LEGO Ideas 90th Anniversary Set Poll Discussion

[Cordax]

I will incinerate lehvak-kal with my superior vacuum powers.

[Traykar]

Honestly, if it comes down to Classic Space or Bionicle, I think I’m gonna go with space.

[Winger]

@SirKeksalot

Friendly reminder that if you vote Bionicle and you have no intention of even considering buying the anniversary set if Bionicle wins, you’re part of the reason G2 died.

but what if you’re broke

[ToaKebaka]

Good, we are winning! Do not rest, do not slow down in the pursuit of victory!
Keep voting for BIONICLE!

[Sharnak]

@Winger

@SirKeksalot

Friendly reminder that if you vote Bionicle and you have no intention of even considering buying the anniversary set if Bionicle wins, you’re part of the reason G2 died.

but what if you’re broke

Why have food and shelter when you could be buying bionicles

[Axelford]

“The hardest choices require the strongest wills”
Also if it comes down to it I’ll do the same

[Toa-of-Snow]

Hope Adventurers get a bit more of an edge over Pirates, which literally just had the Barracuda Bay set and doesn’t need another tribute so soon.

I’d be fine with Bionicle losing to something old and under-loved like Adventurers (or a Castle line, since it’s been a while since anything medieval). Pirates (or to a lesser extent Classic Space) already get plenty of tributes these days, we don’t need another one…

[TheJerminator]

@Winger

@SirKeksalot

Friendly reminder that if you vote Bionicle and you have no intention of even considering buying the anniversary set if Bionicle wins, you’re part of the reason G2 died.

but what if you’re broke

You’d still be considering the purchase, even if you end up coming to the conclusion that you can’t afford it.

[CalamitousT]

@SirKeksalot

Friendly reminder that if you vote Bionicle and you have no intention of even considering buying the anniversary set if Bionicle wins, you’re part of the reason G2 died.

Yeah… no. Just because you want a version of something doesn’t mean you’re obliged to consume it in any form.

G2 died because it was poorly marketed, the story and characters uninspired, and priced itself out of the market for most kids (the actual core market). If Lego was relying on the old fanbase for G2 to succeed, then that’s their fault.

Which sucks, cos I would have loved a decent and successful reboot.

[TheTDChronicler]

Honestly I actually think the real reason they cancelled G2 was because of SW Buildable Figures
LEGO has a rule that only one constraction theme can be active for some reason and considering SW figures were popular at the time they most likely just abandoned bonkles
It makes sense, 3 full years were promised but SW figures started coming out a year later, they kept saying G2 sold well and tbh I believe them - all the stores here sold them quickly and I barely collected all the sets

[Makutros]

@TheTDChronicler

SW figures were popular at the time they most likely just abandoned bonkles

They were? I thought they flopped completely and had had to be sold for a high percentage off to even make some profit.

I just saw that there is an english version of the article. Maybe that’s interesting for someone.
https://www.stonewars.net/lego-news/interim-results-of-the-lego-ideas-90th-anniversary-survey/

[Ghid]

@Makutros

I thought they flopped completely and had had to be sold for a high percentage off to even make some profit.

I was aware they had flopped, but they never dropped to reasonable lows in order to make even, at least nowhere that I looked. That did happen with G2 though; I got two Tahu Uniter for $9 a pop.

Also I can’t believe Xtreme Team is failing the vote

[SirKeksalot]

I’m not saying to “consume product,” but there seemed to be a lot of people who made no effort to support G2, then scratched their heads as to how it could have possibly failed; and the prevailing mentality rn seems to be “LEGO PLEASE GIVE US LITERALLY ANYTHING” but I know ■■■■ well that a good portion of that crowd is likely to turn around and say “NUUUUU NOT THAT LEGO REEEEE!!!” and this will only show Lego that we only intend to support Bionicle from a distance and not in any way they care about, which really smokes all chances of getting anything good in the future.

[TheJerminator]

This is definitely part of the problem. What we like about Bionicle isn’t necessarily what Lego wants to make.

A massive part of the love for Bionicle comes from the intricate lore of the original line, and that’s just… not what Lego is about. They make toys.

To me, the ideal Bionicle return would be a conclusion of the original story. No sets required. But I can’t see Lego doing that.

[LegoDavid]

Not sure how reliable this is, but someone on Reddit posted the results on the 90th anniversary poll so far:

It seems like Bionicle is winning, and by a good margin, too!

[Ghid]

@LegoDavid

Not sure how reliable this is, but someone on Reddit posted the results on the 90th anniversary poll so far

@Kodiak

you’re a little late

[Chronicler]

Needs more JPEG.

[Toa-of-Snow]

@CalamitousT

Yeah… no. Just because you want a version of something doesn’t mean you’re obliged to consume it in any form.

That’s still different to having no intention of considering it. It’s one thing to say “I’ll vote for a Bionicle anniversary set, but I’ll only buy it if it’s good” and another thing entirely to say “I have no intention to buy a Bionicle anniversary set, but I’ll vote for it anyway because I just want it back”.

@TheTDChronicler

they kept saying G2 sold well

They said “Bionicle” sold well, but I don’t remember them specifying that G2 did.

[Pakari]

@Chronicler

Needs more JPEG.

Do I look like I know h’what a J PEG is?

I just want a picture of a goddang hot dog.

[LegoDavid]

@Traykar

Honestly, if it comes down to Classic Space or Bionicle, I think I’m gonna go with space.

The “second round” will not be of people voting from the top three, but rather, LEGO themselves deciding which theme is gonna get the set from the top three most voted.