Please don’t tell them that. NDA’s are very much a thing, that’s one of the reasons leaks aren’t encouraged.
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Oh I meant in reference to BMOP
If the boy who cried wolf about G3 actually is right for once (doubtful but who knows) and Lego decided to preempt that with C&Ding a popular fan game than that’s about the dumbest PR move I’ve ever seen.
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Just so you’re aware. Lego employees look at this site often, for potential builders and to make sure no one Is sharing details of further sets or other.
Just so you’re aware:
- LEGO has never debated what kind of sets it will make in the year those sets are intended to release. LEGO sets tend to take many years to design and finalize, and the only way a Bionicle return would be in the early stages of the pipeline now is if was coming out in 2030.
- If LEGO really, truly checks this site often, they would see mostly Inika builds. I think it’s not an unfair assessment of the site or the builders that use it to say that set-worthy mocs do not pass through it very often, nor through many other forums, or even through the much flashier halls of Flickr or Instagram. I know I certainly haven’t posted any.
- TTV has a pretty consistent history with shutting down unsubstantiated rumors and warn against it in their rules. I’d recommend giving it a read some time. Side note, why have so few users read the guidelines? It’s a bit concerning.
Back on topic, I do genuinely wonder what a Bionicle made in the current year would even look like. If the future for Bionicle is System (and it certainly seems to be that way), we might be doomed to a Bionicle that looks like the current superhero buildable figures or the regurgitation of mech suits they make for every theme it can possibly fit into.
Hopefully we’d get minifigs of some kind, because (and perhaps this is an unpopular opinion) I think Bionicle minifigs would be fantastic. Unless the masks are all reprinted blank Iron Man helmets 
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But what kind?
The one-piece statues from 05 were awful, and the weird amalgamations from 06-07 weren’t much better. But on the flip side, the minifigs from HF Invasion of the Totally-Not-Visorak were pretty good. Still, though, i think i’d like to see reqular minifigs, like ttv’s g3.
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In all seriousness, yes, I’d prefer the modern minifig. Every other variation or distinct quality about past minifigs has been homogenized into the same bland mass of identical features, so as long as we get custom molds for the masks I can’t really complain 
I don’t really like the direction TTV took Brickonicle, but some things definitely worked, and the general concept of the Toa minifigs was well executed. Unfortunately I just spoke to my dad, Bob Lego, and he says the company will be releasing minifig version of the Toa but only in LEGO Fortnite (this will make an extra three people play LEGO Fortnite)
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Technic figures!
They are popular sellers on bricklink, I think they’d sell fine if rereleased today. Most of us would buy them. If lego were to do bionicle minifigures I wouldn’t buy them as they’d be too similar to the knights’ kingdom ii, ninjago and classic spacemen minifigures I already own. The “colored team” of minifigs have already been done. That’s the reason why I don’t do collectible minifigures anymore, most of them have been done already either officially or as bootlegs.
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Tinfoil hat theory: Masks of Power was taken down by LEGO because they plan to do G3.
This has happened in the past with companies taking down fan projects if they feel that it would potentially interfere with an upcoming official project. You might point to Skyblivion not being taken down when the Oblivion remaster was released as an example to the contrary, but such a thing is the exception rather than the norm.
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How many of those companies did it without saying that they had a conflicting work in progress? Lego still hasn’t said why they pulled the plug, and all these G3 rumors I’ve seen floating around have only “I could tell you, but (unsubstantiated acquaintances at Lego) won’t let me tell you more” as a source. I wouldn’t be surprised if it’s simply Lego going the Disney and Hasbro route, locking their unused IPs up so that they can do nothing with them just because some guy on the board of directors said so. They’ve already decided to stop making large collector-focused sets for the next several years, and most of their current stuff seems to be stagnating in terms of original content.
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I’ve actually seen more credible rumours, but my acquaintances at lego won’t let me tell you more. 
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I doubt G3 would be accepted by the fanbase. There will be a lot of fans that will act out like with G2. 
I would not want a brick based generation of bionicle I would like a technic and action figure like with gimmicks. I almost bought every g2 set until they prematurely cancelled the line and it still hurts sometimes. It was a darn good reboot.
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It would probably go that route if our suspicions regarding MOP’s abrupt cancellation are proven true.
Although Lego had surprised us before, maybe they will make a new addition to the already existing builds. (A new limb configuration, with bendable joints, would come in handy)
I would personally still prefer if they chose Technic instead of SYSTEM for the 3 reasons below:
- It would make the line stand out from the other buildable figures/mechs, thus making it more interesting to potential consumers.
- It could provide a good reason for LEGO to finally introduce the Mixel socket joints in Technic, making the system more versatile.
- It would win over older fans while also making itself more appealing to newcomers, who may outgrow or be uninterested in SYSTEM.
