1I would think that first, the iron would blast outwards from the toa, and slam into everything really hard. thats how it would get to be covered in iron. so I don't think that anyone hit by it would be living. 
1you might not be living, but you would have the most realistic statue of you in the world. And hey, what is the matter with being encased in Iron, it would look cool in a few thousand years.
2"And this is Makuta Mutran, carfully preserved in a layer of Iron which happened when he got on the wrong side of a Nova blast."
2"And this is Makuta Mutran, carfully preserved in a layer of Iron which happened when he got on the wrong side of a Nova blast."
1Yep, to bad there are almost no Toa of Iron left
1you might not be living, but you would have the most realistic statue of you in the world. And hey, what is the matter with being encased in Iron, it would look cool in a few thousand years.
2"And this is Makuta Mutran, carfully preserved in a layer of Iron which happened when he got on the wrong side of a Nova blast."
3Any side of a Nova Blast is the wrong side, it's like a mine-nuke going off .
4But getting a bit off-topic here... 5I sent Greg a PM about mask powers, I'll probably get an answer in while.
1you might not be living, but you would have the most realistic statue of you in the world. And hey, what is the matter with being encased in Iron, it would look cool in a few thousand years.
2"And this is Makuta Mutran, carfully preserved in a layer of Iron which happened when he got on the wrong side of a Nova blast."
3"Until he used his Density powers, got out of this shell, and completely obliterated the Toa of Iron." 4=P 5Khote
1I am guessing a toa of magnetism's nova blast would be where everything is magnetic and everything is crushed by the high level of magnetism. (As in, it gets crushed by pulling itself together, as if it was being crumpled up without someone doing it.)
1I am guessing a toa of magnetism's nova blast would be where everything is magnetic and everything is crushed by the high level of magnetism. (As in, it gets crushed by pulling itself together, as if it was being crumpled up without someone doing it.)
2I though I had a PM from Greg saying that it would be somewhat close to an EMP. Which, I'd assume, would be quite bad for a bio mech being.
1you might not be living, but you would have the most realistic statue of you in the world. And hey, what is the matter with being encased in Iron, it would look cool in a few thousand years.
2"And this is Makuta Mutran, carfully preserved in a layer of Iron which happened when he got on the wrong side of a Nova blast."
3"Until he used his Density powers, got out of this shell, and completely obliterated the Toa of Iron." 4=P 5Khote
6Did you see the part where I mentioned he'd be dead?
1I am guessing a toa of magnetism's nova blast would be where everything is magnetic and everything is crushed by the high level of magnetism. (As in, it gets crushed by pulling itself together, as if it was being crumpled up without someone doing it.)
2I though I had a PM from Greg saying that it would be somewhat close to an EMP. Which, I'd assume, would be quite bad for a bio mech being.
3The first sounds more like what a Gravity Nova would do. I imagine the effect to be somewhat like Nuhvok-Kal's death: crushed by a mini-black hole. 4The Electromagnetic Pulse doesn't sound too good for any biomechanical being, no. For those who don't know, an EMP is capable of erasing data from as good as any piece of computer hardware there is. And we have a lot of those.
1It would probably create a Black Hole. But guys, we're getting off topic.
1Hey Greg.
21. We haven't seen/heard of Lariska's species before, have we? 31a. Are super-agility and senses natural traits of the species, or just Lariska? 42. Prototype was found in a swamp with his armor damaged, and Ravager was found wandering the coastline of an unknown island. If anyone could actually damage Prototype's armor, it would be Ravager. So, the way I interpret this is that Ravager and Prototype somehow ended up on the same island. They had a fight, and Ravager damaged Prototype's armor. Ravager left to wander the coastline, and Prototype hid in a swamp. The Dark Hunters came, picked them both up, and recruited them. Would that be right? I just saw an open spot and thought that would made sense. 53. Does a Toa Hordika's Rhotuka spinner always have their elemental power? It seemed that way with the Toa Metru Hordika, but Savage's Rhotuka paralyzes. 64. I don't mean this as a suggestion, for the record. I was just thinking about the fact that the Brotherhood of Makuta took out most of the Toa of Iron and Magnetism. You also said that there is at least one Toa of both elements left. I don't see why the Makuta would do a half-job, unless they didn't know the Toa existed or knew they weren't a threat. We know there is an un-elemented Toa in stasis in TSO's fortress. So, would he be the last Toa of Magnetism or Iron? It make sense, because the Makuta aren't known to take half-measures, and that Toa is no threat whatsoever.
