Aanchir
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I think a bigger point of it was to find a way to make Metru Nui's chief industry something that the whole BIONICLE universe could depend on (mask making) and then tie it in with the current sets. I'm sure those have been around for years. Certainly they have been on other sites like deviantART. More people getting into BIONICLE means more people trying to connect it with their own perspectives and interests. If the new BIONICLE really takes off, be prepared to expect crossovers with everything imaginable, ESPECIALLY other popular franchises like MLP, Doctor Who, Sonic the Hedgehog, or Transformers.
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The side connections are well-hidden on some of the masks. Pohatu's, for example, can only really be seen from behind. Same with Tahu's, mostly. So I don't think the position of the connection points or the shapes of the masks themselves would be radically redesigned at this stage. They are not "incredibly loose". They can fall off accidentally... if you knock the eyepiece by mistake. Otherwise, from my experience, they attach about as securely as the Toa Mata masks if not more so. They wobble a bit, but don't fall off unless the eyepiece is struck or you're deliberately pushing/pulling them off.
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Vaguely, I suppose. I like the design of the heads a great deal. They don't feel as extraordinarily angry as some older heads (the facial expression is ambiguous enough to be read as either an angry pout or a determined grin), they have a good balance between curves and sharper angles, and the proportions are excellent. The curved, pointed jawline does not read as specifically masculine or feminine, the color is great, and they don't have weird facial features like the pursed lips of the Metru head, the four-section mouth of the Toa Mata head, or the skull-like nostrils of the Glatorian head. These may be the best heads for any constraction theme to date, at least as far as aesthetics are concerned. As building elements they don't measure up to the Brain Attack head with its lack of specific details, useful shape, and many connection points. But perhaps that piece will still be available for uses other than as a head in the future. I would like to see Transparent Fluorescent Blue and Transparent Fluorescent Reddish Orange eyes for this head in the future. The former is unlikely since the LEGO Group settled on Transparent Light Blue for blue-eyed characters like Tahu and Kopaka, which disappoints me a bit. The latter is VERY likely if we get any evil characters that use this head, since the fiery reddish look really suits evil characters. I'm not the kind of person who believes every character should have a different eye color, but I love fluorescent eye colors and having a range of options, and these three colors make for a very nice RGB trifecta.
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Yes indeed! Before I took the train to New York I joked with my brother about them having one of the sets for each panel attendee under our seats, Oprah-style. But I wasn't being the slightest bit serious. Letting us take home whatever parts we could build into a creation is arguably even better than anything I could have expected! They've tried things like that. Most specifically, in April 2011 they had a section of the Pick-A-Brick wall filled with CCBS parts to promote the new building system and the Hero Recon Team service. But it wasn't a very successful promotion. Most LEGO store visitors had no idea what to do with these kinds of parts, since they were only used to basic stud-based LEGO building, and mostly with basic bricks at that. For as many Technic or constraction fans as there are, there are many, many more LEGO fans who have no experience whatsoever with these building styles and can't wrap their brains around them without first buying an actual set that demonstrates how they work. Even AFOLs who prefer System often complain about how generic the Pick-A-Brick offerings are. But there's not much the LEGO Group can do about that. Basic bricks in basic colors are what the majority of LEGO store visitors understand and expect to see.
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#Voriki2015 1) The eyes of Gali, Pohatu, Lewa, and Onua and Pohatu's leg beams are all 49 Transparent Fluorescent Green (Bricklink's Trans-Neon Green), the same color as the promotional Kanohi Miru from 2001 and the classic eye color of Lewa and Nuhvok. 2) Lewa is 37 Bright Green, the same color as the Green Lantern constraction set, not 28 Dark Green (classic green/Mata green) or 119 Bright Yellowish Green (Bricklink's Lime). 29 Medium Green is much lighter and has long been discontinued. It's never been used in constraction sets. Oddly, Lewa's torso pattern DOES use Bright Yellowish Green and Bright Yellow instead of Bright Green and Flame Yellowish Orange. 3) Gali is Dark Azur. Kopaka's chest pattern also includes both Dark Azur and metallic blue printing. Lewa's axe blades are also Titanium Metallic (gunmetal). Kopaka's shield/ski pieces are white. Other than that, all the weapons that aren't obviously another color like Warm Gold are regular Silver Metallic. Unfortunately, the event was so hectic and I had so many things to photograph and people to talk to that I didn't get a good look at how the fire protector's back was built! New in the sense that it hasn't been used for constraction before, but it's 321 Dark Azur (which first appeared in the ADU uniforms from the Alien Conquest theme from 2011). They're not chrome gold, but actually made of gold! They aren't going to be in sets, obviously, but they ARE going to be distributed, and the LEGO representatives at the panel told us we're going to have to wait to find out how. Probably contest/sweepstakes prizes of some kind like the gold masks from 2001. No word on collectible packs, unless somebody asked the LEGO employees privately after the panel was over. The Protectors are the tribal leaders of Okoto and will basically be serving a similar function to the Turaga from 2001 (helping the Toa to understand their quest and sometimes joining them as they search for masks). It doesn't appear that they will be referred to as Turaga, even though the Toa will be referred to as Toa. They appear to be the same species as the regular villagers, but they certainly appear as though they might be. Also, for what it's worth, the Mask Makers Akemu (not sure about spelling) and Makuta were depicted in the "Legend of BIONICLE" video with a similar build to the Protectors.
