It's the power of MOVE ALONG, MOVE ALONG! All we had to do was keep it strong and we righted back what our minds assumed was wrong! (Also, it is a wild feeling to keep running into you in all these random videos! Now I know what it feels like!)
see for me it's the other way around. i do not like what he represents (the decline of bionicle figures) but i love him for what he is (Just A Little Guy)
This might be the goofiest looking thing ever, but by Mata Nui himself, the fact that even in a brick set they acknowledge Bionicle's history, and the shear positive and creative reaction by the community (much like this video), just makes unimaginably happy. Thank you Lego.
as much as I love brick tahu, let's face it. If lego corporate had its way, brick tahu wouldn't even exist. It's almost like they want to erase constraction from our minds.
The Bionicle community is the most dedicated out there. It's crazy how g2 has been cancelled almost SIX YEARS AGO (12 for g1), and that the community is still alive
@@cakeboss4194 It was my first introduction to mecha, it had a bit of a city pop aesthetc going on and I think the robots looked very bionicle. I really like that they are doing asian themed mechs again in ninjago, thats a bit of a silent reboot. Also Lego was more open to try out different play freatures, details with stickers, lights and what not.
This is exactly what we need to be at a time like this. A community that creates and laughs together. You can love it or hate it, but something as simple as a brick-built tribute is all we need to have fun.
I honestly first hated hit but grew to love ir just because of what it’s caused in the community like suddenly the community went from like a small flame that occasionally gives lots of light and then this happens and suddenly the community lit up like a bonfire
@@kaitracksmalgom Same for me. At first glance I was kinda happy to get at least anything Bionicle but also disappointed, because it looks nothing like Bionicle. I just couldn't see what this little Baby Tahu would start within the community. And all this stuff is also a direct message to Lego that we'd like to see more Bionicle.
He’s just a little guy, and I respect him. Honestly, the existence of this guy, and the fanbase’s reaction to him, makes me super happy. They’re making the most of it.
I'm not even a Bionicle fan and this put the widest smile on my face. Had they done something like this to LEGO Star Wars, they'd be out for LEGO's blood.
I mean, take a look at mocs of Brickheadz Jar Jar Binks for how aome would embrace the concept. But I do agree, fans got vocal recently about the Clone Fighter Tank getting a size and complexity reduction resembling a Juniors build.
LEGO Star Wars: so popular that any bit of dissatisfaction makes people mad. Bionicle: fragile ball jointed figures that LEGO has discontinued for a long time, people are happy to see it being acknowledged even if the only thing they get is a Mixel style Toa Tahu without well defined legs.
Having this little guy next to the GWP Tahu is a surprisingly satisfying sight. Said sight also gives off a sense of “Don’t ever talk to me or my son again”
3:28 "Headcanon: little tahu is an in universe action figure of tahu." I didn't think I could love Noodle Tahu more, but this just became my own headcanon because it's so beautiful and fits G1 Bionicle so damn well! Noodle Tahu's aesthetic absolutely fits with the various statuary and other decor we often saw in the backgrounds of Matoran village homes and other personal spaces and I completely believe that some Ta-Matoran would have had statues of Tahu like this in Ta-Koro.
Y'know what? The fact that one crusty picture of a 27-part build had brought together the entire community is amazing. Could it have been more? Well, yeah. One of the builds in the video is an actual action figure, after all. But everyone likes this little boy with less posability than a Mctoran.
If Lego makes Bionicle sets based on this hilarious Tahu figure, I’m at the Lego store on Day One of release. Edit (10/14/2022): There’s this leak going around of a Lego Tahu in the style of that Iron Man coming in 2023. Not getting my hopes up, but if it happens, I will eat a pillow on camera. Edit (2/1/2023): THIS BIONICLE PILLOW WILL BE THE FIRST VIDEO OF 2023!!!
Honestly, it might work in a Teen Titans Go way: the old “hardcore” fans will bitch and moan about it ruining Bionicle forever and new fans might get interested in the original 2 generations
Now I understand why Lego doesn't bring Bionicle back. One figure did all of this. Think about it. What would happen if Lego did release a full line of Bionicle sets.
Bionicle proving that they were secretly the chillest fandom of all. Any other community would have gotten mad and said they outraged, but y’all accepted this friend shaped man into your hearts. Proud of you guys
Seriously heck the regular lego fandom and other sections of lego fans tend to be extremally toxic and very elitist Bionicle fans... nah we just go "Welcome aboard" and send you some of the best sound tracks of the 2000s
I would unironically buy these goofy ass bonkle sets if they sold them like this. Hell, they might as well sell them as Bonkles. Absolutely fits the design
The fact that I can so easily recognize nearly every character represented here is a testament to the greatness of Bionicle design, and the lack of grass I’ve touched.
@@sssspider He may not be the revival of Bionicle, he may not be a proper Bionicle set, he may not have a canister or a gimmick, but he's a Light shining in the Darkness for us until maybe one day Bionicle returns again.
It warms my heart to see that even evo from hero factory is getting love with this building style. Like Bionicle pulled in HF and said 'get over here!' like there was no Ill will between the two
Bionicle: The older brother who had so much potential but got body-slammed by life. He's seen some shit and been through some shit, but still loves his family. Hero Factory: The little brother who tried to follow in his big brother's footsteps and got crushed even harder. Now all they have is each other. And that's more than enough.
Hero Factory only got hate because we felt LEGO kicked Bionicle to the curb in favour of a series with much less interesting lore and sets. Then we figured out that no, LEGO was kicking Bionicle to the curb regardless and Hero Factory was just them seeing if the parts could still sell without the lore behind them... Plus it's fun to think of it as being a far future view of Sphera Magna or something.
I think the best part is how simple it is, meaning many different variations could be built with just one person's parts, and with one figure lego allowed hundreds to exist
Not a Bionicle fan, but as an Acceleracers fan i understand the struggle. It's nice to know that after 20ish years, a series so beloved can be acknowledged by the company that made it. Maybe in the coming years, we can both get a continuation of our respective series and toy lines. (hopefully you didnt end on a cliffhanger like us Acceleracers fans lol)
Also of note is the similarity between Battle Force 5 and Hero Factory. Both forgotten, mediocre (i think) shows that came after the original beloved series, are completely removed from the canon of said series, and aimed at a younger audience.
This is HILARIOUS. I said, as soon as I saw Tiny Tahu, that I very much expected someone to rise to the challenge of designing every Bionicle set ever in this style. I WAS NOT DISAPPOINTED. I'm also not over that art piece at 1:01, with epic serious shots of three classic versions of Tahu... and then Tiny Tahu dominating his corner of the image. It's wacky and hilarious and PERFECT. It encapsulates both the serious and goofy parts of the Bionicle fandom in a single image and I love it for that :D
Knowing how the community was with Voriki and noodle Helryx. I knew as soon as I saw this build, LEGO wasn't prepared for the floodgates they just opened up lol
The amount of love this fanbase has for Bionicle is absolutely heartwarming every time. The fact that everyone turned around to "i like this funny little guy" is amazing
When I first saw the buzz around System Tahu, I was worried that it would just be another joke that would be run into the ground, but I think this video helped me see how much it means to the community to see LEGO acknowledge Bionicle’s existence. I guess this applies to me. I was too young to get into Bionicle G1, and I missed my chance at G2, so now it means a lot to me to see the Bionicle community celebrate this victory!
