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For the first time ever (that I noticed), one of my two local grocery stores got Bionicle sets within a few months of their release. Maybe it seems like they got them quicker because I'm less interested. I dunno. I remember in 2004 waiting for them to come and they never did. Well, a few years ago I saw Vahki in there, but who knows when they got them. Their pricing, however, has not improved. Mistika for $18.99 One a side note, De-Matoran? "We are De-Matoran?" "Which kind of Matoran?" "De-Matoran." "Yes, I know you are Matoran, but what kind?" "De-Matoran." "There are more Matoran than you." "I know. There are Ga-Matoran. We are De-Matoran."
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Words I've Held Back For Too Long…
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I've just found I'm eligible for some Ussal Awards! (For having +2 Proto) (For having a Blog) (This one was free) (For making an entry about Ussals, which I just did) (I'm an Ussal Crab club member!) Ussals=Ownageness. -Nuju Metru
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WILL YOU MARRY ME ?
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I NEEDS THEM. I really want Hahli Mahri and Jaller Mahri, but neither Target nor S@H has them. Should I order all their parts off the replacement parts thin on S@H, with the "Lost a part" option selected, then just build them with the pieces? (I'm pretty sure you have to pay if that option is selected. Right? :/)
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-[semtember 24, 2008]- Well, I've decided to go back to my old font. I like it better. I'm so happy for all the votes on my Aqua Blade Blaster! Thanks to everyone who voted! I've got about 16 votes at the moment, and I'm glad that I'll probably make it throught the preliminary voting. One BZPower member, Dekarax, actually walked into my room while I was building the entry, and he was one of the first to vote me. I really like kcj600's entry, too. ------------------------- At our school, Wednesdays are half-days, so we get out at 12:30. I finished all my homework finally, after having to make up three days of work from being sick for five days. -------------- I'm testing this new sig pet I invented, called iRahi. You can see it if you click on the link in my sig. I hope this blog gets read a bit more. Everyone used to read it. It seems that the blogs that are read the most are the ones with pointless, random entries. I'm working on making a new signoff. ~Terakk
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Doesn't hold a candle to this. <3 Echoes make a song better. So I added some to Gravitan Gravity Hurtses. Didn't turn out quite right, though. :/ But this is still awesome. <3
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Is awesome. Even though I've ranted that over and over again. So go buy it now. BTW, I'm going to try and start reviewing again - but my schedule might kill a lot of chances. I'll start with the vehicles just because they're too much fun. ..Anybody here listen to Disturbed?
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Finally the voting has started for the Aqua Blade Blaster contest! Here's my entry: Vote for meeeeeeeee! ~Terakk
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… to convince my mom I am in dire need of Jetrax…
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Yeah, I did, and he rocks! The only bad thing is that the turret can't aim that far down, so you can't hit normal lego people. (I love terrorizing normal minifigs with the bionicles.) He has mata blue parts and two metru blue feet, and the matoran himself is basically a solek clone with a different mask. I also got pohatu at the same time, (Lol it took me forever to decide whether or not to get him.) and I love his spinny things. (Rotors, are they?) I was going to get the axalara but I decided to get them instead, although I don't know what made me do it...
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It looks cool, but I was wondering if anyone who built it here has anything to say about it, because I really don't want to tear apart my toa ignika to find out that it sucks. (I have all of the sets necessary) Also if it is good, I was wondering if anyone knows where some instructions to it might be? I've been looking around for them, and I know it was in a brickmaster issue, but there have to be some instructions to it somewhere right? So thank you, anyone who responds to my terrible blog, or who might help me find instructions.
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Answer these questions on what you think my new banner and avatar should look like: 1) What general colour should they each be based on? 2) What Bionicle character should they each be based on? 3) Should either of them have text and if so, what? 4) Any fancy effects that should be used? 5) Should I give up and get someone competent to make me one?
