One of my favourite books was Legends Inferno. It involves the Toa and Piraka descending down the great staircase to get the mask of life. All the challenges they face are super interesting and you wonder how they'll get past them. In the end we get my two favourite action scenes Axxon vs Brutaka and the Toa vs Vezon and Fehnrakk/Kardas.
IKR? All the different gaurdians and obstacles on the 777 steps were very interesting. It was genius on Greg's part to have the Toa and Piraka's journeys be totally different. It would have been really boring if they each faced the same obstacles.
The Bionicoe books will always hold a special place in my heart. I read legends first and now I’m going to read the others. The special part about them was that even though they were 100 pg. young adult books, they weren’t just made to sell toys and they used previous characters to tell a bigger, sprawling story. Also the depiction of the Worlds and the way the bioniclea look in general really sucked me in. I encourage everyone to read them and I hope Greg Farshtey does something Bionicle in the future Timeline: Chronicles 1-4 Mask of Light Adventures 1-10 Legends 1-11 Raid on Vulcanus I forget this one I think it’s legends of Mata Nui of something but I now they made it into a movie. Journey’s End
Some other great ones that didn't make the list: Chronicles #4: Tales of the Masks - (Greg Farshtey's debut) Adventures #5/6: Voyage of Fear/Maze of Shadows (Shifts towards a darker tone while still giving some excellent worldbuilding.) Adventures #8: Challenge of the Hordika (Spectacular action and a storytelling development Time Trap did poorly to undo. This one was one of my absolute favorites as a kid.) Adventures #9: Web of Shadows (Best movie novelization; fleshes out and makes clearer some important character motivations.) Legends #1 or #2: Island of Doom or Dark Destiny (Whichever one has the biggest gut-punching Toa Nuva defeat for you. I personally like seeing the classic Matoran lineup in DD a little bit more, though the Voya Nui Matoran are a fascinatingly scrappy bunch.) Legends #5: Inferno (Basically and extended series of trials of worth for the Ignika, leading to some great battles and character moments.) Legends #7: Prisoners of the Pit (While I love the slow burn of City of the Lost, this one officially reintroduces Makuta as an active and truly diabolical villain, manages to make Matoro a fairly morally grey character, and showcases just how far the Mahri have come as Toa, with Hahli in particular getting a chance to shine.) Just my thoughts. And while the guides may not count in terms of narrative story, I could pore over any of them for hours. Anyone?
I personally loved "Legends 6: City of the Lost". Felt like a true horror book, with a civilization of Matoran trying to survive in a hostile environment they know nothing about.
Seems like a good list to me. How about the Top 10 Bionicle Comics? And hey, no discriminating against Stuart Sayger here. The story is the thing that matters.
brian55235 A few members of the fan community don't really like his art style. And to be honest, I kind of agree with them. But I won't be complaining too much because I adore the story and dialogue.
Lewa wasn't in journeys end cuz well he was kinda busy being taken control by tren krom and journeying with tuyet hafu and kapura and meeting miserix and artahka in his physical form and getting his body back and teleported to bota magna so you know...it was a typical Monday
The Nuva vs. Piraka fight was absolutely incredible. I don't get why people don't talk about it very often. Lewa showed his true inferno in that fight.
_Downfall_ is my favorite BIONICLE book, both for the sheer emotion infused with the writing at the end and its overall great quality. Glad to see it made it to #1.
I think Tales of the Masks should definitely be on the list somewhere. Its structure made it read very much like a compilation of ancient legends with clear, applicable morals. I also think it had some of the strongest characterization and, with the relationship-based stories, made BIONICLE more relatable than most other books.
"Kres Podróży" forever! Seriously, I was confused, when I heard for the first time, that "Journey's End" was published only in Poland. Ironically, that was ONLY Bionicle book published here, so yeah... That would be shame, if I hadn't taken one.
Ugh! I can't stand physical books anymore. I rather "swiping" pages than "turning" the pages. Oh no! None of the Bionicle Gen 1 books aren't in google play! Well, it's been awhile since I've read a good physical book. Especially from Bionicle. I have to remind myself to read those books again.
I have't read the books at all. Back in the day I only got whatever short comics were packed inside canisters. I have read comics for the first time few days ago on BS and biomedia project, I cannot find the 4 exclusives that were in anthologies. Now I search for the books, maybe they were released in languages, I only seen MN's and Teri's guides in stores. But from this video I know that at least Journey's End was released in my territory. Any idea where I could read the books online?
This is awesome! I made my own list a few years ago and some books on your list are on mine too: 10. Bionicle Adventures 2: Trial by Fire 9. Bionicle Adventures 6: Maze of Shadows 8. Bionicle Legends 4: Legacy of Evil 7. Bionicle Legends 9: Shadows in the Sky 6. Bionicle Adventures 9: Web of Shadows 5. Bionicle Adventures 3: The Darkness Below 4. Bionicle Legends 11: The Final Battle 3. Bionicle Adventures 8: Challenge of the Hordika 2. Bionicle Legends 10: Swamp of Secrets 1. Bionicle Adventures 10: Time Trap “Reign of Shadows” would definitely be included if it was a book.
