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You're welcome! I've assumed that the name is because the story is sort of about a body undergoing a disease (even if that body is actually robotic). But yeah, for years I thought Bionicle came from the word bionic.

Thank you so much! I'll try to address everything you've said: First of all, the blank page should be gone now. Thanks for letting me know! If you do get the chance to write down what any of those typos were, I'd really appreciate it . I understand where you're coming from with not labeling the sources of each piece of text. But, for one thing, the different texts aren't always split evenly by chapter: there are times where it seemed to make the most sense for a chunk of a serial to go in the middle of a book chapter (a good example is Chapter 9 of Into the Darkness), and this would be difficult/awkward to label. Also, the story as it was already switches perspective pretty often (Destiny War features 3-4 concurrent sets of characters, in varying locations), so I didn't think it would be that problematic to have it switch a little more. I guess my thinking was that I want someone with no knowledge of the original, separate stories to be able to read it, and not have to feel like they need to worry about what came from where. I briefly considered including the Legend of Lewa, but is there an English translation of it? I could only find the original. The Rising is in there, but I left out The Truth, as I felt that it was redundant with The Final Battle's epilogue already included. I should probably put a list of everything included in each volume in the first post. Please, let me know what other alternate versions you'd like to see (this goes for anyone else reading this as well)! I can't promise I'll have it done quickly, but I will do my best to put together different versions that there's enough demand for. I hope that covered everything. I'm really glad you like the project! It's taken me a long time, but I think it was definitely worth it. Thanks

EDIT: I've updated the download links here to the latest version, with the 810NICLE Day update! This is (hopefully) the final update to the PDFs, but stay tuned to https://crosswiredgeeks.com/biologicalchronicle for news about other formats and more! So, I realized a while back that the Bionicle story is... a little hard to know how to read. You've got the chapter books, the comics, the serials, the podcasts, etc., and no easy way of knowing what order it should all be read in. Well, I've decided to try and fix that. This is Biological Chronicle: the Complete Bionicle Collection. I've made PDFs containing practically every text- and audio-based piece of canon Bionicle fiction, plus any comics with story material not included elsewhere, in an ideal reading order. Everything is here, from the MNOG walkthrough to the Young Reader books, as well as QR codes (that are also clickable links!) which take you to video-only content. I re-did the existing podcast transcriptions, refined the existing translation of The Crossing, got the best comic scans I could, and just generally tried to make sure that everything is as high-quality as possible. This compilation is divided into 10 "Books," or volumes, each containing roughly one year's story. Now, I understand that some people might have different preferences for what's included, so I've created a few different versions of each volume to try and have options for every reader (the specifics are detailed for each one below). For example, every volume has a "Text-Only" option: no comics, no picture books, etc. I've also created a single, complete PDF, with EVERY volume in it (as well as another version of it that's text-only). I've spent many months working on this, but understand that there may still be some minor formatting issues or typos here and there. If you find any, please let me know! I want these collections to be as perfect as possible. Also, serious thanks to Toatapio Nuva, who typed up all the chapter books, and gave me great advice during the process of putting this together. Without his help, I can't imagine how much longer this would have taken me. So, anyways... I hope you guys enjoy! All feedback is welcome. Click here to download a ZIP of all 10 Books! Note: I've temporarily taken down the links to the single PDFs that contain all 10 Books, as they've become unsustainable to maintain. I'm looking into a way to provide them as an option, but rest assured that you aren't missing anything by downloading the books individually (using the big link above, or the individual links for each Book below). Individual volumes (and their various alternate versions): Book 1: Infection (2001 story) - Last update: 08/10/2021 "Standard/Recommended:" Has the canon version of the Shadow Toa fight (from the Style Guide) Above, but without external media links Text-Only: No comics. Has the canon version of the Shadow Toa fight. Above, but without external media links Hapka version: Has the original version of the Shadow Toa fight from Tale of the Toa. Above, but without external media links Text-Only, Hapka version Above, but without external media links With optional extras: Same as the Standard version, plus a written version of the story from the videogame Quest for the Toa (this was omitted from the "Standard" version since it's a fan transcription and not officially endorsed). Above, but without external media links Text-Only, with optional extras Above, but without external media links Hapka version, with optional extras Above, but without external media links Text-Only, Hapka, with optional extras Above, but without external media links Book 2: Swarm (2002 story + Bohrok Kal) - Last update: 08/24/2021 Standard/Recommended Above, but without external media links Text-Only: No comics Above, but without external media links Book 3: Masks (post-Bohrok Kal 2003 story) - Last update: 08/10/2021 Standard/Recommended Above, but without external media links Text-Only Above, but without external media links With optional extras: Includes fan-made write-ups of MNOGII and the 2003 Flash game "The Legend Continues" (not included in above versions for readability and non-official nature) Above, but without external media links Text-Only, with optional extras: No comics. Includes the MNOG II walkthrough from BS01 Above, but without external media links Book 4: Legends (2004 story) - Last Update: 08/10/2021 Standard/Recommended Above, but without external media links Text-Only: No comics Above, but without external media links Book 5: Venom (2005 story) - Last update: 08/10/2021 "Standard/Recommended:" Includes screenshots from the Search for the Mask of Light Animations Above, but without external media links Text-Only: No comics, or animation screenshots Above, but without external media links No Animations: No screenshots Above, but without external media links With optional extras: Includes the short story "Protection," which was excluded from the above versions because it is confusing without the context of the Maze of Shadows videogame. Also includes the comics and MoL Animations Above, but without external media links Text-Only, with optional extras: Includes Protection, but not the comics or animations. Above, but without external media links Book 6: Doomed (2006 story) - Last update: 08/10/2021 Standard/Recommended Text-Only: No comics Book 7: Sacrifice (2007 story) - Last update: 08/10/2021 Standard/Recommended Text-Only: No comics With optional extras: includes the prologue from the cancelled book "Bionicle Legends: Invasion" Text-Only, with optional extras Book 8: Rising (2008 story) - Last update: 08/10/2021 Standard/Recommended Above, but without external media links With optional extras: includes all Takanuva's Blog entires (redundant ones were omitted from the Standard release) Above, but without external media links Text-Only, Standard: No comics. Includes text from Journey of Takanuva, rather than scans Above, but without external media links Text-Only, with optional extras Above, but without external media links Book 9: Destiny (2009+2010 story) - Last update: 08/10/2021 Standard/Recommended Above, but without external media links With optional extras: includes a written version of the story from the My Lego Network Bionicle campaign. Above, but without external media links Text-Only: No comics. Includes text from Early Reader books, rather than scans Above, but without external media links Text-Only, with optional extras Above, but without external media links Book 10: Epilogue (unfinished/post-finale serials) - Last update: 08/12/2021 Standard/Recommended (there are no comics in this one) CHANGELOG And for those curious, here are my notes from the creation process. These aren't necessarily representative of the final order of things, but rather just what I jotted down during the process of putting everything together. I'll try to put together a more finalized list of what's included and where. Changelog (started 1/26/2020, does not include all changes made before this date)

