1Hi, I hope you don't mind of you answer a few questions. So here I go
21) Can Rahi use Great or Noble Masks if a Rahi happened to be weraing one?
32) Has anyone been able to tame a Manas by just removing it's mask?
43)Are there more Dark Hunters out there or are there just Nidhiki and Krekka?
5The next few questions concern the 2005 sets not the 2005 story
64)Are the Hordika masks like the Kanohi Nuva in terms of design or are they completely different?
75)Can you give me an idea of how big the Visorak set is going to be in comparison with other Bionicle sets.
8I would like to thank you in advance for answering my questions. Anyway nice avatar.

91) No
102) No, Manas are really fierce and nasty and really can't be tamed.
113) I believe there most likely are more
124) I am not sure you can really say the Hordika have masks ...
135) No, I don't have the set
14Greg

Toa Pilak Evolved Oct 8, 2004, 10:11 PM

1Hi, I hope you don't mind of you answer a few questions. So here I go
21) Can Rahi use Great or Noble Masks if a Rahi happened to be weraing one?
32) Has anyone been able to tame a Manas by just removing it's mask?
43)Are there more Dark Hunters out there or are there just Nidhiki and Krekka?
5The next few questions concern the 2005 sets not the 2005 story
64)Are the Hordika masks like the Kanohi Nuva in terms of design or are they completely different?
75)Can you give me an idea of how big the Visorak set is going to be in comparison with other Bionicle sets.
8I would like to thank you in advance for answering my questions. Anyway nice avatar.

91) No
102) No, Manas are really fierce and nasty and really can't be tamed.
113) I believe there most likely are more
124) I am not sure you can really say the Hordika have masks ...
135) No, I don't have the set
14Greg

153)Cool, wonder what they are like...
164)I really do hope they have masks.

18Hmmm... the plot thickens. Meethinks that perhaps the Kanohi Metru merge upon the Toa Metru/Hordika's face. Or, maybe they lose the Kanohi altogether: AGH: That'd be horrible to have a year without characters with masks: Hmm... But, the first explanation could be the right one. I dunno...

19~\/isorak...IT'S ALL TOO COMPLICATEDEDED:

Visorak Oct 9, 2004, 1:38 PM

11) Can Rahi use Great or Noble Masks if a Rahi happened to be weraing one? 22) Has anyone been able to tame a Manas by just removing it's mask? 33)Are there more Dark Hunters out there or are there just Nidhiki and Krekka? 4The next few questions concern the 2005 sets not the 2005 story 54)Are the Hordika masks like the Kanohi Nuva in terms of design or are they completely different? 65)Can you give me an idea of how big the Visorak set is going to be in comparison with other Bionicle sets.
71) No 82) No, Manas are really fierce and nasty and really can't be tamed. 93) I believe there most likely are more 104) I am not sure you can really say the Hordika have masks ... 115) No, I don't have the set

dinoman82 Oct 9, 2004, 3:13 PM

Visorak Oct 9, 2004, 1:38 PM

11) Can Rahi use Great or Noble Masks if a Rahi happened to be weraing one? 22) Has anyone been able to tame a Manas by just removing it's mask? 33)Are there more Dark Hunters out there or are there just Nidhiki and Krekka? 4The next few questions concern the 2005 sets not the 2005 story 54)Are the Hordika masks like the Kanohi Nuva in terms of design or are they completely different? 65)Can you give me an idea of how big the Visorak set is going to be in comparison with other Bionicle sets.
71) No 82) No, Manas are really fierce and nasty and really can't be tamed. 93) I believe there most likely are more 104) I am not sure you can really say the Hordika have masks ... 115) No, I don't have the set

12spoilers small


13Hmm, 14that are interssting answers and questions. 15I really like the info about the great things mask and thing like that that the Rahi can't use it.also I like the thingy about the Manas, nasty and cannot be tamed. 16That is soo cool. Never knew it before. Probably more Dark Hunters, that would be cool.

2He says, you can't really call it masks. That doesn't mean it aren't masks.
3NtM

4Not positive, but I think that needs a Spoiler warning. Anyway, I think that they don't have masks on, but some kind of new transformed facecovering thing. Probably not, but that's okay.

