The Insane History of Lego Bionicle | FULL DOCUMENTARY

Amazing documentary, incredible detail and a burning heart for creativity, storytelling and Bionicle. Thank you for this🤩👍❤️would love to ad more details😉 best regards from Christian Faber and the CPH Rig crew

I remember loving Bionicle so much as a kid. I never understood the story entirely since I was very young. But the world, ambience, characters everything about it was so captivating and unlike anything I've seen.

The fact that so many people miss these, just shows how successful they were.

Only YT will have an hour long documentary on history of a toy that fully fleshes out how the designer’s illness impacted the art, story, and concept. I love this so much.

"Thankfully, LEGO avoided that PR nightmare and went ahead with 'Boneheads of Voodoo Island'" is an amazing sentence.

As a kid, there seriously was something about strangely eclectic sci-fi stuff. I remember first playing Halo: Combat Evolved and just LOSING MY MIND when I found the ruins in the second level, when I first charged up that green glowing plasma pistol... It had this mystical feeling I couldn't put my finger on. Bionicles had a very similar effect on me, that sense of wonder is unlike anything else, and I look back on it so fondly.

I am so glad that Bionicle is finally getting some recognition in how important it is to lego.

I’ve got a soft spot for bionicle. They were the best thing Lego did in my childhood. I’ll never forget being 8, and running around outside with my friends as we played with our bionicles anywhere we could. We’d go from place to place with them, like we went from one biome to another. We’d go from playing on the rocks, to climbing up into a tree so we’d have a forest canopy. It’s been 20 years, but i still have all of the ones i had as a kid. They stay in a small bin i keep up in the top of my closet. I plan on passing them on, one day in the far future. Its gonna be a special moment, and I’ll probably shed a few tears as i let them go.

I legitimately felt a wave of nostalgia wash over me, unlike anything I've felt in years. I unironically can't recall the last time I felt happiness and bliss like I did watching this video and remembering the fond memories I had with Bionicles as a kid. I'm usually unable to feel any kind of happiness anymore because I am dealing with severe depression and nothing has really helped me this far, neither medication nor therapy. Going back into long term therapy in 2-3 weeks from now, hoping something in me will change. At least this video made me remember what it feels like to be happy, even just for a short time. I genuinely want to thank you for showing me a glimpse of the light inside my heart that had sizzled out years ago. I didn't think it was possible but I guess there's still hope. Sorry for getting so emotional over a fucking Bionicles video. It just hit in a way that made me want to share my thoughts and feelings. That was everything I wanted to say. I hope y'all are doing better than me at this point in my life. Wish me luck for the future boys, I will probably need it.

I have to admit, Bionicle played a big part of my childhood and knowing the facts behind it all now that I'm an adult kind of just hit a spot in me. Thank you for this man!

Dude, as a kid I was so impressed by those Bohrok canisters. The design and how the figure could be folded up reminded me of transformer toys, which was like, the gold standard for robot themed toys. Definitely have fond memories of this time period.

I had never really been into any toy that much as a kid, until I saw my first Bionicle TV commercial for the Vahki. I remember being captivated in a way I had never been, it might have been the first genuinely awe-inducing experience I had at that age. For the first time I had a reason to save money, and I remember my heart beating with raw excitement every time my Mom asked if I wanted to join her to our local hyper market. It's been a privilege growing up in the early 2000s. Thank you from the bottom of my heart to every member of the Bionicle team for enrichening my childhood to an unimagined extent.

Actually the bionicle canisters where pretty action packed too, the original canister lids acted as mask seals like found in the OG games and media, the bohrok canisters allowed them to be suspended from the inside like their hibernation pods, and even the latest canisters could have two lids removed and combined to make the matoran pods seen in the movies!

It’s tough to see something go from the savior of LEGO as a whole to something of which a line the film based on their products directly stated nobody wanted to mention, whose only recent release was a simple brick figure in an anniversary set.

Been writing fiction my whole life (occasionally published). The very first story I've ever written was a Bionicle fanfic (at age 9). Something about the strange vibes the toys gave me... made me write. What a joy this video is to watch!

I have never once played or consumed a piece of Bionicle media, yet I currently find myself fully invested in its entire story and lifetime. Amazing Video <3

21:19 Man, the parallels between the role of Mata Nui as a being where Matoran civilization resides and Chris' unfortunate medical complications really hit hard. I had no idea about this. Props to him for being so resilient and finding inspiration even in such a dark personal experience.

The 90s and early 2000s were a fantastic time for kids. You had Lego at their peak, cartoons were at their peak, video games were just video games, anime for kids was absolutely exploding and then you had all the toys and games from those animes. Not to mention the explosion in popularity of extreme sports. I don't think we'll ever see a time like that again.

I was born in 2007, so I never really got to experience bionicle, but I grew up on lego. Ninjago and Chima were a huge part of my childhood, and I'm still heartbroken about the loss of Chima to this day. Despite never playing with bionicle, this video really hit home for me and I salute all you bionicle fans for making Ninjago and Chima possibe. Thank you so much for making this video, and thank all you bionicle fans for making my childhood possible, from the bottom of my heart.

As a Lego and Bionicle fan I clicked on this expecting factoids, and fond memories with a hint of nostalgia but you also made a gripping case while making your point known without repetitive points and phrasing. Plus, your closer? I was ready to tear up, dead on gave me chills. This is peak video essay format and I hope more YouTubers find you and use this as a template for their videos. Seriously you nailed it. Subscribed