That one at 1:00 is the best one for me. Just hilarious how some people turn something completely ridicioulus like that Tahu into a serious, dark and gritty Artwork. And at the end its even more hilarious than the Brick-Tahu itself!
LEGO: Bionicle fandom is not profitable for us, let's make a small symbol to make those few rebels shut up BIO fans: Creating thousands of MOCs and memes just because LEGO at last done something for them LEGO: What just happened? 0_0
I love how the song was used. I know it was never used for Bionicle in any official capacity, but to me, it defines the soul of the franchise. Hopefully, this won't be the end.
It was used for marketing purposes for the Inika Line, which going back and thinking about it made sense because the Bad Guys already won that storyline.
Look, Mom! I'm famous! But seriously, This is one of the best, if not the best community I'm a part of, and seeing how we all went through every stage of grief in the span of 2-3 hours was honestly fun. Edit: Move Along was definitely the most fitting song to use for this
Isn't it ironic that the Bionicle classic reference gets as much hype from the Bionicle fans as the Castle set does from the non-bionicle fans? If not, more so! It just shows the passion of the fans to love anything Bionicle, even if its a block with googly-eyes on! I don't know about you, but I can definitely see a lot of *Unity* going on here! :D
It's actually incredible that they broke down the face of Bionicle to his most basic form and it's still recognizable as Tahu, even with the googly eyes.
@@Speculector I unfortunately had every set. Literally the worst thing Lego ever came up with with poor designs. Fortunately they had a really dumb tv show where one of the planets (cannon in story) was called Kek
I love that the Bionicle fandom really did look at Li'l Tahu and go "He's so ugly! I love him!" like in Ant-Man. He's our little scrunkly. Just one of those fandom stories that makes me smile.
The amount of -shit- bionicleposting has been amazing to look through. It put a smile on my face. "I am so proud of this community" Also, nice addition of The American Rejects, "Move Along". Thanks to a Bionicle ad, it's how I was introduced to them.
This little red nugget prooves that the community still has a lot of juice left in it. The creativity is wild, LEGO just needs to throw us a bone a bit more often, not counting the constant easter eggs in other themes.
"Perhaps I was too harsh on you...." At first, I was pretty frustrated about this mini build of Tahu. It felt like Lego was taunting us, offering a droplet of water to a community that had been dying of thirst for over a decade. But seeing the feedback, love, and support to such a small build has inspired, it has changed my mind. I still don't think it's quite enough to honor a line that did incredibly well and created the community it had, but I've definitely softened up to the little guy.
Seeing that brickbuilt Tahu makes me feel warmth (no pun intended) in my heart. Thanks Lego for remembering one of the most influential lines you made.
HOLY SHIT MY MOCS MADE IT!!!!!! also I'm definitely removing the void eyes, it is now that i realize how creepy they are. Plus I think imma do the other Nuva. I just love how this community has reacted to smol Tahu. I was fully expecting a backlash from the community, but the well of creations that have arisen out of that one image is just astounding. I'm proud to be a Bionicle fan
Man, do I love this video and man do I love this song! No song makes me feel more emotional about Boinicle than this one. This song is a huge part of how I was introduced to the theme with that amazing marketing campaign and ironically (or perhaps fittingly) the song's message applies to Bionicle fans so well. It seemed like everything had been going wrong since 2010. The theme never got to finish it's planned story due to a premature cancellation, the final lets were lackluster, and then a monstrously failed reboot in 2016 that ended even more abruptly than the G1. And then Bionicle was cast into a Dark Age for 5 years with no official products or recognition from Lego. It felt like those hands weren't meant to hold. But even when your hope is gone, you gotta move along, move along and you'll make it through. So when you finally see Lego releasing an official Bionicle built like this after so many years, you know you've right backed what is wrong, and you made it here because you moved along. It's a beautiful message that I carry with me not just in regards to Bionicle, but in regards to life. :-)
Sometimes, your comments make me cry of joy, this is a fantastic way of seing this, it feels like the Bionicle community gathered around after years to hear the legend of the Bionicle again.
I still hear this song once in a while on the radio and every time I do it puts a nostalgic smile on my face and I say "Hey, it's the Bionicle song!" I neither know nor care if the song was written and recorded specifically for the Lego marketing campaign or if they just licensed it, all I do know is for all of us, it will forever be the Bionicle Song.
@@realtchallamama I don't really remember but one is in the Hidden Side buss set, so you could look for a rewiev of it if you don't own the set yourself
There's a lego store near where I live. I have never been happy recently than when I decided to walk in and saw complete boxes for Takanuva, Marita, and Vezon/Fenrak. I bought then, reassembled them, and actually cried a bit setting them up. It was like a piece of my childhood came back to me.
Most fans: NO THIS IS AWFUL! THEY REALLY HATE US AND DO NOTHING BUT TAUNT OUR NOSTALGIA! Bionicle fans: He is our child. We must protect him at all costs.
Thinking about this comunity that with so much effort tried to re-create goofy-tahu-like others Bionicle characters makes me drop a waterfall of tears because I remember when I used to buy them at the stores and being able to recognize almost everyone of them makes me a proud Bionicle fan
The fact that so many just embraced such an insulting, derpy, memorandum and kept rolling with it is honestly the kinda positive energy this community needed.
I did not expect to cry to this. This is what i always thought LEGO was about since i was little the simplicity to create something great. It was not meant to look perfect but give a feel of happiness and wonder. For me LEGO has moved away from what i thougt mattered, but the Bionicle community sure have shown that they have not. Thanks for showing me that LEGO bricks still brings wonder and creativity and not just things that is forgotten on a shelf.
Honest the reason why I love this community, yeah there is a couple of toxic people but how afol see Bionicle fans is completely contrasted by this reaction. G3 lookin good
Honestly, same. I fully plan on getting it the day it releases, building Tahu, and then just using the rest of the parts to build random things down the line. It's gonna be great!
@@SupersuMC Huh, that hadn't even occurred to me but you're totally right! There'll probably wind up being a TON of people that resell the rest of the builds and just keep Tahu.
I’ve watched this video like four times and I just smile so wide every time by the sheer amount of raw Bionicle fan that’s in every one of these pictures, like someone said “they’re trolling us” and a community with a heart of gold said “watch me enjoy it anyway.”
WOOOOOO my moc got shown!!!! Fr I love this new tahu and general bionicle style. But all around I just feel so happy as a fan. Right now, in 2022 we're going to see bionicle g1 tahu back on shelves. Bionicle is back, we did it, we won after all these years. It's a kind of happiness for this series I haven't really felt in a while. I'm excited for what the future could hold but at the same time if this is it I think that's enough. I just feel...... content if that makes any sense. And it feels good man.
