Electric Turahk Jul 21, 2007, 4:55 AM

Munkiman- Toa of Chocolate Milk Jul 20, 2007, 11:45 AM

1Wait, Jovan was a Turaga on Voya Nui. That means Lesovikk was on Voya Nui, how come he never found Sarda or Idris?

2Because he wasn't on Voya Nui. In fact, neither was Jovan. Jovan died before Voya Nui was officially Voya Nui.
3It means Lesovikk has been to the mainland which Voya Nui spawned from. And seeing as it is regarded as a continent, one can assume it is fairly large. So it would be pretty easy to not see somebody unless you searched the entire thing. And even then, Sarda and Idris were rebuilt by Karzahni at that time, so he probably wouldn't have recognized them if he did come across them.

1I don't mean PM you twice in one day, but I have only one more question for you.

2I'v just read BIONICLE Adventures #7 chapter 1 (agian) and I've just notice something about the fire creature tha fights Vakama. It seems to have a lot in common with the Dark Hunter known as "Tyrant", a DH that could use hot air to levitate and raise temperatures to extreme levels. Plus, another member PMed you about a year back asking whether Tyrant was still alive or dead, and you said most likely alive.
3So my question is this was the fire creature Vakama faced in BIONICLE Adventures #7 Tyrant? I think it's possible, because he hates Toa and may have thought Vakama was Lhikan who defeated and humiliated him back durring the Toa/DH War.

4No, it wasn't the same creature. Remember, Tyrant was not created as a character by me -- it's a fan-created character -- so there was no way I could know about him when I wrote BA #7.

1Hello Greg: I'm sorry to bother you with ComiCon coming up, but I have a couple quick questions.
21) Do the Mahri know that cutting the stone cord will kill everyone in Voya Nui and Mahri Nui? 32) You said that the OoMN doesn't go after the BoM, or have Botar go after a few choice members, because they want to remain secret and if they start attacking BoM bases they will be discovered. However, this didn't stop them from killing the Makuta of Artakha. How can both be the case? 43) Can members of the BoM see/control who or what will be transformed by energized protodermis, or the end result?
5Thank you:
6Avardion

71) Matoro does. He hasn't told the others yet, but he will. 82) Simple. There are numerous ways someone can be killed, including making it look like an accident. And if it looks like an accident, no one bothers to investigate it, as they would a disappearance. 93) No, neither. Whether or not you get transformed by EP is dictated by whether it is your destiny to do so, and BOM members do not control destiny.

3Mr. Farshtey I have a few questions regarding the Mahri:
41) Could Hahli theoretically contain herself within a "bubble" of water and come onto dry land within this water, or would it require too much elemental energy? 52) Are their masks the same shape as the normal versions of these masks, with the exception of the tubes, or are they slightly modified (ie. what appears to be a breathing apparatus on the bottom of Nuparu's mask only being on his and not on Nidhiki's)? 63) Do the Cordak Blasters have any significant slowdown due to being used underwater, or were they designed in a way that made them efficient in both air and water? 74) Does the Volitak's power suffer underwater due to factors such as changes in the water's movement around Nuparu giving some indication of his location? 85) Did the Mask of Life give the Toa Mahri masks that it thought would be useful in their effort to recover it, or did it merely give them random masks that had some useful powers? 96) Seeing as when a Matoran becomes a Toa their mask becomes a powered Great version of their powerless mask, would a Matoran with a mask say in the shape of a Hau Nuva (supposing it is forged in honor of the Toa Nuva) gain a Hau Nuva, or would it simply function as a regular Hau?
10Thank you for taking the time to answer these.

111) It's an interesting question. It could work, but the slightest distraction and the bubble is going to disappear, so she wouldn't be able to fight anyone, etc. 122) Far as I know, they are normal shape 133) They are efficient in both 144) No, because I don't want to get into that level of detail 155) Hard to predict how much analysis the Mask of Life was doing in a moment of crisis 166) Regular Hau. It can only be a Hau Nuva if it's exposed to energized protodermis.