7Thank you for your time.
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91) No 101a) No, they are things she trained to obtain 112) See my latest blog entry 123) No, not necessarily 134) No
141. Darn. 151a. Sweet. 162. Uh...I didn't mean that as a suggestion - just a question and the reason I was asking. 173. Okay, that kinda makes sense. 184. Darn...
19Drink up, me 'earties, yo ho . 20
1Very interesting discussion I had with Greg this time (no pun intended)....
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21. What kind of work did Dweller do before the Metru Nui assignment? More waiting and watching?
32. Is TSO still the leader of the DHs after the DM Odina attack? Or have they all just gone into hiding now?
43. What did the Empire do with Odina after the invasion? Did they leave it uninhabited?
54. Is Voporak still looking for the Vahi?
65. Why did Toa Naho help TSO escape in DM?
76. It is possible we could see the Energized Protodermis Entity later this year?
87. How do you pronounce Teridax?
98. Let's say, that sometime before Bitil was sent to Karda Nui, he fought a Toa of Ice. The Toa had frozen Bitil in super hard ice, but Bitil was able to survive via Ice Resistance and kill the Toa. If that Toa had survived, he would decided to go rouge and kill Teridax.
10In present time, Bitil uses his Mohtrek to summon himself right before he is trapped in his icy prison. Past Bitil is mutated by the swamp waters, and Present Bitil eventually has to sent Past Bitil back. But without his Ice Resistance power, Past Bitil cannot survive the super hard ice, and dies.
11Now that Toa of Ice goes rouge and kills Teridax, That means Bitil is never sent to Karda Nui, and never summons himself (from that time anyways). This creates a paradox. Is the timeline now ultimately destroyed?
12Thanks Greg .
131) Most likely assassination. His mental powers are very potent 142) There's nothing left to be leader of, really. 153) Occupied it 164) No, he knows where it is. But Ancient told him an assault on Metru Nui, especially now, would be impractical. 175) She was rebelling against Tuyet 186) I have no plans for that. I am getting tons of requests from people to put different things into story, and there is no way to do them all. I don't want the story to just be a laundry list of cameo appearances. 197) the-rih-dacks 208) First, how do you know mutated Bitil does not have his ice resistance power? But let's say he doesn't -- what would happen is you would create an alternate timeline where Bitil died in the past, and Teridax dies, etc. Just as in the Kingdom or Dark Mirror, when something happens, all the other things that could have happened end up in alternative universes of their own.
213. Did they build a base or something there? Or did they just take the already build DH base?
224. How is it impractical?
238. But the Kingdom and DM dimensions were made by opposite decisions, not duplication through time.
24(New Questions)
251. How could DM Tuyet rule a universe with such a small numer of Toa? I know there were at least 300 Toa around that time, but that doesn't even seem like a high enough number to take down Odina.
262. Were the Matoran created with the knowledge of Mata Nui someday coming to watch over them? Or was it something they learned later?
27Thanks again Greg .
283) The latter 294) There were six Toa there when they first discovered the mask was there, and the DH did not know the whereabouts of the Nuva at that point, meaning they could show up and you would have 11 Toa to deal with. Not good odds. 308) I don't understand your question. Everything you laid out in your theory is the result of a decision -- the decision to summon non-mutated Bitil, the decision by him to go into the swamp water, the decision by the Toa to let him die in the trap (already unlikely, since Toa don't kill), etc. And each decision creates a myriad of alt. universes where other options took place.
