6Meh, I preferred the horned one from VNOG and BH. It looked more noble IMO. Looks like that the set designers don't agree with me, however.
31) No. The only images of the swamp that exist right now are still in pencil sketch phase 42) Yes
5curses: good thing the new version of the MoLi is going to be in a SET:
7Shakar
1Some questions for you.
21. I remember seeing some Matoran letters on the mask in BIONICLE Mask of Light while Nokama was translateing it. Is there really writeing on the back of the MoL?
32. If so, what was written on it?C
43. Is turning yorself into a beam of light (like Umbra) considered an elemental ability, and if so does that mean Takanuva could possibly do something similar?
54. If Takanuva could turn himself into light does that mean Tahu could turn himself into fire, or Gali into water, and so on?
65. Could you share a Quote from BIONICLE Legends #8?
76. I ask this because I've never been able to get a straight answer. Why don't the Mahri Nui Matoran remember liveing on Voya Nui (outside of the fragments of memory they occasionally remember)?
87. Are the none-Matoran species of the BIONICLE universe (Skakdi, Rahhi, Vortixx, etc.) brought into being in the same way as Matoran?
98. Is there any special reason the Great Being wanted biomechanical beings to live under the planet's surface?
10Thanks.
111-2) Yes, but I don't know what was written on it, that was done for the movie 123) It is an elemental ability Umbra has, and it is something Takanuva would like to be able to do, but can't 134) See answer to #3 145) Sorry, I am kind of busy to go quote searching right now 156) Trauma of having their city snap off and a lot of their friends drown 167) I would probably lean toward mostly no 178) Yes, because it served their purpose and the purpose of the Great Spirit.
1Hello there, Mr.F. I was simply wondering:Is there a specific difference between powers and natural abilities with Rahi? Because I'm slightly confused on the usage of Hahli's mask power. 2Thanks in adanvce:
3It's a blurry line, but yes, there's a line. I am not letting Hahli do things that require changing her physical shape, adding tentacles, etc. I am letting her use what would be special powers a creature might have that could also work for her, like electric bolts, use of color, chameleon abilities, things like that.
12oki
3here´s some things i´ve wonder
41. When will you reveal the rest of Lesovikk´s story?
52.Can you say/reveal the name of one Matoran from Mahri/Voya Nui that Lesovikk knows ?
63. Is the Mad Turaga from Lesovikk´s island dead? 7b.If Not will we se him in the story more?
84, The OoMN operative at Mahri Nui that the OoMN lost contact with recently , is he/she dead? 9b. Have we seen/heard him/her in the story? 10c. Is it a female or male?
115. What have Maxilos been doing between TGC and the Toa Mahri´s arrival to Mahri Nui
126. whom is most powerful of Maxilos and Brutaka
13thats all for now
14Lesovikk
151) Lesovikk's story is being told in serial form on www.BIONICLEstory.com 162) Sarda 173) I haven't determined if he's dead or not, but no, I do not plan on introducing him into the story as a character. I have no room. 184) Yes, he is dead. No, it isn't someone you know 195) Helping Hydraxon to try to recapture prisoners 206) Brutaka is physically stronger than the Maxilos robot. However, while possessed by Makuta, Maxilos has the 40 powers of a Makuta, so you have to give him the edge there.
21some more ^
22just one Q ..
23Matoro is the chosen guardin of the Ignika, right , so if he´d put it on his face , would he get a stronger more bigger body,stronger armor , stuff like that?
24No. He is the chosen BEARER of the mask. And if the mask wanted to make him bigger and stronger, it could do it without him putting it on.
1QUOTE 2You said (don't have the quote) that the list the Nuva have is as long as you can fit in ten chapters. does that mean all the things on it will be complete when the blog is over?
3If they can be completed, yes
4That means that all the tasks that can be completed will be:: So if Mata Nui doesn't die, he will awake::
3If they can be completed, yes
4That means that all the tasks that can be completed will be:: So if Mata Nui doesn't die, he will awake::
1QUOTE 2You said (don't have the quote) that the list the Nuva have is as long as you can fit in ten chapters. does that mean all the things on it will be complete when the blog is over?
3If they can be completed, yes
4That means that all the tasks that can be completed will be:: So if Mata Nui doesn't die, he will awake::
5Not exactly. The list is to prepare the world for Mata Nui's awakening. Not specifically waking him up.
