Torchbearer

I suppose by this argument anybody in the world who's homeless or impoverished doesn't care or try hard? It's impossible for mistakes or outside circumstances to affect somebody or something's chances of success? No, of course not. Pretending that how hard somebody cares or tries are the only things in the world that can affect their financial performance is downright irrational. A person can pour their heart and soul into a project and try their hardest to make it the best that it can be, and it can still fail if people don't like it or respond to the ways they try to promote it. You're comparing poverty, an actual issue ongoing literally all over the world due to the poor economy, to a lackluster toyline? That's a really far fetched analogy. How are you going to continue jumping through hoops to defend another heartless reboot even after it was cancelled after two years? It's clear Lego must've felt the same way otherwise they wouldn't have given it the axe. People worked on it and put effort into it. Designing a major toyline is harder than it sounds.

"The sets were objectively the best" In what way? Is it the fact that the gear functions barely worked? Or was it the added pin textures to pretend it was like Bionicle and not Hero Factory smooth? Or was it the extended torsos that were longer than the chest plates? Or was it the fact that most the sets had to be modified by fans just to make them posable without hitting another part of the pieces? Or was it the contradicting color schemes on each character? Please enlighten me without the "Inika builds are terrible" argument. On that note, since you're bound to bring it up or someone will, no. I'm not a fan of the Inika builds after 2006. They worked in 2006 because they were brand new and innovative, but that's when Lego got lazy and chose to reuse them instead of developing new molds for 2007 onward. I definitely think the oversaturation of Inika builds led to Bionicle's initial cancellation. But back to G2, which also uses a reused body build type with one slight adjustment (the barely functioning gear system), also failed for lack of innovation and design. Slapping on a new chest piece with a thousand pin textures isn't innovative; it's just lazy. G2 failed on it's own account, and the thought that where G1 failed is responsible for G2's failure is an ignorant conclusion and really reaching. There's no need to be hostile. The 2015 Toa were, objectively, the best. Full articulation, functional gearboxes that did work, and I personally have not encountered the issue of armor preventing movement, but I assure you it was there in G1 as well. Subjectively the 2015 Toa can be whatever you want them to be. I don't have any particular liking for them myself.

I think G2 was a victim of it own failures to be honest. While I can people thinking sets were cool (im not as big of a fan as many were), they were large, complex (often clunky in this regard) and expensive as compared to the clean, simple sets of G1, which I think might have been less appealing or attainable for kids. This is speculation however Never thought I'd see the day G1 was called "clean" over G2.

I think it's sad to see a line cut short of its time, but truth be told, it was very clear this was coming when the books and comics started being cancelled. I do not think the line's ultimate failure can be attributed to any one particular thing. I'd imagine the paper-thin lore, high set prices (in relative comparison to G1) and market oversaturation with "collect golden elemental doodads" were a large factor. The sets were objectively the best, and as such lost a certain simplicity and charm that the originals had. It was created to meet all of the downfalls of the original system, perfectly machined to fit exactly what kids should want. And in doing so it lost all its soul and personality. If anything G2 has been a victim of G1's failure as well.

Eh, I didn't have much hope for this. The graphics are beautiful, the animation is choppy, hair is freaky, writing is bad, story is generic and predictable, and it doesn't really do anything special. The IFB movie was better IMO, and it wasn't exactly the greatest of 20-minute adverts.

MNOG isn't as good as most people claim. Glitches and the tediousness of it can drag you out of the game. Delivering the notes to the other five Turaga at the end of the game is infuriating even with fast travel, and the battle at Kini Nui was pretty bad IMO.

Wanna know why shows like my little pony and gravity falls are so successful? People like being taken seriously.Ha. Ha. ha. Oh, my sides.What's so funny?My Little Pony isn't exactly high art, is it? Gravity Falls, Phineas and Ferb, Steven Universe are all great cartoons, but that's it. They're cartoons first with a merchandising machine followng. Bionicle is a toyline first with cartoons following. Compare Bionicle to something in the same category, at least. My Little Pony has a lot more going for it than you give it credit for. The story arcs actually mirror Gen 1 BIONICLE in more than a few ways. You can say the new shorts are cheesy all you want, but at least they're up-front about it. Looking back, the 2001-era comics were hilariously overdramatic. The 2001-era comics were nothing more than glorified commercials. Case in point: Rahkshi Kaita.