I always liked Bionicle Chronicles #1: Tale of the Toa. Save for the original toa ads and the first 2/3 comics, we don't get a lot of detail about the Toa's quest for the masks. Tale of The Toa gave us that insight and helped build up the danger of Mata Nui island.
Seems like a great list to me, currently I'm getting through the books for the first time (yes, I've never read them). So far, I've read all the Chronicles (including Mask of Light) as well as Adventures #1-4, with #5 and #6 waitingt to be read.
It only gets better from where you are. One thing you should know, however, is that during the '05 storyline, Greg was forced by Lego to do what he did with Vakama's character, so that's why it won't feel right.
Time Trap was my favorite for a while, but the Piraka/Inika-centered portion of the books eventually took its place. Learning about the Piraka's past, their fight against the Toa Nuva, and the story of the soon-to-be Toa Inika's journey to Voya Nui was too cool. Seeing Karzahni for the first time was incredible, as well. Legacy of Evil was such a cool look at not only the Piraka, but the universe as a whole. Later, I also really enjoyed the Karda-Nui books, as it tied everything up and answered so many questions, such as the origins of the Bohrok (which have always intrigued me).
I have to agree with Downfall being the best, but here are my personal top ten: 1. Downfall 2. Powerplay 3. City of the Lost 4. The Darkness Below 5. Dark Destiny 6. Maze of Shadows 7. Time Trap 8. Prisoners of the Pit 9. Inferno 10. Island of Doom
My favorite was Bionicle Legends #1 Island of Doom. Was a little boring for the first half, but I like the fact that the Matoran on the island have some powers where before Matoran seem mostly helpless. You get to actually read what Turaga Dume was like and how he acts with the Turaga and toa. You meet the Piraka who had a great part in the story which later on I feel was a little underdeveloped since their leader Zaktan who I personal really liked knew the Teridax's plan and how he was connected to him since he handled the Zamor Sphere, the Piraka get into a great battle with the Toa nova that shows the Toa's growth from the first books and how they're dealing with a whole new threat that is mostly different from before since a lot of their enemies were being used by Teridax's against them where in the book, they're dealing with enemies who are evil for the sake of being evil and it ends on a cliff hanger.
My whole life I've loved Bionicle, but aside from watching the first movie, playing Bionicle Heroes and a bunch of online flash games, reading the backs of the Bionicle boxes, plus watching all of the commercials over and over and over and over and over and over again as I grew up, I didn't really know anything else about the story, lore or characters. I've always been interested though, always wanted go know more about the world and characters of Bionicle but just never have and just enjoyed Bionicle the way I saw it... But damn.. These books are cheap now, I still love Bionicle and I have an older more patient and intelligent mind, I'm gonna read all of the Bionicle books!! Watch all the films and replay Bionicle Heroes too!
Nice list. I love Beware of the Bohrok, especially because of all the foreshadowing of the Mata Nui Robot, but I don't think it should have made the list. I don't think Raid on Vulcanus or Journey's end should have made it either. I think I would have ranked Challenge of the Hordika at 10. It was good because it was before Vakama went bad, but it was still really dark with the Roodaka planted all the evidence that made all the Toa question their legitimacy and the with the revelation of how the Toa Hagah were reduced to the Rahaga by Roodaka. That's one reason why I still think Roodaka was one of the most evil villains Bionicle ever saw. The epic battle between the Zivon and the Tahtorak and Krahka's sacrifice at the end were amazing too, as was Onewa's vengeance on the Kagharak. I also think Dark Destiny is a really great book, simply because of the future Toa Inika's journey. Like from the moment that book begins, you know they're gonna end up becoming Toa, and watching their travels is a great final stretch of character development for a group of heroes that we've come to know and love since 2001-2003. I still think Onepu should have been Toa of Earth, though, because Nuparu as a Toa was a completely different character. Also, their journey to Karzahni was great because of the way it began to Map out the MU and it remains the only detailed description of travel between different domes of the MU. I also really liked Inferno.
Nice list although I never even knew #10 or 9 existed. The last one I read was The Final Battle. Anway my list would be: 1. Island of Doom 2. Time Trap 3. Legacy of Evil 4. Downfall 5. Inferno 6.Challenge of the Hordika 7.The Darkness Below 8. Power Play 9. Tale of the Toa 10. Trial by Fire
Imagine a series of cinematic bionicle films, like imagine the trailer. Playing a symphonic version of the mask of light theme, showing the island of mata nui. The film focuses on Takua's adventure to find the toa stones and summon the toa, and maybe go on to show the toa collecting the masks. But there is a big budget film for every subsequent story arc, and the fans have involvement in what they want to see in the story (which wouldn't be too hard I mean come on, look at the g1 bionicle fan base compared to the fan bases of other big toylines). I bet Lego would go for it too, since the only thing they're concerned with is money and staying on top of the market. Those would be the REAL Lego movies. They could pay a little respect to the franchise that saved them from bankruptcy!
