BIONICLE 2016 Discussion Topic

[TeslaEffect]

@Tarvaax

But like, it’s not his. That’s non-canon. It’s Umarak’s. Stahp misconstruing.

Seriously though, that mask needs to stay character exclusive, no matter who it looks good on.

Frankly me dear, I dont give a dang.

[DarkHenrik]

@Toa_Heatwave @Scarilian Hey, here is this think i posted in the 2017 topic:

@DarkHenrik

by revelaing that Ekimu did think little of his brother and that he was pridefull of his own works and thus belived himself to be not only better than Makuta but also that he was right and that Makuta was wrong.

think of it like this, when Ekimu smashed the MoUP from Makuta’s face, he was the one who caused the disaster that damadge Okoto. But he just ingores that blame and just shoves it all on Makuta because he created a mask that he could not “control”…

but what if Makuta was right? what if one could control more than one element? what if when he said: I will control… EVERYTHING! He was in actuality speaking towards the MoUP, which he had lost control over.

But at the moment when Makuta might have been able to regain control over the mask, Ekimu comes rushing in and smashes his hammer into Makuta’s head (who as you all must remember, just stod still)

and the most important part, as Ekimu said about the visions from the Vahi, one must be wise enough to understand them. How do we know if Ekimu is wise enough to understand them. Ekimu might have read the visions differently, for example beliving Makuta to be the one responsible for Okoto’s destruction, when in fact it was Ekimu who is to blame, and had Ekimu belived and trusted his brother more, the island would still be a paradise and his brother would not have become corrupted.

@DarkHenrik

@Chronicler

Even then, though, Ekimu cried at the thought of hurting his brother to stop him from destroying stuff.

it still works, because one can just say that Ekimu is just too pridefull to realise his own mistakes, he just can’t imagine himself doing something wrong.

you know, like with some other people or fictional Characters who thinks that its just impossible for them to make mistakes, and thus its other people’s fault if something whent wrong.

@DarkHenrik

@Chronicler

But what if he cared for his brother? That’s how I imagine him trying to deal with his brother. He feels Makuta went off the deep end. That’s pretty much how I interpret that scene anyways.

It is true, though, that Ekimu was pretty prideful and can come off as a jerk.

that is what would make this better, he did care for Makuta, but he looked down on him.

there are siblings out there who still care for their brother/sister, and yet look down on them,

and you all know what? it would be a great ending to Bionicle if Ekimu ultimatly tells his brother that he is sorry for his behavior. And that Makuta (who would have the MoUP in hand at that point) uses its power to restore Okoto back to its originaly form instead of destroying it (its something that i was thinking of today, that Makuta’s reason to get the MoUP is so that he could use its power to destroy the island, because he now is so filled with anger and hatred for his brother and the people of Okoto, that he forgets the good parts of it, and thus just wants to get back at them by destroying everything that is on the island).

[Koffern]

am I the only one hoping for a female antagonists?

[Chronicler]

I hope we see one eventually as well.

inb4 Roodaka.

[bingzakanuva]

I would love to have a female antagonists like Lariska. She just seems like a villain that could be a somewhat love interest for Makuta or something along those lines

[Darknova3529]

thats nice

[Koffern]

So he sells good then, if he’s out of stock?

Edit: Still available for me

[Invader39]

No they only had five in store.

/s

[Koffern]

oh lol

[E44]

guys help I just introduced a Quake Beast into a fight in a tunnel in a roleplay and don’t understand the full extent of its capabilities, fighting style, powers, anything. Can you help me out? What do we know about this guy, and what can we reasonably deduce?

[Mayple]

Capabilities: Tunneling and quakes
Fighting style: Smash faces first, ask questions later. Brutish and slow, yet freakishly powerful hits.
Powers: Probably regeneration a la Deadpool since the purple looks like a cancer that’s overtaken its body. Corruption as well. That yellow goo isn’t acidic or anything, but the amount of havoc it wreaks on the mind is terrifying.
IQ: A hive mind, controlled by Umarak. Because of this, it’s incredibly smart, and will accomplish its goal no matter what the cost. After all, it’s expendable.

[GK733]

I sure hope it isn’t tied to this:

Because it’s been there for three days now. I want my beasties.

[Scarilian]

Personally i think the new Umarak mask works better on Lava Beast, switching out the beast head for a normal head with that mask.

@Tarvaax

I really haven’t gotten good answers to the question I asked there yet.

Any answers yet?

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Because it’s been there for three days now.[/quote]

I ordered all 5 sets on the night of the 6th, probably close to midnight and got all 5 today… i think you should call up customer support when you can if they haven’t moved in 3 days…

[Moa]

Ekimu’s out of stock too. http://shop.lego.com/en-US/Ekimu-the-Mask-Maker-71312?fromListing=listing

[Tarvaax]

@moamahrimatoro

Ekimu’s out of stock too. http://shop.lego.com/en-US/Ekimu-the-Mask-Maker-71312?fromListing=listing

Well, on the upside it looks like BIONICLE is performing slightly greater than LEGO expected it to in terms of online sales. Not that it means much, but it’s a positive nonetheless.

