Top 10 Worst Things about BIONICLE G2 

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The oversimplification of Bionicle was...disgusting. I mean, we are in a time where, despite Bionicle being "marketed" to kids, the same kids all know of and are reading Lord of The Rings, The Hobbit, and Game Of Thrones because of the movies *and games*! (...The latter franchise being questionable to childrens' knowledge, but this is coming from an old timer 25 year old who grew up with Wolfenstein 3D, Rambo, and Dragon Ball Z, so who am I to question?) The overall Tolkienesque lore of G1 was beyond anything I ever expected from Lego that took inspiration from Greek, Celtic, and Maori mythology, and even expanded somewhat into some design aesthetics in the creatures and characters in G2, plus adding in Mayan and Roman mythological practices, such as Ekimu's Protector Mask being an allusion to ancient Mayan death masks used in burial ceremonies for people of high power or respect. But the way G2 Bionicle was written and simplified was...heartbreakingly disgusting. Plus the names of some characters making the model names for the Vahki and species names of Visorak look like friggin' ITALIAN! Lego could have just done us the favor of giving us atleast JTO Makuta, plus the MoUP in tow, but instead, they just laughed in everyone's faces and said "MAKE HIM YERSELF! F*** YOU!" ...Well, congrats, Lego, you made me rethink of buying any of your products brand new ever again. Thanks.

The fact that the reboot was clearly leaning on the interest of G1 fans--myself and others which are now in high school, college, or even working adults--with a concept developed clearly developed for 9-12 year olds was a recipe for disaster. Especially considering the fact that G1, with its complex (and sometimes too complicated) story, was marketed to the spectrum of 6-16 year olds, the median of which is the same age group G2 marketed towards, the oversimplified, cartoony story of G2 was disgusting and insulting.

if you ask me Bionicle came back at the wrong time.

the fact that they outright turned every character into a shitty punchline killed it for me. and the oversimplification of everything the series stood for. i had bionicle starting at age 6, when i first got one cause they were cool robot people. and did my best to get every set i could until the final wave. (didnt actually care for stars though.) there is no reason a kid shouldnt have deep meaningful media that will teach them something and be amazing at the same time.

One of my main complaints is that there are no unique mask powers, they were able to tell us something about the character without saying it flat-out, so no cool abilities

Here's what sold me with Bionicle as a kid, the artwork. I never played the early games or read the books, but when I saw Tahu Nuva surfing on the Lava, or Gali hanging from the cliff face. It gave me all the world building I needed. It was like a movie in one picture. I always made my own stories, so the entire lore was never really an issue even if I never really delved into it as a kid. Mine are just as outlandish as the actual G1 storyline. I mean, my main character kinda kills his own dad early on... so... it gets really dark.... I came up with that when I was like seven, like dang...

I'd say the worst thing is that G2 completely killed bionicle. Because of the lack of advertising the sales were poor which showed Lego that "no one wanted bionicle anymore" and so it ended in an awful way. There is no coming back from this and it may be the last time we see bionicle and that is truly terrible. Great support for the theme you guys, and at least G2 actually allowed me to discover your channel which I certainly don't regret :)

i think what killed G2 was how oversimplified the entire series was. Whereas the G1 world and characters were built up over a decade with conflicts of their own and threats that were born from the characters themselves, G2 was just pandering towards kids...who don't like stuff like this anymore. Kids like serious storylines and action scenes that made them memorable. Even the Toa were treated as campy heroes that had little personalities. The animations were just god awful. Overall, Bionicle was given the same treatment the DCEU got from WB.

G1 Makuta is sadly, one of the most underrated villains of all time. Not many others would have taken some one else's destiny or a prophecy which spoke of their defeat and turned the tables in such a way that would end up benefitting them more... And succeeding at that.

LEGO's handling of the theme in hindsight was incredibly poor. The lack of a budget was obvious even to consumers who are completely unaware of basic business terms or ideals, and there's nothing more off-putting when buying something than feeling like they didn't have confidence in their own product. Bricks are hot atm and I get that constraction is more niche but the lack of focus and investment in the theme was embarrassing.

Ah. For breakfast, we'll give you a trashy Ben 10 constraction wave. Then, for lunch, a new series that actually has some potential, then throw it away with a trashy cliffhanger ending and terrible voice actors. Then, finally, the leftovers from last night, but it'll be the same thing just microwaved, along with some cool movie sets with creepy faces. Such is the meal of CCBS.

