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I'm out of my debt, so I set my eyes on some desperately wanted parts. Here's what they are. Black Ball Joints x 50 Lime Green Lewa Mata Axe Arm x 1 Blue Pakari Mask x 1 Dark Blue Tohunga Foot x 2 Dark Flesh Colored Ball Socket x 5 Green Bohrok Rubber Band x 20 (lost most of mine) Lime Green Rau x 1 Medium Blue Ball Socket x 1 Metallic Gold Miru x 1 Metallic Gold Pakari x 1 Pearl Gray Kakama x 1 Pearl Gray Miru x 1 Purple Ball Socket x 35 Yellow Ball Socket x 25 That's all I really needed. The total, excluding shipping was 22.36. Plus shipping would be $30.00 max. Is this a reasonable deal, or am I getting slightly ripped? Let me here it from you guys.
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I think it would be realy awesome if they make a new BIONICLE game that follows the story, but is an exclusive source of a certain chapter in the story. Maybe like a story serial, but in game form. I would also prefer better game play, like being able to choose different elemental attacks and also being able to use melee attacks, as well as blasts. A different 3rd person style would be better, too. Possibly one similar to Assassin's Creed. And motion. That's what I didn't like about BIONICLE Heroes was the motion. I like games where you can jump, sprint, walk, strafe, crouch, dodge, and move the camera by itself. Voice acting would be a really cool addition, and being able to interact with other characters and the environment. A multi-player otion would be good, too.
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I'm sure I've got it figured out now: OMG ITS MATA NUI!!!!!!!!!! ~Terakk
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Tis my Blaster Blade Didn't feel like making a topic. Gallery Like it? Hate it? Post it here.
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Well, today I started working on a self-MOC, Terakk, I think it looks awesome. I might need to borrow a few pieces from Dekarax tomorrow that I need to finish the MOC. When I'm finished, I'll put it up for all to see! The model is right now looking like a mix of Lessovik, Lewa Phantoka, and Tanma. No school Friday! ~Terakk
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You know, Bunda, you sounded an awful lot like Darth Vader (from Star Wars, not the Bloggie) in your reply when you said "Accepted." *** So yeah, my late entry got accepted. Huzzah. Now I can look forward to being eaten with my rushed MOC, which has a few colour issues. It's not too bad, though. - EDIT: I just realized I had two "Categories" blocks at the bottom of the page. Strange.
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I see no reason to hate blue pins and red axles. I find their bright colors to be very useful when trying to find them in large piles of pieces. For example, normally it is hard to tell the difference between a short pin ( 0|0 ), a 2 axle ( +|+ ) and a pin/axle ( +|0 ) just at a glance, and I often will pick up, say, an axle when looking for a pin, or vice-versa. But now, with the blue pin/axles and red 2 axles, it is much easier. Also, the "high-friction" pin/axles and long pins are blue (black for short pins), as opposed to the tan (grey) "low-friction" ones. And if you, the reader, find it unnecessary, keep in mind that Bionicle sets are aimed for young children, who may find it very helpful.
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I'm working on a Bionicle comic style version of Takanuva's Blog, with all the illustrations and everything. The new Mistika video is awesome! ~Terakk
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AWESOMENESS! Da new video tis awesome.
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So I was scrounging around in my dad's truck for his gloves this morning that he told me to get. Then I finally looked under my seat, and behold, a big box with yellow text and a special edition 'badge' on it. He told me that it was originally for my party, but he didn't really want to wait another week to give it to me so he just gave it to me now. After about 45 minutes of building, the finished product looked splendid. Mazeka looked a little odd with the blue rods on his hands and feet, and the turret looked kind of cluttered with all the different colored pieces, but other than those things it was perfect. The 'turret' mounted on top was cool and swiveled around anywhere that I wanted it too. I also found out that the legs acted like one of those claws in those scamming toy-machines, and could grab onto things, including Vultraz's skyfighter. So you guys want me to write a review? I have time to kill. A lot, actually. Since I'm homeschooled, I don't start school back up until like the 8th or something. Woohoo. Also, yes, I thank my parents for everything they buy me. Don't go off thinking I'm some greedy punk.
