No, you didn't agree, you clearly said:
So it's obvious that you are blaming it on me. And what did I misunderstand? And what explanation?
"If you support HF, yes it will increase the likelihood of Bionicle's return."
How do you know it that supporting Hero Factory won't decrease the likelihood of BIONICLE's return? I would say that supporting Hero Factory "may" increase the likelihood of BIONICLE's return, but not even that is certain.
Like I said before (and you too apparently), it's an educated guess. And why would supporting HF decrease the likelihood? Go read Bonesiii's topic on Bionicle's chance of coming back.
Nothing, given the right context. Why do you ask?
Why do you think I asked?
Not that I can see. Unless you mean this press release (which I have read before ). As you can see, they don't meantion Hero Factory at all. Just that profits increased by 5.9% by the end of 2010. It vaguely attributes the increase in sales to LEGO City, LEGO DUPLO, LEGO Star Wars, the new board games, and LEGO Universe to a limited extent.
Not sure why we should take Laughin'Man's interpretation this. We have Greg's:
But out of curiosity, what do you consider "some silly mission"?
Not sure why we should take Greg's interpretation on this, so in response to that quote, I will provide a quote from Laughin'Man (yes it is the same quote):
By "some silly mission", you'd better ask LM himself, although I think he probably means that clubs and petitions won't help. The two words "showing interest" don't automatically translate into "making clubs and petitions."
Curious that you feal this way. I, for one, do not believe that making petitions is the only way to bring back BIONICLE. I do, however, believe it is a way. A contributing factor. A way of showing continued interest.
BTW, not everyone agrees that supporting Hero Factory is the only possible way BIONICLE could come back. Let us look at another possible scinerio:
Hero Factory does not sell as well as BIONICLE (which may be the case right now unless anyone has some sales figures to tell us one way or the other). BIONICLE made more money. In a business, more money is more money. So what do you do? Keep going with something that isn't selling as well, even after a few years of trying to improve upon it, or go back to what was selling better?
I'm certainly not saying that supporting Hero Factory to a certain extent won't help bring back BIONICLE, you just might not want to assume that it's the only way.
If you feel that it's not the only way, then why on Earth don't you use other ways?
Do I and others not? How are you sure you're not stereotyping us? And what "other ways" do you advocate?
How is that "stereotyping"?
Furthermore, when you ask a question you could use the teeniest, tiniest fraction of brainpower; the brainpower that tells you Dorek just answered your question ("what other ways do you advocate?") before your post.
Just that it seems to me there would have been a bigger increase in sales than 5.9% especially considering the success of 2 new market areas (board games and an MMOG).
But until LEGO tells us one way or the other (which they may never do, I sure wouldn't if I were LEGO), I don't see "Hero Factory doesn't sell as well as BIONICLE" or the inverse as a valid "argument". That's why I didn't use it as one. I said it's a possible scenario that, if true (which it may be), would suggest the exact opposite of the popular belief (at least among those who like Hero Factory) that Hero Factory's success may help bring back BIONICLE.
I see, thanks for clarifying then.