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Interesting article in today's newspaper: (URL) (23 years ago, 17-Oct-01, to lugnet.general, lugnet.loc.us.oh.col) !
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"Michael Huffman" <mhuffman@mindspring.com> wrote in message news:GLCq2z.H81@lugnet.com... (...) That's done it! Now Lego will have the justification to focus more on this junk, and less on others :-( The only light on the horizon is that these (...) (23 years ago, 17-Oct-01, to lugnet.general, lugnet.technic.bionicle)
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(...) Well, unfortunately, this does provide insight from LEGO on how well the line is doing. I wondered myself as you can't seem to see the Toa or other lower priced kits on shelves much by me here in the midwest. Figured either they were selling (...) (23 years ago, 17-Oct-01, to lugnet.general, lugnet.technic.bionicle)
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"Steve Tanner" <bounga1@REMOVECAPSyahoo.com> wrote in message news:GLCv6K.7nu@lugnet.com... (...) on others :-( (...) other (...) either (...) reorder. (...) as (...) line. (...) I had a conversation with the owner of a Learning Express ((URL) toy (...) (23 years ago, 17-Oct-01, to lugnet.general, lugnet.technic.bionicle)
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(...) And Learning Express marks up over retail too! Typically 25% I think (they had 3033 for 25.00). But that's because the individual shop owners are paying more wholesale (to their distributor, I think) than TRU is to LEGO directly. People DO buy (...) (23 years ago, 17-Oct-01, to lugnet.general, lugnet.technic.bionicle)
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Has anyone done a study to determine what is so appealing to the buyers of Bionicle? And I don't mean the AFOLs as much as the rest of the buyers... Is it: - Because they are robotic/action figures? - Because they have a full online story behind (...) (23 years ago, 17-Oct-01, to lugnet.general, lugnet.technic.bionicle)
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(...) Andy, I think this has been discussed before.. however.. (...) This is something I've been pondering as well, as an adult with marketing, collectibles industry (gag), and 'net background... (...) Action figures have always been "cool". I think (...) (23 years ago, 17-Oct-01, to lugnet.general, lugnet.technic.bionicle)
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(...) I think you have a good starting point as to why Bionicle is appealing, but the full reason would be 'It's just Bionicle'. It's the flavor of the month. Lego hit the whole marketing shebang perfectly with this idea, though I believe that (...) (23 years ago, 17-Oct-01, to lugnet.general, lugnet.technic.bionicle)
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(...) I think the very fact that we have Bionicle today is due to the past success of the Throwbot/Slizers and Roboriders sets. Whenever LEGO has a runaway best-seller (e.g. the Aquanaut sets), they run the idea into the ground trying to replicate (...) (23 years ago, 17-Oct-01, to lugnet.general, lugnet.technic.bionicle)
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(...) Agreed. The lost cost of the Toa and other sets were very appealing... but the bad guys are way up there. Perhaps that's why there are rumors that 2002 Bionicle series will feature simular-to-Toa price point bad guys. You can't accuse LEGO for (...) (23 years ago, 17-Oct-01, to lugnet.general, lugnet.technic.bionicle)
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(...) I like the actions and articulation, so that may be part of it. But I never play with them as if they were non-LEGO action figures. Playing with Bionicle is taking all of the sets apart and building new creatures. (...) I collect Bionicle, and (...) (23 years ago, 17-Oct-01, to lugnet.general, lugnet.technic.bionicle)
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(...) Ah, yes! You did the Ultra Throwbots, right? Most excellent. If so you were the reason that I wanted to buy (but never did) two copies of each throwbot. Your combo-bionicles are inspiring as well. So, you're right. And I guess that's one mark (...) (23 years ago, 17-Oct-01, to lugnet.general, lugnet.technic.bionicle)
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(...) building (...) No, they aren't my creations. The UltraThrowbots and Bionicle2 were created by Mike Wampole. I just posted the site because they're such a good example of why kids would want more than one of each set. These are my Bionicles: (...) (23 years ago, 17-Oct-01, to lugnet.general, lugnet.technic.bionicle)
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For me, Bionicle got me looking at Technic as a whole again: not for the sets, but for parts to make better er mechanical men ( I wouldn't call them any form of Bionicle and I might get flamed if I call them Mechs ). I'm not the least bit interested (...) (23 years ago, 17-Oct-01, to lugnet.general, lugnet.technic.bionicle)
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I'd imagine that the Throwbots and RoboRiders weren't extraordinarily successful, but they were successful enough without Lego having made any attempt to promote them that Lego realized they could be extraordinarily successful if they did something (...) (23 years ago, 18-Oct-01, to lugnet.general, lugnet.technic.bionicle)
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(...) that it was in. As far as your creations are concerned, I feel you can refer to them as mecha simply because you are taking Bionicle to a new level, in much the way I am. I, too, could care less about the storyline, the card game, the video (...) (23 years ago, 18-Oct-01, to lugnet.general, lugnet.technic.bionicle)
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(...) ...The lesson they can learn is that lots of back story and well developed product sells... Bionicles do fit into that nice "action figure" range, but I think more than that, they are nice because of the extensive back story that creates a (...) (23 years ago, 18-Oct-01, to lugnet.general, lugnet.technic.bionicle)
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(...) The parent in this online comment has an interesting comments on integrating Bionicle with traditional LEGO bricks. (URL) not saying there's anything wrong with Bionicle as such, just that he and his son can't seem to get them to play nice (...) (23 years ago, 18-Oct-01, to lugnet.general, lugnet.loc.us.oh.col)
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(...) The picture in that article made me wonder if the popularity of Bionicle is based at least in part on TV shows like Battle Bots and Robot Wars. Just something about the way those two Bionicle thingy's are poised made me wonder that. Can we (...) (23 years ago, 18-Oct-01, to lugnet.general)
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(...) Wow! I guess he hasn't been trying very hard, as a 3 long friction peg solves most of this 'problem'. There are so many solutions to this one, it's mind- boggling. Even 1x2 and 1x3 plates are a viable solution depending on what you want the (...) (23 years ago, 19-Oct-01, to lugnet.general, lugnet.loc.us.oh.col)
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(...) Remember... that comment wasn't posted to LUGNET. I get the feeling this guy was just a normal parent (not a LEGO buff necessarily) trying to share the LEGO experience with his kid. He may not even know what a '3 long friction peg' is. I'm not (...) (23 years ago, 20-Oct-01, to lugnet.general)
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(...) Why are 3 long friction pegs so great? The best part for combining BIONICLE and LEGO SYSTEM are the 1x2 bricks with the axle-holes ((URL) that come in the Mono Jet. (23 years ago, 20-Oct-01, to lugnet.general)
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(...) Yep...that would also top my list of useful parts to connect to Bionicle. Here are some others: 1x2 brick with double technic holes 1x2 brick with double pins 1x4 Technic brick (fits perfectly up to the torso's arm or hip sockets.) There are (...) (23 years ago, 21-Oct-01, to lugnet.general)
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(...) There certainly seem to be several options for making this cross-series connection. But it's apparent from the parts list that most of them involve other Technic parts of one description or another. Were these answers easy for you guys to come (...) (23 years ago, 21-Oct-01, to lugnet.general)
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