#lego bionicle

[dontfindme445]

Get this into your thick skull: Bionicle addition

All of the names in bionicle that weren’t changed after the lawsuit, the Māori people ALLOWED Lego to keep. That means it is ok to use them. And even if there were names for new characters after said lawsuit happened that seem “culturally appropriative”, don’t you think that the Māoris would sue again? They didn’t. That means it wasn’t that bad. Also, I have proof that they SPECIFICALLY ALLOWED Lego to keep using the Māori names that were chosen for the toa mata (the main cast). Don’t you think since the Māoris had a problem with some of the names, if they had a problem with the toa mata’s names, they would have pointed that out first since the toa mata are the LITERAL MAIN CHARACTERS? A huge misconception is that the Māoris “didn’t catch” some things in bionicle, this proves that theory wrong! Even if they had missed some things at first, bionicle continued for less than a DECADE after the law suit! Don’t you think that they would have sued again if they found something they missed the first time?

The island from Moana is “Monte Nui”, the island from bionicle is “mata nui”. The island from Moana is not a bionicle reference.

The name “Jaller” does not fit in with the rest of the names in bionicle. It sounds soooooooooooo yankeedoodle! Even some of the characters who got their names changed sound more like bionicles than him. Maybe they were trying to make him an American stereotype? Like, his voice sounds like a dumb surfer dude. Even Tahu, an actual surfer dude, sounds like less of a surfer dude than Baller with a J over here!

If bionicle was that bad, it would be morally wrong to keep liking it. What a person likes dictates their character, but that’s only if you know the extent of what you’re doing and keep doing it. If someone got addicted to something bad as a kid without realizing how bad it is, it may be hard to move on from it as an adult.

in jaller’s name, they changed the “a” to an “er”, I think it might be a joke similar to the “clankers” thing in the Star Wars community.

the reason why Lego won’t bring bionicle back is because they fear backlash from twitter people, but considering that most people nowadays like bionicle, I don’t think they will get much backlash. They have even changed some of the names that the Māoris let them keep, because of how scared they are! Let them know they shouldn’t!

The matoran are not racist depictions of anything. Bionicle was inspired by christen Faber’s day dreams of the pills inside of his body fighting his cancer being actually alive. The depiction of antibodies as humans in media usually have them depicted as creatures rather than people. The concept of the matoran developed over time so they were more portrayed as humans than antibodies. Also, the previous names for bionicle seem a little iffy, but they probably didn’t know that voodoo was an actual practice, and the bone heads thing… probably either had to do with the fact that blood cells come out of your bones or since the bionicles were just literal animals back then, they didn’t have any problem giving them a funny name. Another candidate for a name was literally “doo heads” for crying out loud! 😂

EDIT: Check out my other bionicle posts where I go into more detail.

[ioannes747]

I've wanted to make this fanart for a long time and I was finally able to do it, I love these three so much, I hope you like it! ^^

[rahiwatching]

Bocchi the (Rahkshi) Rock!

Pink Rahkshi of anxiety

[nihilpersona]

Kanohi cricket

Kanohi crickets are bug-like rahi commonly found in Le-Wahi. They owe their name to their peculiar defense mechanism, which involves wearing a stolen kanohi on their hind section and flailing their back legs hoping to scare away or at least confuse potential predators

While they are unable to use the powers of the mask they're wearing the color of their body and limbs will change to match its element

Although generally meek in nature they do pose a threat to the unfortunate matorans whose kanohi they steal

[squiretinnion]

Finished a long project for Bionicle! Detailed pics under the cut

The intro from The Mask of Light film as a block print with watercolour, medieval illuminated manuscript style. Took me about 3 months, mostly planing out the lego pieces as the floral decorations

If anyone is interested in a print let me know!

[thecongressman1]

Toa Tahu

[alastheswarmleaderhasescaped]

Going through the 2001-2003 Templar Studios games and animations again because of course, and something hit me

Vakama just uses the Sacred Fire as an excuse to share things he already knows from Metru Nui but make it appear like he's also only just hearing from it, right? Matoran or Tahu come to him with a question, he has the information but if he just gives it to them they'll be pissed at him for not sharing it sooner and also question how he knows in the first place, so he just gazes into this fancy fire and pretend he is also only just finding out, everybody happy

And I suppose the other Turaga do similar things: Nuju uses the stars (which isn't even a complete lie), Nokama probably consults the waves, etc.

And then there's Matau

And I'm sorry but there's only one way I can envision this happening:

Lewa: Turaga, what are those creaturethings coming from Makuta? Matau: Let's quickask the Almighty Kewa *walks to a branch on which a Kewa is just chilling* Matau: Mighty Kewa, what are the creaturethings coming from the darkgrounds of Mata Nui? Kewa: *caws once* Matau: they're namecalled Bohrok, and their dutygoal is to destroy. Their powerstrength is their Krana, and you need to quickfly and collect all their Kranatypes so the way to their nestlair will be opened Lewa: *confusion* Kongu: don't doubtask it

For added hilarity he always asks a different Kewa but insists that the one he's asking this time is The Almighty Kewa

[optimusprimeswinging-metalballs]

Yep.... some of my best work

[danejudidench]

Started making Bionicle tarot cards! No full deck yet, but for now you can buy these as T-shirts and stickers at my store!

[tempelbeast]

This time we have renders of:

Kalama, Vakama and Nuhrii.

Vhisola, Nokama and Kai.

Tehutti, Midak and Whenua.

Makani, Matau and Orkahm.

Ally, Onewa, and Piatra

Mazeka, Nuju and Ehrye. I know Mazeka never was on Mata Nui. The idea is that The Order send him to secretly check on the Metru Nui Matoran on Mata Nui. He was spotted when he got grabbed by Nui-Rama. He kills it, and falls straight into Ko-Koro.

Iruini, Dume and Norik.

Dalu, Jovan and Velika.

Any thoughts?

[muaka-safari]

If Teridax had accepted the Toa Metru when they presented the Great Disks, instead of discrediting them as imposters, his life would have been so much easier

Esp if under the guise of Turaga Dume he had convinced the Toa to help in small, subtle steps that seemed logical at first ("metru nui is too dangerous atm for matoran, they need to be gathered together" "toa lhikan was seen in this place, go eradicate the threats to find him") that are all individual pieces of his plot

Basically, you could have ended up with this situation:

(Original from a dnd campaign on reddit)

[alic0rez]

i love how these three are entirely different characters despite looking like some pokemon evolution line lol

[ioannes747]

GA Girls

I had this project of drawing several of Bionicle's Toas del Agua and along the way I also made some Ga matoran, I hope you like it! ^^

[sokoda]

Due to LEGO VIDIYOs performance the theme was abruptly canceled to reevaluate and test out new ideas.

This sadly kept the theme from ever reaching its full potential.

L.L.A.M.A. never received their Grammy.

And a Bionicle themed Dancy Boy Tuuli BeatBox was never released.

Carry your Tuuli figure around everywhere you want, customize the mask design on the back of the BeatBox and use the exclusive Bionicle inspired BeatBits to enhance your dance moves in the LEGO Vidiyo App!

[nihilpersona]

Wuviki beetle

A small insect rahi commonly found buzzing around in the Le-Wahi jungle

[toa-kohutti]

i'm working on a BIONICLE mod for DOOM 2!

it's in the early stages still, but i already have enemy replacements, custom weapons, and custom music by the talented KDNX!

and with your help, we could achieve even more! if you're interested in playtesting or contributing to the mod, fill out this form and i'll gladly have you aboard and send you the alphas when they're ready!