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Finally, I get to post a news story with some depth, where you actually have to click through for more!!! (Why didn't that come through saying "Tuesday"?) Anyway. Hmm, what to blog about? I actually have a list, y'know, of topics that I need to get off my chest. OK, here we go. Since Omi decided to retire his airship since it got an award at BF08, I decided I should do the same with my Piraka Fusion. He's still built, simply because I feel I should take better pictures, at least for BS01, and I have yet to get around it that. (Hmm, maybe during winter break?) He's such an integral to the Bionicle storyline, and I did build him after all. He's canon. Besides, even though I really need the keetorange and Nuju weapons, I can just buy another Keetongu and those offline, you know where. So yeah, he's staying put. (Does this mean I should bring him to every Lego con I go to? With pix? "Why yes, I am the Piraka Fusionist.") -CF Quote of the Day: First law of Bicycling: No matter which way you ride, it's always uphill and against the wind.
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If Anyone Owns #7670 Hailfire Droid & Spider Droid…
Bfahome posted a blog entry in You're attacked by a Repair Nektann
… (this) how do the wheels spin? Do the chains move around the disks? Also, how well do the missiles fire? -
Clear this out. Needs more room. Take the alien out. It's a miner, not a rolling lab. >_> Possibly make gun smaller. Kinda big as it is. Remove the spears. So I can use them separately. :3 Take off the 90° connectors. Really not needed unless you have the Power Functions, and I could just attach the little arm elsewhere.
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Look, a little kid likes it in the upcoming set, (even if it really is tan). I guess the greater question is why was I on the Lego.com/Bionicle.com message boards. I did a Dogpile search for...something...and this came up. I figured I'd see what the little kiddies had to say. -CF Quote of the Day: The first myth of management is that it exists.
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It is at the moment in my period of non-studying that I shall endorse Arpy's MOC, Rocket Man! Bunda's doesn't need endorsing. -CF Quote of the Day: It has just been discovered that research causes cancer in rats.
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*Using library computer so as not to turn on mine.* Finals suck and I don't have time to look through my spam box. It's Monday and the community wants to know what the latest update is on Bionicle.com or biggest sale of the season is. (Note: You are unlikely to get credit for news except mentally including youself in the "BZPower members" line.) I'll check back later tonight. kthxbai -CF
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In all honesty I barely touched my Lego (System bricks) while at college. They were sitting under my bed, just waiting to be built into something. But did I touch them? A little. So a "no" would be appropriate. Instead I decided to waste my Saturday afternoons surfing the web. The original plan was always to do homework on Saturday, but instead it was pushed off until Sunday. If I had realized what kind of work ethic I had, I would not have surfed and instead built, knowing in full truth I would do my homework on Sunday. XCCJ, I an see why you only have Lego displays at college and never discuss taking any with you. You realize you won't have time. (I, however, intend to make time next semester.) Today, three days before finals start, I sat down on my floor and started sorting any Lego of mine that needed it. (I knew now was my last chance, for I would be studying until my last exam, and then immediately after hitting the road for home.) Taking into account dinner, a friend wanting to go to Michael's Crafts, and playing online pictionary with some friends for an hour and a half, I probably spent 5 hours sorting what needed to be sorted and figuring out (not all successfully) where special pieces went. (My pieces are still sorted by color, as my collection is small enough. It will, however, be sorted into type and size once I have time and get some more storage containers.) Why did I do all this sorting when I should have been preparing for exams? Well, since I have barely done anything with System all semester, going home during break and just building Bionicle would not cut it for me. I have a lot of System ideas rolling around in my mind and winter break is the chance to act on these. (Especially since I was not able to take part in NoVVember.) I shall attempt to take as many different colors and unique useful pieces as possible when packing up to go home. I'll have a job, but not any homework, so I figure I'll have plenty of time to build, as there is "nothing better to do."* -CF Quote of the Day: Never say "Oops" in the operating room. *There are some things that are equally as important to me. Like reading books. I have not done this too often lately, just finished Final Battle luckily, and hope to get in five books--one a week. Wishful thinking....
