Overlord Ecto Jun 14, 2007, 3:06 PM

1Sweet. DH Vahki.

Gravitan Jun 14, 2007, 3:48 PM

Overlord Ecto Jun 14, 2007, 3:06 PM

1Sweet. DH Vahki.

2Yeah, I hope that's what they are. That would explain both of the wrong images on the DH guide.

1'Allo 'allo, how's my good man Greggy doin'?
2Just wondering, since this year is set underwater, wouldn't it be difficult to attack others? I mean, water really, really slows movement, and considering Hydraxon has Boomerangs, Jaller a sword, and so forth, couldn't the Barraki easily evade these attacks? Unless of course the said tools and 'mutations' caused their flesh, armour, and similar to change the atomic formation so they'd pass through water as they would in air. Could that be it, or is it just another thing not worth explaining or thought of? 3Concerning Gadunka, is his/her/its intelligence on the same level as a Matoran, or is it similar to that of someone such as Krekka, or a Kinloka? 4Lastly, just for personal interest, is it confirmed that the mask taken from the Silver Sea was the Kraahkan, or is it just an assumption? Surely there are many other Kanohi resting there...

51) I have never seen Submariner, Attuma, Aquaman, the hordes of Atlantis, or for that matter, sharks and octopi having much of a problem attacking or defending underwater. Remember, this is a comic book universe - you have to make some allowances for that. 62) It's on the same level as a Kinloka, or in our world, a manta ray or a crab. He's a Rahi. 73) Hasn't been confirmed, but evidence would seem to point that way

1Sweet. DH Vahki.

2Yeah, I hope that's what they are. That would explain both of the wrong images on the DH guide.

1Three Questions: 21) In The Many Deaths of Toa Tuyet, what would Nidhiki have done with the Nui Stone if Lhikan hadn't destroyed it? 32) Could the mask of life do what it did for Hydraxon on Dekar to Mata Nui? 43) Will the Toa Mahri/Inika that uses the MoLi die?

51) Exactly what Tuyet was doing, tapped its power for himself 62) I don't think turning someone else into Mata Nui would be within its power to do. 73) You'll have to follow the story for that answer.

8Some more stuff from Greg.

3Hey Greg, got a a question about Toa Tuyet's mask: 4Is the Mask of Intangibility basically the same as Matoro's Iden, only that the user doesn't leave a physical body behind? If not, what are the differences?

5No, it's not at all the same. The Mask of Intangibilty allows you to make your physical body unsolid, so you can pass through solid objects and solid objects can pass through you. Unlike the Iden, you are not leaving your body, nor do you become invisible or unable to be heard. You are just changing the density of your body.

6Would you still be able to fly like in Matoro's spirit form? And also, if you accidently become solid inside, say, a Dark Hunter, would you get permanently merged and both die, or would the DH just explode?

71) No. 82) Most likely if you went all the way solid inside any other solid object, you would die, and if it was a living being, they would die too.

91. Can you at least walk or something? Cuz it would be pretty useful to infiltrate places if you could do that..... 102. What if the thing you're becoming tangible in has a sufficient volume to store a Toa, say, the Kanohi Dragon's stomach(If it has one). Would you be able to swell it up and make it explode form the inside?

bel Jun 15, 2007, 3:14 AM

1Hello, Mr. Farshtey, I would ask two questions.
21. Are there female Skakdi?
32. What is the true pronunsiation of the name "Kalmah"? I saw the "KAL-my" on Biosector01, but I don't understand, is the "h" in the end pronounced or not.
4Thanks in advance, sorry for the trouble.
51) Probably 62) It's Kahl (pronounced like "doll") -my (pronounced like "Ma") -- I don't know where they get "my" from.

Seranikai Jun 15, 2007, 10:37 AM

bel Jun 15, 2007, 3:14 AM

1Hello, Mr. Farshtey, I would ask two questions.
21. Are there female Skakdi?
32. What is the true pronunsiation of the name "Kalmah"? I saw the "KAL-my" on Biosector01, but I don't understand, is the "h" in the end pronounced or not.
4Thanks in advance, sorry for the trouble.
51) Probably 62) It's Kahl (pronounced like "doll") -my (pronounced like "Ma") -- I don't know where they get "my" from.

7I really don't understand some of Greg's pronunciations...the way he's written it, Kalmah should be pronounced "Karlmy", and he says it's "Kollma?"

