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So I'm excited now. A few notes: - Getting a real Pizza planet vibe from Okoto. I wonder why they went for such sharply divided regions. - I felt this ephemeral sense of satisfaction when the narrator of the video said "and sent both brothers into an endless sleep." This is just along the lines of the sort of thinking and ideas I was hoping to come out of this. It's BIONICLE, intrinsically so, but its so fresh and new and exciting and ohmygosh - There's a rumor floating around that the Vahi will be the single tie between this new continuity and the old. Half of it (the Vahi we know) ended up in the original universe, and the other half will crop up in this new one. I really dig the idea, so long as it isn't used to excuse a crossover back to the old world. The Vahi was the first BIONICLE mask designed, too, so it's a really neat tie to make. - The Narrator to the video. He is awesome. Like, on the level of the narrator to the CD packaged with the original Toa. He's setting a high bar for the voice acting in these episodes, as do the wonderfully human-sounding utterances of the Makuta and Ekimu. Godly, "I'm pure evil" and "I'm pure good" voices are just so passé, you know? - Ekimu and the Makuta and TEAL and PURPLE, the greatest of all color combinations. Cyber Slam lives on through them.

Oh good! Actual pictures of the final sets and display models-- Oh, goooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooood... Exclusive posters and a mask. Well, there are contests for them peppered all over the place (LEGO is doing a few themselves via Twitter). OR... you could just take your chances on eBay and bid for the mask, if you're into that kind of thing. I'm actually considering buying the mask. And hoping that more exclusive masks pop up as collectibles and mask packs. Also, anyone else know the concept behind THESE? Please, for the love of GOD be a giveaway like the solid gold Haus back in the day. Or be something available to consumers. Seriously, I want context behind this stuff. TOO MANY PICTURES, NOT ENOUGH EXPLANATION. EDIT: Oh, and the LMBs actually have something no one else seems to have right now: Exclusive backgrounds for all the Toa masks (In gooooooooolllld). If you're up for that, just click here for all of that. EDIT THE SECOND: Pictures of the new models, with promotional art that looks like the animation in Samurai Jack and the old(er) Clone Wars segments. http://imgur.com/a/Coy18#22 I dunno about you guys, but I'm looking forward to these animated segments.

Sorry guys. I simply wasn't able to make it to the NYCC Bionicle Panel or the ultra-limited VIP party at the Flatiron LEGO store due to family reasons (grandfather in hospital). Anyways, the new story sounds interesting. Honestly, I was hoping for a continuation to the original line in the form of a prequel following the original great beings before the creation of the great spirit robots but with enough ambiguity to make for one of those satisfying/frustrating moments when everything comes together and makes sense akin to the Mata Nui reveal. (*phew*) Anyways, I imagine I will follow this quote closely, and once again, sorry I couldn't report from the event. (I would have given my tickets away, but they were only valid for the original recipient.)

For those of you who want a translucent "Omega Hau," simply retweet this official tweet for a chance to win one! And courtesy of Just2Good, we now have all of the final Protector pictures! Jungle Stone Water Earth (Redundant, yes, but for completeness' sake.) Ice Fire Oh, and here's a story placard from NYCC:

"We all make mistakes. But what matters is that we learn from them." Image links to gallery

Each Toa comes packaged with their respective golden mask. Then there are the solid gold ones that will presumably be given away in contests. It is a very safe bet to say the masks of Creaton, Control, and maybe Ultimate Power will be appearing in the summer wave of sets, with Ekimu and Makuta models. You're correct, the Protectors are the equivalent of Matoran, the island's villagers whom the Toa arrive to save. The specific sets, however, apparently represent the villagers who lead the individual tribes. The only visual difference between them and normal villagers seems to be 'has a giant machine gun.'

http://www.reddit.com/r/lego/comments/29w5q7/exo_suit_side_by_side_original_submission_vs/cippydc?context=3 "How did you become the lucky one to work on this Mech?!" "I asked for it once it hit 10,000 votes. Some other Designers had said it wasn't possible to make it a set. I disagreed!" "great to hear this i figured a scene where LEGO executive were to choose the designer for the job and all the designer where in line like in an execution, nobody wanting to take up the job, and the executives walked slowly in front of them staring at each one :P" "That was kinda how the Spongebob sets were allocated!" (Lego_Nabii = Mark Stafford, a LEGO set designer)

"You came along and ruined everything! Now I'm going to ruin you..." Image links to the gallery

IT'S FINALLY HERE! Homepride Fred is always there, watching, waiting, preparing.... If you have no idea what I'm talking about, :P