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My dad put different guitar parts together to make this cool electric guitar that looks like a Stratocaster. Some of them are actually Fender parts, and others mixed in. Then we printed out this decal Fender logo and stuck it on the headstock just for laughs. I'm thinking of painting it lime green and metru green. And yes, it's because of my favorite Bionicle colors. A few days I went into this river in the jungle and caught a vicious lizard which I named Fenrakk. It was actually a basilisk lizard (picture of the species): Link But this one was crazy, biting and scratching and attacking. ~Terakk
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Now, everybody hates the inika and piraka torsos. I'm just wondering why. They are revolutionary and can be customized so easily. And they actually fit well into mocs, and the only flaw I can think of is the fact that they come in a limited selection of colors. I know that we've been using them for a long time, but I just want to make a point that you shouldn't be complaining about something that brings such a wide variety of possibilities to the table. Sure, the atual sets are not creative, but if everybody loves mocs so muuch, just improve them in your own way. The torsos allow you to put different pieces on and make them fit with each other. For example, onua mistika.You can do so much with them that you really shouldn't just shun them now. Think before you complain.
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To make this story each line is a random page from the BS01 Wiki. This is something that happens when Kinali and Kohaku are bored. The great Toa hero Golden Kanohi went out on an adventure to save the citizens of Federation of Fear from the evil forces of Bomonga. Using his mask of Vuata Maca Tree he would awaken the Great Spirit Razor Whale's Teeth. On the way, he encountered another Toa, Giant Waterfall, and together defeated a Sanso with the power of Makika. They recovered the 6 ancient Ta-Matoran, guarded by the fierce BIONICLE Encyclopedia. The two then fused the artifacts into a Great Telescope, and used it to enter the Cathy Hapka. During the battle with the Bomonga, they combined their firepower into a Kewa and defeated the evil. The Volitak people thanked them for all they've done and reward them with a Battle for the Vahi. The great Toa hero _____ went out on an adventure to save the citizens of _____ from the evil forces of _____. Using his mask of _____ he would awaken the Great Spirit _____. On the way, he encountered another Toa, _____, and together defeated a _____ with the power of _____. They recovered the 6 ancient _____s, guarded by the fierce _____. The two then fused the artifacts into a _____, and used it to enter the _____. During the battle with the _____ (Villain you used above), they combined their firepower into a _____ and defeated the evil. The _____ people thanked them for all they've done and reward them with a _____.
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I bought the two ever-so-cuddly scorpions for $30.00. Shipping isn't determined yet, but I'll inform you guys. Sweet.
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Do you guys think I should scrap my Mistika for MOCing purposes? I barely use them, but am afraid If I take them apart, they'll be un-rebuildable because of the joint problem. I'm pretty conflicted. Opinions? -Nuju Metru
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Okay, so I have $30. I could buy a bunch of pieces from that one guy and build a few sets, and need no worries about WIPs for some time, or I could buy a good condition Nui-Jaga set. ... HALP D:
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We’re here to wreck your most important building.
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Now I don't know about you (or even who you are, but man you're ugly!), but I've had a problem with all the Newva since the first time I saw pics of the Phantoka. Don't get me wrong, I like the sets, but I really don't like how little resemblance they have to their original forms. I'm starting to see just how little sense that view makes. I recently named the Toa Metru as my favourite group of Toa, with the Toa Inika coming in third. Yet both these groups of sets are guilty of exactly the same 'crime' the Newva are, the Metru most of all. Who can honestly say the Metru have any resemblance to their Turaga forms? How much do the Inika represent the Matoran they once were on Mata Nui? Any resemblances tend to be forced upon them because people want to find them. I would guess these similarities are purely coincidental. Remember that sets come before story. Chances are, the sets were made before anyone gave them their story identities, in which case how can they bear similarities to their 'former appearances' when the set designers had no idea they were designing those characters? There was a small smattering of discontent about the Metru's dissimilarity, and a slightly larger one for the Inika, but nothing on the scale of what's hit the Newva. Why? We've known all those characters from 2001, yet it's only the Nuva people make a huge fuss about. I admit I did as well, but thinking about it a bit more logically the view seems to make little sense unless I also have a problem with the other sets. I mean, even the Mahri bore little real resemblance to their Inika forms. Every single one of them had a different colour scheme, which seems to be one of the primary considerations when searching for a resemblance. To be honest, I can understand it in this instance, given that the set style was more or less the same. It would be hard to create sets in the same style resembling each other without being too similar. Now in terms of storyline, the Nuva's appearance is the most understandable. Both the Metru and the Inika had their forms changed, essentially shrinking from Toa size to Turaga size and Matoran size to Toa size, respectively. The Nuva on the other hand received completely new armour, masks and weapons and it's the armour that dictates their appearance. Of course they'd look different! Physically, at least for the most part, they are not the same Toa, so why would they look the same? I'd also like to add that the Nuva's 'transformation' is my favourite one to date. Why? Because technically, it isn't a transformation. They've been re-outfitted with new equipment which for a few years has seemed to me an obvious way to release the same Toa without transforming them and is far simpler than coming up with yet another mutagenic substance conveniently placed for the Toa to fall into or whatever they do to get themselves effected by it. I could start rambling about half a dozen different ideas right now as an offshoot of my main point, but I'm not going to. I'm going to stop. To summarise my main point: don't eat fish. And would whatever spell checker that has latched itself onto Firefox please stop giving me the American spellings of words? I am British, not American!
