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Don't you just hate it when you get ideas for the current BBC Contest after they stop accepting entries? Just had one of those moments. -CF PS, I entered this into Bunda's Blog Based Contest, in which you were supposed to use very little custom. The Infected Toa The other Toa What else I had in mind (But it's too custom on the arms) Yay or nay, not considering customness? Quote of the Day: You were born an original. Don’t die a copy.
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We need 5xN bricks. Who's with me!?!? -CF Quote of the Day: A good friend bails you out of jail. A best friend is sitting next to you saying “Man that was fun!”
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...a new Exo Toa would have to be pretty big too, wouldn't it? -Seran (Yes, I am still alive)
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How do you figure out names for MOCs? Because I need names, for my MOCs. And I'm not just going to take the first word a maori translator throws at me for a word related to my MOC. -CF Quote of the Day: I want my children to have all the things I couldn't afford. Then I want to move in with them. - Phyllis Diller
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I was thinking.... Would a forestaff (simply a few #10 or 12 rods together) on a Le-Toa MOC be OK? Or would it get too much criticism being "too simple"? I think it would look awesome and I've been wanting to do it for a while now. I think it's something that a Le-Toa could definitely use. -CF Quote of the Day: The object of war is not to die for your country but to make the other [poor silly man] die for his." ~ General George Patton
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... more properly referred to as Bionicle® Lillipütties! The idea of this project is simple enough: Build a massive horde of cookie-cutter Bionicle figures. But why? Why not? I've established my rep as a MOCist. I'm not very prolific, but I do have a rep. I've done some cool stuff in the past, and I will most likely continue my sporadic output of BCii-brand MOCs. This project is my particular little pet, the black sheep of the family, if you will. I'm aware that it scores a zero for originality. I'm aware that it makes no waves, offers nothing new, is not worthy of comment, and is downright regressive coming from a genius (ahem) like me. ... So? They're cute! -BC
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I posted this in my Nuparu Mahri MOC topic regarding number ratings: Wouldn't you agree? (I had said that posting a number rating killed a Fikou, and I love Fikou.) In other news, I posted my 1K Post MOC Topic. In other news, I think I found a cool font to use since the amazing Tag LET is hard to read at this small size. (This one is called "Lucida Console") -CF Quote of the Day: If I was lying, wouldn’t my pants be on fire?
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I won't be on BZP at all over the next few days. I'm going away to a huge model exhibition, to display my Lego Railway. We don't tend to do a lot of things like this in the UK, so this is a pretty big event. I'll be sure to take billions of photos, but until I return, I can only offer the WIP galleries. This is likely to be the last project I ever do, as I'll be going to university next year. So, yeah. Enjoy the next few days. -Seran
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Can't reveal my source, but I'm sad. -CF Quote of the Day: Why are our days numbered and not, say, lettered?
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Since the revelation that the MSRP of the Mistika would be $12.99...there's been talk back and forth as to just how crazy LEGO may have become. The argument I hear is that the price is justifed by the "ever rising price per piece". Another is that sets have been increasing in piece, thus the need to adjust the price. So I got to thinking, just what exactly has the average price per piece been for the various Toa? And how does the overall piece count compare from year to year? I found the results to be quite surprising. I'll make an important note: These prices are not adjusted for inflation. Which means the average price per piece has hovered at a very normal price range (between 16 and 20 cents per). Taking inflation into account, the price per piece has comparitively decreased comparred to the number of pieces steadily increasing. I'd like to take inflation into account to make the numbers more accurate...but I think the idea that the price per piece has hovered around the same area even BEFORE inflation is interesting. When the Inika were released at the then staggering $9.99 price point, it was justified with the explanation that they were the first sets to use electronics as part of their gimmick/feature. It's interesting to note the following year was the Mahri. A significant increase in pieces (averaging 13 more pieces per set) at the same price. The Phantoka dropped the piece count, but maintained a fairly close price per piece. So with that information, let's take a look at some "projections" I've laid out regarding the proposed $12.99 Mistika price point. These piece counts are purely speculation, used for the purpose of analysis and estimation. In order to check in at even the highest price per piece we've ever seen...the Toa Mistika would have to weigh in at a record 65 pieces per set. Keep in mind that it's an average as well. As you can see from the previous years of Toa, there's always a variance between sets (LEGO appears to favor Toa of Stone...could it be they're beefing it up to make up for the color?). The other columns show what it would take for the Mistika to check in at the price per piece from earlier in 08 (a colossal 75 pieces per), and what it would take to match the lowest price on record (80 pieces? Seriously?) In summation, do I think LEGO can hit the 65 piece per set mark? It's possible. I need to take some closer looks at the Mistika, and I think for "only" having 58 the Phantoka turned out that well. All in all, it's still going to be tough to justify $13 on a set. Thoughts?
