1I didn't know that, where was that said 
? Hmm, may want to PM GregF about it later.
? Hmm, may want to PM GregF about it later. 1And in Denmark(where the Copper Komau comes from) the Copper masks were supposed to be highly powered masks, that were high powered because of the mineral deposits on them...........but ya'll knew that.....
2
3That was later said to be just for promotional value, and that copper masks have no real power.
4And thanks, RZ. I was pretty sure (in my storyline, Maku owns one), but you confirmed it.
1Here's a post of his that I found to have an interesting part:
2Actually, there were never any plans for MOL to be in theaters. It was always planned for a DVD release.
3My understanding is that things blow sort of hot and cold on a theatrical release, which is why we are still leaving open the prospect of a TV series someday. While I can't authoritatively say why there might be a reluctance to do a theatrical, it may be because the CGI movies that make a lot of money -- Shrek, Nemo, etc. -- are films the whole family will go to and enjoy multiple times. 95% of the BIONICLE audience is boys, so you probably won't get entire families going back again and again, which limits your box office.
4Greg
1Here's a post of his that I found to have an interesting part:
2Actually, there were never any plans for MOL to be in theaters. It was always planned for a DVD release.
3My understanding is that things blow sort of hot and cold on a theatrical release, which is why we are still leaving open the prospect of a TV series someday. While I can't authoritatively say why there might be a reluctance to do a theatrical, it may be because the CGI movies that make a lot of money -- Shrek, Nemo, etc. -- are films the whole family will go to and enjoy multiple times. 95% of the BIONICLE audience is boys, so you probably won't get entire families going back again and again, which limits your box office.
4Greg
5But if they wloud but it in cinema it wloud take a time before some peeps can see it (the ones who dont got there) 6Also if they wloud release it a half year later on DVD it wloud be in another story so it wloudnt be right to put it in cinema's
1me thinks lego is releasing DVD's and VHS's because they are a product that you can keep in home between your bionicle sets 
ok it is stupid idea - it is of course because they make more moneys on DVD's than on a cinema ticket.
ok it is stupid idea - it is of course because they make more moneys on DVD's than on a cinema ticket. 1And in Denmark(where the Copper Komau comes from) the Copper masks were supposed to be highly powered masks, that were high powered because of the mineral deposits on them...........but ya'll knew that.....
2
3That was later said to be just for promotional value, and that copper masks have no real power.
4And thanks, RZ. I was pretty sure (in my storyline, Maku owns one), but you confirmed it.
5I know, but they were asking why there were Copper komaus, so I was giving their story
6
1Every official description I have read says that the copper masks are awarded to the "champions of village games"; never says Koli specifically. So yes, I believe that Matoran can win them in several sports.
2Between Kohlii, Ussal Races, Boat Races, Snowball slinging, Lava surfing, bird racing, and a plethra of other games Matoran can come up with, that would be a likely possibility.
3Just because Kohlii is the most popular sport, that doesn't mean it's the only reveared sport.
1Hey Greg
2I'm not going to be asking about movie plot or nothing, but this just popped into my head:
3• Metru Nui has two suns, yes?Well, common sense would say that everything having two shadows.Is this so and is it acknowledged in B2?
4It's an odd question I know, but if there are two shadows in B2, then that would add to the subtletly of the Bionicle Universe.
5Thanks as usual
6QB
7I really don't recall seeing much in the way of shadows of the characters. It's not a real bright, sunny film for the most part.
8Greg
9Fair enough. Just a thought
10QB
1At least something odd added by me:
2Hello Greg: one question about mata-nui here:
3Are peoples from other islands (or environs) belive in a goddes named Mata-nui or they have another faith?
4All Matoran believe in Mata Nui (who is not a goddess, by the way). But whether or not the inhabitants of other islands are Matoran or not has not yet been revealed in the story.
5Greg
1Now, I can finally post this here. A while ago, I sent Greg the preliminary list of facts for the new Official Protodermis topic in S&T, and he was able to give one tiny bit of news, about the Bionicle air. Wanted to save posting it till the topic was ready. It is. Here it be:
11So that question is partly answered now. Except we still don't know what it is.
12BTW, here's the Official Protodermis Topic.
Here it be:
- 2Protodermis is a mysterious and powerful substance. It is not like normal matter, though exactly what it is, if it's a complex chemical or a completely different form of matter isn't known.
- 3It comes in four main types, solid, raw liquid, purified liquid, and energized liquid.