1A few questions:
21. How severe will the Pirakas mutations be? 32. Does Mata-Nui have a mask? 43. Can a Makuta be in the Pit without being mutated?
5Thanks:
6-TN05

koji toa of ice Jul 23, 2007, 5:10 PM

1A few questions:
21. How severe will the Pirakas mutations be? 32. Does Mata-Nui have a mask? 43. Can a Makuta be in the Pit without being mutated?
5Thanks:
6-TN05

7As stated before, the link to him is on the first page, but I'll try to answer some.
81. Probably pretty severe, enough at least to notice. 92. I think Greg has said yes, a Hau. 103. Doubt it.

koji toa of ice Jul 23, 2007, 5:10 PM

1A few questions:
21. How severe will the Pirakas mutations be? 32. Does Mata-Nui have a mask? 43. Can a Makuta be in the Pit without being mutated?
5Thanks:
6-TN05

7As stated before, the link to him is on the first page, but I'll try to answer some.
81. Probably pretty severe, enough at least to notice. 92. I think Greg has said yes, a Hau. 103. Doubt it.

koji toa of ice Jul 23, 2007, 5:10 PM

1QUOTE 2A few questions:
31. How severe will the Pirakas mutations be? 42. Does Mata-Nui have a mask? 53. Can a Makuta be in the Pit without being mutated?
6Thanks:
7-TN05

8As stated before, the link to him is on the first page, but I'll try to answer some.
91. Probably pretty severe, enough at least to notice. 102. I think Greg has said yes, a Hau. 113. Doubt it.
12For number 2. No Mata-Nui does not need a mask, Greg has said to so in various PMs to him about Mata-Nui needing a Mask. 13Edit: beat to it

14Thought I read on the OGD that Greg said in a PM that he wore a Hau, guess not.

koji toa of ice Jul 23, 2007, 4:44 PM

koji toa of ice Jul 23, 2007, 5:10 PM

1QUOTE 2A few questions:
31. How severe will the Pirakas mutations be? 42. Does Mata-Nui have a mask? 53. Can a Makuta be in the Pit without being mutated?
6Thanks:
7-TN05

8As stated before, the link to him is on the first page, but I'll try to answer some.
91. Probably pretty severe, enough at least to notice. 102. I think Greg has said yes, a Hau. 113. Doubt it.
12For number 2. No Mata-Nui does not need a mask, Greg has said to so in various PMs to him about Mata-Nui needing a Mask. 13Edit: beat to it

14Thought I read on the OGD that Greg said in a PM that he wore a Hau, guess not.

15The Hau only represents Mata-Nui.

1Meh. I dont even know wehat ho ho

koji toa of ice Jul 24, 2007, 8:13 PM

1Meh. I dont even know wehat ho ho

2What's that mean? As far as I can tell, that's spam.

Cytua: spidey fan Jul 24, 2007, 9:59 PM

koji toa of ice Jul 24, 2007, 8:13 PM

1Meh. I dont even know wehat ho ho

2What's that mean? As far as I can tell, that's spam.

3I think he meant: 'Meh. I don't even know what ho ho.' 4I don't get it either.

7Hi Mr. Farshtey, I sent you a pm a while ago but I think it never made it to you due to the recent server problems, if you've just been busy then I apologize for pming you. In any case had a few questions I wanted to ask.
81. You recently told someone that a mask of life would come out next year, most likely in the winter canister sets like how the bohrok-kal came with the wmkk and sskk. I was wondering will it be like the vahki where they in the stores participating in the promotion they all came with the mask or will they be just like the bohrok kal where only a few thousand are randomly placed in the canisters?

92. Is Kardas's concusive force it's only power or the only one it has used so far? I was just wondering because it's a newly formed rahi and it took the toa metru a while to fully learn the extent of their capabilities.
103. How will the winning models for the prisioners of the pit building contest be displayed? Since they wont appear in a guide book will they be in the lego magazine, bionicle comic, or online?
114. Will however the winning models are displayed be the way future contest's winners be displayed too, or is this time more of a trial to see what works and what doesn't as far as that goes?
125. I heard that the Kardas version of Vezon isn't cannon, is that true?
136. If Vezon appears later in the story will he be in his post Kardas form? The only noticable difference is his shield. Axonn and Brutaka were hiding from the matoran for so long I'm sure that either they both shared a hideout or each had their own, he could have stolen it from their hideout just as he did the staff of fusion from Makuta's lair. Or he could of stolen it from the matoran. It just seems like there are plenty of opertunities for him to obtain that shield especialy since he hasn't been seen in a while.
147. Since you said that the canister line up for next year will be different than it has been in previous years is it safe to assume that the canister sets are at least a diverse as they are this year (no clone sets)? I ask because if all the hero canister sets look alike but are split apart people will buy the ones comming out in the first wave and if the second wave had sets that looked nearly the same they wouldn't sell as well.
15Thanks in advance 16Jts21

~Amphilus~ Jul 25, 2007, 7:12 PM

1Ok Greg here's what I've got.
21) Does Lesovikk meet the Toa Mahri? If so why?
32) Does Karzahni fight the Toa Mahri or any other characters besides Lesovikk?
43) Will Artahka have anything to do with Karzahni in Mahri Nui?
5That's it:
6~Amphilus~

mahri master Jul 26, 2007, 9:10 AM

1can karzahni use his mask in the pit

2You've got to PM Greg any questions you have. There's a link in the first post of this topic.

