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http://www.brickshelf.com/cgi-bin/gallery.cgi?f=385813 Yes, I know, not the best, but it was all I could find. This is the only kid I've seen with all six; Gelu looks alright... still probably going to get Vastus first, in despite of myself. Stronius too. Sad they had to rename his Dorn Hammer. ;_;

Make that black Muaka ear on his Abdomen white, if you can. Other than that; I don't have any problems with it. :)

Mmm... Ackar and Kiina's canisters: >3 Not bad, not bad at all. I'm liking them; would have been a little nicer if we had the elemental backrounds that we did for the winter Glatorian, but oh well... these are almost equally as good looking, so I'm happy. They even managed to make Kiina's torso look GOOD, too! XD

And it's not like the site is down THAT much... the only problem is, when it does go down, it goes down hard. >>

Oh man. Thank goodness I never went premier... sucks to be you guys. D:

If I remember right, Greg said somewhere in the OGD that they all took part in the battle of Atero, if that helps. Minus Mats, of course.

Um... they use Spikit as beasts of burden. Everyone does. So, I'd bet the've seen one before, and am more inclined to believe that they are either GB related or the shapeshifters I've mentioned earlier. ;)

The new chapter of RotGB was sweet. IMO, those wolves are probably going to turn out to be the shapshifters... there aren't any Biomech. creatues on Bara Magna anyways, so I wouldn't be surprised. Lovin' the more action, less dialogue, too. :D

The Sand Stalker needs some SERIOUS help. He's too fugly. ;_;

I kick some serious megablocks with Skrall, actually. Got all the way to silver... just kept beefing up my strength. xD Now that I have played the game, I can finally say: Spikeball is just overly hard and irritating; the Zesk IS adorable, and Skrall is the best areana character to play with, IMO. Now, I just want two things: An actual video-game version of this - a Storyline version, for Bara Magna, then a multiplayer version that takes place with 3D combat in the Arena Magna. It'd be awesome, with good graphics, decent fighting, etc. I'll keep dreaming. :P The other is the summer update. I just want to play as Stronius. ;_; He looks as if he could just break everyone else in half.

You sure he wasn't already playable? B6 has him and Gresh for the demo, so... I dunno, maybe he was there all along. Anyone tried out Skrall... ball... or whatever it is? xD

Along with the aformentioned color problems with the Spikit... the chariot just sucks. I'm sorry, but did you see that thing from behind? It looks... incredibly under-armored and frail, while it COULD have been awesome. Really, if TLC can churn out something as great as Skopio no problem, then just bomb another set that isn't even a store exclusive... WHY? ...I can't get to the Glatorian game yet. ;_; My Norton and Firewall keep telling me it's a security threat, when it's NOT... I may have awesome security on this thing, but it gets really annoying when it blocks practically everything that 'could' be harmful. Ah, well, I'm going to be working on that for a while... >> Got chapter one of RoD on the way, too - with Avatar-style bending! Tahu's gonna learn that he can shoot flames from his feet when they are attacked. =) ...I'm bending the rules. WUT :P For Wrack, who's post I just noticed: Malum: M41UMZ Strakk: 57R4KK Skrall: 5KR411 Tarix: 74R1XR Vorox: VOROXR

Well, I have to admit, the names for the vehicle pilots are pretty cool - going along with Gunnar, Sahmas is one of the better ones I've heard for a while. The concept behind Skopio and Telluris (right?) is probably my favorite - the evil little genius stalking the wastelands in his massive scorpion mech is... oddly cool. I'm definitly, whatever the shortcoming may be, getting Skopio as soon as possible. I just want to run some people over in it's tank form. :D

