1Hello Greg, I would just like to ask you a few questions.
21: Were the Makuta in the swamp blinded by the light blast made by the Ignika?
32: Will the Klakk get to Karda Nui early in BL11 or late?
43: Does the Codrex have a lot more vehicles than the three we have seen?
5Thanks in advance.
6-Mistika X
71) No 82) Don't recall 93) No
10Some stuff.
11Mistika X
1Hi Greg,
21. Can Bitil recall different forms of himself? For example, could he recall himself from before Karda Nui so that it would have access to all 42 kraata powers?
32. does the amount of concentration required to maintain the doubles increase exponentially as more doubles are called?
43. Did the Great Beings have a specific reason for requesting the Toa Mata's creation? 53a. If you can answer this, what was it?
61) Yes 72) Yes 83) Yes 93a) Sure. The Toa Mata were intended from the beginning to act in the event Mata Nui was asleep or otherwise inactive. It's sort of like if you built a building and you put a sprinkler system in place in case of a fire -- the Toa Mata were intended for use in the event of an emergency
10Question 3 makes me feel kinda stupid... didn't realize the great beings were the ones that wanted them as failsafes.
1I'm also really hesitant about doing a Hagah contest. The only way they'll be acceptable in the minds of half the fanbase is if they're consistent with Norik and Iruini, but no one's going to build that way -- let alone win a contest that way -- for the very reason that they would be building models consistent with models that already exist, which would be considered "boring" or repetitive. Even if people are made to stick to the Metru template, you'll be trying to judge apart a huge lineup of MOCs that all look nearly the same. And in the end, it will "ruin" the Toa Hagah for a bunch of people (I'd proabably end up being one of those guilty many), and people will inevitably complain or at least be mildly upset that their idea didn't get picked. And you know THAT will happen. The contest is an awesome idea in theory, but in practice...
2They could make it an art contest and not a mocing contest...
1Whoa.. Big stuff, Bitil is smarter than I thought
11Yes, and he has done so
2Hello greg
3I asked the following question today and have sort-of a follow-up to it.
4Hello Greg,
5I had a couple of questions to solve a few issues,
61) Couldn't Bitil pull a "pre-swamp" version of himself from the timeline and tell it not to enter the water? Seems like a strategically smart move to me.
71) Yes. Except his past doubles don't remember anything of the future when they return to the past.
8What I meant is that it could be a loophole for Bitil to actually use those copies since they have access to all his powers, if he told them not to enter the water they're good to use right?
9Could Bitil do that?
10Thanks again
11Yes, and he has done so
1QUESTIONS ANSWERS
21. Would you be able to use the name Kraatu for a Bionicle character/location? I ask because the name Kraatu is in use for one of the non-canon "Matoran puppet show" Bionicle sets that was released in 2006, and I don't think that LEGO would have released a set with a name they had not legally trademarked. I'm wondering if it would be possible for you to treat it like an extra name in reserve and re-use it in the serials -- like for Ehlek's species or the name of a Makuta. 31) Not on my name list, so I can't use it.
42. The Trinuma combiner has a wrist attachment on his right arm (picture). Do you think we'll we learn its function in the serials? 52) If story demands it, yes
6Too bad for 1. Ehlek would've made a good Kraatu.
21. Would you be able to use the name Kraatu for a Bionicle character/location? I ask because the name Kraatu is in use for one of the non-canon "Matoran puppet show" Bionicle sets that was released in 2006, and I don't think that LEGO would have released a set with a name they had not legally trademarked. I'm wondering if it would be possible for you to treat it like an extra name in reserve and re-use it in the serials -- like for Ehlek's species or the name of a Makuta. 31) Not on my name list, so I can't use it.
42. The Trinuma combiner has a wrist attachment on his right arm (picture). Do you think we'll we learn its function in the serials? 52) If story demands it, yes
6Too bad for 1. Ehlek would've made a good Kraatu.