13. Can a Makuta be in the Pit without being mutated?

23. Doubt it

1Hi, Greg. I'm trying to collect information for another Myths and Misconceptions article that I'm hoping to write up in the coming weeks. Wanted to clear up some confusion about the Cordak, and who they'd be fired at, what was said, etc. (And this has also been brought up in Omi's GD topic and in the comments in my History of Violence blog entry.) I'll number the actual questions for clarity.
2What I recall you saying was two things:
31) That the main purpose of the Cordak launchers was to blow up the stone cord. As far as I know, that's still true, right?
42) Two, that they wouldn't be fired at the Barraki. Did you actually say that one?
5So I would expect to see them fired possibly at some other creatures, but not at Barraki.
63) Someone has claimed that one was fired at a Barraki in the latest book (which I don't have yet). Is this true?
74) Someone claimed you had said they wouldn't be fired at any living creature. I'm pretty sure you never said that, but can't hurt to check...
85) The Mahri movie, extended version, on bionicle.com -- is that official?
9And of course:
106) What is the official line on this? Who can they be / will they be fired at? Are Barraki fair game? Rahi? Robotic Maxilos?
11Also, just out of personal curiosity more than anything else:
127) If a Cordak was fired directly at, say, a typical Rahi (biomechanical), what would happen to the Rahi?
138) In my own fanfics, I basically have a law of physics that says a weak enough explosion would only weaken them because of the impact force, since they have armor. Is anything like that true with Cordak launchers officially, given that they do have armor?

141) Yes, that is their main role in story 152) Yes, as best as I recall, the Toa never fire one at a Barraki. They may fire at, say, an undersea mountain to bring down a rockslide to block a Barraki off, but they never fire to kill or wound a Barraki 163) Not that I recall -- if it was, it didn't hit him. If they have the book, they should be able to cite page numbers, etc. 174) No, I never said that 185) Yes, it is 196) There is no official line. But since they are explosive, firing them at a living thing would pretty much kill them, so except in a really dire emergency, Toa would not do that. A robot, on the other hand, is not alive so can't be killed, just dismantled 207) He would blow up 218) Problem is there are no weak explosions. A Cordak can blow a giant slab of rock to dust. Now, an explosion farther away where they just feel the shock wave, yes, that would fit in with your theory

2QUOTE 3Hi Greg,
4I have a few questions.
51) Do the twin suns of Metru Nui (now one) rise and set like real suns do? 61a) If not, how to inhabitants of Metru Nui distinguish between night and day? Is it night when the holes in the ceiling get dark, or something?
72) Does a user of the Kanohi Faxon have to actually have seen the Rahi whose powers (s)he has to copy? Or does (s)he just have to know about it?
83) How much power does the Kanohi Garai have in comparison with a Toa of Gravity? Does it have around half the elemental power of a Gravity Toa? A fourth?
9Please answer these questions. Thanks in advance:

101) They aren't really suns, Lazok -- they are holes in the roof of the dome that allow sunlight from outside to get in.
112) Know about it
123) My assumption would be it would be made from a Toa disk, meaning it would be close to the Toa in power.

2I have some questions for you GregF.
31. I heard somewhere that Karzahni's Kanohi Olisi fused to his head after he was mutated. Is this true?
42. Will Gadunka fight the Toa Mahri because he turns evil, or is he just fighting them out of instinct?
53. Isn't Gadunka relatively smart for a Rahi? After all, it takes at least some degree of intellegence (especially for a Rahi) to figure out how to use a Squid Launcher.
64. Where does Karzahni get his Squid Launcher?
75. Which of BIONICLE's main villans do you like the most (Makuta, Roodaka, Karzahni, etc.)?
86. We've learned that all OoMN members' minds are shielded from mental intrusion. Is this also true for their agents and servants (Umbra for example)?
97. Does the BoM know something really bad would happen if all of the Avi-Matoran were destroyed?
108. Is Hydraxon II's mind shielded?
119. Do the DH know Roodaka is selling them out to the BoM and vise versa?
1210. Does Spinax fight Makuta because he knows something evil has taken over Maxilos?
1311. Were there other guards in the original Pit? I ask because I seriously doubt that one jailer, a robot, and a trained Rahi, however powerful they may be, would be enough to contain hundreds, possibly thousands, of prisoners.
14Thanks Greg.

