In case if you didn't know, today is the 40th anniversary of the Apollo 11 moon landing. It's amazing to think that within a single decade, we went from sending the first human into space to sending the first human to walk on the Moon. I'll be spending most of the day watching the History channel, since just about every show on that channel today is related to the Apollo Program.

http://movies.yahoo.com/feature/2012-roland-emmerich.html

I may not be much of a believer in the doomsday prophecy of 2012, but this movie definitely seems worth watching, when it comes out in November this year.

Just over a year ago, this forum reached 100,000 posts. Now, that number has nearly doubled. We are now less than 5,000 posts away from reaching a total of 200,000 posts for this forum. I'm estimating that we'll reach 200,000 posts before the end of this month.

P.S. If any of the newer members are interested, here's the topic that discussed the 100,000 post mark:
http://z7.invisionfree.com/thegangoffive/i...topic=3221.0

I don't know why I never thought of doing this any earlier. Since I'm clearly a Bionicle fan, it would make sense if I made a discussion topic about it.

One of the main reasons I'm making this topic is because I know that at least some of you have at least heard of Bionicle, but I would like to know how much you know about it. I'm interested if you follow the story, buy the sets, or do both (which is what I do). I'm also interested in hearing what you thoughts on it are, as well.

(P.S. This is my 1000th post! )

As you may know by now, I am currently writing my first fanfic. I am very determined to get it finished (this is because I have never yet finished any project I wanted to do during my free time). Once I have finished it, I will then work on a sequel for that fanfic. In fact, I'm already planning three sequels for it . Since I'm the only LBT fan and Bionicle fan around here, I've felt like I should dedicate my writing of fanfics to this series of fanfics that I've planned and still planning for almost a year now.

As a consequence, I will likely never be able to write fanfics for any of the dozens of other ideas for LBT fanfics I've been coming up with. I think some of these ideas are great, and it would be a shame for no one to ever hear of them or see them actually turned into a fanfic.

The solution: I'll give away these ideas, and see if anyone would be willing to go anywhere with them. I won't be giving out any at this moment, but starting tomorrow, I'll post any acceptable idea for an LBT fanfic that I happen to have at the moment. If some of you think a certain idea would do better as an RPG instead of as a fanfic, go right ahead.

So, is anyone willing to accept ideas from me?

off topic: this is my 500th post

I was watching the History Channel last night, and I saw a show about what dogfights (air combat) in the near-future would be like. Fictional scenarios were shown to show what existing or soon-to-exist aircraft would be capable of doing. I found it interesting to note that the F-22 is so well-designed, it could still be in use for the next two decades. Another fact that I found very interesting was that the first dogfight in space could happen as early as 2027, and up in the vacuum of space, the fights will indeed be very different from in the air.

For those of you who didn't know, "Walking With Dinosaurs" was a three hour long program that was first shown on the Discovery channel back in early 2000. It was about all kinds of dinosaurs from various places and time periods.

I've recently seen TV ads for a remake of this program that includes new research and new theories. It will be on Sunday (tomorrow) at 8:00 p.m. EST. I'll try to watch this if I can. I'm expecting most, but not all, of it to be similar to its earlier version.

Alright, I'm ready to do something I've never done before, writing my own fanfic. I've thought out everything in this story for months now, and I actually started writing it only yesterday. This fanfic is a crossover of my two favorite things, LBT and Bionicle. I hope you will enjoy reading it. Okay, here it is.

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Quest for the Energy Stones


Prologue

Morning came to the island of Mata Nui. All across the island's six villages, Matoran woke up to prepare for another day of hard work. Before they could get to their work this morning, however, they gathered in the centers of their villages. The Turaga, the elders of each village, had a meeting the previous day and needed to inform their villages of the subject of their discussion, a new and strange prophecy.

In the village of Ta-Koro, one Matoran was sleeping against a wall. He slept here because he didn't really have a place in this village to stay. His name was Takua. Although he was Ta-Matoran, he wasn't accepted much by the other Ta-Matoran. Takua always loved to travel, often traveling from village to village and occasionally collecting a souvenir. However, his love of traveling had caused most Ta-Matoran to have very little trust in him. They did not like to travel and feared that his adventurous ways would bring them bad luck. In fact, they had so little trust in him that it was possible that he would soon be banished from Ta-Koro.

As Takua slept, one guardsman walked by and noticed him. He shook Takua awake and said, “Wake up! Turaga Vakama has returned from his meeting and has an important announcement to make.”

