We have another scan from a comic in the Lunchables product, this time from number 3, featuring Onewa and Vakama. Sharp-eyed reader Zadakh999 spotted a goof on the back - can you find it?  

Formerly sold out, the CHNs are back at two LEGO stores. If you live in the NY/NJ area stop by the Paramus Park or Palisades Center stores to get a free CHN with any Bionicle purcahse. Just be sure to ask for one and say BZP sent you to make sure you get it.

As we reported last week, three of the people involved in making BIONICLE: Mask of Light signed autographs in the Glendale Galleria last Saturday. Member Tahu T attended the signing and sent us this picture. "event was a lot of fun and the guys were very nice," he told us.

Blokker, a store in Belgium and the Netherlands, is selling Vakama...in a bag. As with the majority of box-turned-bag sets, the contents are not any different. The bag, however, features two screenshots from The Mask of Light, so it's obvious that this item is more of a promotional item than a normal product. To see pics of the bag, read on.  

Bring your camera and get autographs (and a free Kanohi) at the Glendale, California LEGO Store Saturday, Feb. 21 from 1 to 3 p.m. The Buzz on Bionicle.com reports directors Terry Shakespeare and David Molina, along with screenwriter Henry Gilroy, will all be on hand to sign mini-movie posters. The first 1,000 kids will also get an unwrapped Kanohi. Not coincidentally, the movie will be 20% off that day only at the store.

A new section has been added to Bionicle.com, Legends. This area includes information on Metru Nui, bios on Toa Metru and Matoran, a list of upcoming comics, and preview of the "Bionicle Adventures" books. A good portion of the update has "Coming Soon" but some areas (specifically having to do with Toa Vakama, Nuhrii, and Ta-Metru) are visible now.

A new pop-up window greets visitors to Bionicle.com, promising new content in March 2004 in German, French, Japanese and Korean. One assumes this means localized content in that language, since it looks like the current Bionicle.com is in English only.

BZPower had the opportunity to tour the Lego Company Showroom at Toy Fair 2004. Read on for the final batch of Bionicle pictures.  

Just when you thought that Lego was cutting down on the non-set Bionicle items they throw a disk at us. Yes, thats right - a real life size Kanoka disk has been found at Legoland California. The disk feature Toa Vakama and the famous Bionicle logo and are made out of real plastic. Read on for more details!  

BZPower had the opportunity to tour the Lego Company Showroom at Toy Fair 2004. The pictures continue inside.  

BZPower had the opportunity to tour the Lego Company Showroom at Toy Fair 2004. The American International Toy Fair is held in New York City and provides a chance for toy companies to showcase their new product assortment for the year. Part of the Lego Showroom included the 2004 Bionicle product line. Read on as BZPower brings you Toy Fair 2004!  

Back in November, BZPower brought you pictures from the Mask of Light display at Toys 'R Us Times Square. Toys 'R Us Times Square has unveiled a new display in the exact same place to showcase the new Toa Metru sets. Along with a large version of the Metru Nui banner, the display features a life-size model of Toa Vakama. Read on for the pictures.  

Thanks to some nice finds by some of our members, we have some great new images of the 2004 line-up. Sure, you'll see even more by the time the Toy Fair draws to a close, but why not get a glimpse now? Set names and info can be found in this article.  

This weekend is the annual American International Toy Fair in New York City. The LEGO Company will be there showcasing almost all of its 2004 Bionicle product line. Stay tuned for Sunday when Rich and Michael bring you complete 2004 Toy Fair coverage from New York. This will be quite the sneak peek at the actual Bionicle products you will be buying this year.

The newest Lego Shop at Home catalog has popped up on the S@H site. You can check it out by clicking here, you will notice Toa Vakama looking right back at you as well as some new pictures and new apparel. The new catalogs should be hitting your mailbox very soon so be on the lookout!

Three brand-new BIONICLE comics will be released exclusively in Kraft Mega Lunchables. Specially marked boxes, soon to be released in March, will house the new comics written and illustrated by the BIONICLE comic team we all know so well. Each comic will feature two Toa Metru, and the boxes will be appropriately marked so fans know which comic they are getting.

As we reported back in November, DC Comics will soon be releasing the first 15 Bionicle comics in a paperback book. Well, it has finally surfaced at Amazon.com. Although it isn't available just yet (our earlier article states that February 18 is the release date), it's already 20% off the cover price of $12.95 (US) making the sale price $10.36. To view the item, click here.

As we reported earlier today, the new Bionicle.com is now online! While the opening is a bit sparse, more is coming throughout February and the rest of the year, and there are a few new tidbits to grab your attention right now.
Some of the site's content is previous information with a slick new facelift, including the Lexicon and Bionicle The Game page. Links to the Mask of Light site and LEGO.com's discussion forums remain unchanged. Other pages are new, including the Product info pages and new building instructions. The biggest new page is the expanded Wall of History, with animated slideshows of the storylines from the past three years.  

Over the weekend, BZP was the first to give you a preview of the updated Bionicle.com. The fully redesigned and highly anticipated site has launched. You can view Movies, Games, Products, and the Wall of History, as well as a preview of the upcoming Kanoka Club, right now at Bionicle.com.

As a follow-up to all the Mask of Light excitement that was prevalent last fall, a new Mask of Light promotion will take place one day only and in one place. The place is the LEGO Brand store at Glendale Galleria outside of LA, and the day is Saturday, February 21st. Read on for the details.  

The big Bionicle news for 2004 is, of course, Metru Nui. On Monday, Feb. 9, LEGO will roll out a redesigned and completely updated Bionicle.com site focusing on this new island utopia. Leah Weston, LEGO Senior Producer and the person in charge of Bionicle.com, shares with BZPower some of what you'll find next week and in the coming months.  

Web retail store Zooscape has already have placed the July sets on their pre-order list, and include some better scans of the boxes and sets. We also have some pricing, although their amounts may not reflect other retailers' pricing.  

We've received the first images of Bionicle sets slated for a July 2004 release date, and also have set numbers to show. No prices yet, but we'll let you know as soon as we find out what they will retail.