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Just a pet peeve: Bley=new dark grey=dark bluish grey=dark bley Light bley=new light grey=light bluish grey (which =light bley) Just say bley and light bley, please. As Jinzo put it: grey = old dark grey light grey = old light grey bley = bluish dark grey light bley = bluish light grey -CF Quote of the Day: You all laugh because I’m different. I laugh because you’re all the same. (One of my new favorite quotes.)
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Just a few thoughts that ran though my mind. Nothing serious since I don't have time to develop them or overly analyze anything, but I did try to play devil's advocate just a tad so it doesn't seem like I think I'm right and everyone else is wrong. There are probably a few holes and I'm sure I should probably mentions something else in number 2. » Click to show Spoiler - click again to hide... «1) Did Makuta purposefully fling the mask to the desert planet? (Assuming he did. This makes sense to me storyline wise.) Did he know of it? If he did, why would he send it there? Wouldn't he want to send it in an opposite direction into nothingness? 2) What if everyone in Metru Nui stops working? That's what keeps the body of Mata Nui functioning or whatnot, right? So if they leave again like they did 1000 years ago, would that not do the same thing? But that's probably a bad idea since there would be no way to restore the true body and mind of Mata Nui with the Ignika lost. It would only cause the same thing as before, but with Makuta. -CF Quote of the Day: Stand back! I’m going to try SCIENCE.
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I can't quite deduce what the entire dream was about, where I was or what was going on or why we were doing what we were doing, but it was freaky. I can tell you that I needed to wear my BZPower t-shirt that morning, then decided not to change it and kept wearing it for the rest of the day. Wherever we were was in a forest thing and things were falling from the trees, and we needed to catch some. I held out my shirt to catch them in that. Consequently, the bottom half of the front ripped off! But my optimistic attitude thought about what a great blog entry that disaster would make and how I had been wanting to make a new shirt anyway (fact). -CF Quote of the Day: If you aren't going to struggle for what's right, you're just more fuel for the FIRE.
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Well, first, TRU apparently is having 50% off on Aquaraiders, and I've had my eye on the 20$ Lobster Strike ever since I found out it had a special piece I've always wanted. And then I get online today and find out that the normally $100 Star Justice (and Space Skulls) is only $35 on S@H. So you can see where my pain is coming from. I don't think it's a matter of money. In theory I can afford it and still have enough for Christmas gifts and personal pleasantries and school books along with my winter break job. But I'm a college kid so "shouldn't be spending money," if you know what I mean. Or am I buying a set I never thought I'd own because it is at a very reasonable price--for that set? Hey if the USC Millennium Falcon goes on sale for $100, that's still too much to spend even though it's a great deal on that set. (Now, I've never paid over $40 on one set, but if that goes on sale for $50 you can bet I'd buy it.) But maybe it's not that. Maybe, maybe it's the fact that my parents are around. I can easily order this on my debit card and have it sent to college , but they'll end up finding out later, if I'm not careful. (Granted, if the Falcon was lowered to a great price their glares at me wouldn't matter. I'd probably buy a few more for my friends.) So alas, I don't go and buy this Lego since I really have no reason other than "It was on a great sale price! Oh, no, I never really expected to own this." I wonder how my life would be different if I had more Lego freedom. I guess we'll find out in 4 years once I have my own place and an income. -CF Quote of the Day from Ferrius: “Yes you are entitled to your own opinion, however, you are not allowed to express it.”
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I had an interview at the Lego Store yesterday! (For a winter break job.) It went very well. A manager said they were pretty much expecting to hire me before I came in. Yeah, that's how well they know me there. I'll get final details in a few days. The biggest complications are the hours and whether or not I can go to my theater for the rest of break if they let me go immediately after the Christmas (retail) season is over. -CF Quote of the Day: Don't call me a geek, or I'll whack you with my lightsaber!
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Why the Karzahni not? Seriously. I might have even bought two. -CF Quote of the Day: I’m not so good at the advice...can I interest you in a sarcastic moment?
