Lord Admiral Helden Ravensdorn

Aye, give tiny bits of info and TRASH the Bionicle universe.. Anyhow, ima wait until we get better pictures to pass final judgement on these boyos.

*shrug* It was a step up, to be sure, but absolutely nothing can match the simple ingenousness of Templar and the 2001-2003 animations/games. LEGO is *still* stupid :(

Ravens..burg...er...? X-O :-X *wacko*

Hey, cool. Too bad the masks are still ugly as all getout :P

Hold the door, I want to join you :'-(

Me too. StarWars4J? Please do arrange it :-D Meanwhile, i'll go draw the AAR getting horribly mutilated by Thok.

Cool, Megabloks without the quality.

http://freetheband.com/ Yup, the Eye-Nye-Kah have found the AAR ( a pity...) and the worst disgrace in all of BIONICLE history is finially over, praise be.

.... They did.

I have no problem with the style. I do however have three problems with their graphics overall. A: They dropped Templar for THIS? B: As I said, they're actually getting PAID for this? 3: The reason I am angry at them getting paid for this is because this is a style I could scratch out in MSPaint with ease X_x

... THEY GET PAID FOR THIS?! I could scratch graphics that bad out in paint in about 5 minutes.... literally.

You are quite right, Jinzo. Let me reference you to my friend Turaga of Force of BZP. He is buying all the new McD's promos because.... They're BIONICLE *wacko* No other reason then that. But, as Greg Farshtey has said, this year has been targeted at "the audience that buys", ie, all the rather brainless 7-12 year-olds whos imagination have been washed away by video games and now legos >_>

Seeing as my first and only ship IS an official set, yes :P The Armada Flagship would be categorized as 'Spanish". Anyhow, I am still typing up information on the Archipalego itself. I hope to have it ready for release soon. As for the UPSS, I am still thinking and planning. Trust me, just because you dont SEE anything getting done doesnt mean it ISNT getting done ;) As I said, I am determined to finish this project :)

Im going to be gone for the weekend, Berry. I will post an update on my work when I get back on Tuesday or Wednesday.

Well lets see, i'm already involved in creating an in-depth Pirates universe and a Online RPG for Pirates that involves MoCs... Count me in ^_^

Or you could have my problem: Trying to get out of a dark age, having extremely rusty skills, not having any money (yet) to contribute to Lego Pirate since I am still finishing off my Bionicle collection, and not really having the time to do any in-depth building anyhow, yet still being determined to do it all anyway >:-)

My main problem is its cheap plasticy feel. It doesnt *LOOK* like a Bionicle. It looks like a generic action story villian exept with a lot of technic holes in it. - Helden

Rambling and what all is more like it ^_^ At least I can have a good ramble with you :-)