So... after getting this odd idea of mine (one of many), I decided to re-write Reign of Shadows from my own perspective. I got a bunch of awesome suggustions and idea from some poeple on here, and... wham, actually started writing. I guess this is an epic of sorts; I'll try and get chapters up regurally and all that... should you guys be interested. Right now, I just have the prologue, which I will post below. CC is welcome; and feel free to throw out some suggustions should you have any. Always open to the minds of the readers. But anyways, enough with me, depending on how you like what is below, this is how the rest of this prodject will go. So without further ado... Prologue: ____________________________________________________ The world spun. Or, at least, that was what Helryx could make out. She could feel her eyes watering; her legs shaking, her head pounding. Steadying herself on a nearby panel of machinery, she tried once again to make it to her feet - but to no avail. He legs gave out beneath her, and she collapsed back onto the cold stone floor. Shaking and cry profusely, she tried to remind herself that it is essential to keep one’s head when faced with a situation such as this. That is, if she could… all that she could think about was the horrifying sensation that seemed to have been planted into her mind. It was so powerful and overwhelming that it was all she could manage to focus on. As Helryx lay on the ground, tears streaming down her face, she could have sworn she heard something. At first, it appeared to be nothing more than simple noise… white noise, actually… but then it began to form into a sound all the more terrible – laughter. It was a dark, twisted sound, something that would have reeked of rot and decay should it have had a scent. And then… then the voice began to speak. Vocal comprehension was something that was a bit beyond her right now, so she instead used the distraction to try and clear her mind. Looking hard at the now visible ‘portrait’ of the former Makuta Miserix on the wall across from her, Helryx began to grasp the emotions dominating her more clearly – and she immediately wished she had not. They were deep, complex thoughts… definitely not hers, for sure… almost alien in composition. While they may have been hard to interpret, one word did come to her on how to describe them: Ambition. A dark, ravenous, all-consuming ambition. It was a horrifying feeling; and just the thought of it, no less experiencing it, plunged her into a frenzy of… something… it was as if all of the light had been drained out of her, only to be replaced by the darkness she had fought so long. Just as she began to slide a little close to the edge, though, she heard it… He was speaking, and she could understand this time. “…and if I recall, dear Helryx, you said that you would resist my mind. You told me that you wouldn’t break.” The dark being sighed, of all things, and then added, “A lie, if but a small one. You and your kind are filled with those, though, so should I be surprised?” She lay on the ground for a minute, her insides still churning with anger and fear. Then, with supreme effort, she managed to croak out a single sentence: “You… won’t… win…” This, to her surprise, was only met with more amusement. The master of shadows chucked, and replied, “I’m sorry, but… I believe that I already have.” Then, he began to laugh again; with that horrible, twisted laugh… the sound was atrocious to a degree that she had never known. She felt another pulse of emotion from the Makuta, and it proved to be too much for her. Slumping onto her side and shaking uncontrollably, she simply closed her eyes and waited for it all to end… ... When unconsciousness came to her, it was a mercy. Though, all Helryx could hear as it finally claimed her was that single, horrible sound – Teridax laughing. Laughing as she fell one step closer to his promise of eternal shadow… …for everyone. _________________________________________________ As I said, it's a workin progress. Thanks for viewing. =)

...I completely and totally knew that that was the sensible, intelligent thing to do. Yes indeed. ...thanks. EDIT: The link, should anyone want it. And yes, this means I will stop spamming this topic up now. http://www.eurobricks.com/forum/index.php?showtopic=26230

I myself have always been happier with melee combat, so I'll see what I can do. As far as elements go... I always like it when the characters incorperate them into their physical fighting style (THANK you, Avatar.). Sorta like flaming punches, kicks... etc. Make everything a lot cooler than just standing there and blasting fire or ice at someone. :/ You know what? I'm posting it here, what the heck, so here it is: ________________________________________________________________________________ The world spun. Or, at least, that was what Helryx could make out. She could feel her eyes watering; her legs shaking, her head pounding. Steadying herself on a nearby panel of machinery, she tried once again to make it to her feet - but to no avail. He legs gave out beneath her, and she collapsed back onto the cold stone floor. Shaking and cry profusely, she tried to remind herself that it is essential to keep one’s head when faced with a situation such as this. That is, if she could… all that she could think about was the horrifying sensation that seemed to have been planted into her mind. It was so powerful and overwhelming that it was all she could manage to focus on. As Helryx lay on the ground, tears streaming down her face, she could have sworn she heard something. At first, it appeared to be nothing more than simple noise… white noise, actually… but then it began to form into a sound all the more terrible – laughter. It was a dark, twisted sound, something that would have reeked of rot and decay should it have had a scent. And then… then the voice began to speak. Vocal comprehension was something that was a bit beyond her right now, so she instead used the distraction to try and clear her mind. Looking hard at the now visible ‘portrait’ of the former Makuta Miserix on the wall across from her, Helryx began to grasp the emotions dominating her more clearly – and she immediately wished she had not. They were deep, complex thoughts… definitely not hers, for sure… almost alien in composition. While they may have been hard to interpret, one word did come to her on how to describe them: Ambition. A dark, ravenous, all-consuming ambition. It was a horrifying feeling; and just the thought of it, no less experiencing it, plunged her into a frenzy of… something… it was as if all of the light had been drained out of her, only to be replaced by the darkness she had fought so long. Just as she began to slide a little close to the edge, though, she heard it… He was speaking, and she could understand this time. “…and if I recall, dear Helryx, you said that you would resist my mind. You told me that you wouldn’t break.” The dark being sighed, of all things, and then added, “A lie, if but a small one. You and your kind are filled with those, though, so should I be surprised?” She lay on the ground for a minute, her insides still churning with anger and fear. Then, with supreme effort, she managed to croak out a single sentence: “You… won’t… win…” This, to her surprise, was only met with more amusement. The master of shadows chucked, and replied, “I’m sorry, but… I believe that I already have.” Then, he began to laugh again; with that horrible, twisted laugh… the sound was atrocious to a degree that she had never known. She felt another pulse of emotion from the Makuta, and it proved to be too much for her. Slumping onto her side and shaking uncontrollably, she simply closed her eyes and waited for it all to end… ... When unconsciousness came to her, it was a mercy. Though, all Helryx could hear as it finally claimed her was that single, horrible sound – Teridax laughing. Laughing as she fell one step closer to his promise of eternal shadow… …for everyone.

