>>100393902>>100396427I agree, but with Metru Nui being essential to the world, they had to abandon the nature setting after a while.
Also, a thing to consider about Bionicle is the big shifts in planning that went on behind the scenes. People often point to 2003 (the end of the Mata Nui arc) or 2005 (when the original story writer left) as the "tuning points", but really, one of the biggest swerves happened in October 2001, when Lego decided to extend the line with a more extensive lore as a response to the toys' success, cancel the originally planned video game, and drop the tribal elements as a response to the Maori lawsuit. Had the Maori not bitched, I believe the series would have kept more of that "islander" feel.
