Aanchir
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Regular Warm Gold already separates them from the Protectors just fine, I think, since none of the Protector sets use Warm Gold anywhere in their design. My brother had already figured out that they use gearboxes like the Toa, but I guess either he didn't mention it here or it got buried.
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Technically, Pohatu's mask in 2008 covered the whole face, because despite being a separate piece, the visor was still part of the mask. But in any case, the impression I get from that comment is sort of "We're going to be taking a lot of the things you remember from the old BIONICLE and trying to make them even better!"
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It actually can, facing either up or down! I was a bit surprised to find that out. It even fits on a torso beam, but only facing up.
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It's worth noting that in LEGO Battles Ninjago from 2011, Jay DID have orange hair. In fact, it practically looked Bright Orange rather than the Dark Orange it is in the sets. It's hardly the only discrepancy between characters' in-set and on-screen appearances. Kai has never had his facial scar in the TV show, nor has Nya in the show ever had her eye shadow (which finally disappeared in the sets this year, when her face was replaced with a more generic one). Also, in the TV episodes, Kruncha conspicuously lacks his monocle. Frankly, I like Dark Orange best as Jay's hair color. I feel like it makes the Ninja that much more diverse. But at this point they couldn't easily change his hair color in the TV show without confusing viewers.
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Post about Cartoons and Anime you like
Aanchir replied to Peppermint_M's topic in Culture & Multimedia
Just watched My Little Pony Equestria Girls: Rainbow Rocks yesterday. It was amazing! It started off at a brisk pace, not letting the exposition bog it down. The music was beautiful, the characterization was on point, the visuals were stunning, and there was no shortage of fun and excitement. The movie itself leaves me craving more adventures in the Equestria Girls universe, especially with the stinger at the end showing that there are still surprises in store that DON'T come from Equestria! I got the soundtrack as soon as I finished watching it. I've been wanting to add new music to my iTunes library for a while, and this was a perfect opportunity. -
It is.
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Seriously? THIS is what you had to borrow three brick separators for?
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Maybe the elemental being ISN'T supposed to be evil. I mean, what makes it seem obviously evil to you? The fact that its eyes are pointed downward angrily? That's not a lot to draw conclusions from. When I look at it, I think dangerous, frightening, and somewhat monstrous, but not necessarily evil. The expression reminds me of how mythical creatures like dragons and qilin often look in Chinese art and sculpture. In any case, I don't see much to be gained by going down this avenue of speculation, as there's no telling if it even has any bearing on the final sets or story. These are clearly very early concepts, and certainly not refined to a point that they'd be remotely feasible in sets. So whether the "elemental being" concept will be maintained in any way or not, there's no reason to think it'd still end up looking like this, any more than Tahu's mask and head still look like they do in those concepts.
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They do. Most of these pictures seem to be just concepts (albeit very EARLY concepts) for Tahu's mask and head and the Skull Spiders. The image on the top left is definitely nothing more than a concept for what a maskless head might look like. Not sure what the "Elemental Being" is supposed to be, but Agent Fusion could be on the right track. Or it could be a concept that was completely abandoned. No telling.
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Awww, when I read the topic title I thought somebody had made a Halloween version of the Emerald Night. Now I'm a wee bit disappointed. Hope you find a solution to your problems, though.
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You realize BIONICLE had "colorful flash-animated webisodes" long before it had CG movies of any kind? And that they remain some of the most beloved depictions of BIONICLE's earliest story years? Some of the earliest ones were the 24 cutscenes for the Mata Nui Online Game, which were also posted to a separate "Episodes" page starting in 2002. They were followed with seven new flash-based webisodes in 2002 and three more in 2003. A lot of people seem to be assuming that the stylized character designs will mean that no effort will be put into creating cinematic backdrops. Rest assured that this is not true. This Facebook photo album shows the slides from the NYCC BIONICLE panel presentation, and images such as this, this, and this have no shortage of detail. There are even more stills here and here that show a variety of action-packed scenarios. Definitely a far cry from Mixels, from what I can see. I've seen people compare these, both in terms of visual style and release format, to the original Star Wars: Clone Wars micro-series from 2003.
