The Bionicle Comics Were Weird (ft. Billiam) 

Lost to time they were

@@kitten2799 The time before time

Purpleboye_ on the mysterious island of Mata Nui

@@kitten2799 6 canisters washed ashore on the golden beach...

I actually have like 30 volumes of the comics starting when the Bohrak were first introduced and just touching on the Piraka. :)

As Christian Faber put it after G2's cancellation, "products discontinue, legends survive...".

*"A legend, destined to be uncovered and rediscovered."* I think this quote encapsulates each of our lives and the hidden potential we all possess. All we need to do in unlock the legend within us all.

​@@Obi-Wan_Kenobi Not to piss in your cereal, but the "hidden potential" you're talking about requires an absurd amount of work and dedication... there's no "unlock". If you can watch the film Whiplash, and come away from it NOT having some sort of connection to the drive that the main character felt to "be the best". Then you probably don't have that "'hidden potential" you want so bad. To elaborate: Averages exist for a reason. Most people are okay at most things, bad at some, and good at fewer. Anyone can push themselves to be good at literally anything with enough discipline and practice, but it takes legitimate sacrifice and endless practice to be legitimately great at something. And past that, it takes love and passion for the thing you do- more than anyone else- to be one of the best: you have to be Michael Jordan, sneaking out of the house at 10 years-old to play basketball at midnight every day because you just love to shoot the basketball so much, you spend your free time thinking about different ways you could shoot the basketball. You get in trouble for playing basketball when you should be doing other things. You dream of basketball. And even then that isn't enough. You'll need an amazing teacher, or series of instructors, that can help find your flaws even faster and improve your technique- that you can gain ideas and techniques from and improve on them. And these guys either were once the best, on their way to being the best, or failed at becoming great because they just didn't have the right genes (Finger's too short to hit the obscure notes on the fret, body not tall enough, eyes not sharp enough, ankles too weak to take the repeated stress) or they were just unlucky enough to have gotten an injury that stopped them from moving forward. And you'll have to be CHOSEN by these people to become great. So right there, random chance is going to have huge influence on your success (but the more you practice and keep putting yourself out in competitions or venues to showcase yourself the more likely that'll be). and even if you do all of that, and want it soooo bad, someone could come along in the same region as you are and just take it all away from you because they were just BORN better. Someone with perfect rhythm to the point the can literally keep time without a watch, to the minute. Someone with perfect pitch who can literally strum a guitar once, tune it, and strum it again and it sounds perfect. Someone who gets a 4.11 GPA during their fucking doctorate... (^I've met people that could do all of these things, btw. The doctorate guy is my cousin and he's good at literally everything he does. But, the stress he put himself through to be at that level was insane. Our mom's would talk on the phone when he was at his parents' place studying for exams and stuff and you could sometimes hear him having baaaad breakdowns in the background. Awesome guy, though.) You think it's fair that Michael Phelps' feet are so big? Those feet crushed dreams, man. Anyway, I could absolutely keep going with this, but my point is that true greatness takes so much more than hopes and wishes. "Hidden Potential" is sorta just taking advantage of your own genetics... like, Michael Phelps' feet wouldn't help him engineer a car or play a saxophone, ya know?

@@bshpev Mate, I'm not sure if this was your intention or not, but your comment comes off as unbelievably pretentious. It also feels like you missed the entire point of what I was saying. I think that everyone has something they were meant to do, something great that can change the world in big or small ways. And it is up to us to realize that destiny. I never insinuate there was a magic unlock button. Our potentials can only be unlocked with hard work and dedication. And I never even mention hopes, dreams, or wishes. Even the greats like Micheal Phelps had to work hard to achieve his goals. (It's also not his feet size that made Phelps so great, it's other factors like his arms span, lung size, double-jointedness.) And so what if he had a disproportionately longer arm span and increased lung capacity? If he never worked hard he never would have become an olympian or even a good swimmer. I remember when he sacked off before the 2012 olympics. He wasn't training as hard and it showed in his performance. He did not get gold in several events including the 200m butterfly, his signature event. And the same can be said for sport star or genius in any field. Albert Einstein, Issac Newton, Lebron James, etc always had the potential to be be great but the had to work hard to unlock it. There are probably hundreds of people in history who have the exact same potential but never unlocked it so we never knew who they were. I really don't understand what the point of your comment was in the first place. It seems like you thought you were telling us hard truths and that we are all just avenge with no greater purpose. And you made such a long comment to tell us all this. I really don't think you understood the spirit of what I meant. You comment is just so cynical and kill-joy for no reason. And you shouldn't base conclusions about anyone's drive or ambitions based on how they react/relate to a single movie. That is unbelievably narrow-minded.

Legit though, that's the reason I love Bionicle. Some of my earliest memories include them so I've been a big fan since forever. But I'm still learning new things! There's so many new details and lore bits to learn and that's why it's so amazing. I don't think anyone could get into it now without growing up with Bionicle since it was such a phenomenon you had to be a part of, but I'm glad for how great the community has been at archiving and telling the story.

Lol

My scientific curiosity has been aroused...

And how exactly does one clone nelson Mandela

@@themostbritishpersonalive868 with a mask of retroactive duplication, of course...

@@keilafleischbein59 *takes notes*

It's what hooked me, man.

ohai swert

o shit it's swert

MrEnKaye my thoughts exactly XD

the story of BioSector1

And a more easily understood one, surprisingly enough.