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$13 for the Toa Mistika? Uh, ouch! I was with them when they became $8, then defended $9. But I said a long time ago $10 was pushing my limits. And now they've not only hit my limit, they've surpassed it. The "canister' sets are supposed to be like action figures. And $13 for an action figure (even if I can build it) is a stretch. Even DLX sized Transformers are only $10. Wow...I was not expecting this. Hopefully my fellow Bionicle collectors share this concern and will stand by me as I postpone my purchase until they hit the clearance prices. Or at least go on a sale for a few bucks. $13...yikes.
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...will not be given for a month, or a few weeks, because every time we see new sets I go crazy about how I hate them and want different pieces and they don't look like their old selves. So this time I'm trying something new and I'll look at what other members say first. While you're waiting for that, take a look at this and comment on the quote of the day. (Or comment on the MOC (deep link pic here) if that topic is dead or closed.) In other news, I just subscribed to a year of BrickJournal. I highly recommend it! -CF Quote of the day: I know what you’re thinking and you should be ashamed of yourself.
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After looking at wonderfully clear photos of the Mistika on another website...let's go through them one by one, shall we? Makuta Gorast - lime and black colour scheme is quite nice, if a little too similar to Mutran and Vican. However, the bley torso spoils this, as do the bley Hordika necks at his ankles. These parts in black, or even lime, would look fine. The silver claws are a bit odd though, as his other claws are all black and lime. The orange Bohrok eyes are fine. His wings seem to be transparent, which is also fine. Right then, to his actual build. The new head and claws are pretty good, and the six-limb design is ok. However, he uses the new Matoran limbs - oh dear. This sacrafices no less than six potential points of articulation, and they don't look terribly good either. I'd prefer it if his wings were attached to his back, as they look a bit odd coming out of his arms. I can't really say that he comes with any particularly interesting parts, apart from the claws and head, as we've seen pretty much all of the others before. His wings look interesting, yes, but I can't see them being very versatile in MOCs. Bitil - is that...yellow? Nice yellow! Yellow and black, very waspish, which is obviously nice. The silver wouldn't look out of place, but there's so much of it - giant weapons, huge silver wings, claws, blades on his legs...too much silver. The red barbs on his arms are a bit odd, but don't look too bad. And again, orange Bohrok eyes - like we haven't seen those before. Yawn. I think in his case, red would look nicer, at least to match the barbs. Build-wise, he's passable. Black Matoran body, standard limbs, with two extra limbs holding wing pieces...standard stuff. Nothing impressive. His pieces, though...nice. Yellow Rahkshi legs, yellow Slizer legs, and that awesome head with the mandibles. Nice. The giant wings would make pretty good armour, and his weapons might get some interesting use as staffs or something. The blades on his legs are totally confusing, though. They don't seem to serve any purpose at all, unless he's going to land on his enemies and poke them to death with his thighs. Krika - OMG. That is the most inspiring Bionicle set in ages. He just rocks, totally. Gorgeous white and black with red accents, even down to his beady little red eyes. The colour grouping could be stricter, especially around the torso, but it still works. His weapons and head seem to be transparent and red, or they could be white and red, but they look more transparent. Now then, what on Karda Nui is going on with his design? It's awesomely bizarre. As Bonesiii would say, 'ruthlessly elegant'. He echoes Vamprah, which is cool, with his bladed legs and all-fours stance. The new spikes weapons are cool, and that head - it's elongated, freaky, very 'Alien', and those sunken eyes scream 'Rawr!' at you. Or something like that. My only compaint is the use of Matoran limbs. I don't want them. I want him to have boring old, yet functional, sockets and Rahkshi limbs, probably. I am going to make a revamp of him. Yes. I promise. Toa Nuva Tahu - dark red, silver, and black? sounds good, but looks jaw-droppingly boring. Especially on Tahu, after his nice orange. Oh well. The blue pins kill any sense of niceness, as usual. And goodness me, what