My list is something like: 1. Legacy of Evil; It's a close look at the origin of Bionicle's best (IMO) villains, with some great references and cameos. 2. Time Trap; Dark atmosphere, a nice pace... And Sentrakh. Let us not forget Sentrakh. 3. Power Play; I agree with TTV, the action never stops, and some of my favorite quotes originate from this one. 4. Downfall; Nothing else needs to be explained... Just, "DOWNFALL". 5. The Darkness Below; Krahka is amazing, the adventure is unforgettable. 6. Island of Doom; FINALLY, a Bionicle book where the good guys don't win... Whoa. 7. Mystery of Metru Nui; This was the first Bionicle book I ever got, and I love the plot to this day. 8. Swamp of Secrets; Like #10, I enjoy this one mainly for a single character, Hydraxon. 9. Raid of Vulcanus; The tone is pretty good, and Gelu never gets old. 10. Challenge of the Hordika; I mostly like this one just for Krahka's character development...
My personal favorite was: The Dark Mirror, mainly because before reading it I had always wondered what would have happened if the toa went bad. And the book did a really good job of describing the word as it was in that dimension. Also the final battle was particularly enjoyable. Wish it was a little bit longer though.
Hey Eljay (or whoever is able to explain why), can you make a video or something explaining the Kanohi Nuva? The lore behind them is a little vague and brings up several important questions: Why were there complete sets of Kanohi Nuva masks laying around Mata Nui if Toa Nuva didn't exist until the Toa Mata were transformed? If the Kanohi Nuva's powers could be shared with the other toa (like when they used the Miru Nuva + Kakama Nuva to escape the Bohrok nest, why was it necessary for each toa to have their own set? How often do the Toa Nuva actually use these masks? (Tahu didn't seem at a disadvantage after his Toa Suva was lost, and even after so, still carried the Vahi on him) Did the Adaptive Masks given to the Toa by Artakha have the same power sharing properties? As you can see, there are quite a few issues regarding the Kanohi Nuva in lore, and I don't think an answer as simple as "they made it up to sell more toys" will really solve these issues.
Did the Toa stones that the Toa Metru hid on Mata Nui the first time they discovered the island ever get discovered? I think this occurred during Maze of Shadows, or the very end of Voyage of Fear
Enchanted Creeper it's okay. It was a part of my childhood so that is why I like it a lot. Another reason is because of the awesome story it has as well. :)
For the number two spot: didnt Mata Nui influence makuta to influence Lhikan to pick the prime universe Toa Metru? And Makuta just thought it was his idea?
The images for #5 are from Bionicle Ignition, not Bionicle Legends. I've never read Legends, so I might be mistaken or not understand something, but I just wanted to mention this in case it was a mistake.
I am a little disappointed not to see tales of the masks on here. I like the insight we get into the turaga and how they all interact. Sure, we got to know them well as toa metru later, but the personalities of the toa metru are not at all the same as the turaga. I like how it teases metru nui arc while setting us up for the mask of light movie.
Yeah, Greg nailed it for his first book and the last Mata Nui arc book. Fleshed out the Turaga, the Toa, and teased the fact that the Turaga were former Toa (especially with Nokama’s story)
Eljay I understand what you meant about Time Trap contradicting what we know about Mata Nui but remember he only made sure destined matoran became toa to save the city or at least the inhabitants that kept his brain working, his motivations were selfish at best
WOW, I still have the paper version of the number 10 book lying upon my shelf. According to what you said in the video the book is really rare and it is worth a lot of cash. Am I already a bilionare? (I'm not even kiddin, I have the book)
Didn't they explain that Kopaka and Pohatu were teleported to the Red Star, and Lewa was with Vezon and others with one of the Great Beings? Unless that was in a different book.
I see your point Eljay on time trap and mata nui' s contradicting actions, but he did that so true destined toa would save the city that was his brain.
I would have put Legacy of Evil much higher because of all the lore it uncovers, especially around the Dark Hunters which we don't really get to see too much otherwise. Also, seeing the Piraka's origin sets up the next book, Inferno, perfectly.
Legacy of Evil was amazing. The world building was just top notch, and I was so intrigued by how it used the Piraka’s own place in history as a storytelling medium. It fleshed them out a lot and it was cool knowing that they’ve always been around through all the familiar locations we’ve seen, doing their own evil thing. It quite literally described their legacy of evil and this hyped them up a lot for me. Plus more Dark Hunter stuff is always great. Only complaint is I wish Vezon wasn’t formed so close to Voya Nui. I wish something more like 100-500 years had passed so him coming back could’ve been a shock to the Piraka, but then I guess he couldn’t have known about the Mask of Life so it makes sense this way.
