Probably going to tell how old I am here, but...
I forget what episode, but in "That's so Raven," Corey has some Bionicle canisters sitting on a shelf, I think of Gali and Tahu. Haven't seen the show in years. And then on this one channel, some talk show host guy asked "where are my Bionicles?" And then there was a movie sometime back that had some of the figures in them. I want to say it was the remake of "The Day the Earth Stood Still," but I might be so wrong. It might have come out the same year as that movie did. And I wanna say it was the Rahkshi that were featured, but again, it's been so long since I've seen much of anything. I'm lucky I even remember and of it.
(on an off note, I personally don't refer to the toys as "Bionicles" and as "Bionicle figures" or "Bionicle toys," so to those who don't like referring to the toys as the former, please don't get mad at me as I refer to them as the latter two terms)