Bionicle Was Weird | Billiam

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Let's take a look at one of LEGO's most interesting experiments from the early 2000's: Bionicle.

[@billiam]

Error Edits: It's super cool how dedicated the Bionicle fanbase is! Thanks for pointing that I made several errors in this video. In the interest of having correct information, here's a list of the errors made. Please feel free to comment anything else I got wrong. I mispronounce and misstate several words: 1. I totally butchered the pronunciation of Māori. Also Māori refers to a group of people, not a singular tribe. 2. Kopaka as Kapooka 3. Tohunga as Toraga. The Toraga were the village elders, but The Tohunga were the generic villagers. The Tohunga were renamed the Matoran. My reference to the Matoran as "little guys" isn't for the purpose of avoiding the word tohunga. I just like calling them little guys. Aside from the part about the Māori, the purpose of this video is meant to be more of a nostalgic look back on Bionicle, rather than super informative. I also got some things wrong about Bionicle itself. 1. I referred to the rakshii as Rahi, 2. The plural of Bionicle is Bionicle. 3. I stated the Bionicle got their powers from their masks, this is only partially true. (i'm finding conflicting information) There were also some misunderstandings, which were less of a factual error on my part, and more of a failure to clearly communicate what I was saying. 1. I know Mega Blocks aren't made by Lego, lmao. This was a joke 2. When I say Bionicle was the beginning of LEGO creating their own sets, I meant to say "story based sets." I know LEGO had their own sets before this. I even show a commercial for some at the beginning of the video. Lesson: If you're going to make a video featuring a words and a language you're not familiar with, look up the pronunciation. If you're spelling words in a word processor, double check to make sure you wrote them correctly, so you don't pronounce the misspelled words.

[@Obi-Wan_Kenobi]

Can you pin this? (Also thanks for mentioning Ninjago!)

[@shadowbyname2802]

Eh, don’t feel so bad. I used to mispronounce a lot of the words from Bionicle too, including some of the names. I used to pronounce the green Piraka’s name Zack Uh Tan when it’s actually just Zack-tan. And his name is spelled Zaktann. Like I said before though, definitely give the rest of Bionicle a look through. It’s such an amazingly crafted story, full of amazing characters and beautiful landscapes. Is it lore heavy? Yeah, but you’ll definitely enjoy it. Like I said, it gets surprisingly dark for a brand marketed towards kids. And I’m not just talking about the movies.

[@dandobson5338]

Its also Rakshi not Rahi. Rahi was one of the original ones

[@imstupid880]

You also pronounce "rahkshi" as "Rahi", which is something else entirely (they're like the animals in bionicle)

[@mikeax24]

Billiam the threat of the r a h i

[@endlessmijot]

"I care more about the toys than the story" *proceeds to tell the whole lore while completely ignoring the fact that there were some massive bomb ass sets.*

[@comatose1818]

The Toa Mahri and Barraki for me, I had 5 out of the 6 Barraki and 4 out of the 6 Toa Mahri, I absolutely loved them

[@michellascaux237]

Yeah the barraki are damn cool

[@wumpus976]

He did forget about the fact that the world of Bionicle takes place in a giant robot.

[@svenrawandreloaded]

yeah that kind of killed me

[@rhysowens1]

Sir how dare you offend my religion

[@ZineTurduken]

Someone give this man Jack J a Nobel peace prize. Billiam should be demonetized.

[@jacobdavis5518]

He did a good decent try

[@lukefurno1151]

Jack J GODAMN HEATHNS AM I RIGHT.......

[@zaviertamarapa4714]

Are you nz too

[@catortoisethoughts6152]

I hope you realise that this is different from Muslims being offended over drawings of Mohammed.

[@tovmusic]

My brother was a loner and awkward but Bionicles made him so happy. I was grateful there was something to fill up his time and give him a sense of escapism.

[@dude9318]

Hope and pray he is doing better now .God will help him

[@theycallmet3061]

I hope your bro is doing better now Take care M'dude(s)

[@vishuda19]

I respect this man.

[@BugsyFoga]

Bionicle seriously needs another comeback , cause a concept so awesome shouldn't just be left in the dust .

[@cyanyde4950]

the chronicle was ended storywise genuinely wrapped up, the next adventure we're going to have with Faber is Rebel Nature and it looks exceedingly promising, Cryoshell even has a few musical scores they put out specifically for Rebel nature and Christian Faber himself is still currently working on a live action medium for it as well as art games more music and is looking to develop a few games for it, no word on any toy lines for rebel nature yet but we'll get to that bridge when we get there. for what rebel nature is it already has enough content out to pull you in and get you invested to learn more it's deep and engaging with a strong more serious storyline to it in regards to how nature itself has advanced after humanity more or less grows closer to becoming extinct.

[@theangrydweller1002]

I found rip off old bionics that for some reason had hero factory parts but they where labeled as earth warriors at a dollar store

[@JJ-sq1fv]

Their big comeback after Bionicle was Ninjago

[@ImmaLittlePip]

Well they won the poll

[@ege8240]

@@JJ-sq1fv i didnt like ninjago nearly enough

[@hazelnutqurdrel7399]

when i was 11, I memorized the Bionicle alphabets. I still remember it to this day

[@ancientdarkness3102]

I use it for writing secret stuff

[@joonas394]

*Writes meme quotes in matoran*

[@hazelnutqurdrel7399]

@@ancientdarkness3102 i used to use it to write in my diary

[@Mr.Foxhat]

Same with me except with the Hylian language in Zelda Twilight Princess.

