>>9381780>>9381985There have been tons of Bionicle happy meal toys but the Tohunga were the only good ones. It seems weird that they completely abandoned the building aspect of it after the first try and opted for barely-poseable figures without compatibility with the sets. Especially considering how hugely successful the Tohunga were; I remember every kid having them and I know a lot of people today who still remember them (which is more than you can say about 99% of happy meal toys).
I guess it just shows how important brand recognition is; people will buy something just because it has a logo they recognize, even if it's not a good representation of the original product. Still though, would it have killed them to have continued to make happy meal toys with at least one actual Bionicle piece? They could have easily had something with recolors of existing Kanohi a la the Tohunga with a buildable cardboard stand, for example. The funny thing is, there were some Lego Racers happy meal toys in 2009 with a few real System pieces. Even the weird hockey ones could attach Lego bricks to them.
Sorry for the autistic rant but I spend a lot of time thinking about wasted potential.