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Well, I finally got to play the new Mistika Game, and I think it's great. I thought it was a racing game with the vehicles, though. They made a mistake in it-- they referred to Gorast as male. I hope in the final version they add more levels. There's nothing really interesting going on in BZP these days. No one reads my blog anymore. ~Terakk
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Nuju Metru and I are having a debate about the Mistika. He wanted someone to convince him to like the Mistika more and I decided to help him out. CAUTION -- This is pretty long and this is only part one of our debate, but I hope you guys find this enlightening. Shadowbolt- Thanks for taking on the Challenge. You'd like me to list my reasons to dislike the Mistika? I pretty much only dislike them as sets, so there will only be one story-related point. NOTE: this is an excruciatingly long PM, and everything below is my opinion, not fact. Okay, here goes... TOA 1) The Toa Mistika use far too much silver. Silver was origionaly used with the first Nuva, in 2002, and was used in sparse, but well-distributed amounts. Since then, this metalic hue has become more and more dominant, and peices that don't really need silver (Organic wings, hands, etc.) are silver anyways. I understand that silver is an "armor color," but considering all Biomechanical beings have armor, and haven't been solidly silver, the Toa Newva's use of the color is abusive. It looks as though they have fallen into Protodermis again! 2) Related to the above point, the Toa don't have enough of their primary colors, red, blue, and black. If silver is to be considered their primary color, than my first argument covers that. As I assume it isn't the case, these three heroes need to be more colorful, unless Lego's point was to make beings less alive than mechanical. 3) Gali is a Sniper. Although ranged arms are a more effective method of combat (otherwise, soldiers would go into battle nowadays with swords and axes!), It doesn't seem at all like honorable Gali to pick off her enemies from afar. After all, when one pictures "honorable," (if romanticized) fighting, oftentimes a fencing match, or tournament, is pictured. And you may argue that we've had launcher-only Toa in the past, like Vakama and Kopaka Newva, but with Gali, the idea has exausted itself; it is no longer original. 4) Onua apears to be anorexic. His pathetically thin build is nothing like the healthy-looking Toa of stone of the past. It seems he NEEDS the mask of strenght to carry out such menial tasks as walking! With barely any armor, save for those obnoxious shoulder shields, he is basically scarcely there appendages. On the topic of his shields, many argue that these shoulderpads make up for his lack of hand-to-hand tool. A sheild is NOT a melee weapon, it is a mobile peice of armor, nothing more. 5) Tahu is far too large. His behemoth form harks to Transformers, and retro-style '50s robots. Even though Tahu has 4 jets, it seems his girth could only be supported by one of the T-series vehicles! And his mask seems to have been some prototype gone wrong, due to its bulky, sparsely featured face. The only highlight is the fact that he has a short-ranged weapon, a buzzsaw. 6) These Heroes look nothing like their original counterparts. I have barely any problem with this: did the Inika at all resemble the Mahri, or the Metru look like the Hordika? No. My main problem with this is the excuse: adaptive armor. The fact that Lego is condoning the various faults above with armor that changes is unimaginative, and makes little sense, in my opinion. MAKUTA 1) The three latest additions to the Brotherhood of Makuta look like MOCs of a five-year old. With tiny, basic torsos, matoran limbs, and big, simple parts, Bitil, Gorast and Krika seem like Juniorized canister sets. Their bright, contrasting colors of red, white, lime green and yellow (not keetorange, but yellow) add to this aura. 2) Krika is a body on sticks. Everything from his legs to his hands to his head are long and thin, resultuing in a disproportioned look. Krika is the largest canister set ever, but for all his size, he has very little volume. 3) Bitil and Gorast have Matoran Bodies. These peices were over-large on their first sets, the Kardatoran, but on canister-level sets, a Matoran's torso will not do. Its simplicity and inadequate size are not appropriate for these two Makuta. As you can see, the Makuta are less disliked by me, but their shorter arguments may have also resulted in me becoming more tired as this was wrote. PM back soon with your reasons! -Nuju Metru Okay, and I look forward to reading your post. Also, I'll be using some storyline reasons too. TOA 1. Well, the Mistika a lot of silver, I won't argue with that, but silver has always been used before as armor in relatively small amounts. In the Mistika's case, they're used as one of the primary colors and since that's never happened before, many people aren't used to it. Also, I could argue that Nuparu Mahri used too much black or that Vakama Metru used too much red, etc... 2. You're right, they don't have a lot of their primary colors but they have enough ( IMO ). Just a question, does the overall appearance look good to you (Toa Nuva or not)? I think what Lego wanted to do with the whole "adapted armor" thing is that this year (or whenever it is in effect), it's main color is gray/silver with a color of the Toa wearing it is used in small amounts. 