- 4Looking at it another way, it comes in many different types, each of which resembles a type of normal matter (with a few exceptions), such as stonelike, earthlike, molten (lavalike), waterlike, icelike, and metallike protodermis. (That's not neccessarily a complete list.)
- 5In Metru Nui, everything is protodermis, including the rock, the water, the life. One possible exception is the air; what it is has not yet been established.
- 6On Mata Nui, everything except the water (and possibly the air) is protodermis. The water is normal H2O, like on Earth. And, again, what the air is hasn't been established.
- 7It is also able to produce "powers," such as sheilding, levitation, night vision, telekinesis, regeneration, reconstitue at random, fire, time, etc. etc. etc. These powers are used in Kanoka and Kanohi.
- 8Energized protodermis, though still mysterious, is known to be able to cause transformations, of Toa, of masks, of Kraata, if it is destiny that the transformation happen. How exactly that all works is still unclear.
9I would comment that the air on Mata Nui is definitely NOT protodermis.
10Greg
11So that question is partly answered now. Except we still don't know what it is.
12BTW, here's the Official Protodermis Topic.
1SPOILERS:
2Hi Greg, sorry to bother you
31. In my topic here, I put forward that the Golden Kanoka in Vakama's first vision as a Toa symbolized the Vahi as they are both a combination of the Great Kanoka. What do you think?
41) Could be.
52. You said we'd find out the origins of the Mata Nui Toa stones this year, but since then I havent seen a mention of them anywhere. Any clues?
62) The origin of the Toa stones is revealed at the beginning of Book 6.
73. Is next years storyline based in between the final scenes of B2 like Books 5 and 6?
83) Sorry, I can't discuss any aspect of the 2005 storyline.
9Greg 10Thanks in advance
1Here's some info on Kanoka. Nothing of real value, although the answer to questions 1a and 1b, might interest some people.
23~Huta
2Just a few new questions, mainly about Kanoka.
3{1} Scenario. I take a plate to point A, drop it and break it into 20 pieces. If I were to take one of those pieces a mile away (to pointand hit it with a regeneration Kanoka, would the other pieces at point A teleport to my piece at point B and regenerate the plate, or would the other 19 pieces pieces still be laying on the floor at point A, and a regenerated plate at point B? In other words, do you need all of the parts of a broken object to regenerate it?
4{1b} If the above is yes, then if I were to get another piece of that plate and take it to point B, could I get 20 plates out of the pieces of the first one?
51) Your second option. 6Arguably, if you want to spend that much time to get plates.
7Cool, an idea for mass-producing items:
8{2} Can a Regeneration Kanoka recharge another Kanoka's 'juice'?
92) No
10Darn:
11{3} Suppose I were to find a lump of raw Protodermis in an Onu-Metru mine. I carve it out, grind it to powder, melt it, purify it, then make a hammer out of it. If I were to hit it with a Regen Kanoka one time, what would it regenerate to, and would it have any additional effects if I were to hit it again with a regen kanoka?
123) Nothing. It isn't damaged, there is therefore nothing for it to repair. A regeneration disk is not going to transmute it to its original state.
13{4} What would happen if a Matoran were to accidently get hit by a regen Kanoka?
144) Nothing.
15Aw, I was hoping for a dangerous uses for the ReGen.
16{5} If used, could the Great Kanoka 'run out of juice' just like a weaker one?
175) Yes, but it would probably take ages.
18{6} Does the level of a Kanoka have any effect on the number of times it can be used?
196) Yes
20{7} Since Kanohi are just melted down Kanoka, I assume the Great Kanohi the Toa Olda sought were at one time level 8 Kanoka. What I don't understand is how a Kanoka of Speed, Telekinesis, Water Breathing, etc. would work. In my understanding you should never shoot a Kanoka at yourself, then how would the 'Kanoka Kaukau' or others work?.
217) Who says you can't use it on yourself? If you strike yourself with it, the power is triggered. You don't have to smash yourself, just hit yourself hard enough to trigger the power.
22I was beginning to wonder if you had to shoot the water to breathe in it, literally.
23~Huta
1{7} Since Kanohi are just melted down Kanoka, I assume the Great Kanohi the Toa Olda sought were at one time level 8 Kanoka. What I don't understand is how a Kanoka of Speed, Telekinesis, Water Breathing, etc. would work. In my understanding you should never shoot a Kanoka at yourself, then how would the 'Kanoka Kaukau' or others work?.
