Taka Toa of Twilight Mar 25, 2008, 7:56 AM

1Hey Greg. Quick Question.
2Mutran is the Makuta of only Voya Nui, right?
3No, he is the Makuta of an entire chunk of the continent which happened to include Voya Nui.

41) So is the Tren Krom Penninsula part of the continent as well? 52) Were any of the Barraki originally a Vortixx? 63) Were any of them a member of Krekka's species? 74) Sidorak's? 85) Botar's? 96) Does Takanuva grow after or before DM? 107) Willl Lesovikk be in the summer serials? 118)Have you planned out what the summer serials will basically be about? 129) Is Gorast's mask power disruption? 1310) Is Bitil's mask power summoning different versions of himself from the past? I have heard this, but I'm not sure if it is true. 1411) There are other female Makuta, right? 1512) If there are, about how many out of the original 100 were female? 1613) Is it true that the Final Battle originally have another name? 1714) Will you ever be able to tell us what it is? 1815) Is Krakua's island fortress in the Matoran universe? 1916) Is it going to be in 2009?
20That is all for now.

211) What land mass it is a part of has not been revealed yet 222) No 233) No 244) No 255) No 266) After 277) It's possible, but not certain yet 288) Yup 299) Yes 3010) Yes 3111) No 3212) No idea 3313) Yes 3414) After 2008, yes 3515) Yes 3616) No

37So whoever said the time thing with Bitil was right. Sweet mask power, but kind of strange.
38

Taka Toa of Twilight Mar 25, 2008, 4:24 PM

1Greg said that it gives away the eneding, so it might not affect 2009.
2

2Hi greg, hope you don't mind answering these.
31. Tren Krom did the wall /spike thing in FoF similarly to how teridax did the pillars of protodermis in LoMN, right? 42. Did he mean to give mutran the info? 53. Does vezon's spear (in FoF)have any powers 63b.takadox's sword 73c.carapar's sword 8I hope you can part with thes few smidgeons of knowledge 9Toa Robert

101) Hasn't been revealed 112) No, but when he looks into your mind, often you look into his 123) No 133b) No 143c) No

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16"Binary Scrabble was fundamentally flawed, since every combination of ones and zeroes made a word and it was impossible not to put all your tiles down every turn." -- Jasper Fforde, The Fourth Bear

11.) Could a Toa of Iron halt a being in their tracks, (because every biomechanical being has metalic parts,) just like a Toa of Ice could halt an avalanche or a Toa of Water could halt a tidal wave?

21.) Under those circumstances, yes

• 2Seeing as any regular Toa can become evil by his or her choice, is it possible for a Matoran/Toa of Shadow to be good? 3No. The reason a normal Toa can turn bad is that they have both light and darkness in them, as we all do, and so can make moral choices. A Toa of Shadow has no light in them, so no way to choose good.
• 4When a Toa of Shadow is created, does he/she feel obliged to serve anyone? Supposedly, the one responsible for them becoming a Toa of Shadow in the first place? 5Since they are evil, they would serve the cause of evil. They would not feel like "I must obey the Makuta," but if they saw personal gain from doing so, they would.
• 6Is it possible for a regular Toa to become a Toa of Shadow by their own will, and revert to their previous state, provided they didn't have their light drained? 7No.
• 8Why don't Matoran/Toa who've been drained of their light get to keep their old element and just become evil? Or perhaps the switching of elements is just part of the whole process? 9Because using a standard (non light or shadow) element requires there to be a balance in the person. A Toa or Matoran of Shadow is not in balance, because they have no light. A being who was all shadow or all light would not be able to use elements other than light or shadow.

3Hello Greg . 4First of all, I just read BL9. I love it. The comic relief and character development were my favorite parts. It's nice to see both Toa Ignika and Kopaka grow.
5I have a few question I was hoping you would answer.
61) In a PM sometime ago, you told me Gorast's Mask of Disruption "had to do something with power use". Will her mask stop or make it hard for the victim to control their power? 71a) If yes, is it Elemental power, physical power or mask power?
82) Will the name "Artidax" be used in the summer?
93) Who was the first shadow Matoran, Vican or Vultraz?
104) Does Vultraz wear a Kanohi?
115) There is something in the swamp that is "equally as important as the Ignika". It is something other than the keystones, correct? 125a) If yes, is it connected to the Ignika?
136) Is Toa Ignika's power level that of a Toa Nuva?
147) What is the extent of the devolution/evolution powers of Toa Ignika? I mean, if there was no limit, he could "evolve" the victim until he/she died.
158) In the BBC, you said there are 5 Makuta Building Contest winners, one of which is GreenBioGuy. The Grand prize winner will be the Miserix (I'm not a Brickmaster, so I'm not sure), is GBG the grand prize winner?
16Thank you for the reply. 17[=-Midnighter-=]