Yeah, your Takua is super well-built! And I'm right there with you, it's so refreshing to finally get something new from the series after so many disappointments. This is a time we'll probably remember forever!
Whenever I'm sad, I come watch this video and it makes me feel a little better. I'm not even a bionicle fan (though I had a few as a kid), but because of how wholesome this all is. Also the memes are fire.
There's so many good MOCs! He falls into the So Bad It's Good territory, and it makes for perfect memes, but also the builds people have been able to come up with are fantastic!
I want a full on Bionicle reboot looking just like this, every single set ever made converted into their- in universe toys. This is what the play-set figure could have been.
I've watched this through three times already and I'm still grinning ear to ear Also wow this really does put it all in context so non-fans can understand too At least I hope they do because I've sent this video to several! :V
This video and tahu alone made me buy this box, literally bought it today and it was the last box at the closest Walmart that I could go to, bionicle will always be a part of my childhood as I’m sure it’s the same for a lot of people and seeing this little guy brings a giant smile to my face
Kinda made me remember this reiew on Steam: I've had my heart broken several times in my life. Once, on Christmas Day 1989, I eagerly ran downstairs and gasped at the sight of what was clearly a crudely but lovingly wrapped skateboard. A skateboard that I had wanted ever since I had seen Marty McFly cruise through the streets of Hill Valley as a stowaway behind an unsuspecting SUV driver. A skateboard with a custom deck, with artwork that would cause my fellow skaters to shout "rad". A skateboard whose wheels would send me gliding across the streets as I headed for the nearest half-pipe. A skateboard of majestical proportion. I grabbed it, and with shaking hands and a heart beating against my chest, I tore that festive wrapping as hard as I could. Through an intricate web of sticky tape, ribbon and ever expanding wrapping paper, I dug through. Years later, I wondered that this is what Andy in The Shawshank Rdemption must have felt like as he dragged hinself through the tunnels. My own redemption was in sight. My prize was near. Finally, the last shred of packaging fell away to the floor. And there it was... a plastic skateboard from the local store. With stiff plastic wheels. And a picture of a clown on the deck. That's what playing Aliens: Colonial Marines felt like.
And how the Bionicle fandom handled small Tahu is like if the guy who wrote that review for Aliens: Colonial Marines fell deeply and madly in unironic love with that cheap-ass clown board not three minutes after receiving it.
Using that song in a video about Bionicle is harnessing weapons-grade nostalgia. The original BMV for this song was the first BMV I ever watched. Such memories man, playing it on repeat all evening...
I hope that now, through all that stuff in the community, Lego will have the courage for Bionicle G3. We want it, Lego knows that we want it and I think Lego themself also want Bionicle back but they seem to be a bit unsure wich is understandable, Bionicle is such a big name with a builiding system that's completely different from modern Lego. If done right I think even a system based Character building system could be awesome!
I mean, it doesn't have to be technic anymore. Lego has made great strides with its mech building (see: the monkey kid mechs as an example) so I personally feel that a Bionicle line could be done entirely in system now, unlike back then when system just wasn't refined enough for it. Pretty much the only "specialized" pieces they'd have to make would be the masks and weapons, and even in that case the weapons at the least could find a home in a lot of other system MOCS pretty easily. I'd personally just do it like Exo Force...a line of entirely system-build robots/mechs, but instead of being traditional "mechs with a pilot" they'd be the Bionicle character we know and love. Since a big selling point of Bionicle in the past was its accessibility, I can imagine the Toa and their "evil counterparts" (Bohrok, Rakshi, Visorak etc...) being about the same size, scale, piece count(?) and most importantly, price point, as the smaller Marvel mechs (which as far as I know where $9.99, ironically the same price as an OG G1 Toa back in the day. I don't know if recent inflation has changed that though), which are all actually fairly good robots despite the scale and price. Mid-sized sets could be things like Rahi, other mid-ranked enemies, and possibly "premium" Toa with vehicles or exo-toa style armor (think OG Takunuva with his hoverbike) while Teridax/"Makuta" and other big titans like him would be the big, $100.00 + sets alla the Monkey Kid mechs.
@@josephcittadino6541 Yeah I could totally see that happen! With all the new pieces buildable figures can be personalized like never before! Just think of G1 Bionicle, many parts didn't really fit to one another, with every piece having a specific use in mind and just a few counterparts that really connect to it. And then look at the new Iron Man. This figure is more meant for display though, but it shows us, that with plates, slopes and SNOT you can have basically every design you wish for without having to create entirely new pieces to resemble, say, a limb. And no more need for clone sets! I don't blame Lego for doing clone sets back in the day, the different groups of characters needed to look like a team, but with system you can transfer the team look without copying the exact build! System has become quite powerful over the years. They still can use ball and socket connections and some basic pieces left over from the CCBS/constraction era, but I honestly don't see any reason why they shouldn't make Bionicle in system. Question is, would another Bionicle run sell well enough? I guess if Lego really wanted to bring it back, they could start small with a cannister sized standalone set or also a bigger D2C/18+ set, that way they could test if there's still a market for it. Just imagine, a Great Spirit Robot system set, fully movable, with all the islands inside the robot and functions to simulate the stages of beeing forced to sleep to beeing fully re-awakened and taken over by Teridax😍 I would buy it👍🏻
@@alexthematoranlegoreviewsu6622 I mean, if its system I think it would sell just fine...also, you don't need to use contraction joints....system has its own joints (mixel joints,_, and they are actually designing a brand new, system-based CCBS building system that they will be introducing in an upcoming Ninjago wave. Like, Monkey Kid sells just fine and its a very mech-heavy line. So as long as Bionicle g3 is in system and not technic/old school CCBS, I think it would sell fine. That being said, I think they really would need to get some of the old guard from G1 back on the project to craft the story and aesthetic/feel of it. One of the big reasons g2 flopped in my opinion was the drastic change in aesthetic and feel. G2 went from the mysterious, "alien," and dark/foreboding yet inviting and cool feel to basically just feeling like a bogstandard, light-hearted, Ben 10 or Skylanders style kids action cartoon....aka feeling more like Ninjago than Bionicle. Part of what made Bionicle stand out among a sea of other kids toys back in the day was that unique feel....it just felt so.... different...If they wanted to sell the theme to kids again, I feel they'd need to recapture that old feel and asthetic, albiet with a modern twist, just so it stands out against other system lines like Ninjago. Ninjago and Monkey Kid already fill the "light-hearted kids action cartoon feeling line" niche, so I feel for Bionicle to sell, it should go more for the serious/dark, foreboding, yet inviting and cool feel G1 had as opposed to the Ninjago-y/kids action cartoon-y feel g2 had. If they tried to go light-hearted and kids cartoon-y like they did with G2, it would just get lost among the sea of similar-feeling lego themes (Ninjago, Monkey Kid, Marvel etc...) Adult bionicle fans would eat the line up regardless, while adult system fans would be down if the builds are good enough, or give enough solid system pieces that can be used elsewhere. Kids will be the hardest demographic to market it to for sure, which is why I'd feel they'd need at least some of the old G1 guard back to re-capture the G1 feel and really make it stand out and feel different when put next to themes like Ninjago and Monkey Kid. They also, obviously, would need to make the story available to new generations. Heck, since Bionicle g1 already has such a great story that's already written, instead of trying to reboot the seires' lore and story again I'd just recycle G1's world and story, and retell it for a new generation in a new format that resonates with them more. Instead of comic books and flash games, maybe youtube videos, mobile games/apps, and a Netflix/streaming series. The adult fans would love to see their old favorit characters back in a new, system form, while the kids would get to experience the same, amazing story, world and lore us old fans got but in a way that resonates with them. While this marketing would take a fair chunk of money for sure, Bionicle has enough of an established adult fanbase that if Lego was convinced they could at the least make back what they spent on said marketing off the adult fans alone, I don't think its out of the question, considering how hard the Bionicle fanbase has been going to make Lego notice them as of late. Heck, the fact they are introducing a system version of CCBS in an upcoming Ninjago wave is a VERY good sign. You don't make an entirely new building system just for one wave of an established theme like Ninjago. So there is a distinct possibility that said new system was designed with a system Bionicle in mind, and that its introduction in Ninjago is a way for them to "test/trial" the system and see if it has enough potential to be the basis for a system Bionicle g3 down the line.