1some stuff from greg
111) If the Nuva were killed, Mata Nui could not be awakened and the plan would have to be altered 122) No, different species 133) No 143b) Since that's what he did, yes 154a) Depends on who created them. 164b) Not a lot of new beings have come into existence in the last 1000 years, but those that have, yes, are pre-destined
17not expecting that for 3
21a. Would the Plan fail if the Nuva were killed? 31b. Who would wake Mata Nui then? 41c. Would Teridax still need the Plan then?
52. Since the Makuta started out as biomechanical beings.....is it possible that Toa and Matoran could evolve into energy beings too?
63. Can a being's Destiny change? 73b. Was it Teridax's Destiny to overthrow Mata Nui? 83c. If no, Did Teridax change his Destiny then?
94a. Who "creates" Destinies for beings: Mata Nui or the Great Beings? 104b. If it is Mata Nui, does he still create Destinies as he sleeps?
111) If the Nuva were killed, Mata Nui could not be awakened and the plan would have to be altered 122) No, different species 133) No 143b) Since that's what he did, yes 154a) Depends on who created them. 164b) Not a lot of new beings have come into existence in the last 1000 years, but those that have, yes, are pre-destined
17not expecting that for 3
1Hello, Greg, I hope you're doing fine. Nice work with those new serials, again smile.gif
21.) Where is Voporak at the moment? 32.) How did the Shadowed One know to go to Xia to block it from giving weapons to the Brotherhood? Had Helryx contacted him or did Ancient know that once he gets the signal (the birds flying in that pattern) the first mission is to block Xia?
4Thank you.
51) Probably on his way back to Odina 62) Ancient talked TSO into allying with the Order, and the Order's plan involved occupying Xia
1is that upside down to you? (the quote in konrads post)
2sorry for spamming, but i need to know if its a glitch, or not
3Yeah, it is. Probably a formatting thing-i didn't know it was possible to do that.
4Oops, sorry, noob error, I saw that at the end of the page I was on and assumed it was the latest post
1An interesting theory of mine...
2is trashed by GregF. Waaaah .
16Waiting on confirmation for "law," but aside from that, another theory down the drain...
17Drink up, me 'earties, yo ho . 18
2is trashed by GregF. Waaaah .
3Hi Greg. I'm not sure if you know, but lately I've been inspired by Nuhrii the Metruan's works with character creation. I've been looking around, and I saw something that fit perfectly. I wanted to pounce on it before he did.
4All right, we've all heard of the Vahki, cunning machines designed to maintain order. We also know that they are cold and uncaring, only wanting Matoran to do their jobs.
5Flash back to the Matoran Civil War. We know that Dume wasn't the Turaga then, and who it was specifically hasn't been mentioned. Now, let's think about this for a minute - whoever was Turaga at the time probably wanted the fighting to end, because of what it could do to the universe (similar to the Vahki). He also wasn't that successful in ending the conflict, and maybe even became cold and uncaring because no one would listen.
6So, back to Nuparu inventing the Vahki thousands of years later. Cold, efficient law enforcers, bent on order, similar to a Turaga of the past. Wouldn't it make sense to name the robots after the Turaga who, in some ways, inspired their personality?
7So, what I'm proposing is, the Turaga of Metru Nui during the Matoran Civil War could be Turaga Vahki, a leader who became cold, uncaring, and obscessed with order. Is that too much of a stretch, or do you like it?
8Thank you very much for your time, and have a great day.
9
10No, this isn't doing it for me. I went along with Nektann, but if we do it too much, it starts to seem a little hokey. Not everything in the universe is named after somebody. It would be like saying that because we have machines called Xerox there must have been some famous person named Xerox that they were named after.
11Darn. *pouts*
12I'm not going to give up, though. Could Vahki mean "order" in Matoran?
13Thank you for your time.
14
15Or "law"
16Waiting on confirmation for "law," but aside from that, another theory down the drain...
17Drink up, me 'earties, yo ho . 18
1I wonder if he'll make Vahki a term for "Law".
1An interesting theory of mine...
2is trashed by GregF. Waaaah .