27) Who says you can't use it on yourself? If you strike yourself with it, the power is triggered. You don't have to smash yourself, just hit yourself hard enough to trigger the power.
3I was beginning to wonder if you had to shoot the water to breathe in it, literally.
4~Huta 5There seem to be two "types" of Kanoka powers, those that are intended for striking yourself with them, and then there are those in which the target is stricken for the intended power to work as it was designed for. All of the Toa Oldas' and Turagas' (minus the Rau) mask powers were "self-activated" and all of the newer Kanoka powers are "target-stricken". I find this whole subject very interesting.
1Well I was just digging through the bowels of the most forgotten pages in S&T when I found this quote of an old topic of mind...
8I wanted to post this here when I found it but I went to bed and completely forgot about it until now
2Hi: I have two questions relating to the Kanohi Nuva, 31)how did the other Kanohi Nuva end up on Mata Nui?
42) Did the mask-makers on Metru Nui know how to make Kanohi Nuva, and if they did ,how?
51) They were teleported there. Hopefully, more details on that will be coming in the next year or so.
62) No, I believe Vakama had a hand in making them, but mask makers in general did not. There was no access to energized protodermis on Metru Nui.
7Greg
8I wanted to post this here when I found it but I went to bed and completely forgot about it until now
1... 2{1} Scenario. I take a plate to point A, drop it and break it into 20 pieces. If I were to take one of those pieces a mile away (to point
3{1b} If the above is yes, then if I were to get another piece of that plate and take it to point B, could I get 20 plates out of the pieces of the first one?
41) Your second option. 5Arguably, if you want to spend that much time to get plates.
6Cool, an idea for mass-producing items: 7...
8I was just gonna ask him that.... Cool... Makes sense, 'cuz what if the extra pieces had been melted down and used in, say, a sculpture. If it was the first option, bye bye sculpture.
9Anyways, I thought this post from S&T was interesting:
10There actually may be more to this story than you know ... I came up with some interesting ideas about Ahkmou last night on the train coming home, and sent them off to the story team. If they are okay with them, there may be some Ahkmou controversy next year
11Greg
12That was from this topic: Judging The Traitor.
1Answers in bold...
21. Are one of the 4 novels next year going to be a movie novelazation? 31. If there's a movie, yes.
42. Why does DC Comics find it necassary to put prices on the Bionicle comics if they are free? 52. DC doesn't do that, LEGO does. We want the comics to look like a comic you would get at the store, and to have a "perceived value." Hence the prices.
21. Are one of the 4 novels next year going to be a movie novelazation? 31. If there's a movie, yes.
42. Why does DC Comics find it necassary to put prices on the Bionicle comics if they are free? 52. DC doesn't do that, LEGO does. We want the comics to look like a comic you would get at the store, and to have a "perceived value." Hence the prices.
1Hi GregF. I asked you these two questions earlier, and I was wondering about them.
216. What would happen to Matoro if he spilled the beans?
3Nuju would have to get a different translator.
420. And what did Nokama say to Gali about them? (The carvings of the Toa Metru)
5I don't think Nokama was with her when she saw them.
616. So, would Matoro be killed? Or would he just be an outcast or what?
720. I meant if Gali asked Nokama about it, what would she say?
8And I have a few more:
91. Since only Matoran can become Toa and not Turaga, what would happen if say Tahu Nuva tried to sacrifice his Toa Energy to Turaga Vakama?
102. What would happen if Tahu Nuva tried to sacrifice his Toa Energy to Jaller?
113. Is Mata-Nui sleeping on another island?
124. Why does Metru-Nui have to be re-populated in order for Mata-Nui to awaken?
135. Is Mata-Nui already BEGINNING to awaken, or is he still in a deep sleep?
146. So, what the Story Bible says for each year is basically like:
152000 - Story of Toa gathering Great Masks and defeating Makuta 162001 - Story of Bohrok 172003 - Story of Bohrok-Kal, Toa Nuva, Rahkshi, and Takanuva 182004 - Story of the Turaga as the Toa Metru in the past 192005 - Story of what happened imbetween the Toa Metru arriving at Mata-Nui and saving all the Matoran and the Toa Hordika.
20Thanx:
21-LotM-
221) Killed? Geez, no, what kind of beings do you think the Turaga are? He would simply be relieved of his job because he couldn't be trusted.
232) At the time, Nokama wouldn't have said anything. Now, there would be no point, Gali already knows who they are.