[@imranfakhruddin502]

👑

[@justatogepienjoyingchocolate]

Stepin in the club like: Y O Y O P I R A K A

[@KOT_AMV]

The fact that it took me this long to find this comment is unacceptable. Where my piraka bois at?

[@Nebla_idk]

Do you have the p word pass?

[@MegaHomero13]

@@KOT_AMV PirakA GvnG

[@GUYEG1985]

E

[@sinistrality7883]

am I weird for telling you guys that my only memory of Piraka is that weird Mcdonald's toy tie-in that wasn't even compatible with the regular sets?

[@sams.6315]

I can't hear the word bionicle without saying "each sold separately" in my head

[@g_y.rtz420]

lmao

[@seth8121]

"Ask you parent's first."

[@kevinrosario2729]

Also "ask for your parents' permission to go online"

[@honestmistake8167]

Actually, the guy who voiced Jaller(the yellow and red guy) was supposed to voice Takua(the blue and red guy) but the actors got the lines mixed up and it just seemed to work.

[@joshholland8564]

He sounds like ice man from X-men evolution

[@googleyoflolz9930]

Bruh I love how you named them by color lmao

[@PaPaSea]

Barack Obama was my favorite Bionicle

[@pyroinc4859]

PaPaSea Bolrok Obama

[@horricule451]

PaPaSea same

[@flyingpiggles1034]

Bohrok obama was the best thing since good guy.

[@SmartAlec1]

Barraki Obama. I've waited nearly ten years to make that pun.

[@kylefrank638]

No one has ever made that joke, I'm so glad this guy wrote such an original script.

[@Mr8bitaddict]

Bionicle was my thing

[@destinyphongmany5706]

IT WAS MY SHIT!

[@96ace96]

I remember watching the 'Mask of Light' movie multiple times and being convinced it was the greatest thing ever. I refuse to watch it as a grown up. It would destroy my childhood.

[@daisukidesu5945]

dude the fucking rolly things were the shit, i loved how you could transform them into a little ball and roll them

[@shuhratkessikbayev8886]

Daddy when I was a kid I had the under water Bionicle and always wanted the Rakhshi and the Pirakha

[@drapala97]

I'd draw the Light Bionicle so many fucking times in the school.... Now I know why I can't remember shit.

[@bruwuce3184]

Jesus christ that commercial with the all american regects song hit me in the face with so much nostalgia that I was unprepared for that I almost broke my neck

[@firingallcylinders2949]

90s kids unite!

[@jlee7811]

I remember my parents buying me a copy of Mask of Light in a grocery store in 2004 and I was engrossed in the lore. I remember they made a sequel on a new continent that I think was a prequel. It was nuts that they created this

[@ItsButterBean1020]

I never had Bionicle but fuck I remember the movie as a kid

[@ethanhurt8249]

Bionicles were lit af and the lore was amazing even disregarding the fact that they were children’s toys.

[@5Account5]

Yes, it was so complex, it had so big universe, different islands or even planets... Dayum, I wish this series lasted a bit longer

[@bluesap7318]

Francisco yesh

[@namesnotjoe1394]

The lore was kinda dark tbh

[@deepsupport11]

Title should be "Bionicle was so cool." That was my experience

[@Megamean09]

This story didn't just fly off the rails, it got trapped in the Mask of Life and shot out of the universe the rails are IN.

[@epsilon6516]

Well, you got just about every lore detail and character name wrong, but the most important Bionicle fact of all was the one thing that you got right: as a 7-year-old, these toys were kick-ass.

[@epsilon6516]

And yes, the first gen was the best by far.

[@PikachuLittle]

Nick Shermer I’ve always been more of a Metru guy myself. Both because that set was the first one where I really had a big boy allowance to get them all, and because the storyline was really interesting.

[@kumatorahaltmanndreemurr]

As an 18 year old the toys are still kickass

[@Kids_Scissors]

Yes. I had a huge dark blue figue with a supposed sea theme, does anyone know his name?

[@SteelBoxStudios]

Salad Fingers Gadunka?

[@taiwanisacountry]

I was that kid with a lot of Lego. Because my mother was a founding member of Denmark's biggest and first real Lego fan Club. I went to conventions, competions, and a lot like that. Met people from all over the world, who all loved Lego. All coming to little Denmark to show off what they have been building. And I was there too, a little 11 year old, side by side with people traveling from, Japan, US, Canada, Brazil. And it is first now as an adult, that I appreciate that time, more than "Fun and free Cola"

[@palecaptainwolfkayls8499]

I love this story

[@ck-1649]

Bioncle was one of the most coolest things that 7 year old me experienced

[@JM-vl3cy]

Bionicle was the real shit back in the days. And also you guys not really into the series have NO IDEA how freakin huge the lore is. Even though the latest sets kinda sucked, I really miss all these guys :(

[@Da_Swifta]

JM I thought the New like of sets were good as far as toys go, but scrapping all the lore and changing the aesthetic of the entire franchise to resemble Hero Factory was a mistake. I would’ve loved to see them release more Bionicle sets in the Mistika or the Glatorian style with more up-to-date, higher quality pieces, but keeping to the same aesthetic.

