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I have always been happy that my boys enjoy Legos, what a great toy, and never thought to even investigate any new item that they put out, we even ended up on the mailing list and now receive numerous catalogs.


One day I noticed them role playing with their beloved "bionicles" which I thought to be harmless robots, and heard them saying things that sounded just like they were playing with Pokemon (or close enough.) I immediately asked them (while my skin was crawling) where they were getting all those wild ideas from. "It's right here in the book, Mom!" Come to find out, these Bionicles have quite a story to tell, all spelled out in the Lego magazine in a comic strip format, which my boys had been devouring for weeks.
I was upset to find that I was so careless, I not only let that junk into my home, but encouraged it without even checking it out.


The story speaks of "..The Great Spirit Mata Nui descended from the skies like a burning star." "He walked the world and marveled at its beauty and watched over all living things." But he was followed by "..his brother, The Dark Spirit Makuta. Makuta coveted this world and all that his brother had." The "Dark Spirit" cast a spell that made "Mata Nui" fall asleep, now this world (sometimes referred to as an island) is in "Darkness" and in need of rescue. That is where the Bionicles come in, the have been sent by the "Great Beings" to save the world. And of course, these "mighty heroes" are to be equipped with "six Kanohi Masks of Power." "Each mask grants the wearer new power and wisdom."

The "Great Mask" list:

Miru - The great Mask of Levitation (to float and glide on air)
Hau - The Great Mask of Shielding
Kakama - The Great Mask of Speed
Kaukau - The Great Mask of Water (to breath under water)
Pakari - The Great Mask of Strength
Akaku - The Great Mask of X-Ray Vision

Sound familiar?

More masks are being added to this story, and I have not had enough time to research any further. Just annoyed that I didn't see it coming. My boys could make better use of their time.

What really gets me is that these "Bionicles" do not even require much effort to assemble - Lego is promoting new age role playing along with "dumbing down" what used to be an educational toy! (Now they also have a Harry Potter line!)

Warning to Parents: Do not rely on the past reputation of any toy company, check them out!

Robin, Kjos ministries 77 Comments [8/12/2008 2:27:15 AM]
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#629065
Elphaba

fundies are growing a large crop of Children of the Corn.


that website has a page on symbols and their meanings. It's laughable and pathetic.

8/12/2008 4:59:09 PM
#629119
Beastly

Fiction that isn't the bible! God save us! srsly!

8/12/2008 5:41:09 PM
#629137
Yama the Space Fish

Hard stiff brown wood?

ATTENTION: Lincoln Logs turn kids gay!!!!!!!!

8/12/2008 5:57:48 PM
#629153
Osiris

Christian interpretation: Muta Nui is Jesus, Mukuta is Satan, the Toa are angels sent to fight Mukuta.

Bionicle is a classic light versus dark theme that goes over in so many different stories, even Christianity. Just because the names for things is different doesn't make it Satanic. Fuck.

8/12/2008 6:12:25 PM
#629160
Arts_Myth

Hey, don't diss Lincoln Logs! Joseph was a carpenter, after all. Growing up poor, all Jesus had to play with was his wood! (ETA: Jesus's, that is, not Joseph's. No incestuous and/or pedophilic double entendres "entendred".)

8/12/2008 6:26:19 PM
#629177
A. Person

OH NOES!! T3H VAGUE SPIRITUAL REFERENCE IS CORRUPTING MAH CHILLUN!!!!!!

8/12/2008 6:42:56 PM
#629180
Bob Dole

Wow....

8/12/2008 6:48:58 PM
#629275
Your Kids Will Hate You

I grew up in a family like yours. My mother said smurfs were demonic. The logo on the shampoo bottle was demonic. There was a secret society of devil-worshipping teachers in every school. Any rock song sung by a man wearing black leather pants had to be demonic. Any record album our church ladies said could be played backwards with satanic messages was to be avoided at all costs.
My aunt had Meatloaf's Bat Out of Hell album, and my mother freaked out when she saw me looking at the jacket. She screamed that it was demonic, and dangerous for my aunt to have in her home. I was scared to death. I was sure the demons would find me, now that I'd looked at that record cover. I'd close my eyes and still see it, and I tried to get it out of my head, but my brain was "polluted by the devil".

It was many years later that I found out Bat Out Of Hell was just a bunch of love songs.

And that my mother is crazy.

8/12/2008 8:15:27 PM
#629313
Old Viking

Legos, for chrisake.

8/12/2008 8:42:40 PM
#629357
NoXion

I weep for the children of fundies, I really do. I am so grateful that my parents didn't give two shits about this sort of stuff, and let me use my imagination.

8/12/2008 9:07:51 PM
#629372
Don'tLookBehindYou

My brother and I loved bionicles. (ok, i'm 17. so?)

Honestly, it's not gonna posses you and make you eat babies. They're ACTION FIGURES.

8/12/2008 9:33:21 PM
#629607
Bri Q.

Wow...

Write again when you're kids are glassy-eyed

8/13/2008 2:00:09 AM
#629609
Bri Q.

Wow...

Write again when your kids are a couple of glassy-eyed fundi-kins completely devoid of any personality whatsoever.

8/13/2008 2:04:01 AM
#632257
Brian X

Bionicle is pretty lame, but... uh, not seeing the Satanic part.

8/14/2008 2:38:38 PM
#704998
Shadoboy

Oh geez, now children don't have the right to have imagination?

10/2/2008 3:19:22 AM
#916773
Bonobo

I used to love building bionicles. Now, I might just start collecting again because you said so! :D

2/27/2009 4:29:51 PM
#916880
Tabitha

What? That sounds nothing like Pokemon.

2/27/2009 9:01:52 PM
#1053597
Troll Phish

I call Poe.

How the heck does he know so much about something he despises?

11/9/2009 5:15:04 PM
#1053599
cthulhu

oh noes a really bad story is killing the children!

11/9/2009 5:19:18 PM
#1053647
Lucifer

These People are nuts. Try letting your kids have a childhood.

11/9/2009 10:34:40 PM
#1053685
Deftera

I can see why you'd be offended, it DOES sound an awful lot like the things you actualy believe.

11/10/2009 7:54:21 AM
#1053688
JohnTheAtheist

1. Robots are NEVER harmless.

2. I think that just by typing all of that means you are going to hell.

3. You are a stupid cunt.

11/10/2009 8:23:49 AM
#1053689
MDB

I wonder if Robin has ever played any of the Crash Bandicoot games, with the Aku-Aku mask.

(Though I always called it a "Hoonamaga!", since that was the sound the game made when you got one.)

11/10/2009 8:36:29 AM
#1053694
Anon-e-moose

PROTIP: Bionicle is a toy line created by Lego, using characterisation & storylines inspired by Polynesian mythology.

Would you protest if Lego created a Biblically-inspired range, using Scripture-based scenarios? (check one):

[ ] If you did, you'd be stifling the spiritual growth of children wanting to roleplay the good works of Jesus, thus not being a True Christian™. Therefore you'd go to Hell.

[ ] If you didn't, you'd expose yourself as a hypocrite; condemning the company for being unChristian with Bionicle, but not when they released Jesusicle? Jesus hates hypocrites, and therefore you'd go to Hell.

Choose wisely.

11/10/2009 8:49:33 AM
#1167975
Lilith

What's wrong, afraid Bionicle is more popular than your boring book of fiction?

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