6And, Mata Nui will die...
1QUOTE 2You said (don't have the quote) that the list the Nuva have is as long as you can fit in ten chapters. does that mean all the things on it will be complete when the blog is over?
3If they can be completed, yes
4That means that all the tasks that can be completed will be:: So if Mata Nui doesn't die, he will awake::
5Not exactly. The list is to prepare the world for Mata Nui's awakening. Not specifically waking him up.
6And, Mata Nui will die...
7And I remember someone asking Greg about give the Ignika more power, and he said that he wasn't far from the truth...
1i sent greg a pm yesterday and here it is
2greg ive been on bz power for a while but i havent asked anything untill now and i hope you have time to anser 3first im working on a theory and id like to knoow if toa tuyet is in bl8.
4second can you tell anything you havevt said yet about bl8
5third do you know wen the toa nuva will be realesd
6fourth what has been your favorit year of bionicle
7fith how many years is bioncle planed to go for
8sixth this is for my sister, how many female charecters will there be next year
9seventh are there plans for another bioncle movie
10and last but not least your a great auther and i want to know if you will ever stop writing bionicle book. PLEASE SAY NO: 11thats all.
121) No, she isn't 132) If I haven't said it, it means I don't want people to know it before the book comes out 143) I have a general idea, yes 154) 2004 165) There is no set plan. It will last as long as the sets keep selling well 176) I can't discuss next year's story or sets 187) Yes -- see the BZP homepage for a news story on it 198) Not up to me, completely. I work on a book by book basis with Scholastic, so they can decide to use someone else if they choose to. I don't think they intend that, but it is their series.
20nothing importent but i just wanted to share .
2greg ive been on bz power for a while but i havent asked anything untill now and i hope you have time to anser 3first im working on a theory and id like to knoow if toa tuyet is in bl8.
4second can you tell anything you havevt said yet about bl8
5third do you know wen the toa nuva will be realesd
6fourth what has been your favorit year of bionicle
7fith how many years is bioncle planed to go for
8sixth this is for my sister, how many female charecters will there be next year
9seventh are there plans for another bioncle movie
10and last but not least your a great auther and i want to know if you will ever stop writing bionicle book. PLEASE SAY NO: 11thats all.
121) No, she isn't 132) If I haven't said it, it means I don't want people to know it before the book comes out 143) I have a general idea, yes 154) 2004 165) There is no set plan. It will last as long as the sets keep selling well 176) I can't discuss next year's story or sets 187) Yes -- see the BZP homepage for a news story on it 198) Not up to me, completely. I work on a book by book basis with Scholastic, so they can decide to use someone else if they choose to. I don't think they intend that, but it is their series.
20nothing importent but i just wanted to share .
1i have a Q but i dont wanna PM greg about it since you guyz probably know it. have we seen the fisrt toa yet? that toa of water?
2Just read (and listened to) the BIONICLEstory.com updates, and I must say, they were great. But Into the Darkness caused a few questions to pop up in my head, which I would be very grateful if you could answer.
31. In Into the Darkness, Makuta says that Tuyet might know how to recreate the Nui Stone. Is it even possible to do that, or does Makuta figure that he has nothing to lose by it?
42. The Tryna is only supposed to give artificial life. So technically, Tuyet wouldn't be of any use. But is it possible that the artificial life the mask gives out contains shadows of the subject's former self?
53. Why does Tuyet's Kanohi look slightly familiar to Matoro? Was a description given to him in one of Nuju's tales, perhaps?
6Thanks in advance:
7Cheers, 8Gravitan
9Hey Grav,
101) Okay, well, I will give you a little bit of a hint ... the fragments of what little item do you think might be embedded here and there in Tuyet's armor?
112) You are saying the exact same thing Matoro is going to say in Part 3 -- he can't bring Tuyet's spirit back, and Makuta has to know that, so what is the master of shadows really up to?
123) Yes
13From like two minutes ago. Some pretty interesting stuff here.
14Thanks, Greg:
15What is this "Into the Darkness"? And where is it on bioniclestory.com?
1Hello Greg. I enjoyed talking with you at Comic Con.
19Thanks for your time.
