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Ironically enough, the 4l Technic Beam w/ cap is not new (it was used in some Atlantis sets, among other things I'm sure - I have some nearby right now), while I'm fairly sure that other part is at least new to Bionicle/Hero Factory, if not COMPLETELY new. I'm actually a fan of Von Nebula; his nearly-all-black with hints of blue color scheme is really nice, and those new armor parts with the spikes look like they have a lot of awesome uses. =D Aside from him and obviously Furno Bike, not a lot stands out to me, and even the bike will likely be a no-buy things to the absolutely atrocious price-to-part ratio. And by the way, to those of you that noted the Jimi Stringer/Jimi Hendrix thing, and the speakers/sine wave motif, two more things point to sonic power for him: One, the "barrel" of the weapon looks a LOT like a conventional conical speaker, and most importantly, two, the card shows his name as "Riff". <_< So folks, it looks like the black hero figures went from the power of rock to the POWER OF ROCK! =D ~Trexxen

I'm sure someone's already posted it (hell, I may have at some point in the past XD), but I'd like to see a Warcraft license. (In general, my examples will likely be more geared to World Of Warcraft, but still.) Some general ideas on sets: -Alliance Battle Pack (Human, Night Elf, Dwarf, Gnome, Draenei, and Worgen figures; a couple of mounts [Horse and maybe a buildable Mechanostrider?] and customizable armor sets for each class; about $20) -Horde Battle Pack (Orc, Troll, Forsaken/Undead, Tauren, Blood Elf, and Goblin figures; mounts [in this case, probably a Raptor and whatever the Goblin's mount will be, since I imagine it would be nice and mechanical too], and customizable armor sets for each class; again, about $20) -Small set ideas: Market stalls, City Gates, Mekgineer's Chopper -Medium set ideas: Blood Elf Outpost, Profession Shops (Like the Alchemy shop in Orgrimmar), perhaps a Dungeon boss room? -Large set ideas: Nerubian Ziggurat (perhaps a midi-scale Naxxramas?), Onyxia's Lair -Giant/UCS/Exclusive set ideas: Stormwind/Orgrimmar/Dalaran (small portions of course, like perhaps Stormwind Harbor, or Grommash Hold, or Runeweaver Square); The Frozen Throne (large open-roofed area; one section being the room where Frostmourne is located while the other being the actual Throne itself, with Arthas/The Lich King) Of course, that's just my nerdy side speaking. =D ~Trexxen

I just listened to The Who's Super Bowl medley. It was amazing. Even if the vocals haven't aged very well, it was still an amazing song. =D (I hate football, and yet I watched the halftime show just for that. XD) ~Trexxen

Hmm...I don't think it looks particularly like me. The hair color is off (Sigfig is black, mine's dark brown), and I don't rock the awesome facial hair that it has (although I'm considering changing that)...however, the generally messy hair is right, as well as the outfit if I could find clothes like that. =P ~Trexxen (BTW: My sigfig's torso is Snake Oiler's.)

Although I really feel for the principals (especially since there was a shooting at a school not far from where I live about a year ago), I really, REALLY believe that this is way overboard. I know schools aren't fair (5th grade, I got punched in the face, guess who got in trouble and who didn't?), but really? I'm glad the boy didn't get suspended and I hope that principal is forced to make a public apology...stuff like that can really mess with a kid, to see adults do something so [to them] horribly wrong and unfair and not be reprimanded. Just my two studs, though. ~Trexxen

Well, as to why younger members don't get watched if they don't say anything, that's because there's no feasible way for the mods/admins to know their age. =P But as for the rest of the argument, I think it all depends on how the member admits to their age. If, for instance, their sig says something like "14 and proud of it!" (and if anyone has that actually in their sig, uh...sorry XD), yes, I believe they should be potentially watched. However, in the same vein, if someone brings it up as part of a casual conversation or because they are asked, and plays it off coolly or doesn't make a big deal of it (Example: "...and since you asked, I'm 14"), then I feel that's acceptable and shows a bit of maturity. Basically, don't make a big deal of your age. If you walk around basically saying "HA! I'm 16 and I'm on an adults only site! Suck it!" then yeah, you're going to get watched/chambered/banned. But if you just play it cool, I don't see the big deal as long as it's not a focal point of a conversation. =P ~Trexxen