This is may different than Bionicle, but i always find it ironic that even Devil May Cry (both the original and the reboot that people always assume to have a terrible plot) is somehow has better story and told better than the entire KH games put together

@@ShatteredGlass916 people are going to kill me for this but I think that's largely because KH's story isn't that good

Horricule no I definitely agree with you lol

@@horricule451 I'm a massive KH fan, and yeah, I have to agree, it's not the best.

Starwars and Bionicles? Is this the most ambitious crossover event in history?

Wait mine too. What the fuck.

where can I find that in the jedi library

Hello there

Same here.

AND EVEN WHEN YOUR HOPE IS GONE MOVE ALONG MOVE ALONG JUST TO MAKE IT THROUGH MOVE ALONG!!!

Omg why do I see you everywhere nowadays!????

*to

Oh YES!!! That's really what got me going into music. I listened to all American rejects on repeat for so long!!!.

Yes sir master Obi-Wan!

A handsome devil, that's who!

Looks like a dingus who lacks basic knowledge about Bionicle.

@@namkha209 Shade thrown. ☺

@@ComicDrake happy Bionicle 20th annerversary

@@ayaanelisha7034 why would you do that? Like for real. Whats the use of hacking your friends instagram

Cool as he Inked from 2001-2005 and did the art in 2003-2005

Ah, I see he's a man of culture as well

Bionicle is the reason the main characters of an indie game I've planned to direct since I was about 13 have elemental powers.

Bionicle played a pretty large part in shaping me as a person

Big part of that is not assuming kids don't like deep lore. The intricacies of Bionicle are precisely why I obsessed over it as a kid.

*THIS.* As someone who only got into Bionicle around 2008, trawling old Wayback machine pages to figure out the lore was what got me hooked (after the online comics, that is). Bionicle was like a kind of Alternate Reality Game, but way more accessible. Even the collectible aspect of the early sets echoed this: you were on a massive scavenger hunt with your friends to collect as many Kanohi as you could! It's a genius marketing strategy, and I'd argue that figuring out the story is still as fun today as it was back in 2008.

Piecing the story together is like building a set. The experience of figuring it all out is the fun part.

*uploaded

Most ambitious crossover

I miss that series

* Sienfield outro plays *

Crossover episode means something different ton this channel

A BOJACK HORSEMAN REFERENCE IN A BIONICLE VIDEO,WHAT IS THIS,A CROSSOVER EPISODE?

My childhood was NINJA, GOO! I also remember the first wave of LEGO superheroes line. And the builable figs. Those were cool. Edit: Also, do you remember that Make Your Own Hero thing from the OG Lego Hero Factory Section. I do.

Do you mean Lewa or Lewa Nuva? I have Lewa Nuva

Crimson Hunter They’re the same guy.

@@lewaproductions yes i know but one is the first version and the second is the evolved version

Crimson Hunter I’m talking about the character, not the figure. The difference between the figures anyway is just the mask and the abs; they’re basically the same thing.

Do you mean nuva?

Crimson Hunter this comment show how much people have never heard of or forgotten Bionicle G2

I really liked the reboot of Bionicle.......at first. Now, I dont.

Comic book/Yugioh/life entertainer magarine yeah Bionicle G2 is the MVCI Of Lego as it had a good base but everything around it was mediocre

@@retrozaid1600 I agree with you. It lost their mojo

The Kraken Experiment they’re not. It’s still cool though

cool dude also DiamondBolt (really good channel, should check him out)

I'm the reverse! I'm a recent Billiam fan so seeing these two together is great!

Yeah

Thank god for Bs01 wiki.

It was a great joke! Seriously, having Billy bust in with "Did somebody say the late 90s and/or early 2000s?!" is an amazing entrance for him. Thank you so much!

Wasnt Toa Tuyet just an alternate form of Takanuva from another universe

Comic book/Yugioh/life entertainer magarine no She was a Toa apart of Toa Lhikans team that was evil and was thought to be dead in the pit but she went to a dimension(Not Toa empire)where no one lives but is released after Teridax took over the Mata Nui robot

They're the Barraki. What did you expect?

@@kc_9970 I forgot what they were called thanks!

Dude the franchise ended a decade ago, everyone knows Mata Nui is a giant robot.

@@ozgurfratboz6770 *everybody who actually gave a shit about Bionicle and followed it through to the end knows. Bionicle is by no means mainstream enough to say that "everybody knows". The majority of people who ever liked Bionicle just like their red robot toy and that's the extent of what they know. Bionicle's story is one of the most niche things out there, so since this is a video meant to be made BY newcomers FOR newcomers, then yes, it's a big goddamn spoiler.

@@fanb1536 By everyone, I meant everyone who gave a shit about bionicle. I too would be mad at him if he spoiled that information 10 years ago. But a decade has passed, that's considered _"oh now i can accidentally or intentionally give spoilers without being called names by internet people"_ The thing I'm trying to say is that you can't talk about something forever without giving spoilers. After some time of waiting, it's ok to give spoilers. Even though I don't agree with your opinion on giving spoilers, I do respect it. Good day/night, sir/ma'am

Everybody who cares already knows, and nobody who doesn't know cares.

Yeah, it’s definitely a confusing lore for a toyline. I recommend reading the pages on various wikis, they kinda act like summaries or excerpts that do a great job of explaining each various topic.

That's how I talk.

@@ComicDrake sorry about that, I realized it came off as rude though I did not intend for it to, my first language is German so I guess I'm just used to short and concise statements, English is hard in its general state so I am sorry for it coming across as rude.

Totally get that. Mein Deutsch sprechen is nicht sehr gut.

Tuyet. I remember her.

How was it convoluting?