Sure. There weren’t great strides of progress for the community as a whole. Because that’s an unrealistic expectation. But the community was there - has been here - since G1 ended, creating MOCs, writing stories, and more.
I need some clarification on something: do you expect for the community to “come back” in some capacity? For there to be a resurgence of some kind, or a slew of successful community projects, like Brickonicle or something? I genuinely want to know, because I’m arguing under the assumption that you aren’t, because of how … naive everything I just said is.
It’s a freaking miracle. That we’re all still around. It’s been ten years since G1 ended, 6 since G2. And there are still so many people creating in the space. That’s … way more than could have ever been expected, way better than we should realistically have gotten. I’m not sure what else you want from the community.
We are living proof that that isn’t true.
Yes, of course the community will eventually fade to obscurity; it’s already begun. Really, it’s an inevitability, not an opinion, that it will happen. But here’s the thing: it should have already happened. A long time ago.
Bionicle, for all likely intents and statistical purposes, isn’t “coming back”. The only thing we can do is keep it alive as long as we can, and make its death as painless and creatively active as possible. That’s what we’ve been doing, since G2 at least.