Bionicle's End
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Let me just say that I do not think that LEGO "ruined" my childhood or my life by cancelling the line (or at least the sets, anyway). True, BIONICLE has played a large part in my life, but just because its gone doesn't mean LEGO is evil or cruel or sadistic, as many people seem to be implying (and in some cases, outright saying) in the talkback thread for the announcement.
I will miss BIONICLE. I will. BIONICLE is, without a doubt, my favorite toyline ever, and has remained my favorite even throughout the years. I have many sets and quite a few books, nearly all of the comics, too. I also have all four of the movies and have read all of the webserials. I have spent a lot of money on BIONICLE in the past and I don't think most of it was a waste. I may not have liked all of the sets, or all of the story decisions, but I have kept a positive attitude regarding BIONICLE changes through the years that I haven't given up and probably never will (I prefer positivity to negativity, personally).
So what will I do now that BIONICLE is ending?
Well, I'll continue following the story, since it will continue on to at least 2011. I have almost always been a storyline geek, so this is great for me. I agree with Greg that the story will probably take a turn for the better now, since he doesn't have to try to advertize each and every set LEGO asks him to anymore, since there won't be any sets to sell! I eagerly await to see what Greg comes up in the future. It will surely be great, though I will try, as I always do, to keep my expectations low, just so I won't be disappointed.
I will also continue writing fanfiction. Why not? I still have dozens of ideas to write. There's the Shika Trilogy, the Glatorian Chronicles (which will be expanded to includ the Glatorian Legends characters, such as Ackar and Kiina, later on), Dimension Hoppers, a Bara Magna epic featuring Mata Nui's journey to the Valley of the Maze (not sure of a title for that yet), and many, many other ideas that will come to me in the future that I have yet to think up now.
And I actually see this as a positive sign, BIONICLE's ending. For one, my money can go towards other things without me worrying about missing the newest sets. Plus, I will also have more time, I think, to focus on my original fiction. I still haven't finished world building, even though I am already writing it for NaNoWriMo.
All in all, I think BIONICLE had good run and I eagerly await the new summer 2010 line that will replace it. I don't know whether it will be as good as BIONICLE, but I am willing to give it a chance. After all, back in 2001 BIONICLE was a brand new, totally original line that veered sharply away from the normal LEGO System and surely should have failed. Yet we accepted it, despite the fact that it was extremely different from the norm. So why can't we do the same thing with the new 2010 line, or heck, maybe even the Ben 10 line?
It's true that we haven't seen the new 2010 sets yet, but like with BIONICLE in the past we shouldn't necessarily write them off as "BIONICLE ripoffs" or whatever people might call them or even be calling them now. At least I won't. Not yet, anyway. I'm being positive and openminded here and I await the future. That's all I can do, really.
-TNTOS-
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