>>9241441>Is it a video with the other Bionicle project members?Yeah, it was the "Bionicle Day" fan interview. Wasn't as in depth as I'd have liked but seeing and hearing Bob Thompson again was a blast. He also showed off his Takanuva statue made out of junk that he got as a gift.
Other than some interesting things mentioned here and there, it was kind of a mediocre interview, most of the guests barely talked, just sat around awkwardly. At least Bob made it clear that the "20 year Bionicle story bible" is just a myth. There was no all encompassing story document, no real "seven books of Bionicle", they just made stuff up as they went but kept some basic ideas that they carried across multiple stories. This is of course not a surprise, since we already knew that their plans were always changing. For example Bob admitted Makuta wasn't meant to be evil, but that idea was abandoned by 2005. Greg said his favorite thing about all of Bionicle was rewriting Makuta from his 01-04 persona to the "evil mastermind" character we see in the later years.
Faber shilled NFTs as usual and said he'd like to make a virtual Bionicle museum. Swinnerton said he was very proud of coming up with the name Mukau.
The main they all remember was how Bionicle became far bigger than they imagined, and the idea of combining CGI imagery with storytelling opened up new potentials to Lego. They listened to Jurassic Park music to get the desired atmosphere. Bionicle was meant to be an ancient mystery that would inspire kids to interact and theorize, and not just play with the toys. Swinnerton thought both the audience and the in-story characters should feel the same surprise whenever they uncovered a mystery.
>is there any interview material regarding any of the team members from 01-04?Other than TTV stuff, recently some other guys also managed to reach out to the old crew.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KerhcnOQujohttps://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jI0UpguSSX0