Boys or Girls?

[luka]

the bionicle fan forum i went on in the mid 2000s had way more girls that dissensus

This sounds wicked. Is the forum still going?

Bionicle (/baɪˈɒnɪ.kəl/) was a line of Lego construction toys marketed primarily towards 8-to-16 year-olds. Originally a subsidiary of Lego's Technic series, the line launched in Europe and Australasia in 2000 and in the Americas in 2001. Over the following decade, it became one of Lego's biggest-selling properties; turning into a franchise and playing a part in saving the company from its financial crisis of the late 1990s. Despite a planned twenty-year tenure, the theme was discontinued in 2010, but was rebooted in 2015 for a further two years.

Bionicle
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Parent theme
Lego Technic (2000–2003)
Availability
2000–2010, 2015–2016
Official website
Unlike previous Lego themes, Bionicle was accompanied by an original story told across a multimedia spectrum. It depicts the exploits of the Toa, heroic biomechanical beings with innate elemental It depicts the exploits of the Toa, heroic biomechanical beings with innate elemental abilities whose duty is to maintain peace throughout their universe. Bionicle's success prompted subsequent Lego themes to utilize similar story-telling methods.

 

[mvuent]

yeah. i haven't really looked at it in about a decade. major formative influence though.

http://www.bzpower.com/board/

here's what it looked like back in the day

https://web.archive.org/web/20090207100830/http://www.bzpower.com/

i could go on but that's probably enough about that for now lol

 

[mvuent]

https://web.archive.org/web/20081221001827/http://www.bzpower.com/forum/index.php?showtopic=301889

spent ages looking at this stuff. pretty cool example of how communities can form their own micro histories, important figures, etc

 

[mvuent]

there's always something fascinating about the people who show up in a community / scene early on (but usually don't stay around). even when there's nothing overtly remarkable about them. not quite sure why. that was also the impetus behind the dissensus folk memory thread.

feel kind of bad about going so off topic but at least i got a “thank you” from sufi, the resident message board scholar (e.g.)

 

[luka]

there's always something fascinating about the people who show up in a community / scene early on (but usually don't stay around). even when there's nothing overtly remarkable about them. not quite sure why. that was also the impetus behind the dissensus folk memory thread.

feel kind of bad about going so off topic but at least i got a “thank you” from sufi, the resident message board scholar (e.g.)

That's a great dematerialisation page that one. Thanks for the reminder. I feel so far away from that person. Whole other phase of life.