2I want to check on something....
3In this topic: Disc Of Time Theory, Murare Metru has the theory that after the Vahi was made, it reverted back into the disk of time we see as the promotion disk. I pointed out that you have said that in the mask making process, power is leached out, so that the mask is less powerful (and that's why disk power levels 1-6 become powerless). So I would think a mask melted down and made back into a disk would be much weaker.
4But Athane posted this quote:

51. Can a disc be made into mask, then back into a disc of the same power level?
61) Yes. Just melt the mask down

7So I just want to confirm, did you mean the power level is "unleached" back up to its original Kanoka level when a mask is melted down and made into a disk?

8If you melted a Matoran mask down, then yes, you would be correct. I assumed the question related to Noble Masks or Great Masks, which retain their power.
9Greg

1Here's the clarification, featuring what the disk of time does:

3I want to check on something....
4In this topic: Disc Of Time Theory, Murare Metru has the theory that after the Vahi was made, it reverted back into the disk of time we see as the promotion disk. I pointed out that you have said that in the mask making process, power is leached out, so that the mask is less powerful (and that's why disk power levels 1-6 become powerless). So I would think a mask melted down and made back into a disk would be much weaker.
5But Athane posted this quote:

61. Can a disc be made into mask, then back into a disc of the same power level?
71) Yes. Just melt the mask down

8So I just want to confirm, did you mean the power level is "unleached" back up to its original Kanoka level when a mask is melted down and made into a disk?

9If you melted a Matoran mask down, then yes, you would be correct. I assumed the question related to Noble Masks or Great Masks, which retain their power.
10Greg

111. So... (not sure I understood that) if a level 1-6 Kanoka were made into a mask, then melted back down and made back into a Kanoka, that Kanoka would be powerless, but if a level 7-9 Kanoka were made into a mask, melted down and back into a Kanoka, that Kanoka would still have power?
121) Yes
132. Would they be power level 7-9 still? Or would they be weakened down to... 1-3?
142) Same power level
153. Now, you've now said that the disk of time is what the Vahi was made from, well, I have a theory that the reason there's an image of a Vahi on it is that that represents how Vakama "started to shape the mask" from the combo of just three of the Great disks, then merged in the final three, ending up with a disk with a slight "image" or what would probably be a slight carving of the Vahi's shape on the disk. And this "image" would be like an outline so he could more easily carve the final shape, and bend it into the right mask shape (partly based on some other members ideas from that topic I linked to earlier). Any idea if I'm on the right track? Or if it's purely promotional?
163) Far as I know, the icon and code on the mask were added by us to identify the disk (because otherwise it would just be a plain orange disk).
174. How would the disk of time work if it were fired? What would it do to the target? Slow it down? Speed up? Or either, depending on the user's choice? Or just destroy existence?
184) Same thing the mask does. You would have to decide as you launched it whether you were looking to slow down time or speed up time around your target. Unlike most disks, its power would be tied to your will, the way a mask's power is, so it would only work as long as you could make it work. It's kind of academic, though, since it is never used as a disk, simply made into a mask.
19Greg

2QUOTE
37. What about the Kanoka power chart, any word on it?

47) I think I am just going to send it to BZP this week.
5Greg

Bionicle Chronicle Oct 10, 2004, 6:51 PM

1Hey Greg: I have some questions for you. 21) Did Makuta really put Mata Nui to sleep, or did someone else do it? 3Greg: As far as I know, yes, Makuta is responsible 42) Was he the only one who did it? 53) Did he plan to do it? 6Greg: Those two I cannot answer.
7Cool: Makuta might not have really put Mata Nui to sleep, and he might not be the leader of each villain:

bonesiii

11Well, we already know that Mata Nui is more powerful than Makuta, so there ya go.

Creator of the Kanohi Oct 10, 2004, 7:55 PM

Bionicle Chronicle Oct 10, 2004, 6:51 PM

1Hey Greg: I have some questions for you. 21) Did Makuta really put Mata Nui to sleep, or did someone else do it? 3Greg: As far as I know, yes, Makuta is responsible 42) Was he the only one who did it? 53) Did he plan to do it? 6Greg: Those two I cannot answer.
7Cool: Makuta might not have really put Mata Nui to sleep, and he might not be the leader of each villain:

8An answer to number 2 could give us much more insight on how powerful Mata-Nui is. If Makuta needed others to help him take down Mata Nui, he (Mata Nui) must've been really powerful.
9~COTK~

10Well, we already know that Mata Nui is more powerful than Makuta, so there ya go.

