List of Bionicle media

Bionicle
Created by	Lego
Owner	The Lego Group
Years	2001–2010, 2015–2016, 2023
Print publications
Book(s)	Bionicle books
Comics	Bionicle comics
Films and television
Film(s)	Bionicle films
Television series	The Journey to One (2016)
Games
Video game(s)	Bionicle video games
Audio
Soundtrack(s)	Bionicle film soundtracks

Aside from the toys in the Lego Bionicle franchise, Lego has also marketed a book series, several video games (mostly for the Game Boy Advance), and four animated movies which feature important plot points. A Bionicle comic book was also published by DC Comics and made available free to members of the Lego Club with some issues of the Lego Magazines. Some comic issues were also posted on the official Bionicle website, Bionicle.com. There are also various other ancillary products available, such as watches, toothbrushes, and backpacks, as well as online adventure games.

Books

Novels

Bionicle Chronicles

No.	Title	Author	Publication date	ISBN
1	Tale of the Toa	Cathy Hapka	2003
2	Beware the Bohrok
3	Makuta's Revenge
4	Tales of the Masks	Greg Farshtey
5	Mask of Light	Cathy Hapka

Bionicle Adventures

No.	Title	Author	Publication date	ISBN
1	Mystery of Metru Nui	Greg Farshtey	2004
2	Trial by Fire
3	The Darkness Below
4	Legends of Metru Nui
5	Voyage of Fear
6	Maze of Shadows
7	Web of the Visorak		2005
8	Challenge of the Hordika
9	Web of Shadows
10	Time Trap

Bionicle Legends

No.	Title	Author	Publication date	ISBN
1	Island of Doom	Greg Farshtey	2006
2	Dark Destiny
3	Power Play
4	Legacy of Evil
5	Inferno
6	City of the Lost		2007
7	Prisoners of the Pit
8	Downfall
9	Shadows in the Sky		2008
10	Swamp of Secrets
11	The Final Battle

Bionicle Super Chapter Books

No.	Title	Author	Publication date	ISBN
1	Raid on Vulcanus	Greg Farshtey	2009
2	The Legend Reborn
3	Journey's End		2010

Lego Bionicle

No.	Title	Author	Publication date	ISBN
1	Island of the Lost Masks	Ryder Windham	August 25, 2015
2	Revenge of the Skull Spiders		May 6, 2016
3	Escape from the Underworld		June 26, 2016

Collected

Title	Novels included	Author	Publication date	ISBN
Chronicles Collection	Chronicles #1–4	Cathy Hapka, Greg Farshtey	March 13, 2005
Adventures: Volume 1	Adventures #1–3	Greg Farshtey	January 1, 2006

Young Readers series

No.	Title	Author	Publication date	ISBN
1	Journey of Takanuva	Greg Farshtey	2008
2	The Secret of Certavus		2009
3	Desert of Danger
4	Challenge of Mata Nui

Guidebooks

Title	Author	Publication date	ISBN
The Official Guide to Bionicle	Greg Farshtey	2003
Unmasked	Unknown
Metru Nui - City of Legends	Greg Farshtey	2004
Unmasked 2	Unknown
Rahi Beasts	Greg Farshtey	2005
Encyclopedia
Dark Hunters		2006
World		2007
Encyclopedia Updated
Makuta's Guide to the Universe		2008
Mata Nui's Guide to Bara Magna		2009
The Legend Reborn - Official Movie Guide

Activity books

Title	Author	Publication date	ISBN
Collector's Sticker Book	Greg Farshtey	October 1, 2003
Guard the Secret	Unknown	August 7, 2006
Facts and Figures
Annual		September 4, 2006
Piraka		December 6, 2006
Toa Inika
Matoran
Voya Nui
Barraki		August 6, 2007
Toa Mahri (edition 1)
Toa Mahri (edition 2)
Mahri Nui
Storyline Background		2008
Phantoka Makuta
Mistika Toa Nuva
Mistika Makuta
Glatorian		2009
Quests for the Masks of Power		November 24, 2015