311) It is you know how to strike with precision. Even the DH need resources to survive -- cut off those resources, and the organization crumbles. You don't beat an enemy by killing every soldier, you beat him by cutting off his funds, cutting off his weapon supply, cutting off his raw materials. 322) I would say they all had some awareness of Mata Nui, yes
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1all this talk of Alternate Universes and time alterting drives me crazy. Greg should have not created a mask that messes with time, it drives people crazy trying to get it all laid out, not to mention creating questions that still aren't answered.
1all this talk of Alternate Universes and time alterting drives me crazy. Greg should have not created a mask that messes with time, it drives people crazy trying to get it all laid out, not to mention creating questions that still aren't answered.
2Well, it doesn't mess with time if used properly.
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11) It is you know how to strike with precision. Even the DH need resources to survive -- cut off those resources, and the organization crumbles. You don't beat an enemy by killing every soldier, you beat him by cutting off his funds, cutting off his weapon supply, cutting off his raw materials.
2This reminds me of dwellers in darkness, with the DH cutting off their weapons supply. Maybe Greg is hinting at future events.
1you might not be living, but you would have the most realistic statue of you in the world. And hey, what is the matter with being encased in Iron, it would look cool in a few thousand years.
2"And this is Makuta Mutran, carfully preserved in a layer of Iron which happened when he got on the wrong side of a Nova blast."
3"Until he used his Density powers, got out of this shell, and completely obliterated the Toa of Iron." 4=P 5Khote
6Did you see the part where I mentioned he'd be dead?
7You can't kill energy by hitting it with some iron, Cytua
. 8I have more faith on my single Makuta than a single Toa. 9I am guessing a toa of magnetism's nova blast would be where everything is magnetic and everything is crushed by the high level of magnetism. (As in, it gets crushed by pulling itself together, as if it was being crumpled up without someone doing it.)
10I though I had a PM from Greg saying that it would be somewhat close to an EMP. Which, I'd assume, would be quite bad for a bio mech being.
11The first sounds more like what a Gravity Nova would do. I imagine the effect to be somewhat like Nuhvok-Kal's death: crushed by a mini-black hole. 12The Electromagnetic Pulse doesn't sound too good for any biomechanical being, no. For those who don't know, an EMP is capable of erasing data from as good as any piece of computer hardware there is. And we have a lot of those.
13That's not what an EMP does. That's just an effect of negating all kind of electrical or magnetic energy in an area.
14It would probably create a Black Hole. But guys, we're getting off topic.
15No we are not. People, this is the Official Greg DISCUSSION, and we're DISCUSSING one of his answers. Otherwise, this would be the "Official site to just post Greg's answers" Topic. 16Khote
11 what is the toa code? 22 were all makuta helpful when miserix was in charge? 33 how would you compare Teridax to Miserix? 43a how would you compare teridax to the shadowed one? 54 does Icarax think teridax is dead? 65 is antroz leader of the 6 makuta in karda nui? 76 does MoMN want the mask of shadows back? 87 can vultraz clone himself? 98 are mazeka and vultraz brothers?
11 what is the toa code? 22 were all makuta helpful when miserix was in charge? 33 how would you compare Teridax to Miserix? 43a how would you compare teridax to the shadowed one? 54 does Icarax think teridax is dead? 65 is antroz leader of the 6 makuta in karda nui? 76 does MoMN want the mask of shadows back? 87 can vultraz clone himself? 98 are mazeka and vultraz brothers?
10You have to PM these to Greg.
There is a link on the first page. 11Hope this Helps. 12~B~
1~Bitil~, don't answer any questions people ask here, just point them to the front page.
1Just one quickie question for now:
2A couple months ago, a topic arose in S&T over what the prefix for the element of Plantlife would be. This just got me thinking: since you recently revealed the Iron elemental prefix, do you have any plans to reveal any others, like Gravity, Sonics or Plantlife? Or is "Fe-Matoran" as far as we're ever going to get on the qubject?
3Thanks for your time
4Not unless story requires me to. Basically, with my current schedule, I don't have the spare time focus on anything I don't actually need for the work I am doing.
5So...no more Matoran names ;_;
2A couple months ago, a topic arose in S&T over what the prefix for the element of Plantlife would be. This just got me thinking: since you recently revealed the Iron elemental prefix, do you have any plans to reveal any others, like Gravity, Sonics or Plantlife? Or is "Fe-Matoran" as far as we're ever going to get on the qubject?
