end of dinner.
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"Boo!" She turned around, startled. There was a Toa standing behind that rock. "Hiya! It's me, your new Toa-Friend!" he said. She sighed. She didn't need pesky Toa getting in the way of her duty to her own village. "And what, might I ask, is your Toa element?" she said. "Why, the element of surprise, of course!"
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Bad picture Taking pix here at college is a tad harder. So...I should be able to take some pictures using artificial light with my lamp later since it's windy outside and is about to rain, making it hard to have some sort of white background stay up and I'm not in my room to grab anything else I might need to make the picture turn out well. So I'll have to make/take an official entry pic(s) tomorrow, when I have a camera again. (If my roommate was awake right now I'd do it now, but...) Update: Pictures are taken. I'm locking this and will make an "official" one later/soon. Update 2: Actually, I should probably take some more.... -CF Quote of the Day: *The sports team from my area is superior to the sports team from your area.*
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» Click to show Spoiler - click again to hide... «Toa Tuyet returns. With the Nui Stone OMG. That just makes me so giddy. Also, the appearance of Kapura, Macku, and Hafu. It's such a treat to see all these old characters again. GregF must have a crystal ball that shows him what I want him to write.
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I didn't expect everyone to be so right about him. =333
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Update. I bought it. Soooo many good pieces. Oops, not just two entries in a day but more like in a ten minute period. So, if you want to see some funny pictures, go here and you won't miss out on my blogging spree. Now, onward... This is just one of the many troubles with being a Lego Hobbyist in college. Twenty dollars for the Space Skulls! (Plus $5 shipping, totally worth it.) Now, being the college kid, I shouldn't be spending too much money. Especially after an anime convention last month and a few more minor expenses (a movie ticket or two, all those Vahi, etc) and whatnot expected. Then again, I haven't spent too much, if anything, in the past few weeks. (Not counting a Portable Hard Drive...whew. Have I blogged about that yet?) Then I look at the picture a little closer and do some investigation on Peeron. I can totally use a lot of these pieces. Besides, there's almost 1000 of them! That's less than 3 cents a piece! And I want to build a 3vil ship for my Space display at my Lego Store, so these would totally get me in the mood. Here's what I'm going to do. I'm about to complete a deal in BST. I'll call that off and instead get this. I'll be missing out on things like the Indy Jeep promo set and the mini Venator Class Star Destroyer promo set, but I think it'll be worth it. DONE. Too pricey. Looks like I'll be going for this! Only problem is I want to spend another $30 when a TRU or Target buy-two-Glatorian-get-one-free sale pops up. And then another $10 for Power Miners, maybe. (Oh, and my mom might see my bank transaction.) Wow, just think how crazy I'd be going if the Pre-Classic Space set was on sale! -CF Don't forget about today's first entry!
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On Tuesday, I came across a 40%-off clearance sale on Mistika. I bought the only one I'd been loath to pay full price for, and the only one I was missing: Bitil. My expectations were low, low, low. My general impression from images of the set had been that it was mediocre, lackluster, sub-par. BZP friends on MSN had told me Bitil wasn't worth the money. The only pieces I really wanted were the yellow Rahkshi limbs, and I knew where I could get those separately. But forty percent off for the whole set sounded about right. So, along with Vorox and Skrall for 9.50 € each (regular price 11.95 €, woot!), I walked out of the store with it. When I got home, I tore into the main-event stars, Skrall and Vorox, with a vengeance. When I was finally done building, posing, and admiring those two, I turned to the throwaway bonus act, Bitil. In the end, I was pleasantly surprised. In fact, the only thing Bitil really has going against him, from my MOCist's perspective, is his fugly, nearly useless Av-Matoran torso. The rest of his parts were all welcome, not useless at all. I was especially struck by the synergistic design of the mask as it fit over the Vahki head in a way I had not anticipated, that looked actually very cool. I must admit also that his feet and weapons, although DS, are quite cool in their own right. The retro Throwbot limbs are a piece I already have a veritable handful of in yellow -- but these ones, ahh, these ones are New Plastic Blend. More clear ABS in there, looks like. Much yummier-looking than the old blend, IMO. One thing that was a total surprise was the 1x5 liftarm, a piece that I, for some odd reason, didn't have in yellow before. Cheers for that. Overall, as a set, Bitil is not bad. He's dreadfully skinny, to be sure, but insects are skinny. The DS panels are able to be posed like real wing covers, lending him some resemblance to his namesake creature. His long neck allows for a wide range of motion and would have looked ridiculous with any standard torso configuration other than the "fugly" one, which loses much of its fugliness as a result of not having the dude's head squished between its perpetually-shrugging shoulders. And as for his mask: it is, I think, the highlight of the set. Sleek, subtly angled, perfectly fitted to the Vahki head underneath, and even a hole that shows off the detailing of the head. Oh, and don't forget the yellow-to-black blend. Very nice. Certainly worth the money I paid. (Heck, come to think of it, what's money really "worth" anyway? Hmm. It's really only valuable insofar as you can exchange it for something of real, intrinsic value, isn't it? Otherwise, it's just bits of metal and paper and electricity. Pfft.)