[@justinw2028]

Hero factory is better. TAKUAAAAAA

[@KnightYoloswagster]

The last line of sets sucked so bad i completely forgot about them, i thought the last line was those with the flying gimicks

[@blueman4232]

@@Da_Swifta I agree, the new kopaka set (the first new one, the second one sucked) looked amazing

[@MishIssel]

I am only as old as the theme. The first set I got was the blue Visorak but I didn't catch onto things until the Glatorians. When the G2 sets showed up I made sure to snag all 6 toa which are still proudly displayed in my room.

[@JMG316]

Change the title. Don't you ever disrespect Bionicle like that ever again

[@bspiekerman]

It's not necessarily disrespectful. It's just the truth. Bionicle was weird. It was weird and wonderful.

[@toadgatter7512]

brian spiekerman you shut up it’s amazing

[@Liggliluff]

@@toadgatter7512 It was weird and amazing?

[@manamongmen3381]

It was weird though. that's the main reason I liked it.

[@ThomasMCGaming]

@@bspiekerman I think it was a joke.

[@bartoszjanprzybyszewski1891]

2:37 id love for him to be named The Pope

[@andycopeland7051]

Lol no one would bat an eye at LEGO naming a character "the pope"

[@Sailor_S]

While I totally agree, Catholicism has so many representations in media and has it's own large body of followers. The Māori are a small group, even less known in the early 2000s then now, so possible incorrect or ignorant portrayals of their people is going to cause many more misconceptions and disrespect to an already small minority.

[@tidepodpadthai2633]

@@Sailor_S they still overreacted lmao

[@tatfly5779]

@@tidepodpadthai2633 Aye their reaction solidified my hate for the culture at the time).And I loved all the smaller and native tribe themes.

[@USCena]

I 2nd that. We also have a pro wrestler Elijah Burke that goes by the moniker The Pope, and that was way back in 2009 and no Catholics batted an eye and I should know (I'm one of them) lol.

[@maxwellnormandy7521]

Dude when I was a kid I watched mask of light so many times

[@kris_0520]

Maxwell Normandy Me too man

[@ironicchannelname6457]

Me too bro

[@matthew5200]

It's so odd finding other people with literally the exact same childhood as yours

[@jerrel.writes]

Maxwell Normandy holy shit. Same

[@KC-lc3qz]

Same

[@Dhfhdhdjsj]

Fun fact in the ninjago city docks set. In the map room, there is a map of the bionicle island

[@billiam]

oooh, that's cool .

[@lannobile7260]

Title correction: Bionicle Was Awesome Also, I was part of the Lego Club during this time period and even entered into the sweepstakes to win a solid gold Mask of Light. Didn't win unfortunately. They gave out the most recent comic edition every month and I kept up my subscription for years, so I was kept up with the lore fairly well...

[@m00nrac00n]

Bionicle was iconic and one of the coolest looking kids toys EVER. The mix of exotic nature tribes,insects and robots was totally unique and worked so well in my opinion.

[@thenerdbeast7375]

I'm surprised you didn't bring up the fact the premise of nature-wielding magical robots is weird in and of itself, generally the idea of sci-fi and robotics is like the opposite of nature and fantasy. It was weird but I thought it was really cool at the same time, the aesthetic and setting was very unique and I can't think of another franchise like this.

[@neptuneplaneptune3367]

They arent Robots. At all. The Toys just where not able to represent the Fact that they have Flash and Organs.

[@thenerdbeast7375]

@@neptuneplaneptune3367 Not only did the toys look like robots, the commercials, movies and comics also depicted them as robots. Robots with some bio-engineered parts sure, but still robots.

[@Shagamaw-100]

@@thenerdbeast7375 More like cyborgs from what prophet has heard though both cyborgs and robots are rather sci-fi either way.

[@thegrouchization]

@@Shagamaw-100 They're machines with biological components, with a couple of exceptions. The Toa Mata were pretty much entirely robotic at the start of the story due to their organic parts deteriorating during their time in the canisters (incidentally, this is also why they were shown assembling themselves in early cinematics), while the characters introduced in 2009 were organic with an unspecified level of cybernetic augmentation.

[@Shagamaw-100]

@@thegrouchization Okay Prophet just thought assumed they were cyborgs to some extent though prophet is no expert on bionicle.

[@JustinY.]

It's time for adult swim to make the Bionicle anime

[@protondecay3207]

Justin Y. shoo

[@truec0re193]

Bro.... Oh shit you commented 12 hours ago that's the earliest I've ever randomly seen your comment watching random suggested stuff lol

[@oyeh8908]

No thanks, we don’t need a sexualized Gali.

[@barley2469]

Damn dude, I see you on a lot of things I like but Bionicle? that's surprising.

[@whydoyouexist9721]

"sexualized Gali" lmao pls no

[@pepsiman7453]

8:31 _bionicles fucking t posing_ _this is what reaching nirvana looks like_

[@kadenbarone2014]

I’m a simple man. I see bionicle and hear all American rejects, I give a like

[@0715yt]

That commercial was the dopest shit to me as an 8 year old or whenever it came out. Still love it to this day for the nostalgia

[@radioactiverat8751]

Bruh, Bionicle was my fucking childhood. I forgot how much of it. My old friend and I loved those things.