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The BIONICLE events yesterday were great! I don't have the patience to catch up with the nearly 20 pages of comments that this thread got yesterday. But suffice it to say I'm VERY pleased with what I saw! Which isn't to say I don't have any misgivings. I'm not totally thrilled that Tahu and Kopaka have just regular Tr. Light Blue eyes rather than Tr. Fluore. Blue. Anyway, I'd be happy to answer any questions! In the meantime, feel free to check my Flickr album! Sorry the pictures are out of order. Seems to be a problem with Flickr's mobile uploader.
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I also wouldn't be entirely surprised if it turned out to be Spring Yellowish Green. If it's supposed to glow, the LEGO Group doesn't seem to be advertising it as heavily on the packaging we've seen as they ordinarily do.
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Ummm, spoilers for tomorrow. Found this photo on Flickr.
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I don't know what reason there is to be so skeptical about a product description that's not remotely inaccurate or unrealistic... but if you need confirmation that it's legit, look no further than the actual products page on the 2006 BIONICLE website.
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2015 The LEGO Movie rumors and discussion
Aanchir replied to just2good's topic in Special LEGO Themes
Well, there are countless examples of "levitating" bricks in The LEGO Movie. If we were to discuss things like that, we'd be listing examples for a looong time. A good example is when Batman and Wyldstyle are holding hands in the Batwing. You can clearly see in this scene that their arms are separated from their bodies (as they have to be, for any fig to cross their arm in front of their torso), with nothing holding them in place. -
I thought the name for that character was Karlaf or Karlof, but I could be wrong.
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You can see it in this pic, at the end of one of the branches.
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baby bunnies Baby. Bunnies. BABY BUNNIES! oh my gosh I have a desperate need
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I believe that's exactly what it is.
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DeeVee mentioned a few posts above yours that he'll be going, and I'll also be attending.
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Actually, most of its first appearances were in 2004 Duplo sets, and it's been used extensively in BIONICLE sets since 2005. BIONICLE fans call it Keetorange after its extensive use in the BIONICLE set Keetongu.
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Yay! Thank you so much! I'm so excited for this theme! Shame there aren't any box pics, or pics of all of the sets. But thank you for sharing what you have! The character designs look great. It's worth noting that each character seems to have a signature outfit, rather than coming in a range of outfits like in LEGO Friends. This makes sense since the outfits serve as visual cues to their personalities and powers, so mixing and matching outfits would make the characters' identities less clear. Also, it's fairly common in kids' adventure series for characters to continue wearing the same outfit for the length of the adventure unless there's a costume change that relates specifically to a development in the plot (like how the heroes of Avatar: The Last Airbender would often wear disguises to hide their identities, or how the ninja of LEGO Ninjago had their DX costumes specifically for when they would ride their dragons). The sets themselves also look fantastic. I'm wondering if the Crystal Hollow has some kind of action feature, like maybe the crystals close around the key and open up when you turn a knob or hit a switch. The Adventure Ship looks awesome, as expected. The spa doesn't look bad, either. I like the look of the characters' animal companions! Also, it looks like each element has an emblem that appears on both 2x2 round plates and on 1x1 round plates on each of the keys. Distinctive icons for characters and elements have been a great feature for themes like Ninjago and BIONICLE. So it's great to see this theme using them too.
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Would you rather that all the characters sound like wheezy thousand-year-old men? Everything on BIONICLE operates on an utterly implausible geologic timescale, and usually the characterization was not time-dependent. Takua sounds like a kid because he acts like a kid, and he acts like a kid because that's how he was characterized — a reckless adventurer with a childlike sense of enthusiasm and an aversion to staying too long in one place. If you think his age conflicts with his attitude, that doesn't mean the writers screwed up his attitude, it means they screwed up his age, because his attitude came first. It's also worth noting that the person who voiced Takua, Jason Michas, was twenty-seven years old when BIONICLE: Mask of Light was released. It's not like they got a twelve-year-old voice actor (or a female voice actor, as is often done in the animation industry to give child characters a high-pitched voice). They picked an adult, male actor who could still give the character the kind of spontaneity and enthusiasm he needed to adequately play the role.