I have more faith in the Ninjago (and now Batman) movies than The LEGO Movie 2. Obviously, The LEGO Movie came out pretty darn well. I'm uneasy about a sequel attempting to top it, or even live up to it - the original movie's big reveal is, well, revealed, and its message told. What could a sequel do that isn't just more of the same superficial content, without the real meat of the first movie? Good animation, maybe some fun writing... But what story is there to tell that wouldn't come across as some sort of awkward footnote? It'd need to take some other angle. The Ninjago and Batman movies (hopefully) are setting out to do different things. If the Ninjago movie's teaser is any indication of the final product (and I hope it is), it's a very self-aware movie that pokes fun at its source material without mercy. And if the Batman movie ends up doing the same sort of thing with the DC universe (or perhaps beyond the DC universe)... I think I might enjoy that, at least once or twice... I'm not trying to predict the future - we don't know what these movies will ultimately end up being. In the long term, what I'm afraid of happening is LEGO movies falling into the same trap as TT games: Start out with a solid product, iterate on it and try different things, become some sort of staple, and eventually just end up milking the series with filler/gimmicks once the ideas on how to evolve and improve on the core gameplay/movie equivalent of gameplay have run dry. Time will tell.

Just a very quick update today as I haven't gotten that much done over the past week. The main thing that I focused on this time was the front section. I've built the preliminary design of the cockpit canopy and nose canopy and although there is still a few bits to be added I think it make the nose section look much better.

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Make sure you extract the ZIP and keep the EXE next to other files in the extracted folder.

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They are coming. We cannot get out. They are coming. *war drumbeats*

There is cloud that looks like the Vahi in the animation at the point where the two brothers are shaking hands. I thought it was just a coincidence of easteregg, but if what your saying is correct, things look to be interesting. As more initial reactions, I'll just list a couple of things for now -Masks are good. Not so sure about clip on, but I like the masks. -While part of me wants a continuation of the old story, a reboot is probably the best idea. -The story looks promising. Seems more focused on the mythological feel of Bionicle, which is good. -The sets look pretty good. Better than Hero Factory. However, not as good as some of the other Bionicle years. Still, it's a huge step in the right direction, so who am I to complain? -Was there some myth about two godlike brothers, one good and one evil, on an island? They did the two brothers thing in Lost, but maybe that's just coincidence.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ppCe6oHdGGM And you know what? The reason I found this album was because of >this post.

By all means, let Mega Blocks have the contract. It fits perfectly with their Halo and CoD lines. I hated seeing those LEGO spongebob sets as much as LEGO simpsons anything. I did not feel it was good LEGO line anyway, and it must not have been successful considering how few sets they made. O.T. Firefox spell check is trying to capitalize simpsons. OH NO YOU DON'T.

@JimbobJeffers: The quality is not too shabby, the only bad thing is that the sound is distorted. To avoid that, just stay a little bit farther to the microphone when talking. And avoid speaking too loudly. Anyway, I think that voice suits P.C. Bobby quite well, good job.

Rock hard http://youtu.be/83f9LsMiQWg The rest of Hugh Myrone's songs are cool too