3Thanks for your time
4Not unless story requires me to. Basically, with my current schedule, I don't have the spare time focus on anything I don't actually need for the work I am doing.
5So...no more Matoran names ;_;
6WHo knows, maybe, if there is a serial in the Matoran Universe next year, Greg might reveal some?
1Just some doubts I/we had:
2Is Krahka's favored form that of Toa Metru Nokama? 3Is it only because they are both female? 4Um, no. 5I was pretty sure she used Nokama's form when she needed a "normal" body -- didn't she fight Roodaka as Nokama? 6Is Mantax' tail organic or biomechanical? (I'm pretty sure it's biomechanical, but some friends are asking about it) 7Bio-mechanical 8+1 to Khote =D 9Is the energy from Karda Nui that, when diluted in water, becomes mutagenic, the same energy that makes light beings bigger? (Takanuva, Av-Matoran) 10No 11I was pretty sure that explained the energy thing... guess he comes up with something better than that then -- he hasn't explained Takanuva's growth in any official site yet.
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2Is Krahka's favored form that of Toa Metru Nokama? 3Is it only because they are both female? 4Um, no. 5I was pretty sure she used Nokama's form when she needed a "normal" body -- didn't she fight Roodaka as Nokama? 6Is Mantax' tail organic or biomechanical? (I'm pretty sure it's biomechanical, but some friends are asking about it) 7Bio-mechanical 8+1 to Khote =D 9Is the energy from Karda Nui that, when diluted in water, becomes mutagenic, the same energy that makes light beings bigger? (Takanuva, Av-Matoran) 10No 11I was pretty sure that explained the energy thing... guess he comes up with something better than that then -- he hasn't explained Takanuva's growth in any official site yet.
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1Well, the energy that makes light beings taller is the energy of Karda Nui, which is mostly light.
1THis just came in:
161) How could it be confidential? I you think about it, what if I wanted to make a Teridax Inc, and LEGO suied me? I could easily argue as defendant that the company's list of copyrighted terms was not able to be accessed. 172) oh well. 183) I hope FB is good... 194) ok 205) I wonder who?
21~iVahi
22p.s. Did you see Greg's new sig? It explains why he always answers "I can't answer that"
2Hi Greg-
3How are you today. Great update on the Takanuva Blog by the way. I was wondering if you could take some time to answer some questions.
41) Is their any way to get a list of the approved BIONICLE names?
52) Will you reveal 2009 info at the next Library event, as the final battle will have been published by then?
63) How do you like TFB? I know TT is your favorite book, but how does FB compare?
74) Just a question, not looking for names, but do you have a new favorite character for 2009?
85) Is it true that one 2001-2008 character will be in 2009? And, if so will we know who it is by the end of this year who it is?
9thanks
10~iVahi
111) No. It's confidential info. 122) I doubt it. The book will only have been out a couple weeks at that point, a lot of the people at the event may not have read it yet. 133) I still like TT better 144) Too early to know 155) Yes, and I have no idea if you will know or not
161) How could it be confidential? I you think about it, what if I wanted to make a Teridax Inc, and LEGO suied me? I could easily argue as defendant that the company's list of copyrighted terms was not able to be accessed. 172) oh well. 183) I hope FB is good... 194) ok 205) I wonder who?
21~iVahi
22p.s. Did you see Greg's new sig? It explains why he always answers "I can't answer that"
1My guess is that the 2001-2008 character is
3This has been spoiler-tagged for those who haven't read Planetperson's "The Big Picture" or my "How the Matoran Universe Works - A theoretical guide" yet and chose not to occupy themselves with the assumptions made in the topics before we actually get to the point where the theories get proven or disproven. Other than that, this is no real spoiler. But it is a good guess, if you consider the theories.
4NtM
2Mata Nui.
3This has been spoiler-tagged for those who haven't read Planetperson's "The Big Picture" or my "How the Matoran Universe Works - A theoretical guide" yet and chose not to occupy themselves with the assumptions made in the topics before we actually get to the point where the theories get proven or disproven. Other than that, this is no real spoiler. But it is a good guess, if you consider the theories.