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What I like best about Onua is that even with their differing physiques and price points, he and Pohatu are still the shortest, just as they were in 2001–2002. Or at least, Onua can be, depending on how you have his neck joint oriented. If you have it vertically he's as tall as Gali or Lewa, but I like it better angled horizontally so he retains his characteristic hunched posture.
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Lots of the Protectors also include silver ones. The Protector of Ice and Protector of Earth are the only ones that don't (The former uses white ones and the latter doesn't use any at all).
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Discovered this song yesterday. Beautiful lyrics and melody. Fellow bronies and whovians will probably enjoy it the most.
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A LEGO reality show... a good idea or a bad one?
Aanchir replied to XAxles's topic in General LEGO Discussion
In general I am surprised to see so much resistance to the idea of a LEGO reality show. I agree that not all reality shows are good. There are plenty of Survivor-esque shows that simply use contrived, unrealistic scenarios to exploit relationship drama and bring out the worst in competitors. But there are plenty of others like America's Got Talent or Top Chef that I feel are a lot more sincere — in the very least, as sincere as any non-televised talent or cooking competition. I think a LEGO reality show would likely be this more sincere type of competition. And if it were in fact similar to the actual building challenges the LEGO Group puts prospective master builders through, then that's even better! It would offer a very personal glimpse into a process most people would never get to witness unless they experienced it for themselves. Having witnessed various types of building competitions at LEGO fan events, I know for fact that there's plenty of entertainment value in these kinds of challenges, and there would be even more if you trim out the more tedious or repetitive bits, and interviewed contestants before and after each challenge. -
No telling, but bear in mind that even if they do, it's no guarantee they can use them. Jaller technically had Lhikan's noble mask in the old story, but as a Matoran he couldn't access its powers in any way. Then again, I have a hard time imagining that they'd do something like that in the new story. I think it'd confuse people more than anything else. Yes, the Protectors have the same head piece as the Toa. I certainly hope it sticks around! It's a great design.
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We don't know. That's what Kalhiki was trying to point out — we can't assume for certain that the new Toa have the same biomechanical physiology as the old ones. To be honest, I wouldn't mind one way or the other.
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Something to keep in mind is that a lot of people (kids in particular) might not get as many big LEGO sets, so they won't have as many brick separators. And even if a person DOES have a sizable collection, you never know which set might be their first to include a brick separator. The other day when building the Haunted House, my brother misplaced some plates. He was struggling to get them off until he remembered the set had a brick separator, at which point he got them off with relative ease. Now, suppose a person who had never previously owned a brick separator made that kind of mistake, and the set in question didn't include a brick separator? They'd probably get pretty frustrated! Even the book LEGO: A Love Story (a deeply investigative and personal chronicle of the writer emerging from his dark ages and coming to terms with the AFOL community) immediately recognizes the importance of a brick separator, in a chapter humorously entitled "Brick Separation Anxiety". On page 65, the author, Jonathan, has just mentioned the inconvenience of separating bricks with his teeth or fingernails to some fellow AFOLs: I'm sure adding a brick separator to an already large set costs next to nothing, especially since the mold for the current version of the brick separator is considerably simpler than the old one from a production standpoint (it only requires two sections, one on top and one on the bottom, rather than needing any kind of sliders to mold detail at more unusual angles). With that in mind, I feel like it'd be a bit foolish for the LEGO Group not to include them in these larger sets. What's the worst-case scenario? That people who end up with too many just recycle them? It's less than four grams of ABS plastic; recycling them wouldn't be a huge waste. But I'm sure most AFOLs can find better things to do with spare brick separators, even if it's just handing them out to kids for free at the next LEGO event you attend. For that matter, Halloween is coming up — maybe you can hand them out to the first 44 trick-or-treaters who come by your house!
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Well, you definitely have a point that Cragger doesn't look 100% organic. But my point is that the CCBS lets him look more organic than typical BIONICLE parts would ever have allowed. If he had been covered in obvious pistons and other mechanical greebles, he would have looked far more mechanical than the actual set no matter WHAT his colors were.