some help, i d like to know the story of bionicle and all but i don t know where to start and follow throught can someone help me please, the only info i ever had came from the movies and from what i ve seen i missed A LOT of info here
Jack TheRipper I'd suggest playing Quest for the Toa (if you have it) or reading a synopsis of what happens in it, then playing Mata Nui Online Game, then reading the books first in order of when they came out, with the comics optional (except for in 2009, where the comics are very important because there were barely any books). Then I suggest reading the serials. After that you can go back and play Mata Nui Online Game II: The Final Chronicle if you want and read any comics you might've skipped
my love of audio books and insane criticism of my own work as an author and of others work. has made me not read as many books any more. i still love stories but i just cant sit down and read a book anymore, I'd rather listen to them with a good narrator on the way to work and the way home. but i still have fond memories of begging my mom for the latest bionicle book, i would read them in a day. these books harkin back to a time authors didn't simplify things just because kids were reading.
one of my favorite bionicle book is sahmad's tale. it involves sahmad's life when he used to be an enslaver then defeated the agori for many occasions but then he saw the light then realized that a creature known as Annona caused him to do bad things from that disease known as dreaming plaque but then he teamed up with telleris to destroy the dream vampire then telleris died but sahmad survived after teaming up with another yellow hero and now sahmad gave iron and minerals for good business and now he is not evil anymore he is normal good soul who became sympathetic just to stop being evil and start being a hero!
Raid on Vulcanus is almost an exact copy of the Magnificent Seven. Outside of some of the heroes deaths in the M7 and the agori traitor side plot its the exact same story.
Yeah, people still read books, even hard copies. I found that the digital versions of a _A Song of Ice and Fire_ didn't hold my attention as much moving paper between my fingers.
I don’t see how “The Final Battle” could be included, considering how it ends up-in fact, how everything we had followed over the past several years had ended up
When I was in the 6th grade during early 2012 school year up to 8th grade school year of 2013-2014 I used to have a bionicle book it was 230 pages long of all the toa, rahi, dark hunters, borohk, makuta, and sidorak it was a pretty good it took me 2 years the understand it all. but in later in 2014 when i was going my first year at high school I checked my bag and my book disappeared.
One of my favourite books was Legends Inferno. It involves the Toa and Piraka descending down the great staircase to get the mask of life. All the challenges they face are super interesting and you wonder how they'll get past them. In the end we get my two favourite action scenes Axxon vs Brutaka and the Toa vs Vezon and Fehnrakk/Kardas.
IKR? All the different gaurdians and obstacles on the 777 steps were very interesting. It was genius on Greg's part to have the Toa and Piraka's journeys be totally different. It would have been really boring if they each faced the same obstacles.
The Bionicoe books will always hold a special place in my heart. I read legends first and now I’m going to read the others. The special part about them was that even though they were 100 pg. young adult books, they weren’t just made to sell toys and they used previous characters to tell a bigger, sprawling story. Also the depiction of the Worlds and the way the bioniclea look in general really sucked me in. I encourage everyone to read them and I hope Greg Farshtey does something Bionicle in the future
Timeline:
Chronicles 1-4
Mask of Light
Adventures 1-10
Legends 1-11
Raid on Vulcanus
I forget this one I think it’s legends of Mata Nui of something but I now they made it into a movie.
Journey’s End
Some other great ones that didn't make the list:
Chronicles #4: Tales of the Masks - (Greg Farshtey's debut)
Adventures #5/6: Voyage of Fear/Maze of Shadows (Shifts towards a darker tone while still giving some excellent worldbuilding.)
Adventures #8: Challenge of the Hordika (Spectacular action and a storytelling development Time Trap did poorly to undo. This one was one of my absolute favorites as a kid.)
Adventures #9: Web of Shadows (Best movie novelization; fleshes out and makes clearer some important character motivations.)
Legends #1 or #2: Island of Doom or Dark Destiny (Whichever one has the biggest gut-punching Toa Nuva defeat for you. I personally like seeing the classic Matoran lineup in DD a little bit more, though the Voya Nui Matoran are a fascinatingly scrappy bunch.)
Legends #5: Inferno (Basically and extended series of trials of worth for the Ignika, leading to some great battles and character moments.)
Legends #7: Prisoners of the Pit (While I love the slow burn of City of the Lost, this one officially reintroduces Makuta as an active and truly diabolical villain, manages to make Matoro a fairly morally grey character, and showcases just how far the Mahri have come as Toa, with Hahli in particular getting a chance to shine.)
Just my thoughts. And while the guides may not count in terms of narrative story, I could pore over any of them for hours.
Anyone?
This makes me want to read the whole series all over again :D
Skides I did that recently. Always a pleasure to relive the nine years of bionicle.
2buildornot2build Are you not counting 2010 because of how short and simple it was?
Garry Dumblowski? Yeah, it wasn't a full year. I group it in with the year before it since it's also Bara Magna and so short.
2buildornot2build Ah, okay.
That makes sense.
Thanks.
I want time trap anyone have pdf?
I personally loved "Legends 6: City of the Lost". Felt like a true horror book, with a civilization of Matoran trying to survive in a hostile environment they know nothing about.
Seems like a good list to me. How about the Top 10 Bionicle Comics? And hey, no discriminating against Stuart Sayger here. The story is the thing that matters.
