A lot of people REALLY seem bent on comparing BIONICLE to Star Wars and Transformers. Luckily I am here to say what that is wrong.See, the problem with the argument is that both Star Wars and Transformers are two of the biggest mainstream franchises around. ask any average Joe on the street if they have heard of either two and they will most certainly say yes. The sheer level of popularity and size of the fan bases is mind boggling really.Now, BIONICLE was successful I will say that. But it's popularity is nonexistent, yes it has crossed into several media outlets but were any of these truly successful? The comics were only for the free magazine, the books sold less and less every year, the movies barely average at best, and dreadfully awful at worst...none made any impact except for maybe Mask of Light and even that was never given any attention, the video games got a couple reviews on major gaming sites...but that did nothing for the line. The average Joe is unlikely to even heard of BIONICLE, let alone have an opinion of it, and the hardcore fan base is just the couple thousand people who visit this site.In short, BIONICLE was never mega-popular, it has no mainstream appeal, and the hardcore fan base is tiny. So comparing it to Star Wars, Transformers, or Doctor Who really has no ground.