tbh I forgot why/how Bionicle impacted my life but when I was introduced to it, I instantly fell in love with it.
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Well here goes nothing.
In 2007-ish I was watching movies with my family and one of the movies had the trailer for MoL in itā¦I loved it! and I also got a happy meal toy that same year. it was Mantax and I loved him to no end. so in 2008 I found LEGO.com one day and later I found Bionicle.com as well. I played the games for that year and had a blast. then 2009 cameā¦ this year was awesome for me. I could not stop watching the teasers for TLR and the Mata Nui rising videos. I loved looking in the lego catalog at all the sets and I loved TLR when it came out (never saw it till 2010) and for me it was awesome! I did not know the story or most of the names until I saw the movie. but I loved the heck out of itā¦then one day in 2010. I got the lego club magizine and I saw Hero Factory. at first I was kinda eh. but then I read the promo and I got HOOKED! one day I went to the store and I wanted to get Gresh stars. so I didā¦but when I got into the car the canās lid was not on right and I pulled it of with ease, so I opened it up and there was a plastic clawā¦and the golden armor piece. so we took it back and my mom asked if they had any more Bionicles. the lady said that they had a whole box of them in the back. so she got the box and it was full of HERO FACTORY. I went into a digging frenzy and grabbed Furno 1.0 without thinking, so he was my first HF set. my first Bionicle set was Lewa MoJ.
so yea if it was not for Bionicle I would not have gotten into HF and HF made me who I am today,
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An interesting story.
Indeed. as such I like the last years of Bionicle the best. because that is MY bionicle.
Waitā¦ so because you got a Gresh stars that had stolen parts, you went back, and the clerk gave you the opportunity to get a random set from a whole box of sets for free?
Nopeā¦ I gave the Gresh stars back, and I used the money I would have spent on it to get Furno. sorry if that was unclear.
It gave me a social life. 
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A lot. I started collecting them since the Hordika/Visorak series and it was my only toy when I was lil kid. I was playing with them at my grandmaās house with my cousin so those are some really nice memories.
I am still collecting them, trying to get sets since the absolute beggining of the story. I will never ever give up on my collection. Never.
Actually, at the beginning i couldnt even stand Bionicle 
My father (also a huge fan of Lego) kinda wanted me to play with it, because in his opinion they were ideal toys for me. But I always refused to buy them. (Canāt believe how stupid I was 
) Until that one day. I saw Nuju Hordika and I HAD to buy him. (his asymmetrical mask looked darn cool) I immediately fell in love with Bionicle. My father soon regretted everything. From this day on I had to buy every new set, I learned everything about the Bionicle Universe (There was a time when i knew the whole matoran alphabet), I showed bionicle to my friends, they became fans too and we made a Bionicle Club (in school we always pretended to be Toas and the teachers were the evil Makuta ). So actually Bionicle was my whole childhood and , oh boy, it was a beautiful childhood! In 5th grade when i went to another school i easily made new friends because there were fans too. Bionicle was THE thing here in germany! Even in 8th grade my friends and I went to the local comicshop everyday, because it sold old figures like Onua Nuva. My whole room was full of Bionicle posters and my shelves almost collapsed because i had (and still have) so many sets. Then in 2010 I heard that bionicle got canceled. I was 13 years old at that time but i couldnt help myself. I cried like a little girl and locked myself in the room for a week. 
i was devastated!
I NEVER accepted Hero Factory as a Bionicle replacement. I never bought a set.
But last year when Bionicle was anounced to come back, the nostalgia hit me. So many beautiful memories, this wonderful time I had thanks to Bionicleā¦ I just had to start collecting again. Since then Iām refreshing my knowledge. I learn so many new things I didnt understand as a child and i know more about Bionicle than ever. Basically Iām totally back in my Bionicle Hype I once had as a kid. I even took my old sets out of the basement and have them back in my new room. Summing all up Iām almost 20 and I still canāt let go Bionicle. And i never will, because this love lasts forever 
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You might want to check what your shelves are made out of 
Ever since 2004/5/6-ish, (I always remember the Piraka as my first sets, but I also had a Vahki and some Nuju Hordika, soooā¦) Iāve been heavily invested in Bionicle, right now being probably the peak of my involvement. Most of my bedroom is dominated by old bonkle sets and MoCs, and recently Iāve been going on nostalgia trips by rereading some of the old books and playing with/rebuilding old sets.
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I was exaggerating 
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bionicle was the lego brand that got me into lego
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My wallet has become increasingly lighter
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It has made sure that I never have enough money in my possession to need a wallet.
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So,
I was around 7, in a Borders installment in a local mall. On the second floor was the kidās section, but one thing in particular caught my eye:
Strakk.
I knew immediately I had to buy him. Which I did. On later dates I also bought the rest, minus Raanu, Atakus, Gresh, Vorox, Mata Nui, Kiina, Stronius, Gelu, and the Vehicles/Titans. I fell in love with those things. I really liked TLR (at the time).
In 2014, I got back into building LEGO, after watching several reviews nā such of Bonkles. However, most of the pieces were too broken to fully complete a set, so I built my own dudes.
I still build my own dudes today.
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Buildinā dudes is what I do.
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