Bionicle is a theme that ran for 10 years stopped and came back again last year.
Yet in some aspects gen2’s waves feel off for the most part. It feels like there is too much in the winter and not enough in the summer.
That got me thinking and this is what I found
g2 currently has
winter
12 good guys most 6 of which are small but could take on the one bad guy if they team up
1 bad guy who could get beaten by any of the big good guys and a team of small good guys
Summer
1 good guy who is out matched by the bad guys
4 or 5 bad guys (Depending on whether the good guy is a separate set) who take on the winters good guys plus an additional good guy from this wave.
G1 on the other hand did something different. This is from how I understand it 2004-2007 waves went for the most part
Winter
6 small good guys who had to team up to take down one bad guy (Matoran)
6 average bad guys who could easily take down one or two small guys depending on the year. (Vahki and Piraka)
There usually one or two titans in the winter wave, usually characters that set up the early story but arnt important by the end. (Toa lhikan, Nocturn, umbra, ect.)
Summer
6 average good guys who could defeat the previous waves bad guys one on one.
(toa)
3-5 titans depending on the year that usually are the big bads of the year. These allowed for the new good guys to have a challenge after taking on the average bad guys. (brutaka, Nidiki, malixos, sidora. ect)
The g1 waves aloud for the good guys to always have a challenge and a full team to fight every year. It also meant that even when the toa came to defeat the winters bad guys they still had be titans to deal with as a team.
The g2 release the small good guys and but instead of 6 bad guys they release the toa. Where there used to be a titan, there is now one average bad guy that has to fight 12 dudes with nothing but a small army of Mcguffens at their disposal. When the summer rolls around and we get 4-5 new bads guys )and in the case of umarak being a new version only 3 new ones.) Who don’t make up a full team and just barely have connections to the winters villain. this doesn’t allow for challenge for the hero so much as, heres 3-5 mooks to beat up while you defend these little dudes. When your done come check out this tall guy who might put up a challenge.
In my opinion lego should go back to the g1 wave system as it allows for more interesting collecting and play. Had we gotten 6 skull villains to fight the protectors with kulta being released with the toa It would have been more interesting for the kids who only got 12 masks with legs and a small beetle.
Anyways thats just my thinking on the matter.
