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I was meaning to post this for a while now, but kept procrastinating over it. Anyway, a short while ago Per Sanderhage (Writer for LEGO Publishing's Pirates and Castle Kids series) sent me some Pirates and Castle comic materials. Among them are a 1987 try-out page from when Per Sanderhage opted to be the illustrator for the Pirates series before Vincente Vano Ibarra later took over that role. But where things get a bit more interesting are with the remainder of the materials, which are from a 1992 Castle comic unrelated to Castle Kids and done in a similar art style to LEGO Publishing's Pirates series, and include a genealogical table of all the characters in the comic detailing their familial and ancestral ties, seven conceptual character drawings done by Per Sanderhage of some of the aforementioned characters in the genealogical table, a polaroid photo of two Dragon Masters minifigs showing how they would look, and lastly Per Sanderhage's letter in 1992 to Preben Dewald (current Product Manager at LEGO Publishing) regarding the project. I discussed this earlier with jamesster and he pointed out that the word "Tarenta" in the title of the genealogical table was the placename of where the Castle audio dramas are set, and also pointed out that a lot of the character names in the genealogical table were either closely similar or identical to some of those in the audio dramas. [9/16/2015 4:48:48 PM] jamesster: I expect the overall concepts stuck with it but the specifics of the characters and names got switched around or otherwise changed a lot Pirates 1987 Try-out page: 1992 Unpublished/Unfinished Castle Comic

First english episode is up!

So yeah, I was actually looking forward to Dimensions, believe it or not. The absurd price tag was a huge turnoff, but I bit the bullet and bought it anyway. I just finished the game. It wasn't the longest, but considering I played the entire thing straight through with no breaks, I think the length of the game was sufficient. So was it worth the price? Eeeeehhhhhh. I did enjoy it, a lot, while I was playing. But now that it's over I'm really feeling the hole it blew in my bank account. Looking back on it, it just doesn't seem like there was that much game there. Sure, there are 15 story levels, which is good. But one of the biggest draws of the LEGO series, the huge roster of characters, is completely absent. You only get 3 characters in the base game, and the rest much be purchased. This doesn't really bother me THAT much- after all, that is kind of the point of the game. But lack of characters me lack of unique abilities, abilities REQUIRED for 100%ing the game. I dunno, I may be missing something, but it does not seem like you can 100% the story with only the base set. THAT is complete BS right there, and it is the biggest source of regret for my purchase. I was always quick to defend the game, saying that it's still a complete game without buying any of the expansions, but it seems I was mistaken. Then there are the hub worlds, which I had to waste my limited data on downloading an update for the game (on launch day!) to access, only to be told that I still can't access them because they can only be entered by a character from that series. Two of these worlds weren't even represented in the story! Oh and on a similar note, though this isn't a huge deal but I feel it's worth mentioning. I felt like most of the franchises were only there for the sake of being there, and didn't really have any significant impact. For the most part it was "LEGO Batman, Doctor Who and Portal: The Game". They made a big deal about getting the original actors for a lot of the voices but very few characters had more than a couple lines of dialogue, and for that matter I'm pretty sure all the Ghostbusters's voice clips were taken straight from the movie. Again, not a HUGE deal, but I had to mention it. I want to like this game. It's enjoyable, and just taking it by itself I really do like what's there. But to have SUCH a huge upfront price, only to have SO MUCH content that requires EVEN MORE payment to unlock, really takes away from the experience. Do I regret buying the game? Maybe a little. I don't regret PLAYING it, that's for certain, the time was well spent. But the money, not so much. I would love to recomend the game if it was but a little bit cheaper, or had but a little bit more content in it- but as it stands, it doesn't, so I really can't say it's worth it. I wouldn't say to avoid the game completely, but do think really really hard and make absolutely sure you want it before making the investment. And that's my two cents, or rather, my 100 dollars.

Ummm. I'd rather no-okay then. You asked for it. Just put it this way since I don't know how to do it your fancy way.

New sets look nice and all, and I was having fun looking at them, and then I read the text below Kopaka and Melum So uh. BIONICLE is getting a Netflix series. This is the kind of thing that was unthinkable at BIONICLE's peak, when the height of the theme's storytelling mediums were a handful of direct-to-video movies. It's the sort of thing that you can dream about as a fan, but always seemed too fantastical to become a reality. But now it's real. And I realize I'm being such a stupid nerd by freaking out about this so much, but holy cow I'm freaking out, guys If this series is going to be done by the crew working on the current episodes, I think I might die or something this is happening. this is real life

RACRES IN SPEES: Teh retun of Rokit Raser