RRU has gone to the shop to buy new hamsters. RRU will be back soon.... I hope. Update #1: RRU stopped for ice-cream on the way there. Update #2: The GPS caused RRU to get lost. We've sent out a search party. Update #3: Out of no-where the Potato King appeared an destroyed the search party. A second unit has been deployed. Update #4: The second search party has almost located him... Update #5: RRU was successfully located. We're taking him the hamster store. Update #6: RRU is now shopping for hamsters. There are many to choose from, they also offer free paint jobs on hamsters. This might take a while... I'm looking for a seat. @ : (07 October 2014 - 04:29 AM) Get your last words out people @ : (07 October 2014 - 04:29 AM) "Say now?" @ : (07 October 2014 - 04:29 AM) "Last words out?" @ : (07 October 2014 - 04:30 AM) You got 5 or so minutes @ aidenpons : (07 October 2014 - 04:30 AM) I'm with Quis here. What? @ aidenpons : (07 October 2014 - 04:30 AM) Why? @ : (07 October 2014 - 04:30 AM) maybe less, not sure @ aidenpons : (07 October 2014 - 04:31 AM) Why? @ : (07 October 2014 - 04:31 AM) Why? @ : (07 October 2014 - 04:32 AM) Maintanence? @ : (07 October 2014 - 04:32 AM) @ : (07 October 2014 - 04:32 AM) yes @ aidenpons : (07 October 2014 - 04:32 AM) RUN! @ aidenpons : (07 October 2014 - 04:33 AM) There's the /announce thingy for admins for a reason, Cyrem... @ : (07 October 2014 - 04:34 AM) Ah, well, see y'all later then! Good luck, Cyrem! @ : (07 October 2014 - 04:34 AM) nah I wing it @ Xiron : (07 October 2014 - 04:35 AM) MAINTAINEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEENCE! @ : (07 October 2014 - 04:35 AM) maybe take a while, can't really say how long yet @ aidenpons : (07 October 2014 - 04:36 AM) What are you doing in particular? @ : (07 October 2014 - 04:37 AM) getting a new hamster @ aidenpons : (07 October 2014 - 04:38 AM) Good source of power, aren't they? @ : (07 October 2014 - 04:41 AM) they are @ : (07 October 2014 - 04:41 AM) this one is getting too old @ aidenpons : (07 October 2014 - 04:43 AM) And you need >5min to replace a hamster? @ : (07 October 2014 - 04:45 AM) oh, much more @ : (07 October 2014 - 04:45 AM) I'm getting a bunch @ aidenpons : (07 October 2014 - 04:46 AM) Got the wheels ready? @ aidenpons : (07 October 2014 - 04:47 AM) They need time to acclimatize, you know. @ aidenpons : (07 October 2014 - 04:47 AM) No good just stuffing them into a wheel when you've dragged them out of the hutch: they'll hate it! @ : (07 October 2014 - 04:48 AM) oh @ : (07 October 2014 - 04:48 AM) I only bought 1 wheel @ aidenpons : (07 October 2014 - 04:48 AM) Still, winging it... @ : (07 October 2014 - 04:48 AM) I want them to work together at hyperspeed @ aidenpons : (07 October 2014 - 04:48 AM) might work @ : (07 October 2014 - 04:49 AM) I the wheel is a little larger than the old @ aidenpons : (07 October 2014 - 04:49 AM) Problem is, if one hamster's slow from sickness or plain tiredness he'll slow the whole lot down. @ : (07 October 2014 - 04:49 AM) they should all fit @ aidenpons : (07 October 2014 - 04:50 AM) You could maybe put some on the outside? @ : (07 October 2014 - 04:56 AM) maybe @ aidenpons : (07 October 2014 - 04:59 AM) I'm confident you'll work something out. You weren't an admin because of your lack of innovation @ : (07 October 2014 - 05:02 AM) @ : (07 October 2014 - 05:03 AM) I'm thinking a gear-like system @ aidenpons : (07 October 2014 - 05:03 AM) You only have the one wheel.... you really do need more. @ aidenpons : (07 October 2014 - 05:04 AM) A gear idea has problems with gear ratios: if the gears are different sizes then some hamsters will have to work a lot harder. If they don't then the entire system will slow down. @ aidenpons : (07 October 2014 - 05:05 AM) You'd be better off having individual wheels. That way, if one suddenly just dies you'll still have plenty left and no damage on the other hamsters. @ : (07 October 2014 - 05:08 AM) but if there is more hamsters in the big ones the load should be less @ aidenpons : (07 October 2014 - 05:09 AM) But what of the small ones? @ aidenpons : (07 October 2014 - 05:10 AM) You'd need a definite contrivance too make sure that all of them got an equal amount of work. @ aidenpons : (07 October 2014 - 05:10 AM) It'd be far easier in my eyes to just wire them up individually. @ aidenpons : (07 October 2014 - 05:17 AM) Are you actually going to do the maintenance now? @ : (07 October 2014 - 05:17 AM) well @ : (07 October 2014 - 05:17 AM) I am @ : (07 October 2014 - 05:17 AM) just taking longer than expected to prepare @ aidenpons : (07 October 2014 - 05:19 AM) Acclimatizing the hamsters? @ : (07 October 2014 - 05:20 AM) I'm browsing online choosing the best ones @ : (07 October 2014 - 05:20 AM) some have better specifications @ : (07 October 2014 - 05:20 AM) trying to get a good team happening @ aidenpons : (07 October 2014 - 05:21 AM) What, so you haven't even got the hamsters yet? You'd better hope they're wheel-trained... @ The Ace Railgun : (07 October 2014 - 05:22 AM) Cyrem is making a team of hamsters? @ : (07 October 2014 - 05:23 AM) yes @ : (07 October 2014 - 05:23 AM) apparently they are all tried @ : (07 October 2014 - 05:23 AM) and tested @ : (07 October 2014 - 05:24 AM) I've also ordered their Team RRU bandaners @ aidenpons : (07 October 2014 - 05:24 AM) @TAR Look in the archive for ~1 hour ago. @ aidenpons : (07 October 2014 - 05:24 AM) I notice the "TEAM" there. I'm guessing that means that you're sticking to the gear system? @ : (07 October 2014 - 05:28 AM) nah @ : (07 October 2014 - 05:28 AM) I'm just running all the power cords into one @ aidenpons : (07 October 2014 - 05:29 AM) Effective, certainly. @ : (07 October 2014 - 05:30 AM) calling them a team to... you know... keep em motivated @ aidenpons : (07 October 2014 - 05:31 AM) Good point. Can't have hamsters getting depressed. @ : (07 October 2014 - 05:33 AM) yeah, they'll not be getting breaks ... soo...