Lohvérz Jun 15, 2007, 6:48 PM

1It's BIONICLE it doesn't need to be understood.

Cap'n Ikki Jun 15, 2007, 1:59 PM

Lohvérz Jun 15, 2007, 6:48 PM

1It's BIONICLE it doesn't need to be understood.

2What the heck does THAT mean?
3-Ikk

Lohvérz Jun 15, 2007, 12:48 PM

Seranikai Jun 15, 2007, 10:37 AM

bel Jun 15, 2007, 3:14 AM

1Hello, Mr. Farshtey, I would ask two questions.
21. Are there female Skakdi?
32. What is the true pronunsiation of the name "Kalmah"? I saw the "KAL-my" on Biosector01, but I don't understand, is the "h" in the end pronounced or not.
4Thanks in advance, sorry for the trouble.
51) Probably 62) It's Kahl (pronounced like "doll") -my (pronounced like "Ma") -- I don't know where they get "my" from.

7I really don't understand some of Greg's pronunciations...the way he's written it, Kalmah should be pronounced "Karlmy", and he says it's "Kollma?"

8It's BIONICLE it doesn't need to be understood.

11BS01's Kalmah page has always said "CAL-mahh" (minus one h) as his pronunciation (though there was an early typo with two h's, but that's moot ). We got this from Greg a long time ago when folks kept asking him for it so he just dished it out.

12I don't know where you got "my" from.

2Salutations. I have a few more questions to ask.
31. The general acceptance of the stories in the Bionicle games as canon is off and on, I find. Do you feel as though you'd want to have a bigger role in the story development of the Bionicle games, to make them seem more meaningful to gamers?
42. Prior to the Makuta of Metru-Nui's impersonation of Turaga Dume, could he have adopted the form we know as Makuta-Nui?
53. The Pit was intended to house those who have committed serious crimes, such as betrayal (Brutaka and Toa Tuyet, for example). However, would the Order of Mata Nui find it fitting imprison someone who had committed such crimes UNDER THE INFLUENCE OF ANOTHER BEING , or would said other being be incarcerated?
64. On the note of Toa Tuyet, Dume was the one contemplating her punishment, correct? Was the notion of having her imprisoned within The Pit his own, or was it suggested to him by someone else? I don't know if I can see Dume, even with all his devotion to the Matoran and Mata Nui, making such a harsh judgement of a disillusioned Toa without some sort of external goading.
75. The Order of Mata Nui is very subtle and secretive when dealing with a threat to Mata Nui's will or well-being. Nevertheless, have there been times where someone other than a Toa or Turaga may have been witness to part or all of a OOMN member's operations (besides the incidents with Axonn & Brutaka, and the incident with the Karzahni plant)? In the event that something like that should happen, how does the OOMN go about retaining their behind-the-scenes status?
86. Has Metru-Nui done business with Xia at any time in its lifespan?
97. Concerning the Kanohi Ignika, why did it assume the form of a mask? If it indeed encompasses the full potential of life, then why didn't it appear as a crystal orb or something else?
108. No one likes to be caged up. I doubt the Ignika liked it either, being somewhat sentient. Given that it has had millenia to let its "mind" wander, why didn't the mask try to find some means of escape other than relying on other beings to come to it? Was it actually trying to keep its future secure by holding out for someone or something that could keep it safe from harm, like a child clings to its parents when feeling threatened?
119. Was Dume a Toa before or after the creation of Metru-Nui?
1210. Was Dume part of a team of Toa, or was he a single Toa protecting a small island home, like many other Toa at the time?
1311. Is there a reason why Matoran seem to be the only beings capable of becoming Toa? Does this reason involve the place of origin of the Toa Mata?
1412. Given that Toa Lesovikk had years to at least partially get over the fact that his team was dead, wouldn't he try to make contact with the surface world or the domed continents? Or was something else keeping him from entering society again?