181) Elemental 192) I will probably use it someplace, might as well 203) Vican 214) Matoran Kanohi, yes 225) Correct 235a) No, it is connected to the Toa, actually. 246) Yes and no. The Mask of Life has enormous power, more than an average Toa does, but the mask power cannot be shared, so in that respect, Nuva are better. 257) He certainly could, yes. 268) No. GBG is one of the four first prize winners. Grand Prize winner is female.

272) Possibly for a mask? 284) So it's safe to assume there will be no name or power for it? 295a) The Toa Nuva or Toa in general? 307) Would this take a lot of time and energy? 317a) And I just thought about this, does Toa Ignika have Toa Energy or Elemental Energy? 329) Do Makuta have something similar to elemental energy for their shadow powers (A limit)? 3310) Some time ago, you said that the Tools the Makuta have channel their shadow energy similar to Toa tools. Could it channel their Kraata powers as well?
34Thanks Greg. Very interesting stuff . 35[=-Midnighter-=]

362) No idea 374) Correct 385a) The Nuva, from when they were Mata 397) Time, not much, energy, a decent amount 409) Yes 4110) They don't really need their tools for that purpose

1Hello.
21. How did Vakama activate the Vahi in LoMN before he had even learned to control his own mask?
32. Could Destral teleport onto dry land as a hill?
43. As islands are essentially partially-submerged mountains, when Destral teleports, does the entire underwater landmass below it teleport too, or does it just sort of float? 53a. If it does, what happens if it teleports to a deeper part of the ocean? Does it sink?

61) Just found the right way to do it .. it's a mental thing, and as with the other Toa, it seems to just suddenly happen -- you just "get it" 72) Wouldn't be the smartest thing in the world to do, since you run the risk of merging your land mass with another one when you materialize 83) We don't know that it is that sort of an island 93a) No, it floats

102. But it would be cool thing to do.
113. If not that kind of island, what else would it be? Does it float Voya-Nui style but without a cord?
12And one more question I just thought up:
131. I remember someone asking you how Kopaka flies without engines on his wings, and I believe you just gave a vague response that the armor was capable of flight. (Which I can't exactly blame you for.) 14Anyways, because they have many lines and holes running up them, I've been imagining that the wings work something like a Kahu's wings. (Except probably all blue and icy and such.) 15Would you say this is fairly accurate?

163) Fact is, we have no reason to believe any island in BIONICLE works the way a standard Earth island does ... for all we know, something else could be responsible for holding them in place rather than their being partially submerged mountains. 171) No idea. I haven't worried about the science of it, I don't have the spare time.

2good afternoon greg, i just have a few questions:
31. lets say bitil used his mask and summoned himself from the past, wat would happen if the bitil from the past would get killed, wouldnt that be kinda confusing, seeingthat bitis present self would not exist
42. now lets say past bitil get damaged, would the damage heal when he goes back to his timeline
53. when takanuva gets to karda nui, would he recognize krika, or was he in a different form in dm
64. could a shadow leech drain the light off of toa ignika 74a. and if it could, will it become a toa of shaddow 84b. and would it still have its life powers
95. would tahu and com. run into matoros mask 105a. if yes would they take it with them
116. what was tahu and com. looking for in the swamp initially, scince they didnt know about the keystones
127. did the mistika see toa ignika blast off from the swamp
138. what would a nova blast of gravity be like
149. what were matoros feelings toward nokama when they were toa metru
1510. im kinda confused about the volitak, does it actually make you invisible, or does it only dampen the sound that the person makes
1611. will the toa hagahs mask powers be revieled
17thak you in advance

181) If one his past selves gets killed, his present self would cease to exist. 192) No. 203) Different form 214) Hard to say, because Ignika is not a living being the way Tahu or Takanuva is -- it's an object that made a body for itself. As such, it most likely would not have light and shadow in it like a normal being would. 225) No. Matoro's body ceased to exist, including his mask, it was converted into energy. 236) What they are looking for is the Ignika 247) No 258) A wave of gravitic energy 269) Huh? Matoro was not a Toa Metru. Nokama was. Matoro was an Inika and a Mahri. 2710) Volitak makes you harder to see, it does not make you invisible 2811) It's certainly possible

