Grima
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Don't forget when Evo wanted to destroy an entire nest of babies just because one member of their species was a criminal.
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That image is laughably poorly-made. I don't see why I'm not allowed to dislike it. I merely made one statement, not a debate. My dislike isn't rooted in nostalgia for Bionicle, merely my own tastes.
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idk to me the big difference between how Hero Factory and Bionicle handle it is that in Bionicle, save for the Mata, becoming a Toa is about giving someone with the potential to be a hero the means to do so. Meanwhile, in Hero Factory, what they do is manufacture what it is that gives you that potential, which is what doesn't sit right with me.
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idk, even with the meaning of the name Toa, it never seemed like becoming a Toa was seen as automatically becoming a hero. It was more like a Toa was just a more powerful version of a Matoran, and it was what they did after becoming a Toa that made them a hero. After all, Toa like Nidhiki and Tuyet were hardly heroes, yet they were still Toa. Yes, Von Nebula and Core Hunter combat that a little, but as far as the overall story goes, all they are is glitches in the system. Only Heroes are ever heroes, and they are created to be such. A vast majority of them end up being just that, too. They don't need to prove they're heroic, only that they can handle themselves in battle; THAT is why they're rookies. If they needed to prove they were heroic and good at heart, would Von Nebula have ended up on a mission at all? Bionicle wasn't always perfect about it, but it wasn't as bad as Hero Factory, IMO, which literally has the tagline "we build heroes".
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You really shouldn't speak for everyone, even those who also disliked '06. Your reasons for disliking it are entirely different from mine, mine being that 2006 was when Bionicle started plunging into being "dark and gritty" and really mishandled it.
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no, but a good 90% of 4chan is terrible people
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That really doesn't prove anything. The Heroes and Power Rangers also don't have elemental powers, but they still had distinct colors to identify themselves. (At least I don't think the Power Rangers do; I know absolutely nothing about Power Rangers.)
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Not quite; it wouldn't have the thing that bugged me the most about Hero Factory, its central message: heroes are something you can create, not something you prove with deeds. That's a possibility, but only as much of a possibility as that the masks they wear are completely powerless. In other words, sure, they could take it that direction, but it seems very unlikely given the importance of it to Bionicle's concept.
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Then it would be quite foolish to refer to them as the master of an element if they can't control them :P
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No, they don't look different. The sets look exactly the same. Even the Guurahk staff pieces are there if you look. I can't say why the skull spiders weren't changed until the end, but I would put real cash money on these sets looking exactly like the final product. And yes, that includes LoSS's awful face printing. Keep in mind that set design happens before package design (Why design packages if the sets aren't done?) so it's no stretch to imagine very unfinalized packaging displaying finalized sets. Tahu, Lewa, and Fire Protector even have close to their final art. It's a safe bet we're looking at final designs here. Also not sure where you're getting Lewa's element changing from, considering that's completely illegible on the stand, and everything else we've gotten says Jungle.
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Unlikely. I'd say, save for the colors/legs of skull spiders, what we're looking at is pretty much the final product.
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I love fun metal! it's so fun!
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Both of these proposals do little to clear up my doubt that these gear systems will be stable in any way, thus leading to arm flopping.
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I don't understand how people still debate what Pohatu's secondary color is. I can say without a doubt in my mind that that is silver. For starters, in its render, it is portrayed as shinier than the brown/dark orange pieces, a trait that, while not realistic, is common in packaging art for metallic colors. Second, compared to Kopaka's image, the color simply isn't bright enough to be white, which is what I see people throwing out as an alternative. What it does match is the Guurahk staff on his back, which I can guarantee with even more certainty is silver.
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If we see Toa Kaita, or really any combiners, they could be pieces used to enhance the functions somehow. Or just attach things, but considering most of them are technic bits, my bet is on them going towards the more technic-oriented functions.
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It's similar to exposed axle ends in that it almost makes it look unfinished. It's not as bad if it's, say, one of the armor-attaching ones in the middle of a limb bone, but unless covered, an unused balljoint sticking out there often interrupts flow.
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I liked treespeak as written by Templar and Cathy Hapka, not so much as written by Greg. Good treespeak isn't just combining two redundant words; in good treespeak, the combo of words should mean more than the two separate words.
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I will never understand how changing a character's pronouns counts as completely rewriting them.
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this is exactly how not to write treespeak
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Considering they're also in the more final images on the display stand, no, I don't think they're placeholders.
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hey guys i found a non-watermarked picture of Gali
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To me, it has less to do with looking feminine and more to do with looking like the Kaukau. Even the Miru clearly resembles its former form, if a bit rounder. But the Kaukau has been warped, squashed, stretched, and mutilated beyond recognition.
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The mask is hard to see, but I hate everything I can see. It may not be as monstrous as the Kaukau Mistika, but it's monstrous all the same.
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A smaller carbon footprint is nice, but if those packages just end up in the landfill anyway (as most of them undoubtedly will), then you've only addressed one of the problems. If they truly have improved their cardboard manufacturing, then cardboard packaging would not only leave approximately the same carbon footprint, it would be more readily and universally recycled, which is better in the long term than some bags that only a few people will keep/recycle and a majority will, either by choice or because they cannot recycle it, throw it in the trash. I personally don't see the need for individual set storage that much anyway; it's far better for creative juices to have your collection together, whether it be poured into one pool or sorted in a universal way. Now, not everyone is like me, but I doubt a majority of Lego's customers are keeping the bags around rather than just chucking them in the trash. In that case, the best decision, speaking as an environmentalist, is to at least go with more sustainable packaging, even if a small minority dislikes it.
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The pouches are far less universally recyclable than cardboard, though. Also I just don't find the pouches appealing. The art is kinda neat, but otherwise, I have no need of them for storage, and unlike canisters, they serve little to no display purpose. Even if Bionicle canisters weren't more universally recyclable, I'd not object to them, because they have a more lasting appeal to them than a flattened Kool-Aid pouch with some nice art on it.