You're thinking of mind, not shadow, I put in wind for the heck of it, Lloyd's power is or was power, it's changed recently, Oops, didn't notice I my error with shadow and mind. Gone and changed that now.

Yep, and it bothers me greatly. I was so pleased with how the sets handled the characters' heights (especially since Pohatu and Onua have traditionally been the shortest), so to have the animations completely ignore the sets' relative heights and make Onua the tallest of the Toa is a bit of a disappointment. That's probably my biggest gripe with the animations, all things considered. I mean, is it really that bad though? Dr. Makuta made a good point of him looking like the incredible Hulk of the group, and if anything it makes more sense that he's the biggest since he is advertized as a "sleepy giant" and a large hulking figure. Height only makes this a little more prominent. To add more onto this, Bionicle Toa have traditionally been clone sets (maybe with some differences), but it's nice to see that the animators are diversifying the cast a bit. It gives them more personality and individuality, even if it's just from their appearance. The Toa Mahri, Mistika, Phantoka and Barraki would like to have a word with you. (although yeah, everything from before 2007 were outright clones)

What is wind doing here? Wind is a sub-power of Jay's lightning abilities, not an outright element. You're also missing Lloyd's power, which is energy. Anyways, I voted for absorption, ice, shadow and mind. Keeping in mind the restrictions we've seen on each power, absorption is OP in its own right, creating ice walls to block enemies/get over obstacles is a great ability, mind is downright awesome and being able to read people's minds and counter their attacks based on that is incredible.

No one's brought it up here to my knowledge, but a few people have noticed it before.

I think it would be very cool to have toothbrushes for BIONICLE again (I only ever got a Jack Stone one ), but I doubt that LEGO would bring them back. Too obscure, I guess.

Hooray for Bonkles. edit: oh, you guys left the topic of celebrating BIONICLE while I spent two hours procrastinating before finishing writing this post. Sorry. Are you talking about his voice in the new episode? That sounded more like cockney to me. Sounds like deep Australian to me (although I hear Ausie accents have they're origin in cockney/London), besides it makes more sense that they'd try to give him an Australian accent what with him having boomerangs as weapons. That's not an Australian accent. His voice sounds nothing like an actual Australian accent (unless you're deep in bogan-ville), and it's so far off that pretty much well anyone I know would have a hard time trying to match Pohatu's voice, it's that far off. Honestly, I find it more than a little annoying that LEGO chose an accent (super-annoying when everything to do with Pohatu is Australian stereotyping, except his personality, which is odd) so far off from the truth. You see, the stereotype is all most people know. If it bothers you that much, you should try and change the stereotype. Every country has a stereotype. What matters is if you have the ability to laugh at yourself or not. XD No offense, but that's preety bad advice considering we're talking about an entire country where the stereotype hasn't been even close to true for 50+ years. Worse yet, they didn't even go with the "Larrikin" stereotype and instead made Pohatu this super-serious-always-on-task guy.

Are you talking about his voice in the new episode? That sounded more like cockney to me. Sounds like deep Australian to me (although I hear Ausie accents have they're origin in cockney/London), besides it makes more sense that they'd try to give him an Australian accent what with him having boomerangs as weapons. That's not an Australian accent. His voice sounds nothing like an actual Australian accent (unless you're deep in bogan-ville), and it's so far off that pretty much well anyone I know would have a hard time trying to match Pohatu's voice, it's that far off. Honestly, I find it more than a little annoying that LEGO chose an accent (super-annoying when everything to do with Pohatu is Australian stereotyping, except his personality, which is odd) so far off from the truth.

Yes. Also, did anyone notice that most of the Toa came into the scene just outside of the entrance, while Tahu entered from the entrance? Presumably he created a giant lava fountain and surfed his way there. Or he turned evil. Because in LEGO media, it's always the white guy that dies, and it's always the red guy that turns evil. Technically, in Ninjago, the first of the Ninja to turn evil was Cole (when he was hypnotized by Skales). I don't think Kai has ever turned evil except in "The Ultimate Spinjitzu Master" when all four original Ninja were corrupted. Nya was the first one the Overlord corrupted with his dark matter, though, so I guess she counts. Technically in BIONICLE, Lewa was the first to turn evil. Twice. Followed by Tahu and then Vakama, the only one who "willingly" turned evil (which was what I was referring to). Kai was never corrupted by dark matter, and if he was, they never showed it. I made a boo-boo in that post, it's a spoiler from a later episode. I'll go put tags on it now.