It was all foretold in the stage directions- uh, I mean, prophecy

I think Bionicle should have had a kick-ass Soul Calibur style fighting game.

I agree with bad characterization. "I didn't slip", G2 Pohatu acting more like G1 Kopaka while they had a G2 Kopaka right there, etc.

Well the simplicity, bad marketing, poor interest and underwhelming summer sets were mostly responsible for G2's failure

I followed Bionicle religiously from 2001-2008 (like I had email correspondences with Greg Farshtey that lasted better than 9 months) and this G2 flew completely under my radar until like 5 hours ago.

Lego needs to make their own Beast Wars with Bionicle. advertise it everywhere, give it a show, mace cartoon network show the episodes more often than once every six months, comic books, chapter books, all that jazz.

This and NickonAquaMagna's video are the only ones who treat Bionicle respectfully and that I completely agree with. There were a couple others that I somewhat agreed with, though. However, you summed it all up VERY nicely, and I'm glad you preceded it by the Top 10 Best Things, rather than pure negativity, like others.

i think what bionicle G1 truly nailed was the past of protagonists. The strange Bio-mechanical beings, crafted and placed in a lab inside a giant robot that acted as its own ecosystem! This one said that they came from planets of their own nature and shit.

some times I feel Lego just doesn't try to make good product anymore and just make a quick buck.

At the end of the day, it's the fault of Lego's higher management. Even if the summer waves were noticeably weaker than the winter waves, the sets are some of the best in the franchise' history. The Summer 2016 wave is a more satisfying final wave than Winter 2010. Ryder Windham, Merlin Mann, and the Volta team did what they could to salvage it, but it was clear that Lego half-assed their work beyond the sets - horrendous marketing, a near-nonexistent television presence, and story bible mess are the largest offenders. The simplification of the lore doesn't deserve to be #1. While the story is a far cry from some of Lego's other contemporary lines, they had a decent foundation to build upon. It's clear in the novels and other media that the outsourced and freelance teams involved in G2 poured their heart and soul into salvaging it, even if strangled by Corporate Lego. If they were given more elbow room, it could have been better.

10. *Style.* Lego has always had a history of questionable design choices, since no matter what they make there will always be some skepticism, but it's particularly egregious here. Lego doesn't know how to design for female characters without creating something like Roodaka, even though something as simple as a feminine mask can do wonders (the original Gali had noticeable cheekbones- it's not much, but anything is better than nothing). Everything looks cartoony compared to the original, ancient/robotic designs, particularly with the masks. Speaking of which... 9. *Variety.* One of the most interesting things about Bionicle was the way they designed faces that weren’t entirely faces. The masks were general enough that application could be distributed across multiple characters, but unique enough to help characters stand out. The fact that each mask type had its own distinctive power was also cool design choice. All that has been removed for no good reason. Incidentally… 8. *Atmosphere.* Bionicle was a legend, not just a simple story. It held to a stylistic yet somber mystique for a long time, arguably up until its final two years. It wasn't just the unique vocabulary- what's left out says a lot more than what's left in. Like the Myst series, there's this sense of never entirely understanding what's going on, as though you were visiting a different world with its own culture. Lego's liberal use of Maori terms only served to further distinguish Bionicle's already otherworldly thematics. None of this is reflected in G2. Speaking of themes... 7. *Media.* I'm not just talking about the flash animations, but the entire presentation of Bionicle. G1 took full advantage of the web in its relative infancy; it was revolutionary to have such a reliance on the internet when it came to their targeted audience. I get the impression, however, that what they put up was less a matter of advertising, and more just the creators showing off the world of Bionicle. There's a sense of developmental investment behind the CG animations (the introductions to our heroes, notably free of dialogue), and the famous MNOG flash game. There's very little "tell" at work in this "show". On the subject of "show"... 6. *Marketing.* After G2's massive success with its first wave, it seems like Bionicle's marketing division considered their job to already be done; the old fans were back, and surely there would be new fans on the rise. It's appalling to see the brand that saved Lego put on the back-burner like this, and it doesn't help to see third-party deals taking priority (see HeroStone's letter to Lego). In consideration of prioritization... 5. *Predecessors.* While it pains me to say it, it's not hard to see why Hero Factory sold so much better. Their sets were cheaper, there was more story, the themes were still fairly interesting. While it's a shame that Lego didn't seem to think far beyond the initial release in terms of story, they at least were experimenting as heavily as possible to make sure that the designs for Bionicle's new beginning were done right. The "gearbox" was a fantastic concept that would never have worked without the advancements Lego had made in their action-figure system through HF. While I'm writing about advancements... 4. *Passion.* From strange cacti in the before empty desert, to flash animations that somehow manage to look worse than the original flash game, to lack of communication. It's hard to see this as a true passion-project when so many little mistakes are being made. I'm not going to pretend that the original was flawless, but it just might be when compared with its resurgence. There's just not as much love nor dependency as there used to be on the former crowning jewel of Lego, nor on almost any of Lego's other original "themes". The topics of love and dependency lead to a slightly more controversial issue... 3. *Fans.* We're part of the problem that started this whole mess. 2. *Timing.* The season might not have been right for Lego to expect a lasting harvest. 2015 was close to the paradigm shift in favor of virtual realities and recycling old ideas. Toys don't seem to carry the same kind of value today as they used to, and the few video games G2 has put out don't take advantage of Bionicle's true strengths (at least, what they used to be in G1). 1. *Preparation.* It appears that no backup plan was factored into Bionicle's huge loss. It's been years, and nothing has been brought forth to fill the void that G2 left behind in the original action-figure department of Lego. Hopefully the company will try something again soon, this time with more care over what they put out, and this isn't some sign of them being too scared to hold to their mantra, "only the best is good enough".

