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| Well, I finally got my first Bionicle, other than my sister's three Maku (Village people of Water, right?). And I must say, it's not half bad. It's got fairly good playability, and good parts. I'd do stop motion, but my video cam isn't good at (...) (25 years ago, 17-Oct-01, to 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 (...) (25 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 (...) (25 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 (...) (25 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 (...) (25 years ago, 17-Oct-01, to lugnet.general, lugnet.technic.bionicle)
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