If BIONICLE wins the 90th anniversary theme spot, I'll prioritise those story videos, so please go vote for it (Final round starts on the 3rd of Feb)! ideas.lego.com/blogs/a4ae09b6-0d4c-4307-9da8-3ee9f3d368d6/post/fd5cc3b8-284f-4520-825f-7c3f5e4a50fe

This comment by KZfaqr... MechaEmperor7000 is the best way to sum the entire franchise up "On Mata Nui, I learned that no one stood alone. On Metru Nui, I learned that actions, not fate, defined a hero. On Voya Nui, I learned what it means to be determined, to face your fears. On Mahri Nui, I learned what sacrifice truly means. On Karda Nui, I learned to never give up, even in the Darkest Hour. On Bara Magna, I learned that anyone, anywhere, can be a hero. United in Duty, Bound in Destiny. That is the way of the Bionicle."

I will never forget bionicle and the community, it comes with one closure which is....Unity.

Yes! I will keep saying this: When you take your audience seriously, it WILL pay off. They could have made a basic story, but they gave it their all and inspired a generation. I will never, ever forget that. BIONICLE's form of storytelling contributed so much to who I am today and they way I create my own stories.

The vast complexity was never its downfall. It’s simply the fact that the story was spread out across the different medium the way it did.

I was a hardcore BIONICLE fan as a child, and I still am today. The Three Virtues were my religious symbol, the Toa my own Justice League. This toy series shaped my entire childhood and provided me with words of wisdom that I still live by today. It brings a tear to my eye when I see other people still talk about this franchise even though it's been dead for an entire decade. If you told my 7-year-old self, who was struggling to build his Toa Mata Pohatu set, that he would be part of one of the greatest fandoms in the world, he wouldn't have believed you. Thanks so much for describing why BIONICLE shaped my life.

Bionicle was the greatest Lego theme. It will always be remembered in our hearts.

As a old hardcore fan this brought a tear in my eye, to see someone explain everything great about the franchise as a greater whole.

Having only watched the movies, I’m still trying to comprehend how those landmasses and civilisations managed to fit inside Mata Nui 😂

Bionicle was foundational for my development as an author and an artist. The fact that they went so hard during that first year with that unique world, all the characters and all the lore plus being able to experience the main 2001 story through your own eyes via the MNOLG is staggering even to this day. For me, it was basically baby's first Tolkien!

Bionicle will forever be my favourite story of all time, no matter how old I get. It inspired me to think creatively, make my own stories and helped me to overcome my depression. Vakama has been my hero ever since I was 4, and the three virtues guide me to this day. Unity, duty, destiny. The legend of the Bionicle lives on.

ahhhh, it nice to see people still remembering and sharing the series like fans of transformers or comics like Marvel and DC.hee, good top known it won t be forgoten.... not now, not ever....

Bionicle unironically might just have _the_ biggest impact on me of any piece of media, ever.

I did a presentation over volumes 1 and 2 of the comics in my graphic novel class (working toward my english degree) reviewing Bionicle and I said "It was a teenage-to-adult building system, with media for all ages, sold to children." It was made to hit so many demographics at once! And succeeded!

the best way to experience the vast majority of bionicle's story would be biomediaproject.com, it's the definitive way to access the comics, games, serials, and more

bionicle deserves to have an animation show. all the entire story retold. combining all the movies, comics. i would love to see the full lore in a series. we know their story is long and complicated but if Adventure Time was a complex and ownlogic, then why not bionicle?

It’s sad that this great story with amazing intricate lore doesn’t get the respect it deserves just because it’s a toy line. I’m in the same boat as you in terms of only knowing the most basic stuff up until recently. Hopefully people will make a bunch of lore videos talking about the world. It would also be amazing if a bunch of lore buffs got together and made fangames like MNOG and other cool things.

We followed what the story taught us. Unity. Duty. And destiny, we will always find eachother and stay together. For that is how the toa won, and so shall we. That is the way.

As fans of Bionicle, we are all different and come from all walks of life. But to truly love Bionicle and be a part of it's community.... it starts with Unity.

