WARNING: Bionicles

I haven’t written anything in a while.. been at a loss lately. However, something happened last night that both my husband and I feel strongly we need to get the word out about. Please, make this go viral! The message is urgent, and the spiritual conditions of our homes is at stake!

Last night something came to my husband’s and my attention that we need to share. I don’t know how concerned most of you are about the following issue, or if you put any weight on it, but we certainly do as we believe we should keep our house spiritually clean.

Late last night our oldest son was creating a birthday card for a friend to go with the gift he bought him. He showed it to me and I was quite disturbed by the images and writing on it. We try to shelter our children from the things of this world- and apparently we let something get through the cracks. I had him show it to his Father. It was a very demonic looking drawing on the inside of it and the names looked quite… Eastern/Demonic also.

Needless to say, he was trying to draw a picture of some Bionicle characters. I have never liked them, and always thought they looked demonic and evil, and thus don’t let my children play with them. However, our son has some Lego magazines that have the comics in them. I never thought to read the harmless Lego comics… harmless because it’s Legos, right?

After seeing the image we demanded that he make a new card and he didn’t understand how they could be demonic. We do not allow Harry Potter, Ninjas, Pokemon, etc in our home because of the demonic spirits they carry with them. (Read Ezekiel 8 and take not of the demonic spirits roaming about even in the Temple of our God because of the idols they had brought with them. Spirits attach to these things, and our children have a hard time discerning between evil and good when these things are allowed in). We also demanded that all the Lego magazines leave the house and be burned. So I did a quick search on a reliable website and it was very revealing and shared parts of the stories from Bionicles. Actually, it was more disturbing than anything.

Take from this whatever you feel led, but both of us believed that we need to share this. We are not here to judge your parenting or spiritual decisions for your family, but we believe it is very important to share this information. Pass on whatever parts you like if you feel like. But please, read below.

Here is what some commented on crossroad.to about the toys, the movie, and the comics:

Somebody asked me about these and what the story behind them is. This is the story as told by my son:

Mata Nui came down from the “other world” and gave the six villages peace. Then his brother Mukuta came down and cast a spell on his brother and put him to sleep and took away the peace. Then there was a legend that six Toa would come down and find the six masks of power. There are six different
masks for all six of the Toa. Once they found all six masks, they can fight off the Mukuta and restore the peace.

(From “Robin”) I have always been happy that my boys enjoy Legos, and never thought to even investigate any new item that they put out. Then 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! Information quoted from “Bionicle, Part 2 of 3, Trapped by the Rahi!” July 2001, Lego/Technic

Also see www.bionicle.com