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  1. Bob C
    It would be cool, but almost no one these days even knows what those are (apart from FOL). Bionicle brings great value to LEGO because it's so well known among people, and many of the people who played with them are still part of LEGO's target audience. Anyone who played with Roboriders or Slizers would probably remember if they were reminded, but wouldn't go crazy over a reboot.
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    As someone who didn't follow the story other than the little comic books in the boxes and the comics in the club magazines, I think that moving all the story to outside media like TV and games is not really going to help if they don't have anything inside the sets. I doubt LEGO profits that much from airing those HF shorts on TV. Seeing as they've done it more than once, it must help, but I think the physical toys generate the most revenue.
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    Well, I think that LEGO started marketing Bionicle exclusively to boys only after 2004. The Toa Mata were male-oriented, obviously, but there was no extreme boy advertising in that series. I have the 2003 catalog, and in it, Bionicle is not presented in a way that is different from the other themes.
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    Although titans are great, I personally wouldn't enjoy differently sized toa. The first few waves had all sets almost EXACTLY the same, which would be boring with a theme like HF, but since Bionicle had a bunch of auxiliary characters the sameness wasn't detrimental. I think they'd lose their "team" image if they were random sizes. I wonder who LEGO is trying to attract with the reboot. Would it be more profitable to get new fans or to catch the old fans who are loyal to the series? I would buy a new set regardless of how good it is, just because the whole thing is so nostalgic...
  5. Bob C
    Haha...a matoran built with the modern system looks...weird.
  6. Bob C
    Is Bionicle's fanbase centered around the US? It seems like all the elaborate Bionicle marketing things were done here in the US.
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    For me, 2009 was the year that got me back into bionicle after some years. It was a fresh new story and it forced you to look at the series in a different perspective. I want the canisters back; namely, the older ones. In 2006, with the Inika, the packages got really ridiculous and a waste of plastic. But bags are still better than boxes, especially for the medium sized sets. If the matoran return, they "should" be in boxes- that's just my opinion.
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    Even though they're not receiving funding, they're supported by LEGO, so they may want to keep a good relationship with LEGO so that they don't lose support. There's no money involved, but it's kind of common sense that BZP wouldn't want to sever its ties with LEGO. In any case, it's obvious they're proactively silencing this news.
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    Just recently I saw on the fb page a picture of a "LEGO Store" with Bionicle sets. It was not a LEGO Store.
  10. Bob C
    It looks like a cross between kopaka and takanuva (2008)
  11. Bob C
    This is most certainly real, unless we've all been pulled into an elaborate hoax by someone with way too much time on their hands.
  12. Bob C
    If this is real, then Lego has to execute Bionicle's resurrection properly. One side of me is excited because it is nostalgic, but on the other hand, I feel like the theme was put down well in 2010, and if Lego brings it back, they have to continue smoothly without some kind of awkward "re beginning".
  13. Bob C
    Aren't there many custom-made minifigs for this?
  14. Bob C
    It would be cool if LEGO made a large scale model based on a new car (not Technic)
  15. Bob C
    Yeah, you're right. HF has fallen far from its position in 2010/11 as most popular theme. And it seems like retailers have followed naturally, especially with all the new TLM sets pretty much taking their place.
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    even if it's not completely their fault, they still delayed the release of Hf and Technic by themselves.
  17. Bob C
    The weirdest part about this is that they actually showed it at Nuremberg; they didn't just announce it and cancel it, they actually made prototypes, packaging, and presumably began producing the sets.
  18. Bob C
    I'm fine with LEGO movie sets, just not if they're taking up more "space" than they should.
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    Hopefully next year Lego steers away from media and makes better sets and distributes them more effectively. Where I live, there are NO 2014 Technic sets and the entire TRU is like a TLM wasteland. I did see HF, but there were only a couple sets and overall it was sparse.
  20. Bob C
    I think it's too late for Bionicle to return. If Lego brought it back, it would not be for the old-time fans; it would probably be there to draw new young kids, and would therefore be kind of lame for T/AFOLs. I was, like many people here, pissed off at Lego when they discontinued Bionicle, and if they could bring it back and start from there as a continuation of the original story, it would be awesome. However I think that a reboot would not really be linked to the original very strongly.
  21. Bob C
    The visorak minis launch great if you do it the right way - you have to push down on the back of the pin hole and then pull your finger back (not upwards). I can say because I have one with me at the moment.
  22. Bob C
    Wow...that's an awfully late release. I guess I'll just order them. The only things I lose are a couple of dollars and the piece count.
  23. Bob C
    I really don't see a need to even compare IFB with any movie, because it's nothing more than a 22-minute long advertisement for the toys. The figures are #1, this is completely secondary and I think LEGO cares even less about it than they do the website or online games.
  24. Bob C
    I have a feeling it's easier to hack into a computer than break into the LEGO factory and steal the molds. but I'm sure they have a paper version
  25. Bob C
    Mungus is by far the worst name Lego has given a character. It sounds especially bad for an ice warrior.
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