Meso: the other side of that coin... * video shows beasts *

2 things they should have done for bionicle. 1. a fighting/free roam game for next gen consoles. 2. they should have made it last at least until mid 2017 or early 2018.

To be honest, Bionicle G2 felt like a clone of Hero Factory.

Dang. 2016 is a sucky year for everyone.

In Sweden we did not even get any commercials on tv or anywhere else for that matter.

This is what happens when big companies give in to popular demands. G2 honestly should never have been made. It's like making a student write a 500 word history essay instead of playing video games. They're gonna half-ass it because they don't wanna do it. And the video games represent Star Wars in this case.

I think it was CCBS. While mechanically it has advantages, it’s not as versatile and doesn’t have the visual appeal that the more technic G1 had. The way you just keep stacking armor pieces on top of each other in CCBS makes every character look like a MOC. In G1 the arms and legs of each set had their own unique design. In G2 they’re all the exact same pieces with the same armor shapes clicked onto them. The only difference being some characters have one armor piece stacked and other characters have up to three.

They should've went for a more darker route, exactly like G1

Umarak it's the exception of the rule. He is possibly the best G2 Character.

No wonder Eljay made Bionicle G2 the punchline in his final recap review

Worst thing about G2: It existed.

2.0 feet

Seems like they thought that Bionicle would carry itself on brand recognition alone.

Lack of lore, Bionicle (Generation 1) was a series with a continuous story overtime, it made me want to look deeper into the storylines and things like that, then they just reset the entire thing in generation 2, making it never worth it to even buy any sets due to a lack of personality in the characters and how simplified the story was.

the worst thing about G2; it wasn't G1.

"Top Ten Worst Things about Bionicle G2" "But those are just our thoughts! What are yours?" *FLAMEWAR*

If you do a list like this for Gen 1, the Piraka Rap better be #1.

Lacked Greg Farshty?

Bionicle just ended again. It's even worse the second time, since now it probably won't come back. It used to be so big. But everyone who grew up with it, soon forgot about it. This video will only get about 2000 views. If I could go back in time to 2007, it'd be nice to check the shopping centre. See all the bionicles... Go online...BZpower... All that primary school stuff... RIP.

G1 grew with the fans. And made it easy for new fans to catch up. The story got deeper the older we got. Because, even though we got older, the majority of us were still the people buying the most sets. G2 was just too simplistic. It looked good on paper, but they definitely dumbed it down once it got out to the public.

