I think building primarily with HF armour is heavily undervalued… But the true potential of the system needs the proper scale. I’m not talking about Inika builds, I’m talking about two foot sculptures.
The original HF foot piece was terrible imo, the Toa Masters one was better, I know it was originally used earlier but I forget which set introduced it.
I honestly kind of think that believing Bionicle will never, ever come back is nearly as ridiculous and unfounded as saying it 100% will.
Now, I’m not saying it’s a 50-50 chance, and I definitely would be more on the side of it not coming back if it came to pure reason, but I choose to believe it can and might because of nothing besides sheer hope and optimism.
Are my expectations in check? I certainly think so. Are my criticisms of pessimistic outlooks on the whole ordeal perhaps a bit extreme? Most likely.
I never really had any problem with overly specialized LEGO pieces. Sure, they are difficult to use, but that is the fun part. Finding good uses for those types of parts. It’s more challenging and fun than using casual pieces.