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For real this time. They aren't ponies, but they are little (to us, at least), and at least they're ungulates. Maha! It would really have been awesome to see the Maha as sets in 2001. Clearly a model was designed for them, or else one wouldn't be able to perfectly replicate their structure – I'd assume they were going to be in the Master Builder Set but weren't due to a lack of Throwbot limbs therein. Anyway, I could easily see a pair of Maha sold for maybe $10 as the smallest of the Rahi – or maybe even just one for $5. You'd get a tan Toa foot and, given the year, probably light grey Gali hooks... I wonder what color a second one would be? And the wonderfully-named Husi herder Dekami, courtesy of Dorek. The name is somehow perfect for him – thanks once again! Unfortunately I have no Husi. Also, I have an English finaly tomorrow. I feel like I should be worrying about it, but I'm really not – we've done so little this semester and I know most the texts so well that I just feel quite relaxed about it... Plus, Brook, Youri, Ali, Leigh Ann, and I are having a pizza party beforehand. It'll be our last time ever studying for an exam together! (Not that I can really study with them, being a grade younger, but we're still in the same room...) ~ Paradise
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One down... many to go... *Hate working with that color* Yes, I know that ball joints sticking out look really bad. ~BD~
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I actually have no clue if this makes sense... I've had these strange thoughts on MOCing lately as my time winds down for departing with you all. Where should I begin? You look across all of your pieces huddled together in a large blue container. Many,many,many, pieces of diffrent shapes, sizes, and colors. Anyway, as you begin to build something, you get hit with reality... MOCing can be difficult at times. But that's what you like about it. It challenges you to try something diffrent. So you push on working harder every day to master new designs and skills. A week later, and you have finally finished your masterpiece. You build something totaly diffrent... a design never done before... and your like WOW... all that effort and hard work really payed off! So you get your little camera out a set up a nice photo shoot. Next day you load the pictures to brickshelf. After a few days on BZP, you notice another topic with a similar design to the creation you just put up on BZP. You then realize that that design was to intricate for someone else to have just suprisingly come up with. The only diffrence happens to be one piece. You get angry becasue you worked hard and someone just ripped you off. But then maybe that actually was their own design and they had never seen it before. And of course, shortly after, more of the same design begins to put up on other MOCs. Do you get angry because that is your design and you should be entitled to it always... or feel happy becasue you actually made a good MOC and enjoyed doing it? So ask yourself this.... Do you MOC for fame? or do you MOC because you just love that challenge of doing it? ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Okay, so this isn't really directed at anyone, because no one (I hope) has stolen my designs. It does raise questions for others who have had their designs stolen though... P.S. Anyone is welcome to correct my spellings. I typed this in a rush before my show came on. ~BD~
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I've been really sick this week, but today I felt good enough to go shopping and get some air. My mom was going to a Mall near a Chapters, so we went there and got some books for me and my baby brother so he could start reading. Luckily I got the last Legends #8, #9, and Adventures #4. I would have gotten more, but they didn't have #5.
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Shasa would really be a fascinating character to find out more about. Think about her. She spends most of her time sitting in her hut weaving and talking about how nice it is that everyone cooperates whenever someone comes by, but evidently she has some skill with weaponry as well, or else she (and Amaya) wouldn't have been set to guard Ga-Koro in the MNOLG. Just that peculiar combination alone makes her far more interesting than I had thought she was. One could come up with all sorts of explanations for it, perhaps involving her as a warrior when she was younger, but who later decided to retire from battle except when direly needed... Next, a question for all of you. As you might know, several of the Ko-Matoran in the MNOLG2's names are taken from Finnish. (Jaa, Jaatiko, Arktinen, Pakastaa, possibly others too, like Kylma, but him I'm not sure about.) I like the sounds they have, and they work for their appearances, but some just have spellings too odd to quite work with the Matoran language. Namely with the r-k-t collision or l-m or the double a's. So, I was wondering this: is it or is it not a complete cop-out to say that the Ko-Matoran's dialect is slightly different, more consonantal, than the rest of the Matoran's, partly due to their isolation from everyone else? And also in the way of questions, I'd love some name ideas regarding the below entry. Really I would. Finally, I'm still sick. Stayed home from school today (having only three classes left does not leave one with many responsibilities to worry about), which I think was very good, because I barely felt... un-headachy? clear-minded? enough to get up when I actually did, around 9:30. I was feeling better through the day, no fever, but then a few hours ago I had a major coughing fit and a high temperature again... I do hope I can go to school tomorrow. Exams next week and I'd like to be there to review, but at least I won't miss Greek if I can't go... ~ ToM
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No... Not the fourth Indy movie. Actually, I need someone to send me over PM a text copy of "The Kingdom", y'know, the short story with Takanuva and everything. I tried to do it on www.Bionicle.com and I tried to download it, but it's a PDF file and I don't have one on my computer. Not enough memory... Anyways, I would really like it if someone would PM me a text copy. Free cookies to whoever does so! ~SB~
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>Revamp WIPs: .Bohrak (black) .Bahrag (blue) .Makuta Gorast .Gali Mistika >Royal Knights WIPs: . Royal Seranikai . Royal Aklan . Royal Chrome . Royal Nieve (Shine Mode) . Hyperion . Royal Ballom >Finished MOCs: . Keetongu All new designs! I just got done with Seran's upper body. One of my best humanoids yet.... with fusion too! Anyway, alot to do in 3 months!