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Hmm.... "Still Alive" "Caramelldansen" "Lux Aeterna" I don't have time to enter, even though I'll be around my Bionicle this upcoming week. Too much homework to do and finals to prepare for. I also have never been inspired by a song to MOC something, to my recollection, at least explicitly. Here's the other problem: Someone said they think there'll be a bunch of Iron Man MOCs. Well, does the song itself tell what this "iron man" looks like? Or if I choose "Still Alive," the song does not depict GLaDOS or even say the gun is a portal gun. Or if I choose "Lux Aeterna," which has no words, can't I still get inspired by feelings? Like when I listen to Nami Tamaki (there's another thing, what if I choose j-rock?), I can tell she's happy in her singing. I certainly have no idea what she's singing though. I hope to see some actual inspiration from the wildest of places, and not an image from popular culture. Edit: I'm also annoyed that entrants are not saying what song their MOC is inspired from. Edit 2: I'm thinking for "Calamelldansen," you can MOC someone banging their head against a wall repeatedly. -CF Quote of the Day: I am so smart that sometimes I don’t understand a single word I am saying.
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To appease Aanchir. (To everyone else: yes, I know I'm 6 months behind the ball on this.) Though, honestly, you already know I'm going to complain about Piraka bodies on Toa (and backwards, at that), Piraka limbs on Toa, and 8 stud long limbs as arms. Not to mention the lack of melee weapons. Ok, Tahu has a shield, but no fire sword. Gali's mask is asymmetrical (I thought that should be reserved for Kopaka?), though I do like the thinner Toa Metru feet. Onua is probably my favorite (probably because of the Rahkshi legs in sliver, which we all know by now I love), the sheild is cool (again, though, a trait they should have given Kopaka), and Aanchir has a point about his bludgeoning Nyrah attachment, but he could use some sort of digging thing. But I like the Makuta. They're cool. I've given up on them looking like their old selves. We all know by now that Lego wouldn't do that. Tahu: No mouth hole. Gali: No air things. Onua: Not hunched? And it would have been nice to see their brighter colors: Red and blue, y'know? Of course, there is nothing to say about the heads and eye colors. I'm asking for Onua for Christmas. The chest piece, the limbs.... Again, though, that's for the pieces. Get who you want because they look cool if that's what you're into. I don't think there's anything to debate. We all know my thoughts on the matters mentioned above, and my nostalgia and whatnot. Hopefully soon I'll post my thoughts about next years sets, because those look promising. -CF Quote of the Day: “I’ve got a bad feeling about this.” -I'll cover all bases and say Harrison Ford
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Seranikaraira just sent me this letter in the post, dears. He said you'd understand it...personally, I cannot make it out at all. Something about Tower Vinegar, and his sky bread. Enjoy it anyway, dears. x So, we return for another shining look into the Bionicle world, with the Toa Ignika and his skyboard. To begin with, the shelf. When I was on my strictly-non-romantic-shopping-trip-date-(lest-Emma's-boyfriend-be-jealous), and we wandered through TRU, one of the first things I saw was the bright redness of Axalararararara* T9. The internal monologue that followed went something like: Seran: Ooh look! Shiny! Sam: Oh yes, it certainly does look very eye-catching. Seranikai: It's got loads of great parts for MOCing... Seran: Buys it! Get loads of red and sharp silver bits! Sam: No, it's far too expensive. Seran: Toa Lewa? His mask! LOOK AT HIS MASK! Seranikai: Quite useful for MOCing, you could- Sam: Bankrupt yourself? Seran: But we have loads of monies! Sam: Yes, to buy food and clothes and fineliners and PAY FOR UNI Seranikai: What about a giant red mecha dragon? Seran: OOOOH Sam: NO IT IS TOO EXPENSIVE Seranikai: Ok, how about getting a smaller set? Sam: Hmm Etcetera. We then tore ourselves away from the Axalararararararara T9 and found ourselves staring into the cold, chillingly venomous eyes of Krika. Emma chose this moment to say, "oh, I used to collect these, I've got loads," then stride over to Gorast and announce that "this one is nice." After scanning the multiple shelves for goodness knows how many seconds, tearing past stacks of Toa, volumes of Vultraz, mountains of Takanuva and whopping great towers of Matoran, I eventually found a lone Toa Ignika. Emma approved of his yellowness and awesome skateboard, btw. Then, to cut a long story short, I found myself home and peering at the box. Which does, rather tragically, bring us to The Box. The Box. It happens to be a cuboid structure cast in solid cardboard, rather like the Maxxie box of the review from so, so long ago. The box art shows a