Giant Bionicle

This morning I was playing with my Lego when I put together a few pieces and I realised that I could make Mata Nui...by the way, Mata Nui is the biggest Bionicle ever, 40 million feet tall. OK, mine was probably only 2 ft tall. I built the body, then the legs, then the feet, then the arms, then the head. Then I took it downstairs to show my mum. I'm also showing in the photos a size comparison with a normal sized Toa (the Toa are the mighty heroes of the Bionicles). In real life Mata Nui's head would be about the size of Stradbroke Island - this gives you an idea of how big he would really be. I think I used every single grey piece that I own! The body was really tricky because it was the largest part of the entire thing, and I made a little mechanism so it would seem as if he was breathing. I'm trying to improve that mechanism. The legs were just tricky because I was running out of grey leg pieces, so I had to use "un-leg" pieces, and most of them were black. The arms were easy because they didn't use many pieces, even though they were very big, they just used big pieces, and the head was really easy because it only used three pieces - the eyes, the head, and the thing that keeps the eyes in!

giant lego spaceship!

I built a huge Lego spaceship that is called a "T.O.- 50" Spacefreighter (I made up the name). I've put some photos here to show you., THe pilots I have named Dave and Bob (my little sister helped me with the names).

My favourite website

I just thought I'd let you know one of my favourite websites. But before I do, I have to say that the whole time I have been calling one of the characters in my Rock Ya movie "Hiraku", when I found out that the name is actually "Hikaru". WHoops!

The website I love is :

www.lego.com (if you want to find out more about Hikaru and Takashi and their job after they were a Rock Band, then check out Lego Products, and look at the Lego Exoforce comics. Go to Profiles if you want to find out more about Hikaru, Takashi and their friends.)

See ya,
Ollie

The story continues...

This is the next part of my script for my movie. IT explains what happens in "draft 4" that I just uploaded.

SCRIPT

They drive out to their plane, on the airstrip they have in their back yard. And this is really funny – Hiraku runs up, does a jump, punches the roof of the plane, so the plane roof falls off and he will be able to lift their car inside. He then uses a crane to transfer the car into the plane.

Then they get inside, say Hi to the pilot, and the plane takes off.

4th draft of my movie

It's really really cool. IT was a very hot saturday morning when we made it. I was sweating, so I ended up going upstairs and listening to the iPod while Daddy finished it!!! I gave daddy all the instructions and he knew what to do. I had written a script and told daddy how I wanted the shots filmed.It was SOOOOO hot, but we had to film it that day because it was the perfect time to do it, because TIlly, mummy and my grandma were at the shops buying ballet gear, so dady and I decided it was the perfect time to shoot! I didn't know it was going to be HOT!!!!!

Pie Chart

Hi, everyone - Ollie's mummy here! Ollie said he is too tired to do this post (he's been at a claymation workshop, and the museum, and the art gallery today!!), but wants me to post the pie chart he has made. He made this by surveying people in his homeschool group about how many and what sort of pets they have. THis chart is based on "How many families have each type of pet".

Thanks to everyone who provided data for this survey!

From Ollie's mum

The story so far...

Here is the outline of my movie so far, so you can see what is happening on the screen...I'll post the latest edit (draft 3) in the next post.

Rock Ya – The World Tour

We open with our heroes, Hiraku and Takashi, driving along in their hot rod. They come to a level crossing, and wait while the gates go down. Suddenly, a Kombi rushes across the trakcs in front of them, being chased by a train. “Help, help – I’m being chased by a train!”, the Kombi calls out.

Then, you hear train whistle sounds and a huge steam train rushes across, tooting its whistle. Then the gates go up, Hiraku and Takashi drive across the tracks and swerve into the street where they live. Their house is being guarded by Bionicles, who lift up their weapons, to let the car drive thru. The garage door opens to let them in. Smoke fills the screen, then the car lifts up, Hiraku presses a button, and Hiraku and Takashi are catapulted into a tunnel.

Then, they go onto their couch, which is upside-down at the top of the tunnel, and then they are swung on a catapult arm backwards into their living room. They get their suitcases, are catapulted back into the car, then – this is funny – they rev up their engine and drive through the back wall of the garage! This is because they need to get to the airstrip, which is in their backyard, and they realise they don’t have a back door on their garage, so they need to drive through!

A lot of dust comes up when the whole wall collapses, and one of the Bionicle guards runs away screaming, “I’m outta here! Ahhhh!”.