Wait what? People hated his art style? The 2006-2007 comics were my favorite, because of the darker story, and a darker art style.
brian55235 A few members of the fan community don't really like his art style. And to be honest, I kind of agree with them. But I won't be complaining too much because I adore the story and dialogue.
I thought the book were the comics
***** The stories themselves are pretty similar, but there's still a lot more to explore in the comics.
I thought Sayger’s artstyle was fantastic for Voya Nui. Made the Piraka look absolutely terrifying
What is the song called they use in a lot of these videos.
Lewa wasn't in journeys end cuz well he was kinda busy being taken control by tren krom and journeying with tuyet hafu and kapura and meeting miserix and artahka in his physical form and getting his body back and teleported to bota magna so you know...it was a typical Monday
The Nuva vs. Piraka fight was absolutely incredible. I don't get why people don't talk about it very often. Lewa showed his true inferno in that fight.
_Downfall_ is my favorite BIONICLE book, both for the sheer emotion infused with the writing at the end and its overall great quality. Glad to see it made it to #1.
I sold all my books away.
Help.
CunningCondor :O I'm so sorry
POWER PLAY IS DA BOMB
I think Tales of the Masks should definitely be on the list somewhere. Its structure made it read very much like a compilation of ancient legends with clear, applicable morals. I also think it had some of the strongest characterization and, with the relationship-based stories, made BIONICLE more relatable than most other books.
"Kres Podróży" forever! Seriously, I was confused, when I heard for the first time, that "Journey's End" was published only in Poland. Ironically, that was ONLY Bionicle book published here, so yeah... That would be shame, if I hadn't taken one.
Ugh! I can't stand physical books anymore. I rather "swiping" pages than "turning" the pages.
Oh no! None of the Bionicle Gen 1 books aren't in google play!
Well, it's been awhile since I've read a good physical book. Especially from Bionicle. I have to remind myself to read those books again.
check out the Wall of History website. You can swipe through the books on that
Check out Bio Media Project, they have the books scanned
@@emblemblade9245 Yeah I'm aware. They didn't have this 7 years ago.
I have't read the books at all. Back in the day I only got whatever short comics were packed inside canisters. I have read comics for the first time few days ago on BS and biomedia project, I cannot find the 4 exclusives that were in anthologies. Now I search for the books, maybe they were released in languages, I only seen MN's and Teri's guides in stores. But from this video I know that at least Journey's End was released in my territory. Any idea where I could read the books online?
This is awesome! I made my own list a few years ago and some books on your list are on mine too:
10. Bionicle Adventures 2: Trial by Fire
9. Bionicle Adventures 6: Maze of Shadows
8. Bionicle Legends 4: Legacy of Evil
7. Bionicle Legends 9: Shadows in the Sky
6. Bionicle Adventures 9: Web of Shadows
5. Bionicle Adventures 3: The Darkness Below
4. Bionicle Legends 11: The Final Battle
3. Bionicle Adventures 8: Challenge of the Hordika
2. Bionicle Legends 10: Swamp of Secrets
1. Bionicle Adventures 10: Time Trap
“Reign of Shadows” would definitely be included if it was a book.
I always liked Bionicle Chronicles #1: Tale of the Toa. Save for the original toa ads and the first 2/3 comics, we don't get a lot of detail about the Toa's quest for the masks. Tale of The Toa gave us that insight and helped build up the danger of Mata Nui island.
Kind of wish that Challenge of the Hordika was on here. Probably would have switched it out with Power Play, but that's just me.
Seems like a great list to me, currently I'm getting through the books for the first time (yes, I've never read them). So far, I've read all the Chronicles (including Mask of Light) as well as Adventures #1-4, with #5 and #6 waitingt to be read.
It only gets better from where you are. One thing you should know, however, is that during the '05 storyline, Greg was forced by Lego to do what he did with Vakama's character, so that's why it won't feel right.
Judging from what I've heard of the later books, I'm really looking forward to getting to them!
Time Trap was my favorite for a while, but the Piraka/Inika-centered portion of the books eventually took its place. Learning about the Piraka's past, their fight against the Toa Nuva, and the story of the soon-to-be Toa Inika's journey to Voya Nui was too cool. Seeing Karzahni for the first time was incredible, as well. Legacy of Evil was such a cool look at not only the Piraka, but the universe as a whole.
Later, I also really enjoyed the Karda-Nui books, as it tied everything up and answered so many questions, such as the origins of the Bohrok (which have always intrigued me).
I still read books! Well, if we're talking BIONICLE, I read one ... well ... about ... about two years ago ...