nice, vaguely bluish background, which sets in mind fog, mist, echoing screams in the dead of night, wild animals snarling from shadows, and Toa chasing Makuta on colourful vehicles. Vroom vroom. We can also see a nice pattern of teardrop thingies and hexagons, which give the box a nicely technical look. A few decaying stone structures are sort of dropped haphazardly around the edge, and one of the stalagtites holding a city thing (or is it a hotel and leisure centre? I'm not sure) lies in the background, blurred and oddly cool-looking. The Bionicle 2008 logo sits right at the top, adorned by the Phantoka stylised car-badge wings, both of them looking all hawt with their bevels and nice, brushed metal makeover. Toa Ignika's name, which happens to be Toa Ignika, is written underneath, in case you didn't notice. You won't be blamed for this - it is surprisingly small. You'd think that, after ridiculous amounts of time teasing us all with their gorgeous 3D Ignika in the various movies and things, when it came to finally releasing the mask in plastic they'd make quite a song and dance about it. In fact, they should've put all the Toa Ignika sets on golden pedestals, lit by giant neon lights, spelling out the word "Ignika" a million times in red, crimson, scarlet, vermillion, sunburst orange, and lime green. Then, as you approached said set, confetti would rain down from the heavens, fireworks tear the sky apart in swirls of silver and gold, waiters appear from behind the shelves carrying trays of expensive chocolate muffins, and a 100 strong choir would rise from the newly created mists, singing Closer to the Truth and praising the set designers for the beautiful piece of slightly silver coloured plastic that you would be about to purchase, if there wasn't a pedestal, neon lights, waiters, fireworks, and a whole choir between you and the actual set. As we know, the jaw-droppingly gorgeous 3D render of the Toa himself (mainly the mask, though) practically leaps out at you, hunched heroically over his vehicle, triumphantly firing his Midak, and causing horrendous air pollution throughout the whole of Karda Nui, what with the giant trail of burning yellow exhaust he leaves swooshing out all over the box behind him. Disgusting. Another cause of concern, though how anything could be worse than the Karda Nui Matoran choking to death on Ignika's exhaust fumes I don't know, is the way that the silver pieces sparkle and gleam. You don't need to be an expert on shiny things to know that, disappointingly, the silver isn't the delicious chrome on the box art, but rather a dull, slightly shiny grey. It hurts us Lego, it hurts. Also of note are the set number and age rating, plonked in the bottom left corner. Now, these beautiful pieces of typography happen to be outlined with a nice little black stroke, which helps make them stand out from the bluish background colour. Allowing our eyes to slide to the right, we find that the Bionicle.com shameless advertising doesn't have anything of the sort, and is instead left to merge painfully into the background, while one hundred Pahrak Va cry silently to themselves somewhere in shame. Probably. They do like good typography, you know. Around the other edges of the box, we can find the same sorts of words and images, but also a few lines of warnings and a rather nice barcode. One of my favourite barcodes, in fact. Just below the barcode for a tin of tomato soup in my Top Ten All Favourite Barcode List**. The back of the box contains a rather beautiful image of the Ignika, but it is breaking apart and surrounded by evil bat things. Or at least, they could be bats. They might merely be a herd of flying llamas, but I doubt this very much, such is the heart-breaking awfulness of reality. We also get to see a disembodied hand operating a Midak Skyblaster (note the old-style socket joint attached to the underside-the shame!) We can also find delightful illustrations of thumbs desecrating the boxy splendor of Ignika's packaging, but cruelly pushing the tabs in and allowing light to shine on the pieces once more...tragic. Oh, and something about another illustration of Iggy. It will be apparent to anyone with half a brain cell or more that his right shoulder armour is upside down...LEGO! Hire some better Art Monkeys, please! IT IS CUTTING INTO HIS FOREARM IN A PHYSICALLY IMPOSSIBLE WAY! And as if this heinous crime wasn't awful enough, the skyboard also happens to have its wing things attached BY THE WRONG HOLE OH THE DISASTER OF IT ALL. There are also some more adverts, or something. Inside, you will find: A few suffocatingly plastic bags filled with choking inducing pieces Glossy (well, not that glossy, but still) instructions Air Numerous microbes and probably a virus or two, or maybe even seven if you're lucky Some dust THE IGNIKA ITSELF INCARNATE IN PLASTIC FORM OMG HOW DELIGHTFULLY ECCENTRIC And a distinct lack of very little puppies***. Oh. Now then, after dumping the various