This video is getting a tear out of me, the lenght the fandom went to survive , the initial reaction ,the reflections , the embracement , I love bionicle and its community , man
I'm 27 and I still have my box of bionicles. I made my own characters that now adventure around my moms house. I don't live there anymore but when I go home I move them to different rooms and create different scenes for my mom to find. sorta like unexpected easter eggs for her to run across and ponder during retirement. I've also taken one of the mayoral arms, cast it in bronze and made a motorcycle with a kickstand out of it.
Thank you. I dismissed this after only seeing the face value of it. But the community reaction has brought me to tears. Legitimately, thank you LEGO. Bionicle is over, we know bringing it back would never be the same. But thanks for the reminder that it happened, that we were there, and that it was great. Unity Duty Googly.
My first instinct was to complain, but the rest of the community remembered what Lego was all about: Being creative regardless of limitations
THANK YOU!!! People complaining about Lego Mario can learn a thing or two from that statement
It's the power of MOVE ALONG, MOVE ALONG! All we had to do was keep it strong and we righted back what our minds assumed was wrong!
(Also, it is a wild feeling to keep running into you in all these random videos! Now I know what it feels like!)
@@Obi-Wan_Kenobi couldn't agree more general kenobi
@@Obi-Wan_Kenobi it's almost like it's our duty to unify for destiny 🤔
Wouldn't hurt to show what people like and want as long as it's civilized
I will never not laugh at chaser going from "I hate him" to "I love him" in such a short time
Agreed, it's a proper character arc and I love it.
Chaser?
Chaser?
@@chee.rah.monurB 3:12
@MrMoistIITheRevengeOfTheMoist 3:34
The amount of effort these guys put into bionicleposting makes me so happy.
Agreed! There are a ton of insanely talented people in this fandom and it's always super fun to see what they create!
We do what we can. Im Revolutionary-Play.
I hear you mate.
Bionicle pieces are some of the only few old Lego I have they're awesome
And Chima has such a small fanbase no one is Chimaposting. It's depressing, honestly. I'm somewhat bitter about this.
I may not like him for what he is, but I love him for what he represents.
see for me it's the other way around. i do not like what he represents (the decline of bionicle figures) but i love him for what he is (Just A Little Guy)
Thats Till he puts the mask on
@@Lichen1 a little guy with a great universe behind him
I had sex with both your parents
This might be the goofiest looking thing ever, but by Mata Nui himself, the fact that even in a brick set they acknowledge Bionicle's history, and the shear positive and creative reaction by the community (much like this video), just makes unimaginably happy. Thank you Lego.
it's safe to say that Solek is not our savior anymore. Goofy Tahu is
Goofy tahu has restored my vigor and youth, time to pull out my Nuva toa collection out again
Eh, mild disagree. I don't really believe in the "better than nothing" mentality, but I do guess it's at least something.
@@A_VeryIdea People are always willing to settle for less
as much as I love brick tahu, let's face it. If lego corporate had its way, brick tahu wouldn't even exist. It's almost like they want to erase constraction from our minds.
The Bionicle community is the most dedicated out there. It's crazy how g2 has been cancelled almost SIX YEARS AGO (12 for g1), and that the community is still alive
I wish there still was so much hype around exo force. It's not really an original concept but I think it was so cool
Exo Force was alright, but the reason it wasn't well-known was because it had to compete with both Lego Star Wars and Bionicle.
@@cakeboss4194 It was my first introduction to mecha, it had a bit of a city pop aesthetc going on and I think the robots looked very bionicle. I really like that they are doing asian themed mechs again in ninjago, thats a bit of a silent reboot. Also Lego was more open to try out different play freatures, details with stickers, lights and what not.
NGNL season 2 and Bionicle.
Things that are bound together by the rejection of their creators, and the desire from their fans.
I was happy today you bastard
This is exactly what we need to be at a time like this. A community that creates and laughs together. You can love it or hate it, but something as simple as a brick-built tribute is all we need to have fun.
I honestly first hated hit but grew to love ir just because of what it’s caused in the community like suddenly the community went from like a small flame that occasionally gives lots of light and then this happens and suddenly the community lit up like a bonfire
@@kaitracksmalgom Same for me. At first glance I was kinda happy to get at least anything Bionicle but also disappointed, because it looks nothing like Bionicle.
I just couldn't see what this little Baby Tahu would start within the community. And all this stuff is also a direct message to Lego that we'd like to see more Bionicle.
God shut up
Just having a good time you could say
Thank you Lego!
He’s just a little guy, and I respect him. Honestly, the existence of this guy, and the fanbase’s reaction to him, makes me super happy. They’re making the most of it.
I'm not even a Bionicle fan and this put the widest smile on my face. Had they done something like this to LEGO Star Wars, they'd be out for LEGO's blood.
I mean, take a look at mocs of Brickheadz Jar Jar Binks for how aome would embrace the concept. But I do agree, fans got vocal recently about the Clone Fighter Tank getting a size and complexity reduction resembling a Juniors build.
Frankly, as a Star Wars fan, we could use a joke or two like this.
At this point, lego sees the bionicle community as nothing but a dog begging at it's feet at the dinner table
Yeah the lego star wars community is extremely toxic and filled with complainers. Especially mnrproductions....
LEGO Star Wars: so popular that any bit of dissatisfaction makes people mad.
