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If you don't wanna read the somewhat-long article, it basically says LEGO is looking to put an end to Bionicle and try something else new for once. However, according to their statement, the story will still go on, apparently. We just won't get new sets.

They've released a final set called Bionicle Stars, which features reinventions of important characters in the story. I thought it might've been all the original Toa, but it's Tahu, Takanuva, a Rahkshi, and three others I'm not familiar with. Basically, they look neat. And now I have to add Tahu and Takanuva to my Christmas list. >_>

To give my own thoughts on Bionicle's end: I stopped paying attention to the series when it got further into the Metru Nui era, specifically when they introduced Toa Hordika. I got the third movie, watched it, and kinda moved on. However, even I recognize its popularity. Bionicle has managed to stay fresh in a way similar to Transformers: Reinventing its characters and adding to the fiction as time goes on, attracting fans new and old.

Overall I don't share the same sadness as others might. But I think LEGO is making a right decision here - They didn't put an end to it during its first few waves of toys, and didn't let it drag on until everyone stopped caring. They allowed it to grow until they decided to move on and try something new.

I dunno - I accept that anyone out there is upset, but I'd say they're doing the proper business strategy: staying fresh. And as they mentioned in the article, they work best when trying something new. Let's wait and see what they have to show us in their next series.

No more movie posts, just 'cause I've watched too many now to remember each specific movie. I'll summarize my thoughts as a whole:

Friday The 13th series: Good for mindless violence and general grossout effect, seeing as how they're almost all the same but with different characters. Still, the last few films (sans the remake) were interesting.

Nightmare On Elm Street series: VERY good if you want violence and a story. Ends on an interesting film, where all the previous films are, in fact, films.

And the Freddy VS Jason film was awesome. Didn't know how they could make a whole movie around it, but they did. Characters kind of annoyed me, but the fighting was perfect.

ANYWAY, moving on. I spent a day at the aunt's house for an early Thanksgiving. For those wondering, I'd assume it's because organizing a gathering of people who aren't all in the same state isn't exactly easy. So yeah.

Not much to say about it. Rather than the usual locked-in-a-room-with-two-cousins-while-playing-video-games visit, we talked a lot about movies and stuff. And two cousins started wrestling. And by "wrestling" I mean "One of them is put into a headlock and they tumble around on the ground for about 20 minutes." Lots of laughs.

Annnd that's it.

Later,
~Malunis

Jolt is a character you probably don't remember from the movie unless you're like me and kept track of most pre-premiere leaks and interview tidbits. He was added to the script at the last minute in order to advertise the Chevy Volt. Thus granting him the fanon-ish nickname "Jolt The Volt."

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Part 3 of the Shocking Winged Trio, a set of three figures given to me in a trade with StaticWings19 on Twitter.

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Part 2 of the Shocking Winged Trio, a set of three figures given to me in a trade with StaticWings19 on Twitter.

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Part 1 of the Shocking Winged Trio, a set of three figures given to me in a trade with StaticWings19 on Twitter.

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Yeah, more.

Friday The 13th (2009 Remake): To be honest, I don't see a point in a remake in the first place other than the fact that, in the original, you didn't get the full Jason history (and hockey mask) until you got done with three films. This one uses all of that established story and reintroduces it, more or less the same as it originally was. The characters really ruined it for me, though. :/

Friday The 13th Part 4: I think it's because I've seen the setting get used many times now, but I didn't have much to say about this one. Though I did like the ending, with how messed up it is. Am intrigued to see what happens next.

Nightmare On Elm Street 4: I kinda felt weirded out by the fact that they used the same cast from the last movie, a real first for these films. It had some interesting magic-y bits, which makes me wonder if that'll be a theme from now on.

So, at this point, Jason is dead again, Freddy is dead again.... There couldn't POSSIBLY be more sequels, right?



Right? 

I'llll make another one of those journals tomorrow.

Yep - more movie reviews.

Friday The 13th Part 3: Finally Jason dons the famous hockey mask. Decent movie, but I hope Jason gets to impressin' soon. Compared to Freddy, he's got movies with no plot. And characters who are no more than just victims, nothing memorable.

