Sir Kohran

Isn't Vakama's firestaff his old mask-forging tool? Never heard that before. I always thought it was just an object, not any kind of technical device. Is there any info on how/where Turaga get their tools? Yeah, it's the same Firestaff he used as a Matoran: https://biosector01.com/wiki/Firestaff Some Turaga use their transformed Toa Tools (the tools change with them when they become Turaga), and others use some other tool they have an attachment to (like Vakama's Firestaff). It's just personal preference. Source: https://biosector01.com/wiki/Badge_of_Office Okay, but what did Vakama's launcher and (as it clearly states her trident was made by her) Nokama's hydro blades transform into?

Isn't Vakama's firestaff his old mask-forging tool? Never heard that before. I always thought it was just an object, not any kind of technical device. Is there any info on how/where Turaga get their tools?

Where? Seeing as everyone in the Instagram comments is going crazy about Bionicle coming back (again).

Does a Turaga's tool have to be connected with their Toa one or ones? I don't see much in common between Vakama's disc launcher and fire staff.

I was never a huge MOCer so many of my sets have always been in the original builds, but from some rebuilding I can say there is something pleasing about having a set in its 'official' state.

Darth Jaller already pointed this out on the previous page.

It does, but did Ko-Wahi have a huge volcano sticking up over it?

Oh, my! This is getting suspicious! The picture with the canister and that caption. Extremely suspicious. I tell you. I wonder if this means G3 or the continuation of G1 by reintroducing classic stuff from the 2001 storyline (I hope either of these could happen, but I’m going with the continuation with G1 the most, and FF seems to like that idea). I don't see how G1 can continue with stuff that's already been/happened in its story. This looks more like a rerun or very close reboot to me.

1. The story was largely finished so it can't be easily continued. 2. If Lego wanted to continue it they probably would've done years ago. 3. Adding new story to a story that was already complicated will make the complication problem even worse. 4. Today's kids weren't even alive for it so for them it wouldn't be a 'return' as they wouldn't recognise it. 5. The people who would recognise it are now adults who mostly aren't interested in Lego toys anymore. Let it rest.

I can't see anything from Slizers or Roboriders being used, seeing as they ended almost twenty years ago and weren't around long enough for many people to recognise them now. I don't know if Hero Factory was close enough to Bionicle in style for a crossover to be realistic. One thing for sure, HF was told to have a planned live-action theatrical movie in 2012, even though that this movie is not made, so I think that people probably find this memorable. HF must’ve done well and be popular enough, but not as much as Bionicle. So, you’re right. RR and S/T may not be memorable because they’re too short. Hero Factory is know to do technology, so it could have a crossover with Bionicle with that kind of logo. I’m betting for a crossover for both of these successful themes, even though that I am on Bionicle more, to be honest. 1. Pretty sure that live-action movie was a hoax. I saw a note about it on Wikipedia, but I've also seen gross misunderstandings of Pascal's Wager there, too, so I wouldn't take it as gospel. I think I asked about a Hero Factory movie some years back and got told it was just a rumour. I don't think its end was anything to do with not pleasing older fans, it was down to not winning enough new fans. There wasn't much media beyond the episodes and the story moved a little too quickly for people to keep up.

I can't see anything from Slizers or Roboriders being used, seeing as they ended almost twenty years ago and weren't around long enough for many people to recognise them now. I don't know if Hero Factory was close enough to Bionicle in style for a crossover to be realistic.

Anything posted on April 1st is probably not legit. The only way it would be is if it was a devious attempt to mask a real leak as a joke to build hype when it turns out to be real, but that doesn't sound like an effective strategy. He's just posted another part of the same image. Given that April 1st was now days ago, this has to be real, whatever it is.

Sad news, rest in peace.

It got more complicated, yes, but I don't think it was 'convoluted' then because the new characters, story and their media were all directly part of the main story (apart from maybe Lhikan and Nidhiki's past). It only got convoluted once Greg started writing 'other' books that, good as they might've been, had almost nothing to do with the main story in terms of what they showed and introduced. That was largely down to the canon story getting too hard to follow due to being largely stuck in the books, and the disappearance of media like the movies and Templar stuff that people generally liked. This wasn't really a problem back in 2004.

