So, I’m assuming you’ve all seen/heard (and been inspired by Mesonak’s epic speech from episode 206, and I was wondering what the general thoughts were on either getting a ■■■■■ with a couple of important lines, or a print, or anything like that?
Any ideas?
[spoiler] Here’s what I will tell you:
Bionicle is about a lot more than anything LEGO can really do, at any given point.
Bionicle is a creation of theirs that I think has a little bit more weight to it than a lot of their other themes.
It’s created a community unlike many things that I’ve ever seen, or been a part of.
Bionicle to me is about more than whatever wave of sets with gimmicky gear functions and masks is on store shelves at any given point.
It’s about a lot more than how many prophecies or unity duty destiny name drops you can shove into any given 22-minute story episode.
Bionicle to me is about the fandom, it always will be, that’s the core of the theme.
Bionicle is about people like, people like Christian Faber, for instance, who worked on the theme for so many years, and developed so many concepts and artworks for it and really shaped what it ended up being.
It’s about Greg Farshtey, who spent so many years of his life not only writing the story but also answering fan questions about it on message boards - still to this day!
It’s about Merlin Mann and Ryder Windham, people who worked through so many different hurdles to try their hardest to give us a story to actually relate to and connect with.
It’s about the fan sites, like BZPower and BS01, who for so many years have been a place for fans to go to interact and also learn more about their theme.
It’s about us, who’ve been here for so many years, trying to give entertaining content for you guys, to inform you about stuff, to be a place for you to connect with Bionicle
And it is about YOU - the individual, who create - yes you, and you, and you and you and you,
It’s about the MOC-ists,
It’s about the Artists,
It’s about the Authors,
It’s about the Content Creators
Who take what LEGO provides you and makes it into your own thing, that’s the purpose of LEGO.
So no matter how many times LEGO will drag Bionicle’s corpse out of the gutter that they’ve buried it in to try and shill products on shelves to boost their bottom line,
No matter whether Bionicle’s on shelves or not
You don’t need to prove to LEGO anything, anymore.
What you do for Bionicle is about your own passion and your own love for it
And as long as that exists, Bionicle is not gone, it will never go away
You don’t need for LEGO to do anything anymore
and if I have my way about it, I’ll say this on air, I do not want Bionicle to come back.
I want Bionicle to stay as a community thing, forever,
Because that’s - the community understands it, the community loves it, nothing you do is any less valid than anything LEGO does
That’s the purpose of LEGO as a creation. [/spoiler]
I was thinking a ■■■■■ with something like:
“You don’t need to prove to LEGO anything, anymore.”
or
“It’s about the MOC-ists,
It’s about the Artists,
It’s about the Authors,
It’s about the Content Creators”
So what does everyone else think?
Yes.