5Okay I have a few questions, you probably get this alot, but I'll be quick:
6Is it possible that matoran came to Metru-Nui in its early days from environs, and that some matoran still live in environs?

7Do you have any idea why the Dume set doesn't have his staff, since he clearly seems to have one in the movie.

8Will we find out why Lhikan came from another island anytime soon?

9Will we see more of Turaga Dume soon? He seems to be an awesome character:

10Since Mata-Nui is only a Great Spirit, could there be villians of greater power than Mata-Nui in between Great Spirits and Great Beings that may be responisble for Mata-Nui's sickness?

11Does the extremity of mutation vary by the amount of visorak venom injected into a being?

12With Great Disks, even though it never happened, if a matoran got really lucky could they have made more Great Disks?

13Thanks for any answers you can give, I really appreciate it
14

151) To my knowledge, no. Everything I have been told is that while there may well be inhabitants of environs, they are not what we consider Matoran.
16I am dissapointed, yet intrigued...
172) Staff really plays no role in the movie, other than as a walking stick. I don't recall exactly what it looks like, but if it would have required a new mold that might have had something to do with it.
183) Depends on if we ever tell a story that flashes further back into the past.
19That's cool, though I have doubts that they'll go further back...
204) Dume will return to the story eventually
21Yeay:
225) Anything is possible, but my best info is that Makuta is responsible for Mata Nui's state
23Hmm, "Anything is possible,"? I am even more intrugued...
246) Has more to do with time, actually. The longer the venom is in you, the more you change
257) No. The Matoran didn't make the first six to begin with. That is beyond their skill and beyond the skill of those who purify the protodermis
26Really? If the matoran didn't make them, then who did? I am very intrigued right now...
27Greg

28Comments in red, as you can tell I am intrigued by his answers ...

29

122) Can't answer it 133) Practicality. If a project is being worked on that requires more Matoran, then more Matoran come into being. 144) Since I cannot discuss how Matoran come into being, I really have no comment. 155) Yes 166) I am not sure where you get that it has a more erratic flight pattern. It hasn't shown up in the fiction anyplace yet 177) It is solid protodermis formed by the combining of the six elements. In the case of Makuta, it is sealed with a Toa seal as well 188) It's vague for a reason. It is a difficult topic to discuss without giving away future storyline 199) The silver top is evident even when the mask is not being worn. Masks are not colored by mask makers, in general, the adding of the silver is a special process. In a sense, the silver portions of the mask resist being colored when worn. 2010) It is an interesting suggestion, but since the story team meets in Denmark, we would probably wind up with mostly European kids, who don't make up the bulk of the LEGO audience. As far as product goes, though, that is all market tested with kids in the age group both in the US and overseas before designs are finalized. That isn't done in a vacuum -- we already have kid input before we go ahead with product.

23And is there any possibility that the waking up with Toa power had anything to do with the unsilvering of the masks? (By the way, thanks for your previous answer to this one, it helped things a lot

27Again, it's an interesting idea, but it is hard to bring in others on the story without letting them in on things that (even if they kept it to themselves, as they would be legally required to) would ruin their enjoyment of BIONICLE for a while to come. There are a lot of big secrets about the storyline that are fundamental to it that no one outside of LEGO knows, but which you HAVE to know to work on the story team.
28I think your first question is an interesting one, because it really hearkens back to philosophy. I don't know what the head of the story team would say, but I personally see it as a combination of free will and predestination. For example, if Vakama gets into a chute headed for the Archives, and stays in it, he will end up in the Archives. If he chooses to jump out somewhere along the way, he will wind up somewhere else. By the same token, if Vakama is on a life path, it will take him to a certain place. If he chooses not to follow that path, then he is going somewhere else.
29For example -- becoming a Turaga. Any Toa has the ability to become a Turaga, if he has fulfilled his destiny as a Toa. But he also has to make a conscious choice to become one, so is he destined to be one or not? It's one of those great BIONICLE endless debate things.

