Pahrak Model ZX

#16 Zero

#2 Samus Aran

#14 Bartz Klauser

#4 Link

#6 Mega Man

#7 Agnes Oblige

#16 Cyrus

#2 GLaDOS

#9 Ghetsis

 

 

FLATTERY WILL BUY YOU NOTHING!.

 

Tell me about it.  I was stranded at a gas station with Flattery the other day and they wouldn't even lend me money to use the payphone.  I mean, come on, Flattery, why do you have to be so stingy?

 

Did you try to flatter Flattery? That might have worked.

 

I thought about it, but that led me on this existential space-out stream of consciousness metaphorical...thing.

It was weird.

So, lesson learned: when interacting with the personification of a concept, don't try to employ that concept on them.

FLATTERY WILL BUY YOU NOTHING!.

Tell me about it.  I was stranded at a gas station with Flattery the other day and they wouldn't even lend me money to use the payphone.  I mean, come on, Flattery, why do you have to be so stingy?

Bartz Klauser x3

Cyrus, Gemini, Ghetsis

You guys are making me blush. =P

Actually this blush I'm making is for a friend, they have very sensitive skin and require specially made make-up.

Sorry for the confusion.

 

I knew there was a reason I liked you.

Just one? You haven't been reading his blog nearly long enough, then...

 

Puns automatically trump every other reason and become the only necessary reason.

I knew there was a reason I liked you.

How many people did Agnes's party kill though

Heroes: I Bravely Second Agnes and also nominate Bartz Klauser (Final Fantasy V)

Villains: I nominate Cyrus (Pokemon) and Gemini (Mega Man Star Force)

Thank you as well!

Much appreciated!

The line focusing on Bohrok the least successful?!  How dare you sir!!

I think something old fans need to grasp is that we're not the primary target audience anymore.  I'm sure Lego would like us to come back, but what they really want--and need--is for a new group of younger fans to fall in love with the series.  A reboot makes this a whole lot easier to accomplish because there's no prerequisite information to take into the beginning of the line with you.  The story is what you see, not what you see coupled with a decade's worth of dense information.

When I discovered Transformers as a kid, I thought it was interesting that there were old series, but I don't think I did much research into them at all until I was a little older, because I didn't want to.  If I was actually required to look into all that info, then I probably would've felt like Transformers was more trouble than it was worth and ask for more Bionicle sets instead.  Lego doesn't want the kids they hope to sell Bionicle sets to turning to Transformers' newest reboot because it's easier to get into.

We need a reboot, people, and there's no reason to believe it won't be awesome.

Summaries by definition are short and only cover the most essential events.  Bionicle, however, is ridiculously complex, and any continuation would necessarily draw upon those complicated elements in some way that a summary can't properly relate.  It would also require the newcomers to piece together how the old line affects the new line, and again, how many 8 year olds are even going to care to do that?

I would only consider that if they used this video.

On the issue of a continuation, I must vote "Neigh."

Seriously though, Transformers is one of the best things Bionicle can be compared to since they're both toylines first and foremost, but also have a ton of multimedia storytelling.  Considering what Transformers has been doing (rebooting whenever necessary) has made it wildly successful for thirty years, it stands to reason that it would be a good move for Bionicle too.

And really, think about the possibility of Bionicle becoming a Transformers-style franchise.  Just picture it for a minute.

Reboots are a great thing, people.

How?

It'll quench ya.

Drinks of what?

Cactus juice?

I'm guessing cactus juice.

(Though, admittedly, I lost track of what was happening in Bleach around the time Ichigo started dual wielding, just because I forgot to keep checking the wiki. >>')

You're not missing much.

I like to think of them more as reincarnations.  Like the Avatar.

Because sometimes party members do really awesome things that force them to retreat from the party, so new party members move in and get a chance to be awesome too.

...I love Final Fantasy V dangit

And then a sequel where Pridak teams up with a rogue Toa of Air to create...that.

You know what.

It's certainly possible.  Rotating party members are far from unusual in JRPGs, even within Square Enix games.  If they do switch party members, I hope they do it well, preferably in a way similar to a particular game that I mention very frequently and you are probably sick of hearing about by now.

...Final Fantasy V dangit