Learn more about the Toa and their past in this video that links all the storylines from 2001 to 2008. Learn more about the Phantoka at www.bionicle.com
I can't help but to smile from the nostalgia feeling I get EVERYTIME I watch this video. Especially when he starts off with, "In 2008..." Brings back so many memories.
I literally do the exact same thing on the exact same line. Throughout all the years after seeing this video, "in 2008..." is the line I remember. ...weird.
I will never forget the original series. The memories of Bionicle will never fade. A world brimming with legends and lore. Amazing creatures. Endless creations. Secrets and mysteries around every corner. The stories of great heroes fighting the evil forces that threaten their world and fighting to reawaken the great spirit Mata Nui.
Key point on the lore. Apparently that is one of the main reasons it was canceled, the lore was too much for people to get into. I don't know about you, but as an 8 year old getting into Bionicle in 2008 I read just about everything Greg made and it was truly a masterpiece of a world without it being too complicated.
+Austin Morrison No. I am just upset at the fact that G2 had the potential to be something good, yet Lego, didn't even attempt to make it popular and spread the word to the new generation of fans that the reboot may have made. It makes me wonder why in the world Lego even bothered bringing Bionicle back if it didn't even attempt to make it great.
8 years I will never forget. My greatest childhood obsession honestly. Now Hero Factory will be my little brothers childhood. I'll never forget this fantastic journey even when I die. (The Deep Stuff)
I think the original Bionicle will go down as the single greatest LEGO IP ever. I just fail to see how any other IP can match the incredible complexity of the Bionicle world.
This carries so much nostalgia and packs quite a bit of a punch with it. Even though I only got into the franchise halfway through 2009, getting Mata Nui practically hooked me into the Bionicle franchise with its rich story, interesting characters, and the sets that accompanied it. May Bionicle's legacy live on
Austin Morrison You hadn't heard? Journey to One episodes 3 and 4 released a few days ago, and they pretty much ended the story. Lego confirmed it a few hours later with a statement saying they are discontinuing Bionicle and won't be making any more sets.
Just imagine if Lego had gotten decent voice actors for the films, and a film for every year... That would have been amazing, and Matoro dying at the end of 2007 would have been so sad... But epic. Unlike "Hero" Factory, with "Heroes" fighting against CRIMINALS, not evil entities who want to rule a universe. 2007 would have been a truly great movie. :-(
This video is AMAZING!! 0___0 I like the To metru the best, I thought they were so cool.I loved the shift from the Tribal world of Mata Nui to the urbanized city of Metru Nui, was a great change in style.
I also started from the beginning and it's amazing how the Bionicle story has evolved! From the start...it wuz just one about one island-Mata Nui and it's stories...Then after a few years...the story has opened up and introduced the rest of it's universe! Like the Universe Core, Voya Nui and many more! Ever since, I've always wondered what was beyond the undless sea... PERFECT WORK LEGO! KEEP IT UP! BIONICLE FOREVER AND EVER AND EVER!
"And though the adventures may end... ...the legend... ...lives on." Bioncle forever. Tahu. Lewa. Gali. Kopaka. Onua. Pohatu. And all the others. They will live forever in our hearts.
because the narrative kept going back and forth through time. from the mata/nuva to the metru/hordika to the inika/mahri then back to the toa mata/nuva now turned mistika/phantoka and finally onto mata nui himself. now with this fresh reboot its just the original 6 and i'm happy with that. though i will miss the toa metru and mahri/inika, not to mention will hope we get more info on toa lhikans team and the toa hagah (norik and iruini)
"In the time before time,on the mysterious island of Mata Nui,six canisters washed ashore on a golden beach.And new and powerful legends were born"......that line totally fits the beginning of the Bionicle series.
I'd do anything for the Gen-1 series to be put in stores again. This was my childhood and I miss it sooo much... I wish they would come back to how they used to be, at least for a while.
