23. You mentioned sometime back in May 2009 that you would give an English copy of The Crossing to save the Polish and German BZP translators some time. And sometimes translations can be hazy. Is it still possible to do that, and if so, would you be willing to give us a copy of all 6 chapters so that The Crossing information is 100% correct?

33) I can't, I don't have authorization from AMEET to do that. Reprinting the book electronically in any form violates their copyright, so I can't provide info to help do that.

43. Will AMEET be publishing The Crossing in the US then?

51) I will keep it as an option in the event I need to name the city. Right now, I don't have plans to name it, for reasons that those who have the Mata Nui Guide to Bara Magna can probably already guess. 63) No idea. But the point is moot -- they still own the rights to the story, they paid for it. I can't hand it out for publication somewhere anymore than, say, Scholastic could just decide to publish it without an agreement with AMEET.

King Bubs Gonzola Supreme Oct 25, 2009, 12:37 AM

1True. ntm definitely deserves more credit than he gets. If it wasn't for him, I wouldn't of been the first person to figure out Teridax's plan.

that guy from that show Oct 24, 2009, 6:23 PM

1hi mr. farshtey, i am new here so i get that my last questions i sent may have been dun wrong so i am going to try again 21) why are the Hau, Miru, Kakama, Pakari, Kaukau, and Akaku that are colected on mata nui by the toa mata great and the Mahiki, Huna, Komau, Rau, Ruru, and Matatu noble? 31a) why are the Kiril, Kualsi, Kadin, Garai, etc. not seen on mata nui? 42)in MNOG the toa Kaita fight a swarm of manas but in TotT thay fight only two. wich is true? 53)if Lehvak-kal was blasted into space wood that put it on the same trojectery of bara magna? 63a)wood Pahrak-kal end up in metru nui? 74)WAY DID YOU KILL OF ZAKTAN .?

SonicBOOM XS Oct 24, 2009, 4:41 PM

2Can someone ask Greg the following questions? He won't reply to my PMs.
3Related to Bara Magna/Current Story: 41. Are the designs on the Skrall shields somehow related to the Valley of the Maze? 51a. If so, then why haven't the Skrall found Angonce yet? Or they didn't want to? 62. Will Angonce appear in the next year storyline? 73. Do other Great Beings appear in the story?
8Related to the Stars/MU/Post-TLR: 91. How can the Ignika change Tahu into his Mata form from a far distance? Or does that happen in close proximity? 101a. Does Takanuva receive the same treatment? 112. If Rahkshi were always sided with the BoM, then why did one come with the Stars? 123. So the gold armor isn't just a promo, but actually enhances a person's armor? 133a. If so, does he empower Mata Nui's new robot form? 144. Does Teridax try to stop the Stars from escaping? If so, then does he fail? 155. What will happen to the Ignika after MN adopts the new robot form? 166. What will become of the Skrall? Will they convert to good after orders from Tuma after seeing Teridax's body? Or do they join with Teridax? 177. Will Tuma die? 188. What will happen to the Glatorian and Agori? Will they venture into MN's former body and overthrow Teridax?
19Thanks to anyone who asks these questions and gets an answer, then posts it.

33You're welcome

-Tilius- Oct 24, 2009, 8:35 PM

1Aside from the first question....you didn't answer anything. You just guessed.
2Also, a CV is a job application, basically. Here in the UK, anyway.
3And The Crossing is in six parts. A summary of two of them is here.
4Right, now back to posting answers from Greg...
5- Tilius

6Good point. And no cookie for you, Glatorian-of-the-SJS-tribe.

-Tilius- Oct 24, 2009, 8:13 PM

1Again....well done you.
2You can put that on your CV.
3- Tilius

-Tilius- Oct 24, 2009, 5:35 PM

1Aside from the first question....you didn't answer anything. You just guessed.
2Also, a CV is a job application, basically. Here in the UK, anyway.
3And The Crossing is in six parts. A summary of two of them is here.
4Right, now back to posting answers from Greg...
5- Tilius

6I see... can you prove it? If you can I submit to you and never mention it again. so enlighten me please.

11. In a somewhat recent PM you stated that Plant Life Matoran/Toa/Turaga might not be running around in Green armor. Now, as of the last time I checked, BS01 says that Matoran/Toa/Turaga of Plant Life have Green and Blue as their colors, is that true?
21b. If that is not their colors can you say what colors they do wear are?
32. Can you say if the Rahkshi in the new Stars sets is a Rahkshi that's been seen in the storyline before? Or is this one a new character?
4Thanks for your time Greg .

51) Right, green and blue, but not pure green like Lewa is. 62) It's a heat vision Rahkshi, mentioned in the BIONICLE Encyclopedia. Yellow-armored Rahkshi are listed there as having heat vision.

1Yay topic open again. Now everyone behave.