Umm. Did you actually get any of the new sets? The Inika heads don't glow in the dark. At all. ... Oh. Thought they were. My bad. At least I know that the heads that arent glow in the dark dont fire lasers. I'm split in two on your overall appraisal. As far as story goes, all the movies they put on cds and dvd and junk... none of it is still as cool as the original online game from like 2001. The Tohunga characters, with all their wit and humor in movement...gone forever I'd say. In the movies, they were SUPER annoying. I was expecting them to say stuff like "radical" and "totally tubular" while jumping on skateboards & blaring boomboxes. I concur ENTIRELY here. MNOLG I is, and forever shall be, the greatest multimedia thing in all of Bionicle, followed by, IMHO, LoMN. The Matoran just sucked in MoL, and havnt been properly portrayed since Templar stopped doing stuff in 2003. My point IS, However, that they shouldnt HAVE to be gone forever - If the story was better written in that respect. So, their lack of presence in the current series was welcome. They've been "dead" for years. But I'm not a man of story, I'm a man of parts. I am glad to know that you acknowlage it :) Some fans wouldnt >_> However, I must say, we are opposite on this - I am a man of story, not parts. In fact... I am utterly terrible at Bionicle MOCs :P Thats why I bulid pirate ships. Yeah, the heads leave alot to be desired, as do the bodies, as do the swirly-colored, useless-to-moc-with armor in 2 of the sets... but there's alot of other good stuff. FOUR joint beams in each Inika? And the armor bits are a little better than in recent years, WAY more able to be used in mocs. The heads, while far from the awesomeness of the 2001 plastic masks, at least have room for more customization than all the years since 2001. You can actually put stuff through the eyeholes this time. It might not sound like a big deal to you, but to me, it means the mask isn't just a mask. Music? Bleh. I approach it the same as I do the story. Don't care. Nothing compares to the 2001 online game. While I will agree with this, the music is, to me, what sets the background feel for the whole setting. We go from the utterly unique and origional Metru Nui to weird pseudo basketball stadium lights, chainlink fences, and the AAR. One could complain about weapons all being swords, but think back to 2001... who was the coolest Toa? Oh, Kopaka, with his sword. EVERYONE made at least 1 moc holding that sword I think. :-D It's only logical that it'd be emulated further on down the line. I know what you mean about the gimmick sets. In 2001, it was impossible to go into a store that carried Lego and NOT see mask packs falling off the shelves. It was great. But even though the collectibles since then have increasingly sucked harder and harder (well, the spinners were the worst), Lego has at least had the decency to hide them within the confines of shop@home, with few exception. I have yet to see any of the poopy plastic marbles where I buy Lego. Thank goodness. I never saw the silly rhotuka spinners there either. I THINK I saw those worthless Kraata tubs there for 1 week, in super-small quantity. Haha, I will agree with you on this - If your collectibles have to suck, put them on a need-to-buy basis for your fans :P So, it's good to know they're not allocating time and money away from the sets in that regard. To each his own though. I miss the smaller pieces used in the titan sets of 2005, but at the same time I don't miss the illogically butt-ugly set designs or some of the super-worthless <insert that tiresome argument> parts. You mean in comparison to the years before it, where things that were clearly weapons were constantly called "tools", where the showdown of their first movie against the big, evil enemy was... a hockey game? I'll take mindless violence over insultingly veilied, politically correct violence ANY day of the week. I was reffering more to the feel of the Toa Metru, where their tools WERE actually tools, and real combat was kept to a minimum (Such as the Matau vs Vakama fight). I will agree that the Makuta vs Takanuva Koli match sucked hard, though. My point is is that you CAN walk the fine line between bad junorized combat and Grand Theft Auto and still make it all around goodieness.

...Oh. So the things in Bionicle: Heroes are just aiming devices or something? 0_o Any way, yes. Yes I have read the books. And that is why I call them generic :P Oh, some of the movie music: http://www.brickshelf.com/gallery/Dunce/Mu...bionicletwo.wav