2Liked your little cameo in the B2 extras Just wondering on some of the things happening in that
31. Did you find it odd that all the questions answered from the UK came from people with names beginning with J?
41) I have not seen the extra feature, so can't comment.
5They were. My name is Jake, and I posted a question, so it was very strange
62. Someone says that Vahki are biomechanical. This is incorrect, right?
72) Yes, it is incorrect. Vahki are machines built by Matoran.
8Just checked, it was Bob Thompson, head of the story team
93. What Bionicle character would you like to be?
103) Hmmmm ... probably Kopaka. I like people who can handle problems on their own.
11Personally, I'd be either Kopaka, Nuju or Lhikan, or maybe a Kaita of all three
124. That is Kongu being threatened in that Chute Station?
134) Yes
14Thought so, just wanted Greg confirmation
155. How could a single touch activate the Coliseum floor?
165) It's a machine. They are touching the controls.
17In the film, a single Matoran presses a part of the floor on a scale model of the Coliseum. There were other Matoran around it though
186. How could the Great Disks just merge like that?
196) Cause they can. Not sure how else to explain it.
20Trust me, it was very strange
217. When Matau opened those wings in Ko-Metru, were they just his Aero Slicers?
227) Yes
23I thought so. I was sure Matau didnt get his mask power till Po-Metru
248. Why was Makuta talking to himself in Dume's private chambers?
258) Who else could he talk to? No one else knew his plan, so who else could he discuss it with? Besides, all great villains are egomaniacs who talk to themselves
26Why are all major enemies egomaniacs. Show me one pessimistic/realistic villian. How stupid is a placing your arch nemesis in a pit of mutated, irrtated seabass and not even watching them die so they can escape safely. Yes, I watch too much Austin Powers
279. Is the Morbuzakh's cameo that single scene where Vakama has his Great Disk in his mouth and is hanging upside down?
289) Yes
29It was red and glowing. Very strange
3010. Where did Lhikan's Greatswords go when he helped Vakama escape?
3110) Offhand, don't know
32I begin to wonder. Couldnt Vakama have used them instead of a Kanoka launcher?
3311. Is Bob Thompson always so happy?
3411) He is generally a pretty upbeat guy the times I have met him.
35He seemed really cheerful
3612. How did Lhikan know what mask powers the Toa Metru's masks had?
3712) He may well have seen them used before he came to Metru Nui.
38Just what has this guy been up to?
3913. Just how big is the Dweller of the Deep?
4013) Pretty darn big.
41It is. It really is
4214. Whenua put up a decent fight against Onewa's mind control, but Krekka practically welcomed it. Is it because he's so stupid?
4314) Yeah, the slower you are, the easier you are to control.
44He is just so slow: Its gobsmacking:


45If you dont want to answer 2005 questions yet, you can ignore this part
4615. Do the Hordika even have masks, or just heads, or is it a mix?
4716. Why do the Hordika seem to have two different arms?
4817. Are their really different sizes of Visorak, or was that just a prototype that made it to colour?
4918. Whos the big orange guy?
50Never sent so many questions at once. Phew. Thanks in advance for whatever you can answer
51Not going to answer '05 questions yet, sorry.
52Oh poo
53Greg

2QUOTE  3hi there greg: got a few questions for yer:
41.how powerful are rahaga exactly?
52.are u planning any more asscersies kits?
63.you have said that the hordika dont exactly konahi what exactly have they got?
74.is marahva dead?
85.could the viorak pisoan contain energised proto?
96.in what book do we learn of the connection to the toa nuva/olda and the bohrok?
107.who is stronger the new female villian or krahaka?
118.how come the toa nuva dont use the kanohi nuva they colloected?
129.if a rahaga got a chance would they kill a visorak?
1310.can visorak speak?
1411.are visorak seteinat?
1512.was lkikan and nidiki toa to gether?
1613.can a bionicle charachter die of old age?
1714.how come the olda could use there masks right awa(as far as i know) where a lhikan had to teach the others or they had to be in some sort of danger?
1815.did the real dume want the vahi or was it just mahuta dume?
1916.if the matoran maneged to rebuild them selves into the box set versions wht couldnt they have rebuilt themselves into metruain from?
20thats all for now bye:



211) What sort of power are you talking about? Physical strength? Spinner power?
222) Yes 23yay:
243) Their masks have basically become their faces. 25COOL: cant wait for that:
264) Mavrah is missing and presumed dead.
275) I don't know what prison you are referring to? 28i meant poison but.....
296) That isn't in any book yet. 30rats
317) Wait and see 32i ahte it when he does that
338) They do. Read Tales of the Masks. They didn't use them in MOL because it would have meant explaining to the audience how masks work and how you can change them, etc., and there wasn't time to explain all that.
349-11) Can't answer these at this time 35rats
3612) No idea
3713) Don't know, we have never seen it happen. We do know they have extremely long lifespans. "Old age" to a Matoran might be 100,000 years. 38wow:
3914) The Toa Olda were more experienced as Toa. The Toa Metru were suddenly made Toa with no one to train them. 40who trianed them?
4115) Makuta Dume wanted it
4216) They had no idea how. They also didn't remember what they looked like when they lived on Metru Nui, or even that they had lived on Metru Nui.
43Greg

1Oh boy,a Question:
2I just saw the new Hordika pic today the one of Nuju, and I would think that the Visorak venom would only afect the Toa themselfs not the tools too... (though I'm glad they come with new tools)
3Thank you for your time please get back soon:

4After so long, the tools very much become an extension of the Toa, since they have channeled their elemental power so long. Venom warps protodermis, and tools are made of protodermis just like Toa are.
5Greg

3Hi Greg, I watched the movie yesterday, and have a couple of questions:
41. In one scene, you see Makuta in his Dume form talking to a pair of red eyes. What I am wondering is: were those red eyes meant to represtent Makuta (although the Dume that was talking to the eyes was also Makuta)? In other words, was that scene meant to represent Makuta talking to himself, or were the eyes someone else?
52. In another scene, Vakama finds Dume in one of the stasis spheres, and says he would come back for him when the came to get the other Matoran. But why did they never manage to save him, surely a Turaga would be especially important to save (or is that 2005 plot?)?
63. Was the reason that Makuta wanted the Vahi because the Matoran would otherwise take a lifetime to wake up again, in Bionicle terms, thousands of years? ("Without the Mask of Time it will take a lifetime to find both our destinys:")
74. Also, what are spirit stars really? They can't be real stars, since none of the ones underground are. When will we find out about the Metru sky and Spirit Stars?
85. And a non-movie one: any news on the global release of your Bionicle Adventures Books? (Coming from fan who would greatly like a chance to read them, I asked you about it quite a while ago).
9Thanks for your time, these greatly puzzle me...
10Bohrokwill

111) He was talking to a mirror.
122) That is future storyline.
133) No, not exactly. There were two reasons. One, he had to wait for the disaster to subside, and more importantly, he had to wait for the memory loss to kick in or they would remember what happened to them. That was what was going to take so long.
144) We aren't ready to reveal the nature of the stars yet, but you will get something of a clue next year.
155) Yes, I asked Scholastic about it. My editor sent an email to the person who handles that and told me she would let me know what she heard. As soon as I hear anything, will let you know.
16Greg

19Bohrokwill

8Hi Greg, sorry to bug you, but the following questions have been much on my mind recently: 91) How can you control if the disk of time speeds up or slows down time? 102) What flight characteristics does the DoT have? 113) Does a stasis Kraata have to keep eye contact to keep creatures in stasis? 124) What's the difference (in power) between a great and a noble Rau? 135) I have observed that the Makuta shows many powers that are also Kraata powers. Does he posess all Kraata powers? 146) Could a quick healing Kraata also remove poison if it got poisoned? 157) If you combined the Ta- and Ga-Metru great disks, could that mask also protect the wearer from ambush attacks?
16Thanx in advance, 17DR

181) Mentally 192) We haven't bothered to come up with flight characteristics for it, because it is never used as a disk in the story 203) No 214) Great Mask allows spoken languages to be understood. Noble Rau seems to only work on written languages, since we have never seen Turaga Nokama talk to an animal 225) Yes, he has that potential 236) No 247) No.
25Greg

Dark Rahkshi Oct 13, 2004, 5:49 PM

12) What flight characteristics does the DoT have?
22) We haven't bothered to come up with flight characteristics for it, because it is never used as a disk in the story

4As for the disaster, I supose that's the suns closing and the earthquake, I wonder if it was Makuta that really caused it?