201) Yes 212) Too soon to tell, not enough 2008 material has been written yet 223) Up to the company and when they release info 234) No idea what, if anything, will be out before Christmas 245) No, I can't discuss 2008 sets 256) Part of a larger one 267) No idea 278) Yes, and so did the folks he gave it to, hence its use as payment 289) Yes 2910) No, it's an online story only thing 3011) Should be December 3112) Most BOM members, if not all, have the same goal MMN does, or they don't live long 3213) It's not something she'd mind, but whether or not she succeeds is another matter 3314) Tahtorak will, I don't know about the others at this point 3415) Um, well, there's a cord the Toa Inika traveled down from Voya Nui to get to Mahri Nui -- passageways go both ways, right? 3516) It's a possibility. You will find more details on the BZP homepage news article 3617) Tiger 3718) Or any of a million other "giant monster in city" movies
381)Do you have an idea of when light will be shed on the subject? 396)Is the SoS larger than the Pit? 408)Do we know the folks the gave it to? 4114)Does that mean, that at some point in the writing stage, they were present, and you just don'tknow if they made the final cut? 4215)I meant when do they have the time to fit this in with their already busy schedule? 4316)You mean now or later this week?
441)Do Matoran/Rahi live in the SoS? 45Thansk again.
461) Next year 476) Can't discuss it 488) Yes 4914) No, because the remaining chapters have not been written for any of the serials. I write them as I go. 5015) Going back is part of their mission, it's not a side-trip 5116) Now. They have had an article on the homepage for a while now about LEGO signing a new movie deal with Tinseltown Toons. 5217) Can't discuss it
53If you look closely, there are some interesting tidbits stashed in there.
1the part about The Staff of artakha was interesting Cap´n Bionicle
1Here's another set (my last for some time now).
21. If you needed to use an elemental prefix for Life, Shadow or Time, would they be Ig, Kra, and Va respectively? Not necessarily for Toa, but for a village or location, or something else.
32. How many Matoran live on Voya Nui now (or not something you ever reasoned out?). Can you just say about how many compared to Metru Nui?
43. How many were living on Mahri Nui and how many are now after a bunch were preyed upon by sea squid?
54. Why would the inhabitants of Voya Nui be killed on the descent of the island if they weren't on the ascent of the island? If it was from hitting the mainland, wouldn't part of the protodermis cord form a sort of 'cushion' for the island?
65. Wouldn't Axonn have known that the Inika would have to sever the cord? So why would he insist on having the Matoran rebuild their lives on Voya Nui rather than on, say, Metru Nui?
76. If the breathing tubes on the Mahri were severed, would they be air-breathers again?
87. Is there a reason why Hydraxon and Botar didn't recieve power upgrades from the Order, while Axonn and Brutaka did?
98. Do you have a general idea of where Daxia is located? I'm trying to create a map, and the Daxia location was not said in the Atlas.
109. Could Vanisher's vortex power be allowing Destral to transverse the universe?
1110. In Legends 6, I got the impression that the Barraki's fortress was near Metru Nui. Is this correct, or was that tower on a continent or something?
1211. This isn't a Bionicle question, but as you also write for Exo-Force, I thought you might know the answer.
13It seems like Exo-Force will end up like KK II. Both themes started out with lots of comics and story, but now Exo-Force has less comics (like KKII did in it's second year). Will Exo-Force continue into 08, or will it 'die out' like KK?
141) Not something I have decided or would decide, it would have to be a decision of the story team as a whole.
152) Several hundred
163) A few hundred
174) Um, they would drown.
185) Because he wasn't going to tell the Voya Nui Matoran what was about to happen -- why start a panic before you have to? And if he was going to take the VN Matoran elsewhere, there are Matoran settlements a lot closer to VN than Metru Nui is.
196) No, they would lose the ability to breathe water and suffocate
207) They didn't need them for what they were doing.
218) Nope
229) I doubt it's powerful enough for that much mass
2310) No, it was never intended to be geographically near Metru Nui. They simply planned an attack on Metru Nui
2411) There are still EXO sets out in '08, not sure on comics yet. We cut back the number of online comics in 2007 because the resources simply weren't there to do them that often and that long. What you find as lines go on (in most cases, BIONICLE and Star Wars being exceptions) is that marketing budgets inch downward as time goes by, meaning there is less money and resources available to do things.
