>>6477824>peaked>flat clone builds both waves>introduced parts that paved the way for redundant flat clone builds that contributed to the stagnation of the line>literal spare parts matoran>edgy tonal shift to appeal to edgy tweens>peaked2006 and declining sales are what went wrong. It wasn't a bad year overall, but the precedents it set that lego decided to coast on were the ones that hurt Bionicle the most. The Inika archetype was novel at the time, but everyone got sick of it because there were few new parts of any consequence released before CCBS. The building system never advanced past that point, and even regressed by 2008. Bara Magna was looking like a step back in the right direction, but it came too late, the damage was done. Pic related was the best thing to come out of 06, right along with Brutaka, Fenrakk, and swapping the orientation of the ball joint for shoulders.