a lot of pins. Loads. If those are actually silver Piraka legs, they're pretty neat. Metru armour in silver - yawn. Dark red Inika feet? Have we seen those before? And dark red double sockets? They might be vaguely useful. Build-wise, I shuddered when I saw him. Clutter, clutter, and more clutter. He's got fins and jets and Mata Nui knows what else sticking out everywhere, which isn't terribly nice. His mask is cool. It's not a Hau, right. However, it looks pretty cool. Flat, yes. A bit plain, yes. But...ok, I don't like it. And the Triple Spinny Bladed Shield of Certain Doom? What's that all about? He's a ninja, by the looks of his mask, so give him a nice katana with a flamey motif. Thanks Lego. I try to like him, but...I really don't. Gali - Oh. Silver and dark blue? That's...that's actually ok. Silver Inika legs? Sweet. Silver Metru feet? Ok. More silver Inika amour? I won't say no. Silver Spikey Armour of Doom? It's nice, yes, but it doesn't fit her streamlined appearance. A giant silver plate on her back? Eh? Maybe she uses it as a shield, and it's stored there temporarily? Possibly. Dark blue sockets are nice. I don't actually have any problems with this colour scheme. Nope. She's interesting in that she's silver with blue accents. She's the first silver Toa, ok? Be nice to her. But then, oh dear. The legs, I can deal with. The rocket ankles, get rid of them. The shoulder armour? No. Streamlined, please. Backwards Piraka body? Boring. Add some Hordika armour on the front, it fits perfectly. Not very feminine, but better than nothing. But...that mask? DO NOT WANT. Take it away, Lego. Take it away and melt it down, then ask somebody to make a mask that doesn't look like Vezok fell into a bowl of acidic custard and melted one of his eyes, then jabbed two knives into his head in a fit of self-harm. Please Lego. You make this so...difficult. Onua - guess what? His colour scheme is the same! Black, dark grey (albeit bley) and silver! Yay! No...wait...red? Bright..red...rockets? No! Just get rid of them, they aren't necessary, they'd better either leave or change colour. I can't see his torso, so I can't comment on that, but it looks to be black, silver, and bley. Meh. He just...isn't. No. He's tall and spindly, with armour inconveniently located everywhere, rockets sticking out of his legs, a big silver...thing, could be a sheild, might not be. His mask, however - nice. Nice, angular, wide mask. Not very Onua-ish, but that can only be a good thing, as I hated the Pakari Nuva. Hey, I hated all of the Nuva masks. And I hate Onua Nuva Mistika. I'm sorry, but Lego makes it so difficult. Why can't they take a nice Toa design and not clutter it with rockets and backwards armour? Why? Well, there you go. Seran's thoughts. Lots of them. Next time, the Titans/Warriors/Big Sets/Whatever. And the weapons, btw. Ok? If you have any thoughts regarding my thoughts, or any thoughts that you think you ought to share, or think you've got some thoughts that you think could be thought-provoking, don't hesitate to comment. -Seran
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I love that picture. Click it and see what happens. Mwa ha ha etc. -Seran
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Woo hoo for favorite blogs! Congrats guys, you are on my favorite blogs list if your name is: Anathame (aka Ca' by me) Arpy xccj ChocolateFrogs (to find) Kopaka's Ice Engineering Omicron Brave_Dragon ToM Dracone kardasnui3797 (Bunda) T-Hybrid GregF Binkmeister Ouch Aanchir: Rachira of Time Roa McToa Lyichir: Rachira of Influence Shine Chriskopaka The Chocolatier (Tilius) (That also means you get to use my approval if you haven't already.) Anyway, you are on the list if I you have a blog (duh), and I like it (duh) and most likely met you. (There are a few not on there though.) If I haven't met you, then I just like your blog for whatever reason. Some I even put on there before I met you. Now, considering the length of the blog list, the only thing on the front page for me is also the BoTW blog. I want to kick that off to the next page (along with BlogAlert) and see some more blogs! That's one. Now, since Tilius and Chriskopaka don't blog, I can kick them to the next page. That's three total. Also, Shine and Lyichir don't blog as often, so I think I can make a grand total of five to move. That said, that's five empty blog spaces available. First five to post their blogs here will get favorited by me. That's right, I want to read your blog! If I get bored with it I'll unfavorite it. Go! -CF Quote of the Day: Weird News: Toronto--A man, assumed dead, called his daughter while she attended his funeral.