Same here! Glad to know I wasn't the only one As for who was leader of the team: I was always aware that it was Tahu, but I had a friend back then who insisted that Kopaka was the leader "because he came out of his canister first" (he thought that this was the case because you see Kopaka exiting his canister before you see any of the other Toa in the first comic). I was never sure why that would make him the leader, even if it was true

You can't actually enter by just retweeting that tweet: you have to reply to the tweet with a guess, just like on Facebook.

EDIT: today, August 10th 2021, I've finally come back and posted some small revisions to this story based on the feedback I received. Call it a little 810NICLE Day celebration. Hey, so re-reading some of the Bionicle story, I remembered that the way the fight between the Toa Mata and the Shadow Toa went down in Chronicles #1 (Tale of the Toa) isn't officially canon. At least according to Greg Farshtey, that fight really ended with the Mata realizing that the shadow was a part of themselves, and they reabsorbed the Shadow Toa into their own bodies. With that in mind, I've written this: an alternate version of chapter 16 of Tale of the Toa, based on Greg's short description of the canon version of the fight. I've included the very beginning and end of the chapter, even though they're unchanged, to give some context (for those of you who have access to Tale of the Toa, I recommend re-reading the end of chapter 14, and all of chapter 15, before this if you want the full fight). The text between the horizontal lines is what I wrote. Also, just a note: this references some events from MNOG which were not recounted in Tale of the Toa. I don't think this has been done before, but let me know if it has! I'd be interested to see how others pictured this happening (though I'll be a bit embarrassed if I find out there's actually a canon, fully-written version of this fight somewhere that I wasn't aware of. EDIT: ha, there is, from the Bionicle Style Guide. Oh well ). Anyway, without further ado: 16 Kopaka hit the ground hard as the quake rumbled beneath him. His enemy was on him in a flash. He managed to block the blow with his shield and then swing his ice blade upward. If he could just aim... SKREEEEEEEK! Kopaka smiled as he saw that his enemy was frozen in place. Kopaka sent the frozen enemy skittering across the ice until it smashed into the cavern wall. The creature shattered into hundreds of icy shards. ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Suddenly, the shards began spinning through the air towards Kopaka. After just barely managing to block them with his sword and shield, the Toa of Ice looked up to see the icicles merge back into the form of his shadowy double. “Looks like we're even, Kopaka. You shattered me, and I've shattered your aspirations of victory.” Nearby, Lewa wasn’t faring any better, despite having quickly recovered from the quake. His doppelganger danced around him, impossible to strike. “Come now, Toa of Air,” said the shadowy being, continuing to evade Lewa’s every blow. “This isn’t really what you want. I know how much you enjoyed your time on the side of darkness.” “You lie!” said Lewa, wildly swinging his axe to no avail. The shadow Lewa looked into his eyes, a sickly smirk just barely visible on its face. “I wonder, what would your friends think if they knew what we know about your time with that mask?” Lewa’s expression was grim. Of the other Toa, only Onua knew about his time under the control of one of Makuta’s infected Kanohi. But that’s just it, Lewa thought. While I was under its influence, it didn’t feel like I was being controlled -- rather that I had just given in to my deepest darkthoughts. Lewa stared into the glowing, malevolent eyes of his mirror image. Could it be true...? Is this... what I truly am...? Tahu’s rage was beginning to boil over. His foe refused to yield to even his most powerful blasts of flame, and continued to goad him. “Yes, that’s it. Isn’t this what you’ve always wanted, Tahu? To let loose, to destroy?” The shadow Tahu ducked deftly under a fireball, deflecting another with its sword. “You are fire unleashed, Tahu. You have no reason to help these pathetic ‘teammates,’ or the useless Matoran. Your power is beyond all that. Give in... give in to the flame.” Tahu simply growled in response, unleashing a massive wall of fire. Gali was caught off-guard by the sudden heat behind her. Glancing over her shoulder, she saw Tahu had created a wave of fire that had just barely missed her. Before she could say anything, her double was on top of her again, catching her arms in its hooks. A quick burst of water freed her from its grasp, but didn’t slow it down at all. Twin pairs of hooks met in the air, each pushing hard against the other. The shadow Gali’s face leaned in close. “Come now, Gali,” it said, in a sickly-sweet voice. “We both know you’re limiting yourself by working with these idiots.” The doppelganger suddenly spun, catching both of Gali’s hooks in one of its own. It gestured with the other at the rest of the Toa. “They all think with their muscles, not their brains. You’re the only one here with any wisdom.” Gali pulled free and moved to strike, but hesitated: she didn’t want to acknowledge it, but deep down, she had thought the same things this evil duplicate was saying. She suddenly shook her head. “You’re wrong. Tahu and Kopaka can be a bit headstrong, but--” “But what? You’ve seen into two of their minds, Gali. Think back to your time as Wairuha: from whose mind do you think that being’s wisdom was drawn? Kopaka? Lewa?” The shadow’s laugh was like the bubbling of a fetid swamp. “These others are beneath you, Gali. Not only that: their rash behavior is a danger to the island, and its people. You are the only one fit to save Mata Nui.” Gali was frozen in place, conflicting emotions tearing at each other inside her mind. How did this imitation seem to know so much about her deepest, innermost thoughts and fears? Suddenly, she heard Pohatu’s voice, shouting over the noise of rocks hitting the ground around him: “I don’t understand! How did Makuta create beings just as powerful as we are?” “Indeed,” Onua