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Bionicle Legends #3
Power Play
A new quest begins and new dangers await.
The start of an all-new BIONICLE saga!
Six new heroes, the Toa Inika, have arrived on the besieged island of Voya Nui in search of the missing Toa Nuva. What they find instead are the vicious Piraka and a desperate Matoran resistance fighting for freedom. But when four of the Piraka steal the power of the mighty Brutaka, Toa Jaller and his team must fight for their very lives against evil unbound.
The start of an all-new BIONICLE saga!
Six new heroes, the Toa Inika, have arrived on the besieged island of Voya Nui in search of the missing Toa Nuva. What they find instead are the vicious Piraka and a desperate Matoran resistance fighting for freedom. But when four of the Piraka steal the power of the mighty Brutaka, Toa Jaller and his team must fight for their very lives against evil unbound.
128 pages, Paperback
First published August 1, 2006
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About the author
Greg Farshtey
240 books88 followersGreg Farshtey is the author of the popular BIONICLE chapter books and Level 3 readers, as well as the long-running BIONICLE comic book series. His day job is Editor-in-Chief and head writer for the LEGO Club Magazine and the LEGO BrickMaster Magazine.
Greg has been writing since fourth grade. After earning a degree in Communications from the State University of New York at Geneseo, he worked as a reporter, sports editor, game designer and editor, and copywriter before joining LEGO Company in 2000. Before becoming involved with BIONICLE, he wrote game material for such diverse properties as Star Wars, Indiana Jones, and Tales From the Crypt.
Greg is the author of more than 30 novels and guidebooks, as well as the author or co-author of more than 35 game sourcebooks and adventures.
He lives in West Hartford, Connecticut.
For more information, please see http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Greg_Far...
Greg has been writing since fourth grade. After earning a degree in Communications from the State University of New York at Geneseo, he worked as a reporter, sports editor, game designer and editor, and copywriter before joining LEGO Company in 2000. Before becoming involved with BIONICLE, he wrote game material for such diverse properties as Star Wars, Indiana Jones, and Tales From the Crypt.
Greg is the author of more than 30 novels and guidebooks, as well as the author or co-author of more than 35 game sourcebooks and adventures.
He lives in West Hartford, Connecticut.
For more information, please see http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Greg_Far...
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Displaying 1 - 8 of 8 reviews
April 26, 2025
A lot going on in this entry as the newly-zapped Toa Inika get used to their new powers which match the gimmicks (it’s fun seeing how Greg incorporates the toy features) as the Piraka gang fractures. We get our prelude to Axonn and Bruktaka’s fight to the finish and a teaser of Vezon and the monstrous Fenrakk. A very action-oriented entry, we’re left with a cliff-hanger as both teams descend into the depths of the island.
June 11, 2020
More meaningless action from Greg. At the very least, he has improved by this point in getting his point across more succinctly, and only depicting scenes of action with real stakes. This is necessary reading for the saga, in my opinion. The two previous can be skipped, even if they are better written.
November 30, 2023
Basically one long action sequence. Gets a little tiring. There are some fun character moments with the Inika and the Piraka though.
February 5, 2024
“I don’t know who or where they are, but there are six new Toa on this island. And they are coming for you.”
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Alrighty friendos let’s talk about some more BIONICLE. “Power Play” is when the Toa Inika get on the scene, the Plot really picks up, and that’s great.
It *is* a bit frustrating that the Inika, who are completely new Toa, manage to fight the Piraka on more even terms than the Toa Nuva. I get that they were more prepared for it, and that they have powers which specifically allow them to do things other Toa can, and shrug off the mind-control stuff that the Piraka try on them. It’s still a little grating that the Toa Nuva, the original heroes, and canonically the most powerful Toa, get their bionic butts handed to them TWICE, and these noobs show up and beat the Piraka quite handily. I think that there’s a chance for some great, complex character work, with them getting used to their new powers and practicing with it, it’s just run through quickly to get the Plot going.
Aside from that, though, the story’s pretty great for a BIONICLE story. There’s tons of action throughout, with creative usage of elemental and mask powers. While some of the quips are pretty cheesy (“I’m not falling for that. Why don’t you fall instead?”), you can kind of justify it as these guys have just become Toa and are trying way too hard to sound cool. And you get a lot more exposition and revelations about things going on in Voya Nui.
There’s a cool tease for “Inferno” in here, too!
Looking forward to the next two books!
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Alrighty friendos let’s talk about some more BIONICLE. “Power Play” is when the Toa Inika get on the scene, the Plot really picks up, and that’s great.
It *is* a bit frustrating that the Inika, who are completely new Toa, manage to fight the Piraka on more even terms than the Toa Nuva. I get that they were more prepared for it, and that they have powers which specifically allow them to do things other Toa can, and shrug off the mind-control stuff that the Piraka try on them. It’s still a little grating that the Toa Nuva, the original heroes, and canonically the most powerful Toa, get their bionic butts handed to them TWICE, and these noobs show up and beat the Piraka quite handily. I think that there’s a chance for some great, complex character work, with them getting used to their new powers and practicing with it, it’s just run through quickly to get the Plot going.
Aside from that, though, the story’s pretty great for a BIONICLE story. There’s tons of action throughout, with creative usage of elemental and mask powers. While some of the quips are pretty cheesy (“I’m not falling for that. Why don’t you fall instead?”), you can kind of justify it as these guys have just become Toa and are trying way too hard to sound cool. And you get a lot more exposition and revelations about things going on in Voya Nui.
There’s a cool tease for “Inferno” in here, too!
Looking forward to the next two books!
July 5, 2008
Who wrote this?!?!?! I already know but they are good with these characters. How Thok and Hakann had all Brutaka's power to the other stuff that I forget because it was a long time ago, it was hard to put down.
April 23, 2009
Death by drowning in Bionicle names and six-headed doom viper breath.
February 20, 2012
Favorite series in elementary school
March 13, 2015
Another adventurous Bionicle tale featuring the debut of the Toa Nuva.
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