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Built this Vic Viper a few weeks ago. Maybe a little late on this "bandwagon" thing, but I build when I have time and take inspiration from where I can. (This, and Flickr, is the only discussion. I'm not making a topic, anywhere. CC as usual. kthxbai.) Also, current wallpaper: (Three cheers for Bill Waterson!) -CF Quote of the Day: For centuries, people thought the moon was made of green cheese. Then the astronauts found that the moon is really a big hard rock. That's what happens to cheese when you leave it out.
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Need to post here.
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What do you do when Lego refuses to give you green, teal, and purple? You go to "Lego" and get green, teal, and purple! Amazon is missing the visor, which I'll never use anyway, the disks, which I might not use, and the sword, which I already have plenty of, and he was only $0.65, so I'm not complaining. Electro/Enegry was $1.95 and only missing the disks! The pirate was $0.75 and I only got him for the tri-fold hat, though a pirate body never hurts! (Wow, shipping cost more than the actual order. Which means I pretty much paid double for everything I just stated.) They're pretty cool sets. Nice posabilty and look cool just on my desk. -CF Question, if teal is what we call what McToran Kongu has, as well as what Peeron calls it, then what do we call this color? I really really like it a lot and thought it was teal. And what we are calling teal is agua. Quote of the Day: It sure would be nice if we got a day off for the president's birthday, like they do for the queen. Of course, then we would have a lot of people voting for a candidate born on July 3 or December 26, just for the long weekends.
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I knew there was a reason I wasn't obtaining any good Vahi deals. I was waiting for the best one! Mwahahahahaha! (Maybe if you're good you can win one of the 13 there.) Plus I had yet to have a TNGM, so that's awesome. And I already had one PHN, but I forgot which (though I suspect it was the line down the forehead as that's my favorite) so I bought one of each. I'll give the extra one away as a Blog Building Contest prize, along with a Vahi and a Free the Band patch, maybe. And the blue Kakama just looks nice, so I added that from among the selection of Kanohi I could have bought. The numbers are going to be good on the Space display I do for my Lego Store in the summer. I'll be able to number landing pads. The Islander facemask is simply a replacement of the one I had when they were first released, but I lost it. (I still have the islander though! And maybe the horns?) The light blue joints were listed as "sand blue," which would be very helpful, but then these came. Whatever. Each Kanohi was about $2 (though the Kakama was probably less). And I only ordered 12 Vahi, so I'm not going to complain about the color of the joints. Update: The Kakama looks mighty fine on my Ga-Toa MOC, the only problem being I've already taken pix of her. Though I think I'd be able to use it in the story better than the Akaku, so I might retake pix next week. :/ -CF Quote of the Day: Accept that some days you're the pigeon and some days you're the statue.
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Before you ask: Yes, I do sleep with it.
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Good news is I've taken photos of every member of the Toa team in my Epic-sort-of-in-progress. (Still trying to find time to sit down and write more. Their backstories are cool, I'll tell you that, as are the bad guys, and the setting is tropical like Mata Nui, so we'll have environments again !!! ,but I need to sit down and start typing, but I know I should do my homework first, though a friend said the best time you get writing done is when you shouldn't, so maybe instead of surfing the interwebs so often I'll sit down and write....) I also need to photo them all at once, in a nice "Toa Team pose." Bad news is I'm struggling on names. But I've already blogged on that, got some advice, have a list which I misplaced somewhere of weird/cool things from a Maori translator, and don't want to dwell on that here, although that is the biggest bump before I can post them. Let's see...Le-Toa=Lekia, Ta-Toa=Kapiro, and...that's it. Oops. (They are the normal elements. Though a few days ago I realized it'd be awesome if Lego tried six of a different type. But no worries, a while back I decided the four villages on my island would be of other elements!) Here's the advice I need right now: Do I post each one at a time, or two at a time? It's not like any advice in the topics I get will affect the MOC quality of the other Toa, so two at a time will limit that expectation. (Those comments will help later MOCing though.) Yet, if I post one a week for six weeks, that might help get my name out? But by the sixth week would people expect a Toa so much more awesome than the first? Probably. (Hehe, so I post them in worst-best order.) Also, it's not like I have a pic of two of them side by side; they are all individual. I'm leaning more to one a week; it'll be fun, and give me an excuse to post! (Problem is my Certavus MOC will come from my Ice Toa MOC, the similarities being torso and arms. Although I suspect only my true "fans" will notice, and they'll understand.) -CF Quote of the Day: There's a fine line between genius and insanity. I have erased this line.