I have to agree with Downfall being the best, but here are my personal top ten:
1. Downfall
2. Powerplay
3. City of the Lost
4. The Darkness Below
5. Dark Destiny
6. Maze of Shadows
7. Time Trap
8. Prisoners of the Pit
9. Inferno
10. Island of Doom
My favorite was Bionicle Legends #1 Island of Doom. Was a little boring for the first half, but I like the fact that the Matoran on the island have some powers where before Matoran seem mostly helpless. You get to actually read what Turaga Dume was like and how he acts with the Turaga and toa. You meet the Piraka who had a great part in the story which later on I feel was a little underdeveloped since their leader Zaktan who I personal really liked knew the Teridax's plan and how he was connected to him since he handled the Zamor Sphere, the Piraka get into a great battle with the Toa nova that shows the Toa's growth from the first books and how they're dealing with a whole new threat that is mostly different from before since a lot of their enemies were being used by Teridax's against them where in the book, they're dealing with enemies who are evil for the sake of being evil and it ends on a cliff hanger.
Awesome Video! decided to buy BIONICLE: Legends 11, The Final Battle on your recommendation, Waiting in anticipation for it to arrive!!
My whole life I've loved Bionicle, but aside from watching the first movie, playing Bionicle Heroes and a bunch of online flash games, reading the backs of the Bionicle boxes, plus watching all of the commercials over and over and over and over and over and over again as I grew up, I didn't really know anything else about the story, lore or characters.
I've always been interested though, always wanted go know more about the world and characters of Bionicle but just never have and just enjoyed Bionicle the way I saw it... But damn.. These books are cheap now, I still love Bionicle and I have an older more patient and intelligent mind, I'm gonna read all of the Bionicle books!!
Watch all the films and replay Bionicle Heroes too!
Nice list. I love Beware of the Bohrok, especially because of all the foreshadowing of the Mata Nui Robot, but I don't think it should have made the list. I don't think Raid on Vulcanus or Journey's end should have made it either. I think I would have ranked Challenge of the Hordika at 10. It was good because it was before Vakama went bad, but it was still really dark with the Roodaka planted all the evidence that made all the Toa question their legitimacy and the with the revelation of how the Toa Hagah were reduced to the Rahaga by Roodaka. That's one reason why I still think Roodaka was one of the most evil villains Bionicle ever saw. The epic battle between the Zivon and the Tahtorak and Krahka's sacrifice at the end were amazing too, as was Onewa's vengeance on the Kagharak. I also think Dark Destiny is a really great book, simply because of the future Toa Inika's journey. Like from the moment that book begins, you know they're gonna end up becoming Toa, and watching their travels is a great final stretch of character development for a group of heroes that we've come to know and love since 2001-2003. I still think Onepu should have been Toa of Earth, though, because Nuparu as a Toa was a completely different character. Also, their journey to Karzahni was great because of the way it began to Map out the MU and it remains the only detailed description of travel between different domes of the MU. I also really liked Inferno.
Nice list although I never even knew #10 or 9 existed. The last one I read was The Final Battle. Anway my list would be:
1. Island of Doom
2. Time Trap
3. Legacy of Evil
4. Downfall
5. Inferno
6.Challenge of the Hordika
7.The Darkness Below
8. Power Play
9. Tale of the Toa
10. Trial by Fire
Imagine a series of cinematic bionicle films, like imagine the trailer. Playing a symphonic version of the mask of light theme, showing the island of mata nui. The film focuses on Takua's adventure to find the toa stones and summon the toa, and maybe go on to show the toa collecting the masks. But there is a big budget film for every subsequent story arc, and the fans have involvement in what they want to see in the story (which wouldn't be too hard I mean come on, look at the g1 bionicle fan base compared to the fan bases of other big toylines). I bet Lego would go for it too, since the only thing they're concerned with is money and staying on top of the market. Those would be the REAL Lego movies. They could pay a little respect to the franchise that saved them from bankruptcy!
Seth Catalano if you imagine a live action Bionicle movie then no! The reason that is it’ll be a bunch of geeks cheap comic con costumes
thanks for the list Eljay. it realy helped me out choosing wich book i should buy. at the end I decided to go with power play
My list is something like:
1. Legacy of Evil; It's a close look at the origin of Bionicle's best (IMO) villains, with some great references and cameos.
2. Time Trap; Dark atmosphere, a nice pace... And Sentrakh. Let us not forget Sentrakh.
3. Power Play; I agree with TTV, the action never stops, and some of my favorite quotes originate from this one.
4. Downfall; Nothing else needs to be explained... Just, "DOWNFALL".
5. The Darkness Below; Krahka is amazing, the adventure is unforgettable.
6. Island of Doom; FINALLY, a Bionicle book where the good guys don't win... Whoa.
7. Mystery of Metru Nui; This was the first Bionicle book I ever got, and I love the plot to this day.
8. Swamp of Secrets; Like #10, I enjoy this one mainly for a single character, Hydraxon.
9. Raid of Vulcanus; The tone is pretty good, and Gelu never gets old.
10. Challenge of the Hordika; I mostly like this one just for Krahka's character development...
RIP Matoro. As the song says, we will remember him for centuries
Haha Bionicle Journey Ands and Polish cover :D I'm from poland and I'll never heard about this book :D
I've read downfall and raid on Vulcanus and I'm reading the darkness below.
My personal favorite was: The Dark Mirror, mainly because before reading it I had always wondered what would have happened if the toa went bad. And the book did a really good job of describing the word as it was in that dimension. Also the final battle was particularly enjoyable. Wish it was a little bit longer though.
