Bionicle Legends #3 - Power Play

[Deinonychus]

SPOILERS AHEAD!!!!

Okay, my thoughts. First off this wasn't as good as the previous two simply because it was a lot more action and a lot less story development, but that didn't make it bad by any means.

Piraka - Of course the cycle of betrayal and jockeying for position continues...and just when you think things might have settled into a state they are going to be in until the conclusion, it changes again. I guess I should have known better then to think Thok and Hakaan would keep Brutaka's power

Order of Mata Nui - And now we know who Brutaka and Axxon were working for. Glad to see there's a group of good guys out there other then Toa. Brutaka's apparent "crisis of faith" is a great foil to Axxon's piety.

Universe in Chaos - The description of the state of the Bionicle universe, with Visorak running loose, the war between the brotherhood and the Dark Hunters, etc really brings together the fact that all these things are emblematic of the greater underlying trouble.

Vezon=Double - Could this refer to his powers or his mask, which looks like it can flip around to be another face...or something else?

Toa Nuva - Socked away somewhere secure...that sounds ominous

Lost Village - I smells me a subplot

Nektann - whatever these guard mechs are...I wanna see one

Mask of Life - the user of the mask will burn with it's power...possibly the Toa Inika's "Dark Destiny"?

Zamor Virus - Essence 'o Makuta? sorta like the Kraata?

Toa Inika - From the organic masks to the oddly glowing heads, these are some strange Toa-heroes. Great new powers, especially Matoro's Astral Form.

Also, it seems as if you're able to connect with these Toa right away. While it took several books and movies for me to really get into a groove with the previous two teams of Toa, I felt connected to these Toa from the first few scenes. Part of that is probably due to the fact that we already know them...which is a big change, the other teams we met pretty much as Toa, whereas these characters have been living in our brains for a while.

It's also interesting that these Toa already work smoothly as a team and get along, and even though they now posses immense power, they seem unsure of it and what they're truly capable of...almost like some sort of low-grade denial that they really are Toa and they are capable of incredible feats.

And once again, the book just leaves me hungry for the next one *y*

[SuvieD]

As the Nui Turns

Days of Our Bionicle

General Bionicle

All My Toa

The Young and the Piraka

They have you hooked. I finally get it. Bioincle is a soap opera for young boys (and men) much like the cartoons of the 80's and early 90's used to be. :-D

[Deinonychus]

As the Nui Turns

Days of Our Bionicle

General Bionicle

All My Toa

The Young and the Piraka

They have you hooked. I finally get it. Bioincle is a soap opera for young boys (and men) much like the cartoons of the 80's and early 90's used to be. :-D

Don't forget professional wrestiling :-D

And yeah, having the main chunk of the story distributed in short books that come out every 6-8 weeks or so and take at most two hours to read in full is a good way to keep a tale going without bogging you down or streaching it out too far...marketing genius

[Dino_Bot]

I agree with the connection part. These were the first characters to ever come out. We grew up with Bionicle and with them following closely. I love these Matoran, and I dreamed of them becoming Toa.