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Star Wars Constraction 2015 Discussion
Quisoves Pugnat replied to just2good's topic in LEGO Action Figures
Is that based off the same Ideas/Cuusoo project as these? Also, the same company appears to be selling Transformers/Grumpy Sparrows collectible minifigures, some of which use the IFB build! "Warning: Mini building blocks,beware children swallowed" =P E: What's with the word filter? -
Quite true. However, given the importance of the Turaga's storytelling (the Legend of Mata Nui, in particular,) I daresay that the use of narrated-action is hardly antithetical to the franchise. I think that, given the animations' limited amount of time, the narration is a very good choice. Things that would otherwise come across as awkward (e.g. the "Tahu didn't know what heroes did bit") work much better this way. As for English narrator's middling skill with voice-acting, I'd say that's a matter of particulars, not the principle of the thing. If Patrick Stewart were the narrator, I doubt anyone would have a problem with that. Heck, the fellow doing the Italian versions is far more impressive than his English-speaking counterpart.
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This is BIONICLE we're talking about? The line whose first five years involved, in some capacity or another, Village elders who sat around telling stories (of which one was the driving reason for the entire plot)?
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Unusual, it most certainly would be, but not absurd. If ever LEGO were to grant an abnormally long run to a wave of any line, BIONICLE would be one. It's funny, I find them dubious for the opposite reason. They don't entail anything as yet unseen in the way of parts, and most of the things described were present in some form at Toy Fair.
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Though by that token, the idea of a larger Ekimu seems to fall similarly within the range of "obvious choices that haunt fans' dreams." That said, I agree that it does make the story somewhat more plausible. As for the oddity of two consecutive villain ranges, consider this. In 2002, we didn't get new iterations of the Toa until late Summer/Fall. The Toa fought the Bohrok in the same forms as the previous year, albeit with golden masks. Granted, 2001 had a single wave, making the Bohrok the immediate next wave, but nonetheless, the heroes fought two sets of villains in the same forms. Perhaps LEGO is keen to give each iteration of our heroes more breathing-time, as opposed to "here comes a new threat, it's redesign time!" If this a genuine leak, then I imagine that there will be some trinket for the Toa to collect (probably the blasters.)
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Lynchir made a rather good point about this. The summoning of the Toa, which the Mask of Time played a hand in, was dependent on a planetary alignment. The simplest explanation, therefore (regardless of whether the mask is in any way connected to the Vahi from G1,) is that the Protectors used it to make the event occur ahead of schedule.
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A BIONCLE world-simulator in the manner of Dwarf Fortress would be amazing.
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Star Wars Constraction 2015 Discussion
Quisoves Pugnat replied to just2good's topic in LEGO Action Figures
I'll grant that Nick Bluetooth looks more human (though I should note that Galidor had only three human figures in a line of thirteen,) but that comes at the cost of very limited compatibility with most LEGO pieces. LEGO could just make garden-variety Star Wars action figures with glinching, but what would be the point? Limited mix-and-matching aside, that's nothing new there, nor anything particularly LEGO. And the fact remains, we're talking apples and oranges here. Simply saying "they're Galidor's second coming" is a gross misstatement, and smacks (to me, at least) of impulsive criticism. You may dislike them, but they're very different beasts. If folks merely disliked Galidor's portrayal of humans, then the theme would be fondly remembered by most. How? Exo-Force was never defined by being System. It rather pushed boundaries in that regard, what with its heavy use of Technic, Knights Kingdom-system (for want of a better term) pieces, and ball-joints. That's not to say I'm necessarily keen on a purely CCBS reboot of the line, but if it can be done well, then who am I to complain? I fail to see how it would inherently constitute an "arbitrary betrayal." In fact, if Exo-Force had been made within the past four years, I'd be willing to bet that it would have made significant use of CCBS, in the very least for the structural bits. But even assuming that it should absolutely not be done, that's a faulty example. These figures aren't replacing System Star Wars, after all. -
Star Wars Constraction 2015 Discussion
Quisoves Pugnat replied to just2good's topic in LEGO Action Figures
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Titan sets had a good deal of variety in size. Nocturn and 2008's Takanvuva and Toa Mata Nui all fell under the same category, despite a difference of at least 99 parts between each of them. In terms of size and complexity, the only determinant was that they were larger than the canister sets. Since the new BIONICLE is taking a different approach in these matters, what with two tiers of size for the Toa (the upper tier being the current limit for BIONICLE figures,) I don't think it is appropriate to apply the Titan moniker right now.