3Hi Greg. I'm not sure if you know, but lately I've been inspired by Nuhrii the Metruan's works with character creation. I've been looking around, and I saw something that fit perfectly. I wanted to pounce on it before he did.
4All right, we've all heard of the Vahki, cunning machines designed to maintain order. We also know that they are cold and uncaring, only wanting Matoran to do their jobs.
5Flash back to the Matoran Civil War. We know that Dume wasn't the Turaga then, and who it was specifically hasn't been mentioned. Now, let's think about this for a minute - whoever was Turaga at the time probably wanted the fighting to end, because of what it could do to the universe (similar to the Vahki). He also wasn't that successful in ending the conflict, and maybe even became cold and uncaring because no one would listen.
6So, back to Nuparu inventing the Vahki thousands of years later. Cold, efficient law enforcers, bent on order, similar to a Turaga of the past. Wouldn't it make sense to name the robots after the Turaga who, in some ways, inspired their personality?
7So, what I'm proposing is, the Turaga of Metru Nui during the Matoran Civil War could be Turaga Vahki, a leader who became cold, uncaring, and obscessed with order. Is that too much of a stretch, or do you like it?
8Thank you very much for your time, and have a great day.
9
10No, this isn't doing it for me. I went along with Nektann, but if we do it too much, it starts to seem a little hokey. Not everything in the universe is named after somebody. It would be like saying that because we have machines called Xerox there must have been some famous person named Xerox that they were named after.
11Darn. *pouts*
12I'm not going to give up, though. Could Vahki mean "order" in Matoran?
13Thank you for your time.
14
15Or "law"
16Waiting on confirmation for "law," but aside from that, another theory down the drain...
17Drink up, me 'earties, yo ho . 18
19Yeah it did seem a little weird . Just say it "Look its Turaga Vahki ." Vahki sounds like more then one . And thats how we call them . There the Vahki . And I am thinking of ones for Toa Mangai .
1Yeah, there should be some criteria - you won't have to stick 100% to the Metru design (otherwise it would be boring - everything would look the same), but you won't be allowed to stray to far.
2NtM
3OFF-TOPIC: Good rock music and BZPower at the same time... could live be better?
4But they are not all from the same team so they can look different
1Yeah, there should be some criteria - you won't have to stick 100% to the Metru design (otherwise it would be boring - everything would look the same), but you won't be allowed to stray to far.
2NtM
3OFF-TOPIC: Good rock music and BZPower at the same time... could live be better?
4But they are not all from the same team so they can look different
5The Hagah ARE all from the same team.
this is verrrrrrry interesting. Why would tak carry a sundial around? 1Yeah, there should be some criteria - you won't have to stick 100% to the Metru design (otherwise it would be boring - everything would look the same), but you won't be allowed to stray to far.
2NtM
3OFF-TOPIC: Good rock music and BZPower at the same time... could live be better?
4But they are not all from the same team so they can look different
5The Hagah ARE all from the same team.
6Before they became Hagah, they had different teams.
1Yeah, there should be some criteria - you won't have to stick 100% to the Metru design (otherwise it would be boring - everything would look the same), but you won't be allowed to stray to far.
2NtM
3OFF-TOPIC: Good rock music and BZPower at the same time... could live be better?
4But they are not all from the same team so they can look different
5The Hagah ARE all from the same team.
6Before they became Hagah, they had different teams.
7I didnt know that . Lol . I wonder what teams .? Thats cool .
1Yeah, there should be some criteria - you won't have to stick 100% to the Metru design (otherwise it would be boring - everything would look the same), but you won't be allowed to stray to far.
2NtM
3OFF-TOPIC: Good rock music and BZPower at the same time... could live be better?
4But they are not all from the same team so they can look different
5The Hagah ARE all from the same team.
6Before they became Hagah, they had different teams.
7I know, but it says on Biosector that after they got grouped, they all received new armor to differentiate them as elite Toa.
1Yeah, there should be some criteria - you won't have to stick 100% to the Metru design (otherwise it would be boring - everything would look the same), but you won't be allowed to stray to far.
