-- The plan for 2009 is to take the story in a new direction. That does NOT mean:
* Killing all the old characters
* Pretending all the old story never happened
* Starting over again with the Toa Mata on Mata Nui
* Telling a story that has nothing to do with anything that happened before.
It DOES mean:
* Telling a story that an old fan can appreciate and get something out of, and that a new fan can follow without having to know everything that happened before.
* Restoring that sense of "exploring a new place" that we had in 2001.
* Trying some new things with sets, story, setting, etc., while still keeping it BIONICLE.
So for those people who have been sending me panicky PMs, stop -- outside of what I just listed, NO ONE on BZP knows ANYTHING about 2009. So if you hear someone saying something you do not see on the list above, then it is just speculation on their part and you need to take it as such. (It's great that people want to speculate, but some members take their guesses as fact and get nervous.
)Greg