291.) so if he wouldnt exist, then what would happen to anyone his present self damaged or killed
302.) then how is the battle damage healed, because woldnt they notice that they were summoned becasue of the battle damage
316.) they how do they find out about the keystones, if the toa phantoka bearley found out after the toa mistika left
329.) im sorry i ment matau not matoro
33new questions.
341.) are the makuta phantoka afraid of the toa ignika because of what he did to icarax
352.) will antroz hit the swamp, as he is falling because of icarax's gravity power

361) Nothing, because you would wind up with an even bigger paradox if we undid everything he did. If we undo everthing he did, then he never came to Karda Nui, and so never summoned his duplicates, and so one couldn't die, and he wouldn't have ceased to exist. Would give you a headache 372) The fact that you know you must have been summoned really doesn't matter, if you don't know where to or what happened there. 386) Because Lewa tells the Mistika in comic 12.5, which is going to be on the web. 399) They were friends. There is no romance in BIONICLE. 401) No. Makuta don't fear much of anything. 412) No, because he has Makuta down below to save him

1Do the Visorak still see Vakama as there leader?

2No -- Vakama is a Turaga now, they wouldn't even recognize him. They knew him as a Toa Hordika.

16) Because Lewa tells the Mistika in comic 12.5, which is going to be on the web.

2That's cool, we get an online comic.

Shadow-Nui Mar 25, 2008, 2:58 PM

16) Because Lewa tells the Mistika in comic 12.5, which is going to be on the web.

2That's cool, we get an online comic.

3Well, that's better than nothing, since we won't have to beg Adventurer or another Australian BZPer for scans.

~ShadowBolt~ Mar 25, 2008, 12:10 PM

Shadow-Nui Mar 25, 2008, 2:58 PM

16) Because Lewa tells the Mistika in comic 12.5, which is going to be on the web.

2That's cool, we get an online comic.

3Well, that's better than nothing, since we won't have to beg Adventurer or another Australian BZPer for scans. 4~SB~

5They get an extra comic?

Shadow-Nui Mar 25, 2008, 3:12 PM

~ShadowBolt~ Mar 25, 2008, 12:10 PM

Shadow-Nui Mar 25, 2008, 2:58 PM

16) Because Lewa tells the Mistika in comic 12.5, which is going to be on the web.

2That's cool, we get an online comic.

3Well, that's better than nothing, since we won't have to beg Adventurer or another Australian BZPer for scans. 4~SB~

5They get an extra comic?

6Yep... Well, that's the fun of being a part of an international forum. You get to be jealous of what people in other countries have.

phanrak spider of the air Mar 25, 2008, 3:14 PM

7i think they get it early
8then i think america gets it second or something
9(unlike us brits who dont get it at all )

10We Americans feel your pain, at least for May. We don't even get this comic at all too...

~ShadowBolt~ Mar 25, 2008, 12:18 PM

Shadow-Nui Mar 25, 2008, 3:12 PM

~ShadowBolt~ Mar 25, 2008, 12:10 PM

Shadow-Nui Mar 25, 2008, 2:58 PM

16) Because Lewa tells the Mistika in comic 12.5, which is going to be on the web.

2That's cool, we get an online comic.

3Well, that's better than nothing, since we won't have to beg Adventurer or another Australian BZPer for scans. 4~SB~

5They get an extra comic?

6Yep... Well, that's the fun of being a part of an international forum. You get to be jealous of what people in other countries have.

phanrak spider of the air Mar 25, 2008, 3:14 PM

7i think they get it early
8then i think america gets it second or something
9(unlike us brits who dont get it at all )

10We Americans feel your pain, at least for May. We don't even get this comic at all too...
11~SB~

12Yep

13Hopefully the CGI in the summer will make up for the comic, actually, I'm sure it will

2I recently saw that ~GreenBioGuy~'s MOC is one of the 4 first place winners in the Makuta Building Challenge. I have a few questions about his model and the contest, that I would like you to answer.
31) Is "Makuta Stonax" (GreenBioGuy's MOC) a cannon member of the BoM? 42) If so, is his essay and name cannon? (If his name is not cannon, but the Moc is, could you reveal the cannon name?) 53) How did you know that this winner was a BZP member? (I hope that he isn't the only BZP member, as we will have to wait to May to see the rest) 64) Are all the entries going to be 7A: featured in Brickmaster? 8B: Cannon Members of the BoM?
9thank you 10~iVahi
111) No, none of the first place winners are canon. That wasn't part of the contest prize. 123) Because I knew GBG's real name from earlier PMs he had sent me, and I recognized it on the entry. 134a) Yes 144b) No. Only the grand prize winner's prize is to be part of the universe, the first prize winners are not characters in story.