2I just got my Metru Nui City Guide at my local Borders and I would like to say it was awesome (pity Voyage of Fear was out of stock by that time) but enough with the idol chatter and on with the questions:
31)Why exactly where the protodites placed in the sub-levels of the Archives, its not like the microscopic creatures posed any kind of threat?
42)Why were the Krana, when put on display, were placed in the sub-levels? Not like they had arms and legs and could fling themselves onto the faces of unsuspecting Archivists?
53)How many Toa Tools are there in the Toa Suva in the Great Temple and are there any more Toa Disks other than the six we know about.
64)Just out of curiosity, what is the disk combination to make a weight-increase disk?
7Would like to thank you for any answers you can answer in advance.

81) lol, how do you know? If you think of them as biomechanical, like everything else is in BIONICLE, then you have unleashed living nanotech -- who knows what mischief it might get up to?
92) True, but you are assuming the Archivists know what they are and aren't capable of.
103) Not sure, and no, not to my knowledge.
114) I only did formulas for masks that appear in the story, not all the other disks mentioned. Maybe I will get to that later.
12Greg

1Sorry I don't have more for you...
21:I herd that the toa, afer being ternd into the Hordika, can't use there masks? Do they have to relearn there new found mask powers?
3That venom must be extreme stuff...Does this meen they can't use there eliments anymore?(untill they find how to cure the veneom)
42: If the white Rahaga tawt Nuju that strange lingo, why didint the other Hordika learn it too?And what exactly is the lingo for anyway?
53: Have you had a good look at the Hordika? Like a clear pic of any of them?
64: And if you have, do they all have the same head? I'm really hopen they don't...
75: Will you be buying B2:LOMN?
8Thabk you for your time, hope you can anser my Q's

91) Has nothing to do with forgetting how to use them. Has to do with the fact that Toa Hordika are tainted and so cannot use mask powers.
10No, they do have access to elemental powers, just in a different way.
112) The other Hordika weren't hanging out with Kualus. Nuju was.
123) Not really, no. I did have sets in but I had to send them to DC.
134) Not sure what you mean by same head? The "masks" have essentially become their faces, and each face is different.
14Greg

2Is the elite Visorak one Visorak, or an entire breed? 3No, there are more than one.

jetslandingboard Oct 14, 2004, 5:48 PM

1Is the elite Visorak one Visorak, or an entire breed? 2No, there are more than one.

3I beg your pardon if you knew that already.
4jetslandingboard

11. I think you said somewhere (can't find it at the moment) that the Visorak venom eventually made the Metru/Hordika weapons parts of their bodies. Are you saying that eventually, the Hordikas' weapons actually become their hands?
21) No, I never said that. Someone asked me why the tools mutated and I said because they are made of protodermis, and Visorak venom mutates protodermis. I never said they became part of the Toa's bodies.
3Oh.
42. Is the Visorak's only feature biting down on people? Because that indent looks just big enough for the "rotunda" disks (or whatever they're called).
52) Rhotuka launchers on their backs and done with a ripcord.
6Rhotuka, rotunda, GAHH:::
73. You said that since the Toa Metru were "tainted" by the Visorak venom, they couldn't use their mask powers. What would that have to do with anything? Is it like you can't operate an infected mask?
83) This is my take on it. As I have said before, mask use requires a great deal of willpower and mental discipline. A Hordika is half Rahi, and their bestial nature prevents them from having the focus needed to use mask powers.
9Ah...
104. Do the Hordika still retain their mask powers, or are they stuck with elemental powers?
114) No, they don't have their mask powers while Hordika.
12Darn...
135. How many villains can we expect this year, excluding the Visorak and female villain?
145) Depends if you want to count combomodels and if you are talking main story in the comic and movie, or the books as well.
15I might get back to him on that...
166. Since the Vahi was made from the Great Disks, which are basically just uber-powerful Kanoka disks, wouldn't it be possible to use to the same disk powers to create a weaker, more manageable Vahi?
176) No. The only way you can access the time power is with level 9 disks
18Darn. So close...
197. Between the "maskless" Dume and giving Jaller a new mask, do we finally see what a movie Matoran looks like without their mask on? Or does it just show Jaller's hand taking the mask?
207) I don't recall offhand.
21Bummer.
228. Does the Visorak venom affect physical strength? Like makes the victim stronger or weaker?
238) Definitely not weaker. Stronger is certainly very possible, but I see it more as being more brutal and more willing to use that strength. By the time of the movie story, most of the Toa are starting to "get a grip," but in the early part of the year, there are a lot of problems with the Toa being unable to control their rage and basically losing it.
24~envisions Nuju and Whenua in a fistfight~ Cool... 25----
26Thanks