Hey Eljay (or whoever is able to explain why), can you make a video or something explaining the Kanohi Nuva? The lore behind them is a little vague and brings up several important questions:
Why were there complete sets of Kanohi Nuva masks laying around Mata Nui if Toa Nuva didn't exist until the Toa Mata were transformed?
If the Kanohi Nuva's powers could be shared with the other toa (like when they used the Miru Nuva + Kakama Nuva to escape the Bohrok nest, why was it necessary for each toa to have their own set? How often do the Toa Nuva actually use these masks? (Tahu didn't seem at a disadvantage after his Toa Suva was lost, and even after so, still carried the Vahi on him) Did the Adaptive Masks given to the Toa by Artakha have the same power sharing properties?
As you can see, there are quite a few issues regarding the Kanohi Nuva in lore, and I don't think an answer as simple as "they made it up to sell more toys" will really solve these issues.
Artakha made the original Kanohi Nuva, and teleported them to Mata Nui. And, yes, the Adaptive Masks can also share powers.
Did the Toa stones that the Toa Metru hid on Mata Nui the first time they discovered the island ever get discovered? I think this occurred during Maze of Shadows, or the very end of Voyage of Fear
My most favorite Bionicle books are The Final battle and the web of Shadows book as well. :)
Enchanted Creeper it's okay. It was a part of my childhood so that is why I like it a lot. Another reason is because of the awesome story it has as well. :)
Time Trap was probably one of the best, but the only reason Downfall topped the list is because Matoro died in it :l
Enchanted Creeper I know. ;)
I read some books in my school libary
No Hordika books made it onto the list? I thought those ones were fantastic!
For the number two spot: didnt Mata Nui influence makuta to influence Lhikan to pick the prime universe Toa Metru? And Makuta just thought it was his idea?
the darkness below is one of my all time favs.
I read through all of the 2006 books over this past summer, it was a pretty fun time.
Now that you've done this vid, do Top 10 BIONICLE fanfiction saga! (stuff like the works of Inferna Firesword, for one example)
In the next top ten, you should do top ten sets and why 😄
Top ten sets would be tough because of clone sets. I think top ten Titans would be better.
Poland exclusive? WHAAAT?
my favorite was voyage of fear. but legacy of evil, darkness below, time trap are all on my list too
Personal favorites: Time Trap and Trial By Fire, both from Adventures.
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What’s the intro music?
The images for #5 are from Bionicle Ignition, not Bionicle Legends. I've never read Legends, so I might be mistaken or not understand something, but I just wanted to mention this in case it was a mistake.
Okay, that makes a lot of sense. Thank you!
I am a little disappointed not to see tales of the masks on here. I like the insight we get into the turaga and how they all interact. Sure, we got to know them well as toa metru later, but the personalities of the toa metru are not at all the same as the turaga. I like how it teases metru nui arc while setting us up for the mask of light movie.
Yeah, Greg nailed it for his first book and the last Mata Nui arc book. Fleshed out the Turaga, the Toa, and teased the fact that the Turaga were former Toa (especially with Nokama’s story)
Eljay I understand what you meant about Time Trap contradicting what we know about Mata Nui but remember he only made sure destined matoran became toa to save the city or at least the inhabitants that kept his brain working, his motivations were selfish at best
Hell yeah! Time trap! it was my most favorite one of all time.
10. Time Trap
9. Time Trap
8. Time Trap
7. Time Trap
6. Time Trap
5. Time Trap
4. Time Trap
3. Time Trap
2. Time Trap
1. TIM'S TRAPPED HRRRNGGHH
can you find the complete books on biosector
Adventures 3 is my favourite of all and my first bionicle book ever
WOW, I still have the paper version of the number 10 book lying upon my shelf. According to what you said in the video the book is really rare and it is worth a lot of cash. Am I already a bilionare?
(I'm not even kiddin, I have the book)
Didn't they explain that Kopaka and Pohatu were teleported to the Red Star, and Lewa was with Vezon and others with one of the Great Beings?
Unless that was in a different book.
Potato and Kopaka weren't teleported to the Red Star until after Makuta fell
I see your point Eljay on time trap and mata nui' s contradicting actions, but he did that so true destined toa would save the city that was his brain.
Man, I really need to get my hands on the other books, I barely have the first 4 and the guide book, along with the maze of shadows and that's it :/
My number one would have to be book 5: Voyage of Fear. I was always a huge fan of the variety of Rahi int he universe, this furthered that. :D
I like Makuta”s guide to the universe
Can confirm, I read books. Mostly Terry Pratchett.
How'd Bionicle World not make the list?
I would have put Legacy of Evil much higher because of all the lore it uncovers, especially around the Dark Hunters which we don't really get to see too much otherwise. Also, seeing the Piraka's origin sets up the next book, Inferno, perfectly.