1Just a few "Into the Darkness"-related questions
15Not sure if these were known yet, but I hope they help:
16With all due respect, 17
Aanchir: Rachira of Time
2Hi, Greg. I loved your work in "Into the Darkness." Beautifully written story, and beautifully read as well. I just have a few questions.
31) Where and when did you do the reading for "Into the Darkness?" Have you already done all the narration?
42) I noticed you didn't manipulate your voice much to make the characters sound different. This was for purposes of clarity, right?
53) Do you plan on narrating podcasts for any parts of future storyline? I think it would be really cool, and it would be really helpful for fans who don't know how to pronounce names. (Until I heard this, I thought Maxilos was pronounced Mack-see-los. I guess that's my fault for not looking it up, though.)
6I guess that's about it. Thanks in advance for devoting your time to answering my PM, I really appreciate it.
7With all due respect, 8
9Hi Aanchir,
10Thanks for writing.
111) I do the readings at home, as I write new chapters. I have a little digital voice recorder I bought so I could record things for meetings in Denmark that I'm not able to make it to, so I just use that.
122) Has more to do with simply not having acting ability. I didn't want to try and do voices, etc., if I'm not good at it and make the thing sound stupid.
133) I'd be more than happy to if the web team wants me to. I know BIONICLEstory.com will be staying up past this year, so if they want me to do something more, I will.
14Greg
15Not sure if these were known yet, but I hope they help:
16With all due respect, 17
Aanchir: Rachira of Time1Hi, Greg. Hope you're doing well today. Just one question here.
2Makuta wants Matoro to use his Tryna on Tuyet, yet he knows it will only give artificial life. He should also know that it requires concentration to work the mask. So my question is, does Makuta want Matoro to use his mask so that he will be distracted long enough for Makuta to do something?
3Nope. He needs Tuyet animated because he needs her out of the old Pit to be able to achieve what he wants to achieve.
4So he figures that Matoro will be able to get more of her out than he can?
5Well, a lot easier to get her out of the old prison if she is moving on her own, as opposed to having to gather up all her armor, etc. and carry it all out, especially when so much of it is buried in mud.
6Interesting...
7Wonder why he wants her out of the Pit.
11. You said there would be 9 chapters of ItD. Is that before or after Binkmeister agrees to put more on? 2A. That's after. Originally it was going to be 5, Kelly upped to 9 for me.
32. When you start blogging on amazon, will you put a link to it in your BZP blog or something? 4A. If I can, yes. I am ready to get started, if I can figure out how the heck to do it 53. If any female characters speak in ItD, do you think your wife would do the voice ? 6A. That would actually be a really cute idea. I will have to ask her about that.
74. On average, how many questions/PMs do you get on Mentioning sites with forums = bad.com [What in the world? daily? 8A. I very rarely get PMs from there, and questions vary a lot -- maybe three or four a week. Once in a while the forums get busy, but then they go for long stretches where they are quiet. 9--BufFooN
32. When you start blogging on amazon, will you put a link to it in your BZP blog or something? 4A. If I can, yes. I am ready to get started, if I can figure out how the heck to do it
53. If any female characters speak in ItD, do you think your wife would do the voice ? 6A. That would actually be a really cute idea. I will have to ask her about that. 74. On average, how many questions/PMs do you get on Mentioning sites with forums = bad.com [What in the world? daily? 8A. I very rarely get PMs from there, and questions vary a lot -- maybe three or four a week. Once in a while the forums get busy, but then they go for long stretches where they are quiet. 9--BufFooN
2Makuta wants Matoro to use his Tryna on Tuyet, yet he knows it will only give artificial life. He should also know that it requires concentration to work the mask. So my question is, does Makuta want Matoro to use his mask so that he will be distracted long enough for Makuta to do something?
3Nope. He needs Tuyet animated because he needs her out of the old Pit to be able to achieve what he wants to achieve.
4So he figures that Matoro will be able to get more of her out than he can?
5Well, a lot easier to get her out of the old prison if she is moving on her own, as opposed to having to gather up all her armor, etc. and carry it all out, especially when so much of it is buried in mud.
6Interesting...
7Wonder why he wants her out of the Pit.