3. Using your logic, we could say that melee weapons have been used over and over and therefore, they are unoriginal. Like you said, it is much more effective for a Toa to carry a launcher for obvious reasons and remember this. Makuta are physically stronger than Toa so I don't know why the average Toa would want to have a sword duel. 4. Onua has always been thin and "anorexic". Also, if you buy Onua, in some poses, he'll look very strong and sturdy while in others, he'll look skinny and weak. Depends on how you look at him. He could use some more upper limb armor and that's what I intend to do in my Mistika modifications. I'm sure you've never seen a movie with medevial or ancient combat in it. You CAN use a shield as a melee weapon. Hit them with it and in Onua's case, when Gorast (for example) flys at him, Onua can turn his shield at her and put all his force behind it. You're going to have a knocked out Gorast soon... 5. Can you explain what you mean about Tahu being too big? I'm afraid I don't understand what you mean. However, Tahu's new mask does have the shape of his original Hau. Also, the Hau Nuva didn't have any similarities to the normal Hau, except for the mouth hole. 6. Look, you say it is unimaginative? I've never heard any storyline use automatic armor that changes to the environment before. You could say that the Mutagen was unoriginal because it was too similar to the EP turning the Mata to the Nuva. MAKUTA First of all, let me say this. The Mistuka are shapeshifted and mutated to insect forms and please keep in mind of what insects look like. Many of them are "disproportionate" in nature... Also, I suggest you look up the building instructions on Bionicle.com for the Mistika. 1. Y'know, Bitil is the most simple of the Mistuka torso wise, but he has a few little neat things in his build which I like. The other two are a little more complex and Gorast is probably the most interesting of the three torso-wise. IMO 2. He's an stick insect. 'Nuff said. 3. Only Bitil does and he's an insect. Gorast has a bigger Inika torso. Why isn't a Matoran torso "appropriate" for a Makuta? That idea has never been done before. Sincerely, ~SB~ TOA 1) You have a good point, but I think it looks far too mechanical. As a primary color, however, that hue may be used in places where it isn't needed. As for Nuparu Mahri, he had too much black, but Vakama looked good, and he and the other Metru had dark gray in there to break it up. 2) Hmmm...that's possible. I think that with the dark grey, however, it was better, as it seemed less...forced. I dunno, but the overuse of silver makes it seem like they weren't trying too hard on these Toa. "Let's add some shiny colors to cover up our below-acceptable work" Is the feel I get, even though it may not be strictly true. 3) Well, guns make the whole thing feel like some Transformers duel, with a Bang-bang here and a Boom-Boom there, if you get my logic. And hand weapons are vastly more numerous in their differences, allowing for many types of sword, axe, and claw. To me, a gun is a gun, be it an Uzi pistol or a Sniper rifle. 4) Well, a claw-weilding hunch-backed tunneler seems to have to be pretty strong. I think the poses do have a lot to do with it, too; with Takadox, if you see him straight-on, he looks like a stick on legs. pose him dramatically, or from an angle, and this flaw is covered. I have seen many a fantasy/medeival movie fight! They use shields as melee weaponry, but everything about that combat is romantacized. Also, Onua's is attached to his shoulder, and is merely a block for incoming projectiles as he fires, considering he fires to his left, and it is on his left shoulder. 5) Tahu has a squat, wide piraka torso, 4 jutting jets coming out of his torso at 45 degree angles, short legs and long arms. All this gives the Toa of Fire a bulky appeearance, compared to the others. True, the origional Hau Nuva lookde very little like the first Hau, but the Newva mask simply doesn't strike my fancy, regardless of its previous forms. 6) I think that being able to change based on your enviroment is origional, but the fact that Lego uses it to excuse every change makes no sense. I don't think masks can chande shape by any mechanicalprocess; the Kanohi Nuva were "upgraded" by Energized Proto, the Metru's masks were changed by organic Visorak venom, and the Mahri got new masks all together. Realistically, the Mistoa should have masks that are the same, if not similar, to their first ones. MAKUTA I've looked at their instructions. But considering they used to have humanoid forms, they should look more proportioned than they do now. 1) They are overall simpler than the Toa Mistika, and their colors, as I said before, look juniorized. They all have their unique traits, of course, but those don't really make up for the matoran limbs on 2 miskuta, and a matoran body on Bitil. 2) Maybe, but I doubt a stick insect could really defeat anything... 3) Sorry, my mistake. Only Bitil has one. Gorast's body is unique, but a backwards Inika torso looks rather flat, in my opinion. -Nuju Metru I hope you enjoyed this and please feel free to comment on anything you find interesting here and part two will be coming up in a few days. ~SB~
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I've Found The Origin Of The Codrex!
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Mata-Nui is not the Matoran Universe because...