184 Drat .

3In brief, it's never been stated that the GBs have created other universes, only that they might have. I can confirm for you that there is no other GB-created universe on the planet that story is set on now.

4To me that sounds somewhat suspicious. I mean, why would the Great Beings create a Universe, then go out somewhere else far away and just sit there and do nothing. Were you just saying that because we have no clue what the Great Beings are actually doing? Or is there more to it than that and they may be doing something different that we would never even guess? Was it because you were bored one day and felt like making me think?

146) Do you think that the set designers were taking a leap when they created more complicated sets? I thought the Target Group disliked the complicated designs of older sets. I myself am actually glad for the design of the vehicals and even hope to get T9 when it comes out.

1Hi Mr. Farshtey, I have some questions,
21. You said that Gorast is the only female Makuta. Do you mean she is the last living female Makuta, the only female Makuta appearing this year, or something else?
32. Do any Artakha Bulls actually live on Artakha, or is it just a myth?
43. Could Toa Ignika devolve a Shadow Matoran back into an Av-Matoran?
5Thanks a lot .
6-Prototoa

Dark Watcher Mar 24, 2008, 2:46 PM

Turahaga Mar 21, 2008, 11:16 AM

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Dark Watcher Mar 21, 2008, 6:24 AM

1No, Makuta can only control plants because the power is plant control the other powers aren't sonic control, magnetism control etc just Sonics, Magnetism so on, so on
2DW

3The question involved the word control, Greg said "correct," and you're telling me he can't control Sonics &Co.? Riiight.

4Yep. Tahu's power is not called "Fire control". It is called "Fire". Does that mean Tahu can't control fire? NO.

5That's because Tahu's element is fire, so he has fire control as part of his power. Makuta's element is shadow not fire. He can only shoot sonic, magnetism etc not manipulate and so on so forth as it is not his element.
6DW

2Hello Mr. Farshtey (again), 3I am not sure you got my last PM about Takanuva- About all of it was questions about Takanuva. Anyways, I just got some new Q's now.
41) Kardas Dragon is not on Metru Nui anymore... Am I correct?
51a) If not, can you say where he is... And if you can, where?
62) How many shadow powers of a Makuta could Takanuva's shadow use?
72a) Can you list some? If you can, list them. (Pleaz.... And thankys .)
83) Will the Toa Mahri be in a summer serial?
94) When do you suppose these (winter) serials will end?
105) In the Final Battle, will Takanuva appear to fight?
115a) Krakua?
125b) Order of Mata Nui?
135c) Dark Hunters?
145d) Toa Hagah?
156) Do you sometimes get annoyed by an endless flow of questions?
167) I heard with shadow powers, Takanuva has got a bit of a darker attitude- right? If so, would the way he sort of treated or thought of his other self (DM Takua)- he thought of him as "really annoying" - a sort of example to that, or is it just how a normal character would react?
178) Do you enjoy writing- and of course, speaking- as Takanuva?
189) Who would you say is the "star(s)" of Bionicle? I.E. Toa Nuva/Mata, Takanuva, OoMN, etc.
19Thanky you if you get and answer these questions Mr. Farshtey, as your onslaught of PMs must be HUGEMONGUS (another new word I've made) and I am not really helping. Thankys again. 20-Pyro

211) No, I never said that 221a) Metru Nui 232) Most, if not all 243) Possibly 254) They are scheduled to end sometime in May 265) The only one of those who will appear in the Final Battle book is Takanuva -- other characters may appear in serials, but they won't be in the Karda Nui main story because they are not sets this year. 276) No, just feel bad if I can't keep up and people have to wait for their answers 287) Takua is really annoying, you don't have to be half shadow to feel that way 298) I enjoy doing all the serials 309) The Toa, always have been

32Hello Mr. Farshtey, and happy Easter. Yay for choco-bunnies. Anyways, I have a few more Q's after reading the OGD again. (Almost all are about Takanuva.)
331. Takanuva's weapon is called the "Power Lance"?
342. Takanuva's journeys in transformations- i.e. Journey and Dark Mirror- are after Bionicle Legends 9 and 10, yet before the Final Battle?
353. Will Takanuve participate in the "Final Battle"?
364. In question of Taka's powers, has he discovered his "dark side" by DM 5?
375. Are Takanuva's characteristics- and lines- fun to write?
386. Will Toa of Twilight be an official name, or just still a nickname between fans?
397a. Will Kardas come across the Mahri?
407b. If so, will they fight?
418. Takanuva's new form will be gained in which story:
42a. Dark Mirror 43b. Journey of Takanuva 44c. Legends 10 45d. Legends 11
469. Legends 11, the Final Battle, is the last of the Bionicle Legends, right?
4710. How long do you think Bionicle will last?
4811. About the "re-boot", can you tell us ANYTHING? Other than what we already know- like it's not in our Matoran Universe-?