“Okay, okay, I'm coming,” said Takua, still a little sleepy. He grabbed his backpack and headed for the center of Ta-Koro. His backpack held all of the things he had collected on his travels, so he almost always held onto it. Takua soon arrived at the crowd of Ta-Matoran gathered in the center of the village. Compared to the other Ta-Matoran, even his appearance made him seem like an outcast. A Ta-Matoran's mask had a color of either black, red, orange, or yellow. Takua's mask was light blue. After so many travels, he still had not yet found out where he truly belonged, despite the fact that he considered Ta-Koro his home.

As Takua arrived, he saw Turaga Vakama stand up before the Ta-Matoran, signifying that the meeting was about to begin. In his hand, he held a stone tablet, the subject of this meeting.

“Fellow Ta-Matoran,” he announced, “I have returned from my meeting with the other Turaga with urgent news. A new prophecy has been revealed to us, one that even I have doubts for. It states that the six villages, along with all of the Matoran, shall be brought to another universe, a universe where unknown objects of power lie hidden.” He was silent for a few seconds before continuing. “I am uncertain of when this prophecy may come true, but we must be prepared for when it may happen.”

“How will we prepare for this, Turaga?” asked one Ta-Matoran.

“I am uncertain,” replied Vakama. “If and when this prophecy does come true, the best solution we have agreed upon is that all of the Matoran are to remain inside the villages at all times. This is because we are uncertain of what kind of universe we may end up in. It could be even more dangerous than what we are already facing these days.”

Stay inside the village forever? This was something Takua would not let happen. He was about to say something in protest when suddenly, the sky began to seemingly get brighter and brighter. The Matoran shielded their eyes from the blinding light.

“Turaga, what's happening?” asked one Ta-Matoran.

“Mata Nui!” exclaimed Vakama. “The prophecy is coming true already!”

The light continued to grow brighter. After a few seconds, the light began to fade. Eventually, the bright flash of light vanished. The village of Ta-Koro, along with all of the Matoran within the village, was nowhere to be seen. It was as if the village was never there. If there had been an observer outside the village, he would have seen a large beam of light come from a particular point in the sky and shine onto the entire village. The same event had just happened to all of the other villages of Mata Nui; multiple beams of light had come from one point in the sky and shone onto the villages. Nobody in this universe could have possibly known what would happen to the villages and the Matoran within them.
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So what do you think? Is it a good start? Don't worry if you don't understand some of the terms, all will be revealed after a few chapters. Please let me know if there's anything I need to improve on, I really want this fanfic to turn out great.

I still have enough free time today, I think I'll start on the next chapter. Yes, it will feature the LBT gang.

For many years, I've come up with ideas for fanfiction for many various things. But this idea seems so great, that I just simply can't forget about it like all the others. It's a crossover of LBT and Bionicle.

Here's what happens: the six villages of the island of Mata Nui and their residents are misteriously and suddenly transported to the Great Valley, where strange climate changes have made parts of the valley suitable for each village. Takua, a Matoran who loves to travel, quickly becomes friends with Littlefoot and the others, helping to estabish peace between Matoran and Dinosaurs. But after a few days, Rahi attacks indicate that Makuta had followed the Matoran to the dinosaur world. Without any Toa for protection, things seem hopeless when a discovery is made. Makuta can be stopped, but only by the powers within the Stones of Elemental Energy. So now, the gang, along with their new friend Takua, must travel to many dagerous places to find the Stones so they can stop Makuta and return peace to the valley.

If you're wondering on what part of the Bionicle storyline this takes place, it happens a few months before the arrival of the Toa Mata to the island of Mata Nui. There are two reasons I chose this; 1, Takua is my favorite Bionicle character, and I'd like to have the gang meet him as a Matoran, not as a Toa, and 2, Of all the places in the Bionicle universe, Mata Nui seems the most similar to the dinosaur world, and therefor easier for Matoran and dinosaurs to accept each other.

I don't know when I'll be able to acctually start it, and with all the school work I have, I might not even start it months!  Until then, I'd like to know what everyone thinks of this idea. Tell me what you think and who knows, if everyone looks forward to it, I might be more willing to start it as soon as possible.

Hi everyone! I just joined and I'm very glad I did. I've been a daily visitor since late September. If you're wondering why I didn't join any earlier, the answer is simple but strange: I did not have an e-mail address at all! That's right, I didn't have an e-mail address untill just a few days ago.

Now, about me. The only thing I like more than LBT is Bionicle, the Lego product (explaining my Bionicle syle name and avatar (when I get it up)). I've bought Bionicle sets since they first appeared in 2001. I'm also a member of the largest Bionicle forums, bzpower, but I'm not active there anymore, mainly because it's far larger than this place (last time I checked, bzpower had no less than 38000 members). Back to LBT, I've been a fan again for no more than a year, and I'm gald that I found this place. I sure hope to be very welcome here.