Biovival Discussion (aka Christian Faber's mysterious project)

Being a huge sci-fi and Bonkle fan, I’d convulse on the ground with excitement.

Ohhhhh yeah, definitely. Really loved what I saw on the G2 artbook. If a G3/G1 continuation happens, I’d definitely love to see some of these designs get some love.

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When I first saw this, my first inclination was that this won’t be a toy line, per se.

Perhaps Faber’s intention is to reboot the series focusing more on the story, characters, etc, rather than put the toys first like most LEGO lines do. That would take it in a direction more appropriate to the fans of the original line than to TLG’s target range of young children. If G2 was any indication, marketing the line to the children of the current decade was unsuccessful.

I haven’t watched any of TTV’s coverage, so I dunno if this thought has been brought up before.

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I won’t get my hopes up.

But man g3 sounds like something I want.

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There were many factors that contributed to the unsuccess of G2, not just that “This decade’s kids don’t like constraction”. It was the lack of LEGO’s interest in the theme that led to it being unsuccessful. If they would really have cared, they would have pushed them as far as they could, like with the LEGO Movie 2 sets. Those sets are nothing amazing (in fact they are actually kinda bad IMO), but due to LEGO’s imense marketing push, they succeeded. Let’s not mention how they focused more on the Star Wars Buildable figures more on G2 itself. Despite the fact they sold even worse than G2, they continued to produce them up to 2018… two years more than G2, which is quite some time to be honest.

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I would love that. It would be up to the community to make mocs for the story, leading to a boost in creativity.

Totally agreed.

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The thing is BIONICLE is LEGO’s property, so even if Faber still holds close contact with LEGO, he won’t be able to reboot it without LEGO’s permission. And since LEGO’s interest is to make money selling toys, why would they reboot the theme just for the story? So yeah, without the sets, I am affraid Bionicle can’t exist.

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Yeah, I know that. I said that I would love it, not that it would be possible.

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And honestly I myself probably care about the sets more than the story. Because, once again, the story is just something that should be based off the sets, not the sets should be based off the story (when it comes to LEGO). What would we collect if there were no Bionicle sets, just the story?

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Oh yeah. Totally agree.

Regardless of its standing with an official LEGO reboot, I am excited to see what Faber has in store.

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I am honestly super excited to see where this is going to go, and hopefully it does go somewhere.

It seems like, from Faber’s posts, he has something planned that does involve LEGO, but I’ve honestly been getting my hopes up that if that should fall through (which is probable), then he might somehow, someway, gain the rights to the line and start developing it as a multimedia franchise.

Imagine a new Bionicle focusing entirely on the story, composed entirely of art pieces, literary pieces, maybe comics and videos. Something like the world of SCP, but for a sci-fi fantasy theme. That would be super awesome, and an amazing way to continue the spirit of the line without the baggage of toy sales restricting it.

Whatever it is, it definitely seems it’s going to be aimed towards older fans. Faber has talked about how Bionicle could make a relevant return to modern culture by focusing more on the idea of “the moral of the machine,” and AI technology. It really is a modern issue that needs something to address it in a new way, and if Bionicle could become that thing…that’s just amazing. And led by the guy mostly responsible for the original property in the first place? A dream come true.

From Faber’s Instagram:
"Wow!!! Everybody. This reaction makes me want to drive directly to Billund for a meeting about “youknowwhat”. I will bring all your energy and thoughts and fight for some kind of small light in this dark passage. Thank you for all this. I had to use 1st of april for this because maybe it ends up with a steep drop into an abyss. Like all risky adventures this is a pure leap of faith! I will keep you postet… :thumbsup:"

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I don’t know what this is…

…but I’m trying to contain my interest in case it doesn’t pan out.

…It’s not working, though…

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Unrelated, but holy crap is it good to see you guys are still around. ^^


Major respect to Faber for doing this. Really seems like he wants to do things right for the fans, reboot or not.

Should I fire up the Hype Train yet, or?

######(^ original by Mrblainefox on Tumblr, though their page is inactive)

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i am super exited now

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I’m included in that? Aw shucks, I’m honored to be glad to be seen! :smile:

A slow ride for the moment, sadly. It might not ever go as fast as it once did, but a leisure ride wouldn’t hurt.

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I think one of the main things making me interested in what Faber appears to be trying to do here is less his involvement and more the fact that he has a concept. G2 failed, in part, because Lego heard people wanted “BIONICLE” and brought it back, trying to channel the G1 Year 1 that people loved while updating for todays day and age, and in the process, lost sight of the charm that made us love it.

Faber appears to have an idea, and not just any idea, but an Idea that he believes the fans of Bionicle will enjoy enough to be worth gauging interest. And I for one am incredibly Interested. I am almost 100% certain that nothing will come of it, but I am interested nonetheless.

If nothing else, I hope we get some sweet, sweet FaberArt out of it.

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This is the same man that thought “what if there was an entire universe, that was a giant robot, and had lots of little robots inside it” and turned that idea into a decade long toyline.

Whatever Faber has in mind I’m sure it’ll be fantastic. I doubt we’ll get anything official. But at the very least we’ll get an awesome story.

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I wonder if this is going to be considered as “official fanfic” by the community lol.

If we decend into that hype, we may never return!

But get ready.
As for me, I am really hopeful to see where this goes.

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Come to think of it I don’t think Christian Faber gets as much recognition as he really deserves. Everyone hypes up Greg Farshty because he wrote the novels and managed a lot of the lore, but Faber started it all.

If anyone was going to start up large scale underground G3, it should be him.

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