151) No, not really. One, I don't have the time. And two, the demands of a game are different from the demands of a toy line or an epic story. In a game, you almost always have to have power ups, etc., and those are just distracting in a story, plus it gets redundant if every year they are collecting items like that.
162) He could adopt that form anytime he wanted, he's a shapeshifter.
173) I would assume if you were mind-controlled or wearing an infected mask, you would not be held responsible for your actions.
184) No, it was not Dume's idea, because Dume does not know of either the OOMN or the Pit.
195) It's possible. In most cases, the OOMN would probably take steps to make that person cast doubt on their senses.
206) Yes
217) Because it was made as a mask by the Great Beings.
228) Escape to what? It has a purpose in the universe, and it exists to fulfill that purpose. You are possibly ascribing more human emotions to it than it may actually have.
239) After
2410) Part of a team
2511) Same reason caterpillars become butterflies
2612) Who says he did not? All we know is he didn't go to Metru Nui, Mata Nui, or Voya Nui

1Hey Greg, got a few questions(again). 21. Since the universe gets flooded when Mata Nui dies, does that mean water-breathers can survive? 32. For how long can Vakama fly using his jet-pack? 1 hour? A day? 43.Let's say there's a Toa of Ice. Which depletes his elemental energy more quickly: Making ice, or freezing the moisture in the air to make ice?

51) Longer than air-breathers will, but since there will be no heat or light, either, they won't last long. Same way things that live at the bottom of our oceans would last long, but if the sun went out, they wouldn't last too long. 62) Probably not that long, since he is channeling power through it and it takes concentration and energy to do that 73) Making ice

8Hey Greg, some comments. 91. Since Metru Nui's twin suns are actually holes letting light in from Mata Nui, why would the light disappear? I thought only the domes were affected... 10And some more questions... 111. The Toa Nuva are going to Artakha sometime in BL8, right? So will Artakha offer Tahu Nuva some replacement Kanohi Nuva? 12Something unrelated.... 131. Since you play WoW, have you ever seen the Leeroy Jenkins movie? If so, what are your thoughts?

141) Remember the double eclipse from B2? 152) They are going to Artakha end of 2007 161) No, I haven't

1Hello Greg: Just some questions about one the toa Mahri's masks, Kongu's that is.
21. The Kanohi Zatth is the Mask of Summoning, It has the ability to summon Rahi to the user and the user has no control over what will be summoned. SO does that mean that the User cannot control/infulence the Rahi summoned?
32. If I say that Kongu uses the mask, that is how Gadunka can be introduced into the story?
43. Can be a Zatth be paired with a Faxon, Mask of Kindred, to get the best results? If so does that mean that Hahli and Kongu may travel together?

51) Yes 62) No. Gadunka is a tiny Rahi who takes refuge under the Mask of Life and is evolved due to power leaking from the mask. That is how he enters the story. 73) Not really. Hahli's mask lets her take on the powers of sea creatures, she doesn't have to be in the presence of those creatures to do so.

12) No. Gadunka is a tiny Rahi who takes refuge under the Mask of Life and is evolved due to power leaking from the mask. That is how he enters the story.

2I finally got Legends 1 and bionicle world:: 3Ok, now for some questions... 41) Will we ever see Artakha as a set? 52) When Tuyet was banished to the Pit, isn't it impossible that she helped Hydraxon? It said that Botar banished those that were beyond redemption to the Pit, so that means she couldn't have redeemed herself helping him; or is her helping him not be enough to be considered redemption? 63) In BL1, it says that Jaller is the captain of the Ta-Metru guard. I thought that they went back to doing their old jobs that they had done before they left Metru-Nui, especially because he was holding a carving tool when he went to see the turaga. So what do they do, are they guards, mask makers, or both? 74) Why does Velika talk in riddles? 85) What does Velika mean when he says "Of what use is the roof against the rains if there are no walls to stem the flood?"
9Well I think thats all the questions I can think of...now to go read bionicle world.
101) No idea. 112) Even if she had redeemed herself by helping Hydraxon, she died doing it, so it is not like Botar could have released her for doing it. 123) Both. Just as in colonial America, you might be a blacksmith and a captain in the local militia in times of trouble. 134) Cause it works for him. 145) Basically, he means there is no point in focusing so much on protecting yourself from attack/trouble from one direction if you are ignoring all the other possibilities.