Bionicle: fragile ball jointed figures that LEGO has discontinued for a long time, people are happy to see it being acknowledged even if the only thing they get is a Mixel style Toa Tahu without well defined legs.
Having this little guy next to the GWP Tahu is a surprisingly satisfying sight.
Said sight also gives off a sense of “Don’t ever talk to me or my son again”
The Bionicle community never ceases to amaze me.
Same.
3:28 "Headcanon: little tahu is an in universe action figure of tahu."
I didn't think I could love Noodle Tahu more, but this just became my own headcanon because it's so beautiful and fits G1 Bionicle so damn well! Noodle Tahu's aesthetic absolutely fits with the various statuary and other decor we often saw in the backgrounds of Matoran village homes and other personal spaces and I completely believe that some Ta-Matoran would have had statues of Tahu like this in Ta-Koro.
Y'know what? The fact that one crusty picture of a 27-part build had brought together the entire community is amazing. Could it have been more? Well, yeah. One of the builds in the video is an actual action figure, after all. But everyone likes this little boy with less posability than a Mctoran.
I have a Mckuta and I hate how true this is.
>27 part build
Really? It looks like it has way less pieces.
@@solbadguy9025
-1 2x3 plate
-2 1x1 slope
-2 double 1x2 brick
-3 2x2 plate
-2 1x2 brick
-2 1x2 brick with peg hole
-2 axle-peg
-2 curved axle connectors (?)
-1 peg hole with axle
-1 2-long axle
-1 bar connector (?)
-1 flame
-2(?) 1x2 brick with 4 studs on one side
-1 jumper plate
-1 2x2 dish
-2 mixel eyes
-1 2x2 curved slope with studs
27 parts, at least from the 2 pictures we have
If Lego makes Bionicle sets based on this hilarious Tahu figure, I’m at the Lego store on Day One of release.
Edit (10/14/2022): There’s this leak going around of a Lego Tahu in the style of that Iron Man coming in 2023. Not getting my hopes up, but if it happens, I will eat a pillow on camera.
Edit (2/1/2023): THIS BIONICLE PILLOW WILL BE THE FIRST VIDEO OF 2023!!!
April fools of 2023?
@@1nekrus that would be an incredible release date!!! XD
Honestly, it might work in a Teen Titans Go way: the old “hardcore” fans will bitch and moan about it ruining Bionicle forever and new fans might get interested in the original 2 generations
I would fork over all of my money to support it
@@emanuelepolloni4002 I really wanted to get into the Classic Bionicle series as a kid, but I couldn’t because it was confusing for me. ^^;
Now I understand why Lego doesn't bring Bionicle back.
One figure did all of this.
Think about it.
What would happen if Lego did release a full line of Bionicle sets.
Oh dear god
They'd quadruple in wealth?
mitä äijä
@@aleksiniko ei mitään ihmeellistä
hmm yes, too much money
Bionicle proving that they were secretly the chillest fandom of all. Any other community would have gotten mad and said they outraged, but y’all accepted this friend shaped man into your hearts. Proud of you guys
Seriously heck the regular lego fandom and other sections of lego fans tend to be extremally toxic and very elitist
Bionicle fans... nah we just go "Welcome aboard" and send you some of the best sound tracks of the 2000s
Man we've just been battered so hard by this point we're ready for pretty much anything lmao.
As long as we have something we will enjoy it
I would unironically buy these goofy ass bonkle sets if they sold them like this.
Hell, they might as well sell them as Bonkles. Absolutely fits the design
*BONKLE*
Bonkles, underated meme right there
I, too, would take their entire stock
LMAO BONKLE 😂🤣
i DOUBT YOU HAVE THE MONEY LSOER
The fact that I can so easily recognize nearly every character represented here is a testament to the greatness of Bionicle design, and the lack of grass I’ve touched.
He's ugly, silly and not at all what we wanted, but it's Bionicle. I love him and the community for making him into the legend and icon he is now.
He isn’t what anybody expected or asked for, yet he is exactly what we needed in our hearts.
@@sssspider He may not be the revival of Bionicle, he may not be a proper Bionicle set, he may not have a canister or a gimmick, but he's a Light shining in the Darkness for us until maybe one day Bionicle returns again.
@@kabob0077 I hope retired unlicensed themes revive one day. I have thin hopes for Chima...
@@gone9820 I want Exo-Force, it'd be like Gunpla but cheaper.
@@kabob0077Exo-Force would make my wallet beg for mercy.
It warms my heart to see that even evo from hero factory is getting love with this building style. Like Bionicle pulled in HF and said 'get over here!' like there was no Ill will between the two
i'm so happy to see that people still haven't forgotten about hero factory, even the bionicle community 🥺
Bionicle: The older brother who had so much potential but got body-slammed by life. He's seen some shit and been through some shit, but still loves his family.
Hero Factory: The little brother who tried to follow in his big brother's footsteps and got crushed even harder.
Now all they have is each other. And that's more than enough.
Hero Factory only got hate because we felt LEGO kicked Bionicle to the curb in favour of a series with much less interesting lore and sets. Then we figured out that no, LEGO was kicking Bionicle to the curb regardless and Hero Factory was just them seeing if the parts could still sell without the lore behind them...
Plus it's fun to think of it as being a far future view of Sphera Magna or something.
I think the best part is how simple it is, meaning many different variations could be built with just one person's parts, and with one figure lego allowed hundreds to exist
I’d be happy if Lego released a Set where we can Build a bunch of these little guys
@@AngeMaru486 I'm not sure how it would work, but I want to make a tiny Lurker with this style, with rubber tubes on the back
Not a Bionicle fan, but as an Acceleracers fan i understand the struggle. It's nice to know that after 20ish years, a series so beloved can be acknowledged by the company that made it. Maybe in the coming years, we can both get a continuation of our respective series and toy lines. (hopefully you didnt end on a cliffhanger like us Acceleracers fans lol)
Also of note is the similarity between Battle Force 5 and Hero Factory. Both forgotten, mediocre (i think) shows that came after the original beloved series, are completely removed from the canon of said series, and aimed at a younger audience.
It has been roughly three or four days, and everybody is already going wild over him.
I love this community.
This is HILARIOUS.
I said, as soon as I saw Tiny Tahu, that I very much expected someone to rise to the challenge of designing every Bionicle set ever in this style. I WAS NOT DISAPPOINTED.
I'm also not over that art piece at 1:01, with epic serious shots of three classic versions of Tahu... and then Tiny Tahu dominating his corner of the image. It's wacky and hilarious and PERFECT. It encapsulates both the serious and goofy parts of the Bionicle fandom in a single image and I love it for that :D
"They said I could be anything. So I became googly."
Knowing how the community was with Voriki and noodle Helryx. I knew as soon as I saw this build, LEGO wasn't prepared for the floodgates they just opened up lol
0:53 Love how someone drew him in the Mixels style
Same
He may not be much, but he's all we've got and he must be protected!