I probably wouldn't put oversimplification as high as you did on the list but I agree with pretty much everything you've said

Because of how lego treated bionicle I will never buy a lego product ever again. I'm not giving these people my money anymore especially after how much I've spent in the past. Anything I get in the future for mocs is clearance items and eBay

I still contend that storywise G2 suffered from a crowded field. When G1 came out it was the only theme that took to plotting out its story. This year Bionicle had to share the stage with Ninjago, Nexo Knights, Friends of Heartlake City, Elves, the Lego Movie, Lego Dimensions, and juggling both DC and Marvel specials. Something was going to suffer and unfortunately it was Bionicle. You can see the strain on the other properties as well. Ninjago is spinning its wheels until the movie comes out. Nexo Knights had a rough first half trying to get its footing. And Elves still feels more like an expanded storyboard than its own animation.

Fun fact: The last wave of Bionicle Gen 2 sets were never even sold in Australia!

0:50 *flashback to vezok building a sandcastle*

the irony is that G1 wasn't really that complicated to begin with, any kid can wrap their head around anything during and before 2003 when it gets to Bionicle, though saying that I don't recall Metru Nui being that complicated either. My only other issue with G2 which took me a while to figure out was the style, for me G1 (or at least early G1) had this very quiet and mysterious style to it whilst G2 felt almost...dare I say generic(?) style to it. here is the style that was pretty much used throughout G2: ru-vid.com/video/%D0%B2%D0%B8%D0%B4%D0%B5%D0%BE-0qb8Leq0ZvE.html and here is G1: ru-vid.com/video/%D0%B2%D0%B8%D0%B4%D0%B5%D0%BE-Fk47EDfWK10.html I know some might disagree with me on this and that's cool, I'm not egotistical enough to think you should all agree with me, but G1s darker and more mysterious tone for me is what set bionicle apart from other lego sets, even the music had elements of mystery about it ( soundcloud.com/theofficialknightvision/the-telescope-bionicle-mata-nui-online-game-soundtrack ) G2 for me was just a little too in your face.

Bionicle was without a doubt the equivalent of what Star Wars, Star Trek, Ghostbusters, Transformers, Marvel, and DC meant to kids for me. I loved different versions of all those things too but nothing came close to this line and it pretty much lined up with my childhood perfectly from beginning to end. So because of that the changes with G2 honestly upset me and I wanted nothing to do with it. Looking back I actually can see a lot to like and I wish I had some of the sets if only to use the parts. My opinion on it hasn't changed that much though I still wish it didn't happen. I know I'm not saying anything new but oversimplification is what did the most damage although obviously marketing was big issue too. From the story to the design choices on everything from the masks, armor, and that terrible 2D art on some of the pieces (don't know if they were stickers or printed on) there was too much that felt like a shadow of what Bionicle used to be. What really sucks is G2 could easily have a few things switched around and work as a new theme like hero factory and if that was actually marketed well I could see it being a real success and paving the way for a revival that lives up to Bionicle's name.

and that's why e have biotube, to make a great and complex story. People like Playstippling and Maniamac 1613.

To this day, I am still fascinated by the unique aesthetic and vibe of G1. It’s sci-fi robots, but all the names and designs have this ancient polynesian/african vibe to them. Despite the technology, it felt so deeply connected to nature, spirituality, and ancient mythology. The characters looked strange, but beautiful at the same time. The story was easy to understand, but so intricate and compelling the deeper you go. It’s one of the most groundbreaking and intriguing science fiction works of the modern day. So, that being said (gestures to G2), WHAT THE FUCK IS THIS!?

that and the replacements for the Turaga and Matoran all had the same mask, yes there were mask duplicates including(but not limited to) the Mask the Toa would wear... but they at least had different colors that all the mask could be found in.

United in Duty. Bound in Destiny. This is the way... of the Bionicle! - Turaga Vakama

BIONICLE G2 had largely uninteresting characters. The Journey to One should’ve made it to Television and not just as a Netflix exclusive series. This is a sign of the times that everything going online only, not reaching its fans and believing the story had to be simplified, was a sign that it would not be done right. But the biggest mistake was foreshadowing that G2 had a connection to G1, and this point never actually going anywhere and ultimately never became relevant to the story. Overall it was poorly executed and a tragic send off to the beloved theme which because of this failure, it’s not likely it would ever return. And that is a massive shame. A terrible way to remember BIONICLE’s last actual iteration as a toy line on store shelves.

jto as a whole is a disgrace honestly my least favorite part of G2

I always had the feeling Gen 2 was dumbed down but I put it to me just being all grown up now and nostalgia making Gen 1 seem more complex and grandiose. But now that you mention the stuff with all the terminology and simplified story, I guess sadly I was right. Man, Gen 1 was great.