Comics

Bionicle

No.	Title	Sub-series	Publication date	Writer	Artist
1	The Coming of the Toa	N/A	June 2001	Greg Farshtey	Carlos D'Anda
2	Deep into Darkness		July 2001
3	Triumph of the Toa		October 2001
4	The Bohrok Awake	The Bohrok Saga	January 2002
5	To Trap a Tahnok		April 2002
6	Into the Nest		May 2002
7	What Lurks Below		July 2002
8	The End of the Toa?		September 2002
9	Divided We Fall		November 2002
10	Powerless!	N/A	January 2003		Randy Elliott
11	A Matter of Time...		March 2003
12	Absolute Power		May 2003
13	Rise of the Rahkshi!		July 2003
14	At Last – Takanuva!		September 2003
15	Secrets and Shadows		November 2003
16	Toa Metru!	Metru Nui	January 2004
17	Disks of Danger		March 2004
18	Seeds of Doom		May 2004
19	Enemies of Metru Nui		July 2004
20	Struggle in the Sky		September 2004
21	Dreams of Darkness		November 2004
22	Monsters in the Dark		January 2005
23	Vengeance of the Visorak		March 2005
24	Shadow Play		May 2005
25	Birth of the Rahaga		July 2005
26	Hanging by a Thread		September 2005
27	Fractures		November 2005

Ignition

No.	Title	Sub-series	Publication date	Writer	Artist
0	Ignition	N/A	January 2006	Greg Farshtey	Stuart Sayger
1	If a Universe Ends		March 2006
2	Vengeance of Axonn		May 2006
3	Showdown		July 2006
4	A Cold Light Dawns		September 2006
5	In Final Battle		November 2006
6	Ignition 6	Sea of Darkness	January 2007
7	Mask of Life, Mask of Doom		March 2007
8	Sea of Darkness		May 2007
9	Battle in the Deep!		July 2007
10	The Death of Mata Nui		September 2007
11	Death of a Hero		November 2007
12	Realm of Fear	Battle for Power	March 2008		Leigh Gallagher
12.5	Comic 12.5		May 2008
13	Swamp of Shadows		July 2008
14	Endgame		September 2008
15	Mata Nui Rising		November 2008

Glatorian

No.	Title	Sub-series	Publication date	Writer	Artist
1	Sands of Bara Magna	N/A	January 2009	Greg Farshtey	Pop Mhan
2	The Fall of Atero		March 2009
3	A Hero Reborn		July 2009
4	Before the Storm		September 2009
5	Valley of Fear		November 2009
6	All That Glitters	Journey's End	January 2010
7	Rebirth		March 2010

Graphic novels

Bionicle

No.	Title	Comics included	Publication date	Writer	Artist(s)	ISBN
1	Rise of the Toa Nuva	Bionicle #1–8	June 10, 2008	Greg Farshtey	Carlos D'Anda, Randy Elliott
2	Challenge of the Rahkshi	Bionicle #9–15	August 5, 2008		Randy Elliott
3	City of Legends	Bionicle #16–21	October 28, 2008
4	Trial by Fire	Bionicle #22–27	January 20, 2009
5	The Battle of Voya Nui	Ignition #1–5	May 12, 2009		Stuart Sayger
6	The Underwater City	Ignition #6–11, Hydraxon's Tale	August 4, 2009
7	Realm of Fear	Ignition #12–15	November 24, 2009		Leigh Gallagher
8	Legends of Bara Magna	Rise and Fall of the Skrall; The Exile's Tale; All Our Sins Remembered	June 8, 2010		Christian Zanier, Stuart Sayger
9	The Fall of Atero	Glatorian #1–5			Pop Mhan

• Two additional graphic novels, Power of the Great Beings and Journey's End, were planned but ultimately cancelled due to poor sales. They would have included the last two issues of the Glatorian comic series as well as new material.

Lego Bionicle

No.	Title	Publication date	Writer	Artist(s)	ISBN
1	Gathering of the Toa	December 29, 2015	Ryder Windham	Unknown
2	Battle of the Mask Makers	April 26, 2016

Collected

Title	Comics included	Publication date	Writer	Artist(s)	ISBN
The Saga of Takanuva!	Bionicle #1, 9–15	2003	Greg Farshtey	Carlos D'Anda, Randy Elliott	N/A
Volume 1	Bionicle #1–15	August 2004
Mahri Nui	Ignition #6–10	2007		Stuart Sayger	N/A

Films

See also: Bionicle (film series)

Title	U.S. release date	Director	Screenwriter(s)	Production studio
Original trilogy
Bionicle: Mask of Light	September 16, 2003	Terry Shakespeare, David Molina	Alastair Swinnerton, Henry Gilroy, Greg Weisman	Creative Capers Entertainment
Bionicle 2: Legends of Metru Nui	October 19, 2004		Henry Gilroy, Greg Klein, Tom Pugsley and Elliot Gabrel
Bionicle 3: Web of Shadows	October 11, 2005		Brett Matthews
Stand-alone film
Bionicle: The Legend Reborn	September 15, 2009	Mark Baldo	Sean Catherine Derek and Greg Farshtey (story)	Threshold Animation Studios

• A film based on Bionicle's 2001 storyline was planned prior to the franchise's launch, but never reached production.
• The Legend Reborn was originally planned as the first film in a new trilogy, but its sequels were scrapped following Bionicle's discontinuation as a toy line. A screen treatment for what would've been the second film was released online.