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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
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After Reading your guys's comments on my last entry, I chose to do something. There is one thing I do with Bionicle and Transformers... Now I give you Amphilus's BMV Project! What do you think?
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I was telling my mom about the Mistika and she said "You know, I think we should just get them all at once" because gas is getting really expensive now and stuff. It's gonna be sweet!
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Spring has fully come, absolutely everything has become properly green again, the weather is amazing, and that means it's time to go outside and take some more Tohunga pictures. As well as some gardening stuff on the side. I really can't get enough of them. First, we have Jala – actually the Tohunga I've had for the longest, since 2003, after Nuparu and his Boxor. I really like the picture on the left; it's one of the few instances I've gotten a good close-up shot where my camera focuses properly and leaves the background blurry... Next, Kongu. (One of my favorite sets ever.) Once again, I like the first picture best, this time for the way the colors turned out... and apologies for the out-of-focus last shot. It was windy. And now for some familiar faces with unfamiliar names. For a while now, I've been compiling a list of every Matoran to show up on Mata Nui, including the MNOLG, the 2002-3 update videos, and selective characters from the MNOLG2. I've also been trying to come up with names for all of the unnamed ones (all, of course, in the style from 2001-2003), though that's very far from complete... and also changing the less-Maori-like names from the MNOLG2. (Though I'm not keeping all of those Matoran anyway.) There are a few Matoran I shot today who still need names, and some names I made up whose individual shots didn't turn out well, but I'll get to those later. First up is Hano, a Koli player from the MNOLG. Next, Kepaua, a Po-Matoran who showed up in 2002 when the Tahnok attacked Po-Koro. His/her gender is debatable. But I do know he/she is one of the Guards of Po-Koro. A couple Onu-Matoran now. The one with the Kakama shows up in both games, and is named as Tehuti in the second, but I've decided Telanu is a better name for him, and Tehutti can keep his black Huna. The one with the Pakari is only in the first, and he's still in need of a name... Finally, Akayo. I don't know what his job is yet, so suggestions as to that will be taken into consideration... maybe a member of the Ussalry? And also needed is a name for a Ga-Matoran, with a blue Kakama, blue feet, and light blue body. Fisherwoman type. There are a few dozen of her in the MNOLG. It should be noted that she's different from Kai, because Kai is solid blue. In other news, prom was way more fun than I had been expecting. In the realms of music and dancing, it was little different from any other dance-based event (and it was way too loud, which everyone agreed), but since I hate the type of dancing that involves jumping around flailing one's arms anyway, I had expected to find that boring. But it was great fun to spend a few hours talking to my best friends and taking hilarious pictures. More in the way of pictures inside, where it was too loud to hear each other, and talking outside, where we actually could hear each other (but it was cold). Regardless, it was fun. I'm looking forward to going next year, but it can't be quite as much fun, because all of said best friends are seniors (except my date, who was a sophomore) and won't be there next year, and my own grade isn't quite as fun... Some people's outfits were also quite entertaining. There was a kilt. One of the chaperones was in a purple suit. One of my friends had a lime green tie and green converse (his date was wearing black converse)... And I now have a cold, probably from someone at prom. Blah. *sniffles* Hope it doesn't last long... ~ ToM
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AKA, I got Vamparah, Photok and Pohatu today! Still long way to go if I have to get the sets I want... -Kaji
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I wonder how it would be if Majora's Mask ever feel in the hands of the BOM... It would also make a pretty good rival for the Kanohi Ignika.
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Dark Mirror #8 spoilers: » Click to show Spoiler - click again to hide... «The next one wasn't even in FoF. It was Takua in Dark Mirror. Then Kojol (MoArtahka)
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Poorly drawn, I know, but just take a look at it. You should be able to see what I mean. -Kaji
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I don't know why, but I feel a sudden urge to buy my favorite character off eBay for some reason...
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Yeh, where did all the rahi sets go? Either LEGO should produce more rahi sets, or hold another Rahi contest. Or both? What do you guys feel?
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Keetongu...
