Valendale

That looks great! Amazing recreation of the head.

Don't worry M-Dawg, you're not intruding.

I love your little homage to BZP history here. I think you've made something that looks more chimarou (spelling?) than the actual sets it was based on.

smallkdi lol

I like this little guy.

Also he makes me imagine there being a skakdi equivalent to matoran, which is very funny.

This is a little hangout spot for me and my dawgs. I'm definitely expecting T-Dawg, L-Dawg, and U-Dawg to drop by, but any other dawgs are welcome to join in too.

While we're here, I'd like to I had a great Brickfair with all of y'all too.

That's great! Both hats are adorable! I hope it's comfortable to wear too. It's very impressive you made that whole outfit yourself.

...I like the hatpile dedication too!

I love all the references to Bionicle, and especially BZP,  history. It was a tough choice.

Thank you to all the admins for all the memories made on this site over the years. I don't think "changing your life" is an extreme statement at all for you, considering how much many people BZP has touched in some way, even if just for a little bit.

Interesting that they were just dropped on shop@home without any real announcement prior. These don't look bad, but $5 is just beyond what I'm willing to pay for a collectible minifig. Haven't gotten any since the price increased.

I'm excited to be able to go back after taking last year off! I'm gonna be in that combo build too, thank you for hosting.

Not really something I'm interested in, but I have to admit it's super cool that BZP has something like this and is raffling it off.

I got a bit excited at the title, only to find out it was just a Brickhead. Oh well, still one of the better looking BrickHeadz. I like the color.

They look like all of the sets and none of them. They are, after all, simply toys that offer a representation. The important thing is that are little dudes relative to say, a toa.

I picked up Slay the Spire, so I've been playing that a little. Also been playing a lot of League of Legends with my friends.

It's great that both of them still love Bionicle enough to do something like this. I know the community has its disagreements with both of them at times, but they made something we all enjoy, and this shows they still have their hearts in it as much as we do.

I think one of the biggest changes that we might see is having less characters, or at least less "main" characters, with each individual character getting more spotlight time. So we might have Toa teams of 4 instead of 6, as was originally planned.

It's cool that there's a set with nearly 12,000 parts and that it's only $250, but I just don't find the actual set itself all that appealing.

Cool set for all the monochrome minifigs. I wonder how the people who collect those feel about this. I could see myself picking this up at only $35.

Gonna have to keep an eye on this. I'm willing to spend some money to get this.

I like Teridax as a way to differentiate it from the species name. I'll admit that my opinion may be influenced by the fact that I didn't get into Bionicle until 2006. I didn't really spend much time thinking about him as the only makuta or even THE makuta.

For me, I think I would say MoCing brings me more joy. It's very fulfilling to actually create something.

I enjoy instructed building a lot too, but that's more something to relax without having to sit in front of a screen.

I like it, not just as a revamp, but as an imagining of what a G2 Hahli set might actually look like. I like the use of the new launcher to combine the harpoon with the play feature and make a harpoon that actaully shoots. I like the string on it too, that's something I might like to see used more one day, would save a lot of lost projectiles. And as was already mentioned, I think the organic masks fit right in with the ccbs shells.

Cool design, it really emphasizes what made Hero Factory's world unique compared to Bionicle. I like the drone as an expansion of the single-piece ones that came in the sets.

Woah, the Nocturne car...

11 hours ago, Fyndegil said:

Have any of you here gotten into Bionicle after it ended (or know someone who has)?

At Brickfair 2019, one of the biggest things that surprised me was the number of Bionicle fans who got into it after it ended, or got into the original because of the reboot. But it makes sense, Bionicle is overall aimed at younger people, and a lot of them weren't around/old enough during the first run.

As for the question of the topic, I think right now the advent of things like Wall of History actually make it easier for people to get into the Bionicle story compared to say 2011 right after it ended, even if they don't become part of the "community" so to speak. It's not too rare for someone to mention Bionicle to me, not knowing that I'm a fan or what it's really all about, and I'll just drop them a link to that.

The sets on the other...The recent growth of the community combined with how long they've been out of print for seems to have driven up the prices greatly, at least that's what I've heard. I remember around the initial cancellation, vendors at cons were still selling Bionicle sets and parts for dirt cheap compared to other LEGO. So there is that barrier to entry. I think we may end up seeing more story-only fans, or possibly people like your upcoming child who inherit their collection from a relative who was a fan. Overall though, I think there are still enough people getting out there won't be a real crisis or shortage of parts for many years to come. And that's only if it never gets brought back as you state.