Nightmare On Elm Street 3: AWESOME. Best so far. And you know - if done just right - it could be turned into a cartoon. If you tone down the violence and adult-ish stuff.

Army Of Darkness: The last of the Evil Dead trilogy. I think I liked this one best of the trilogy, it took what I thought would be a pretty bland plot, and turned it awesome with Ash's character.

From here on out I'll just be watching the escapades of Jason and Freddy, in their battle for who the awesomer movie villain is. My bet's on Freddy.

More movies just because.

Friday The 13th part 2: Not much better than the first film until Jason finally showed up completely. Though I was surprised when the chase scene was almost near the end. Geez. Still, this makes me interested in the Jason character.

Nightmare On Elm Street 2: An epic sequel, and it's got a nice theme going on for the "HE'S STILL HERE LOL" endings.

Evil Dead 2: Less traumatizing than the first one is, but still kinda freaky. Also more comedic. CHAINSAW HAAAAND.

I have interest in the part 3's of all these. :D 

Saw some movies for Halloween, the last one being a recommendation/demand from MontyPrime. Quick thoughts.

Friday The 13th: What the crap Jason. I WATCHED THIS TO SEE YOU, NOT YOUR MOM. You better not disappoint me next time.

Nightmare On Elm Street: Awesome. Loved the ending.

Evil Dead: I'm adding "getting eyeballs pushed inwards to the point of gushing blood" to the list of deaths I'm afraid to endure. Slightly scarred now. But I hear the sequel is comedy gold.

I'll be watching the sequels to all of these later tonight, I'm sure.

Anywho, hope you all had a good Halloween. :) 

Just wanna wish you all a safe and happy Halloween. So does my evil clonetwincounterpart Lumanis.

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As for me, I'm gonna sit at home and watch some horror movies. For a lot of people who don't trick'r'treat, this is a tradition, but for me, this is probably my first time doing so since I normally have no interest in horror flicks. Though since I'd been watching the daily Monster Madness special on Cinemassacre.com all this month, I wanted to do something different for a change. I'll let you all know how it goes.

Take care! Here, have some obscure-ish music.
  ~Malunis

Okay, let's get this over with, I know what people think of her.

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The last chapter in the Tekno Tribe Saga. A perfectly normal robot up ahead! 

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The GeneralTekno gift, part deux! 

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I've not been given permission, but I'm told that as long as these images aren't tampered with and all, I should be allowed to use Seibertron.com's image gallery for my reviews. If you don't know why, look back a few entries to see why.

Way back a couple months ago, I got a package from my buddy GeneralTekno, with a few goodies. Here's the first of the bunch.
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So after more than a month of being stuck here, my mom and I were able to get out and do stuff. We went out at 7am to check out some garage sales. Not much interesting stuff were at any of these, though my mom did find a vacuum cleaner for a cheap price. And I'd found an interesting jewelry box...

A freakin LONG time ago on a faithful Sunday morning, I was walking to church when I noticed a little pocket-sized jewelry box in our yard. Don't know where it came from, but I washed it up and was going to give it to my mom for a Mother's Day gift (as it was Mother's Day), but she let me keep it in the end. It was unusual - Bronze and black base, with rough and old looking silver lining around it. And it was covered in encrusted colored stones. Kind of mystical looking, and beautiful.

The one I found at the garage sale is much bigger (about 6 1/2" wide and 5 inches tall), and shaped like a little chest. Oddly enough, the people selling it don't know where it came from either, or why they had it. It intrigued me, so I decided to buy it. Notably, it has a latch, but no locking mechanism. According to them, it was always like that. Made in India, for those wondering if it had any labels.

So after 4 or 5 garage sales, we decided to stop by Walmart. Partly to get a new camera charger, but since I had money to spend... Well, not that I could buy much. Amazingly, even though I haven't been here in like a month or more, they haven't gotten much of any new Transformers stuff. The only NEW thing they had (which I picked up) was ROTF Arcee. Yes, I now own bike sister #2. At this point I just want the third one - they've managed to keep her secret for too long. >_>

Anywho, I'd give a quick rundown on Arcee, but right now I'm waiting to see if I can find a way to do full reviews again. I'd sent a PM to the owner of Seibertron.com, asking if I could use pictures from their image galleries. I've yet to see a response, but once I get the OK, expect a ton of new reviews. :) All I can say right now: Arcee is a complicated girl.

