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Are you a Bionicle fan?

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  • 10-08-2007, 04:35 PM
    MechWarrior
    Are you a Bionicle fan?
    I just wanted to know if anyone on this site is a Bionicle fan. Just so everyone knows, it's not a bunch of action figures with no plot. Bionicle has been going on for 6 years and has a continually ongoing storyline and even has books, several fan sites, and 3 CGI movies (I'm not counting the video game because it has nothing to do with the actual storyline because it's non-canon). Every single set is made of extremely vesatile pieces so (just like any Lego product) you can combine sets into almost anything you can imagine (without using instructions). Bionicle is not one of those 1-year fads. P.S. I wrote this topic here because this is the "Off Topic Cafe".
  • 10-09-2007, 06:14 PM
    Kagez28
    Re: Are you a Bionicle fan?
    i used to play with legos when i was a little tike...
  • 10-09-2007, 07:44 PM
    MechWarrior
    Re: Are you a Bionicle fan?
    Quote:

    Originally Posted by Kagez28
    i used to play with legos when i was a little tike...

    It's NOT the little kids kind of Lego because it has a plot and it's not like that at all. It's a theme made by Lego but there's no bricks involved (but Bionicle sets still have pieces). It's entirely different. Go to BZpower.com (which recently approved its 37000th member) and I'll tell you that 3/4ths of the members are teenagers. Bionicle has an ongoing storyline (and has been going on for 6 years now) making it better than a lot of other building themes (such as K'nex).
  • 10-10-2007, 07:13 PM
    Kagez28
    Re: Are you a Bionicle fan?
    Oh

    sounds interesting.

    the only thing i ever build anymore are pyramids of empty beer cans...
  • 10-11-2007, 09:31 AM
    Kennyxemerson
    Re: Are you a Bionicle fan?
    im not bashing you or your hobby but im pretty sure it IS a toy, it's in kb, my 9 year old cousin just got one for his birthday yesterday..but then again idk anything about lego's or anything
  • 10-11-2007, 09:53 AM
    raptorslovepuns
    Re: Are you a Bionicle fan?
    I'm actually a fan of the old school legos more than I am of the bionicles. With lego, it seemed like you could basically build whatever you wanted where you seem a lot more restricted with the bionicles. Plus they look kind of dumb.

    http://img441.imageshack.us/img441/5...vityes1.th.jpg

    or if mechs are your thing, you can make those too.

    http://img207.imageshack.us/img207/6...diumjr8.th.jpg
  • 10-11-2007, 10:10 AM
    Holbeird
    Re: Are you a Bionicle fan?
    Simply amazing!

    Quote:

    Originally Posted by raptorslovepuns

  • 10-11-2007, 10:15 AM
    JLC
    Re: Are you a Bionicle fan?
    We have approximately 2,583,297 bionicle bits in our home. :P


    My 11 year old and 5 year old sons LOVE them and they do follow the plot lines and can reel off dozens of completely foreign names of the different types and characters that leave my head spinning.

    The tub of bionicle parts we have really is impressive...and all three of my kids enjoy building wild and amazing "creatures" with them. It's a great toy. (If you can keep all those bits contained in a central location! LOL)
  • 10-11-2007, 10:31 AM
    SarahMB
    Re: Are you a Bionicle fan?
    Quote:

    Originally Posted by JLC
    (If you can keep all those bits contained in a central location! LOL)

    Two words....blanket bags!
  • 10-11-2007, 10:48 AM
    juddb
    Re: Are you a Bionicle fan?
    Quote:

    Originally Posted by raptorslovepuns

    The lego thing is amazing!!!!
  • 10-11-2007, 01:12 PM
    amarin.astarte
    Re: Are you a Bionicle fan?
    LEGOS! The little kids' caltrops. Best stair boobytraps EVER. Especially at night with a similarly coloured rug... Ah, the budding rogue/ninja....

    "You encounter a floor covered in Legos... Make a Dex roll."
    "Yes! Save!"
    "You successfully maneuver through the Lego room... and encounter a floor covered in D4s.."
    "Aw, crap."

    I used to love making all kinds of houses and vehicles with mine. I love the Escher Lego sculptures people have done! But then again, I love all things Escher! :carrot:

    Has anyone seen the foam Escher lizards? I think they're kinda expensive, but cute wall deco.
  • 10-11-2007, 01:15 PM
    jkobylka
    Re: Are you a Bionicle fan?
    Not so big in to bionical... but a huge lego fan!