Anyone else get nostalgia chills when those familiar movie tunes start playing? I have to go to Pixar movies just to find other film music that sweetens my nostalgia tooth like that.

Thank you for covering the Epic Legend of Bionicle. I have been a fan since day 1 as an eight year old in 2001, and since then it has been the greatest creative influence excatly because of the world-building you mention throughout this video. I will tell you, Bionicle would have been a cool short fad had it only lasted until 2001, I would not be the same person writing this review. Once my eight year old self saw the Bohrok ad, signaling that this series was contuning, I was in for the ride, and, boy oh boy, what a fantastic ride it was! Kids are smarter than most adults think, and it was this willingness to trust children's intelligence that made Bionicle BETTER than Transformers, and on the same table as Avatar: The Last Airbender, Breaking Bad, and The Lord of the Rings. "Just because its for children that's no excuse for making it shallow." That is a lesson that everyone should know and accept by now, the creators of Avatar: The Last Airbender knew this very well, adding mature themes such as genocide, colonialism, and free will to name just a few. They did it in a manner that both worked in the context of the story and have it be digestable for children eight and above. When Bionicle was good, it was Avatar-worthy, and not only was Bionicle a massive creative influence, it is definatly a HUGE PERSONAL INFLUENCE, leading me away from "kiddie shows" like those on PBS and Nickelodeon and towards world cinema including stories and films from the Pacific area that inspired the world of Bionicle, not just New Zealand and Polynesia, but throughout the Sinosphere too, ESPECIALLY JAPAN. Two years ago I made the journey to Japan for the first time with a college trip, and I wanted to experience Japan more so I went again the next year. While I did take my original Toa Mata throughout Tokyo, Kyoto, and Hiroshima and took great pictures of the Toa in nature, but that's beside the point. The point is that these trips in Japan, I have realized that I felt more at home in the Land of the Rising Sun more than the land of my birth, and Bionicle has a huge influence on my life path on so many levels. And oh, do I have some Bionicle Stories to tell, I just have to get over a lot of anxiety I have had over the past years.

I still have my doubts that Bionicle G2 failed financially. Considering other LEGO projects that were either out or in development around the time of its cancellation, it's not unreasonable to assume LEGO just canned it to divert recourses to higher-priority projects, chief among them being the second LEGO movie.

Much like how Mata Nui was a remote home of the Matoran, Bionicle is the remote home for the fans to this day. We are happy there, content with the land we have and the beauty of it's ideas. To desire more than that is like that of the Makuta. Bionicle is one of those few things that achieve a cemented identity that will live on. Who knows what more will be spawned under it's far reaching canopy.

This was so incredibly on point. I got emotional. Well done!!

I followed Bionicle from childhood to adulthood and then some. Even now I hope for a return to form to the original universe, to explore all these stories and characters even more.

Even after death, the bionicle will be a legend, we will be the chroniclers who will tell about it.

I swear Bionicle had the potential to become one of those timeless toy franchises, like transformers or hotwheels, something literally everyone at least knows the name of.

Thank you for making this video about the Legend of our generation of Lego themes.

I personally believe that bionicle will have one more shot, but not as action figures but as your traditional lego sets. With the toa being mini figures and what not. It’ll be different, but if it brings bionicle back I’d be down

This is the series that Kick-started my imagination, I will never forget, and will always be with me!😊

Hell yeah my dude! Keep Bionicle alive

Outside of the second movie, and one Bohrok toy, I didn't have much interaction with Bionicle growing up, so it was nice marathoning the movies recently (let's ignore for now that i fell asleep in no 3...). I'd be interested in bio videos just so i can actually contribute in our conversations lol. Keep it up! :)

i want to think that the reboot is just another parallel universe.

Bionicle series R.I.P. (sniff)

Bionicle storytelling videos? Sign me up! Unity, Duty, and Destiny FTW!

Always more room for more bionicle videos.

Great video man, I'm glad it popped up on my feed!