[@javierstrive3356]

2007 - 2011 Memories

[@higgsbonbon]

remember when Mata Nui was just a landmass that settled on top of a planet-sized god-robot and all of the Bionicle characters were literally its immune system with amnesia good times

[@0hate9]

Wait, what?

[@magosleibowitz9626]

Yep, best plot twist of my childhood

[@TheDigitalWatcher]

Yeah, overtime LEGO completely killed everything that was special about the lore. The biggest offender was when we found out Makuta wasn't a god of darkness as powerful as Mata Nui, but merely the most powerful member of a species made by Mata Nui (or was it the creator gods above Mata Nui?). Teridax is such a lame name.

[@melelconquistador]

they were the immune system?

[@davidwuhrer6704]

Isn't that just a rehash of Transformers lore?

[@silverslayer6262]

6:19 Fun fact: some Matoran (the little guys) actually become Toa (the big kids). (Also, never underestimate them, some of them are very crucial to the story, like Matoro)

[@bearboy9162]

*see’s title* Me: SAY SIKE RIGHT NOW!!

[@ViruzOfWoW]

I remember my shoes breaking when walking in to Legoland in Denmark, my parents bought me a pair of Bionicle sneakers with red masks on them and I was so happy!

[@vitgardon4896]

You lucker. I want one too

[@pokaru2581]

Neons I wish I had those shoes

[@benjamindavey4782]

That's amazing. If I have any kids who like Lego I'm taking them there. I never went to Billund legoland as a kid.

[@gadgez_]

Hey, are they the ones that had removable Tahu Nuva masks? I had those shoes too!

[@Nebla_idk]

You are so lucky

[@dante36807]

The fish monster bionicles are the coolest shit

[@bismuth8387]

Yeah, they killed the inika too.

[@snugglyhedgehog]

Nah man, those crazy spider bros with the skinny bits on top? That could fly?

[@lief90]

the Vizorak

[@kieranschafer5180]

The Rahkshi are the best

[@burntman]

I had the blue one with the weird teeth and shit

[@PaulWillisJr]

My favorite part of the whole Bionicle thing as a kid aside from the toys were the two excellent online flash games. Truly shaped my outlook as a writer even through today.

[@BPTK162]

When I was in College I came across a download for the original Mata Nui Online Game. Over a decade later it’s still one of the shortcuts on my desktop. That first flash game was the pinnacle of my middle school computer club days

[@jakedewey3686]

I scrolled for too long before I found this. I remember playing a point-and-click adventure game online that I absolutely loved. I wonder if it's still out there somewhere...

[@higgsbonbon]

@@jakedewey3686google Biomedia project. Have fun!

[@Gregorhocknull]

Bionicles were weird but I was in LOVE with it.

[@HellishSpoon]

Rakshi's were awesome, They were basically "if xenomorphs were robots with spears" And i love it.

[@Dang00TheAlienIAmTheRealOne]

HELL SPOON so true

[@nexidal9656]

I still have all 6 of them and boy was it fun when at the end of the manual I saw how you could "fuse" 3 on 1 big creature.

[@MegaChickenfish]

I noticed one of the boss monsters in DOOM 2016 was styled very similar to Rakshis, with the possessing slug in a robotic exoskeleton.

[@devilgene3154]

Are those the ones that had spikes along their back?

[@that1guy350]

@@devilgene3154 no those were pirakas

[@Wixhael]

Bionicle was my jam as a kid. I was obsessed with Tahu. Weirdly enough, I was introduced to it through the comic. I read that thing so much the pages fell out. I didn't even realize they were a part of LEGO until years later, despite the fact that I collected Lego at the same time.

[@skazora]

Onua was my first ever Bionicle when I was really young and I've loved him ever since, and still have the bohrok/rahkshi/nuva/toa nuva (forgive me if I spelt anything wrong, I know the pronunciation down pat is all)

[@skazora]

Michael King Pohatu, sir

[@shot040]

lol same. I still have a stack of the comics I got through Lego magazine. Most of pages are just floating together.

[@aaa-dj9bx]

I remember playing a sponsored Bionicle game on Roblox when I was a kid lol

[@flyde6521]

That PS2 game was the best gaming experience ever, so emotional. It beat "The last of Us" by a landslide.

[@houselik]

Bionicle was a good lego and a memories for me.

[@classtilton871]

As a new zealander this video hurt to hear 😅🤣😂 "mayoori" lol!

[@MrRhysReviews]

As an Australian I also felt the pain my man 🤣

[@ardinhelme687]

*owns 48 Bohrok* *feels no shame*

[@max84678]

we must awake the swarm! =3

[@a-s-greig]

*_Clean it._*

[@ardinhelme687]

That'd be 48 of the common Bohrok, I plan to have an equal number of Bohrok Va, as well as a complete set of Bohrok Kal. If you group all of those as well as the queens under the title "Bohrok" then I suppose I currently have 48 of an intended 104. The intent is to have one for each Krana, excluding the Krana-Kal because there are canonically only 6 Bohrok Kal.