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:: :: A treatise on orange and Pohatu Phantoka: I have come to the conclusion that, given certain conditions, orange can be quite a good color for Pohatu Phantoka. Now, before you all jump on me and accuse me of heresy, allow me to explain. The problem with his color comes from the Adaptive Armor. Without it, his color scheme could just be yellow-orange and reddish-brown (the color that replaced brown in 2004, which Avak had) and things would be simple and everyone would be pleased. But because of the adaptive armor, he's constrained to only two colors. One of those, to match Lewa and Kopaka, is dark grey. This forces his primary color to be something other than brown. Since we all know brown/dark grey sets don't sell very well, as shown by Toa Onewa, Onewa Hordika, Zadakh, and Velika. That means that however awesome the combination of dark brown (Pohatu's shade) and dark grey looks, it would unfortunately be counterprofitable to make a set featuring only those two. And I know you've all heard this a million times, but one must list everything if something is to be demonstrated empirically. And so off we turn to another color to use. Yellow-orange, the new color for Stone, leaps to mind, but there's also the possibility of using something else since the Toa Phantoka of Stone isn't Hewkii. Orange is much closer to brown, and though dark orange (one of the original Stone colors, after all) is even closer, I would guess there are several reasons it wasn't used. One, it might suffer the same fate as brown (although I'd hope not), and two, the brighter orange just works better teamed with lime and white. And for orange versus yellow-orange, again yellow-orange would be closer to lime and thus wouldn't provide the needed contrast among the group, while orange also looks better in Pohatu's distribution. Of course, orange and grey by themselves are far from recognizable as Pohatu. That's where one gets into the actual design of the set, and a debate which has been held a few thousand times before and doesn't need to be again. But hopefully that will provide some justification for the orange. And will also justify my design of Pohatu, whenever I wind up posting it – I'll still put up two versions, though; one with brown (the ideal) and one with orange (what Lego would actually do). ~ ToM
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Working with Keet orange is very difficult for the lack of pieces, but I have finaly pulled off something very impressive with it. It pays having two Keetongu. The pieces really came in handy when making the leags and arms. I must say, I think I have pulled off a more beast like side of him. After all, he is supposed to be a rahi. You know the hardest thing was the head. I really wanted to stick with the original head plate. I guess luck was on my side because the design worked perfectly! Anyway, only one more week of being a freshman!
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I remember that before SZ left for a while, he was bored with his MOCing style. Now he infected me.... I feel like I want to forget everything I learned and start over.... But at the same time, I don't..... Why did you do this to me, SZ? Actually, it hasn't been SZ's fault. I guess it's been coming from a lot of places. Shine and DV to name two. *Asplodes* -K-
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I want more MOCs like this & this. All this smooth, flowing jazz just ain't doing it for me. Yes, I do MOC like that. Yes, I wish I didn't. There's just something more appealing to me in MOCs like The Godfather's. I still like the works of DV and Seran, don't get me wrong, but it isn't really my preferred look (It's almost impossible not to like their MOCs either way, though). I guess I like more boxy MOCs. -K-
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Thanks for the blog help! This is sort of interesting: Here I wonder if it will ever be used? Also something like these in MOC form would be so cool to do sometime as a group project: Here Here
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No, this has nothing to do with the Makuta's evolution into Antidermis or even the Makuta species. It is to do with the two primary releases of Teridax as a set: Makuta 2003 and Maxilos. Has anyone noticed that Maxilos is in essence a direct evolution of the 2003 set? I've modded my Maxilos to wear the MEK with an old-style head (looks AWESOME) and it just looks like a bigger version of Makuta 2003 in every way. I think I need some illustrations for this. Let me see...*hunts around Brickshelf* Now, let me explain just how similar they are: 0: Straight off, the colour scheme. Identical. Fairly obvious one, that. 1. They both have large, domed shoulders. On a related note, both sets use two recoloured versions of an important mask as armour of some kind (hand and shoulder) 2. Very minor, but this little thing really did stand out as something they have in common. That little light-grey piece. Ok Maxilos uses a larger version, but it's in the same place 3. The type of tube and connection method is completely different, but they both have a silver tube where there would otherwise be a gap 4. Their chests are built the same way. Large, iron-grey piece at the front with two smaller iron-grey pieces over the shoulders 5. They both have dark grey arms and a smattering of red. This is a fairly tenuous link, but it's there in my opinion 6. They both have hands with three claws, a red hand piece and, on at least one hand, a blue friction pin 7. Makuta 2003 uses that silver piece as a connection method for the legs. Maxilos mimics this appearance almost unecessarily with two silver pieces 8. Iron-grey piece placed over a red piece for the legs 9. Ah, the feet. These really are interesting. The shape is very similar, with both the front and back of Makuta 2003's at an angle and the back of Maxilos's angled in a very cool fashion 10. Both set's feet put silver bohrok eyes on either side 11. Both sets have a double-bladed staff in their left hand. 12. On the back, both have a large silver piece covering their upper back. Makuta 2003 has a Pohatu Nuva claw, Maxilos uses Hordika armour. Both of these pieces are curved, and curve into and not out of the set. That's basically the crux of what I noticed. There are probably other minor similarities too. On their own I expect each of the points I made could be disregarded as trivial. But together? I am certain the designers at the very least took inspiration from Makuta 2003 when building Maxilos. I even suspect it was their attempt to 'bring Makuta up to date' with the full range of poseability. Has anyone else noticed just how similar the two sets are, or is it just me?
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Have you ever had it where your building one thing and it turns into something else? So a few days ago, I was sitting down working on Umbra when a had a strange spark to do something else. I began to switch the colors... and then I saw something. I saw the yellow beast Keetongu. So, I dropped Umbra and started Keetongu who I must say looks so much better. It gave me one of those chills. The kind you get when you know you have a good MOC. Anyway, I need some stuff to spice up the blog. It seems boring to me. Any suggestions?