I remember that my first bionicle was Tahu. I only got it as a kid because I liked robot type things back then. I decided to get them all after I got Kopaka. I heard about the Turaga after I got all 6 Toa. Then I heard of the Rahi after the Turaga. Then I found the website and started to love it all. The Toa Metru, Hordika, Inika, and Mahri were all awesome, but I'm glad to see the Toa Nuva finally coming back!
I can still remember the whole lyrics of the background music. I had been following the BIONICLE lore since, like, Phantoka, which, for me, is the best BIONICLE line that was ever created. Sorry for any possible mistakes, I'm Russian.
Why does he all of the Toa's names teamed with Pohatu? It makes it seems like he's not as important to the team or that he's just another Toa joining them to fight evil but he's not officially part of the team. The only thing that would actually make him non-important would be the fact that HE HAS THE SAME EXACT ELEMENT AS ANOTHER TOA ON HIS TEAM (ONUA), I hate that they're the same element, really, the element of stone should be something like electricity or plant instead!
Dj _ Voidika, well the Toa themselves and their fighting styles might be different, but their elements are basically the same, for Onua, Pohatu and pretty much any Earth/Earth Toa, I mean Stone/Stone, I mean Earth/Stone. Actually, I think Stone is just Earth but less powerful, Stone is just Stone, while Earth is Stone, dirt, and Ore.
We bionicle fans need to remember what bionicle taught us :UNITY, DUTY.DESTINY! we need to teach our children this. trust me if you live by this you van do anything.
I dont know what you people think but if someone asks me i say: Barraki/Mahri year was the best in the history of bionicle. Awesome story and charaters awesome sets. Everything was just so freaking awesome.
Mata Nui died briefly last year, and they're gonna awaken him by the end of 2008, so I guess he doesn't really matter anymore. (They did revive him within a few minutes of his death, though.)
I wish that there are new Bionicle stuff, I bet new Toa riding on elemental horse-like beasts who'll fight against a gang of evil orc-like monsters who rides on giant wolf-like beasts. Even Toa battling evil in the snowy landscapes.
Instead of trying to make a new series, they should just re-issue the old series. As good as it was, it had gone on long enough and concluded. But the sets were something amazing.
us 2000's kids had awesome toys
Hell yeah!
**** yeah we did
Yes
"Like the courage and daring of true heroes."
Said as Matoro takes the Mask of Life onscreen. Aww :3
If you've read the graphic novels, you know what happens next... :'C
Squiddy 0912 Godspeed-- I mean... Mata Nuispeed!
Whenever I heard that, I get a feeling, a feeling deep insi-HA-ide
+Squiddy 0912 RIP Matoro, anyone who has read that will see Matoro as a true hero.
Tony Wedgwood is man behind that awesome voice in all of the narrated Bionicle shorts just so everyone knows.
thnx
I want this narrator back SO FUCKING BADLY
His dialogue always made you hype for the Toa fighting the Makuta and evil monsters.
Tony Wedgwood had a powerful voice
I can't help but to smile from the nostalgia feeling I get EVERYTIME I watch this video. Especially when he starts off with, "In 2008..." Brings back so many memories.
Same here
I literally do the exact same thing on the exact same line. Throughout all the years after seeing this video, "in 2008..." is the line I remember.
...weird.
Jeff Garciai sort of but not really because my first is stronius
Some things will never change...Nostalgia
This retrospective shows why Bionicle is so awesome. ;)
Agreed!
Amen
If only Lego had watched it
"The Bohrok Kal and the dreaded Rahkshi!"
There's something about how he says Bohrok and Rahkshi that's hilarious.
I will never forget the original series. The memories of Bionicle will never fade. A world brimming with legends and lore. Amazing creatures. Endless creations. Secrets and mysteries around every corner. The stories of great heroes fighting the evil forces that threaten their world and fighting to reawaken the great spirit Mata Nui.
Key point on the lore. Apparently that is one of the main reasons it was canceled, the lore was too much for people to get into. I don't know about you, but as an 8 year old getting into Bionicle in 2008 I read just about everything Greg made and it was truly a masterpiece of a world without it being too complicated.