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Yes, yes It has been forever since I wrote my Article Mistika I...why do you ask? Oh, you say I'm due in for another article? Especially as everyone already has the Mistika thus rendering my thoughts null and void? You also say you're just a voice in my head and I'm talking out loud? Poop. Now then. Mistika II - Phantoka You see, you can't discuss the Mistika without discussing their predecessors--in this case the Phantoka. Just as it's difficult to discuss the Nuva without the Mata, or the Kal without the original character. The first iteration of something will inevitably be compared to the second, third, fourth, etc. Now in order to clarify, had the Phantoka and Mistika been released seperately, we would not see this--but as they have been clearly divided--well, the comparisons will be made regardless. AND NOW ON WITH THE SHOW. When we last left our article the intrepid hero (IE: ME) had just discovered that the Toa Nuva would be re-released in set form. Naturally as I said before most old farts like myself were squeeing in joy. And then came that other nasty side-effect of joy. Disbelief. Y'see, we've been around long enough--we saw what happened with the Matoran > Inika Transformation--heck, we even knew what happened with the Inika > Mahri transformation. And while the fandom was primarily happy with them, there were those voices of dissent asking "Hey, would a little resemblance hurt?" And so it was that doubt began to creep into our hopeful mindset. Lost was the vision of the Toa Nuva restored, modified Nuva masks on their faces and new poseability technology giving the Toa Nuva the flexibility we always desired--now we saw visions of Mahri/Inika clones with bizarre masks. (Or at least I did. I know there was a sentiment of doubt that seeped through the fandom as well) So while most were actively looking forward to the Nuva, the fandom again began to experience dissent, with some people actively nervous about the Nuva--or some simply not caring and not believing that TLC could pull it off (That'd be me folks =B ) And then the first images of the Phantoka came out: What were the reactions? Near-universally positive from the majority of the Fandom. Most people were genuinely pleased with them--however on my side, the side of the "Old guard" shall we call it, most people were actively displeased. And I was certainly among them. Upon my first viewing of the Phantoka I was quite displeased, and remain so to this day--however saying such a thing is pointless without reasoning. Please allow me. The Toa Mata to Toa Nuva transformation was something that while not reviled was also something that had the fandom up in arms for a while (Mainly due to those godawful masks). But in the end it was almost universally accepted that the Toa Nuva could easily be recognized as their progenitors and the matter was dropped. The Phantoka do not have this. They may be wonderful sets full of many interesting pieces but they do not have the most important thing in the minds of people like me. They do not resemble their characters enough. Let's go over the changes, shall we? Lewa Nuva First and foremost one of my favourite colours has been stricken from the records. Gone is Lewa's wonderful vibrant green--instead he now has Lime all over. Now I do not dislike Lime, in fact I find it a wonderful complimentary colour--but with that much lime and no contrasting or complimenting colour (Just a neutral grey) he ended up looking washed out. The Mask has clearly changed--but we'll get to that in Mistika IIII - Kanohi However one needs only look at him to see the difference. Jet engines for a Toa of Air? Most things didn't bother me. In fact the Jet engines whilst confusing are hardly a deal breaker, even his sword (singular) wasn't that upsetting. What was most curious, though, was the absolute change. Pull out your Lewa Nuva original (If you have him) Thick lower legs and standard arms. Were I to attempt to reproduce this in set form I would say something like Inika Legs for legs and Metru legs as arms--instead we see that this has gone directly inverse. Now he has massively powerful and bulky arms--with skinny (And I do mean skinny) legs. It's simply bizarre. However one of the interesting things about the Toa Nuva was their armor. The first sets to have such a thing--before the silver influx became nearly unbearable. Naturally this has vanished without a trace. However I will not deny that the sword is very cool, and even somewhat reminiscent of his original Air Katana. Which is more than can be said about Lewa