Man this may be an unpopular opinion, but G2 really could've been something if it wasn't for the small advertising, plot holes, not very interesting sets, not many large, Toa size villains, and of course uninteresting sets. (I mean, they were cool, but they were just really the same characters with a few villains. They really should've made the Makuta one). And of course, the simplicity, though if it would've continued it would have gotten more complicated with the comics and books and stuff going along with everything else, which is once again a problem if it ending early. I would've liked to see what would've come out of it if it would've continued. Really too bad.

Amazing video! Have a nice day!

I don't care what haters say. I absolutely loved G2 and am saddened that it ended. I don't regret investing money into the sets.

Couldn't agree more. To this day, I don't even know or even managed to process what happened in the finale of JTO. Sad thing is that Onua was almost going to be the good thing (Umarak included) about the story but they had to butcher it down. I'm done talking bad thing about G2, I'll just leave it out and try to forget about it.

Another note, big or small, was the pricing. The Toa went for 15-20 bucks in US stores like Walmart and Target, while the last gen Toa typically were cheaper (even with inflation adjusted). The reason I think was the extra pieces like the gearboxes, and the typical parent might be intimidated buying a fairly expensive figure for Jim when they can buy a WWE figure and a Batman figure both for the price of 1 figure. 15-20 apiece might not sound like alot for oldtime fans but for newcomers with no income of their own (kids), their parents probably won't introduce a series that will drain their wallets faster than their mortgage. It wasn't just story or advertising that killed bionicle, it was also the economic scale of supply and demand.

I am younger fan of the bionicle theme and started liking it in 2015 and didn't know the beasts existed

your channel showed me just how complicated the bionicle universe actually was. it was a powerful revelation. i can easily agree that gen 1 was very complicated, that children (me) couldn't tell there was any story to speak of. that being said, the story of gen 2 was so simple, you could write it as a young child's picture book.

When I was 5 bionicles was cool. When I was 10 the story was dark, mysterious, and interesting. When I read some of the books (first one being the island of doom and how the toa nuva lost was shocking to me.) In fairness they story was complicated at times but really in depth. Even now I wish we got a movie of the toa inika and the finale battle where it all comes full circle but one can only dream.

bioincle g2, yer there was alot of issues, in the end it was shot in the chest at the start and left to bleed out by lego, sad to see it go this way, hopefully they will do it right next time... if there is a next time. good video, good work waj

The reason g2 failed was because of the abysmal implementation and lack of new concepts from ccbs system. They thought after they had made the og bionicles all uniquely featured, they just took the cheap rout and tried to go back to same parts, different color concept. They do this on new Lego sets as well. They make you use 3 tiny Lego studs instead of a normal piece, just to increase piece count per box (you can just smell someone boasting that they increased the price on the product, and "managed" to increase the piece count but two fold. It's disgusting. Ccbs was so lazy, it had cool parts, but the worst part for the newer g2 ccbs "bionicles", was that the mask and head pieces were completely opposite and it was hard to build older sets with, in the same fashion. Everything was snap on (and snap off, a bit too easily for play). They rehashed characters that didn't need rehashing. I'm not going to say what they should have done, unless Lego wants me to take over the project. Lego has gotten super greedy over the last 7 years or so. They should have continued Bionicle and not rehashed it. It didn't need a rehash. They ruined it with their idiocy. Should have let the writers do their thing and continue to do so. And the recent Tahu set is not a Bionicle set, it's garbage. Hot garbage. And a rip off. Disgusting practices from Lego. They used to stand Bionicle so hard. Releasing the golden Hau mask on toonami. All the way to phantoka went strong. They should have never done stars. Stars was their first attempt at bullshit. Cool to have, they were cool, but I could smell it back then, and boy was i right.

According to Concept Art for Year 3, we would have gotten all kinds of stuff, like Rahkshi and Bohrok, Hordika inspired Toa, an actual Toa of Light, etc. I'd say the worst thing about G2, is that it ended before it could kick off.

