Can’t say I did. When the first comic came out I was… looks at year
About one year old.
Was it a long and slow process for you? For me it was kinda just, gets happy meal finds bionicle sets in a grocery store signs up for lego magazine looks online becomes BIONICLE nerd for the rest of his life
At first I thought Bionicles looked kind of creepy/overly violent (keep in mind I was a sheltered 7 year old). But the first comic piqued my interest (that would be May of 2001 I believe), and I found out some other kids from my school were into it after summer break. Eventually (late '01 or early '02) I convinced my parents to by Turaga Onewa for me, and I thught he was awesome, and things kind of snowballed from there.
My brother, ToaKylerak, was the one who was into BIONICLE in the early years. I was like, 4 years old when I got Huki, and that’s because we where in Europe and they still sold the baggies in 2003. ToaKylerak got Jala and Tahu, in which he both lost. Anyways, the first set I remember him having was Gahlok, followed by some of the Bohrok Va and Gahlok Kal.
I think I got into BIONICLE during 2004, when I was five. I got Toa Onewa and a red Vahki. In 2005, I got some of the Visorak and Hordika. I think Keetongu, which my brother got, was pretty cool.
I’ll talk about 2006 some other time, because that was my golden and favorite day of BIONICLE.
I used to get LEGO magazine and pretty much the only reason I got it was for the comics. xD And then every year when a new wave/story would come out I would reread all the comics…
I didn’t get the LEGO Club magazine till the time of the Glatorian line. Fortunately I got my first at the start of a plot line (Mata Nui landing on Bara Magna).