[@peterbrooke7146]

After bionicle didnt they make a thing called hero factory i seem to remember that really well

[@CennoSoldier]

Peter Brooke ye

[@shieldgenerator7]

yeah it wasnt nearly as good same with Ninjago's successor, Legends of Chima

[@xGxPhantomZzz]

Hero factory was awesome too but bionicle was better

[@StarboyXL9]

Hero Factory was good but it just couldn't really replace Bionicle

[@xGxPhantomZzz]

truuuu

[@therealarien]

I went through a Bionicle renaissance in my early 20's and got a bunch of used ones off eBay to make animations with. The ball joints were perfect for animating with!

[@MrWhite-jc2ri]

Me: **Sees title** Also me: *SAY SIKE RIGHT NOW!!!*

[@kanchomerocks12]

Man... The lore this shit had was insane

[@toatahu2003]

Yep. Turns out the "great spirit" Mata Nui was actually a continent-sized giant robot whose face was under the Island "Mata Nui"... I did not see that coming...

[@kanchomerocks12]

Toa Tahu yeah, then there was Nidhiki who used to be a Toa, but became a bad guy, Makuta's name is actually Teridax and he's from a race called Makuta, then there's a Teridax from another universe who's a good guy...

[@toatahu2003]

Yep. And also Tren Krom, basically a Cthulu/brain flesh creature that was originally suppose to be the Mata Nui robot's brain...

[@kanchomerocks12]

Toa Tahu and Toa Tuyet, a Toa who was evil all along but tricked everyone else.

[@RokuroCarisu]

Takanuva, a literal deus ex machina. What a hateboner I had for that guy...

[@jahhger]

The worst part was accidentally breaking the edge of a arm and it would barely be on or it would be broken forever.

[@dbexodia10]

Братуха Сука I feel this on a spiritual level.

[@keithrockel410]

Братуха Сука big mood

[@daimonicreality1590]

I fucking hated when that happened

[@17plus9]

Yeah, they weren't robust at all.

[@Coggler101010]

Ow.. My heart.. Why did you remind me of this. DX

[@Omachronic8326]

my parents are divorced at my dads, he would play this movie on repeat every night. i litterally pushed that outta my head until this video, THANKS BILLIAM

[@the_boys3336]

I remember when I was young I was watching a Bionicle and I looked at my fish and it died I was sad

[@BallisticGhast6]

The snack that smiles back

[@CircaSriYak]

It's time to make the bionicle anime

[@SormonAusPol]

Probs some guy in Japan who really want to make one

[@RokuroCarisu]

Heck, make it a Sentai!

[@air-headedaviator1805]

If the put shonen level effort into a bionicle inspired story, I could finally close the door on my childhood in peace.

[@microplasticsinurblud]

Or make a Bionicle RPG where you start as a lowly mataron but can slowly level up and choose the path of good (toa) or evil (makuta/dark hunters)

[@air-headedaviator1805]

Bryson Contreras I would totally be a Makuta.

[@CelestialDraconis]

God damn, I used to watch Bionicle Web of Shadows endlessly. And the amount of custom made bionicles I made was insane. Those were the good days. I still have a box full of bionicle pieces, weapons, and armour in my attic.

[@nothing3065]

Yeah, Web of Shadows is amazing! Of course, all of Bionicle movies were awesome.

[@aliss7128]

Man i miss my toa hordika i used to have onewa

[@templar7377]

*Are* *You* *Selling?*

[@kiaranrios3270]

Web of shadows was the best lol

[@lunarunity7122]

Mask of Life for the win.

[@otaking3582]

Bionicle was basically the Overwatch of its day, explaining all of its lore and storylines in multiple different supplementary material instead of just putting it all in one spot

[@vulpixie__]

oh shit, that’s why overwatch’s story telling didnt phase me in the slightest when my friends were having so much trouble with it

[@_ghost.house_3008]

you said legends of chima and i felt like i had a war flashback

[@umbra1016]

The point-and-click adventure game on Lego's website was one of my favorite games of all time.

[@draskk3471]

oh my god dawg it was fucking good, i agree wholeheartedly

[@Cheese162534]

Came looking in the comics to see if anyone else remembered it. So good. And the music was great.

[@Th0rn5555]

I just can't describe how cool it was, I just loved it

[@Midwest123]

omfg. i never saved my progress- i would always start over but damn it was fun

[@evanhanke3396]

hell yes, that was a deep ass cut but so lit

[@ProudCanadian777]

Bionicle was weird but still they're every man's fetish

[@metalsludge8205]

pls do not sexualize the bohrok

[@claxcyr]

I wouldn't say "fetish" but yeah they were cool.

[@daimonicreality1590]

Damn right

[@MrSingaporeproductio]

men only want one thing and its fucking disgusting

[@abointedtoyblingofmats]

Yikes

[@Kuhmuhnistische_Partei]

I saw this video and thought "Hey, I think I had some of those". Then I clicked through the Bionicle Wiki and I realized: I had more than just a few. I think I had most of the Toa, all of the Bohrok, most of the Barraki, all of the Piraka and probably even more. But I don't remember any video games or comics. I live in Germany, so maybe it wasn't that hard advertised. So I never really knew about the official story. I remember that I often had a favorite character of each race and that I gave that character all the good weapons. Some of my Bohrok for example had two of the shields at each hand. But I don't remember how I really played with them. I never just played with one kind of toy, all of my toys were part of my own 'universe' or 'kingdom'. And my best friend thought really similar about his toys, so when we played together, we always planned a while which toys we choose to 'send' to that other world. I still know that I used the Barraki and the Piraka as strange sea creatures. Except the ice Piraka, that was the evil undead king of the ice realm.The Piraka had those weird exo-skelettons or whatever it was meant to be. In my mind those were the actual beings. Every time they were beaten, they would just disconnect from the body, fly away and build another body somewhere else.

