#i like how 3/4 are from ta-koro

[cipher-of-the-round-table]

I mean, the bottom left dude… I don't know how to explain it, as I can't comprehend it myself.

Didn't Kapura invent fast travel by walking slowly and thinking about his destination intently?

[goodguy2008]

Bionicle Asks

I’m in a talkative/rambling mood... All answered under the cut! Original post here.

1. When did you get into Bionicle?

I think I really started to get interested in 2006.

2.What got you interested in Bionicle?

When I saw the Inika commercials on Cartoon Network... I had a friend that lived across the street, and we’d meet in our front yards and talk across the highway. And the Inika commercials were definitely brought up.

3. What was your first set?

Jaller Mahri and Ehlek where the first ones I “bought”. But I’ve had a Tehutti set before them. Not sure how I became in possession of that one... And then there’s Macku as a McToran, but I never really did anything with her.

4. What was one set that you always wanted but never got?

I really liked Maxilos and Spinax, but because of a “deal” that friend and I had, (we get ones the other doesn’t) I never got him...

5. Which set is your least favourite?

I never liked Gresh... Normal version, or Stars version. (Especially Stars)

6. Which year is your favourite?

2007. No contest.

7. Which year is your least favourite? 

Story-wise and to some extent set related too, I’d have to say 2009. It’s a very neat world, and I like how it’s structured... But it’s not Bionicle...

8. What did you think of Gen 2?

It had some potential, but I wish they did more with it. If they wanted to make some connections back to Gen 1, I would have wished they just did a continuation rather than a reboot. -I should make a post about this...

9. Did you read or own any of the books?

I actually started to read one of the Metru books, but never finished it. I never really knew about them, or knew where to find them...

10. Which book is your favourite?

N/A, read above

11. Did you read any of the comics?

Yes! My friend was subscribed to the Lego Magazine, so every time he got a new one, we’d read the Ignition comic together. Years later, I ended up reading them all on BioMedia Project.

12. Which comic series was your favourite?

Definitely the Ignition series.

13. Ride the Crab?

Yes.

14. Which Bionicle game do you like the best?

MNOG. It’s the only one that has never pissed me off... I have more memories with the Mahri games, but I could never beat any of them.

15. Who’s your favourite character?

Jaller. He was just one of the more well rounded characters, and easily likable. Also my first Toa.

16. Best Toa team?

To not sound like a broken record, (Though you know I’m going to pick the Mahri) I’ll say the Hagah...

17. Which movie is your favourite?

The first one I watched was Legends of Metru Nui, when I found a copy on VHS in a St. Vincents... Really, it’s a tie between MoL and LoMN.

18. Which movie is your least favourite?

The Legend Reborn. It was really my least favourite year, and I didn’t like any of the characters.

19. What was your favourite aspect of Gen 1?

Just the sheer scale of depth of the lore, and the world. Which I never knew about until the last few years, and I feel like I missed out on so much...

20. What was your favourite aspect of Gen 2?

I think it’s probably the feeling in the community. I never experienced the Bionicle community during Gen 1, so it was great to see everyone enjoying themselves.

21. Do you hope to see a Gen 3 in the future?

Honestly, no. I’d rather see more effort put into continuing the story of Gen 1 in books, or do the same for Gen 2.

22. Dump all the pieces out and assemble, or sort pieces carefully and assemble?

Pieces were either all over the table/carpet, or still in the bags, being fished out. There was no real sorting. Screw that noise, man.

23. What’s your favourite Bionicle memory?

There’s so many... But I’ll go with the time I got Jaller Mahri and Ehlek and rolled them all around the floor of my grandparents house... 

24. Did you ever take your Bionicles outdoors to play?

All. The. Freakin. Time. I’d load them all up in a box, (I really only had a few at the time...) and go across the street to my friends house, he’d bring his out and we’d go all over. Funnily enough, I was walking down my gravel driveway last year, and I found connector piece from Takadox embedded in the gravel.

25. Do/Did you break pieces often?

Oddly no. I was never really careful with mine either, so how I never really did is beyond me... Even Ehlek with all his lime, I think only two pieces have been bad enough to warrant replacement. Though the dog did get a couple parts...

26. How many sets have you collected?

More than ten. And that’s all I feel like counting to right now...

27. Do you want to see a new Bionicle game? If so, from what year, and which genre?

I think I mentioned this once here before, but I’d love to see a Total War style game with all the different 2001-2002 characters. The Ta-Koro Guard can be an elite unit, with the Le-Koro airforce, and the Onu-Koro Ussal Rider Regiment. The Turaga can all be the “generals” in typical Total War fashion. Maybe a Ga-Koro Navy, too. That would spice things up. But they’d all be fighting the various Rahi, and maybe even the Bohrok.

Another idea would be a sort of FPS during 2007, and the you’d switch through the characters in different spots, and progress through that whole story.

28. How many of your childhood sets still survive?

They all do somehow, mostly... Even Hydraxon, who was frozen in a dirty pool for a year and a half...

29. Which did you like best, Gen 1 or Gen 2?

Gen 1. There was more to it, and it felt more alive.