    Justin
  • 10-14-2007, 12:13 PM
    MechWarrior
    Re: Are you a Bionicle fan?
    Quote:

    Originally Posted by Kennyxemerson
    im not bashing you or your hobby but im pretty sure it IS a toy, it's in kb, my 9 year old cousin just got one for his birthday yesterday..but then again idk anything about lego's or anything

    Yes it is a toy, but Bionicle also has a vast storyline (it's not plotless).
  • 10-14-2007, 12:19 PM
    MechWarrior
    Re: Are you a Bionicle fan?
    Quote:

    Originally Posted by raptorslovepuns
    I'm actually a fan of the old school legos more than I am of the bionicles. With lego, it seemed like you could basically build whatever you wanted where you seem a lot more restricted with the bionicles. Plus they look kind of dumb.

    http://img441.imageshack.us/img441/5...vityes1.th.jpg

    or if mechs are your thing, you can make those too.

    http://img207.imageshack.us/img207/6...diumjr8.th.jpg

    That's a myth. There are no restrictions whatsoever when building with Bionicle sets. Go to this link (edit out the *) *http://bionicle.lego.com/en-us/Gallery/default.aspx* and you will see how many building possibilities there are with Bionicle sets. Just like "old school lego" every Bionicle set has pieces that are compatible with others.
  • 10-14-2007, 07:00 PM
    amarin.astarte
    Re: Are you a Bionicle fan?
    Quote:

    Originally Posted by MechWarrior
    Yes it is a toy, but Bionicle also has a vast storyline (it's not plotless).

    What's wrong with "Plotless"? :) As a child, I always preferred toys that let me create my own worlds and storylines (and some of those got wildly complex). I think it led to my hobbies of RP (yes, I've been both a DM and an ST in various systems [and still prefer text-based to the flash and dazzle of MMORPG]). Even toys with storylines, doesn't mean a child has to use them. ^_^

    I do believe that the cardboard refrigerator (or other appliance) box was inducted to the Toy Hall of Fame for just that reason. A fridge box in the backyard (and maybe as a bonus a bag or two of playsand) and/or maybe an assortment of various action figures (or legos, tinkertoys, vehicles, insects, and maybe a friend with an equally active imagination, whatever) and you had a summer of fun!

    Just ask Calvin and Hobbes. ;)
  • 10-15-2007, 07:08 PM
    MechWarrior
    Re: Are you a Bionicle fan?
    Quote:

    Originally Posted by amarin.astarte
    What's wrong with "Plotless"? :) As a child, I always preferred toys that let me create my own worlds and storylines (and some of those got wildly complex). I think it led to my hobbies of RP (yes, I've been both a DM and an ST in various systems [and still prefer text-based to the flash and dazzle of MMORPG]). Even toys with storylines, doesn't mean a child has to use them. ^_^

    I do believe that the cardboard refrigerator (or other appliance) box was inducted to the Toy Hall of Fame for just that reason. A fridge box in the backyard (and maybe as a bonus a bag or two of playsand) and/or maybe an assortment of various action figures (or legos, tinkertoys, vehicles, insects, and maybe a friend with an equally active imagination, whatever) and you had a summer of fun!

    Just ask Calvin and Hobbes. ;)

    The storyline is just a bonus. You can still make your own story and stuff.
  • 10-15-2007, 07:44 PM
    AzureN1ght
    Re: Are you a Bionicle fan?
    Quote:

    Originally Posted by amarin.astarte
    "You encounter a floor covered in Legos... Make a Dex roll."
    "Yes! Save!"
    "You successfully maneuver through the Lego room... and encounter a floor covered in D4s.."
    "Aw, crap."

    Uh-oh...rolled a 1 on my Dex roll... Can I turn my Bag of Holding inside-out, wrap it around me and walk through the dungeon walls instead?

    ;) Love the D&D references. A girl after my own heart!
  • 10-16-2007, 03:55 PM
    amarin.astarte
    Re: Are you a Bionicle fan?
    ZOMGLOLBBQ!!! ;)

    Try this... get two bags of holding... and a bag of popcorn. Turn one BoH inside out. Insert it into the other. Watch the universe end in spectacular time-space warp inversion. Eat popcorn while watching.

    :rolleye2:

    :D
  • 10-16-2007, 05:01 PM
    MechWarrior
    Re: Are you a Bionicle fan?
    Quote:

    Originally Posted by raptorslovepuns
    I'm actually a fan of the old school legos more than I am of the bionicles. With lego, it seemed like you could basically build whatever you wanted where you seem a lot more restricted with the bionicles. Plus they look kind of dumb.

    http://img441.imageshack.us/img441/5...vityes1.th.jpg

    or if mechs are your thing, you can make those too.

    http://img207.imageshack.us/img207/6...diumjr8.th.jpg

    The problem about building mechs out of lego is that it's hard to make them without it looking too "bricky". That mech in the photo really does look like one; It looks like a Warhawk mech (except mechs don't have a sniper rifle on top and they're entrance is from the bottom of the cocpit, not from a "tank-hatch").
  • 10-16-2007, 05:12 PM
    Kennyxemerson
    Re: Are you a Bionicle fan?
    Quote:

    Originally Posted by amarin.astarte
    LEGOS! The little kids' caltrops. Best stair boobytraps EVER.

    nice ninja reference d00d! haha.
  • 10-18-2007, 05:09 PM
    Hardwikk
    Re: Are you a Bionicle fan?
    My name and av says it all.
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