21. Tuyet mentioned that when Lhikan destroyed the Toa Stone, fragments of the crystal were embedded in her armor and body, essentially granting her access to the stored power without having to keep a grip on anything. Were the abilities of the Nui Stone at all reduced or changed in this state, or did Tuyet have full access to just as much power as she would have had with the intact stone in her hand? 31) Not changed
42. The Order of Mata Nui whisked Tuyet away to experiment on the Nui Stone; Tuyet later said that "for 1500 years, the Order tried to pry the secret of the Stone out of her, with no success." Does that mean that their studies of the stone were unsuccessful? Or were they unable to retrieve the shards from her armor in the first place? 52) Studies were unsuccessful
63. When she met with the Matoran in the Archives, Tuyet pulled out a crystal implied to be an intact Nui Stone. Was it one the Order managed to repair from the shards she had? Or different one entirely? 73) The former
84. Tying the two questions together, depending on your answers, is it possible Tuyet has both a complete Nui Stone along with shards of her old one? 94) Only one
105a. Does the Nui Stone have an upper limit to how much power it can absorb? Or can it simply keep taking it in as long as it has viable sources? 115a) I think it probably does have an upper limit, but no one knows what it is 125b. Same question but with how much of that power it can grant to a user. 135b) Definitely has to have a limit.
146. Is there something special about Toa Tools, something that makes them different from ordinary Matoran tools? Say, something that allows them to channel elemental energies without being destroyed? Is it possible they somehow become different when a Toa uses them? 156) Not that I know of
167. Does the mega-city have a name of its own or is it just called 'the city'? 177) Hasn't been named at this point, and I doubt it will be
188. Is there anything special about the Hot Springs, the location where Kiina and Berix were captured by the Bone Hunters? Did the people of Tesara use it for anything? 198) Water
209. There are quite a few detail-less arena fights that we know took place on Bara Magna. I would rather avoid having to ask you about every one individually, so if we see a fight mentioned with no details as to what it was about, can we assume it was over resources and say so on BS01? 219) Yes
2210a. Were there only the eight or nine (see question below) tribes on Bara Magna, or were there more that died out/we haven't seen? 2310a) Fire, Ice, Air, Water, Sand, Rock, Plague ... those are the only knows I know definitely existed 2410b. Do the female Skrall count as part of the Skrall tribe or are they far enough removed that they count as their own? 2510b) They are not considered a separate tribe, no. The tribes are broken up by element, not gender or other considerations
2611. When will we find out about the status of the Great Beings? 2711) No idea. I asked to show a Great Being in one of the graphic novels and got told no, Denmark does not want them revealed yet. So that is still a bit of a taboo subject, at least for now.

29 Master of the Rahkshi

3hiya Greg, i only have two questions this time, what a releif huh? now you only have 100 something more questions to go.
41.in the crossing Tarduk mentions Scorpions-Giants in the caves. are these the giant scorpions in the background of the Skrall canisters or the skopio ones?
52. in the crossing they encounter dune snakes. are these the ones/related to the ones from which Vastus extracts the venom from and models his amour after?
6thanks a ton, 7Redge the Bat.

81) You're going to have to give me the actual line from the story -- in a lot of cases, the translations are messed up and don't match what I originally wrote. 92) No

10thank a ton. here is the line
11"-Scorpion-giants are worse - declared Tarduk, feeling a chill on his spine. -I ran into them a few times in the past, back when I was looking for artifacts in caves."

12Do you know what chapter that is from?

1Hey GregF, just six questions. 21. I have read in the OGD that there might be plans for a serial based on Telluris and Sahmad? Is this true? 32. You mentioned to someone about some background info on the Bota Magna Agori. Is it canon that they are part organic, part mechanical, and part plant? 43. Is the seventh Element Lord (plague tribe EL) alive? 54. Can you confirm the existence of a seventh EL, at least? 65. Is Stronius still alive? If so, is he one of the Skrall leading a part of the Rock Tribe? 76. While we're on the subject of his weapons though, I was wondering if you'd do us a favor. Trinuma's weapons allow him to fly; however, this isn't much use in combat. So we were thinking that his weapons could emit kinetic force to help him fly, and he would shoot blasts of it in combat, sort of like Iron Man. Would you be okay with canonizing that? 8Anyways, thank you for your time.

91) Nope. Telluris has never come up, and I have been asked about Sahmad but have not committed to doing it. 102) Not until it appears somewhere in story, no. That was something we were chatting about doing, but right now it is up in the air if we do it or not. 113) No, there is no reason to believe they had an EL. 124) No, I can't 135) Yes and yes 146) Yes, that can be considered canon.

156. Master of the Rahkshi came up with the idea; props to him.

1Hi, Greg . I have only one question:
21. Is the reason that Tahu got devolved by the Ignika having to do with the Nuva symbols? Maybe he can't access his Nuva symbol when he's out of the MU? Or maybe Teridax destroyed the Nuva symbols?