151) Yup 162) Mainly out of instinct. He wants the mask, because he thinks it belongs to him, the same way any animal will get territorial about something. 173) Not if you have seen it done by someone else. Figuring it out on his own, that would take brains. 184) Same way Gadunka does, stumbles across it 195) Probably Makuta, at least since end of '05. Prior to that, I was not a big fan of his 206) It's true for those who know anything that might harm the OOMN. Umbra doesn't really fall into that category, since he was created before the OOMN was. 217) I can tell you that the BOM does not intend destroying all the Av-Matoran 228) Yes 239) If they did, she would be dead 2410) No. 2511) It is reasonable to assume there must have been, but it is also reasonable to assume that they had to be have been destroyed, or else sent out to hunt down escapees and so are not around. Remember, outside of the Barraki and Nocturn, the other prisoners all took off once they were in the open ocean -- so if you were going to send guards after them, they would be elsewhere now.

1'Ello, Greg. Just here to ask the following.
2Were the Toa Hagah ever Matoran? I don't recall ever having that confirmed.
3Thanks in advance:

4Yes, they were

5Many thanks to Greg for answering this.

2Hi Greg, just a few questions. 31) I've really enjoyed "Birth of a Dark Hunter," "The Many Deaths of Toa Tuyet," and the flashback periods in Legacy of Evil. Is there a chance you might do more things like the Tuyet story, posting a canon SS on BZP? 42) Were the Toa Mata asleep because of Makuta tampering with them, or was that natural to being in the canisters? 53) Did Makuta tamper directly with the Toa, or with the canisters themselves? 64) Did you always know you wanted to be a writer, or did you make that decision later on? 75) What advice do you have, on writing? 86) Were there any Makuta that refused to turn evil with the rest of them? 97) Is it true there are female Makuta? 108) Who is your favorite character? 119) How long does it take you to write a Bionicle book? 1210) How many PMs do you get a day? 1311) Can a Toa give up a little bit of his Toa power to make one or two Toa stones, and not turn into a Turaga when they're used? Or does it automatically make a Toa a Turaga? 1412) Was Nidhiki shady from the beginning, or was there a time when he was mostly untainted good? 1513) When you talk about the Barakki "interrogating" the Matoran, are you meaning they actually torture them, or they just press them strongly for information? 1614) What is the maximum number of Toa that there have been in the universe, at one time? 1715) Is it possible there are any other female elements? 1816) How many elements would you say there are? I heard you once said there were Toa of many different elements in the Toa/Dark Hunter War, but so far we've only had 11 elements(Fire, Water, Stone, Earth, Ice, Air, Sonics, Gravity, Magnetism, Plant Life, and Plasma) confirmed. Is it also true that there are many elements?
19Thanks for your time...I had a lot of questions.

201) I think it's quite possible going forward, either here or on BIONICLEstory.com, or both. 212) That was natural. Makuta did not tamper with them. 223) Neither. The canisters' malfunction was just an accident, it wasn't sabotage. 234) I started writing in fourth grade, but wasn't sure I could make a living at it. But it the main thing I am good at, so it made sense to pursue it. 245) I generally tell people a few things -- one, read a lot, especially stuff by people who are better than you are -- I read a lot of Jeffery Deaver and Jasper Fforde -- and two, do some newspapering, either in school or as a job. Teaches you a lot about deadlines and writing about lots of different subjects and doing research. 256) Those Makuta who did not get sufficiently with the program were killed. 267) Yes 278) Of all of them? It changes a lot. I liked Vezon a lot ... Karzahni was kinda fun ... this year, it's probably Matoro. 289) About two months, working mainly on weekends. 2910) It varies. As little as 15 to sometimes as many as 50 3011) You only become a Turaga if you fulfill your destiny and choose to become one by sacrificing Toa power. Lhikan did not become a Turaga because he made Toa stones -- he became one because he had achieved his destiny by bringing the Toa Metru into being. 3112) No, he was pretty much always a little more out for himself 3213) I wouldn't use the word torture, no. 3314) I believe the number I once quoted was 3000 3415) Sure, it is. 3516) Impossible for me to predict. If I said there were, say, 12 total, and then the set designers did 15 Toa models, all with different colors, then I would be wrong. So I would say there are as many as I need there to be for the story.
36Greg