shouted back as he attempted to raise a wall of earth between himself and his foe. “Why would Makuta need to enslave the Rahi if he were capable of creating beings this powerful from thin air?” Gali considered what the others were saying, still grappling with her double. Onua and Pohatu had a point - Makuta would certainly have made an army of these beings long ago if he could, and menaced the island with them. He must have needed something in order to create them... but the only things new to the island in recent days were... Us, Gali thought, as her eyes lit up. “That’s it!” she yelled. She stepped toward her doppelganger, who she could’ve sworn looked almost... nervous. “Makuta could not have created these shadow Toa from nothing. And he didn’t: he created them from us.” “What are you talking about?” said Tahu angrily, his whole body now aglow with flame as he continued his fruitless assault against his foe. “These enemies know everything about our darkest thoughts, fears, and desires,” continued Gali, still moving toward her own, now slowly retreating, counterpart. “Because that is what they are.” Suddenly, Gali leapt forward. Before the shadow Gali could escape, the Toa of Water wrapped her arms around it, and then -- to the other Toa’s astonishment -- it began to fade, melding into Gali’s body. She stood very still for a moment, then turned and looked up. “Fellow Toa! Just as much as light is a part of us, so is shadow. These beings are nothing but a part of our very selves -- and one that we already overcome every day.” Kopaka, Pohatu, and Onua nodded with understanding, and began calmly walking toward their own copies. Tahu glared at his for a moment, then lowered his sword and did the same. All embraced their shadowy counterparts, and Gali watched, relieved, as they re-absorbed their own shadows back into themselves. Suddenly, she realized one was missing. Looking around, she saw Lewa in a far corner of the cavern, on his knees before a grinning shadow Lewa. “Lewa!” she shouted, running toward him. “It is nothing more than a part of you! You are strong enough to overcome it!” “No, I’m not,” muttered Lewa. “I wasn’t heartstrong enough before, and I’m not now. I can’t fight the deep-darkness...” “He’s true-right,” cackled the shadow Lewa. “The darkness was tough-stronger than him before, and it’s tough-stronger than him now.” “What are you talking about, monster?” demanded Tahu. The shadow laughed again, sounding like dead branches snapping. “Oh, just the span-time your ‘teammate’ here spent enslaving his own tree-people.” It looked toward the Toa of Earth. “I’m sure Onua could speak-tell you all about it.” The other Toa all looked at Onua, a mixture of confusion and concern on their faces. He sighed, then explained: “Lewa was forced to wear an infected mask -- like those Makuta used to control the Rahi.” The shadow Lewa grinned as Onua continued. “Makuta used Lewa to make the Le-Matoran do his bidding. I had to save Lewa by knocking the mask off of him” The Toa of Earth suddenly glared at Lewa’s double. “But he did not do those things of his own volition! He was under Makuta’s control!” The grin on the doppelganger’s face did not falter. “Maybe it appeared that way from the outside, Onua. But inside, Lewa here was simply acting on his own dark desires. He can feel it in his heart.” “He’s true-right,” said Lewa, still kneeling on the ground, sounding utterly defeated. “I’m not strong enough to fight my own soul-darkness.” He looked back up at his shadow. “This is what I am. And I can’t do anything to halt-stop it.” “Yes, you can,” said Onua, putting a hand on Lewa’s shoulder. “I heard you when you wore the infected mask. You said that your mind, your body, was not your own: even then, you were fighting the shadow. And you are stronger now. Stronger than you admit.” The Toa had now gathered in a semi-circle around Lewa, facing his duplicate. The dark Lewa’s grin wavered for a moment. “They know nothing about what you’re true-capable of, Lewa. They barely know you. They’ve barely seen you quick-fight.” “We don’t need to have seen you fight to know how strong your heart is, Lewa,” said Pohatu. “You’re more than this darkness.” The shadow Lewa now looked slightly nervous. “I don’t watch-see your ‘friends’ trying to help you halt-stop me, Lewa. They’re just still-standing there, waiting for you to fail!” “This is something only you can do, Lewa,” said Gali. “We cannot fight this evil for you. But I believe that you can do it on your own.” Lewa lifted his head, looking around at his companions. He then closed his eyes, thinking of all the Matoran who were depending on him. Slowly, he rose to his feet, then opened his eyes, staring directly at those of his mirror image. Their eyes locked, and for a moment that felt like an eternity, they stood, unmoving. Suddenly, the Toa of Air dropped his axe, stepped forward, and embraced his shadow. As it slowly disappeared into his body, he staggered forward, but remained standing. He looked toward the other Toa, and a small smile appeared on his face. “It’s over-finished. We’ve succeeded.” ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Once again, the cave was nearly silent. The Toa stood there for a long moment, staring at one another. Then, as a group, they collapsed wearily to the ground. After catching his breath, Tahu sat up and glanced at Onua, who was watching the others thoughtfully. “What do you think, brother?” he asked the Earth Toa. Onua smiled, though there was a hint of weariness in his eyes. “I think,” he said, “that we have won an important battle, and of that we can be proud. But there is more to come.” Tahu nodded, his grin fading as he gripped his fire sword more tightly. Yes, Onua was right. He could feel it, burning in his mind like a half-remembered dream. There was much more to come. END ...and that's it! 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Nice! Will you be compiling them into a physical book or are you keeping it as just a word file? If the former, I would very much like to see it. Currently I'm just making it as a Word file, but I would love to make it into a physical book. Honestly, I'm just not sure how to go about doing that

