>>11110111Nostalgiafags and lorefags kind of go hand-in-hand.
They’re afraid of MOCs unless they’re of something that appeared in the movies and keeping everything on-model to Bionicle’s ironically restrictive canon.
Hero Factory may have had a shitty narrative but it’s lack of specific rules was tailored for fans to make their own characters, like with the Hero Recon Team gimmick that they were dumb for canning early on.
Kind of scummy but I’d wonder if they would’ve found more success if they had locked exclusive piece molds for weapons behind custom heroes, encouraging MOCists to make and buy them like how parts exclusive to certain sets already work