Legacy of Evil was amazing. The world building was just top notch, and I was so intrigued by how it used the Piraka’s own place in history as a storytelling medium. It fleshed them out a lot and it was cool knowing that they’ve always been around through all the familiar locations we’ve seen, doing their own evil thing. It quite literally described their legacy of evil and this hyped them up a lot for me. Plus more Dark Hunter stuff is always great. Only complaint is I wish Vezon wasn’t formed so close to Voya Nui. I wish something more like 100-500 years had passed so him coming back could’ve been a shock to the Piraka, but then I guess he couldn’t have known about the Mask of Life so it makes sense this way.
My library has all of the LEGO Bionicle books from 2004!
some help, i d like to know the story of bionicle and all but i don t know where to start and follow throught can someone help me please, the only info i ever had came from the movies and from what i ve seen i missed A LOT of info here
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Chronicler i d prefer books and stories
Jack TheRipper I'd suggest playing Quest for the Toa (if you have it) or reading a synopsis of what happens in it, then playing Mata Nui Online Game, then reading the books first in order of when they came out, with the comics optional (except for in 2009, where the comics are very important because there were barely any books). Then I suggest reading the serials. After that you can go back and play Mata Nui Online Game II: The Final Chronicle if you want and read any comics you might've skipped
Toa of Gallifrey thanks for the info i ll try
my love of audio books and insane criticism of my own work as an author and of others work. has made me not read as many books any more. i still love stories but i just cant sit down and read a book anymore, I'd rather listen to them with a good narrator on the way to work and the way home. but i still have fond memories of begging my mom for the latest bionicle book, i would read them in a day. these books harkin back to a time authors didn't simplify things just because kids were reading.
where can i dowload the books.
Downfall?
I criey evrytiem. Rip in peperoenni matoero
one of my favorite bionicle book is sahmad's tale. it involves sahmad's life when he used to be an enslaver then defeated the agori for many occasions but then he saw the light then realized that a creature known as Annona caused him to do bad things from that disease known as dreaming plaque but then he teamed up with telleris to destroy the dream vampire then telleris died but sahmad survived after teaming up with another yellow hero and now sahmad gave iron and minerals for good business and now he is not evil anymore he is normal good soul who became sympathetic just to stop being evil and start being a hero!
That's one of the serials, though.
My favorite was Adventures 5: Voyage of Fear!
I read a ton of these from the library, but I read them all when I was tired as hell, and I've forgotten 80% of details of those books.
I agree, Downfall was the best Bionicle book :D
Raid on Vulcanus is almost an exact copy of the Magnificent Seven. Outside of some of the heroes deaths in the M7 and the agori traitor side plot its the exact same story.
Yes. I don't read online unless I have to.
Yeah, people still read books, even hard copies. I found that the digital versions of a _A Song of Ice and Fire_ didn't hold my attention as much moving paper between my fingers.
Now I REALLY want to read all of the books.
I never did read any of them. xD
personally I would have shuffled Journey's end off to an honourable mention and replaced it with either Inferno or Tales of the Masks
What's the main book series
Legacy of Evil, Darkness Below, and Time Trap were my favorites. I am guilty of never reading the #1 pick here.
Raptor1138 I love time trap. The way vakama played teridax is perfect
I don’t see how “The Final Battle” could be included, considering how it ends up-in fact, how everything we had followed over the past several years had ended up
4:55 & 9:50.
I think darkness below and time trap are the best in the bionicle adventures series.
IT MUST BE CLEANED
What’s the right age to be reading these books?
I’m 26 and I enjoy them lol
Only bionicle books I read were the Metru nui ones at my school, I mostly read transformers ones though
lol today I went to the library and took all the bonkle books and left none for the kiddies!
Where i can buy all bionicle books? Europe Website or a German Website!
Go to barns and nobles of your in US.
I don't know about Deutschland if they have barns and nobles but try to go to a near book store.
So I guess the Papercutz graphic novels don't count?
were can you look for the 📚
Journey of Takanuva, The Kingdom and Dark Mirror 5/5
But are these books or graphic novels/comics
When I was in the 6th grade during early 2012 school year up to 8th grade school year of 2013-2014 I used to have a bionicle book it was 230 pages long of all the toa, rahi, dark hunters, borohk, makuta, and sidorak it was a pretty good it took me 2 years the understand it all. but in later in 2014 when i was going my first year at high school I checked my bag and my book disappeared.
I would have put legacy of evil and darkness bellow much higher on the list- definitely higher then power play.
That intro..
:)
Ah, yes... Time Trap was something else.
NickonAquaMagna Honestly, while I get that Time Trap made Makuta into a unique villain, Vakama's dillusion almost seemed like filler.
Wait... Time Trap may hide a secret.
I only have 3 books which are legends 10 and 11 and adventures 1,I read all of them.
I love books especially bionicle books
I read Bionicle: Makutas Guide to the universe or something like that
I was expecting Time Trap to be #1
I still don't get why you hate Nuparu so much; what about him do you dislike?
It's because many people thought Eljay forgot him when he reviewed the Mctoran.
Yes. I read books. Belive me, if i had all of the top 10 books i will still read them.