Check out our new Grants and Funding page to find details on grant opportunities and tips for writing your own grant requests. You can download our guide or find specific examples for your LEGO education classroom solution. Coming to a city near you Visit us at an event and experience the new LEGO Education WeDo 2.0, participate in one of our hands-on workshops, or just stop by to tell us how you create engaging learning experiences in your classroom. Professional training and development Get the most out of your LEGO Education resources with LEGO Education Academy training resources. Either bring a certified trainer to your school for a custom face-to-face professional development experience, or opt for one of our e-learning courses. Aside from the toys in the Lego Bionicle franchise, Lego has also marketed an ongoing book series, several video games (mostly for the Game Boy Advance), and four computer-animated movies which feature important plot points.
A Bionicle comic book is also published by DC Comics and available free to members of the Lego Club. There are also various other ancillary products available, such as watches, toothbrushes, and backpacks, as well as an online adventure game. Bionicle 2: Legends of Metru Nui Bionicle 3: Web of Shadows Bionicle: The Legend Reborn Lego Bionicle: The Journey to One There were two trilogies of CG computer animation films, carried out one for 2003–2005 and one for 2009-2011, which tell of several important events in Bionicle. Only one film of the second planned trilogy was ever released, by the title of The Legend Reborn. The two films which remained were scrapped during the production of TLR due to the cancellation of the toyline itself, which occurred in the winter of 2010. Four Bionicle movies were released and one, which would have been the fifth, was cancelled while in production. Another film based on the 2001 storyline was also planned in 2000 and planned for a release in 2001, but the project never reached production.
Bionicle: Mask of Light follows two Matoran as they discover the Mask of Light, a sign heralding the arrival of the Seventh Toa (Takanuva). While they search for the Seventh Toa, Tahu and the other Toa Nuva defend the Matoran villages from a new threat from Makuta Teridax: Rahkshi. A prequel to the entire Bionicle saga, "Bionicle 2: Legends of Metru Nui" details the early adventures of Turaga Vakama and the other Turaga during their time as Toa and the origin of the Matoran. But the Toa Metru will have to save their city from destruction by Makuta, who has disguised himself as Metru Nui's leader, Turaga Dume. The only direct sequel in the Bionicle film series, the Toa Metru have returned to the legendary city of Metru Nui to rescue the Matoran, but find the city in ruins and under the grip of the Roodaka and her army of giant spider-like beasts known as Visorak. This film covers the story of the inhabitants of Bara Magna. Unlike the previous three films, this was produced and animated by Tinseltown Toons instead of Miramax.
The movie features the former Great Spirit Mata Nui (voiced by Michael Dorn) after he lands on Bara Magna, having been banished by Makuta Teridax, following the events of the Battle for Power 2008 storyline, and he meets the Agori and the Glatorians. Once a great and powerful ruler of an inhabited 40 million foot high exploratation robot, Mata Nui finds himself stripped of his stature,and banished to a remote, decaying wasteland - a desert junkyard. Local villagers scavenge the remains, building shelters, survival gear and arenas where each village's best gladiator is pitted against another to end disputes. Mata Nui, in search of a way home, finds himself in the middle of one of those battles. However, when Mata Nui leaves the arena triumphant, he is as surprised as the villagers, who then ask him to fight their real enemies, the Skrall and the Bone Hunters. United with his band of Glatorians, he struggles to unite a devastated land, and to find the secret to reclaiming his own lost body.
The Bionicle characters do not make an appearance in the film, but the original toys have a cameo in a scene where Wyldstyle (voiced by Elizabeth Banks) explains the various Lego realms including "a bunch of others we don't need to mention", Bionicle being among them. A four episode TV series that was released on Netflix in 2016, it is about 'the mythical island of Okoto, where the forces of darkness are on the move and the evil Makuta is working to cast the world into darkness.' See Also: Bionicle Chronicles, Bionicle Adventures, Bionicle Legends, and Bionicle Super Chapter Books Note: The first two books will only be serialized in the U.S and Canada. The third, Journey's End, was only published in Poland. An English version has been posted on the official Bionicle website. However it is only available to people who have an account on the LEGO websites (including the official Bionicle website). Codes were provided on the official Bionicle website for people with accounts to use on the site to access and download chapters of the book in PDF format.