Soundtracks

See also: Music of the Bionicle film series

Title	Release date	Length	Composer(s)	Label
Bionicle: Mask of Light - Original Score Soundtrack (14th Anniversary Release)	March 10, 2017	1:06:27	Nathan Furst	Rising Phoenix Records
Bionicle 2: Legends of Metru Nui - Original Score Soundtrack	December 12, 2017	0:57:27
Bionicle 3: Web of Shadows - Original Score Soundtrack	December 22, 2017	1:05:43

TV series

Series	Season	Episodes		Originally released			Showrunner(s)
				First released	Last released	Network
Lego Bionicle: The Journey to One	1	4 (+ 1 prologue)		March 4, 2016 (2016-03-04)	July 29, 2016 (2016-07-29)	Netflix	Mathieu Boucher, Jean-Fraçois Tremblay

Video games

Console

Title	U.S. release date	Publisher	Developer	Platforms
Lego Bionicle: Quest for the Toa	October 2, 2001 (2001-10-02)	Lego Software	Saffire	Game Boy Advance
Bionicle: Matoran Adventures	October 16, 2002 (2002-10-16)	Electronic Arts, Lego Interactive	Argonaut Games
Bionicle	September 10, 2003 (2003-09-10) (GBA) October 20, 2003 (2003-10-20) (NGC, PS2, Xbox) October 28, 2003 (2003-10-28) (PC)	Electronic Arts, Lego Interactive, THQ (GBA), Feral Interactive (OS X)	Argonaut Games, Argonaut Sheffield, Möbius Entertainment (GBA)	Game Boy Advance, GameCube, Mac OS X, Microsoft Windows, PlayStation 2, Xbox
Bionicle: Maze of Shadows	March 24, 2005 (2005-03-24)	THQ	Razorback Developments	Game Boy Advance
Bionicle Heroes	November 14, 2006 (2006-11-14) April 24, 2007 (2007-04-24) (Wii)	Eidos Interactive, TT Games Publishing	Traveller's Tales, Amaze Entertainment (handheld), Universomo (J2ME)	Game Boy Advance, GameCube, J2ME, Nintendo DS, Microsoft Windows, PlayStation 2, Xbox 360, Wii

Canceled

Title	Intended U.S. release date	Publisher	Developer	Platforms
Lego Bionicle: The Legend of Mata Nui	December 2001	Lego Software	Saffire	GameCube, Microsoft Windows
Bionicle: City of Legends	Late 2004	Lego Interactive	Argonaut Games	N/A

Online

Title	Release date	Developer	Notes
Mata Nui Online Game	January 1–December 15, 2001	Templar Studios	Released episodically as 9 "chapters", documenting the 2001 Bionicle storyline.
Let the Legend Begin	2001	Unknown	Promotional.
Atticmedia
Huai Snowball Sling		Argonaut Games	Originally released in the console game Lego Bionicle: Quest for the Toa before being released online. Also included on interactive demo CDs released with select 2001 Bionicle toy sets.
Mata Nui Explorer (original)	2002	Unknown
The Battle of Mata Nui	2003		Originally intended for a 2002 release before getting was pushed back to 2003 due to technical problems.
Mata Nui Online Game II: The Final Chronicle	May 29, 2003–January 9, 2004	Templar Studios	Released episodically as 7 "chapters" documenting part of the 2003 Bionicle storyline.
Mata Nui Explorer (Mask of Light edition)	2003	Unknown	Promotion for the film Bionicle: Mask of Light (2003).
Toa Personality Test			Personality quiz. Promotion for the film Bionicle: Mask of Light (2003).
The Legend Continues			Promotion for the film Bionicle: Mask of Light (2003). Written by Greg Farshtey.
Lava Surfing			Promotion for the film Bionicle: Mask of Light (2003).
Onua's Memory Challenge
Kopaka's Ice Trail
Pohatu's Matching Pairs
Gali Nuva's Rapid Descent
Forest Flyer
Stop the Morbuzakh!	2004	Spike Ltd.
Which Toa Are You?		Unknown	Personality quiz.
Bionicle: Colgate			Promotion by Colgate.
Rhotuka Spinner Challenge	2005
Battle Zone			Promotion by Neopets.
Draw a Piraka	2006		Promotional.
Piraka Attack		IMBstudio, Mind Orchard
Island Investigation		Unknown	Promotional.
Voya Nui Adventure
Voya Nui Online Game		Ankama Studio
Matoran Escape		Unknown
Inika Assault		Tanukidesign
Barraki teaser game	2007	Unknown
Creeps from the Deep
Sea Survival			Promotion by Jetix.
Barraki
Mahri: Hewkii			Promotion by Jetix.
Command Toa Hewkii		4t2 Studios	Connected series.
Command Toa Hahli
Command Toa Kongu
Command Toa Jaller
Command Toa Nuparu
Command Toa Matoro
Command the Toa Mahri - The Final Challenge
Battle for Power	2008	Unknown	Set of 10 games.
Mistika
Mistika: Swamp of Secrets			Promotion by YTV. Set of 4 games.
My Lego Network Bionicle campaign	2009	Unknown	Promotion by My Lego Network.
Glatorian Arena		Serious Games Interactive
Prepare for Battle		Unknown	Promotion by YTV.
Glatorian Arena 2		Serious Games Interactive
Sands of Time		Unknown	Promotion by Disney XD.
Glatorian Arena 3		Serious Games Interactive
Agori Defender	2010	Unknown