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Sometime in my early childhood, my parents bought me a free style Lego box. Nuff said. -CF I had a quote on how a certain member (whose blog I read) complained about people saying "Nuff said" and leaving it at that, but I can't find it. Although I feel the term fits here.
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Wouldn't it be cool if in 2009 the Toa Team elements were, say, magnetism, electricity, sonics, etc? Ca''s blog entry -CF No quote, sorry
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Alright, the results are in! 1) What is (one of) my favorite Lego pieces. (While there are tons of sweet pieces out there, one has been my favorite forever.) I actually didn't expect people to get this. Since I can remember I've loved to use grille tiles. Bunda, I don't like Piraka legs (too small a ankle), and yes, xccj, black pins are very helpful, but I don't try to use those in every system MOC I make. Arpy, Bohrok eyes are very useful as well. KIE, I love flames, because until BF06 I only had a few. Then I bought the pack of 56 for $1, and decorated my badge with them. 2) What is my favorite limb piece to use as legs on Toa MOCs (when not making a custom leg)? Good job to Kopakalaka (and Bunda). How did you know? Rahkshi legs have that smooth touch and are long enough to make them my favorite Toa leg around. (I'm currently MOCing a Toa Team, and they all have Rahkshi legs in them. (5 are legs. 1 uses them as arms.) xccj, what Piraka arm? I don't mind the right one. 3) Why do I prefer Mata heads? Congrats Bunda. He pays attention. "Because they aren't long and sickly," said he. 4) How are my pieces organized? Bunda almost got this, "By color, like mine." But Ouch got it more exactly, "in set canisters, by color." Granted, he's seen my collection.... LOL at xccj and KIE. Arpy was just guessing. 5) Where can you find me (hopefully) Labor Day weekend? .:Sora:. guessed there was a con going on. Correct. LOL at Bunda and xccj (I'll be sure to keep my distance, xccj.) Arpy, KIE, and 55555 knew about the correct answer, BrickFair! Bunda: 3 xccj: ~2 Arpy: ~2 KIE: 1 Everybody else didn't even attempt all five questions. I guess Bunda wins a cookie! -CF Quote of the Day: Kittens think of nothing but murder all day.