243) Nothing. You don't make someone a Toa by sacrificing your Toa energy directly into them. No Toa has ever been created that way.
254) Same answer. Nothing. You don't make someone a Toa by bestowing your Toa energy on them. Name a Toa who has been created that way.
265) I can't answer Mata Nui questions.
276) Because it does.
287) Again, can't answer it
298) I can't discuss 2005 storyline at all.
30Greg
31About number 1, I wasn't trying to be gruesome or anything, just when he said Nuju would have to get a different translator I thought "What happened to Matoro?. . ."
32-LotM-
5Thanks.
- 1The subject of this topic: http://www.bzpower.com/forum/index.php?showtopic=146933 is whether those Tahnok that Nuvhok Kal sent up to space ever fell back to the planet. I and others are pretty sure you've said they haven't, but I just want to check.
- 2Also, did Lehvak Kal ever fall back down? Can't remember what you've said on this...
3Until their orbit decays, no, they will not fall back down.
4Greg
5Thanks.
- 1The subject of this topic: http://www.bzpower.com/forum/index.php?showtopic=146933 is whether those Tahnok that Nuvhok Kal sent up to space ever fell back to the planet. I and others are pretty sure you've said they haven't, but I just want to check.
- 2Also, did Lehvak Kal ever fall back down? Can't remember what you've said on this...
3Until their orbit decays, no, they will not fall back down.
4Greg
6Now THAT would be a funny comedy
7Tahu Nuva: Could things get any worse. 8*Tahnok swarm and Lehvak-Kal fall down to the planet.* 9Oh
5Thanks.
- 1The subject of this topic: http://www.bzpower.com/forum/index.php?showtopic=146933 is whether those Tahnok that Nuvhok Kal sent up to space ever fell back to the planet. I and others are pretty sure you've said they haven't, but I just want to check.
- 2Also, did Lehvak Kal ever fall back down? Can't remember what you've said on this...
3Until their orbit decays, no, they will not fall back down.
4Greg
6Well, I wonder what would happen if the planet's orbit suddenly goes out and gravity brings them back down. Hmm...
7Lewa: Whats that?
8Gali: Looks like falling stars:
9Kopaka: No, its just raining Tahnok.
1I don't think they would rise out of orbit I mean the orbit is due to gravity, it wouldn't suddenly lose it's potency if anything they would spiral inwards but that's only if they have a shaky orbit. Otherwise they'll stay there, like Greg said, "until their orbit decays."
1Well I was just digging through the bowels of the most forgotten pages in S&T when I found this quote of an old topic of mind...
2Hi: I have two questions relating to the Kanohi Nuva, 31)how did the other Kanohi Nuva end up on Mata Nui?
42) Did the mask-makers on Metru Nui know how to make Kanohi Nuva, and if they did ,how?
51) They were teleported there. Hopefully, more details on that will be coming in the next year or so.
62) No, I believe Vakama had a hand in making them, but mask makers in general did not. There was no access to energized protodermis on Metru Nui.
7Greg
8Pilak, could you give me a link? I want to see the whole topic 'cause i wanna find out what he menas by other Kanohi Nuva.
9torritorri 10
1I beleive he means the ones that the Toa wern't wearing, when they came out of the EP
1Pilak, could you give me a link? I want to see the whole topic 'cause i wanna find out what he menas by other Kanohi Nuva.
2torritorri 3
4The Kanohi the Toa were wearing when they became Toa Nuva were transformed into Kanohi Nuva.
5All the other Kanohi Nuva had to be found before the Toa Nuva could use the Nuva versions of their Kanohi. This search was covered in Tales of the Masks.
6GregF had confirmed, through various PMs, that the Kanohi Nuva the Toa Nuva wear were made and hidden prior to the Toa becoming Nuva; sometime around the making and hiding of the Great Kanohi.
1Pilak, could you give me a link? I want to see the whole topic 'cause i wanna find out what he menas by other Kanohi Nuva.
2torritorri 3
4The Kanohi the Toa were wearing when they became Toa Nuva were transformed into Kanohi Nuva.
5All the other Kanohi Nuva had to be found before the Toa Nuva could use the Nuva versions of their Kanohi. This search was covered in Tales of the Masks.
6GregF had confirmed, through various PMs, that the Kanohi Nuva the Toa Nuva wear were made and hidden prior to the Toa becoming Nuva; sometime around the making and hiding of the Great Kanohi.
