#thankslego

[whataslacker]

I’ve got to hand it to LEGO customer service for a job well done on coming through for me with my much needed parts before they got yanked off bricks and pieces. #lego #legominifigures #legoparts #legobricksandpieces #thankslego #whataslackeraboutbricks https://www.instagram.com/p/CcGAvDnrqaD/?igshid=NGJjMDIxMWI=

[tnuhelleinadyelah]

My sister bought me a really cool Christmas present that I just put together. #womenofnasa #thankslego (at Rogers, Arkansas)

[robot-thighs]

I have to put in my two cents about Bionicle, since it was such a big part of my life when I was younger.

I was legitimately upset when G1 was canceled, even though I understood the reasoning behind it; the story was becoming too long and too complicated to appeal to both the 8-year-running fans and the incoming younger generation at the time. It was time to let it rest, as much as we older fans wanted to see the universe continue to expand.

When Bionicle was rebooted two years ago with G2, everything was different. It wasn’t the Bionicle of my childhood. And you know? That’s ok. I understand it was designed to appeal to a new generation while still making nods to the previous generation who embraced the return of a franchise they loved. I never got into G2, if I’m being honest. I watched the first three episodes of “Journey to One.” I dabbled in some fanart as a throwback to my beginnings, since Bionicle fanart is basically what got me started in the online community. I even bought a few toys and one of the books. In a way, I think, I was just content that part of my childhood was still being perpetuated in the background of my life, even if I wasn’t a deeply connected participant like I was in G1.

And I have to admit, the news that LEGO announced that they are now done with the Bionicle franchise for good stings a little. Not in the same angry, somewhat betrayed way I felt when G1 was canceled, when so many extended universe stories were abruptly abandoned and plotlines were crunched for the sake of wrapping up the story as quickly as possible. This time, it’s a bittersweet sort of sadness. LEGO’s formal nod to Bionicle fans, G1 and G2 alike, feels like the final closing of a chapter in my life. And that’s ok. Something that was a massive part of my younger self is coming to a formal end. An end in which the LEGO community acknowledges us and thanks us for keeping this alive for so long.

So I guess what I’m saying is, even though I was never really a fan of G2, I’m still a little sad to see Bionicle go. I still have the books and the toys, and it will always be a big part of me that I’ll look back on fondly, even a long time from now.

Thanks, Lego.

#Never the End

~Chromie