[@ethanthefrank2973]

There was nothing better than getting home from toys r us and cracking a cold one with the boys

[@SlytheWarrior]

The more and more I think about it the more I realize Bionicle was the first edgy Lego theme.

[@notgray88]

Remember web of shadows? That shit was edgy AF

[@kumatorahaltmanndreemurr]

I can't remember the name, but the book where the Toa Metru are transporting the comatose Matoran to Mata Nui actually scared me as a kid. Those books had some creepy shit.

[@ethiosalvatori]

@@kumatorahaltmanndreemurr Aw, gross, I think I remember what you're talking about and it creeps me out

[@MilestheDirtyMindedGoblin2099]

@@ethiosalvatori what is it? I wanna read it

[@jmanakajosh9354]

@@ryebread117_ im legit still sad.

[@dana-vx9wi]

Me talking about bionicle lore Everyone else at the funeral

[@Jdmenendez22]

Everyone at Matoro's funeral

[@sachiel197]

I'd be listening to you like you're a prophet

[@m4rk3rz_]

That one guy at the funeral: Then what happend

[@M50A1]

Who let this crack head in

[@GenericProtagonist118]

I'm surprised with how popular Bionicle was that it isn't considered the 2000's equivalent to the Masters of the Universe line.

[@iamliljeffie2305]

IDK if it’s just me but the smell I remember from a new Bionicle was to put it short ADDICTING.

[@shinji4269]

Without bionicle LEGO wouldn’t by this popular as now

[@ducpham1478]

They'd even go bankrupt if Bionicle wasn't a thing back then. It truly is the savior of them back in the day

[@-Gous-]

@@ducpham1478 true even I loved this series as a kid, never cared for other Lego shit

[@cmcm2675]

Now I can never make other lego bionicle sets, destroy small bits that look good, and put them on my own horrific bionicle master builds

[@calvinlee8103]

Pretty interesting Bionicle/Lego company story; When I was in fifth grade, I wrote a letter to Lego (I think to the CEO, but I'm not positive) telling them that I loved Bionicle, and that Gali was my favorite (even including a crude drawing of it). But the rest of the letter was me asking them to send me a Gali mask in green instead of blue; I wasn't even polite about it, I just talked about how cheap they must be to make, so giving me one for free was no big deal. I was kinda being a dick. But sure enough, a couple weeks later I got an envelope from Lego; inside was a generic "thanks for being a fan" type of letter from the CEO (I'm sure they sent out thousands of them, but I didn't know that as a kid). But sure enough, inside some bubble wrap in the envelope was the exact mask that I asked them for. I thought it was a one-of-a-kind mask made just for me, and that it was worth huge sums of money. It's funny looking back on it now, but it was still really awesome of Lego to send me that mask for free, even though I was kind of shitty the way I asked for it. Still, ever since then I've really loved Lego as a company; they didn't have to send free shit to some dumb kid, but they still went out of their way to do so, and that was so cool of them. (My green-masked Gali was the shit.)

[@dominusempyreus2383]

Do you have pictures?

[@calvinlee8103]

Dominus Empyreus - No, but I'm sure there are pictures of other ones out there. I don't know if they still sell them, but when I was a kid you could buy Bionicle blind bags that had 2 or 3 masks in them; they were just the regular masks, only in different colors. I'm pretty sure that's where the mask came from; it was just a normal Gali mask, except instead of transparent blue, it was transparent green. Back then you probably could've found the same one in those blind bags (though you'd probably have to search through a lot of those bags to find it.) I sure hope it wasn't anything actually rare, because I donated all my lego stuff years ago. I don't think it was worth anything though. Just a cool chunk o' plastic that made a kid happy.

[@calvinlee8103]

Grant M - Wow, that's great of them to do. I'm glad they also do nice things for kids who deserve it, not just kids like me, being brats and asking for free stuff. They really seem like a great company.

[@Skycapten93]

Calvin Lee great story. I love that. These were the days.... when you could write a letter to your favorite company and they would just respond and possibly fulfill your wish.... great stuff.

[@Jmgjgdjd5]

I don't think that green Gali mask (with goggles?) exists officially

[@CaptainCretaceous91]

Man, I miss Bionicle. I loved those colors.

[@mychemicalbromance97]

this was nostalgia all over the place mildly because I had vague memories of bionical but then the all american rejects clip played and I was brought back to reality, classic

[@air-headedaviator1805]

Bionicle is the best, for more than the unique sets and cool aesthetics, but because I could join in the fun without having to buy all of them; the story was super weird and intense and angsty enough for a young preteen me to get overly attached too to this day.

[@notgray88]

I still remember the edgy Cryo soundtrack that played with the commercials and games during 2007-8

[@mmirlas2820]

@@notgray88 That band has actually been making a comeback.

[@notgray88]

@@mmirlas2820 real shit? I'll have to go check them out. I miss 2008 bionicles.

[@mmirlas2820]

@@notgray88 yeah, they're here on KZbin. They've been kind of slow to do things over the years, because they have lives too, but they're definitely back.