Dang, didn't see this until today (was expecting it to get front-paged). I do like both suggested color schemes, though.

“Tell me another of the stories about them.” The being standing nearby looked up from his work. “Another? But I’ve told you already of all their greatest accomplishments” The shorter being nodded. “I... want to know more. Not just the big things, but the small things too.” The taller being chuckled, and set down his tools. “Very well, then. Here is a story, not of the heroes appearing from the sky or saving the world, but simply... an adventure.” * * * It’s good being the Master of Jungle, Lewa thought as he soared through the forest. Especially when I have some time to myself. It’s not that I don’t like my Toa brothers and sister, but they can be a bit... grating. But here, it’s quiet, peaceful-- Seemingly out of nowhere, he spotted a villager kneeling on the ground, their back to him. Are they injured? Why are they this far from the villages? Lewa slowed down, then bounced off of a tree, flipping through the air to land just behind the villager. “Hello, little one! And what seems to be the ma-AAH!” The villager had whipped around, revealing the Skull Spider latched to her face. Having regained his composure, Lewa expertly dodged and weaved between her blows as she lashed out at him. “Now now, little one,” he said, jumping over a clumsily-thrown punch, “it looks like you’ve got a little something on your face. Right aboouuut... there!” Lewa battered the Skull Spider’s legs with a flurry of leaves, loosening their grip. In one deft movement, he leapt forward, grabbed the spider, and pulled it off of the villager’s face, flipping over her head and landing behind her. “There we go,” the Master of Jungle said, grinning. “Now, let’s get you back to the--” Without warning, various creatures sprung from the surrounding foliage, all bearing Skull Spiders on their faces. Caught off-guard, Lewa’s grip on the Skull Spider in his hand loosened, and it leapt for his face. Elsewhere, Tahu and Kopaka were sparring at the crest of a hill. “You’ll never take down Makuta like that,” Kopaka said, casually deflecting Tahu’s blade. “You have to strike -- unexpectedly!” He suddenly thrust his frost spear at Tahu, who just barely blocked it. The Master of Fire’s eyes narrowed. “You may have to resort to such tactics, brother,” he said, flames appearing around his swords, “but fire has no need for subtlety!” With that, he unleashed a burst of flame in Kopaka’s direction. Taken off guard by the ferocity of Tahu’s attack, Kopaka instinctively threw up his frost shield, blocking the fireblast. “What was that about?!” Kopaka exclaimed, repaying the Toa of Fire with a blast of frost. Tahu shook off the ice. “Just reminding you who is the leader of this team!” he replied angrily, as his swords began to glow red-hot. From the sidelines, Gali leapt up and ran toward the fight. “Stop!” she shouted. “We can’t allow ourselves to fall into infighting like this. We will have to work together to defeat the Makuta.” Tahu glared in her direction. “I appreciate your sentiment, Gali. But once Ekimu has finished making my improved armor and mask, I will surely be powerful enough to handle Makuta on my own.” “Ekimu is making new armor for all of us, Tahu,” Gali replied, frustrated. “We will all be needed when the time comes. You need to learn to trust in your teammates’ strength.” Tahu scoffed, glancing back at Kopaka. “The only strength I trust in is my own. I will go train by myself.” Before Gali or Kopaka could respond, Tahu stormed away. “Kopaka, surely you see the importance of us all working together?” Gali asked “I do, sister. But I believe I need some time to myself as well.” He split his shield into skis, and slid down the hillside opposite the direction Tahu had gone. Gali sighed. My team is made up of the strongest warriors of all time. If only our predetermined leader could see that-- She suddenly heard a noise from the trees behind her. Turning, she said “Lewa? Are you back from your--” She suddenly heard the Master of Jungle’s voice: “Run, Gali!” “Wha--?” Before she could respond, a tangle of vines suddenly wrapped around her head, cutting off air from her lungs. Her attempt to scream only succeeded in using up the last of her air, and she collapsed, unconscious. The last thing she saw was a Skull Spider, inches from her face... Kopaka was deep in thought as he skied across the hills leading to the Region of Ice. Tahu doesn’t even believe the rest of us to