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Sokoda’s Bionicle set hasn’t been made yet.
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Yes, he is. Most of the other projects that have gotten to 10K supporters have a stronger reason for doing so than Bionicle. Let’s look at one set in particular.
This is the Kakapo, the world’s only flightless parrot, an endangered species, and one of the models that reached 10K supporters. It lost to FRIENDS.
You may not have known what a Kakapo was until now, but you can’t deny this set has appeal. It’s an endangered species which helps LEGO push the environmentalism agenda they’ve been less than subtly pushing for a while now, a build small enough to fit in your hand despite the Kakapo actually being very large, and it’s also an incredibly cute parrot build, all things which would garner reasonable appeal.
For Sokoda’s model, as well-built as it is, it’s… Bionicle. That’s the only thing drawing people to it.[quote=“Pakari, post:129, topic:50060”]
I think the speedy support time is definitely unique and shows the passion behind the project.
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Ah, but LEGO’s been dealing with the Bionicle community for longer than almost everyone in it. It’s like trying to pet a porcupine who’s just eaten a wasp nest. I’ve barely been in the community that long and I can say with a fair amount of confidence that we’re not nearly as nice and wholesome - much less marketable - then what David’s been hinting at.
Also, it’s easy to draw 10K supporters from a fandom which is constantly active and looking for a chance to do something like that. FRIENDS, on the other hand, needs a demographic which is probably not on LEGO Ideas much at all, and the speed in which it collected its votes shows that more people than the ones on the site want it to be a set. While Bionicle may have tens of thousands, the other projects have hundreds of thousands and sometimes even millions.
Also, if LEGO is planning anything at all with Bionicle in the next few years, I don’t see them approving this as a set. There’s arguments for why they would in that instance, of course, but I don’t think LEGO would do that riding off of G2. So if it isn’t approved, chin up.