It's a shame that not that much heart and soul were put into G2.....leading to its premature cancelation.
+LUIS N. PIETANESI that mean you'll stop being a fan?
+Austin Morrison No. I am just upset at the fact that G2 had the potential to be something good, yet Lego, didn't even attempt to make it popular and spread the word to the new generation of fans that the reboot may have made. It makes me wonder why in the world Lego even bothered bringing Bionicle back if it didn't even attempt to make it great.
Luis N. Pietanesi To shut fans up & give themselves an excuse to kill constraction for good.
This is seven years ago... My god. I can't describe how much nostalgia I am feeling right now.
***** Well... Thanks for that spoiler!!!
***** I was joking, as I have still yet to read the books. :P
+Torgo SupaFine
He took over the great spirit robot, and then took a planet to the head and died.
Ten years on... Just read this comment while watching the video for the fiftieth time or so
7 years since it was 7 years ago...
RIP BIONICLE
again...
G2 wasn't bionicle, it was a shitty ripoff that was born to fail. And its aesthetics were ugly AF too,
Sometimes I could cry when watching this...
"Even when turned into nightmare versions of themselves, they never surrendered."
CCBS reboot summed up in one sentence
lol
8 years I will never forget. My greatest childhood obsession honestly. Now Hero Factory will be my little brothers childhood. I'll never forget this fantastic journey even when I die. (The Deep Stuff)
This video is so damn well put together. It feels epic and immersive every time. Amazing retrospective.
Watch the 20 minute version with the whole story.
So epic....I can feel a tear in my eye.
I think the original Bionicle will go down as the single greatest LEGO IP ever. I just fail to see how any other IP can match the incredible complexity of the Bionicle world.
This carries so much nostalgia and packs quite a bit of a punch with it. Even though I only got into the franchise halfway through 2009, getting Mata Nui practically hooked me into the Bionicle franchise with its rich story, interesting characters, and the sets that accompanied it. May Bionicle's legacy live on
Gves me chills to this day
RIP Bionicle for the second time. :(
What? Please don't mean what I think you mean. Please!
Austin Morrison You hadn't heard? Journey to One episodes 3 and 4 released a few days ago, and they pretty much ended the story. Lego confirmed it a few hours later with a statement saying they are discontinuing Bionicle and won't be making any more sets.
+Owen Konsmo well I won't forget bionicle. Not now. Not ever
Me neither!
I have watched this at least 50 times in my lifetime.
Just imagine if Lego had gotten decent voice actors for the films, and a film for every year... That would have been amazing, and Matoro dying at the end of 2007 would have been so sad... But epic. Unlike "Hero" Factory, with "Heroes" fighting against CRIMINALS, not evil entities who want to rule a universe. 2007 would have been a truly great movie. :-(
Makuta Miras, 2006 would too. I'd be so cool to see the Nuva and Inika battle the Piraka in the silver screen.
the feeeelssss. this was literally my life as a child. I loved it so much. so much.
This was legendary. I’m getting nostalgia.
Bio tube flamewar was legendary. Fuck.
This video is AMAZING!! 0___0
I like the To metru the best, I thought they were so cool.I loved the shift from the Tribal world of Mata Nui to the urbanized city of Metru Nui, was a great change in style.
i agree. i love toa nuju
and whenua
Yup!
and Vakama and Matau FOR THE WIN!!! :P
oh ya!!!
i also liked the toa inika because of the darker turn in things with the dark hunters and stuff
My childhoods greatest love. I'll never forget the story and amazing lore. Bionicle
Onua was my first and favorite bionicle, I'm glad my friend gave me his mask to replace the one I lost years ago~!
BEHOLD! NOSTALGIA AT IT'S GREATEST! This video back in 2008 is what GOT into Bionicle in the first place.
iv been collecting bionicles for 8 years without stoping,they are getting better every year!!Bionicle For EVER!!!!
I also started from the beginning and it's amazing how the Bionicle story has evolved! From the start...it wuz just one about one island-Mata Nui and it's stories...Then after a few years...the story has opened up and introduced the rest of it's universe! Like the Universe Core, Voya Nui and many more! Ever since, I've always wondered what was beyond the undless sea...