16Hey Greg, sorry about pming you twice in one day but i had some more questions and I'd forget them if I don't ask now.
171) Do most matoran from other islands look like metru nui matoran or does each island have their own type of matoran? 182) Will Vezon be mutated with the rest of the Piraka? I heard that they didn't want anything to do with him so I wasn't sure if he'd travel with them. 193a) Can Zaktan still use his protodites after he is mutated? 203b) If yes, can't he just reform them into his old body? 214) In bionicle world, it says "Those with an interest in the various wildlife of Mata NBui are instructed to read the tablets prepared by the Rahaga and collected as Rahi Beasts in the Order's library." Does this mean that the Rahaga are in/know about the Order? 225) Will BIONICLE end when Mata Nui is woken up or will there be more Toa that need to do stuff after it is done? 236) Will the Toa Nuva become Turaga when Mata Nui is awoken? Will they have to awake him in the same way that the Toa Metru awoke the Matoran? 247) Can Artahka or Karzahni die of old age?
25Whew...ok that's all for today.

261) Since we have not met many Matoran from other islands, it's hard to say. How they look would largely be determined by the set designers if we did them as sets. 272) No, because Vezon did not get exposed to the water like they did. 283) Yes 293b) No, because there aren't enough left after the mutation 304) No, it means the Rahaga wrote a book and the Order made a copy. 315) There are no plans to end BIONICLE. If and when Mata Nui awakens, we already have rough story planned past that point. 326) I can't discuss future storyline 337) Since they have organic parts, yes

that guy Jun 17, 2007, 3:32 PM

13b) If yes, can't he just reform them into his old body?

23b) No, because there aren't enough left after the mutation

23b) If yes, can't he just reform them into his old body?
3QUOTE
43b) No, because there aren't enough left after the mutation



5I found that to be quite interesting.

41) As far as your first question, it's pretty simple, really -- look at Metru Nui and Mata Nui. Think of a dome like an egg. Mata Nui is on the top of the shell, sticking out of the water. Metru Nui is like the yolk, inside. The egg is floating in water, which is the ocean around Mata Nui. Crack the shell, and the water will leak into the egg. All the domes are like that, just most don't jut out above the water.
52) The domes will flood, and eventually, by the end of three days, all heat and light will be gone and everything will die

1Even more stuff...I wonder if Greg gets annoyed from me asking so many questions.

2Hey Greg, I've got two questions for you. 31) I've been hearing rumors that the cordak blasters are going to blow up the cord and Mahri Nui will float up and reconnect to Voya Nui, can you confirm this? 42) Something confused me about the Mahri Nui matoran. It said somewhere (possible bionicle world or BS01) that the mutagen in the water undid Karzahni's tampering, but they also live in solidified air bubbles. If the mutagen affected them, how can they survive in air?
5Thanks in advance

61) I can confirm it is inaccurate. The cord is not keeping Mahri Nui at the sea bottom -- it is keeping Voya Nui in place, the way an anchor chain keeps a boat in place.
72) Because it undid Karzahni's work before it started to convert them to water-breathers, and they got into air bubbles before the lungs to gills thing happened. So they cannot breathe water, only air.

5Where are the questions?

2Okay, a couple questions that I wanted to know;
31. Does Makuta know Krazzahni (If thats how you spell it) personally?
42. Is Mantax looking for a mask?
53. Will the Barraki fight Makuta?
64. Will the Toa be mutated by the water around Mahari Nui?
7And 1 random question;
8Do bionicles eat? (do not answer if it doesnt matter)
9Thank you

2Hey Greg, my brother had a question and I wanted to ask you about it. Is there such thing as a Toa of lightning?
3Hope I don't annoy you by asking so many questions. Thanks in advance.

4While I think Electricity would be a good Toa element, until a Toa with that power actually shows up in the story, it is not an official Toa element.

2Hey Greg, just some quick questions:
31. Is it possible the Toa Mata are something other than Toa, but they think(and appear to be) they are just Toa?
42. Is it possible that in the time before they appeared in 2001, there were other members of their team...like a Toa of Lightning, Plasma, Sonics, or whatever?
53. Why did they not form a kaita, for instance, when they were fighting the Piraka? Wouldn't it have helped?
64. Is there any chance we will find out something about the Toa Mata's history in 2008?
75. Why is it that their armor and weapons are so simple? In fact, why is their whole construction so simple, in relation to other Toa?
86. Could you give any details about the World that Feeds the World? Just whatever you're allowed to say about it. Is it actually a world, or is it some kind of small dimension, or what?