He's wearing a Hau, he can protect himself (from what attacks he sees coming towards him)
This comment made me cry 😂😭
The amount of love this fanbase has for Bionicle is absolutely heartwarming every time. The fact that everyone turned around to "i like this funny little guy" is amazing
“The toa will find a way to win”
-The bionicle narrated history narrator.
I don't know what's weirder: the amount of affection for this figure, or the fact that I just now discovered it was part of an original set.
When I first saw the buzz around System Tahu, I was worried that it would just be another joke that would be run into the ground, but I think this video helped me see how much it means to the community to see LEGO acknowledge Bionicle’s existence. I guess this applies to me. I was too young to get into Bionicle G1, and I missed my chance at G2, so now it means a lot to me to see the Bionicle community celebrate this victory!
That one at 1:00 is the best one for me. Just hilarious how some people turn something completely ridicioulus like that Tahu into a serious, dark and gritty Artwork. And at the end its even more hilarious than the Brick-Tahu itself!
LEGO: Bionicle fandom is not profitable for us, let's make a small symbol to make those few rebels shut up
BIO fans: Creating thousands of MOCs and memes just because LEGO at last done something for them
LEGO: What just happened? 0_0
Goofy ahhh tahu is love, goofy ahhhh tahu is life
I love how the song was used. I know it was never used for Bionicle in any official capacity, but to me, it defines the soul of the franchise. Hopefully, this won't be the end.
It's the Inika anthem, I remember watching that add spot so much as a kid.
It was used for marketing purposes for the Inika Line, which going back and thinking about it made sense because the Bad Guys already won that storyline.
Look, Mom! I'm famous! But seriously, This is one of the best, if not the best community I'm a part of, and seeing how we all went through every stage of grief in the span of 2-3 hours was honestly fun.
Edit: Move Along was definitely the most fitting song to use for this
And here we are, almost a year later, with not just the little guy, but something else as well
Isn't it ironic that the Bionicle classic reference gets as much hype from the Bionicle fans as the Castle set does from the non-bionicle fans? If not, more so!
It just shows the passion of the fans to love anything Bionicle, even if its a block with googly-eyes on! I don't know about you, but I can definitely see a lot of *Unity* going on here! :D
3:04 is the perfected version of that design. Feels more accurate while maintaining the cute style
The degree to which the community has embraced the Skrunkle has me grinning ear to ear every time I go on the internet
It's actually incredible that they broke down the face of Bionicle to his most basic form and it's still recognizable as Tahu, even with the googly eyes.
Y'know what, I think _this_ should show lego that the community is still alive
"they're taunting us!"
nah, bruv, we never needed them in the first place. we already have everything we need.
Did not expect a Galidor reference- very solid spit take. This all happened so fast and I am now a very happy man.
i'm more shocked that i recognized the galidor reference when it passed by, i havent seen galidor since they had happy meal toys of them.
@@Speculector I unfortunately had every set. Literally the worst thing Lego ever came up with with poor designs. Fortunately they had a really dumb tv show where one of the planets (cannon in story) was called Kek
The fact that people made versions of all the other bionicles in this style and somehow still made them recognizable is incredible
These days, it is so awesome to see such a wholesome community. Talk about Unity!
Great video, man!
Thanks!
Unrelated to bionicle, but nice 9 pfp
@@Mothbean Thanks. It’s one of my favorites films. Really good movie.
I love that the Bionicle fandom really did look at Li'l Tahu and go "He's so ugly! I love him!" like in Ant-Man. He's our little scrunkly. Just one of those fandom stories that makes me smile.
The amount of -shit- bionicleposting has been amazing to look through. It put a smile on my face.
"I am so proud of this community"
Also, nice addition of The American Rejects, "Move Along". Thanks to a Bionicle ad, it's how I was introduced to them.
This little red nugget prooves that the community still has a lot of juice left in it. The creativity is wild, LEGO just needs to throw us a bone a bit more often, not counting the constant easter eggs in other themes.
Friends - you're spending 50 dollars on a Lego set for THAT ??
Me - yes yes I am
"Perhaps I was too harsh on you...."
At first, I was pretty frustrated about this mini build of Tahu. It felt like Lego was taunting us, offering a droplet of water to a community that had been dying of thirst for over a decade. But seeing the feedback, love, and support to such a small build has inspired, it has changed my mind. I still don't think it's quite enough to honor a line that did incredibly well and created the community it had, but I've definitely softened up to the little guy.
Seeing that brickbuilt Tahu makes me feel warmth (no pun intended) in my heart.
Thanks Lego for remembering one of the most influential lines you made.
"It like I felt thousands of Bionicle fans cry out in joy, recognized that they still exist after all these years..."
HOLY SHIT MY MOCS MADE IT!!!!!!
also I'm definitely removing the void eyes, it is now that i realize how creepy they are. Plus I think imma do the other Nuva.
I just love how this community has reacted to smol Tahu. I was fully expecting a backlash from the community, but the well of creations that have arisen out of that one image is just astounding.
I'm proud to be a Bionicle fan
1:23 those Bohrok are actually REALLY neat! I'm going to see if i can cobble one together...
Man, do I love this video and man do I love this song! No song makes me feel more emotional about Boinicle than this one. This song is a huge part of how I was introduced to the theme with that amazing marketing campaign and ironically (or perhaps fittingly) the song's message applies to Bionicle fans so well.
It seemed like everything had been going wrong since 2010. The theme never got to finish it's planned story due to a premature cancellation, the final lets were lackluster, and then a monstrously failed reboot in 2016 that ended even more abruptly than the G1. And then Bionicle was cast into a Dark Age for 5 years with no official products or recognition from Lego. It felt like those hands weren't meant to hold.
But even when your hope is gone, you gotta move along, move along and you'll make it through. So when you finally see Lego releasing an official Bionicle built like this after so many years, you know you've right backed what is wrong, and you made it here because you moved along. It's a beautiful message that I carry with me not just in regards to Bionicle, but in regards to life. :-)
Sometimes, your comments make me cry of joy, this is a fantastic way of seing this, it feels like the Bionicle community gathered around after years to hear the legend of the Bionicle again.
Before this there have been small Bionicle easter eggs in other themes (at least Hidden side and Monkey Kid)
I still hear this song once in a while on the radio and every time I do it puts a nostalgic smile on my face and I say "Hey, it's the Bionicle song!"
I neither know nor care if the song was written and recorded specifically for the Lego marketing campaign or if they just licensed it, all I do know is for all of us, it will forever be the Bionicle Song.
General Kenobi!
@@realtchallamama I don't really remember but one is in the Hidden Side buss set, so you could look for a rewiev of it if you don't own the set yourself
There's a lego store near where I live. I have never been happy recently than when I decided to walk in and saw complete boxes for Takanuva, Marita, and Vezon/Fenrak. I bought then, reassembled them, and actually cried a bit setting them up. It was like a piece of my childhood came back to me.