In a word? No. This is the single worst year EVER for Bionicle. It does, IMHO, make 2005 look like the shining crown of set building and story writing. Lets look at the characters, first: The Matoran Resistance members have... nothing The Pirakas personalitys are bland stereotypical villians The Inika are simply betrayals of their Matoran characters. Gone are the flaws that made past Toa cool and hence leaves us with this bland group of Toa with so much power its hard to play with. Next, lets talk Powers. Each Inika has eye lasers, a mask power, a zamor launcher, some kind of gun-weapon and then their elemental powers. These powers, particularly the gun-weapon, are so incredibly powerful that theres almost no point in playing with the sets since they'd just kill each other in about three minutes. And these are just the TOA! Take a glance at the Matoran - It would appear that Greg and the story team think that the only way to make a character interesting is to gob powers onto them. Next up: Storyline Gone are the days of yore when storytelling was actually a signifigant part of Bionicle. It really started in 2005 and has fully matured now: Sacrificing a good story for pure Inika vs Piraka Shoot 'em up Blow 'em up. It fits with the bland characters since in this story you dont need more then bland characters because the story is bland. "Blow up Piraka, rescue the Toa Nuva, get the Mask of Life, and rescue the All American Rejects". There it is, 2006's entire plot boiled down. And that reminds me - Bionicle Music. Apparently composers like Justin Luchter (MNOLG) and Nathan Furst (Movies) were simply too revolutionary in their ideas for unique Bionicle music. So, of course, Lego has now contracted the All American Rejects - the most UN-Bionicle sound in music possible, unless you concider raggae or maby punk. Moving on... Collectibles. While granted, hordes of Krana and Kraata werent ideal, at least they were INTERESTING. Now, for the past 3 years we've had... ammo. The disks were rather lame, Rhotuka just sucked unless you really like shooting things 40 feet away, and now we've got... plastic marbles. Lame. Now, for the Grand Finale... Sets. The sets are without doubt the worst abominations to ever carry the name "Lego". Yes, the Doomtoran are cute, Yes, despite the giant cheesy silver weapons the titans are pretty good - But its the Inika and Piraka that matter here (And the re-use of the Great Ruru over and over again). The Inika masks are just plain TERRIBLE - They look like some kind of weird cross between a mutant frog and an alien dipped in battery acid while being microwaved. They dont look like Toa, they dont look like the "Good Guys" and they're ugly as all bobert. WORSE then the front of the mask is the BACK of the mask. Always it has been a mask on a head (Exept for the Hordika, but at least they had an excuse) Not this time! Now, the "head" is a cheesy peice of glow-in-the-dark plastic. Yey. T_T Well, in all honesty, I must say the HEADS are the worst part of the Inika. The bodys are.... OK, But still big, blocky, and horrendously ugly. They, just like EVERYTHING else 2006, retain nothing anyone could even begin to regard as the real Feel and Spirit of BIONICLE. They are now gimmicky plastic toys with a gimmicky plastic story to appeal to kids who love gimmicky plastic stuff. And, if you've read this far... Trust me, you dont want me to get started on the Piraka - The "Gang on the Loose", the "Gangstas" who are stereotypical villians and annoying in the utmost degree. So, No. 2006 is a base betrayal of all that has called itself Bionicle. I say this not because I hate bionicle, but because I loved it - and 2006 has killed any interest in persuing this love for Bionicle any further for me. - Helden

Hm... I suppose you could say i've been bogged, though when it comes to this project here its mostly other computer tasks interfereing - For example, doing pixel art commisions that bite into my "free time" (See: 11 PM to 1 AM) for doing most of my own projects like this :) Ah well, 'nuff ranting about my own problems. Onto the battle! Simply because I have been busy does not mean I have not been thinking. So, here are my thoughts: A stand-alone website hosted by me with all the background info. This is so anyone can just use the PotA setting for their own Pirate adventures without having to sign up on the project here on Eurobricks. The Eurobricks part of it would require a sub-forum WITH a sub-forum. What im thinking here is that the subforumed subforum would contain all the rules, updates, etc. The main subforum would have actual GAMEPLAY. MoCs would, of course, go in the MoC forum, prefferably with something about being a part of the project in the subject title. Basically, there would be 9 factions, and players could sign up under as many as they like. The players storys and MoCs would affect each faction in the PotA, and I or someone else good at that sort of thing would publish a bi-weekly update on matters in the Archipalego. The point here is to make a setting to inspire people to make storys and build stuff and know that their contributions are effecting the fantasy world as a whole. ---- @ Basiliscus: Well, those would probably go under the "Islanders"... and if you think you can make them blend in some way, go ahead ^_^ This is meant to spark creativity. As for the Barbary corsairs, if memory serves, one or more of the american superfrigates was despatched to quash them. Not sure if it was John Paul Jones or Decatur... i'll have to re-read it :P So yes, Barbary corsairs are fine, ad would have to sign up under the Pirate faction. Good day, gentlemen *sweet* - The Lord Admiral

Wow! That ship-name generator is just ducky! Thanx mate :-D

Aye, im with Phes here. The fantasy aspect makes it fun and allows more room for general creativity, while going too far (as they very nearly did in PotC 2) is just rediciulous and not much fun for those of us who like PIRATES. - The Lord Admiral

Tempted, yes. But once you look at them in detail... No. No way at all X_x - Ravensburg