Studs out all the way! I can see where it would make sense to cover the studs, such as on Atlantis-style MOCs (where preserving the smooth curves is important) or sleek futuristic models, but even then it somewhat detracts from the Lego aspect and turns it into something less...pure. I mean, don't get me wrong, tiles definitely have their place. However, I just like the more natural studded approach. Besides, I have an old house with old floors - if I put my minifigs on tiles, they'd never stay up when someone walked by! XD ~Trexxen

I love the telescope, but I hate that it came in gold - not a big fan of that myself; especially for the pirates! Where did a lowly stranded pirate find a shiny gold eyepiece from?! It works for a high-ranking Imperial officer, though...but enough on that =P My three favorite parts, in order: 1. Admiral Torso - It's so awesome, and the best part, it's blue! It's my pirate sigfig's torso of choice, too. =D 2. The double-sided Soldier torso, and really all the double sided torsos in the line. They're all so awesome, but the little details on the soldier one make it the best! 3. This was tough, but in the end I had to go with the new printed Shako parts. Putting them in such cheap sets was a brilliant move; I'd love to see just how many of these they moved throughout 09! ~Trexxen

*signs up* I just know this game is going to be excellent! =D And what better way to make a return than with my beloved bluecoats...<3 ~Trexxen

"where the Pirates have locked up their mortal enemies, the Ninjas" Buying this game now. =O Seriously though, this game looks amazing - and I'm only through Video 2! ~Trexxen

Just throwing this link out here; it's from that album "Relics of the Chozo" I mentioned last post. It's quickly become my favorite song from the album (which, by the way, is designed to flow almost like one giant song - so if you like this, definitely get the album!), and if you like Metroid or Metal you should definitely give it a listen. =D (By the way, the whole album isn't metal, it's really an all-encompassing album - it goes from stuff I'd play with a thrash metal band to stuff I'd play with a marching band, and everything between =P) ~Trexxen

KimT, I think he means that we'd lose the TFOL members on the site that are able to actively participate in discussions and be mature about it. (Sorry for answering for you, Zuloo! =P) MetroiD and peterab are, to some extent, right; however, there are three problems with that rule. The first is, like Zuloo said, those TFOL exceptions that make the effort to get away from the stigma surrounding their age. Those people are living proof that age does NOT equal maturity; I've met preteens that are more capable of being respectful and contributing constructively than many adults, while I've met people well into their 20s and 30s that are incapable of finishing a sentence without messing it up badly. Secondly, as KimT pointed out, removing all the TFOLs from this site would get rid of a fairly significant portion of the members here. I'd hazard a guess that at least 20% of this forum is made up of TFOL members, and a good majority of them are great, insightful posters. And then finally there's the main problem, which has been brought up time and time again in this thread: It's statistically impossible to tell whether or not someone is being truthful about their age online. I could say I'm ten years old or thirty years old; that doesn't make either of them true, and yet, I could feasibly pull off an impression of either depending on how I choose to post. Unless this site begins requiring legal document proof of age upon signup (and even then, you could just get someone else's or use a fake ID), there will never be a time where the community is solely 18+. Oh, and just because I like irony (sorry peterab!): ~Trexxen

Right now I'm on an Electric Six splurge; my favorite songs by them are Gay Bar, Improper Dancing, and Danger! High Voltage!. Other things I'm listening to right now include Relics of the Chozo (an AMAZING Super Metroid remix album; if you haven't heard it, look it up - even if you don't like Metroid, it's a real musical masterpiece and I love it so. =D), and Turn The Page (since I'm going to be singing it [both the Bob Seger and Metallica versions, but combined - gotta decide which vocal style to use...] for a contest soon...=D) ~Trexxen

When I said small I mainly meant $10 or less, but some of those sets I've been looking for a long time anyways, so I'm shooting you a PM. =D ~Trexxen