I really don’t like the villains, they have no personality whatsoever, they just feel empty. In g1, you had the bohrok, which were able to mind control people. You had the Visorak, which could mutate living things, and despite being hyper-obedient drones, still had personality. Even in set form, they still feel more alive than any of the g2 villains (ignoring that half of them are skeletons)

This video just mad me sad that g2 was cancelled again. especially since I have ALMOST a complete g2 collection but im missing a few retired sets that ill probably never get now

I almost feel like Lego had lost almost all trust in Bionicle, and almost hoped for its downfall by not promoting it. It sort of gave them a scapegoat, so that, when asked to restart it, they could just say it wasn't popular last time

To go off of the #2 spot, I had no clue that there was even a 2nd generation of Bionicle sets until I saw them for myself in a local Lego seller's shop a few years ago when G2 was already done. There was next to no advertisement for G2 here in the UK.

BIONICLE G2 fell like a ton of Lego bricks. 11:49: It’s as if Lego dropped it and BIONICLE fell with it.

Heinsight hurts. It's funny how even the most hardcore G2 fans could suddenly turn around and dismiss it as something awful. Frankly I'm just glad that we got it at all, especially at a time when the community as a whole was beginning to lose steam. At the very least the best thing G2 did was allow us all to relive our childhoods again and remind us all about the spirit of this thing we love so much. It brought the community out of stasis, even if for only a year and a half, and I'm just glad it was ever around.

I hard agree with number 7 for designs of the Toa and Villains in Gen 2 just looked too over the top or uninspired to point of generic, those villains look pretty dumb compared to the past villains. I mean look back at the Gen 1 designs and see how still good they look due their design being more easy on the eyes and appealing with valued simplicity.

Speaking of bad things about G2, just checked Lego shop at home; there are no bionicle sets :(

One time I was in Summer Camp, a camper triggered us by saying that Generation 2 was the best. Do I agree with her? No.

It’s just sad what happened to Bionicle G2, I grew up with G1 since the beginning with Tahu, Gali, Jaller, Takanuva, Vakama, etc, when I saw that Bionicle was coming back, hell yeah I was excited but it just went wrong. The Toa sets were very easy to build which surprised me, and the show was meh. Idk. Maybe in the future they can try again

2:59 Say that again. I dare you, I DOUBLE DARE YOU! Makuta Teridax, at least in my opinion is the best fictional villain ever, no one can touch him. His backstory is complex, he is a total badass, i shit my pants everytime i see him (not really, but he is scary) he is my 5th favorite fictional character ever. And 2nd favorite Bionicle character. That's how a villain MUST be done, instead of... that triangle who has NO motivation, and that pisses off easily.

The thing about Makuta from G1 though is that even though his goal was technically simple, his plan for achieving said goal was quite the opposite of simple, particularly when the storyline really begins to pick up and the plot really starts to thicken in the Ignika, Mahri, and Phantoka/Mistika waves.

One issue I have, it didn't have enough familiar characters like Jaller, Matoro, Takanuva, or Hahli.

The way to reboot Bionicle is to start a whole bunch of advertising for it, and then release a full length feature film that instead of completely rebooting the story, just needs to retell the original story (2001-2003) in a modern way using the best voice actors, animation, and story telling to make it new and fresh.

I get the reasons behind mirroring footage, but it puts Kopaka in the uncanny valley. Just thought I'd share.

I prefer Hero Factory over Bionicle G2. THAT'S RIGHT I WENT THERE!

Gen 2 is worse than Hero Factory, hell, i even liked Hero Factory! i don't care what they say.

I kind of feel like dumbing down things for kids of today is a disservice to those kids. They deserve to have a rich story like bionicle g1. If lego was just confident about bringing back bionicle and really gave it the attention it deserved, bionicle generation two could have been insanely good, maybe it could have ran even longer than it was planned.