Holy Gadunka
But fr the insane reaction on this little guy should Show Lego how strong this community still is
Most fans: NO THIS IS AWFUL! THEY REALLY HATE US AND DO NOTHING BUT TAUNT OUR NOSTALGIA!
Bionicle fans: He is our child. We must protect him at all costs.
Thinking about this comunity that with so much effort tried to re-create goofy-tahu-like others Bionicle characters makes me drop a waterfall of tears because I remember when I used to buy them at the stores and being able to recognize almost everyone of them makes me a proud Bionicle fan
The fact that so many just embraced such an insulting, derpy, memorandum and kept rolling with it is honestly the kinda positive energy this community needed.
G2-and-a-half: BIONICLE will never truly be gone now.
Hail Denmark!
Hail Denmark!
hail denmark.
Hail Denmark!
Hail Denmark
I did not expect to cry to this. This is what i always thought LEGO was about since i was little the simplicity to create something great. It was not meant to look perfect but give a feel of happiness and wonder. For me LEGO has moved away from what i thougt mattered, but the Bionicle community sure have shown that they have not. Thanks for showing me that LEGO bricks still brings wonder and creativity and not just things that is forgotten on a shelf.
I have been animating the past couple days and completely missed out on the initial news that this existed but oh man, I love PogTahu
Love how instead of freaking out because of how simple it is they embraced it and made more like it
I'm so glad we all came together for a funny little Tahu after taking so many Ls for so long. Thanks for featuring my art btw!
When Tahu showed up, the joyness and happiness just followed up with the music. I love this video
Honest the reason why I love this community, yeah there is a couple of toxic people but how afol see Bionicle fans is completely contrasted by this reaction. G3 lookin good
He might’ve not been the hero we wanted but he’s the hero that we unknowingly needed
I'm going to buy that set just for bionicle.
Also this video is great, the posts, the song choice, absolutely perfect.
Honestly, same. I fully plan on getting it the day it releases, building Tahu, and then just using the rest of the parts to build random things down the line. It's gonna be great!
@@Wixhael How many of these sets "minus Tahu" do you think will show up on eBay? ;-)
@@SupersuMC Huh, that hadn't even occurred to me but you're totally right! There'll probably wind up being a TON of people that resell the rest of the builds and just keep Tahu.
@@Wixhael LEGO watching the descriptions of the Bricklink listings of the set: "Why do these all say 'Tahu not included'?"
soy boy
I’ve watched this video like four times and I just smile so wide every time by the sheer amount of raw Bionicle fan that’s in every one of these pictures, like someone said “they’re trolling us” and a community with a heart of gold said “watch me enjoy it anyway.”
WOOOOOO my moc got shown!!!! Fr I love this new tahu and general bionicle style. But all around I just feel so happy as a fan. Right now, in 2022 we're going to see bionicle g1 tahu back on shelves. Bionicle is back, we did it, we won after all these years. It's a kind of happiness for this series I haven't really felt in a while. I'm excited for what the future could hold but at the same time if this is it I think that's enough. I just feel...... content if that makes any sense. And it feels good man.
Yeah, your Takua is super well-built! And I'm right there with you, it's so refreshing to finally get something new from the series after so many disappointments. This is a time we'll probably remember forever!
Whenever I'm sad, I come watch this video and it makes me feel a little better. I'm not even a bionicle fan (though I had a few as a kid), but because of how wholesome this all is. Also the memes are fire.
I like the brick built bonks , i hope lego sees it and understand that we need more bonks in any way/ shape
The turn around on this Tahu was crazy, but reassuring.
There's so many good MOCs! He falls into the So Bad It's Good territory, and it makes for perfect memes, but also the builds people have been able to come up with are fantastic!
I want a full on Bionicle reboot looking just like this, every single set ever made converted into their- in universe toys. This is what the play-set figure could have been.
I've watched this through three times already and I'm still grinning ear to ear
Also wow this really does put it all in context so non-fans can understand too
At least I hope they do because I've sent this video to several! :V
Thank you so much! I'm glad you liked the video!
The energy of this is so empowering and wholesome, I hope we do see the original Bionicle return, if Transformers can go back to G1 this can too
The effort and passion here really does invoke a response
This video and tahu alone made me buy this box, literally bought it today and it was the last box at the closest Walmart that I could go to, bionicle will always be a part of my childhood as I’m sure it’s the same for a lot of people and seeing this little guy brings a giant smile to my face
None have breached Ta-Koro's gates before.
And none shall this day.
Rahkshi: "Are you sure about that?"
@@SupersuMC :TahuPog:
This was immensely heartwarming and wholesome. Beautiful compilation! 🧡
Unity, Duty, Googly
So this tahu essentially brought peace to the BIONICLE community
what would lego have to make to make world peace
Kinda made me remember this reiew on Steam:
I've had my heart broken several times in my life. Once, on Christmas Day 1989, I eagerly ran downstairs and gasped at the sight of what was clearly a crudely but lovingly wrapped skateboard. A skateboard that I had wanted ever since I had seen Marty McFly cruise through the streets of Hill Valley as a stowaway behind an unsuspecting SUV driver. A skateboard with a custom deck, with artwork that would cause my fellow skaters to shout "rad". A skateboard whose wheels would send me gliding across the streets as I headed for the nearest half-pipe. A skateboard of majestical proportion.
I grabbed it, and with shaking hands and a heart beating against my chest, I tore that festive wrapping as hard as I could. Through an intricate web of sticky tape, ribbon and ever expanding wrapping paper, I dug through. Years later, I wondered that this is what Andy in The Shawshank Rdemption must have felt like as he dragged hinself through the tunnels. My own redemption was in sight. My prize was near. Finally, the last shred of packaging fell away to the floor. And there it was... a plastic skateboard from the local store. With stiff plastic wheels. And a picture of a clown on the deck.
That's what playing Aliens: Colonial Marines felt like.
And how the Bionicle fandom handled small Tahu is like if the guy who wrote that review for Aliens: Colonial Marines fell deeply and madly in unironic love with that cheap-ass clown board not three minutes after receiving it.
I honest can't believe it actually happened and I for one embrace the absurdity of the design
i will revisit the vid so much, it just makes me happy
Bionicle fans, the first second after the reveal of this tahu : f**k you
Literally second later : oh dear oh georgeus
Using that song in a video about Bionicle is harnessing weapons-grade nostalgia. The original BMV for this song was the first BMV I ever watched. Such memories man, playing it on repeat all evening...
I hope that now, through all that stuff in the community, Lego will have the courage for Bionicle G3. We want it, Lego knows that we want it and I think Lego themself also want Bionicle back but they seem to be a bit unsure wich is understandable, Bionicle is such a big name with a builiding system that's completely different from modern Lego.
If done right I think even a system based Character building system could be awesome!
I mean, it doesn't have to be technic anymore. Lego has made great strides with its mech building (see: the monkey kid mechs as an example) so I personally feel that a Bionicle line could be done entirely in system now, unlike back then when system just wasn't refined enough for it. Pretty much the only "specialized" pieces they'd have to make would be the masks and weapons, and even in that case the weapons at the least could find a home in a lot of other system MOCS pretty easily.