8maybe they use her as a Zombie guardian of Metru Nui
1Some minor stuff.
2Mr. Farshtey, 3I have a couple of questions if it isn't too much trouble. 41) You said that there are about 50 Toa left in the world, does this include Toa that are part of the Dark Hunters, like Spinner? Or are they no longer considered Toa since they have been transformed? 52) Since Makuta wants Matoro to reanimate Tuyet, does that mean that whatever shards of the Nui Stone are still in her armor still possess a great amount of Toa energy, or is he just trying to find a way to create a new stone by using whatever information he can from retrieving its shards? 6Thank you for taking the time to answer.
71) They aren't considered Toa because they are no longer heroes. They have gone over to the other side.
82) He is trying to join those fragments back together to recreate the original stone.
1Some minor stuff.
2Mr. Farshtey, 3I have a couple of questions if it isn't too much trouble. 41) You said that there are about 50 Toa left in the world, does this include Toa that are part of the Dark Hunters, like Spinner? Or are they no longer considered Toa since they have been transformed? 52) Since Makuta wants Matoro to reanimate Tuyet, does that mean that whatever shards of the Nui Stone are still in her armor still possess a great amount of Toa energy, or is he just trying to find a way to create a new stone by using whatever information he can from retrieving its shards? 6Thank you for taking the time to answer.
71) They aren't considered Toa because they are no longer heroes. They have gone over to the other side.
82) He is trying to join those fragments back together to recreate the original stone.
9Now we know more about what Makuta wants with the stone. Heres some new stuff.
10It's been a while, I have some questions if you could answer them.
111. I just heard chapter two of Into the Darkness, is the reason Makuta wants Matoro to reanimate Tuyet's body because of the stone in her armor, that it'll affect it?
122. How many chapters will there be for the Nuva Blog and the one about Lesovikk and Karzahni?
133. Do Toa who use swords, like Tahu and Kopaka just fight with them, or do they actually have different sword styles, or haven't you thought of anything like that for the story, etc.?
144. Just curious, do you go to the art section? Recently there have been some pictures of what people think the Barraki looked like. There was a really good Pridak that I'd like you to comment on if you have time. It's not mine but I'd like to know what you think of it.
155. Just curious, have you ever read a book called A Way to Victory, I'm not sure of the author, but it contains the Book of Five Rings by an ancient samurai Musashi, I've been reading it, it's good.
16That's it for now, thank you for answering these.
171) Listen to future chapters and find out 182) 10 each 193) Not something I have worried about, since we have only done I think one sword fight in the story with them, and BZPers complained it was "too violent" 204) No. I am not a visual person, I think in words, so I am not the best person to review art 215) Nope
2Makuta wants Matoro to use his Tryna on Tuyet, yet he knows it will only give artificial life. He should also know that it requires concentration to work the mask. So my question is, does Makuta want Matoro to use his mask so that he will be distracted long enough for Makuta to do something?
3Nope. He needs Tuyet animated because he needs her out of the old Pit to be able to achieve what he wants to achieve.
4So he figures that Matoro will be able to get more of her out than he can?
5Well, a lot easier to get her out of the old prison if she is moving on her own, as opposed to having to gather up all her armor, etc. and carry it all out, especially when so much of it is buried in mud.
6Interesting...
7Wonder why he wants her out of the Pit.
8So he can get the shards out of her armor. That seemed obvious enough.
1Hi Greg, got some stuff for you:
21: Could you classify the SoA as a weapon, or an artifact? 31a: I guess what I'm trying to ask is if the SoA has any powers or abilities, and could be deadly if in the wrong hands.
42: Has any artwork been done for the WTFTW/Universe core yet? I know the SoS already has been started on.
53: Could the SoA be in potential danger now that Tatorahk is rampaging through Xia? 63a: How heavaly guarded would you say the SoA is, considering its on Xia? 73b: Will we learn what debt TSO had to pay in the Toa Nuva Blog?
8Thanks in Advance:
91) Artifact 102) I can't really discuss this 113) Sure 123a) About as heavily guarded as anything else they have received in payment. The Vortixx obviously assign value to it, but they do not know its true worth. 133b) Yes.
14Hm. Nothing all that interesting, but it surprises me that the Xians don't know the true worth of the staff...