Of course, not everyone would be on board with an official G3, regardless of what type of building system it uses.
Besides, for a G3 to be viable and profitable for LEGO to make, they must make it appeal to a broader audience, which unavoidably would alienate some portion of the fandom.
We have to face the fact that we are no longer the target demographic for them, but I would rather want BIONICLE back in some form than have nothing at all, TBH.
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The funny part is how much lego has been focusing on adult collecting lines nowadays. If they did that for Bionicle with the G1 asthetic it might be successful. Too bad too. I been wondering how they kept going back to Ninjago but they are afraid to go back to Bionicle. Nowadays the creator line seems to be the best choice for solid builds and seem to keep the Lego creative spark alive.
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I think most everyone would prefer that, but I also don’t think LEGO would willingly choose that route at this point. Bionicle was a theme that gobbled up tons of unique molds each year, with most sets containing some kind of exclusive piece in the form of a mask, limb, or weapon, and sets having multiple was not uncommon.
LEGO’s current outlook on product design and appealing to the consumer is intensely safe and homogenized, rarely every doing anything that strays too far from the comfy, corporate brand they’ve built up over the last decade. A more faithful to G1 take on the brand would go against everything LEGO has tried to distance itself from in recent years, and in a lot of ways G2 was the perfect middle ground, which now that it’s been done will be hard to replicate.
I don’t expect to see that sort of approach again, unfortunately.
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Hej, hvordan har du det? (Hi, how are you?) Perhaps, if you find the time, to look into the idea of a poly-bag line of LEGO Classic Castle, Pirate, and Space theme mini-builds that could connect together to form one small play-set to encourage purchasing them all.
Examples of mini-build suggestions would include Forestmen with a small tree build for target practice, a small Mars space-greenhouse/rocketship/rover, and a small raft for a castaway pirate.
Thank you for your time.
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A part of me really wants to know what would happen if someone was to capitalize on this opportunity, and illegally sell “totally-not-recreations-of-Bionicle” sets in Walmart (under a brand like Leqgo)… it’s not like there aren’t any brands other than LEGO that would really make money from a ball-joint-based action figure system that has better quality and articulation than most consumer-oriented action figure lines.
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I don’t either. However, they have surprised us before, so we shouldn’t rule out any and every possibility.
Of course, as you pointed out above, the chance of them making another Gen with similar design aesthetics as G1 is pretty much zero.
But, TBF, by “Technic,” I meant modern Technic, not G1-esque Technic.
I could see them give it a try with it by introducing Mixel sockets into the Technic lineup.
In general, I agree that it’s way more likely that they will stick to the pre-existing formats, for the reasons you had listed prior.
However, I also have my opinion on that below:
That’s true, but just because it rarely happens doesn’t mean it can’t happen, ever.
In all seriousness, though, I think they should take the “Return to the Roots” approach for the very same reason.
LEGO has a crazy amount of Mechs and buildable figures, but if Bionicle comes back in a similar format, it would get easily lost among them.
It couldn’t co-exist with those themes on the same market if it looked almost identical to them, simply because most buyers couldn’t tell them apart.
Sure, the Ninjago, Marvel, and Star Wars mechs usually come with a minifigure who pilots them, while a Bionicle figure wouldn’t have any.
But, that would also be a problem for many consumers, because the Marvel and SW mechs are a cheap alternative for those who may only want the sets for the figures alone.
The current lineup of LEGO is so diluted with Mechs and larger figures, to a lesser extent, that even if G3 had gear functions and no minifigs in their sets, it wouldn’t be distinguishable enough for the common folk to stand on its own.
Plus, Ninjago, Marvel, and SW are all well-known themes, most consumers are familiar with them, while Bonkle is pretty niche in popularity compared to them.
To sum it up: IMO, G3 would have a hard time competing with LEGO’s other Mechs, so to make itself more visible and attractive on the market, the Technic route would be a better option in the long run.
I also leave this here, as it walks around the Technic VS SYSTEM topic pretty well:
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Agreed. I already dislike how Lego did this with Ninjago, where the first two years had a large variety of vehicles, mostly given to the villains, and then quickly made it so that the dragons (the heroes’ main “vehicles”) got killed off in favor of jets, cars, and tanks of increasingly generic designs. Ninjago alone seems to be bloated with mechs, adding another System line with mech-like characters would make sales worse as people would probably keep to the original product lines over a new one.
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Honestly as long as this mold exists in legos catalog I don’t trust them with bionicle.
The way they did MOP dirty only confirms to me that this is the correct assessment
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I sincerely hate whichever designer said “We should make a single-axis joint mold, but not put a joint in it.” Why make a part specifically for knees and elbows, and not put a working joint in it?!
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