As we've done for a number of years now, we invite all BZPower members to Send Your MOCs on the 2023 Convention Circuit! In exchange for sending your MOCs to us to display, you'll get some free sets and even 3D-printed masks! Most of the perks are tied to our yearly theme, which this year is High Fantasy to contribute to BioniLUG's High Fantasy Collab. It you're going to ship something to BrickFair Fredericksburg, I need to receive it by March 17th, so break out your bricks and get building!

It's a new month, so that means it's time to update our Best Bionicle Toa bracket. The Second Round is now live, as the winners from the First Round progress. (There's also a bonus question to pick your favorite Tahu!) The second round will last the month of February, so get your votes in! Additionally, read on for some of the insights from Round 1. Let us know in the Talkback Topic who you're rooting for.  

We've made it to February and winter is almost halfway over, so let's celebrate with a new raffle! Go on and enter the 2023 Member Raffle #2 for a chance to win LEGO Bionicle set 70794 Skull Scorpio from the first wave of G2 villains. Perhaps you'll be lucky like Muffin Lord, the winner of our January giveaway!

The Wall Street Journal recently released a video titled How Lego Built a Media Empire Beyond Bricks, outlining many of the high level changes the company has gone through over the years with a focus on media, storytelling, and franchises. Of course Bionicle played a huge part in that evolution, and receives some air time in the video! Go give it a watch to see what has made it the biggest toy company in the world.

We've almost hit the end of January already, and that means there's only a few more days left to enter the 2023 Member Raffle #1 for a chance to win LEGO Star Wars Buildable Figure 75525 Baze Malbus from Rogue One! Good luck to everyone who enters!

The Bionicle Gift With Purchase, 40581 Bionicle Tahu and Takua, will finally go live later this week on January 27th. Unfortunately, LEGO isn't exactly going to make it easy to get the set, as not only is there a price requirement of $100 in the US, but the qualifying sets must be from particular themes. If you haven't been following some of LEGO's other themes, there could be some confusion on just what you should buy. So I put together a list of some eligible products you can purchase that might be of interest to Bionicle fans. Read on to see the full list and begin to plan your purchases.  

Unfortunately technical issues have arisen again and we have to cancel our stream tonight. It looks like it might be a while before we can stream again, so consider Twitch Tuesday on hiatus until further notice.
We're getting really close to finishing LEGO The Incredibles, and will be heading back in tonight to inch towards 100% completion! Come by the BZPower Twitch channel starting at 7:30 PM Eastern as we tackle the last two levels in the game to collect minikits and achievements to check off our imaginary check boxes and get that wonderful endorphin rush when we succeed!

There's been some conflicting information floating around regarding the requirements to receive 40581 Bionicle Tahu and Takua when the promotion launches later this month. Today on the LEGO Ambassador Network, Jordan Paxton from the Community Team confirmed that you must spend 100 USD or EUR in the following themes to be eligible for the set: City, Monkie Kid, Ninjago, Friends, Classic, DOTS, or Creator 3-in-1. The amount you have to spend will vary in other countries, but as far as we're aware the theme limitations will remain. BZPower Reporter Xccj is working on a list of recommendations if you're interested in acquiring the set, so stay tuned for that!

One of my first thoughts when I saw Tahu in the Bionicle tribute set was "Where are the other Toa?" Tahu may be the most popular Toa, but the theme centered around six Heroes, not just one. So, this eventually led me to wondering if I could recreate the other Toa in this same style. But do the parts exist in the right colors? Read on for more details on this thought exercise.