LEGO Bionicle Is Back, Though Not As You'd Expect

LEGO has announced a big surprise for fans of its beloved Bionicle range, with a new minifigure set to launch as soon as next month. A minifigure version of Tahu, the original fire Toa, will be included in LEGO's upcoming Minifigures Series 29 range, which will arrive in the usual blind boxes in stores from May 1. Technically, this isn't the actual Tahu, of course. (He's much bigger.) Instead, this character is officially labelled "Bionicle Cosplayer," and even comes holding a mini replica Bionicle canister — the cylindrical casing that the characters were originally sold within. That said, not only is this pretty much a perfect Bionicle minifigure design, it's the latest crumb of... well, something for Bionicle fans from LEGO, more than a decade on from the theme's original demise. LEGO Bionicle originally launched back in 2001, and was the toy company's first major attempt to crack the transmedia market, years before Ninjago. Designed around a series of elemental hero warriors and based on a well of original lore, Bionicle was conceived as brand whose story would be told over successive years via numerous graphic novels, games, movies, books, trading cards and — more recently — a