3No, it has nothing to do with Nuva symbols at all.

4Then is it just a curse that the Ignika placed on Tahu?

5No. To be cursed, Tahu would have to be in possession of the Ignika when he is not meant to be. That does not happen in story.

1Hi Greg, Just a short one this time
21.Would it be reasonable to assume that the plague tribe's element was one of the elements in the mu that we didn't see much of, such as plasma or magnetism?
32. If BIONICLES stop selling, and LEGO drops the line, do you think you would continue the story somewhere, such as on bzpower?
43. Has LEGO and tinsel toons started on a 5th movie, or not?
5Thats all. I hope you aren't to busy. 6-Redge the Bat.

71) I haven't decided on an element for them, but I think it's going to have to be something that isn't that esoteric. 82) That would be largely up to whether I had the free time or not, and whether Legal would allow me to do so on here. 93) Any info on movie plans is going to have to come from LEGO PR or Tinseltown Toons. I don't have anything to announce.

1i am really sorry about bombarding you with so many questions, but a friend of mine keeps asking me to ask you them. 21.do the battera have a true psychical form? or do the just shape-shift over and over?

31) Like any shapeshifter, they have to have a base form, and it will be shown in BIONICLE Graphic Novel #8 next year, published by Papercutz

Ace Rimmer Oct 26, 2009, 8:09 AM

1i am really sorry about bombarding you with so many questions, but a friend of mine keeps asking me to ask you them. 21.do the battera have a true psychical form? or do the just shape-shift over and over?

31) Like any shapeshifter, they have to have a base form, and it will be shown in BIONICLE Graphic Novel #8 next year, published by Papercutz

1Hi Greg, I have some questions: 21.- In the chapter 2 of "The Crossing" appear a bird, whose name is not possible to translate into English. Could you tell me what is the name of that bird? 32.- Did Gresh has the ability to see premonitions of the future as Vakama? 43.- You have said that "Empire of the Skrall" would end with the eighth chapter, but when it premiered the chapter 8 clearly said that the series had not yet completed. What made you change your mind? 54.- "Riddle of the Great Beings" spoilers 64.b. "Riddle of the Great Beings" spoilers 75.- In a page I read that Telluris and Sahmad belonged to the Sand Tribe, is this true?
8Bye . .

91) You mean the sand bats? 102) No 113) Couldn't get everything into Chapter 8 that I wanted to. 124) "Riddle of the Great Beings" spoilers 134b) "Riddle of the Great Beings" spoilers 145) No, not true. The sand tribe are the Vorox and Zesk. Telluris and Sahmad belong to a tribe that was wiped out by a plague 3000 years ago.

151.- No, I mean a bird, 5-foot wingspan, with claws that can penetrate a armor and its cry is heard by Gresh and Strakk before being ambushed by the Skrall
16New Questions: 171.- What happened with Sahmad after the defeat of the Skrall? 182.- Perhaps the Glatorian, the Skrall and the Vorox hava a common ancestor? 193.- About how long before the Core War was built the Mata Nui's prototype? 204.- Why the Scarabax Beetles help to the Glatorian and Agori in the Battle of Roxtus and the construction of the mega-city?

1Whoa, I missed some interesting stuff over the weekend.

31) I read on Wikipedia that members of the Brotherhood of Makuta are "creatures of shadow." Is that true? If so, were they creatures of shadow before they turned bad, thus meaning light and shadow used to be on the same side?
42) This is a weird question, but I was wondering something about the Kanohi Nuva masks. When the Toa went Nuva, did the Nuva masks suddenly "appear" all over the island, or had they been there before?
5Thank you for your time.
6~Slushie

71) The BOM always used shadow as their power -- shadow was not considered evil until the BOM rebelled against Mata Nui.
82) No, they were teleported there by the residents of the island of Artakha

21) If the canister sets of 2010 are roughlly the same size as the past canister sets storyline wise, and you said the Stars size are none canon, will they be as large as the canisters in the comics?

31) The comic illos will be drawn to match the sets. We simply will not picture those characters alongside past years' canister sets, so the size difference won't be obvious. Thus, if I want to show Ackar and Kiina and Gresh in a scene together, I will show Ackar and Kiina in close-up from the shoulders up, as opposed to showing them full-figure next to Gresh.

Billbill361996 Oct 26, 2009, 4:23 PM

1Just some stuff.

21) If the canister sets of 2010 are roughlly the same size as the past canister sets storyline wise, and you said the Stars size are none canon, will they be as large as the canisters in the comics?

31) The comic illos will be drawn to match the sets. We simply will not picture those characters alongside past years' canister sets, so the size difference won't be obvious. Thus, if I want to show Ackar and Kiina and Gresh in a scene together, I will show Ackar and Kiina in close-up from the shoulders up, as opposed to showing them full-figure next to Gresh.