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While we seem to have evidence to the contrary, this actually wouldn't be so implausible for BIONICLE. The intention was always for the Bohrok be attempting to help Mata Nui awaken, and the plan even seems to have been for Makuta to be merely misguided at one point.
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How could you tell such a thing? You are not the robot, and so you cannot see what it sees. Whether or not it is actually observing, as opposed to merely responding, the end result would be indistinguishable to anyone else, methinks. Are R2D2 and C-3P0 aware?.We really have no evidence one way or the other, in the Star Wars films. That said, we are talking about fictional universes, which are not obliged in any way to follow the rules of our universe. E: I absent-mindedly wrote "physical universes." Oops. =P
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But that would be... Excellent.
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I agree that it's a departure, in the same way that the original portrayal of Makuta was a departure from the colorful Toa and Rahi. But it's not out of left field (the skeleton-motif being already present in the Winter wave,) nor is it as if everyone was expecting the new BIONICLE to be like 60's Batman.
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I wouldn't describe the Summer villains as "edgy." They're voodoo-zombies. They draw their menace from being unnatural and primal, not from being thugs and bullies.
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I see now. Sorry about that. For all we know, we might have that with the summer wave. The villains may be zombies, but they could still have personalities.
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While I could see something in the order of the former, given the likelihood of an underwater year somewhere along the line. The latter, however, I find extremely unlikely, given LEGO's stated desire to emulate the Mata Nui years and avoid the grimdarkness of the later story (which the Piraka epitomized.)
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That's not likely to be of any aid. The copyright date is always the year the set is intended for release in. If you get a Winter set in November of 2015, its box will say "© 2016 the LEGO Group." Of course, there's the map and sticker-sheet themselves, but judging by the above photo, they seem to simply have the copyright date as well.
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I wouldn't call it a prototype, but a stand-in. It's a fairly basic tribal mask, the sort of thing I imagine most artists could whip up on the fly. Regardless of how it looks, it was used in the leaked preliminary display-stand in place of the MoC, in the same way that the preliminary box-art used the Ignika.
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I think that if we were only going to get four blended masks, the Mask of Fire would be among them. Tahu, being the red hero (no, not that sort!) is the poster-boy for BIONICLE 2015. LEGO reckons that he, and by extension, his mask will be the most attractive to consumers. Hence the two exclusive variants we've already seen. So why exclude the Mask of Fire from the Summer wave? It seems an odd business decision. It rather suggests to me that we haven't seen all of 2015's sets. As unusual as Autumn products would be, there is a precedent, if I recall correctly. The Toa Nuva were, if memory serves me, released in late summer, with an official release of September or October. 2002-story-wise, they were an epilogue. So perhaps 2015's story has three stages: 1. The Toa arrive, find golden masks, fight the Skull Spiders, etc. 2. The Toa enter the ancient city, do battle with the skull villains, awaken Ekimu, etc. 3. The Toa and Ekimu confront Makuta. Additionally, there's the size of the Summer wave. If one or two sets are being withheld until fall, that would create a certain symmetry with the Spring wave.
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I rather like Skull Slicer's mask. Given that he already bears a resemblance to Kali (at least as portrayed in Temple of Doom =P), the sinister and alien Skull Spider mold helps to reinforce that appearance.
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MULTO BENE! Many thanks, Scarilian! They look even better in the plastic. In particular, Slicer looks much improved, and even Scorpio looks better!
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Thanks Scarilian! I must say, that Ghost Dragon looks fantastic! I'm not normally terribly interested in Ninjago, but that beauty makes me eager to see the rest of the Summer wave.
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I must say that I prefer the Italian narrator to the English and Czech-speaking ones. In terms of gravitas and vocal flexibility, he blows them out of the water.
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The only one with a proper background was Mask Maker vs. Skull Grinder. The others, while more preliminary, were clearer, visually.