Looking back on the 9 years of Bionicle, I've decided to share a small history of me and Bionicle.
2001:Really the only things I can remember from here was Getting Maku from Mcdonalds, getting Gali from my (Then)Tenant, and hiding in my parents room attempting to save my Lewa poster from certain doom .
2002:My recollections of this year are even worse then 01, but I remember wandering the aisles of TRU with a Pahrak clutched in my little 5-year-old hands. Ah, good times.
2003:Only memorys I have here is getting ALL SIX RAHKSHI from a nieghbor(Who is still a freind of the family), he gives me awesome presents <3. And also getting the Takanuva 003 WITH SPARKLY AVHOKII for Christmas.
2004:Fortunately, my memories start getting clearer here. Anyway, I remember getting Toa Metru Vakama and bringing him over to my Grandparents house to build him, and I marveled at all the new molds(It took me 5 minutes to have a good look at them), and I remember the build was challenging for me at the time, now?I can build a Toa Metru Blindfolded. Anyway, I also remember building Dume and Nivawk, and learning the important lesson of:Just because you can't find a piece in two minutes, doesn't mean it isn't there. And the joy after finally opening the Toa Lhikan and Kikinalo set, I loved that set to pieces(Literally ).
2005:ah 05, I remember getting Keelarak and finding he was missing an eye piece, getting Roparak from my freind, and him insisting I build him then and there, and finding Keetongu and Sidorak under the tree. Ah Sidorak, I promise I will rebuild you soon*Sniff*. And the Tower of Toa, wich despite the stupid non movable figs, is a very good set, wich has suffered the same fate all my sets(Besides my 09 ones)have suffered at one point or another:Being ripped apart for absolutely no reason whatsoever .
2006:My favorite year, I remember so much; Pestering my Mom to buy me Hakann in Wal-mart, getting Brutaka for my Birthday, getting Kongu and V&F, getting the other three Inika that I got that year, ah, this year was great.
2007:Only thing thats noteworthy was me getting Dexar, Morak, and all the Barraki except Kalmah and Ehlek off S@H the moment they appeared there. Everything else was kind of underwhelming.
2008:08 was a great year, I remember getting Chirox and Kirop as my first sets of the year, they were awesome. Another notable memory is getting Takanuva 08, Gorast, and Photok from S@H.
2009:09 was also an awesome year, I remember getting Strakk and Gresh(TRU's boxing day sale was still in effect, thank Mata Nui)and playing with them SO much, I couldn't wait to get more, I also remember getting my first Skrall, Malum, and a Vorox(Again during a sale). In the third qaurter of the year, after hearing the news that Castle was ending, I got thinking about the mortality of themes, afraid mostly for City and Bionicle(I wasn't worried about SW, cause it's SW, and the other themes I knew were temporary), and unfortunately my fears would be realized, as you all know. I CRIED, about it ending, and it takes alot to even choke me up.
This year:I have most of the Stars, and I don't have anything to look forward to, no people speculating about new sets being in Backgrounds, because their WON'T be any new sets. All we can do is look forward to the Summer line, and hope it brings new pieces for use in MOCs.
I made this to always remember a toyline that became a story, and a story that became something more.
Cheers to 9 years!
~ELM~