to Lewa Nuva. Pohatu Nuva We've already heard enough about the Orange/Yellow/Brown debate. It's getting rather old--however I will say that as a member of the Old Guard Pohatu--and Brown, were always my favourite. It was quite a dissapointment to see this colour dissapear. However unlike Lewa the bright orange does contrast nicely against the grey and thus I have no complaints in that regard. Again, however, look at the the proportions: Pohatu and Pohatu Nuva both had shorter arms and longer legs (Nuva had thicker legs as well). However they also had an inverse body, meaning slimmer shoulders than the other Toa! Pohatu Phantoka turned that on its head, keeping the thick legs--but then giving him massively lanky arms, and a hugely broad chest with no hips to speak of. How does this guy run? But once again there is no hint of armor on him. Thus erasing the 'nuva' from the equation (in my eyes, at least) I will say good on the designers for keeping the claws around in one form or another, though. (Again, the mask will be hit upon in Mistika IIII - Kanohi) Kopaka Nuva The colours have stayed the same and we all breathe a sigh of relief. However the bizarre inclusion of gunmetal is just a headscratcher. Why why why? Proportions wise I have little to complain about in regards to Kopaka, he is the best out of all of them in this regard. The wings I won't take into account as this is meant to show what differs them from the Nuva--and frankly you could slap that same pair of wings onto Kopaka Nuva and there'd be a neglible difference. Are they what I would give Kopaka for a means of flight? No, but that's not the point here. The biggest complaint with Kopaka is oddly enough something that they had some success with both Lewa and Pohatu on. Weapon recognition. While both Kopaka and Tahu always wielded a sword people could always recognize Kopaka because not only did he have a shield--his sword was different. Especially in nuva form, a dual-bladed STAFF of a blade. It was a glorious weapon. So how then do Lewa and Pohatu Phantoka end up with weapons resembling their Nuva forms, and Kopaka winds up with a butterknife? I'm sorry, it's a butterknife. So let us add up the similarities and differences, shall we? Lewa Similar: Lime green. Sword Different: Grey. Proportions. Well that doesn't sound so bad, now does it? This is of course not factoring in the mask, nor the main sticking point the NON-Old guard have about the Phantoka. More on that later. Pohatu Similar: Claws. Different: Grey. Proportions. I suppose I can offer Pohatu a slight bonus here in that his feet are vaguely reminiscent of Toa Mata feet with attachments. However this still fails to take into account the mask or the main sticking point. Kopaka Similar: White. Proportions. Different: Weapon. Grey. So for the most part they all seem about equal, or at least the similarities seem to be equal to the differences, right? Not exactly. The simple fact of the matter is that many of those similarities are also common amongst other things. For example Toa Nuju has similar proportions to Kopaka Phantoka (Minus the stubby arms) he's also white and grey, and the mask looks similar to boot! See the problem the old guard has? These sets have taken heroes that we recognized instantly--even in their first transformation (Minus those uncoloured, unfinished prototypes. Whoo boy) and has made them recognisable as other characters. Now while some may take this as a homage, it's clearly not meant to be. As for the Non-old guard? The number one complaint from this group is the fact that the Phantoka are basically Inika/Mahri with new masks and weapons. That's it. BUT hope was yet on the Horizon! We had seen that LEGO was okay at making Villains with the Phantoka Makuta. Perhaps the Toa Mistika would redeem our faith in TLC? Once again we dared to hope...but still looked to the future with skeptical eyes. Coming soon: Mistika III - Mistika
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I have Krika, Gali, and Onua. Out of the remaining three, who do you think I should get? Please, give reasons. -Nuju Metru
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Here is an awesome song: Dire Straits' Brothers in Arms. It reminds me of Mazeka and Vultraz, for more reasons than the title. Decide for yourself... These mist covered mountains Are a home now for me But my home is the lowlands And always will be Some day you'll return to Your valleys and your farms And you'll no longer burn To be brothers in arms Through these fields of destruction Baptisms of fire I've witnessed your suffering As the battles raged higher And though they did hurt me so bad In the fear and alarm You did not desert me My brothers in arms There are so many different worlds So many differents suns And we have just one world But we live in different ones Now the sun's gone to heck (It's actually the other one ) And the moon's riding high Let me bid you farewell Every man has to die But it's written in the starlight And every line in your palm We're fools to make war On our brothers in arms Pretty epic, eh? -Nuju Metru