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First, Shadow Butterfly if you haven't seen it yet. ---------- I've thought up a couple questions regarding me and my Lego life. See if you can answer them! 1) What is (one of) my favorite Lego pieces. (While there are tons of sweet pieces out there, one has been my favorite forever.) 2) What is my favorite limb piece to use as legs on Toa MOCs (when not making a custom leg)? 3) Why do I prefer Mata heads? 4) How are my pieces organized? 5) Where can you find me (hopefully) Labor Day weekend? If you can answer these, then, I don't know, you get cookies or something. -CF Quote of the Day: “You know what I hate? People who quote themselves” -Me (actually, SPIRIT)
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First, Ca' has some interesting notes on proporions. Emphasis on wide-shouldered. And ToM Dracone mentioned it in his review of Tanma: Where I'm going with this is that I really think the designs in sets need some look at human proportions. Granted, the Bionicle aren't human, but their current 11 stud wide shoulders is ridiculous. Look at the Toa Mata and Metru: their shoulders were 7 studs wide (once you put on the joints, where their arms moved.) The Hordika were about 9 studs wide, but considering their monster nature I'll give that to them. Plus, 9 studs isn't bad if you can pull it off successfully in a MOC. (Which I've seen, and done.) If it were up to me, and it is when I MOC, the waist would be 5 studs wide (as it always is. But the 4 studs wide people use is fine too) and the shoulders 7 studs wide (or 8 or 9 if permitted). I think the Toa Inika, Mahri, and Phantoka would look a whole lot better if they had smaller shoulders. (Especially Kongu Mahri and Pohatu Phantoka) Heck, the Phantoka had the chance to make a new body that had smaller shoulders, but they don't. Regarding the Piraka bodies, the Piraka are freaks and bad guys and can look weird to make them scary. I'm unsure about the Barraki, as they used both, but, again, they are bad guys and mutated, so maybe it's OK. But 5 studs wide waist and shoulders isn't first choice. -CF Quote of the Day: You have the right to read; use that right, then act accordingly.
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For my birthday: Lego: Chameleon Hunter (really wanted. Yay for green!) Assault Tiger (a nice surprise, and a pretty sweet set. The yellow will come in handy for a Toa of Electricity, as I refuse to use Keetorange.) Claw Crusher (I had thought I'd lost my chance of getting him! It's great too. Like the joint/bricks.) Droids Battle Pack (Brown! & I finally have some Battle Droids, too!) Cowboy Bebop Manga #3 (To wrap up the series) Build your own mini Stonehenge (makes a great gift!) Star Wars Insider Mag Subscription (Since Newtype USA folded. Note to self: also need to subscribe to BrickJournal.) CD from a local radio station (DC's MIX 107.3) containing live, in studio songs from bands/artists. (I like all but 2 of them! (Favorites include Daniel Powter, Train, Five for Fighting....)) $25 Barnes and Nobel Gift Card (And the $65 as noted yesterday) Yesterday I also built Iron Condor (from Christmas). The legs are a sweet build, but overall it's just good for the pieces. A friend and I edited the wings to make them fold. -CF PS: My LUGNET membership worked. I'm in there now, look me up if you know how. (I'm still working out the intricacies.) Question to others that are on: I got my membership approved even though I didn't pay the $10. Now, one of main people told me to donate it to WAMALUG, only we don't have dues. (I told them that.) So I'm assuming LUGNET doesn't need money? Anyone know? Quote of the Day: I'm not into working out. My philosophy: no pain, no pain.
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-CF Quote of the Day: I'm from the nation of Pelica; therefore, I'm a Pelican.
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Has anyone else started making sure they line up all the (blue) [friction] pins up? I realized I was doing that with one of my latest MOCs. On a similar note, for about two years I haven't applied stickers. Who else here cares about their bricks in the way I do, not wanting the stickers on the pieces? -CF Quote of the Day: And the crowd went absolute bananas.
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For Arpy's contest. Bionicle Yo-yo Yes, that is official Lego string. Pic of bottom Pic of back Topic (Flickr) -CF Quote of the Day: Once I see a jogger smiling, I’ll start to consider taking it up myself.
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At my local Lego Store, the Tyson's Corner Center, Virginia, one, it was my turn in WAMALUG to put up some MOCs! Another kid also had MOCs to display, so we did it together. Click that pic, and this. In it is my Evangelion (that white thing is a name tag for it), Nitemar (WIP), a Bionicle Butterfly (to be posted soon), and my Micro TIE Advanced. Also in there is the un-officially named "Bone Crusher," seen here just having ripped off a Toa's arm, after pinning her down with one of his three, three pointed legs. -CF Quote of the Day: My friend asked me if I wanted a frozen banana. I said no, but I might want a regular banana later, so yeah.