LOL, no... even thought the comic was funny (:P), I'm not making it violent and over-the-top for the sake of saying 'Hey look this is how violent it COULD be!' I'm just trying to make it more realistic... the thing about the exploding eyes was sort of a joke, I'm NOT sure if I actually want to do that, but... someone will probably loose an eye, if only in some sword fight or up against an Exo-Toa or something. Most of what I've written is narration, but it flows based on how the character that I'm describing is thinking. I've always written that way when I describe scenes with people; and it just transferred over to here. Epic would be the right word that I'm looking for here, I guess. *Shrugs*

Alright, I got the prologue done... now, the question is, how should I post this? Here, in an attachemnt, etc? It's not too big (only a page and a half in Word) but I'm not how much that would amount to here. Y'know? If anyone has any preferences, or just knows that posting that much in a topic about 2009 sets would be a little over the top (lol) then now would be the time. Thanks. So you know... no action and violence in this one, just sort of a build up to the fear and anxiety that will be present for most of the rest of the story. The real chapters will be a lot longer, with a lot more going on (in order to give everything justice). See, my only gripe is... I feel like I do too much decribing, and not enough doing. Now, they MAY not be a bad thing, but... I'll leave it up to you guys to critique my writing when I post it. If you think it'd be better fast-paced for this kind of thing, or more descriptive, less, etc, I'm open to it. CC, people. ;) ...on a completely different note, I like Mat's Ignika. I'm not WOWED by it, but... it works. In fact, I was almost... I dunno, dissapointed when I found out it was an old mold, persay. I guess I just like new masks. xD But, personally, the curve in the back and the small-ness of it doesn;t really detract from anything for me. I still think it's our beautiful 2008 Ignika, only in a better color. Yeah, I like it. :P ...and as far as Stronius goes - awesome pics, awesome head, awesome club... he's even cooler now, but... WHO WAS STUPID enough to position his torse backwards?! I'm sorry, but I just couldn't get over how bad they are at posing... :D Current GL buy list (from top to bottom): 1. Stronius 2. Vastus/Gelu (Same time; both equal for me) 3. Ackar (Mata Red - Tahu Mistika revamp all the way :)) 4. Mats (Not... overly awesome, but whatever, I like his parts) 5. Kiina (PLEASE, cover the hordika necks... >>) ...I'll be quiet now. XD

Alright, so you know... I've saved most of the suggustions; so far, I feel as if I can incorporate most of them naturally (I like the ideas, too) and will probaly have them all show up at some point. I have some basic plans for Vezon; NOT sure how he'll fit into things quite yet, but... as I said, I'm thinking about it. Finally, I'm especially intrigued by the Teridax-breakdown scenario, along with him hallucinating. Never a bad thing, IMO. Slither As you can see form this, TK slithers too get around. With that, I'm finally ready to start writing the actual chapters... or updates... or whatever, not sure how long they'll be. In the meantime, I'm almost finished with the Prologue; you guys SHOULD see it tonight, if all goes well. Maybe tomorrow if I'm not happy with it; we'll see. =) ...I also plan to use Akhmou as you suggusted, Gunnar, and have him give the majority of the orders to the Exo-Toa squads and the Rahkshi. Teridax is still learning control of his newfound powers for the first little bit, so he'll act as his physical communicator to the Matoran and just about everyone else who is being given orders. ...I'm so hyped right now, it's not even funny. xD

