Sir_Squab

Star Wars was definitely part of what saved Lego. Bionicle? I'm not sure. Nothing I've read mentioned bionicle playing a big part in that, just Star Wars and licensed products in general. My pure speculation on this is that bionicle didn't do a lot to attract new blood, whereas licensed products did - licensed products are taking existing fan bases and saying "hey look over here" whereas bionicle was trying create its own fanbase. With that said, I'm aware that I could be completely wrong, and it could very well be the case that bionicle was a large part of what kept Lego out of bankruptcy. Also, the more I look at the new bionicle sets, the more I like them. I still don't plan on getting them, mostly because my lego purchases then days tend to be more display pieces and not so much toys. It's one of those things that I'd happily and eagerly take as a gift, yet at the same time something I wouldn't buy for myself because I don't want it enough. Also, I would totally eat squid chips.

I'm aware of this. And I'm aware of how well it works with Star Wars and big fancy $200+ 1500+ piece sets that are display pieces and not toys. I feel like this isn't the case, mostly because the new bionicle toys don't feel like they're aimed at that demographic. You want a decent selection of impressive looking, $100+ sets. From what I recall, there are a dozen bionicle sets ranging from $10 to $20.

Okay well that's a bit different.

Gotta wonder, who is it exciting to? I feel like there's a good chance that the demographic that's really excited about bionicle coming back is also a demographic that isn't, for the most part, going to buy any.

Well. I tend to know about these things far in advanced because on of my co-worker spends far too much time on sites that leak stuff early, leaks that he shares on the store facebook page. Then we start seeing official confidential release images. Then it's announced to the public. Honestly, I didn't get hyped because I thought it was gonna be crap judging by how hero factory was going. For some reason most hero factory (bionicle's spiritual successor) sets are so simple that it's hard to get creative with building different characters. From what I've seen of the new bionicle guys, you can actually creatively build different characters with it which is nice. We had them in yesterday and last time I checked there was no sign of them in our back room, only some on the shelves. We probably sold out of them today. Hopefully we'll get a decent supply of bionicle back in and start building displays. Having a chance to mess around with the sets should give me a more enlightened opinion. I don't wanna buy them because I'd end up buying all like 12 sets, play with them for a day then they'd collect dust. In other news, I've been playing a bunch of dragon age, got 30 hours in then restarted because apparently my dragon age keep stuff (aka how you get storyline options from previous games to transfer over) didn't transfer over because I missed a small step. So now I'm rushing through on novice difficulty. And my game froze.

happy greedy pagan capitalist winter solstice celebration day Merry Christmas! (Man I really need to get out of retail lol)

...What? .... .... What? Whaaaaaaaaaaaat?

Welp.

Can we have a regular dick waving contest?

[spoiler=Muggi] So my thoughts throughout reading this was looking for when you mention to her that you're poly. My projections based off of zero real-world experience make me worried that she might start looking to you as a new long-term BF and then feel betrayed. If you were drunk enough you could ;)

Maybe it's easier to be confident as a foreigner?

Here's a tip: change requires... wait for it.. change. It sounds simple, but so many people don't understand that if you want something to change in your life, you need to change something in your life. If you want different results, you need to do something different to achieve those results. If you want different output, you need different input. And you need to accept failure. You need to accept that if you want to get good at something, you have to start by becoming bad at something. You won't wake up one day and find yourself a changed person. Best case scenario, one day you decide you want something badly enough to change. If you want to change yourself for the better, to become someone who can get a girlfriend, we will help you as best we can. If you want to have a pity party and convince yourself that life isn't fair and that you'll never get the touch of a woman? Find a new forum. But before you go looking for that new forum, here's a question: would you rather spend your time around people who believe that, with hard work, you can become a desirable man and get a girlfriend? Or would you rather spend your time around people who believe you will die single, alone and a virgin?

Muggi's approach to life in a single sentence.

I just wanna say kudos. When I think friend zone, I think guys who get in your situation but never get the balls to ask the girl out, then get annoyed 3 years later when he isn't dating her. Instead, you asked her out and now can move on and ask someone else out.

Not all of them end well. True. But... sometimes you can kinda see it coming? Like, dating someone who you basically described as a home wrecker that just sounds bad. (I'm operating on the assumption that these married men she dated were allegedly in monogamous relationships before they started dating green hair and that green hair knew that married dude was, in fact, married.) Also, green hair sorta isn't dating a guy with kids. Again, this is an assumption, but I would assume it's married guy just looking for some side action but doesn't want her to meet the wife nor the kids.

Wait wait wait girl who's previous dating history is only men who are married with children? Tbh sounds like you dodged a bullet. I just can't see that ending well.

Since when is it NOT? Tbh you just don't realize 'cause it's just a constant thing.

I swear if we go digging through this thread we can find you making a similar post about the same damn girl.

So did Jared.

I vaguely recall that show existing, but I can't really remember anything about it.

=O Someone here who still plays RS!

Most of those have nothing to do with printers themselves tho. Bad UI and trouble installing are programming problems that could probably occur in any sort of programming or software development.

Like what, exactly? And I'm sure some printers, and probably brands of printers, have significant recurring issues; but what sort of useability problems are common for all mass-produced 2d printers?

Yeah definitely. In unrelated news, do you want to buy a 3D printer? Yes. Of course you do. https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/826799607/ibox-nano-worlds-smallest-least-expensive-3d-print