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I don't understand this perspective at all. Most BIONICLE parts felt close to 100% mechanical to me — nearly every surface of many parts was covered in mechanical details such as hinges, bolts, pistons, and accordion joints, not to mention that many parts had either deep, empty cavities or holes running all the way through. There's nothing about a Toa Mata leg, a Piraka torso, or the chest plate of Mistika Toa Onua that feels anything but mechanical. There were some parts that felt a lot more inherently organic, such as most of the colorful shells and head pieces from the Barraki. But these were the exception, not the norm. To me, the CCBS feels a lot less inherently mechanical. It is characterized by smooth, sleek shaping. You can use it as the armor, skin, or clothing of an organic character, as the Legends of Chima constraction sets have done, or you can use it as mechanical body armor. The choice is yours! Just look at CHI Cragger from this year. I'd say the only BIONICLE set that comes CLOSE to looking less mechanical is Barraki Carapar, and even that set has obvious gaps and exposed pistons in its lower legs. It says a lot that CCBS shells have a very similar smoothness to many parts from the Ben 10 Alien Force sets, which were in fact designed specifically for building organic characters.
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That's should surprise nobody. We haven't seen any villains, monsters, or machines besides the Lord of Skull Spiders, and he... doesn't have hands. If we see villains or monsters with hands, then seeing the paw pieces as hands would not be out of the question (and to be honest I would have no problem whatsoever with that).
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Not entirely sure what you mean, since CHI Laval, CHI Cragger, and CHI Fluminox all use Dark Red. Not as a primary color, certainly, but all three of those sets feature two Dark Red 5M shells with gold printing on their legs, and CHI Laval has a Dark Red torso shell on his back and a gold shield with Dark Red printing in addition to those.
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You mean Dark Flesh as in 217 Brown (Metru Brown)? That color's been discontinued for years, and frankly I'm glad we're rid of it. It was a weird color to begin with, and extremely prone to inconsistency. No need to worry. Gali's feet are Titanium Metallic (gunmetal).
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Frankly, I was surprised, but certainly not disappointed. I think Dark Orange makes a prettier primary color. Frankly, brown was always sort of the "odd color out" among BIONICLE color schemes. All the other Toa Mata primary colors were so pure, so to speak. Red, Blue, Green, White, Black... and then Brown. While having more Reddish Brown might have been better for MOCing purposes, it's great to have Dark Orange back in constraction, especially since it feels like a great compromise between his bright Phantoka color scheme and his duller classic color scheme. Yeah, hopefully starting out with a slightly brighter color like Dark Orange will also help the color stick around longer than any shade of brown did in the old BIONICLE. Brown sets had a number of factors working against them... the original 25 Earth Orange (Mata Brown) was discontinued in 2004, and then instead of replacing it with 192 Reddish Brown, the LEGO Group opted to replace it with 217 Brown... a color which could be wildly inconsistent, and was in turn discontinued just a few years later! I'm sure MOCists would have benefitted greatly if the LEGO Group had just switched to using Reddish Brown back in 2004 when it was introduced, instead of Reddish Brown being mostly constrained to two or three classic BIONICLE sets, one Ben 10 set, one Hero Factory set, and one Legends of Chima constraction set. But of course, hindsight is 20/20. I didn't entirely mind the switch to yellow and orange — after all, they are both still appropriately stony colors, and a lot of Po-Matoran already looked yellow or orange in certain BIONICLE media anyway. This is especially noticeable in BIONICLE 2: Legends of Metru Nui in scenes with assorted Matoran. Some of the colors that stand out the most are red, blue, green, and yellow. However, I do sort of wish sets like Toa Mahri Hewkii had depended less on colors like Black, despite that too being a classic Po-Matoran color. In any case, Pohatu remains one of my favorite Toa from 2008, in both his Phantoka and vehicle forms.
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Nope, they don't click. They're sturdy enough that they won't flop around no matter what, but you probably wouldn't want to use them to support a model's full weight (like as legs or whatnot).