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~---~ MGMT - Electric Feel ~---~ all along the western front people line up to receive she got the power in her hand to shock you like you won't believe saw her in the amazon with the voltage running through her skin standing there with nothing on she's gonna teach me how to swim said ooh girl - shock me like an electric eel baby girl - turn me on with your electric feel i said ooh girl - shock me like an electric eel baby girl - turn me on with your electric feel all along the eastern shore put your circuits in the sea this is what the world is for making electricity you can feel it in your mind oh you can do it all the time plug it in and change the world you are my electric girl said ooh girl - shock me like an electric eel baby girl - turn me on with your electric feel said ooh girl - shock me like an electric eel baby girl - turn me on with your electric feel do what you feel now - electric feel now ~---~ Brickshelf folder BBC topic BIONICLEsector01 Wiki article on Nikila - » Click to show Spoiler - click again to hide... «
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I'm going on Spring Break next week, but I'll really only have one day at home that I can sit down and MOC Certavus. That said, I'm debating modding one my other MOCs. But I figure I'll have to make the legs custom in addition to the already custom arms and body. Oh, and the head. I'll need a head/helmet/helmasket/whatever. So I should bring some System stuff home with me, because the only Glatorian helmet I have is Vorox's, and besides, using an existing helmet is boring. I have a cool brown thing built. Very strong and muscular. I figure I'll take out the tan and add in keetorange with the brown and black. But Certavus fought for the ice tribe, so I'm wondering how that should affect the judgment. Luckily I have a cool ice guy build too, and looks both good fighting and like he might have some brains, which is what Certavus is known for. We'll just have to wait and see what comes, assuming I'll have time to MOC. -CF Quote of the Day: Buckle up, it's harder for the aliens to suck you out of your car.
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Could Takanuva bend the light around him so that he would not be seen, in other words become invisible? I guess that'd be like what The Invisible Woman did in the Fantastic Four movie. -CF Quote of the Day: Roses are red, violets are blue. Some poems rhyme, others don’t.
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Bah. Delightfully shiny graphics, and lovely glowy effects and stuff, do not make boring character models look...not boring. I preferred the old movie style characters. Also, I started making an entry for the gun contest thingamajig, but I grew to hate it so I gave it to Makuta to play with. He still lives, just...in a delayed sense of the word. Also, hi.
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Whoa. Awesome! (Yeah, this is old news, but I just found out!) -CF
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How is this: ten dollars more than this: ? I like Anakin's better anyway, because it has a brown fighter droid, a blunt shooter, and Artoo.
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Assuming I have fans, ha-ha. I just finished my Toa Tuyet Dark Mirror version WIP and I think it's quite pretty -- but I'm loath to post it because the forearms and hands aren't yet available in the colour they're supposed to be (medium blue). Should I wait until Kiina is released, or do you want to see pictures now, with placeholder parts? Dark Mirror Nidhiki is also basically done, so I would be posting him at the same time. ----------------------- UPDATE: Well, here they are. Keep in mind they are still WIPs, so any C&C you may have is definitely welcome. Toa Tuyet: http://www.brickshelf.com/gallery/BCii/MOC...rror/WIP/01.jpg http://www.brickshelf.com/gallery/BCii/MOC...rror/WIP/03.jpg http://www.brickshelf.com/gallery/BCii/MOC...rror/WIP/04.jpg http://www.brickshelf.com/gallery/BCii/MOC...rror/WIP/05.jpg http://www.brickshelf.com/gallery/BCii/MOC...rror/WIP/06.jpg http://www.brickshelf.com/gallery/BCii/MOC...rror/WIP/07.jpg http://www.brickshelf.com/gallery/BCii/MOC...rror/WIP/08.jpg Toa Nidhiki: http://www.brickshelf.com/gallery/BCii/MOC...rror/WIP/10.jpg http://www.brickshelf.com/gallery/BCii/MOC...rror/WIP/11.jpg http://www.brickshelf.com/gallery/BCii/MOC...rror/WIP/12.jpg
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Built her all in one go. That's rare for me -- my Lego creations often evolve for weeks, months, even years, before I'm satisfied with them. I could get used to this more intense, get-it-done-and-over-with approach, at least with simple Toamods. It'd at least boost my MOC output. Sorry, guys, I'm not shooting any pictures yet. I have to wait until I have spare time and daylight together. Thursday at the earliest. I made another custom mask for her, too. !!! X-acto and Pasco-fix fun fun fun.