pieces, dead skin cells, air molecules and microscopic organisms on the floor (or bed, if, like Seran, your floor was being used for other things) you may rip open the instructions and start building him. It seems that some lovely person at Lego had the wonderfully clever idea of putting together a few pictures of the set in various stages of completion, so that you can follow said instructions and actually build the set yourself. Isn't that a truly fantastic idea! Now then, after that insightful look into Seranikai's brain, we find ourselves critiquing the set from every angle. Hmm. It cannot escape notice that Ignika is Hewkii Mahri with less pointy bits, no chainy bits, better leg armour, a different shooty thing, and THE IGNIKA AS A MASK IN PLASTIC FORM (though it cannot be better than Hewkii's amazing stingray mask, so Ignika fails by default). As a mask though, the Ignika is rather splendid. It has a very swooshy, very slick, very painful-when-stepped-upon design. But we know this, because we've been drooling all over its curvaceous form in the online movies for the last, like, eternity. Basically, Toa Ignika is your generic Toa with massive limbs, thin body, awful armour on the back, and silly sharp shoulder spikes that look lovely but throw practicality straight out of the window. He is a Toa. You know what that means by now - you either love it or you hate it and want it to burn it with fire from the deepest, darkest pits of the earth's most horrid abyss. His colour scheme leaves a lot to be desired...predominantly a decent colour scheme. Yellow and black and silver sounds nice in theory, but this is Ignika. MAKE HIM SHINY CHROME OM NOM NOM please Lego. His skyboard is meh. On one hand, it is mainly Technic beams and gaps. On the other hand, it has a whole plethora of lovely pieces for MOCing, such as fairings, blades, new plus hole grey thingies...um...yes. Just those... In conclusion, Toa Ignika is the most awful set ever, for creating air pollution in a 2D piece of art, for not having a small puppy in the box, and for not announcing its existance in the most exciting way imaginable. -Seran *Seranikai knows how to start spelling it but isn't sure when to stop **Seranikai isn't actually that sad...he only has a top five list ***Or big puppies. Or even kittehs, or hamstairs, or bunnehs come to that.
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Last weekend, on fall break, I just had to stop by the Lego Store. (Actually, I had to, because I wanted to fill out an interest form for working there during the Christmas Season.) I was planning on picking up the Imperial Dropship (Storm Trooper Battle Pack), and also realized I should pick up the orc impulse set. Orc Impulse Set First off, it's still in the bag. Built. If I had a camera I'd show you all. It's nice. Small, just a tad expensive with the $3.50 price tag, but not bad considering what you get: -Wheels -Silver spears -Orc -Rat -helmet in gunmetal (and that cool sword) After building it, I sort of regretted not getting that helmet for probably 50 cents at BrickFair. But I didn't have a mouse and the orc himself is cool. I could probably live without the rest, considering I already had 12 swords from the Exo-Force Jungle Cutter. I think the only reason to get this would be the Orc. I'm not regretting the buy, but at this price I know where orcs are cheaper. (And when you go searching for such minifig online, it's really called a troll. Weird, huh? Perhaps gremlin, or goblin.) Ultimately, it depends on if you want it or how badly you want the fig and rat. While I said I "sort of" regretted getting it, I don't quite. It's cool. It has a flick-fire catapult missile. Plus you get to build it in the bag. Imperial Dropship A small set, it's brother would seem a likely choice over this. But, while those hats will come in handy if I ever get it, I really didn't have any Storm Trooper minifigs, and this kind of deal probably was not going to come again. Three figs, a shadow trooper, and various pieces for $10 is a deal in my book. On top of that, you get another cockpit visor/windshield thing, always helpful for spacers like myself. I don't have any of these (it comes with two), and I'm going to enjoy putting these stickers on a few flat, 2x2 circle tiles. What the set lacks in large amounts of pieces, it makes up in functionality. The swooshy ship drops down, you get to lift up the back, and drop off the back cargo load of stormtroopers. Or pick them up, close the hatch, and they don't fall out. This set is fun to play with, and that's coming from someone who almost immediately cannibalizes sets. If you're interested in this set, I recommend it. That concludes any Lego buying for myself I'll be doing for a while. I'm putting Takanuva on my Christmas list (and probably a few other sets), and my birthday is a month after. I can only hope my family (esp. brother) and friends get my hints. -CF Quote of the Day: I just want revenge. Is that so wrong?