91) No. 102) No. There have been Toa of Plasma and Toa of Sonics in the universe, but they were not part of Tahu's team. 113) Basically, because there is no point in having sets combine in the story if we don't have a combo model we are trying to push --- and 2, they had to lose the fight because I had to get them out of the story for the year since they could not appear in the comics in 2006. 124) I can't discuss future storyline 135) Because they were the first sets designed for BIONICLE. 146) Nope

15Okay, thanks Greg. There are just a few other questions I'd like to ask-I was kind of in a rush when I typed that PM at first, so I didn't get the chance to ask everything:
161. About how many Toa would you say are still around? I remember seeing somewhere that you said there are only about 70 left.
172. Who put the Toa Mata's masks around Mata Nui? Did the Turaga hide them, like as a test for the Toa?
183. Did anything significant happen on Mata Nui during the time when the Turaga and Matoran were on Mata Nui, before the Toa Mata? And when did the Rahi attacks start occuring?
194. I really liked the short story you wrote, "The Many Deaths of Toa Tuyet." Would Nidhiki have used the Nui Stone for evil also, and did Lhikan know it, if so?
205. Is it possible you will write any other stories like that here?
216. When the LEGO Magazine was doing, "The Great Redini," were you him? I remember reading back in like, 2003 that you were.
227. Did the Mata's canisters actually fall out of the sky into the ocean, or did they just appear there suddenly?
238. Does every Toa who ever lived try to collect some masks just to help himself/herself out? Or was it just the Mata who collected masks like that?
24Once again, thanks.

251) About 50 262) Yes 273) The Rahi attacks started occurring about a year after the Matoran arrived. I believe BZP had a contest about stories of things that took place during that period, but I haven't written any myself. 284) I think Nidhiki was pretty shady, so I wouldn't have trusted him with it. 295) Depends on what kind of spare time I have. 306) Yes 317) No, they were shot up from one of the domes into the sky, and then fall back down into the ocean. 328) Most didn't need to actively collect them, because they were simply available where they were.

12a) No. A Mask of Life curse is lifted once you no longer have possession of it.

2In Bionicle comic #24: reign of darkness, it shows roodaka climbing the mountain with another Vortixx. The other Vortixx is green, but in bionicle world it says that all Vortixx are black. So is it possible to have green Vortixx, or are they black?

3He's green so that younger readers could differentiate him from Roodaka in the illo.

Toa of Protodermis Jun 21, 2007, 1:59 PM

12a) No. A Mask of Life curse is lifted once you no longer have possession of it.

2That's quite interesting. I read on Biosector (it's my only source of bionicle info, except of BZPower because they don't sell the books in my country) That one of the Great Beings have been cursed, and separated from the world because he has gone mad. But he is not in possession of the mask anymore...

Munkiman- Toa of Chocolate Milk Jun 21, 2007, 6:06 PM

Toa of Protodermis Jun 21, 2007, 1:59 PM

12a) No. A Mask of Life curse is lifted once you no longer have possession of it.

2That's quite interesting. I read on Biosector (it's my only source of bionicle info, except of BZPower because they don't sell the books in my country) That one of the Great Beings have been cursed, and separated from the world because he has gone mad. But he is not in possession of the mask anymore...

3The curse drove him permanently mad, so even when it was lifted he still had to be locked away.

5Hey Greg, something confused me...
6How could Pridak or the Great Being who could hear innanimate objects thoughts or Nocturn retain their curse when they lost possesion of the mask?
7Pridak, I presume is still "insane," 8The Great Being was locked up for going insane, even after he lost the mask, 9Nocturn dropped the mask to go test his curse when Gadunka crawled under it.
10And you recently stated that a MoLi curse is lifted once there is no more physical contact between the "cursee" and the MoLi. So how could these facts intertwine?
11Toa Piraka

121) But Pridak was always insane -- the mask just made it worse. 132) The Great Being is an exception, since that was the first curse ever levied by the mask and it did it a little too "hard" 143) I need to go back and read the Nocturn scene, since when he fights Hydraxon, he is obviously not carrying the curse.

The Power that Is Jun 22, 2007, 4:36 AM

1Doesn't seem to be a flux to me 2The way I see it: 3Noctorn gets cursed so that whatever he touches dies 4He is slightly pleased by this new ability, so goes off to test it, dropping the Mask because he doesn't realise that's whats giving him the ability 5Curse is lifted, so he doesn't instantly kill Hydraxon