Haha, oh wow - that's brilliant! I've gotta say, I've heard that joke, but I've never imagined it as a MOC until now...simply brilliant! My favorite aspect of it, though, is that it may be a joke MOC, but it still has an impressive amount of detail in each scene. The cobblestone driveway, the uh...bottles in the bedroom, the oven, the fireplace - all of it is stuff that didn't have to be there to make the joke work, but it still is. Great job on this; I'm going to go check out the rest of them ~Trexxen

Oh wow, that IS a gold mine! Depending on the part quality, I'd say that's worth at least 200 if not more - I see a lot of really hard to find classic sets in there! If there were better pictures, I could probably pick out specific sets and add up their bricklinks - I see two Classic Space ships and two mostly-built Castle sets, though. (And by the way, members can't post on the Buy/Sell/etc. forum until they have 10 posts, I believe.) ~Trexxen

I'm reading through the Watchmen "graphic novel" currently, and it's amazing - even better than the film (which is a high compliment from me, even though I expected it would be as such - film adaptations rarely live up to the source material, unfortunately.). Aside from that, the only normal comic I enjoy is Calvin and Hobbes - most superhero-style comics I don't care for, although I do like to be versed in their lore just so that I can know something about them. I read a ton of webcomics though, I'll list a few of them: -Looking For Group -Planet Zebeth (Metroid Sprite Comic - unfortunately, it looks as if it's slowing down now, but back during its heyday it was amazing) -Slightly Damned -Cyanide and Happiness There's a ton more, but those are just the ones I remember off the top of my head. =P ~Trexxen

I didn't know this was paranormal, but this is my life story. Almost everything I do seems to have a sense of familiarity to it; like I dreamed it, or I knew it was coming...it's creepy. I've had entire days go by where I felt the sense of deja vu in everything I did... ~Trexxen

Smooth, I almost missed that. XD I love the look of this MOC, but I agree that it doesn't look like it uses nearly all of the parts in the model. Still, it's unique, and would likely make for an amazing centerpiece to any modular-style Town display. The jury's out on whether it's worth that much cash partwise, but the time that was put into this creation (well, most of it - obviously parts of it are just straight Cafe Corner, done by the instructions) is enough to make it just about worth the price. The question is, would anyone actually have the money for that behemoth? ~Trexxen

Sorry that the text is so small, but...I think these arms might be mobile. =D ~Trexxen

What would be better, then; buying a single 5870, or running dual 4890s in a SLI configuration? ~Trexxen

O_o Wow, we've got quite a bit in common. =D I still need to finish reading Pride and Prejudice and Zombies... What web comics do you follow? (And I agree; Cracked is awesome. =D) A couple more random facts: - I am the neatest, messiest person you'll ever know. What I mean by that is simple: Any room I have a stake in (computer room + bedroom) tends to be trashed...but I can find anything relatively quickly. - I am officially addicted to World of Warcraft. ~Trexxen

JCC, have you tried using Firefox? Otherwise, it seems it might be a site cache problem (basically, site doesn't save your login on that section, likely due to a glitch - it's happened to me before). If you try all the browsers you can and can't get it to work, then it's likely a site problem, as I can't think of anything on your computer that could be causing it. My questions for you guys: 1. Is it worth it to upgrade to Windows 7 Ultimate? 2. Should I shell out the cash for a 1 TB external? (Just as a note, my current system specs: Vista 64-bit 8 GB RAM 2.5 gHz Quad-Core processor Nvidia GeForce 9600 Video Card 750 GB HD) 3. What should be the first thing I upgrade? I'm thinking get an external and a better video card...(btw, this is a gaming comp, but it's also my main =P) And finally, 4. What do you guys recommend for a cheap but reliable microphone? I don't want to play Left 4 Dead 2 until I can voice chat again, for obvious reasons =P ~Trexxen

Congrats to you all! =D I can't wait to see what you guys put up on the blog! ~Trexxen

Dunjohn: Wow, that's actually a really good song - something about the animation style combined with the fact that I can hardly understand a word they're saying creeps me out, though Currently listening to this song; if any of you remember the movie version of Hitchhikers' Guide To The Galaxy you might recognize it (though it was cut for that one): Everything about it is beautiful; I just wish that the song would be a bit louder in the beginning. Also, is it just me, or does that song remind anyone else of Diablo II? ~Trexxen