be as strong as him, yet Ekimu says that hothead is meant to be our leader. I just don’t understand... So lost in thought was the Master of Ice, he didn’t see the rock in his path, which sent him tumbling off of his skis, dropping his spear as well. Grumbling, he looked up, only to see the other thing his thoughts had distracted him from: a cascade of water, rolling down the hill towards him. Thinking quickly, he tried to freeze the water. But even with his Gold Mask of Ice, without his tools in hand, his power was not concentrated enough to freeze the entire wave. The water hit him hard, knocking the wind out of him. Reflexively trying to catch his breath, he got a lungful of water. As he started to pass out, he thought he heard... Is that Gali’s voice? She sounds... distressed... in... trouble... He lost consciousness as the water flowed off of him, and something hard covered his face... Pohatu and Onua had left earlier, to practice using their elemental powers in unison. Onua had suggested, since their elements were similar in nature, that it might be beneficial to try using them together. Pohatu had begrudgingly agreed. Their attempts had been fruitless for a while, but they had finally managed to lift a large block of mixed earth and rock above their heads, standing side by side. “Alright,” Pohatu said, teeth gritted. “Not bad. Let’s see if we can-- do you feel that?” The Master of Stone felt suddenly cold. Looking up, he saw the cause: the block they were holding was freezing over! Before he could voice a warning to Onua, focused blasts of water and greenery hit the frozen block, shattering it into large chunks. Having lost their concentration, the Toa of Earth and Stone were buried in the rubble. Both struggled to get free as they watched Lewa and Kopaka approach, wearing and carrying Skull Spiders. Pohatu thought he heard them apologize as the world went black. Tahu was in a remote area of the Region of Fire, frustratedly throwing flames around. Why does Ekimu insist on me working with this team? Once I have the new armor he’s building, I’ll be strong enough to take down anyone! Suddenly, he heard a sound. It’s distant, but I hear... shouts? What is going on? He climbed to the top of a nearby volcanic rock, and looked around. There! The other Toa, coming this way. But... why are they yelling? And what’s wrong with their ma-- Realizing what had happened to his fellow Toa, Tahu thought quickly. I don’t want to hurt them, but I need to keep them away from me... Spying a nearby pool of lava, he merged his twin swords into a surfboard, throwing it into the lava and jumping aboard. None of them will be able to approach me here, at least not quickly, he thought. And amid all this heat, I should have the advantage. The other Toa, moving faster than Tahu had realized, had almost arrived at his location. The Skull Spiders latched to their faces glared menacingly at him, almost masking the terrified expressions of the hosts underneath. Tahu focused, pulling in the ambient heat in the environment, and creating a wall of fire around himself. “I don’t want to hurt the other Toa,” he shouted, “but I will do everything I can to destroy you, spiders.” Within minutes, the fight was not going as well as Tahu had hoped. The heat and lava did give him a notable advantage, but the powers of the other Toa were quickly overwhelming his shield of fire. He could feel his movements slowing, as he tired from holding up the defensive flames. A blast of ice made it past his defenses, followed by several more elemental attacks. Before long, he collapsed on his surfboard, as what remained of his wall of flame collapsed. A long vine wrapped around him, dragging him and the board to the edge of the lava. Tahu looked up at his fellow Toa, trying desperately to think of a plan-- when he noticed something. The movements of the Toa weren’t smooth; they were stiff, as if their limbs didn’t want to move. It-- it can’t be! They’re not fully controlled: they’re fighting back! Pohatu approached, holding out a sixth Skull Spider toward Tahu. “STOP, Pohatu!” Tahu said firmly. “I can see you fighting. I know you. I...” He hesitated, then sighed. “I know you’re strong enough to break out of this.” Pohatu kept walking forward, then hesitated. His legs began to shake slightly, seemingly trying to step backward and forward at the same time. “You can do this, Pohatu!” Tahu continued. Pohatu’s fingers began to loosen on the Skull Spider in his hands. Seeing this, the other Toa began to