Mobile

Title	U.S. release date	Publisher	Developer	Platforms
Bionicle Challenge	2006	Living Mobile	Kiloo	Mobile devices
Bionicle Defenders	2007	Disney Mobile
Bionicle: Mask of Creation	January 1, 2015 (2015-01-01)	The Lego Group	Frima Studio	Android and iOS devices
Bionicle: Mask of Control	January 19, 2016 (2016-01-19)

Trading card game

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 bought in a Phantoka set.

Music

See also: Music of the Bionicle film series

Composers Paul Hardcastle and Simon Fuller produced the music for the Bionicle commercials used between 2001 and 2004, which also featured in the Mata Nui Online Game released throughout 2001. An official Bionicle album – featuring music from the bands Cold and Woven and singers Rob Zombie and Kenna – from was originally planned for release in 2002, but the project was scrapped when disagreements arose between the Lego Group and the label Interscope Records.

In 2005, the band All Insane Kids released the songs "Hero" and "Caught in a Dream", produced and written by Morten Krog Helgesen. The latter is played in the end credits of Bionicle 3: Web of Shadows. Between 2006 and 2007, artists such as The All-American Rejects, Daughtry and Niels Brinck contributed songs for Bionicle commercials, but the success of the song "Creeping in My Soul", sung by Danish singer Christine Lorentzen for Bionicle's Barraki toy campaign, led to the formation of the rock band Cryoshell, who produced music for the theme up until its original discontinuation, and in its wake released their self-titled debut album.

Music for the first three Bionicle films – Mask of Light (2003), Legends of Metru Nui (2004) and Web of Shadows (2005) – was composed by Nathan Furst. Soundtracks for all three films were digitally released in 2017. Music for the fourth film The Legend Reborn (2009) was composed by John D'Andrea, while Mike Raznick scored the 2016 series Lego Bionicle: The Journey to One.

Miscellaneous

Besides the films, books, comics etc., there are other ways parts of the Generation 1 story have been told. Much of this content is now available on the unofficial BioMedia Project website.

Reading materials

Bionicle.com had some information about parts of the Generation 1 story, including some character biographies.

BionicleStory.com had several sections containing information about the Generation 1 characters, locations, and more. Among the offerings were also story serials and "blog" chapters, the latter being each one or two pages of story text styled as a journal entry from one of the fictional Bionicle characters.

Audio

Bionicle.com had two downloadable MP3s (as well as two PDF files with the "lyrics" to the MP3s) that describe the rise the giant robotic body of Mata Nui out of its slumber and his exile from said body when Makuta Teridax took it over in the Generation 1 plotline.

BionicleStory.com also had many podcasts recorded by Bionicle writer Greg Farshtey available for download in the "Latest Story" area of the site that tell much of the Generation 1 story.

On the homepage for Bionicle.com, there was a collection of audio recordings, called the Mata Nui Saga, that told some of Mata Nui's story. Each one had a picture, text, and music with it. They were split into thirty-four "chapters", each narrated in-character by Michael Dorn (reprising his role of Mata Nui from The Legend Reborn).

There were also downloadable songs and other things on the website that were inspired by different sections of the Generation 1 storyline.