I'd personally just do it like Exo Force...a line of entirely system-build robots/mechs, but instead of being traditional "mechs with a pilot" they'd be the Bionicle character we know and love. Since a big selling point of Bionicle in the past was its accessibility, I can imagine the Toa and their "evil counterparts" (Bohrok, Rakshi, Visorak etc...) being about the same size, scale, piece count(?) and most importantly, price point, as the smaller Marvel mechs (which as far as I know where $9.99, ironically the same price as an OG G1 Toa back in the day. I don't know if recent inflation has changed that though), which are all actually fairly good robots despite the scale and price. Mid-sized sets could be things like Rahi, other mid-ranked enemies, and possibly "premium" Toa with vehicles or exo-toa style armor (think OG Takunuva with his hoverbike) while Teridax/"Makuta" and other big titans like him would be the big, $100.00 + sets alla the Monkey Kid mechs.
@@josephcittadino6541 Yeah I could totally see that happen!
With all the new pieces buildable figures can be personalized like never before! Just think of G1 Bionicle, many parts didn't really fit to one another, with every piece having a specific use in mind and just a few counterparts that really connect to it. And then look at the new Iron Man. This figure is more meant for display though, but it shows us, that with plates, slopes and SNOT you can have basically every design you wish for without having to create entirely new pieces to resemble, say, a limb. And no more need for clone sets! I don't blame Lego for doing clone sets back in the day, the different groups of characters needed to look like a team, but with system you can transfer the team look without copying the exact build!
System has become quite powerful over the years. They still can use ball and socket connections and some basic pieces left over from the CCBS/constraction era, but I honestly don't see any reason why they shouldn't make Bionicle in system.
Question is, would another Bionicle run sell well enough?
I guess if Lego really wanted to bring it back, they could start small with a cannister sized standalone set or also a bigger D2C/18+ set, that way they could test if there's still a market for it.
Just imagine, a Great Spirit Robot system set, fully movable, with all the islands inside the robot and functions to simulate the stages of beeing forced to sleep to beeing fully re-awakened and taken over by Teridax😍
I would buy it👍🏻
@@alexthematoranlegoreviewsu6622 I mean, if its system I think it would sell just fine...also, you don't need to use contraction joints....system has its own joints (mixel joints,_, and they are actually designing a brand new, system-based CCBS building system that they will be introducing in an upcoming Ninjago wave. Like, Monkey Kid sells just fine and its a very mech-heavy line. So as long as Bionicle g3 is in system and not technic/old school CCBS, I think it would sell fine.
That being said, I think they really would need to get some of the old guard from G1 back on the project to craft the story and aesthetic/feel of it. One of the big reasons g2 flopped in my opinion was the drastic change in aesthetic and feel. G2 went from the mysterious, "alien," and dark/foreboding yet inviting and cool feel to basically just feeling like a bogstandard, light-hearted, Ben 10 or Skylanders style kids action cartoon....aka feeling more like Ninjago than Bionicle.
Part of what made Bionicle stand out among a sea of other kids toys back in the day was that unique feel....it just felt so.... different...If they wanted to sell the theme to kids again, I feel they'd need to recapture that old feel and asthetic, albiet with a modern twist, just so it stands out against other system lines like Ninjago. Ninjago and Monkey Kid already fill the "light-hearted kids action cartoon feeling line" niche, so I feel for Bionicle to sell, it should go more for the serious/dark, foreboding, yet inviting and cool feel G1 had as opposed to the Ninjago-y/kids action cartoon-y feel g2 had. If they tried to go light-hearted and kids cartoon-y like they did with G2, it would just get lost among the sea of similar-feeling lego themes (Ninjago, Monkey Kid, Marvel etc...)
Adult bionicle fans would eat the line up regardless, while adult system fans would be down if the builds are good enough, or give enough solid system pieces that can be used elsewhere. Kids will be the hardest demographic to market it to for sure, which is why I'd feel they'd need at least some of the old G1 guard back to re-capture the G1 feel and really make it stand out and feel different when put next to themes like Ninjago and Monkey Kid.
They also, obviously, would need to make the story available to new generations. Heck, since Bionicle g1 already has such a great story that's already written, instead of trying to reboot the seires' lore and story again I'd just recycle G1's world and story, and retell it for a new generation in a new format that resonates with them more. Instead of comic books and flash games, maybe youtube videos, mobile games/apps, and a Netflix/streaming series. The adult fans would love to see their old favorit characters back in a new, system form, while the kids would get to experience the same, amazing story, world and lore us old fans got but in a way that resonates with them.
While this marketing would take a fair chunk of money for sure, Bionicle has enough of an established adult fanbase that if Lego was convinced they could at the least make back what they spent on said marketing off the adult fans alone, I don't think its out of the question, considering how hard the Bionicle fanbase has been going to make Lego notice them as of late. Heck, the fact they are introducing a system version of CCBS in an upcoming Ninjago wave is a VERY good sign. You don't make an entirely new building system just for one wave of an established theme like Ninjago. So there is a distinct possibility that said new system was designed with a system Bionicle in mind, and that its introduction in Ninjago is a way for them to "test/trial" the system and see if it has enough potential to be the basis for a system Bionicle g3 down the line.
I honestly don't want a G3. I want a true successor that lasts for another decade.
"THEY ARE TAUNTING US!!! THEY ARE MAKING FUN OF US AND BRUSHING US OFF!!!"
"Hehe look at his googly-ass eyes :)"
This video is getting a tear out of me, the lenght the fandom went to survive , the initial reaction ,the reflections , the embracement , I love bionicle and its community , man
0:54 Therapist: It's okay, mixels Tahu is just a figment of your imagination.
Mixels tahu:
Y'know, even though I still love Bionicle? I think I like the Tahu from the Lego Anniversary set, it's actually kinda cute lol.
I'm 27 and I still have my box of bionicles. I made my own characters that now adventure around my moms house. I don't live there anymore but when I go home I move them to different rooms and create different scenes for my mom to find. sorta like unexpected easter eggs for her to run across and ponder during retirement. I've also taken one of the mayoral arms, cast it in bronze and made a motorcycle with a kickstand out of it.
The gadunka moc was the best part. That could have actually been a mixel set.
Now I need to find out if Bionicle is worth binging as an adult if people still exist that still love it even now.
I love how you actually put the credit for each image.
As much as I can appreciate this, it just leaves me with a lingering sense of profound sadness, that I can't fully explain.
Thank you. I dismissed this after only seeing the face value of it. But the community reaction has brought me to tears.
Legitimately, thank you LEGO. Bionicle is over, we know bringing it back would never be the same. But thanks for the reminder that it happened, that we were there, and that it was great.
Unity Duty Googly.
oh my god, at 2:25 the yellow one is hero factory, 2.0 Evo specifically, glad to see some love for hero factory