Oh, and we stopped by Goodwill. I got a plaid shirt. Kinda like this but with thinner lines. It's easier on the eyes.

So yeah, finally things are looking up. Can't say why yet since I dunno what the details are, but let's hope things turn out good. :) 

Later,
  ~Malunis

http://www.traileraddict.com/trailer/toy-story-3/trailer

I just have to say... Wow.

A lot of people will tell you that, over the years, Disney has lost their "magic" when it comes to movies. Be it because of animation liberties (ei: CGI all the way), or just because they've looked like nothing but a business corporation. I used to think the former, but when I saw Meet The Robinsons, that was a film that proved they haven't lost their touch.

Toy Story is something that has been part of me for most of my life. It was the first fully CGI film ever made, and while you can't say such things about other films, it really feels timeless. Toy Story 2 was... well, most people don't like sequels, for whatever reason - sometimes because it ruins the love they had for the original, or just because they think "I saw a sequel and it sucked, so all sequels must suck."

What I'm trying to say is, Toy Story has been close to my heart for a long time. To this day, I feel something when I see Buzz and Woody make it back to Andy. Or when Jesse tells her story of woe. And when I saw the trailer for Toy Story 3, saw Woody stand up as he looked at Andy's room... that feeling returned.

I can say without a doubt, I will LOVE TS3. The trailer brought me joy, and brought me laughs. If a simple trailer could do that, the movie will feel like a masterpiece to me. I honestly cannot wait for June!

Dunno where I'm going with this, all I know is I'm a sucker for toys. And something about the plot of this one... yeah, I'm psyched.

Well, yeah...

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I just wanna say up front, I have new stuff, but unfortunately cannot review it. Read on to see why.

In the mail, I got some stuff from my Twitter buddy GeneralTekno; Blazing Lockdown, ROTF Blazemaster, ROTF Chromia, and as a surprise he also packed a G1 Ratbat knockoff and a bunch of little Star Wars weapons.

Even more so, I got the Allspark Almanac, the guide to Transformers Animated (seasons 1 and 2) in the mail, from Michael Blanchard, which I won in a contest he was hosting on his podcast, TF Toycast. Beyond awesome, so far.

Oh, and a new (used) monitor. For a while mine would be very sensitive to bumps. If you slammed on the table (or tapped the monitor) it would cause it to go out temporarily. This flat screen had been with me since I got this computer in 2003/2004 (whichever), so it's one of the last things that originally came with the computer... And it's gone out permanently.

Luckily, my mom was able to pick up a used one at a Goodwill. It's the standard blocky model, but I can deal with it. Plus it's not that ugly bright tan-ish white, it's black and silver, like the computer tower.

Now, this brings me to the review hiatus. For the last week or so, I haven't been able to charge my camera's battery. The charger, for some unknown reason, hasn't been working. As I was JUST starting to take pictures for the Blazing Lockdown review, the camera had officially run out of power.

Now, a reason the charger isn't working is because the adapter plug won't fit in all the way into the part that charges the battery. It's the only charger and camera adapter we've got so we have no idea why it suddenly stopped working. I figured something might be jammed in there, so I tried pushing it in harder... Not a good idea.

Took it apart, it seems the plug is... too short for it to fit in? How is this even possible when we only have one? Anyway, point is, we have a camera that can't be charged, and are having trouble finding a replacement charger because this camera is so old (got it in 2005 or 2006.) For those hoping to help, it's a Mustek brand, MDC 500SE is written on the front.

Until I can get a new charger (or, despite the expensive price, a new camera), no more reviews. Money is tight, and has been for the last month or so, and I can't do much about it. Please don't give the standard "Don't you have a job?" question - I've grown tired of reiterating the list of things keeping me from doing so. To simplify, it's just not a good time or place for someone like me to get work.

Here's hoping things will get better.

Later,
  ~Malunis

My early days of picture-taking involved these two, but I never did a proper review. Months later, here it is.

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