[@dragonmaster613]

You have filled me with overwhelming nostalgia! How dare you! I miss my old toys now.

[@annabelthegreat]

I always thought I'd imagined Bionicle, my brother had a few then I never saw it ever again!

[@austinkim9402]

The Bionicle lore is actually pretty fkin dark if you get deep into it.

[@Matoro-wp9hy]

Especially if you consider what happens on Voya Nui

[@austinkim9402]

Lesovikk's team :c

[@Matoro-wp9hy]

Remaining citizens of Karda Nui

[@mackthehackfraud5965]

Tren Krom died horribly. There’s a reason that there was no movie for the Stars line.

[@Matoro-wp9hy]

Mack Meikle, wasn't tren krom a fully organic being?

[@tommynobaka]

Don't matter how old I am, Bionicles will always be dope

[@clorotch3259]

Rathanak Vlogs mood

[@seqtour4412]

Hell yeah

[@dandygun7786]

Snapping together Bionicle pieces is so therapeutic

[@jackcutter2]

Did you just say the first Bionicle movie wasn't amazing?! Heresy! Burn him! How can you not love "TAKUAAAAA" being yelled?!

[@LaniakeaLeathercrafts]

I don't think I loved anything more than I loved Bionicle as a kid.

[@Hello_there_obi]

Noah McCoy what about actual lego?

[@coryhudek8743]

Matt Bolt I was more into bionicles than I was for lego

[@ImDatOoz]

same ! and strandberg too :p

[@Jarjarbinksreallife]

It's always a pleasant surprise whenever someone outside of the little fandom makes a video about the toyline. Dusting off the old plastic for a nostalgic review never gets old.

[@alecman95]

Ahhh the one that couldn’t stand straight, it’s really weird LEGO hasn’t done anything about it. Thanks for the childhood memories

[@iBenjamin1000]

thank you king, for getting the all american rejects stuck in my head

[@cathycrow7158]

The Maori weren't upset over the word Turaga, it was the word Tohunga. The Problem wasn't just the fact that they used the word, it was because the used it to refer to bionicle's generic villager characters.

[@DrBepis-jl1ti]

In the Maori language, Tohunga is a term for a spiritual healer, and using the term to describe generic villagers was considered disrespectful.

[@septiquaddoubleyou4019]

Hence they renamed them “Matoran”

[@Luka1180]

Dr. Bepis It actually has many meanings, including simply an expert craftsman or expert in any field.

[@henryrice9263]

Septiquad Doubleyou I always wondered why that change happened as a kid! Thanks for clearing that up for me, lifelong mystery solved

[@RokuroCarisu]

Tohunga means "worker", if I remember correctly... But what else would you call robots that build stuff?

[@RandProductions45]

I never realized how much I miss Bionicle until seeing this video.

[@ontos8914]

Actually im pretty sure it was the word "tohunga" not "turaga" it was changed into Matoran in the second year, the Toa that were in "Heroes" were the McDonald's figures from 2001 who became the new Toa in the 2006 line

[@artisticevan2358]

Dude I still have some of my old ones up in my closet somewhere. They were so dope.

[@ImaginatorJoren]

Man I love Bionicle. I followed it to the end when I got into the lore around the Toa Inika wave and after that I circled back in time to the Toa Nuva and continued from there while I waited for the next comic to come out. By the way I got the comics for free in my LEGO magazine subscriptions. I was always excited about the next issue!

[@patrickwhiteford4268]

Joseph Renna the free comics in the Lego magazine really got me into the bionicle lore, I loved those

[@Siasonboy]

I still have those 4 issues still in the unopened plastic, put away and no damaged

[@timothyhayes9724]

I remember those comics so well! I wonder what became of mine??? I think they're probably back at my parent's place. Time to go closet diving.

[@Matoro-wp9hy]

Bionicle Legends was so good when I was younger. They'd probably be easy reads now, since their in size 4 font, and about 80 pages per book

[@ImaginatorJoren]

Timothy Lei I followed it to the end

[@volatile5460]

I used to think _"How good of a story can a toy line have?"_ Then I read the books...

[@kylefrank638]

Time Trap, dude.

[@volatile5460]

Kyle Frank Inferno?

[@6powersofM]

Snailiens

[@Zorro9129]

Why do you think MLP:FiM caught on?

[@volatile5460]

Zorro9129 I have no idea what that is and I don't think I want to know.

[@espada0687]

I remember getting my first Bionicle at five below. My two friends had the white and red ones so I wanted one too. Later they told me that the one I picked (blue) was a girl.

[@AllAboutJane]

I grew up with an older brother, so I had (and still have) a love for legos. My brother was able to build cars that looked like it was from a kit, but he made it up and had no instructions. He was crazy talented with them.

[@venny5589]

How cloning nelson mandela can bring back bioncle

[@goblinman9649]

Venny MASON? Are you fucking kidding me?

[@goblinman9649]

how is that a r/whoosh, even in the original meme it says nelson. Fucking dingus head

[@venny5589]

ok i'll edit it

[@goblinman9649]

Thanks dad

[@JagDBD]

The hero we need

[@springben6384]

I had some Bionicles and gave them to a daycare in my town. Now some toddlers will know the greatness of them Edit: In my town there are two daycares one of them is for toddlers the other one is for 9-13+ year old kids and I gave the Bionicles to the daycare with the 9-13+ kids

[@epsilon6516]

I respect that. Why hold on to our childhoods, puting them on shelves and never using them when we can pass on the good times to younger generations? (Which I realise now is the plot of toy story 3. Whoops.)

