I've lurked here forver but had to sign up to say my piece about this. I'm pissed honestly, maybe upset is a better way to put it. For me Bionicle G2 was the best constraction has ever been. They managed to combine Bionicle (its Technic functions and elements included) with CCBS and even System. To me it seemed like every time this line got closer to its namesake and its history the more people complained and disliked it. It happened with LOSS and Scorpio, and now with Umarak and the Beasts which I thought were the best sets of G2, the one wave that really felt like the old Bionicle was back to me. I think people don't want Bionicle, I think they just want more of the same old same old of Hero Factory.
What's really annoying though is that it seemed like Lego didn't even try. Like some people have already said there as virtually no marketing for it and no big media tie in push to back it. It took most of a year for the first book to come out and even longer for the comics and this short animated show. I don't feel like Lego supported this line and put it in a position where it could succeed in the first place. And now it's gone and won't be given one last hurrah, won't be wrapped up story or set wise, we won't even get what they've finished with the MOUP. Imagine if they had released this art book at retail with the mask as a pack in? Something, anything.
I really thank the team that designed these sets and brought them to us, and the people who helped tell the story. But Lego, and the fans in my opinion, dropped the ball here.
I don't even think there's going to be a new constraction theme. I think they're going to keep doing Star Wars and relegate constraction to another branch of sets for their real media backed properties like Chima, Ninjago, and Nexo Knights. Meh.