2NtM
3OFF-TOPIC: Good rock music and BZPower at the same time... could live be better?
4But they are not all from the same team so they can look different
5The Hagah ARE all from the same team.
6Before they became Hagah, they had different teams.
7I know, but it says on Biosector that after they got grouped, they all received new armor to differentiate them as elite Toa.
8He's got ya there, Valtika. And, from what we've seen, Iruini and Norik, they look similar anyways.
1Yeah, there should be some criteria - you won't have to stick 100% to the Metru design (otherwise it would be boring - everything would look the same), but you won't be allowed to stray to far.
2NtM
3OFF-TOPIC: Good rock music and BZPower at the same time... could live be better?
4But they are not all from the same team so they can look different
5The Hagah ARE all from the same team.
6Before they became Hagah, they had different teams.
7I know, but it says on Biosector that after they got grouped, they all received new armor to differentiate them as elite Toa.
8He's got ya there, Valtika. And, from what we've seen, Iruini and Norik, they look similar anyways.
9Yeah I think its better then having them differ from one another . And they should all have different color armor . Silver, Gold, Bronze, Chrome.... and so on .
11.) Could a Turaga of Light use their elemental light power, just like how the Av-Matoran are able to use their light power? 21) All Turaga have minor elemental abilities
32.) Were the Makuta given Kanohi masks to help control the Rahi they created, or were the masks created for a different purpose? 42) The former
53.) Was Icarax's name derived from Icarus? 63) No. With how hard it is to get names cleared through Legal checks, it's very hard to base a name on something, because 60%-70% of the names we submit don't make it through Legal
74.) On Zakaz are there Skakdi who have the elemental powers of magnetism, plant life, gravity, etc. or are there only the six basic elements? 84) There certainly could be Skakdi with other elements
95.) Is the Skakdi warlord Nektann the leader of Zakaz, or are there other warlords but he has the most influence on Zakaz? 105) There is no overall leader of Zakaz, Zakaz is in the midst of non-stop civil war
112 and 4 are kinda of interesting. But I wonder how the Felnas could help control Rahi?
32.) Were the Makuta given Kanohi masks to help control the Rahi they created, or were the masks created for a different purpose? 42) The former
53.) Was Icarax's name derived from Icarus? 63) No. With how hard it is to get names cleared through Legal checks, it's very hard to base a name on something, because 60%-70% of the names we submit don't make it through Legal
74.) On Zakaz are there Skakdi who have the elemental powers of magnetism, plant life, gravity, etc. or are there only the six basic elements? 84) There certainly could be Skakdi with other elements
95.) Is the Skakdi warlord Nektann the leader of Zakaz, or are there other warlords but he has the most influence on Zakaz? 105) There is no overall leader of Zakaz, Zakaz is in the midst of non-stop civil war
112 and 4 are kinda of interesting. But I wonder how the Felnas could help control Rahi?
1Well, it disrupts any sort of power, so if a Rahi with a powerful ability gets loose, the Felnas can help confuse it by disrupting it's power.
11. Is there any chance OoMN member stationed on Metru Nui will make an appearance?
22. Does TSO know Ancient's loyalty is the OoMN first and is a member, or does he think Ancient gained information on a powerful new orginization and believed it to be best for the OoMN and DHs to team up?
33. Do you believe Ancient could in fact have killed TSO if he had needed to?
44. You once said that Miserix was more cautious than Teridax. Would you say that due to his thirst for vengeance and millennia of imprisonment, that this caution has disappeared?
55. We've seen the OoMN attempting to make alliances with the DH and the Skakdi, but have they bothered to reveal their existence to the various Toa across the universe? Krakua, Helryx, and the Toa Mahri being obvious exceptions of course.
66. You said the Keystones are the keys to waking up Mata Nui. Is this because of what's written on them, or because they are needed to access the Codrex?