ESPECIALLY if Makuta is somehow influencing them to be a bit more... open to suggustions. I'll take the idea, thanks. :) I'm probably going to corrupt three or four of the surviving Mahri into Shadow Toa... that way, one will be alive and well to see his friends embrace the shadow. Maybe it will even drive him over the edge to insanity, too, I dunno. Kongu will probably be the one who remains uncorrupted... maybe Hewkii, too. As I said before, if all this goes as planned... I have to keep this away from BZPower. Why? ...I've contemplated possibly killing one of the Nuva. xD (Gali, actually - near the climax or whatever. Her death may be the most cliche' way to go, but... I don't really want to see the others go, and someone needs to be the example that the heros are NOT invincible, so... )

@Ikki - Nice. VERY nice. I like the name, btw. Maybe that should be how he refers to his 'Empire'? Insted of Makutaverse? @Gunnar - Almost like he'd be a head authority figure for the city? Something that everyone could SEE, rather than just having Teridax speak to the whole universe when he wants to convey a message... I like the idea of having the Skadi, Vortixx, and Shadow Toa as dominate species, and Krekka, etc. as the workforce. As far as Shadow Toa go... I'm getting some evil ideas. Might it be time to corrupt some of our old friends? IE: The Mahri... ?

Trash compactor - WIN. Assuming that the EP entity isn't happy with the current state of things... they could seek him out and alliy with him, then track Krom down. It'd be a little better than just having Artahka teleport Lewa there in seconds, IMO. :/ I also got an amazing idea while writing earlier - at some point, Terry needs to completely shut down all gravity, heat and light to one of the domes... assuming that he is standing up, the result would be horrific - the characters, trapped in an icy black void, falling down down down... when they hit bottom, it'd be ugly. xD I already have a feeling as to how it's going to work out, just need to try and see if I can write it to do it justice. ;) And, for remaking the Universe - Metru-Nui will become a massive, black, armored Fortress. Rakhshi patrolling everywhere, massive walls with some sort of weaponry mounted on them... they'll be black, of course, with crystal spires. Something GB fortress inspired, most likely. He'll terraform most enviroments, too; lots of Krahkken statues, and the ground will start to become black crystal as well. He needs to start reshaping islands and really making himself feel more at home. xD

I LOL'd, despite myself. Air Pressure it is, then. ;) Say, what kind of role should Tren Krom have? He's a favortie of mine, but... as I recall, he is still bound to his island, and I doubt Teridax is planning of freeing him to wreak havoc anytime soon. SOMEHOW... someone needs to free him. Sure, Greg said that that isn't possible for anyone with lesser power than Mata Nui, but if I don't do something, then... TK can't really do anything. ;_; I can imagine him running around from shadow to shadow basically slaughtering people and Exo-Toa and freeing higher ups in the resistance... assuming that he is powerful enough to resist capture, that is. Ooo, boy, I'm really hyped up now... exploding people, Tren Krom murder sprees... we gotta have Teridax start remaking the universe in his own image, too. Black Crystal, fortresses of Iron and Rock... Metru-Nui should become the capital of his new empire... I'll shut up now, and go try and write something.

THAT right there just convinced me to start writing when I can. I can't promise anything, but... I'll see what I can do. As far as opressive goes, he should be treating the Matoran of Metru Nui like slaves, IMO, and not hesitate to kill someone if they are defiant. If only to make an example, that is. Now, the REAL question is... can he affect someone's body teleketically? IE: Ripping them apart (seemingly out of nowhere to the onlookers), make their eyes suddenly and violently explode (:P), etc. If I could bend the rules, that would instantly make his opressive-ness and control seem 100 times more real. ;) ...though, when I have Tahu's left eye explode, I'd better now take that over to BZP. xD Edit: Or, I could just have the Exo-Toa do it the old-fashioned way and just have them partially gut and rip parts of his face off with rocket fire or their claws, somehow. Gotta have some greivous injuries at some point, no?

Man... that is an awesome pic, Antrozek. I really, REALLY like Vastus already (he's my fav. GL now), that made him look even better. I'm still going to do a revamp, sure, to fix the... less than sterling body, but he's pretty good as-is. But, a question for you all - I was possibly thinking of doing a 'revamp' of sorts to RoS - writing it myself, basically. First, do you think it would be worth it? I'd -sorta- stick to what Greg has done so far... but do it the way it should be done - as many of you have said, less dialouge, better action scenes, a darker, gloomier feel, etc. I could take suggustions, too if you want. =) It's nothing serious right now; just a prodject that I had an idea for. I orginially wanted to start an epic that would pretty much go back and re-write the past few years of the storyline ans any other less-popular scenes better, but... it would be a huge thing to do, and it never really got off the ground. This may be my answer to that. And, btw, how many of you are getting Vastus for sure, anyways?