I hope bionicle one day gets a big budget film. Like a movie that takes the philosophical themes present in MNOG seriously

"Using generic terms, such as 'master' rather than 'toa'." Actually, "Toa" was used in the reboot. It just wasn't used for branding of the sets due to the general difficulty for out-of-touch parents to find a set when a good chunk of its identifying terminology originates from an entirely different language.

Yes, please make a Bionicle story series! Always great to see more Bionicle content!

I appreciate the conclusions you drew. I think you succinctly captured the frustration had with the reboot.

Bionicle. The best line from lego

Been getting a lot more views and comments over the past couple of days, and I’m really grateful for all of them! In terms of lore videos, I’m still working on them and got drafts done for 2 and a half, but I think the biggest problem I’ve got is where to start, so if you see this comment, help me out, do you want me to go in chronological order or to start with the Island of Mata Nui?

YES! yes! tell us all the stories there is to tell!

Abso-god damn-lutely! I would love to see more Bionicle videos!

What a great video, i just have to say that as long as we continue to be creative and share our love to this series it will never die. but for real though, i would have killed for some bionicle dinosaurs if bionicle g1 would have continued a little longer.

This was great! More please...

These days I am so proud of being a part of it, and I wish I can go back in time to feel this spirit again of the early 00s Greetings from Germany

No. Its greatest asset saved it so that it’s still remembered. What killed it was how its story was spread out across SO many mediums, most of which weren’t even available in most countries that had the toys. Even in Denmark, home country of LEGO, you couldn’t get most of the comics or even any of the books.

Bionicle is my favorite thing, like, ever

Bionicle LIVES! 👍👍😁

I think LEGO should do with bionicle the same they did with ninjago, make a legacy series with all the old toys.

If you’ve subbed for SMT and are watching this, thanks for checking out some of my other content too!

I would love bionicle stories

Let's see those BIONICLE stories, my guy.

All hail bionicle Man bionicle is my favourite lego series I’m sad people didn’t like bionicle g2 😔😔 I’m sad

That's a massive throwback, I had the toys & some books as well. Great vid!

I feel like we need a reboot of this whole franchise

Honestly I wasn’t even born yet when bionicle came out and was too young to have played with any of the newer sets and I wish I could’ve experienced Bionicle Gen 1. I did have gen 2 and love those sets but I like the story the original has!

I’ll definitely make those Bionicle Story videos I mentioned! No regular schedule for them, they’ll happen, but it’ll be whenever I have the free time. What even is a content schedule?

I’m down with some Bionicle storytelling, that might be interesting

Man I really hope you do those Bionicle Lore Videos, cause just saying that got me to subtribe

Bro.. I want so say thanks from my heart... I really miss Bionicle. So deep lore. I was fall in love with that story. And yes keep going with bionicle vids. (Sorry for my English)

great video it explains it really well. i didn't get to expirience this when it relased but i did enjoy it when i was growing up. i really wish that G2 didn't fail. if bionicle was still a thing i would buy it but ninjago is my bionicle. it isn't as deep as bionicle but i enjoy it because i have been with it since the start. when ninjago ends i will be really sad about it and it will be like with chima and bionicle when they ended but the comunity is going to keep the legacy alive.

I’m interested!

Dang u did not have to put Lhikans theme for the background music, that brings me to tears inside me.

This video should get more views.

Yes I will subscribe, thank you kind sir.

For a video that's set to a quality of 1080P by default, a lot of the B-roll you used was weirdly low-quality. Like, there's literally 1080P 60FPS versions of a lot of the footage used free on KZfaq.

Great stuff! I’d be interested to see some storytelling videos.

Yes a thousand times yes!!!

Well thanks for the colossal spoiler, I guess... Judging from the title one would think this video was meant for people who haven't experienced the storyline yet.

tbh the only thing about G2 I really gave a shit about was Umarak and Makuta's Titan designs. I feel with small changes they could fit fairly well into the G1 story as background Makuta.

Bionicle was my childhood, if you're gonna do some storytelling then do so. There is a lot of people that would love to hear it, me included!

does anyone know where these Bionicle audiobooks can be found? I wanna listen!!

