wait these are canon
no
I think that thereās been some confusion between Brickonicle canon and LEGO canon.
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oh well iām honestly a bit glad that these arenāt (lego) canon
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Have you not watched the podcasts about G3? The cast has explained multiple times how the change to system is something that could have prevented G2 from flopping. Constraction is declining, outside of licensed themes like Star Wars.
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While constraction is where BIONICLE got its start, the constraction brand is essentially being phased out because itās not as profitable as it was several years ago. If they were to do a G3, I would prefer it to be SYSTEM.
Iād say itās even declining there, since theyāre down to two-four sets per-wave, it shelf-warms pretty hard.
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I explained that we need to think outside of the box in terms of constraction and that bionicle uses custom, new pieces.
How is it not as profitable as it was several years ago?
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Wellā¦ G2 didnāt last too long. They didnāt even get the third year they planned. Their whole concept was a reimagining of Bionicle with a new building style. I donāt think repeating the process would do much, even if the pieces were even more unique than what G2 did. Also, you say we need to think outside of the box. Thatās exactly what the cast did for G3. System Bionicle is way outside of the box.
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I mean. Do other System lines not use new custom pieces?
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2019 will be the first year since 1999 where there is no active LEGO constraction theme (that we know of so far, there could maaaaybe be a summer theme, but I doubt it).
That means something. G2 tanked horrendously, Hero Factory bled out slowly as its advertising budget was cut down harshly year-by-year. Superhero Ultrabuilds were short lived. Chima ended and its constraction subtheme was handicapped in its final wave and only saw limited release. Knights Kingdom was canned, Ben 10 got like one wave. Star Wars constraction lasted for a while, admittedly, but petered out into relatively simplistic template builds instead of doing anything truly original or out-of-the-box before ultimately having planned sets canceled despite pictures and data being released of them via catalog leaks.
Constraction has been bleeding for several years now. Thatās not to say it canāt be saved, or isnāt worth saving, but the primary logic behind our decision to move forward with our āBIONICLE G3ā project using system rather than constraction is because we firmly believe BIONICLE would have a stronger chance to sell well and actually get decent marketing behind it if it were a system theme.
-Mesonak
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I loved the Kanohi Nuva.
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I find it interesting that your designs for the G3 Toa look very much like the Ultron robot minifigures. Was this intentional or just a byproduct of trying to give them organic and mechanical details at the same time?