I don't expect everyone to agree, but I think this was Bionicle's last really great year. Metru Nui was the last island that was really fleshed out, with many people, locations and creatures, the Toa Metru were likable main characters, the Morbuzahk was an interesting change from the villains there'd been before that, the story was a bit more complex but still easy to follow with the simple media available, the mystery surrounding Dume was very involving, and the movie was a huge step forward from Mask of Light with a more serious feel, better animation, better music and much stronger emotion in many scenes. The only negatives are that the Vahki didn't get a lot to do, the movie is a little rushed with how much story it tries to cover plus its ending makes most of 2005 a bit pointless, and Templar's short Vahki clips weren't much for what was, sadly, their last contribution to Bionicle.

Good to hear after the previous decline.

No, it earned its success by having a simple and enjoyable story and decent to brilliant canon media to tell that with. It went wrong when it began to abandon this approach. So, like, am I the only one on Earth who actually liked the fact that BIONICLE had an immersive, complex storyline and universe despite its humble toy line origins? And it’s not like it didn’t start out that way. According to Bob Thompson (I think), the originally planned “seven books” were drawn out even before the line was first released, and they had know idea if it would even last into 2002. It's not wrong to have a complex story at all, and (though I said above it was simple) even the 2001 story was certainly complex compared to pretty much any story Lego had made before then. It's just wrong to have a story without the right media there to help people understand it. The books weren't terrible by themselves, but they clearly didn't get the job done in terms of keeping Bionicle a big success. I guess there's quite a narrow line between a story that's complex enough to be interesting and a story that's complex and just confusing.

Even when Bionicle did return, the rise in activity wasn't extremely big or long lasting, perhaps in part because the return just wasn't on the scale of the original.

Wouldn't it be 'IIH' then? And if you want to indicate honesty you generally say 'TBH' ('to be honest', rather obviously).

So... their resistance buys them a few seconds over other Toa or Matoran, maximum; but that seems to be the full extent of it. Thanks, that's certainly helpful, but do we know whether 'ten seconds' was meant exactly or just as a simple way of saying 'not very long'? And how did they know how long he'd last? I mean, when was the last time a fire Matoran/Toa had actually been in lava to the point of dying?

Movement across a solid surface is almost always easier than moving through liquid. Bridges are there for a reason.

I can't see there being demand among the public for concerts. We're not talking about famous films, famous tunes, a particularly famous line or a particularly famous composer.

Do you know which language this was or might've been? I'd be interested to know if more name meanings could be found from it.

I guess it would depend on whether it was close enough to count as a 'retelling', or just taking preexisting mythology and telling a largely new story with it (like Disney with Hercules). If it's not the Middle East, why are there mentions of Allah, and the words 'sultan' and 'vizier'? And the film's city was originally meant to be Baghdad until the Gulf War. And none of the responses from Disney people tried to claim they were depicting a totally fictional culture or people. One of their arguments was actually "Aladdin and Jasmine are Arab!" (IE, we're depicting Middle Eastern people in a positive light.) Do you mean all this or are you being sarcastic to make a point? It's not really clearly if they were trying to retell the original story or just using it for a new story. They arguably were taken advantage of, by a company using their language for financial gain without any consideration of them. I don't think the context really matters; the basic point is that when you handle culture or other content that's associated with other people, there can easily be reactions. The men responsible obviously thought there was cause, just like the Maoris thought they had cause to be upset with Lego's use of their culture, though to their credit they didn't start killing people over it. I see what you mean, but - a bit like the English language - Japanese culture is so widespread that it isn't under threat of being distorted like Maori possibly was with Bionicle. I mean, Ninjago uses 'ninja' in a fictional setting, but I think most people do already know that ninja existed in the real world, so the use of the word 'ninja' isn't really controversial. It would depend how closely the end results resembled the original (real) elements. If there was a character exactly named 'George Washington' leading people exactly called 'Americans', then I could understand Americans reacting to it (positively or negatively). If the character and people had made up names (English or otherwise) and only vaguely resembled anything real, I probably couldn't. I feel it does, because giving the words new meanings that are irrelevant to the Maori culture/world can lead to the old 'true' meanings being replaced and forgotten. Problem is that it's not in a way that has it recognisable as a real world language with the original meanings. Kinda wonder why they chose Maori when Bionicle's overall story had almost nothing to do with the Maori culture and history. And I guess you feel Lego's use was the second? This is more a matter of how you do it and in what situation.