move in, preparing to restrain Pohatu and Tahu. The Toa of Fire looked around at them. “Come on!” He shouted. “If Ekimu was right, and you all are meant to be my team, the heroes that will save Okoto, then you’re stronger than this!” The other Toa slowed, but continued their approach. Tahu sighed, and, gritting his teeth, proclaimed: “I was wrong!” The approaching Toa hesitated. “I was... wrong. To say that I was stronger than the rest of you.” Tahu continued. “You all have proven yourselves to be the strongest warriors there are. I just refused to accept it-- to admit it to myself. You all are more than strong enough to overcome this. I know, because I have witnessed your strength firsthand.” Tahu, a confident expression now on his face, stood up and walked toward Pohatu, who was still grasping the Skull Spider meant for the Master of Fire. “I will take this,” Tahu said, taking the spider from Pohatu’s loosened grip. “Now you deal with that.” Tahu pointed to the spider on Pohatu’s face. Slowly, Pohatu’s hands reached upward. As they did so, Tahu looked around, seeing the other Toa moving similarly. The spiders hissed and gnashed their mandibles in unison, tightening their grip in a desperate effort to regain control. “It’s over,” Tahu said to them, a rare smile appearing on his face. One by one, each of the Toa grasped their Skull Spider, and ripped it from their face, then collapsing to their knees. Tahu gathered the removed spiders, tossing them into the lava, then looked back at his companions. Gali looked up at him, a weary smile on her face. “Thank you, Tahu. For believing in your team” Tahu suddenly looked a bit flustered. “Well, you know, I... had to say whatever it took to get those spiders off of you all. Of course, I’m still the strongest Toa.” The others looked back at him, a mixture of affection and annoyance on their faces. “But... maybe you all are closer to me than I thought.” Lewa chuckled, and Onua laughed in response, followed by Gali and Kopaka. Pohatu even smiled. “Come on,” Gali said, climbing to her feet. “We need to see Ekimu. He should have our new Uniter armor finished by now!” And with that, the team went on their way-- a little closer than they were before. * * * The smaller being looked up in awe. “They really were fantastic, weren’t they? Could... could they really have existed? Or are they just a legend?” “We may never know for sure. But, real or not, their legend will live on, Takua.” The larger being gestured to 6 slabs, each bearing a masked warrior in brightly-colored armor. “Will these new Toa be as amazing as the ones in the stories, Velika?” The Great Being paused, looking at the slabs. “Yes, I think so. One day.” He gestured upward. “After all, they will have the stars of their namesakes to guide them along the way.” A sudden whirring sound, like machinery starting up, startled Velika. “Goodness, how the time flies. It looks like it’s time for us to say goodbye, Takua.” “But why? What’s happening?” Velika looked, somewhat sadly, at the Matoran. “Don’t worry, young one.” He placed his hand gently over Takua’s face. “Just sleep. Sleep... and forget.” As Takua’s body went limp, Velika could feel the Matoran’s memories, his very self, fading away. The process was almost complete, when, suddenly, he pulled his hand away. “The others believe all of you to be nothing more than drones, Takua” he said to his unconscious companion. “But I know better. I cannot allow my handiwork to be noticed by them yet, so I have wiped away most of it. But I will leave you with one thing, the strongest part of who you are: your love for the heroism of the Toa.” He glanced back over at the six warriors, energy beginning to pulse through their slabs to activate them. Then his gaze went back to Takua. “Maybe one day, you could even... well, we’ll see.” Velika then teleported the Matoran to its workplace in the robot’s heart. He walked over to the slabs, thinking about the subtle changes he’d made to the minds of so many inhabitants of this world. Given time, the seeds he had planted would develop into full personalities... consciousnesses. “The others would say I’ve ruined the entire project,” he said to himself. “But without emotion, without thought, these Toa could never reach the potential of the legendary Masters of the elements. This is the only way Mata Nui will achieve his destiny.” With one last look toward the future heroes, the Great Being vanished from the room. As the Toa Mata’s eyes opened for the first time, Velika smiled.