[@Heinedunks2035]

They were given to a daycare though... I can imagine all the broken parts ;( but at least some may grow to love Bionicle as much as we did

[@koutakazuraba5309]

Those poor, poor bionicle limbs...

[@sadladd]

Those were thrown away within a week.

[@Coreisus]

or yknow, choke on the pieces cuz they're for 7 and up and daycares are 2 to 5 year olds

[@theSwayne]

God I love your channel I just keep watching and getting extra nostalgic, i was one of those kids that was way into the lore of these

[@ganjjabarsmedium2347]

Ryan: “it’s the 90’s”

[@rockagold3819]

8:34 all 6 Toa Mata hitting that **T p o s e**

[@TimSlee1]

Shall I *T-POSE* ?

[@Spore9996]

I still have all of them on my shelf next to my computer as I write this XD

[@StarboyXL9]

I can imagine that memes of Bionicle sets doing the T-pose will soon flood Comment Awards...

[@JebeTheGreat]

I absolutely adored Bionicle Heroes. I loved how after beating the boss fights, they'd end up in the little zoo area where you'd buy different items for them to interact with.

[@PrimeDiam]

Hands down my favorite game ever.

[@astoria_1834]

The shaders made it beautiful. Love how the levels looked in the game

[@Fellow_geto_enjoyer]

Can you please make a part 2 to this video where you show off your whole BIONICLE collection

[@tobequitefranco]

Really wanted you to mention the mata nui online game. I played that a lot in elementary school and never figured out if i was doing it right lol Also, Mask of Light had a tie-in rpg game that was pretty good.

[@OjamaLemon]

i fkn love Bonkle

[@machine-shopbilly6584]

Eventually you wont

[@microplasticsinurblud]

Bill Davis Not true. You may grow out of them but the nostalgia will bring you back!

[@Dargonhuman]

Bill Davis I'm 36 and I still have and love all of my old Bionicle toys - I even have them proudly on display in my house. The reboot left a bad taste in my mouth, but the old school ones are still near and dear to my heart and always will be. From what I've seen and heard around the fandom, the only people who fell out of love with Bionicle are the people who were too young to understand the scope and complexity of the lore at the time, but older fans are still invested in it and hold it up as a modern mythology on par with the stories of Camelot, Robin Hood and Narnia.

[@GlorifiedShed]

I'm 15 and have a lode of them desplayed in my house, the Mata I have being older than I. I started collecting in 2009 (The last true year of bionicle) and from there had to buy from Ebay which can be quite pricy for good condition sets, but I am proud to be part of the comunity, even if I joined a bit late.

[@Dargonhuman]

mr pigron Don't use ebay for old Bionicle sets, check sites like bricklink; even if the set is missing the box/canister or instructions, it's not hard to find all the components for a complete set on there for far cheaper than ebay. If you have the money, I would also suggest looking into per-pound lot sales of assorted pieces and using sites like rebrickable and brickinstructions.com to sort the pieces and figure out which sets you have the pieces to put together and which parts are missing that can be replaced through bricklink.

[@highlife91211]

“How cloning Nelson Mandela could bring back Bionicle”

[@wolfgarthefirst5735]

FUN FACT: roses are red Narnia's a chronical

[@randompanda3415]

FUN FACT: Mandela regularly used car bombs on civilians and his wife brought about the torture of putting a tire around someone's neck and setting it on fire.

[@liamdell6319]

Random Panda I'd like to see some citation on that one.

[@highlife91211]

Random Panda Mandele was a racist piece of shit he made the foundation of the horros white people have to go through in south afrika but what has this to do with anything?

[@dapp3r_dunce_357]

I remember when I was really little I used to love playing with bionicles all the time. Crazy how they don't really sell them anymore.

[@NecroEddie]

So basically, Bionicles were the 2000's version of 80's He-man toy marketing

[@crimsonshadow1140]

7:03 you’re very darn close, in the story the Piraka actually pretend to be toa in order to take control of Voya Nui

[@flyingpiggles1034]

In my opinion, 2007 was the best year, and if not its definitely my favorite. The barraki were really unique and looked as natural as the building style for bionicle could get. All the villains before 2007 were just copy and pasted versions of each other in different colors. Once you have one, you basically have them all. Heck, the fact that each barraki is so unique is the reason why they're the only wave of villains I collected. The designs for the Toa Mahri did look strange at first, but they have grown on me after a while. Not to mention they were the last year to have the normal system brick sets, which were the only bad thing. also i'm just a sucker for underwater themes.

[@VikingSchism]

Plus there was *that* trailer, you know the one

[@Cumbercuke]

Too bad those little crossbow things they had just didn't work.

[@Luka1180]

Logan Benton They did for me. But not always.

[@willschryver]

Rahi.

[@explodingrubiescollectorof7888]

Flyingpiggles10 yes 2007 has good stuff in it bionicle bakugan you know all the toys I loved at the time and I still love today

[@JayCrosby32]

I still remember the smell of opening up a new bionicle till this day

[@elninoson5282]

90s kid mostly only had a giant box of blocks