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With Bionicle Gen 2 Being discontinued, this leaves a gap is the current list of LEGO themes, that being figure based themes.  I find it hard to believe that LEGO would discontinue Bionicle without introducing a new figure theme, so What does everyone think will be next?  What would you like to see next?  Personally, (yes I realize this idea is generally seen as a joke) I would like to see a Galidor reboot, but that seems unlikely.

 

EDIT: It has been brought to my attention that there is already a thread on this topic here that I missed.  I am requesting that mine be closed

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This is sort of a duplicate of this topic ("constraction" is the LEGO Group's term for their buildable action figure themes like Bionicle).

 

Anyway, in the immediate future, I anticipate LEGO focusing more on spin-offs of other popular themes they have, like the existing LEGO Star Wars buildable figures or possibly buildable figures for some of their other successful IPs like Ninjago or Nexo Knights. Nexo Knights in particular seems like it'd translate fairly well to constraction, since each of the main characters has full armor, a striking color scheme, and a signature weapon. Even as minifigures their physiques are somewhat varied (here's looking at you, Axl), so giving them builds that stand out from one another would not be too difficult, either.

 

It might be a year or two before we see another fully independent constraction theme like Bionicle or Hero Factory, both because new themes generally take at least two years to develop and because LEGO would probably want to spend some time figuring out how to avoid the same pitfalls Bionicle G2 encountered.

 

I do not anticipate LEGO attempting to reboot an earlier constraction theme like Slizer/Throwbots, Galidor, or Hero Factory. Bionicle was a big enough phenomenon to give LEGO the confidence that it might fare better than an entirely new concept tailored to today's kids. Those other themes never became a hit on anywhere near the same level, and thus LEGO would probably be much more comfortable creating something entirely new than rebooting something that only ever experienced middle-of-the-road success (or in Galidor's case, outright failure).

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This is sort of a duplicate of this topic ("constraction" is the LEGO Group's term for their buildable action figure themes like Bionicle).

I managed to miss the existing topic, thanks for pointing it out.  I will request to have mine closed.

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I literally made this exact thread not too long ago, like Aanchir pointed out.

 

At this point we can only speculate as to what the future holds for CCBS, but Lego has confirmed that it isn't being cancelled. The Star Wars buildable figures will still be around, and could be that Lego would start up a CCBS side-line for an existing theme that is popular enough to simply sell thanks to brand recognition. Super Heroes might get new CCBS products, and a popular fan idea/request of Ninjago (bleugh) getting CCBS figures might come to pass.

 

Personally, I'm hoping we get Exo-Force 2.0 mashing System with CCBS. You know, like the last year of Hero Factory, except less of a turd. That, or some new original non-licensed space-based Sci-Fi constraction theme, either with no humans or with armored humans with helmets. Please none of that molded human heads from the Star Wars sets. They look horrible.

 

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