i always KNEW the new star wars sets were secretly galidor back from the dead

I'm just sayin'... LEGO Dimensions... OUTER Dimension... the clues are all there! WAKE UP, SHEEPLE!

Galidor returned as Ben 10, gosh why does everybody keep forgetting that. Mediocre and overpriced sets based on a TV show.

Galidor returned as Ben 10, gosh why does everybody keep forgetting that. Mediocre and overpriced sets based on a TV show.

 

I feel the need to correct this as always. Everybody seems to think the Galidor sets were based on the TV show, when really it was entirely the other way around. Give pages 57–59 of Brick by Brick a read.

Starting in 1999, LEGO started developing "an entire building system that omits the brick". They came up with Galidor's building system, but originally intended it for creating free-form fantasy creatures without instructions, not specific characters. The concept at this time was called LEGO Beings.

Meanwhile, LEGO was becoming aware of an action figure craze in Europe and North America. LEGO decided to cash in on that craze by developing their own action figure theme using the LEGO Beings building system, which they named Galidor.

"To boost the line's chances of becoming a runaway hit, LEGO followed a marketing script that offered a striking departure from the toy industry status quo. Instead of promoting the toy by tying it to an existing TV series, LEGO hired Hollywood producer Thomas Lynch to create its own TV series, Galidor: Defenders of the Outer Dimension, which tied into the toy."

So in reality, Galidor wasn't any more "based on a TV show" than Hero Factory, Ninjago, Friends, or Legends of Chima.

...

Now i hate Galidor even more.

Wow, you took an overgeneralization waaaay too seriously.

Wow, you took an overgeneralization waaaay too seriously.

 

Aanchir has to type a minimum of 20k words a day, to keep his fingers in shape.

*Snaps fingers*

Wow, you took an overgeneralization waaaay too seriously.

 

I apologize. I didn't read it as a generalization, since the causation was flipped. It sounded almost like if you'd said the new Star Wars constraction sets are the true successors of Bionicle because they're action figures based on a series of movies.

Not quite a perfect comparison since Bionicle movies didn't exist until the sets had already been out for two and a half years, but I hope you get why I read it that way. Goodness knows I'm used to seeing confusion about this particular subject.

I'll believe it when I see it. 

Wow, you took an overgeneralization waaaay too seriously.

 

This is a regular occurence in case you hadn't noticed yet.

On the other hand, sarcasm + internet = bound to be misunderstood by at least some people.