7Great Kanohi? You mean the Avhokii? Or the masks the Toa Olda collected in the comics?
8-LotM-
1Pilak, could you give me a link? I want to see the whole topic 'cause i wanna find out what he menas by other Kanohi Nuva.
2torritorri 3
4The Kanohi the Toa were wearing when they became Toa Nuva were transformed into Kanohi Nuva.
5All the other Kanohi Nuva had to be found before the Toa Nuva could use the Nuva versions of their Kanohi. This search was covered in Tales of the Masks.
6GregF had confirmed, through various PMs, that the Kanohi Nuva the Toa Nuva wear were made and hidden prior to the Toa becoming Nuva; sometime around the making and hiding of the Great Kanohi.
7Great Kanohi? You mean the Avhokii? Or the masks the Toa Olda collected in the comics?
8-LotM-
9Denarr was referring to the Masks the Toa Olda gathered, not the Avohkii.
1Come to think of it ,who made the Avohkii
1Pilak, could you give me a link? I want to see the whole topic 'cause i wanna find out what he menas by other Kanohi Nuva.
2torritorri 3
4The Kanohi the Toa were wearing when they became Toa Nuva were transformed into Kanohi Nuva.
5All the other Kanohi Nuva had to be found before the Toa Nuva could use the Nuva versions of their Kanohi. This search was covered in Tales of the Masks.
6GregF had confirmed, through various PMs, that the Kanohi Nuva the Toa Nuva wear were made and hidden prior to the Toa becoming Nuva; sometime around the making and hiding of the Great Kanohi.
7Great Kanohi? You mean the Avhokii? Or the masks the Toa Olda collected in the comics?
8-LotM-
9Denarr was referring to the Masks the Toa Olda gathered, not the Avohkii.
10In other words, the Turaga hid both the Great Olda masks (that the Toa Olda searched for) and the Great Nuva masks (which the Toa Nuva searched for). They hid both kinds a thousand years ago (or around then).
11And Pekel's right, the Avhokii, Greg doesn't know who hid it. So that's not part of this, as far as we know.
1Bones, I don't think the Turaga hid the Nuva Masks, I think they put them somwhere, so that when the Toa became Nuva (how did they know that was gonna happen?), they would be teleported onto the island.
1Bones, I don't think the Turaga hid the Nuva Masks, I think they put them somwhere, so that when the Toa became Nuva (how did they know that was gonna happen?), they would be teleported onto the island.
2Yeah, that's what I heard about it. I'm not sure entirely but I have an inkling that that was how it went.
1Bones, I don't think the Turaga hid the Nuva Masks, I think they put them somwhere, so that when the Toa became Nuva (how did they know that was gonna happen?), they would be teleported onto the island.
2I think so too. I mean what would have happened if the toa olda found the nuva masks? OOH: That'd make a good epic:
1Well, GregF has said that the Turaga knew that the Toa would transform, but they didn't know what into. So maybe the Toa Metru didn't name them the Nuva Masks until they saw the Toa Nuva. GregF also said that Vakama (and possibly others) created them. Vakama probably had a vision telling him to create them.
2-LotM-
2-LotM-
1Right, Athane, Greg told me the Nuva masks most likely were teleported in. But what I meant is, the Turaga "hid" them, as in they set up the special situations the Nuva would have to face in order to get the mask. I have no idea if they actually set the locations, but they must have known somehow where the masks would appear, or how could Nokama know to make that trap door for Gali in Tales of the Masks? (That was the one I asked Greg about.)
2Sorry, should have been clearer. I was in a hurry.
2Sorry, should have been clearer. I was in a hurry.
1Right, Athane, Greg told me the Nuva masks most likely were teleported in. But what I meant is, the Turaga "hid" them, as in they set up the special situations the Nuva would have to face in order to get the mask. I have no idea if they actually set the locations, but they must have known somehow where the masks would appear, or how could Nokama know to make that trap door for Gali in Tales of the Masks? (That was the one I asked Greg about.)
2Sorry, should have been clearer. I was in a hurry.
3Soooo, maybe they had sets of teleportation disks rigged up somehow to transport the Nuva Masks upon Nuva-ization. Or may be there's a "corporeal form eradicating" disk power (or speed disk nuva, if there is such a thing, see below) where the thing hit can pass through matter? Then the masks are hit with a levitation disk, that would work, or is it too complicated?
4Edit, just thought of something, when Nokama made that door, how did she know the that the wearer would pass right through other solid matter?