@Scarilian

Any answers yet?

BZPower is down for me, anyone else? The last time I checked I didn’t get any answers of substance, but that was last night. Today it seems their servers have been offline, but I’d suggest someone else test it out just in case it’s just me.

[Cocoa]

I know some complain that Ekimu has little to no new molds, but his recolors and rare quantity of useful parts make him a worth-while purchase for MOCists. I mean, he comes with 9 Trans. Light Blue Shells, 5 Trans. Light Blue Bones, 2 recolors of previous Masks, 3 Piston Armorings, along with 2 Chima Armorings, and a Trans. Blue Uniter Torso. Quite a great deal, if you ask me.

[Scarilian]

@Tarvaax

Today it seems their servers have been offline,

Yeah, does appear that way…

@MaskmakerOfLight

quantity of rare

He doesn’t really have many rare parts that cant be gotten easier from other sets. Only his chest and mask cant be gained from other sets.

[TheEsquire]

Nick’s videos always make me feel more appreciative of these sets. Even Quake Beast.

Now I’m unsure which set I should get this wave. Maaaaaan

[LoganMcOwen]

In regards to people worried about Bionicle’s supposedly upcoming demise, I’d just like to port over this excellent post from Umm Durmán on BZPower.

After a lot of lurking I think it is time I share my 2 cents about this issue. Now this will be a longer post so I would like to thank you for your attention if you’re reading it in advance. My whole thoughts on this matter, on these possible doomsday scenarios, could more or less be expressed in one sentence:

It looks like Bionicle is currently in the same situation as oil.

Now I would like to elaborate on this opinion of mine and tell you the longer version of the story: There have been many mixed reports lately - some say Bionicle is doing well, some say it is disappearing from shelves. I made my opinion based on trusting both of these reports - the reports saying all is allright and the reports that are saying something is amiss. The disappearing of Bionicles from shelves points out that Bionicle isn’t the hottest LEGO theme out there, however the reports (including reports of top officials posted by Aanchir) saying that Bionicle is “doing well”, clearly suggest that Bionicle isn’t dying, so the fears of some people seem to be unfounded.

If it’s not dying and also not growing, what is happening to it? It is shrinking, but it remains strong - just as oil. Now if it weren’t for the oil war between Saudi Arabia and Iran, oil production would be drastically decreased by now in order to combat the dropping oil prices. But despite that, oil isn’t dying, it is still a hot commodity and it ain’t going anywhere anytime soon. And the reports about Bionicle sales (both optimistic and pessimistic) seem to suggest that the same is happening to Bionicle. To me it looks like the market for Bionicle is currently smaller for the kind of production they were expecting, but still strong enough to make the line “sell well”. Other themes, like Star Wars or Ninjago might be hotter than Bionicle and it makes sense to boost them if LEGO is convinced that the market might be able to handle an increase in their production.

Building new factories is a daunting issue and short term trends are not enough to warrant the profitability of building whole new production capacities so the safer way is to decrease the production of less hot lines so that the gained production capacity might be used to increase the production of the hotter line. But that doesn’t mean that production of the less hot line should be abandoned. For example: Let us hypothetically assume that LEGO uses 30% of its production capacity to build Bionicles and 70% to build Star Wars sets.

Let us assume that the market would be able to handle another 10% of total production capacity worth of Star wars sets, but Bionicles are in lesser demand compared to their production (let’s say by 10% of total production capacity). This means that 90% of LEGO products are being sold. In this case it makes sense to cut a third of Bionicle production to a level of 20% and increase the production of Star Wars sets to 80%. By doing this sales of the factory increase to 100%. But does this mean Bionicle is useless? Definitely not! If LEGO would cancel Bionicle and 100% of their production capacity would build Star Wars sets, their profits would actually decrease to 80%.

Now this was just a hypothetical example to better explain what I meant with “shrinking, but not dying”. Small lines are just as important in maximizing profits as larger are. The sales representatives, who have voiced concerns about the future of Bionicle stocking of shops were low ranking and therefore aware of only the current trends of stocking shops in their area of jurisdiction. Beyond that, they are completely in the dark - only the top LEGO officials and owners know the global trends and business strategies. The owners of large businesses don’t get successful by telling low ranking officials absolutely everything - these things work on a need to know basis.

So to put the long story short, there is nothing that would indicate that Bionicle is about to die – there is nothing that would indicate that reported decreases in stocking of Bionicles mean its death and not merely its decrease in production