Toa Pilak Evolved Oct 14, 2004, 12:05 AM

1Anyway, Bohrokwill, I got my Metru Nui guide (as seen in the quote, I tried to get Voyage of Fear while I was there but it was out of stock) in Singapore at the local Borders there. Just ask the nice lady at the info counter and she will get it for you if its there:

3I BELIEVE it was a result of Mata Nui being put to sleep.

5Bohrokwill

reptilia28 Oct 14, 2004, 1:30 PM

17. Between the "maskless" Dume and giving Jaller a new mask, do we finally see what a movie Matoran looks like without their mask on? Or does it just show Jaller's hand taking the mask?
27) I don't recall offhand.
3Bummer.

5And so the elite Visorak is a combiner (well, he said that there is more than one, so I guess that would be "the elite Visorak are combiners )? I hope it's colors aren't messed up... I wonder how many there are?

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3First off...
41. Can we ask any questions about the Hordika?
5Onward:
62. Are the set's heads (for the Hordika) one piece?
73. Can you give us info on the Hordika's weapons?
84. Do the Hordika have different powers now that their Kanohi have... 9fused to their faces?
105. Did the Hordika lose their masks, or did they fuse to their faces?
11Thank you:
12Tokika


131) Some 142) I am not sure what you are asking. From what I have seen, there is an eyepiece and then an axle holds the "mask" on. 153) Not yet, no 164) Hordika cannot access mask powers, because they are tainted. 175) Good question. The masks have basically become their faces, and it's kind of symbolic. Because as Hordika, you can no longer conceal your darkness behind a mask, so the masks become who you are.
18Greg
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bohrokwill Oct 15, 2004, 2:03 AM

Toa Pilak Evolved Oct 14, 2004, 12:05 AM

1Anyway, Bohrokwill, I got my Metru Nui guide (as seen in the quote, I tried to get Voyage of Fear while I was there but it was out of stock) in Singapore at the local Borders there. Just ask the nice lady at the info counter and she will get it for you if its there:

2A Borders in Singapore? (It apears they aren't always just released in North America then) I'll have to try my local Borders in the UK...

3I BELIEVE it was a result of Mata Nui being put to sleep.

4I'll ask Greg about that, I was going to anyway.
5Bohrokwill

75) Good question. The masks have basically become their faces, and it's kind of symbolic. Because as Hordika, you can no longer conceal your darkness behind a mask, so the masks become who you are.

2Hello Greg: It's been a while... Where should we begin? 3Okay mabye some questions...
41)According to THIS picture - is that thing on Visorak back a Rhotuka launcher?
52)This red star above Mata-nui - Have it any connection tu the future storyline?
63)If yes, could You tell me what is that connection?
74)Is THIS a final version of Toa Hordika?
85)Is HE the famous 2005 minor villain?
96)Why Toa Metru doesn't have any kaita?
107) Will the Disk of Time be showed in Bionicle 2 movie?
11Thanks for answers. if i'll make some new ones i'll let you know


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131) Yes, though minus the ripcord in that shot 142) Yes 153) lol, no. I can't discuss future storyline 164) I don't have the Hordika sets, so can't comment 175) I'm not aware of any "minor villain" discussed for '05 186) Because they never learned how to make one. Don't forget, they became Toa with really no one train them, which is why it took half a year of story before they even figured out their mask powers. Heck, the Toa Olda only knew about kaita because of Nokama's dream. 197) You will see some of how it was made
20Greg

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• 2What are the powers of the six Great Disks for each Metru? I've always wondered that... dunno why I keep forgetting to actually ask you...
  31) I don't remember off the top of my head. I would have to look it up.
  
  
  
• 4Something I'm wondering about how the three Toa Metru and Turaga Lhikan escaped from the DH prison... It's my impression that they were able to escape mainly because they mastered their mask powers? Am I understanding that right?
  52) Nuju's telekinesis pulls stones out of the wall. That is how they get out of the cell.
  