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I hate updating my Blog with new fonts and such. HATE IT. In other news, my actual birthday PARTY with most of my buds is happening tomorrow, because it took so long to find a date where everybody could come. So I'll go set up some stuff, we'll go grocery shopping today, work on the backyard, etc. I'm also having half a mind about selling the rest of those piles I bought because they're being an extreme nuisance, taking up space in my closet. I also need to finish the Toa Mangai collection I'm doing, which is proving to be burdensome to my schedule, and ALSO finding a shelf for all my MOCs. They can't be kept on my bookshelf because that's too crowded, etc, etc. My 07 Playsets need to be redone AGAIN, because I tore the flying white mantis apart, tore the stinger whale in two (>.<) and everything else is missing pieces. Then there's the whole collection of WIPs in my closet including a torn apart Hahli Mahri because I don't have all of her pieces, an amateur looking Helryx with a mace, a custom made mask I'm no telling you guys about, some Bionicles I owe my friend for letting me borrow, and half of Krekka. Did I mention I'm struggling with the Toa Mangai, too? The Toa of Earth's sword is too weird looking, and I don't have an extra blue torso for that water Toa that was the test subject for the Nihu Motara Energy Siphon. My room is also a mess, which is a terrible sign for somebody as clean as me. I also have to redo my bed completely because I was like having nightmares of something last night, and the sheets are everywhere and my pillows are switched.. PERFECTIONISM SUCKS
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Well, after a while, I've gathered a bunch of MOCing tips, after years of experience: • Use a good color scheme. This means if possible, avoid more than 3 main colors in your MOC, and make it so that the colors go together, like red and orange, or blue and yellow. Try to avoid color schemes that don't go well together. • Try to keep a certain flow to your MOC. Try not to have pieces sticking out every where that make it seem off balance. Avoid gaping holes and huge cracks that disrupt the flow. • Making your MOC huge does not necessarily make it good. You can have a Moc as small as a Fikou and it could be incredible. The best MOC I ever made was a 2-inch long perfect model of a Ferarri racer. I also have made some really cool small Rahi. • Try not to use too many pieces. The fewer pieces you use, the more it adds to the flow of the MOC. Only sometimes, depending on what you are building. • Give your MOC good proportions. Give it a good sized limbs and head in relation to it's body size (unless you are trying to do the oppsosite). That's all for now, I might add another blog entry later today, when something interesting happens to me. I might go off into the jungle to see if I can catch a crocodile. That's right, yes, I live in Panama, so I do go into the jungle to find them in the river near the swamp. I try to stay clear of the swamp, I don't want to know what's in it. It looks nasty. ~Terakk Keep on rating my blog! I don't know how to get the blog approval things. Meh.
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"America has had great parties" ~ Alexis de Tocqueville, Democracy in America That quote has nothing at all to do with the rest of this entry. So, apparently I have the Senior Staff title now... I had completely forgotten that was coming up, probably because I still feel like one of the newer STs (STs FOREVER!) for some odd reason. It's sort of weird to think that of the current Support Team (you should know I'm nostalgic by now), only three people have been on it longer than Rayg and me. And Tok and Redeemer, too, but I haven't seen them in ages. Because Kex and Sméag deserted us and ran off to join the circus mods. It means I've been staff for three years now. That seems like an awfully long time. To say nothing of having been on BZP for five. (Now just you watch, one of those older folks is going to come around and wallop me. Prolly HH or Tufi or someone.) Also, I am extremely envious of those people converging upon Washington, D.C. for Brickfair right about now. I want to beeee theeeerre... next year I do intend to come, if I have anything to say about it. ~ ToM
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In the past two days I have acquired two things that make me very happy. The first was Takanuva, who I bought at Target yesterday. (Incidentally, while there I fell in love with Rockoh and Gali Mistika. The former is really cool in person, the latter a great set, but still not Gali-like.) First impressions are that his build is amazing. -Never- have I seen anything so at once intricate and solid and in the end good-looking on a titan set. I seriously enjoyed building him and spent at least half an hour, maybe 45 minutes, working on him. And he has wonderful pieces. So many Technic beams and connectors. They make him just so solid and sturdy, but also flexible, because his joints are strengthened and in the process made more realistic. His mask is huge. His chest is flat. White Inika feet are amazing (remember, I don't have Kopaka). So are the white short double-sockets (I don't have Pridak either). Lewa's sword is better than I had thought it would be. And he is just so much fun to build, and to look at and play with. But. But but but. The red axles and blue pins are the absolute bane of his existence. NEVER have I seen a set where they looked so awful, because the red stands out so glaringly against the white. The blue would be okay alone – it's only one color, and not an obtrusive one at that. But red and blue together give him weird spots of color all over him. But he's still awesome, those aside. Second. I now have an orange Vahi. At long last – I missed getting one in 2002, have been wanting one ever since then. And now I finally found one, bought it, and now it is mine. It looks better in orange than in gold, I think, and it looks downright awesome on Tahu Nuva. And I got it for only $3.45. ^^ Only two rare masks left for me to find, not counting misprints (much though I want them)... ~ ToM
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I need some mooooooooneeeeeeeey Just two awesome ebay auctions, the Mata and Nuva each for 13$ plus shipping, but the guy says he'll combine shipping. . . but I'm broke! NO!
