Brickbeard was almost out of luck. The 'Bounty suffered major keel damage when he was forced to take her over a reef to escape from the new Imperial Flagship. (How dare they get a bigger ship?!) Unable to pay the cost of repairs he made a gamble; using all his hoarded treasure he'd buy a smaller ship and go back to his roots as a smuggler to raise the gold. With him he took none of his old crew, and at short notice he found he had slim pickings.
The group that owns the LEGOLAND parks, Merlin Entertainments now own Sydney Aquarium. As a possible precursor to this deal, in late October a new sub attraction called LEGO on the Loose appeared at Sydney Wildlife World and Sydney Aquarium.
"Forager" class mechs are heavily used by the Classics as a light enforcement tool. Protesters? Send in a Forager. Hostage crisis? Send in a Forager. Drug smugglers? Send in a few Foragers. Tax evasion? Send in a Forager... OK, maybe not then. Maybe...
After about ten years of Bionicle TLG decided a refresh was needed, and ]Hero Factory was founded. But I must confess that as the Heroes went I was very unimpressed.