Bionicle
Bionicle (stylized as BIONICLE) was a line of toys created by the LEGO Group marketed primarily for 5- to 16-year-olds. The line was launched on December 30, 2000 in Europe and June/July 2001 in Canada and the United States. "Bionicle" is a portmanteau constructed from the words "biological chronicle". The concept is similar to Lego Group's earlier themes, Slizers/Throwbots and RoboRiders in that each of those lines had characters based on classical elements. Earlier Bionicle packages had displayed the Technic Logo, but it was later phased out, and Bionicle evolved into its own line. In 2010, Lego announced that they would stop making Bionicle sets "for the foreseeable future". However, while production of sets will stop, the story would not, as Greg Farshtey promised to continue to update it on the website. The story abruptly stopped in the middle of 2011, presumably to focus on other projects, ending the series in a cliffhanger. After production of the toyline ended in 2010, Bionicle was replaced by Hero Factory, which was released later that same year. Hero Factory is widely considered to be the spiritual successor to Bionicle.
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... He can hold them up to his sides as glider wings, or spin them as seen in BIONICLE Mask of Light ... Reidak snapped one of Lewa Nuva's Air Katana in half over his knee in BIONICLE Legends 1 Island of Doom ... The Fire Great Swords, are two enormous blades owned by toa lihkan and seen in Bionicle 2 Legends of Metru Nui released in October 2004 ...
... 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 ... available for download in the "Latest Story" area of the site that tell much of the Bionicle story ...
... Hardcastle and Simon Fuller produced the first soundtracks for Bionicle's commercials used in 2001 to 2003 ... Music for the first three Bionicle films featured a more classical tune, rather than the techno-like beats used in the ads and animations ... In 2005, the first official Bionicle songs were released ...
... Lego Bionicle is one of the most popular Lego Model sets Lego Bionicle allows you to make your own sci-fi armies etc ... Like most other Lego models, Lego Bionicle comes with instructions ...
... 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 ... A Bionicle comic book is also published by DC Comics and available free to members of the Lego Club ... Several important events in Bionicle are told of in CG computer animation films ...