The regular comics have been story lined from 2001 to the 2005 storyline. It followed the story of the Toa Mata/Nuva, and later, the Toa Metru. The first three issues were about the rise of the Toa Mata. Then issues 4-8 were about the Bohrok and the transformation of the Toa Mata into Toa Nuva. Issues 9-15 were about the Toa Nuva's battle with the Bohrok Kal and the Rahkshi. Then issue 16 started the Metru-Nui stories, later going into the Hordika starting with issue 22. The series ended with issue 27. The Ignition series follows the 2006-2007 storyline. The Bionicle staff hired a new artist, Stuart Sayger, who had a "darker, edgier" style. The series had 11 issues. The Battle for Power subseries covered the 2008 storyline. It had a new artist, Leigh Gallagher. It had 4 issues. The Glatorian series covers the 2009 story. The comic had a new artist, Pop Mhan. The series had 5 issues The Journey's End subseries covers the final battle between Mata Nui and Makuta Teridax, and Mata Nui's efforts to reunite the 3 fragment of the once-glorious planet of Spherus Magna.
The subseries kept Pop Mhan as the artist. The subseries had 2 issues. There have been several promotional comics. The first one was released with the Happy Meal at McDonalds. You would receive a promo Tohunga (later renamed Matoran, due to a conflict over the use of the maori language) and a comic. Later in 2002, Burger King's Big Kids Meal released 3 promo comics about the story of the Bohrok. In the spring of 2004, three promotional comics on the Morbuzakh saga were sold in Mega Lunchables. Some canister sets have had shortened mini-comic versions of the LEGO comics. There are also several video games based on Bionicle. During the first year of the BIONICLE toyline, in 2001, McDonald's distributed packets of cards with their 'kids' meals. There were five cards in each one: four regular, and one holographic or "special" card. The packet came with a mini comic that had an instruction booklet telling the person how to play the game. There was another card game that was sold (instead of collected, like the above) which included a board along with other accessories to play the game.
In 2008 LEGO also distributed the "Phantoka Trading Card Game", which were given away for free in little packages which included about six trading cards with a picture and information of one of the Toa Nuva, Makuta, Av-Matoran or Shadow Matoran. The package also included one holographic card, which featured the combination of a Phantoka and a Matoran. The packages were given away for free in many toy stores in Europe if you bought a Phantoka set. Besides the movies, books, comics, et cetera, there are other ways parts of the Bionicle Story have been told. The official Bionicle website had some information about parts of the Bionicle story. (Also, some of the comics mentioned earlier were available on the site.) There were also some biographies of some of the characters. (see External Links) had many sections with much information about the Bionicle story (Including characters, locations, and more). Among the offerings were podcasts, recorded by Bionicle writer Greg Farshtey, story serials, and "blog" chapters, which were each one or two pages of story text styled as a journal entry of one of the fictional Bionicle characters.
were the "Story Serial" and "Blog" sections in the "Latest Story" area of the site,[5] and perhaps the "Story Details" section in the "Story Overview" area as well. The official Bionicle website has two downloadable MP3s (as well as two PDF files with the "lyrics" to the MP3s) that describe the rise the body of Mata Nui (a Bionicle Character) out of its slumber and Mata Nui's exile from his body when Makuta Teridax took it over. has many podcasts available for download in the "Latest Story" area of the site that tell much of the Bionicle story. On the homepage for the official Bionicle website, there were a collection of audio recordings, called the Mata Nui Saga, that tell some of Mata Nui's story. Each one had a picture, text, and music with it. They were split into thirty-four "chapters." There were also downloadable songs and other things on the website that were inspired by different sections of the Bionicle storyline. ^ : Shadows In The Sky (Bionicle Legends): Greg Farshtey: Books