I get a lot of questions about when BIONICLE will end, and I see a lot of topics on here about whether BZP would survive its ending.
Well, all things end, eventually -- it might be a year or five years or 20 years or 100 years, but everything ends. But as someone who loves BIONICLE as much you do, I will give you some free advice:
On the day it does end, assuming it is a time when you are still into it -- don't give up on it. Keep building models, writing stories, making theories. Someday, when the line ends, you guys will be the keepers of the flame, just as Star Trek fans were and Star Wars fans were (very few people remember that in 1991 Star Wars was considered a "dead license" -- it was the fans who kept interest alive until new books and movies came out). Never let anyone else's decisions -- not mine, not LEGO Company's, not anyone's -- dictate whether you maintain your interest in something you love. Don't walk away from BZP, which may be the place BIONICLE lives on for years after its "official passing." And from this one site on the web and others like it, who knows, perhaps someday a new universe will grow.
Hopefully, this is not something any of us will have to worry about for some time to come -- but I thought it was important to say.
Greg
Bionicle And Bzp
Posted by GregF on
Thanks for the advice! I was planning to leave bzp when bionicle ends. But now I won't.
-CF
and thank you greg, i think my interest in this wonderful fantasy universe just was rekindled..
I remember when star wars was a "dead" thing before the special edition was released. Now its alive and booming again.
I feel that Bionicle will end up with the same thing if it was to end. Fans are what keep the line alive even now as Lego produces the sets. There is a good story behind the line, and I look forward to seeing what the new story will be about. (Thanks for keeping up with the writing Greg! You Rock!)
I will always be a fan of Bionicle, even if the line happens to die. Its a fun system to build with, and allows me to build the creatures I have always wanted to make.
This entry needs to be taken to heart by the members of BZPower, because its the dedication that fans have that will keep Bionicle alive!
in fact, i said something like this IN one of those topics
Minus the Star Wars and Star Trek referances
And the Epicness
But anyway, Greg, YOU IS DA MAN!!!!
I completely agree with you here
And yes, story potential remains huge -- but story is not why the line would get cancelled, it would be set sales. That's what decides it.
Greg