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I was all excited to have a big Bionicle.com update to report today to the news. (It gets tiring just telling you guys that Takanuva updated his blog, etc.) Unlike this webcomic, which I find quite funny today, Bionicle.com seems to not immediately update at the stroke of midnight. (Neither do some Yahoo! comics, which I have bookmarked on my computer. I usually have to wait until 1 to read Pearls and Get Fuzzy, whereas Brewster Rocket comes up anew at 12:00 on the dot.) *Sigh* ~Fox Quote of the Day: Shotgun rule #22. If one of the potential occupants of the vehicle is dressed (convincingly) as a pirate then they are given automatic shotgun. In the event of more than one pirate being present, a sword fight shall determine the successful shotgunner. This is known as The Pirate Rule.
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Seran and Other Emma, at Toys R Us. Yes. Seran bought Toa Ignika, Emma bought Brawl, but still, she used to collect Bionicle sets. She liked Gorast. -Seran
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I have in front of me two trans-purple Bohrok eyes. Not good for much other than eyes right now (hordika, Bitil, etc), but once I get my hands on some more purple Bionicle/Slizer pieces, then I'll be in business with armor and accents and whatnot! (Hmm, maybe a staff head for now....) Also: Yellow Hau Two Mahri-Toran blades Hordika chest plate Four balls from Inika necks Silver Piraka foot Bley Metru waist Another Thok right arm and pair of leg armor Pair of Reidak leg armor Two grippy joints in black Two yellow new grilled 1x2 "cheese" slopes Four silver viking horns A few other things I can't describe Another Copper Huna While I haven't been building with my System Lego here at college yet, I really really have some great ideas for Bionicle, and can't wait to attack my collection during winter break. Especially with the weird Thok white pieces. I've got ideas now that I have enough to MOC with. ~Fox Quote of the Day: Don't make me angry, I am running out of places to hide bodies.
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A Most Welcome Change In 2009 + Required Reading For Fanficcers!
BCii posted a blog entry in blogs_blog_153
Here's the quote from the Official Greg Discussion: All righty! This is a good move, a smart and sensitive move, a NO EXCUSE NOT TO DO IT move from the story team. If they can't retcon, reboot, or upgrade the Matoran race, then I guess this is the next best thing. There's no telling how many fans have been wishing for the ridiculous idea of single-sex tribes, five male and one female, to be scrapped in favour of a more realistic world. Fan fiction writers in particular have every reason to celebrate this change. BULLETIN: REQUIRED READING FOR EVERY SERIOUS FANFICCER HERE! Thank you, LEGO! -BC -
...is purple Bohrok eyes. (Regardless of Lego's "no purple" rule.) -CF Quote of the Day: Errors have been made. Others will be blamed.
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It's true. Front page news says so! [insert Omi's You guys rule pic here.] -CF Quote of the Day: “Fine, I’ll take a [cafeteria] tray.” “This one is wet. And this one is wet. And this one is wet.... “What did you do, dry these in a rain forest?” -Eddie Izzard