77. Is Mata Nui capable of creating Toa from nothing, or is he only able to turn Matoran into Toa?
88. I heard that Dwellers in Darkness will focus on the Toa Hagah looking for Teridax. How would they even know that Teridax is alive or in hiding?
99. Will the OoMN make an attempt to contact Artahka to aid them in the war?
101) They already have. BIONICLE Legends #10 - Brutaka, Helryx and Krakua all appear in that book. 112) He does not know Ancient betrayed the DH to the OOMN, no 123) Yup 134) No. Miserix is doing what he was told to do -- stir up trouble so that the BOM knows he's back and starts looking over their shoulders for him. 145) They will eventually 156) Both 167) Well, Artakha created Toa from nothing, so one has to assume Mata Nui could as well. 178) Follow the story and find out. 189) Artakha has always supplied the Order with equipment, so I would assume that would continue. Artakha is not a warrior and does not have an army, so supplying weapons is all he would do.
22. Does TSO know Ancient's loyalty is the OoMN first and is a member, or does he think Ancient gained information on a powerful new orginization and believed it to be best for the OoMN and DHs to team up?
33. Do you believe Ancient could in fact have killed TSO if he had needed to?
44. You once said that Miserix was more cautious than Teridax. Would you say that due to his thirst for vengeance and millennia of imprisonment, that this caution has disappeared?
55. We've seen the OoMN attempting to make alliances with the DH and the Skakdi, but have they bothered to reveal their existence to the various Toa across the universe? Krakua, Helryx, and the Toa Mahri being obvious exceptions of course.
66. You said the Keystones are the keys to waking up Mata Nui. Is this because of what's written on them, or because they are needed to access the Codrex?
77. Is Mata Nui capable of creating Toa from nothing, or is he only able to turn Matoran into Toa?
88. I heard that Dwellers in Darkness will focus on the Toa Hagah looking for Teridax. How would they even know that Teridax is alive or in hiding?
99. Will the OoMN make an attempt to contact Artahka to aid them in the war?
101) They already have. BIONICLE Legends #10 - Brutaka, Helryx and Krakua all appear in that book. 112) He does not know Ancient betrayed the DH to the OOMN, no 123) Yup 134) No. Miserix is doing what he was told to do -- stir up trouble so that the BOM knows he's back and starts looking over their shoulders for him. 145) They will eventually 156) Both 167) Well, Artakha created Toa from nothing, so one has to assume Mata Nui could as well. 178) Follow the story and find out. 189) Artakha has always supplied the Order with equipment, so I would assume that would continue. Artakha is not a warrior and does not have an army, so supplying weapons is all he would do.
15. We've seen the OoMN attempting to make alliances with the DH and the Skakdi, but have they bothered to reveal their existence to the various Toa across the universe? Krakua, Helryx, and the Toa Mahri being obvious exceptions of course.
25) They will eventually
3hmm i wonder if they will call all the toa that are still alive together?
1Hmmm. He said that Arthaka has been supplying them with Equiptment, and that Arthaka could make Toa from nothing. 2Could he put those two together? 
3~B~
4You mean like supplying armed Toa? Hm... I don't know how to put this, so I'll say in the most easiest way; THAT WOULD BE FRICKIN' AWESOME . . . . . .
1Hmmm. He said that Arthaka has been supplying them with Equiptment, and that Arthaka could make Toa from nothing. 2Could he put those two together?
3~B~
4You mean like supplying armed Toa? Hm... I don't know how to put this, so I'll say in the most easiest way; THAT WOULD BE FRICKIN' AWESOME . . . . . .
5Then couldn't the OOMN be unstoppable? Artahka could just keep making Toa and send them into battle and hope they eventually get lucky and win.
1Except we don't have a single clue how Toa are made from scratch, so for all we now it's a very resource-wasting process or in another way problematic.
1I think he's just not good at making Rahi, Toa he CAN do- but he cannot seem to build any good adaptive armour, they're all clone sets
2-Freeze
3They're not all clone sets. The 2003 Nuva were more clone-ish than the Mistika/Phantoka. Really, don't be so silly.