PERFECT WORK LEGO!
KEEP IT UP!
BIONICLE FOREVER AND EVER AND EVER!
90s kids say they had the best childhood?
They didn't play with bionicle, nuff said.
when the new bionicle comes out and kids are saying how great the story is ((which in its own way will be)) i would show them what it began as.
ink blot IKR
Yeah, that didn't work out, did it...? Damnit...
I just want the old Bionicle back.
Been a fan since the very beginning and as the legend comes to a close I still say this was the best lego series and will likely never be topped
"And though the adventures may end...
...the legend...
...lives on."
Bioncle forever.
Tahu. Lewa. Gali. Kopaka. Onua. Pohatu. And all the others.
They will live forever in our hearts.
i still get goosebumps tbh
this story built up in complication as time went on, it started simple with big secrets, hopefully Bionicle2015 will live up in that same sense
because the narrative kept going back and forth through time. from the mata/nuva to the metru/hordika to the inika/mahri then back to the toa mata/nuva now turned mistika/phantoka and finally onto mata nui himself. now with this fresh reboot its just the original 6 and i'm happy with that. though i will miss the toa metru and mahri/inika, not to mention will hope we get more info on toa lhikans team and the toa hagah (norik and iruini)
"In the time before time,on the mysterious island of Mata Nui,six canisters washed ashore on a golden beach.And new and powerful legends were born"......that line totally fits the beginning of the Bionicle series.
I'd do anything for the Gen-1 series to be put in stores again. This was my childhood and I miss it sooo much... I wish they would come back to how they used to be, at least for a while.
I would love to buy the sets I was too young to afford in store
The narrator was freaking awesome too. Hero Factory really has nothing.
I watched the hell out of this when I was little...
It's called Gravity Hurts. It will be up on Bioniclebattle on the 23rd
R.I.P Bionicle you will always be remembered and reborn
this was the best times of bionicle..brings back so much memories when i first got them in 1st grade,now im 9th. i havent got any since the mahri
This is just so LEGENDARY. Compare the story of Bionicle to Hero Factory. Hero Factory doesn't even come in the picture.
I remember that my first bionicle was Tahu. I only got it as a kid because I liked robot type things back then. I decided to get them all after I got Kopaka. I heard about the Turaga after I got all 6 Toa. Then I heard of the Rahi after the Turaga. Then I found the website and started to love it all. The Toa Metru, Hordika, Inika, and Mahri were all awesome, but I'm glad to see the Toa Nuva finally coming back!
my childhood!
I can still remember the whole lyrics of the background music. I had been following the BIONICLE lore since, like, Phantoka, which, for me, is the best BIONICLE line that was ever created. Sorry for any possible mistakes, I'm Russian.
EVEN SCHEMES?!
I just can't believe it, schemes of all things.
*evil schemes
" time bringed transformations, amazing weapons, masks and armor and new and greater power...than ever before!" man i just love that part
*This will never die.*
@SpecialAgentRavage Glatorian was actually one of the best years. And it was very important, as the third half of that line ended the major storyline.
I'm very disappointed in the 2015 reboot for virtually scrapping the original story and it's vast, interesting lore.
+John Smith they are rebooting it for new generations, i hope they make a new and more awesome lore
It must be appreciated, though, just how much it was implied they were the same story.
My childhood 4 minutes retrospective
I have so many memories of bionicles! Omg I remember when me and my brother used to watch this movie so much!
That 2015 reboot is not bionicle man. It feels like hero factory
what about 2016? i think 2016 feels like bionicle
its better but still not like the originals!
yeah true :I well better than broking lime green pieces
No matter what the future may bring, Some things will never change. Like the courage and daring of true heroes.
I watch this at least one a month.
