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Bionicle: The Bara Magna saga #3
Bionicle: Journey's End
After defeating the Skrall and seeing the rest of the villages unite, Mata Nui stands against the challenge of taking back his old body from Teridax. The final fight for the BIONICLE universe is here. What will be the fate of Mata Nui?
125 pages, ebook
First published February 10, 2010
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About the author
Greg Farshtey
240 books86 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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August 17, 2015
Breathe, Adelaide. Breathe. The swirling tempest of emotions inside me cannot put to justice how I feel about what I just read. This is indeed the final book to the 30 piece BIONICLE series, and Greg Farshtey let go with a subtle, bitter-sweet goodbye and a ray of hope and I absolutely love it…and hate it right now.
The first thing that threw me off was the fact that this last installation finally explains in a logical and believable suit what the deal is with the giant robot bodies that many fans took as complete discontinuity when the fourth film The Legend Reborn came out. Before I knew what that was about, I hated the idea and took it as an excuse to hurry up and finish the series because LEGO had come to terms that BIONICLE was no longer going to continue as a way to move on as far as anyone knows. But, from the point of view of a super BIONICLE fan, this worked very well and I was satisfied with the ending. Farshtey handles the characters with their emotions and drama in his all-knowing, “ha-ha I got you” method with perfect timing. And, believe it or not, one character actually cries! Real tears! Even though it’s only for a moment, it is for good reason.
Okay, what I didn’t like about this was the vacancy of familiar characters even though I knew they were there. The only two Toa that you see here is Tahu (supposedly still in Mistika form) and Takanuva. It is said that Tahu and Takanuva lead an army of Toa into the final battle and see “familiar faces” when the fight is done. But no one is named, and when it is said that bodies of Toa and Skakdi litter the ground, there is an unanswered essence of worry. Who died? Who lived?! Don’t leave me hanging!! Also, Makuta mentions that Gali and Onua have killed many Rakshi, slowing his victory. Other than that, there is no mention whatsoever of previous BIONICLE characters. Why couldn’t Jaller be fighting right alongside Takanuva and Gali beside Tahu? Why couldn’t the Turaga be seen in the crowd after the fight? These things are said to be left out for deadline purposes, but it wouldn’t have been hard to just insert a blurb or two to let the reader know that they are there.
But, this was awesome and epic and really emotional and I can’t believe it’s done. BIONICLE will forever be in my heart. And I hope that other fans will get to read this final book. Only a certain number of the book was published in English, but you can find the final book on the wiki here: http://bionicle.wikia.com/wiki/Journe...
The first thing that threw me off was the fact that this last installation finally explains in a logical and believable suit what the deal is with the giant robot bodies that many fans took as complete discontinuity when the fourth film The Legend Reborn came out. Before I knew what that was about, I hated the idea and took it as an excuse to hurry up and finish the series because LEGO had come to terms that BIONICLE was no longer going to continue as a way to move on as far as anyone knows. But, from the point of view of a super BIONICLE fan, this worked very well and I was satisfied with the ending. Farshtey handles the characters with their emotions and drama in his all-knowing, “ha-ha I got you” method with perfect timing. And, believe it or not, one character actually cries! Real tears! Even though it’s only for a moment, it is for good reason.
Okay, what I didn’t like about this was the vacancy of familiar characters even though I knew they were there. The only two Toa that you see here is Tahu (supposedly still in Mistika form) and Takanuva. It is said that Tahu and Takanuva lead an army of Toa into the final battle and see “familiar faces” when the fight is done. But no one is named, and when it is said that bodies of Toa and Skakdi litter the ground, there is an unanswered essence of worry. Who died? Who lived?! Don’t leave me hanging!! Also, Makuta mentions that Gali and Onua have killed many Rakshi, slowing his victory. Other than that, there is no mention whatsoever of previous BIONICLE characters. Why couldn’t Jaller be fighting right alongside Takanuva and Gali beside Tahu? Why couldn’t the Turaga be seen in the crowd after the fight? These things are said to be left out for deadline purposes, but it wouldn’t have been hard to just insert a blurb or two to let the reader know that they are there.
But, this was awesome and epic and really emotional and I can’t believe it’s done. BIONICLE will forever be in my heart. And I hope that other fans will get to read this final book. Only a certain number of the book was published in English, but you can find the final book on the wiki here: http://bionicle.wikia.com/wiki/Journe...
May 24, 2025
It is criminal that this book never got a real publishing run. This is some of Greg’s best writing and is up there with Time Trap and Downfall. It is a fitting end, and I’m thankful we got this even after Lego had cancelled Bionicle. With the story wrapped up, I do now believe that Bionicle belongs alongside Halo as the greatest sci-fi narratives of the 21st century. There won’t be another story like it. Where Dune is a story of ecology, Bionicle is one of biology. How is a body made whole? And how can a whole body heal the world? Be united, do your duty, accept your destiny.
July 10, 2022
I can’t believe that this was it. The end of the decade spanning story has come to an end in one thrilling, and heart wrenching climax.
I just want to say right off the bat, I couldn’t have been happier with this ending. It brings together everything that makes Bionicle amazing and wraps it up with a neat little bow. However, I have two main issues with it. The first is the golden monster plot line. It sucks that the Toa Mahri, characters from the very first book, don’t get to fight for the universe. They get mind controlled and THAT’S IT!! LIKE WHAT?! Why doesn’t Jaller and the others get a happy ending. I know Greg Farshtey wanted to keep writing Bionicle books, but he knew that this was it, so why bother keep this unsatisfying bit in the book?!
My second issue is a lack of the Turaga and the Toa Nuva. Vakama is my favourite character in the whole series, and him and the others fought so hard for Mata Nui, so it sucked to not see them. The Toa Nuva are the most iconic characters in the series, and we don’t get to even see them on the final beach? All Greg had to do to fix this for me was add like a few lines like,
“As Tahu looked over the gathered Matoran, Glatorian, Toa, and Agori, his eyes fell onto his brothers, sister, and Turaga. Seeing their smiling faces were enough to make the normaly stone tough Toa shed a tear of joy.”
Regardless of all of that, When all is said and done, this book is amazing; and it couldn’t have been a better way to end this amazing series; and in the words of the great Turaga Vakama “Every ending is merely a beginning waiting to happen.”
I just want to say right off the bat, I couldn’t have been happier with this ending. It brings together everything that makes Bionicle amazing and wraps it up with a neat little bow. However, I have two main issues with it. The first is the golden monster plot line. It sucks that the Toa Mahri, characters from the very first book, don’t get to fight for the universe. They get mind controlled and THAT’S IT!! LIKE WHAT?! Why doesn’t Jaller and the others get a happy ending. I know Greg Farshtey wanted to keep writing Bionicle books, but he knew that this was it, so why bother keep this unsatisfying bit in the book?!
My second issue is a lack of the Turaga and the Toa Nuva. Vakama is my favourite character in the whole series, and him and the others fought so hard for Mata Nui, so it sucked to not see them. The Toa Nuva are the most iconic characters in the series, and we don’t get to even see them on the final beach? All Greg had to do to fix this for me was add like a few lines like,
“As Tahu looked over the gathered Matoran, Glatorian, Toa, and Agori, his eyes fell onto his brothers, sister, and Turaga. Seeing their smiling faces were enough to make the normaly stone tough Toa shed a tear of joy.”
Regardless of all of that, When all is said and done, this book is amazing; and it couldn’t have been a better way to end this amazing series; and in the words of the great Turaga Vakama “Every ending is merely a beginning waiting to happen.”
February 23, 2025
Some minor misspellings and grammatical mistakes but still a fitting conclusion to the sereis
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