This argument that is was too complicated sounds kinda contrived the more I hear it. Sure, if you don't know where to start it works, but in the age of binge consumption of products... It sounds like a perfect elevator sales pitch to get someone invested. All you need is a clear answer to where one should begin, and the resources that exist(I.E.) Biomedia project.

I would certainly be interested in storytelling videos! Would they be recapping the official storylines, creating original narratives, or doing a bit of both?

i still like Bionicle to this day, despite its flaws. one of my main gripes is that evil Toa are not given enough spotlight and that Non-Toa Heroes are almost never present in the story. the only story that goes against this "good vs. evil species"-stigma, was the story where Takanuva travelled into the Pocket Dimension of the silver city and fought Kestora with the City-Building beast. and MAYBE the Alternate Kingdom Universe, where Takanuva became a Turaga. (tbh. a reboot based on this universe would've been great!) the problem is, that Greg gives his villains too much nuance to be "evil by nature", but not enough nuance to be morally complex, if you catch my drift. i KNOW, it's a story for younger people. still, that's no excuse! stories for kids can portray a more complex morality, than just "these beings are always good/evil!" if i would reboot Bionicle, i would make Makuta into something like Borderline corrupted Toa, who haven chosen evil on their own terms. that's why, in my stories i take some creative liberties, in terms of "these beings are always EEEEVIIIL!"

I will be doing audio books for the 25 novels from bionicle I just need 1 more book so that I can start

Yes preach the bonkles

Real.

Amazing video! I would however just've added that 99% of the Bionicle fan base are adults XD.

Question what your opinion on Toa Tuyet

I’m fairly sure LEGO Club wasn’t free in Denmark…

Boi, STORY TIME!!!

*Bye Bye Babylon starts playing*

Super

being such a fan of Ninjago mechs, I've recently started to get interested in Bionicle, and the prices for used sets are so dang high! why the heck do the reboot sets cost so much? I thought these were on discount for years

Audio dramas? You mean the podcast serials?

I'm really upset cause when I was a kid i could buy like the first series of bionicle but then i was playing with hero factory and thought that bionicle wasn't so good (the pieces wasn't familiar to me didn't know the lore ect)

1:12 yes do it please Unity, duty, fate everyone

If someone gave 1 billion dollars to waste, then the first I would do is use to make a proper Bionicle animated show, none of Journey to One crap or just movies.

yo is that herofactory

The creativity of this franchise can’t be understated. When I was a kid I got so fucking little of anything. I got into the series when I was 6 and I couldn’t understand any of the crazy ass big words and fictional terms greg was plastering all over the place. But at face value there always felt like there was more beneath the surface through the presentation alone. It’s that kinda thing that let your imagination go wild even if your understanding of the story is just “robots with funny names gotta fight the spooky shadow man” Bionicle 2015 failed because there was nothing of substance at all. Instead of unique designs based on a number of things to create something striking we got “skeleton” “spider” and “beast”. Okoto feels nowhere near as diverse and the lack of any combo models or wildlife or any of that adds to it. I was in major cope mode when the reboot was new but it was the most watered down thing imaginable looking back. There is no mystery to gravitate towards when there’s no evidence of any deep thought into the plot structure at all compared to everything about g1’s story footnotes being planned since the very beginning. And Lego had the gall to kill off constraction and CCBS because *they* forgot how to gravitate an audience and pretends that the audience doesn’t exist anymore to begin with. Sad

And still, no info about Bionicle sets for 2021 or at least LEGO Ideas diorama... They're wasting this universe's potential so much... Still, I believe, that if fans will keep creating fan projects not letting Bionicle die, someday Greg will return to Bionicle Universe to give us back our beloved dark-fantasy story :)

0:32 and this is exactly why I hate most of the movie designs, Kids familiar with the series, have the sets, seen the art and the commercials have already immersed themselves into a world of biomechanical mask wearers they don't need them to have goofy floating eyebrows on their masks like Vakama in MoL or masks that function and move exactly like human faces. When I was a kid that didn’t help me relate to them it was just confusing.

This is more of a retrospective than an actual essay. Good video though.

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