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Yesterday I submitted my entry for the Aqua Blade Blaster contest! ~Terakk Why does no one ever rate my blog?
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:: :: I've been wanting to do this for many years, to build Onua entirely using black pieces (well, except for his eyes), and now I've finally gotten the last gear I needed. He looks quite awesome like this, if I may say so myself. :: :: The one on the left is actually the best picture, though the thumbnail doesn't look it. My camera has trouble focusing sometimes, and that one turned out the best... and there's a whole gallery if you want to explore a little more. I had originally planned to do this just against a standard white background, but I think this looks so much cooler. I went outside earlier and discovered how nice and cool a day it was, and I hadn't taken any MOC pictures outside in a long while... ~ ToM
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2001 Takua looks small versus 2003 Takua who looks small versus Takanuva who looks small versus 2008 Takanuva. *strange reminiscent brainthrob*
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The trip was good, yada yada yada. I got to ride the four wheeler everywhere, the reunion was good, everything was fine. Just one thing really TICKED ME OFF. The Boxor. I want to tear my face off right now. If you didn't know, I had asked my Grandma if she could bid on it for me since I didn't have an eBay account. So of course, since she didn't know, she ordered me the alternate model. You're thinking - 'Oh yeah, but still, you built it because he included the pieces for the real model.' Guess again. The guy shipped her ONLY the alternate model, and even that was missing pieces. I am extremely dissapointed and infuriated because my Grandma was jipped, and I was jipped. She ended up paying for it herself because she wanted to, so there went $20 down the toilet. GRRRRRRRRRR My one chance to get a Boxor, and he ships me the alternate model that looks like he made it out of parts of his bin. I don't have the heart to tell my Grandma I'm extremely dissapointed, because it would seem like I'm too picky and didn't appreciate her hard work. My parents aren't wanting me to get money back though, so it sucks for me. So here's to that seller, who is either a major idi()t, or just some worthless bum who jipped us. I really want to smash my head through the wall right now..
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Our debate is finished... True. I've been thinking about getting some, and actually, I have $55 dollars. It's hard not to jump on the Mistika-bandwagon (all the hype, media, and in-depth reveiws), and, as you said, I've got nothing to lose. I'd probably get the 2 most MOCable ones, in case I don't like them. Do you think I should? 1) Variety is plentiful enough for me. Why else? 2) Opinional again. Point discontinued. -Nuju Metru Yeah, you should get a few. If I may suggest, I'd choose your two least favorite ones and then you can see for yourself what they are really like... If you like them, I'd be shocked if you didn't like the others very much overall. 1. I don't understand your second sentence. ~SB~ That'd be Krika and one of the Toa. I may have to do "eeny, meeny, miney, mo..." 1) I meant why else is Gorast good? -Nuju Metru That's brutal man... Dang! BTW, no response from Kex. I'll resend it. 1. Decent color scheme, MOCing pieces, and the first canister set with four arms.... ~SB~ Shadowbolt, Guess what- Today, I bought two Mistika! I got Krika and Gali, the toa who I hold the least against. I'm a mixed bag on them. The Nynrah Ghost blaster works well, but they have no other features (excluding the Matoran team-up). Krika has a forbidding, wraith-like demeanor, but he is wafer-thin. Gali looks good with all the silver, but that color sometimes seems overwhelming. Basically, it's a love-hate relationship. 1) Dude, what have I told you about me and MOCing? I like to do it, but won't buy a set simply for MOCing potential. Four arms is a good thing, however... Hopefully, Kex will soon approve our debate. I'm glad the debate is reaching it's close; I don't think I could hate the Mistika as much as I once did! -Nuju Metru Kex approved it... So, let me finish up a few things and then I'll let you post it -- if you want to. Just wait for my word. Glad to hear it! From what you're saying I assume you like them, but there's a few things that bug you. I'm warm, am I? 1. Well, since I want to get this done and in my blog, I'll just say Point Discontinued. ~SB~
