I remember clicking on this topic, seeing the first few replies, and thinking “well, sorry winger, but this won’t go anywhere.”
This is the first time in human history that Ghid has been wrong about something.
There are not enough official Akakus in existence and the noble Akaku is trash.
Because I need more Akakus.
Now.
More.
Honestly, the reason people want Bionicle to come back is because it was Good. Unique. Special. Complex. Inspiring. Epic. Encapsulating fantasies into one source; the center point of their childhoods. Some absolute weirdos go as far to say that they learned very important life lessons from Bionicle which they should have learned elsewhere and I think some of them need therapy but aside from that:
^ quote from one of my favorite posts on the boards, which is of course by me because I’m so smart ^
Bionicle isn’t six Toa canisters sitting on a shelf waiting to be purchased. It isn’t a series of novels written by santa claus about robots fighting bad gas inside another robot’s digestive tract. Heck, it’s not even both of those things, or all the community creations and fanfictions and 3d parts and canon contests. It’s not even the community and canon and story. None of that is Bionicle.
Bionicle is what you felt when you opened and assembled your first set. It’s what you envisioned the characters to be like when you saw the advertisements in the magazine. It’s the gripping experience of watching Toa Mahri Matoro die on the page in front of you begging the fictional universe to spare those dear to him as the reward for his sacrifice. It’s the pain of a cracked joint, or the elation of a compliment on your creation toiled over for almost half an hour, or the awe and wonder of watching the GSR rise out of the most famous fictional island in children’s toys.
That’s what Bionicle is. Not a toy line, not a story, not a community project - it’s an individual experience which impacted you. That’s what people want back; the priceless feeling of excitement exclusive to that first Bionicle set. That’s never going to happen, of course, as I quoted myself above (because - again - I’m such a genius), but that’s why we want it back - because each moment was something precious and invaluable to every one who appreciated the toyline.
Elsewhere people are bickering about conceptions and headcanons being ruined. Maybe this has something to do with it - why people are so insistant on their version and their ideas: Because the heart of Bionicle is your heart and your Bionicle is unlike anyone else’s.
That will never return, unfortunately. It’s impossible.
But we want it to.
Just one more time.