Is it okay for our entry picture to be a collage of multiple photos (all of the same MOC, of course)?

Nope, the backend system would be able to handle that just fine! Awesome. Thanks! This topic can be closed.

Is there any problem with me buying more tickets in a Raffle I've already entered? I'm assuming not, but figured I'd ask. Didn't know if there being 2 transactions under my username would create confusion as to how many entries I have.

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Yes, I'm making the PDFs from Word files. If you're interested I will upload them too. If it isn't a secret what is your project?. That would be great! I'm trying to compile all of the Bionicle books and serials into one, continuous story, in the appropriate reading order. As part of that, I want to be able to change the formatting of everything to match (and make more text fit on each page, so the page count isn't too enormous). For the books from 2007-onward, I also want to splice serial chapters into the books where appropriate (since, for example, the events of Into the Darkness are concurrent with Legends #7 and #8).

Thanks so much for making these! I'd wanted to do this myself for a while, actually, but never got around to doing it. Would it be possible (and not too difficult) for you to upload these as Word doc files as well? I'd like to be able to reformat the text a little for a personal project. I can just feed them through a PDF to .docx converter, but I figured if you're converting these to PDF from Word, maybe you could just upload the Word files.

I was also unsure about participating, since I recently found a K-2SO on clearance at a Walgreen's ($13!), so I have 2 of him now. But I love so many of the parts in this set that I'm totally down for more.

Ooh, I really hope Voltron happens. Hopefully they can work out a favorable licensing agreement (which I assume they're looking into, which is the reason that the project is currently a Maybe). I wonder if the final set would be more close in style to the original Voltron, or the new Netflix series.