1Sorry, I accidentally sent my message early . As I was saying, I know you are a busy man, but I need to ask you one more question.
2Are the winning models of the BIONICLE Prisoners of the Pit Building Challange actual canon characters, like actual prisoners in the Pit in the storyline? I need to know so I know what to put down on Biosector Wiki (or I think thats what it's called).

3Not at this point, no. There is no Scholastic Guide planned, and being part of the storyline was not part of the prize for winning. Also, I have no room to work them into story.

1Hi Greg, its good to be able to talk again.
21: The energy Maxilos channels through his sword; does it come out as Flame, hence the name "Black Fire Sword", or is it almost like a Laser?
32: Are the Av-Matoran in any way connected to Makuta's Grand scheme? 42a: If they are, does this involve killing any of them?
53: Not sure if you can answer this one, but I had to ask: Is 08 more violent in general than 07, or less? 63a: If its more, then is it a lot more?
74: Wanted to know if you named any of the following: 8a: Kongu 9b: Pridak 10c: Ehlek 11d: Kopaka 12e: Karzahni
135: (Not sure if you have the info) Do you know how many chapters there are to Dreams of Detruction? 145a: The Toa Nuva Blog? 155b: Any idea as to why the second part of Into the Darkness isn't up yet?
16Thanks in Advance:

171) It comes out as black bolts of energy. 182) I can't discuss this 193) Besides not being able to discuss future storyline, at this point only one book is written for 2008 -- none of the comics, and neither of the other two novels, so impossible to predict how it is going to shake out. I don't see it being MORE violent, because we don't really plan to go any more than we are now. 204) Kongu and Kopaka were both named before I came to LEGO. Pridak and Ehlek were chosen off the name list by the story team as a whole. Karzahni I took off the name list. 215) I believe it is scheduled for 10 chapters 225a) 10 as well 235b) It's been turned in, but it's up to the web producers in Denmark to post it. I have no control over that.
24Greg

1Dear Greg, I've got some questions for you that I hope you can answer.
21. Are the two blade-like objects attached to Toa Mahri Hewkii's right shoulder part of his armor, or are they some type of throwing or combat blades?
32. In the 2006 BIONICLE.com Piraka Animations, Avak's Seismic Pickaxe is shown releasing a powerful energy blast. Is that a true funtion of the tool, or is it something the creaters of the animations added?
43. Was the giant creature Kongu summoned (the one that looks like a whale crossed with a giant worm) during BIONICLE Legends #7 one of the Rahi the Great Beings created (kinda like the ones in BA#5)?
54. Are Hahli Mahri's Protosteel Talons part of her anotomy (like Ehlek's Tri-Talons)?
65. Can the Toa Mahri remove their Kanohi Masks, or do they have to leave them on to breathe underwater?
76. Did the Ignika change the Toa Inika's organic masks into inorganic masks because it knew the Pit Mutagen mutates living things?
87. I heard from a friend that Gadunka is amphibious. Is that true?
98. How often will the short stories (like Dreams of Destruction for example) on BIONICLE Story.com appear?
109. Are there any Avi-Matoran that knew Takua left in the Universe Core?
1110. Did the Mask of Shadows have to be infused with any special materials when it was masde? Because it's the only Kanohi I know of that can change shape.
1211. What happened to Kongu's Laser Crossbow when he was changed into a Toa Mahri?
1312. Will Lesovikk appear in BIONICLE Legends #8: Downfall?
14Thanks a lot.

151) Part of his armor 162) It is a function of the tool 173) No. The ones in BA #5 are bio-mechanical - the one in Bionicle Legends #7 is fully organic and not created by the GBs. 184) Yes 195) There's no reason for them to remove them, if you take the mask off you're weakened under any circumstances. 206) No 217) No. 228) The plan is every two weeks, but they are held up right now because all of the web team is on summer holiday 239) Can't discuss this at this time 2410) I think its ability to change shape has more to do with its being worn by a Makuta 2511) The old tools were all lost in the transformation 2612) No. Lesovikk's story is online only