1Some interesting stuff about the Toa Nuva's scroll
10Next time I will be posting some things about the Toa Nuva Blog I just asked Greg and that will hopefully get interesting answers.
11NtM
2Some Q's about Maxilos
31) You said there was more than one Maxilos-type guardian robot in the pit. Are any of the others still active? 42) Were these robots also used elsewhere, e.g. as defense for Daxia?
5And something else: 6In Time Trap, Makuta says a tribe of protocairns destroyed the old temple and formed a land mass for the new one - which happened during the reign of Dume (Makuta says that), which began about 14000 years ago. Recently you told me that the scroll the Nuva found was placed there by the Great Beings. Obviously, the scroll survived the protocairn rampage. But how did the scroll get from the original temple into the new one? The Great Beings couldn't have done it, since they already had abandoned the universe. And how did the OoMN know about the scroll's whereabouts, let alone its existence?
71) Probably, yes 82) Not to my knowledge 93) The OOMN did it. It would make no sense for the GBs to hide the scroll and then leave no record behind anywhere of its existence (how would you find it if you needed it then?) So my guess is that record was left with/discovered by the HOA, and later became the property of the OOMN.
10Next time I will be posting some things about the Toa Nuva Blog I just asked Greg and that will hopefully get interesting answers.
11NtM
1Hello sir.
21)Does Maxilos' intelligent rating of 16 pertain to Maxilos, or Makuta?
32)If the answer to the above is Maxilos, does that actually mean a manufactured robot is more intelligent than, say, Takadox?
4Thanks for your time.
5It applies to Makuta, because it's his mind guiding Maxilos.
6I appreciate his promptness.
1Here is Greg's reply to my message:
21. Why are the general shapes of Metru Nui and Mata Nui nearly identical? 32. What is Mata Nui's exact size in kilometers and/or miles? 43. What is Metru Nui's exact size in kilometers and/or miles? 54. If all of the Toa Mata's masks are made of Protodermis, then why are they red, green, blue, brown, etc. instead of silver? Are they painted, or is there some other reason? 65. Why was there an unusual Bohrok-like creature with a Matoran/Toa head in LoMN? I examined it very closely, and it looks like a cross between a Bohrok and a Matoran.
71) Hasn't been revealed. 82) 303.5 miles long, and 151.3 miles wide 93) 40.45 miles long, and 20.4 miles wide 104) Masks in their natural (unworn) state are gray. They change color to match the color of the being who wears them as a natural property of protodermis. The only exceptions we have seen to this are the Vahi and the Ignika, which are Legendary masks and so in a different class. 115) No idea what you're referring to, but no doubt the moviemakers put lots of things into the films for visual interest that may or may not have been mentioned elsewhere in the canon.
1the lord of the masks:In what part of the movie did you see the creature?
1TLotM, what you were seeing is called a Fire Drone 2I'd link you to the page, but BS01 doesn't seem to be working
3oh yeah that thing in Vakama's forge.
4Are you referring to the creature with the Bohrok body and Matoran head, or the creature that was lying on the floor of Vakama's foundry?
5EDIT: I found a relevant topic. It contains information about the Fire Drones. http://www.bzpower.com/forum/index.php?showtopic=151576
6Mystery solved.
1some great clearups.
16so everything we know about the staff of arthaka and makuta wanting tuyet reanimated is correct
2hi greg.
3just to clear things up:
4makuta wants tuyet reanimated so all of her pieces will be put together and the nui stone pieces will be in one place. 5he wants this since cleaning it up himself will cost an awfull lot of time because part of her is under the mud.
6if he has all pieces he'll be able to figure out how to rebuild it.
7and about the staff of arthaka:
8-its on xia 9-its given as payment for a debt 10-the vortixx dont know the true worth, though they know its valuable. 11-its under heavy guard
12can you confirm this all, and if not what parts not?
13also: did you send[you came up with the news update tahtorak to xia as a hint, and as a help for the nuva since the vortixx will be busy with the tahtorak?
141) Basically right, yes 152) The confusion won't hurt the Nuva's cause, certainly, but the Kanohi Dragon is doing most of the fighting with Tahtorak at the moment.
16so everything we know about the staff of arthaka and makuta wanting tuyet reanimated is correct