4I PMed Greg about the shape of Mata Nui in the MNOLG, and he said it was the game designers and not him. Darn game designers.
1Hmmm. He said that Arthaka has been supplying them with Equiptment, and that Arthaka could make Toa from nothing. 2Could he put those two together?
3~B~
4You mean like supplying armed Toa? Hm... I don't know how to put this, so I'll say in the most easiest way; THAT WOULD BE FRICKIN' AWESOME . . . . . .
5Then couldn't the OOMN be unstoppable? Artahka could just keep making Toa and send them into battle and hope they eventually get lucky and win.
6I was thinking both of those. 7But Arthaka could still make Toa. He's supplying them with reinforcments/supplies, so wouldn't Toa count? 8Remember when DHs were attacking Metru Nui when Nidhiki was still a Toa? 9Hundreds of Toa came to help. Why not do it again?
10~B~
1Hmmm. He said that Arthaka has been supplying them with Equiptment, and that Arthaka could make Toa from nothing. 2Could he put those two together?
3~B~
4You mean like supplying armed Toa? Hm... I don't know how to put this, so I'll say in the most easiest way; THAT WOULD BE FRICKIN' AWESOME . . . . . .
5Then couldn't the OOMN be unstoppable? Artahka could just keep making Toa and send them into battle and hope they eventually get lucky and win.
6I was thinking both of those. 7But Arthaka could still make Toa. He's supplying them with reinforcments/supplies, so wouldn't Toa count? 8Remember when DHs were attacking Metru Nui when Nidhiki was still a Toa? 9Hundreds of Toa came to help. Why not do it again?
10~B~
11Remember also that they would be novice Toa, and the Nuva are ooooold and trained. It all comes down to them in the core right now, sending an army of untrained Toa at six Makuta would be murder.
1Even if Artahka did supply a Toa army, you still have to train them. All of them. That could take more time than can be spared. The Order has to sacrifice a warrior to train the Toa, and that is assuming that they are all like the Toa Mata. It just isn't plausible.
1Not really worth posting, but whatever.
15Owned
2Hello Greg. I was wondering, On BS01, regarding the Ignika's curse, it says the following:
3Gadunka - Could devolve beings, including itself.
4Now, Gadunka couldn't devolve himself without having evolved. Does this mean that all gadunka will eventually evolve into larger beings?
5Thanks in advance.
6Owned
7Off the top of my head, I don't recall Gadunka ever devolving anyone. So I am not sure where they got that idea from.
81-From BL8, Downfall:
9The Mask of Life responded with fear and anger to being taken from Matoro. It lashed out, granting Gadunka the power to devolve virtually anything it touched into its original state. The effects were immediate. Before Nuparu's startled eyes, the Rahi began to shrink.
10And one more:
112- Exactly how many years after the Barraki were defeated did the Makuta evolve into energy?
12Thanks again.
13Owned
14I don't have an exact date
15Owned
1Remember that they had the knowledge of past toa's mistakes to guide them, and they got to see the Nuva in action first-hand. These new toa would have only been self-aware for moments. Big difference.
1Hmmm. He said that Arthaka has been supplying them with Equiptment, and that Arthaka could make Toa from nothing. 2Could he put those two together?
3~B~
4You mean like supplying armed Toa? Hm... I don't know how to put this, so I'll say in the most easiest way; THAT WOULD BE FRICKIN' AWESOME . . . . . .
5Then couldn't the OOMN be unstoppable? Artahka could just keep making Toa and send them into battle and hope they eventually get lucky and win.
6I was thinking both of those. 7But Arthaka could still make Toa. He's supplying them with reinforcments/supplies, so wouldn't Toa count? 8Remember when DHs were attacking Metru Nui when Nidhiki was still a Toa? 9Hundreds of Toa came to help. Why not do it again?
10~B~
11Remember also that they would be novice Toa, and the Nuva are ooooold and trained. It all comes down to them in the core right now, sending an army of untrained Toa at six Makuta would be murder.
12Massacre you mean