  
  
• 6And if so, why didn't the DH anticipate that? Were they actually convinced the six Toa Metru were fakes? Or that they'd never learn to use their masks?
  73) No, they knew they weren't fakes. But how could they know what their mask powers were? Also, don't forget, the DH's did not imprison them. They were sucked into the vortex and tricked into the cell by Vahki. The DH's were hunting the other three Toa at the time.
  
  
  
• 8Is the Great Barrier the actual edge of the Dome? And because the tunnels were sealed it appears to be a solid cliff all the way around? Or is it still inside the Dome, and there is a ring of water around it between it and the actual edge? Or some'n else?
  94) I'm not going to get into what is and isn't the edge. Makes my head hurt.
  
  
  
• 10Can't remember if you've addressed this before or not.. but did Makuta take Real Dume's Kiril, and wear it as part of the disquise? Or was the Kiril we saw actually the shape-shifted Kraakhan?
  115) Makuta wore a different Kiril, because Dume has his with him in the sphere.
  
  
  
• 12And, Real Dume did wear a Noble Kiril before he was replaced, right? Someone in the talkback for the Kanoka powers chart article said he didn't.
  136) Yes, Dume did wear a Kiril before. If he hadn't, everyone would have looked at Makuta/Dume weird when he showed up wearing one.
  
  
  
• 14Speaking of that talkback, why wasn't the Mask of Elemental Energy's combo of disks put in the list of the Kanoka combos? Not recognizable enough to bother? (Several members asked that in the talkback.)
  157) The MEE is a power-up in the software game. It is not, as far as I know, a mask made in Metru Nui and I kind of consider it to have an asterisk next to it because it was created by the software people with no input from the story team.
  
  
  
• 16You've said that someone made the Great disks, and if I understood you right, it was possible because whoever it was knew how to purify protodermis enough? Well, would it be possible for Matoran (in Metru Nui, let's just pretend the events of LoMN never interrupt, hypothetically speaking) to eventually figure out those techniques on their own, experimentally?
  178) Offhamd, I would say no, because it ruins the mystique of the Great Disks if Matoran can eventually start churning them out like chocolate chip cookies.
  
  
  
• 18You said recently that one of the major reasons (and you said it was more important than the other reason, which was to wait for the disasters to subside) Makuta wanted the Vahi is to speed up the process that makes the Matoran in their canisters lose their memory; that it takes a while for it to kick in. Well, how long would it take? Because when the Toa Metru finally do awaken the Mata Nui Matoran, it had obviously kicked in for them. And that wasn't centuries, obviously. Yet Makuta said that it would take a "lifetime" to accomplish what he wanted without the Vahi. What am I missing here? (Hope I made this clear enough.... )
  199) How had it "obviously kicked in for them" when they were awakened? None of the Matoran in the final scene of the movie have a line of dialogue, so you can't tell if they have lost their memories or not, and they certainly haven't shrunk yet.
  
  
  
• 20What exactly did Makuta plan to do with the Vahi? I mean, where was he gonna focus its power? On himself, slowing himself down so that everything else goes by normally, and seems to go quick for him? Or focus it on the entire city, and let everything going on there go by quickly, but not on him and the rest of the universe (I guess he'd be outside the city)?
  2110) Easiest thing to do would be to focus on the chamber beneath the Coliseum. He had the power to regulate how fast time sped up, so he could have simply worked it that the worst of the disaster was over before he woke them up.
  22Greg
  
  

23ookay, that's all for now.

24To 9. Ah. So, it's possible they did still have their memories when they woke up, but only lost them later, when the shrinking effect began to kick in? (I had thought I read that their memories were lost as soon as the awoke. But I don't remember where... could'a just beena rumor. )
259) Yes, there's no evidence they lost their memories immediately. They got out of the spheres early, but their systems were still affected by. 26them.

27To 10, do you mean, that all the Matoran canisters are in that chamber? And he'd focus the power basically on just the area where the Matoran are?
2810) Yes, except for the six the Toa rescue in LOMN, all the rest are in the chamber underneath the Coliseum.
29Greg

bonesiii Oct 15, 2004, 5:34 PM

1[*What are the powers of the six Great Disks for each Metru?