I think G2's greatest sin was trying to appeal to old fans at any level. Gen 1 started simple, very simple, and became more complex over time. The reason Gen 2's story seemed to rushed and messy is because Lego was no doubt desperately trying to push it through the natural development cycle in order to appeal to older fans that basically just wanted Gen 1 again. Fans that wanted in-depth lore, the kind of lore that a story builds over years, right from the get-go. I think a good piece of evidence for this was the fact that words like "Toa" and "Matoran", and concepts like mask powers and names, where just shoved into the online and secondary media with very little consistency. They knew that older fans wanted to see these things right off the bat, but in the story they were writing, a story for young children, the appropriate time hadn't come yet. Now i know that they managed to do it like that first time around, but this time around they were writing for a totally different set of children then they were 15 years ago. There are hundreds of sources of fun that children can choose from nowadays, so of course none of them are going to chose to become invested in a toy with a deep lore just because. Also, point-and-click games are a boring, tedious, and somewhat insensible way of telling the story of a line of action figures. What Lego was doing was starting the story as a very simple level to make it not just approachable, but preferable over more complex media, before ramping it up at a natural pace. However, since older fans wanted complexity right away, what we got was a buckshot mixture of undeveloped plot with overdeveloped ideas sprinkled throughout.

its too bad that this series had to end this way. When I heard about a new release I was so exited, but I'm sad how it turned out.

Sorry if I overlooked this in the video, (I'm typing this at 12:39 AM by the way, so I'm getting tired so I can't think) but I can think of a couple more reasons why BIONICLE G2 was superiorly inferior; there weren't any mask packs this time around, so you couldn't get a white Pohatu mask for your Kopaka, or a light blue Tahu mask for Gali. Nope. Also, the choice of a giant spider as 2015's main villain was stupid. Not everyone is afraid of spiders! Makuta was a way better main series villain because he represented true terror, and he had depth. Gen 2 Makuta is nothing more than a prop, a storytelling piece.

Bionicle was like if Gene Roddenberry and J.R.R. Tolkien collaborated on a story. It was conceived to compete with Pokemon, and held it’s ground by doing the exact opposite. A reserved color pallet with expansive world building, morally complex characters, and a slow moving story that rewarded the audience for patently waiting for big world changing reveals. G2 has the same name, but feels more like TMNT meets Transformers. A colorful cartoon about good guys fighting bad guys that doesn’t take itself seriously. Screw that!

Those g2 comics looks like chrischan's work or tails gets trolled!

What is on Lego's priority list these days. You know besides basic themes, license thems, and Ninjago.

I didn't get into this second wave after the fiasco called hero factory and while I did purchase a lot of the hero factory sets for the new pieces alone (never the story) I was never worried about cutting or editing them for mocs which is a far cry from how I treat my sets ranging from 01-10 (years). When these launched i saw it as Lego thinking after all the fighting of the older generation for the old set style back so they repackaged hero factory as bionicle and while I didn't want that I was kind of hoping they'd at least do enough that these sets became like the city sets are if only for the new parts to toy with and make things with but sadly this was not the case since most of the fan base that was around originally seemed to have the same thought process I did only wanting these sets for the parts and not the sets themselves or the oversimplified story. In the end Lego really screwed the pooch trying to market this towards younger generations when a revival of Bionicle combining the original story and sets with the new pieces marketed towards a teen to adult demographic might have actually saved if not furthered sales in these sets. Lego has become a very much so adult thing to do and I even keep a MOC on my desk for tinkering while working on college assignments. Honestly Bionicle despite how it was marketed was never really good for kids anyways with an in depth story that was not easy for young kids to follow and sometimes very dark as well but it did sell well to young adults and teens and Lego if they'd noticed this probably could have saved themselves before the 2010 fiasco

the biggest reason was the commercials. it looked like it was marketed for kids, bionocle g2 was like the teen titans go of bionocle. bionocle gen 1 ads where so good looking.

3:27 kinda unrelated but pohatu looks so cool in this scene Ps Maybe one day they will release a G2 makuta and a physical Vaki mask

Looking at G2 makes me feel like I age 4 decades. I get simplifying some things about the original story, however this just feels like an abridged version of an off memory description of the og Toa Mata saga. The sets looked cool at least It didn't ruin my childhood or any dumb shit, but it is disappointing going from Bara Magna to the Toa fighting skeleton spiders

Not just JTO's ending, but honestly every single second of JTO beyond the first episode which was admittedly a decent recap. Boring, bland, stilted, generic, oversimplified, a complete lack of effort, horrific animation and acting... I don't know why so many people enjoyed it when it has no redeeming factors whatsoever.

lack of terminology, and the total aesthetic of ccbs bionicle.

This reminds me why I was so mad at Lego for the Bionicle G2 mishaps...

The marketing for g2 was so bad that I didn’t even know the summer 2016 wave happened until 2 years later.