... In the USA. Maybe. Is everyone still ignoring the fact that there is no way a product line that is getting discontinued in the next year would be getting its own dedicated magazine in one of the biggest markets for said product? The German Bionicle magazine is all the proof anyone needs Bionicle is in fact doing well in Europe - as many fans, including myself, have reported many times now, Maybe Lego is just pulling the plug on North American distribution. Seeing as the Chima CCBS sets never made it overseas, it isn't beyond the realm of possibility. Sorry, I was just referring to North America, but clearly forgot to specify that. From what I've heard, Bionicle appears to be doing fine in Europe, especially with the new magazine. Bionicle becoming a retailer-exclusive in NA, or simply getting pulled from NA, doesn't seem that unlikely to me. Apologies if I came across as a tad harsh You're fine, man! I should've been more clear. Sorry if I came off overly defensive

... In the USA. Maybe. Is everyone still ignoring the fact that there is no way a product line that is getting discontinued in the next year would be getting its own dedicated magazine in one of the biggest markets for said product? The German Bionicle magazine is all the proof anyone needs Bionicle is in fact doing well in Europe - as many fans, including myself, have reported many times now, Maybe Lego is just pulling the plug on North American distribution. Seeing as the Chima CCBS sets never made it overseas, it isn't beyond the realm of possibility. Sorry, I was just referring to North America, but clearly forgot to specify that. From what I've heard, Bionicle appears to be doing fine in Europe, especially with the new magazine. Bionicle becoming a retailer-exclusive in NA, or simply getting pulled from NA, doesn't seem that unlikely to me. I don't think info from a handful of stores in one town is enough to draw any conclusion about a 7 billion planet, or even a 400 million nation. Even if coupled with the handful of other pessimistic reports, it is just too small of a statistic sample to represent the global, or even nationwide trends of the LEGO company. Additionally, there are also several positive reports, which shed even more doubt on the exclusively pessimistic scenario. I've been working as a telephonic surveyor and to make a survey conclusive we always needed hundreds of surveyed customers of each bank, each insurance company or each internet provider and we are talking about a mere 5 million nation here. To reach a conclusion about the global sales of Bionicle merely from information from stores we would need a huge global survey, (or if limited to the US, a huge nation wide survey). Please don't get me wrong, I believe you and the interviews with the 2 employees you made, however I don't think that they have any statistical conclusiveness on a large, possibly worldwide scale. Also, I think Aanchir and Pohaturon made some very good points I agree that what I've seen can in no way be extrapolated to a global scale (as I mentioned above, I was referring only to North America in my first post, though I forgot to specify that). However, I disagree a bit with the rest of your post. For one, while I only talked to 2 people, they were representing one of only ~80 Lego Stores in the entire country, and one that's in the capitol of a decently large state. General interest in something like this will, of course, vary by region, but for a given play theme to be selling poorly enough to warrant a Lego Store to cease stocking it, especially in an area this heavily populated, is something I haven't seen or heard of before (as Lyichir pointed out, even retailer-exclusive sets/themes are almost always available at Lego stores, as well as anything that hasn't been officially discontinued). I've also never seen any Lego theme being so heavily clearanced before, at any store in the NC Triangle area. I've also only heard bad things about Bionicle stock from people I know in other parts of the state, and the country. Like I said, I don't think this is a guarantee of the end of the line or anything. But I do think it is indicative that sales are, generally (not necessarily at every store in the country, but overall), poor.

How well-stocked are other Lego themes in relation to BIONICLE? This might not be a problem that's exclusive to one line.Pretty decent at Walmart, and great at the Lego Store. I wouldn't have brought it up if all the Lego was poorly stocked.

I'd just like to throw in: Every Wal-Mart reasonably close to me (at least 10 locations) have either no Bionicle, or almost all of their remaining sets are on clearance for at least 50% off (including 2016 sets). Got a Uniter Tahu and Uniter Onua for $9 each, and several Creatures for $5 each. Also, I heard from 2 employees at the Raleigh Lego Store today that they will most likely not be stocking the Summer 2016 Bionicle sets, or re-stocking the Winter wave, due to poor sales. I'm not saying this means the end or anything, just that Bionicle is clearly doing very poorly, and even if it keeps being made for another year, it may be difficult to find due to retailers not stocking it.

Aw, I'd love to go, but it's a 3 hour drive, and that's too short-notice for me to ask off work . Well, I hope everyone there has fun!