4NtM
1My guess is that the 2001-2008 character is 2Mata Nui.
3This has been spoiler-tagged for those who haven't read Planetperson's "The Big Picture" or my "How the Matoran Universe Works - A theoretical guide" yet and chose not to occupy themselves with the assumptions made in the topics before we actually get to the point where the theories get proven or disproven. Other than that, this is no real spoiler. But it is a good guess, if you consider the theories.
4NtM
5How does this fit into OGD?
1it fits by commenting on one of Greg's Answers, this is the Official Greg DISCUSSION, we can discuss his answers... and I think talking about whether or not somebody is spamming, is also spamming...
2On-topic - It is kind of wierd that we will have no clue who the person in 2009 will be at the end of TFB, you would think we would know, since the book leads right into the 2009 story.
2On-topic - It is kind of wierd that we will have no clue who the person in 2009 will be at the end of TFB, you would think we would know, since the book leads right into the 2009 story.
11) How could it be confidential? I you think about it, what if I wanted to make a Teridax Inc, and LEGO suied me? I could easily argue as defendant that the company's list of copyrighted terms was not able to be accessed.
2I think he means it's confidential in that he won't reveal them to the fans until they're used.
1Well, but if Mata Nui is the Universe, he could be a character without the story taking place in the Matoran Universe - we would be outside of his body, so not in the Matoran Universe, and he still could be around. And if we suppose these theories are true, then he was present as a character from 2001 up to today, we just didn't know it. But let's not discuss this further here - their are two topics on the subject and arguing about a secret-to-be-revealed leads nowhere, as there are arguments for both sides one can't fully disarm without knowing the truth. Guess we'll have to wait till Fall to know who/what Mata Nui is and then till the end of the year when first details about the next year have usually already found their way to BZP in the one or the other way, and then we'll probably know the answer to the question which known character will be around next year.
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3EDIT: And Hewkii#1, Greg said he has plans for the two that go beyond 2008, but he hasn't stated that they'd appear in the serials next year - it could well be that we'll have to wait some years until a possible return to the Matoran Universe. Although I do believe that it will be in the serial, I just needed to keep the facts straight - facts and theories often mix on BZP and in the end few are really certain what has been said and what not. If I am mistaken and Greg said they'll be in a serial, I apologize, but could you provide a quote?
2NtM
3EDIT: And Hewkii#1, Greg said he has plans for the two that go beyond 2008, but he hasn't stated that they'd appear in the serials next year - it could well be that we'll have to wait some years until a possible return to the Matoran Universe. Although I do believe that it will be in the serial, I just needed to keep the facts straight - facts and theories often mix on BZP and in the end few are really certain what has been said and what not. If I am mistaken and Greg said they'll be in a serial, I apologize, but could you provide a quote?
1Well, but if Mata Nui is the Universe, he could be a character without the story taking place in the Matoran Universe - we would be outside of his body, so not in the Matoran Universe, and he still could be around. And if we suppose these theories are true, then he was present as a character from 2001 up to today, we just didn't know it. But let's not discuss this further here - their are two topics on the subject and arguing about a secret-to-be-revealed leads nowhere, as there are arguments for both sides one can't fully disarm without knowing the truth. Guess we'll have to wait till Fall to know who/what Mata Nui is and then till the end of the year when first details about the next year have usually already found their way to BZP in the one or the other way, and then we'll probably know the answer to the question which known character will be around next year.
2NtM
3EDIT: And Hewkii#1, Greg said he has plans for the two that go beyond 2008, but he hasn't stated that they'd appear in the serials next year - it could well be that we'll have to wait some years until a possible return to the Matoran Universe. Although I do believe that it will be in the serial, I just needed to keep the facts straight - facts and theories often mix on BZP and in the end few are really certain what has been said and what not. If I am mistaken and Greg said they'll be in a serial, I apologize, but could you provide a quote?
4wait, if the plan fails, Teridax dies, but if he'll be alive next year, then that means the plan will succeed .