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Well I must apologise for lack of living. Once again I was surfing along happily before the eldritch tentacle of real life clamped down and dragged me beneath the surface. But once again I've managed to escape that hideous unnameable thing, so with luck I will---do stuff? Really, my presence online is going to be decreasing because real life is consuming my very soul, however I felt it was time to put forth an initiative that I've been thinking about for a while. You see, one of the reasons I haven't been active online for such a long time is because I've been planning with my top secret group. Planning for what? Why, my own version of the BIONICLE storyline of course! Currently the plans are running from 2001 to 2012--but really that's just the beginning. However I figured that it's way too much fun to keep to myself, so with that said let's get to the main point of this entry... UPDATED: Addendum added Two armies faced each other across a trench, both resplendant in brilliant reds and firey oranges--on one side was the native people of the island of Mata-Nui; arrayed in front of the village-fortress of Ta-koro they nervously clutched their spears, perfectly aware that this day could very well be their last--and the end of Mata-Nui as they knew it. On the other was the fearsome invaders, covered in gleaming armor their numbers seemed to stretch on into infinity--while they had thus far made no attempt to harm the villagers, they sought the destruction of the very island. A Lone Tahnok-Va stepped forward, his crescent-shaped head aflame and his claws clutched tightly around a fire staff, rallying the rest of the Va around him he bravely charged forward...forward into the army of Toa that had them surrounded... A bad example maybe, but that's a small example of what BIONICLE:Imagine is all about. BIONICLE:Imagine is all about challenging yourself, about stepping beyond the creative boundries of the BIONICLE storyline as a whole and creating something new within it. It's about stretching your imagination to the very limit and enjoying BIONICLE to its fullest. BIONICLE:Imagine is a very simple concept, and with all simple concepts there are simple rules--there are only two here. Rule the First: BIONICLE:Imagine will accept only one-shot short stories. There will be no story threads permitted. There cannot be a sequal, prequal, or ongoing story--however you can re-use characters. Original characters are permitted, but keep in mind this is still BIONICLE, not a complete remake. Rule the Second: BIONICLE:Imagine is all about challenging ourselves to step beyond the creative boundries of the canon storyline--for that reason each short story written for BIONICLE:Imagine must be a "What If?" Story. This can be as large or as small as you want, for example the one above would be "What if the Bohrok were the original inhabitants of Mata-Nui and the Toa the invaders?" Some other "What If?" suggestions are: "What if Makuta didn't exist?" "What if Kapura never joined the Chronicler's company?" "What if Takanuva wasn't Takua?" ADDENDUM: What If's can be re-used and used multiple times, as nobody will write the exact same story. For example a "What if Kopaka got Krana'ed?" story is so generic and can go in so many different directions that it would be unfair to limit it to one person. However I reserve the right to reverse this if I find it's getting out of hand Some of these I've already used, but the idea is just to Re-imagine key (or not-so-key, it's up to you!) events in BIONICLE, to take a brief glimpse into another world. This will be an ongoing initiative with every story written for BIONICLE:Imagine going into a new content block in my blog--and later depending on the popularity we may introduce challenges and such. For those of who wish to show support for this, here's a banner. And the code... [url="http://www.bzpower.com/forum/index.php?automodule=blog&blogid=137&showentry=32905"][img=http://www.majhost.com/gallery/Janus/RandomJanusCorner/bionicleimagine_banner.jpg][/url] Have fun writing! Sincerely, Janus