Why does he all of the Toa's names teamed with Pohatu? It makes it seems like he's not as important to the team or that he's just another Toa joining them to fight evil but he's not officially part of the team. The only thing that would actually make him non-important would be the fact that HE HAS THE SAME EXACT ELEMENT AS ANOTHER TOA ON HIS TEAM (ONUA), I hate that they're the same element, really, the element of stone should be something like electricity or plant instead!
Dj _ Voidika, well the Toa themselves and their fighting styles might be different, but their elements are basically the same, for Onua, Pohatu and pretty much any Earth/Earth Toa, I mean Stone/Stone, I mean Earth/Stone. Actually, I think Stone is just Earth but less powerful, Stone is just Stone, while Earth is Stone, dirt, and Ore.
It is said that way because to keep the narration straight, it's an aesthetical choice.
daamn this is the third time im watching this today, that song makes it sound epic
an epic story, epic end
epic childhoodtoysmemories
Bionicle was our generation's great adventure
Good lord it's been over 10 years.
Watching this, you can really see how the animation has improved
man i remember those old bionicles, i got lua in 2001 and thats how i got into bionicles
You had a good run Bionicle, you had a good run. All good things must come to an end.
Hey fun fact you can put this video to almost any music and its awesome
+Brendan Parker
Let's try.........Darude Sandstorm !
Cuando vi este resumen, pensé que ya sería el final de Bionicle, incluso hasta quería llorar :'(
It's so epic
Long Live Bionicle! Unity, Duty, Destiny!
It's been 10 years...
Shark Knight yes...
It's weird how well synced it is in some parts!
Im proud to say Onua was my first. We clawed shit up. I was like 6 lol. Age and boredom took over after they took the dive for the mask.
bro I'm gonna cry
We bionicle fans need to remember what bionicle taught us :UNITY, DUTY.DESTINY! we need to teach our children this.
trust me if you live by this you van do anything.
The amount of goosebumps I get when watching this video is insane. BIONICLE was much more than some silly plastic toy, and I will miss it dearly.
Best toys ever
I dont know what you people think but if someone asks me i say: Barraki/Mahri year was the best in the history of bionicle. Awesome story and charaters awesome sets. Everything was just so freaking awesome.
yeah, Bionicle will never end because its too cool
This video was actually made from bionicle, it's not fan-made, that's why it's so good
Dude that was perfectly in sync.
This was 6 years of my childhood. I REALLY want to see Bionicle brought back ASAP.
Bionicle is coming BACK!!!!!! #BIONICLE2015! Yaeh!!!
Mata Nui died briefly last year, and they're gonna awaken him by the end of 2008, so I guess he doesn't really matter anymore. (They did revive him within a few minutes of his death, though.)
Gravity Hurts by Cryoshell and Brinck is the song if anyone wanted to know 😄 the lyrics really suit the feel of Bionicle too!
I miss the 2000's
damn this bring me memories I stop collecting the toys with the rahski but I watch the 3 movies oh my childhood
I will always going to remember the matoran universe.
My entire childhood in one video.
THE NOSTALGIA FEELS
Long live Bionicle
Whoever the enemy, whatever the odds, they fought and they won.
who is watching this in 2019?
year 1-8 was the best. the hero factory is ok but i ove the old school
@AQworldsShadowknight I loved the Glatorian! 2010 was a mix of both... it was heaven
the narrator is like morgan freeman he makes everything sound really epic :)
i started the bionicle movemente in my city because i think these machines are great and i remember my first toa tahu
The Piraka didn't kill them. They were just held captive
oh my, the nostalgia
I wish that there are new Bionicle stuff, I bet new Toa riding on elemental horse-like beasts who'll fight against a gang of evil orc-like monsters who rides on giant wolf-like beasts. Even Toa battling evil in the snowy landscapes.
Id like to see a Mahri movie, it would be awesome to see the Barraki fighting against the Toa Mahri
Esta retrospectiva me trae recuerdos de mi niñez :'),Q nostalgia
Sitting here about to turn 21 wondering where the time went
The mata sets were the best
Instead of trying to make a new series, they should just re-issue the old series. As good as it was, it had gone on long enough and concluded. But the sets were something amazing.