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Yeah, but that detail that literally never mattered to the story. If it had, it'd have been mentioned in the actual story instead of just a "sure, why not?" answer from Greg. Also, considering his memories were erased not once but twice, there's no reason to think that he'd actually be any more mature or experienced than the other Matoran of Mata Nui. And maturity and experience matter a LOT more when choosing how to portray the voice of a non-human character than their actual age. I hear this a lot in reference to everything from extremely high-pitched voices to extremely low voices to thick accents of any kind. It confuses me a bit. I'd think going through real life would be difficult if a person's voice alone could be so irritating to you that you couldn't stand hearing them talk. That's not to say there isn't such a thing as bad voice acting, but from my experience the cause of it is usually the ACTING being bad, not the VOICE being bad.
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So you expected wrong. Happens to each and every one of us at some point in our lives. I personally don't understand why people get so preoccupied with voices. To me, Jaller's characterization matters more than his voice, and his characterization in BIONICLE: Mask of Light was consistent with both of his official bios. He definitely had a different vocabulary in the movie than he'd been given in the Mata Nui Online Game... but then, that was a shift in characterization that had already started the previous year, with the Bohrok Online Animations. Before Episode 5 from that year, Jaller almost entirely avoided contractions, whereas his tone from then onward became much more conversational. It's just a part of him becoming less of a side character and more of a main character for the audience to relate to.
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Yep! I won two tickets from right here on Eurobricks, so I'm going to be bringing my twin brother. Interesting that you were told the tickets would be mailed. I was just asked to provide my contact info and wait for further details to arrive via e–mail, and last week I received word that I would get my ticket at the professional registration desk Thursday morning after showing them a copy of the invitation e–mail. Until I got the e–mail I wasn't entirely sure how I should expect to receive my tickets, but I don't think I was ever explicitly told that they'd be coming via snail mail. Anyway, I'm sure there will be a LOT of other LEGO fans there. The LEGO Group's panel is invite-only, and so most of the people there will presumably be either press or other AFOLs who received their tickets through various fansites. I hope you are able to make it! It'd be a shame for those tickets to go to waste. But I can see how not receiving the details sooner could make things difficult for international attendees. This is the LEGO Group's first time inviting AFOLs to their panel in this way, as far as I'm aware, so I can see how there are going to be some wrinkles in the process to iron out when they plan similar events for the future.
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No, the lion vehicles do indeed use Flame Yellowish Orange as their main color, which makes them a fantastic source for this color. I did a review of 70144 Laval's Fire Lion for The New Elementary which went into detail about many of the new Flame Yellowish Orange parts it introduced. And the list would have been even longer if some of its Flame Yellowish Orange parts hadn't debuted in earlier Legends of Chima sets!
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No, it's actually not. The lower propellor is on a 3x3x3 turntable which is driven by a gear behind it, while the upper propellor is driven by an axle that runs through the center of the 3x3x3 turntable. Really clever design! And something that wouldn't have been nearly as practical back before the 3x3x3 Technic turntable was introduced.
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Well, it could be that part of the reason larger sets haven't traditionally sold so well is that there are too many new smaller sets being released at the same time that they have to compete with. The large sets in 2001 and 2002 were released separately from the smaller sets, but if the sales of those were weak it could have been on account of other factors like their usually limited articulation. I'm sure the LEGO Group understands that kind of thing better than we do. Releasing a lot of smaller sets in the winter and a few larger sets in the summer is consistent with the marketing strategy the LEGO Group has for a lot of their non-constraction themes, so I can see how it might have some promise. But with that said, we don't know exactly what kind of sets to expect in the summer. They might just be $25 and $35 sets, since we haven't seen any of those in the current wave. They might even include some larger sets priced $50 or higher. Or they might be the exact same price points we've seen in the winter. No telling at this point. Another thing that's worth considering — perhaps part of the reason for so few sets in the summer might be that the LEGO Group is planning on a constraction sub-theme of one of their other product lines, like the Chima constraction sets these past two years. Even though the Chima constraction sets have struggled in the United States, it could be that a series like that could perform better on a global scale if it didn't have so many other constraction sets to compete with.
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I think there would be at least slight variations in at least the visual media. Otherwise things would get really confusing.