491) Yes 502) Correct 513) Yes 524) Yes 535) All BIONICLE characters are fun to write 546) Just a nickname 557a) Might 567b) Well, he tends to be fairly destructive in nature 578) Bionicle Legends 11 589) I don't know for sure. No discussion has been had on whether we are switching to a new umbrella title in 2009 5910) Impossible to predict. That is really up to you and fans like you and how many sets you buy and for how many years. 6011) No, not allowed.

18) No. GBG is one of the four first prize winners. Grand Prize winner is female.

36) Because Lewa tells the Mistika in comic 12.5, which is going to be on the web.

Takanuva Toa of Twilight Mar 25, 2008, 3:29 PM

1QUOTE 2Dear Greg, I have some questions:
31. How would a toa channel elemental energy through a cordak blaster? 42. What would Vamprah have done if he saw Matoro in the waterfall? 53. Are the Hagah's destinies completed? 64. If Icarax really wants to kill the Nuva, why doesn't he just use magnetism to kill them? 75. Would a turaga of light get powers with a toa and would their light blasts be stronger than matoran blasts? 86. Have we ever seen an Avohkah?
9Thanks .

101) Same way he would do it through a sword or an axe. It's a physical object. Rather than use it as its designed, Tahu would just send a jet of flame out of it the same way he would his sword. 112) The Makuta were expecting him, so most likely he just would have told the others he was there. 123) Yes 134) Well, if he does that, he would be betraying the Plan, and the other Makuta would kill him. So that's a last resort. 145) All Turaga have some level of elemental power, which is always stronger than what a Matoran can do, even in this case an Av-Matoran 156) No

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Takanuva Toa of Twilight Mar 25, 2008, 3:29 PM

1QUOTE 2Dear Greg, I have some questions:
31. How would a toa channel elemental energy through a cordak blaster? 42. What would Vamprah have done if he saw Matoro in the waterfall? 53. Are the Hagah's destinies completed? 64. If Icarax really wants to kill the Nuva, why doesn't he just use magnetism to kill them? 75. Would a turaga of light get powers with a toa and would their light blasts be stronger than matoran blasts? 86. Have we ever seen an Avohkah?
9Thanks .

101) Same way he would do it through a sword or an axe. It's a physical object. Rather than use it as its designed, Tahu would just send a jet of flame out of it the same way he would his sword. 112) The Makuta were expecting him, so most likely he just would have told the others he was there. 123) Yes 134) Well, if he does that, he would be betraying the Plan, and the other Makuta would kill him. So that's a last resort. 145) All Turaga have some level of elemental power, which is always stronger than what a Matoran can do, even in this case an Av-Matoran 156) No

16What's an Avohkah? (Sorry for noobish comment.)

iVahi Mar 25, 2008, 6:51 PM

18) No. GBG is one of the four first prize winners. Grand Prize winner is female.

2Wow, now we know more about the winner .

36) Because Lewa tells the Mistika in comic 12.5, which is going to be on the web.

4Yes . I hope this will be in May, to Make up for the fact that there is no May BIONICLE comic.
5~iVahi

6I think that's when it will go on the web.

1Just a few questions regarding Spiriah's Matoran companion.
21) It's said that this Matoran plays a part in Federation of Fear alongside Spiriah. Is this true?
32) Does the little guy have a name, and an actual mask to go with it, or is he just nameless and maskless? (Note: I put an Arthron on my version of Spiriah's Matoran if he does have a mask.)
43) Is the guy an Av-Matoran, Shadow Matoran, or a standard Ta-Matoran, judging by his color-scheme?
54) Given the Matoran's maskless appearance and legs as long as a Toa's, is this guy mutated, or was that the designer's plan given the pieces to work with in the sets required to build the model?
6This last one is on a different topic.
75) Are there names for the masks of the 2008 Matoran (Radiak, Gavla, Kirop/Vican, Tanma, Photok, and Solek) and if so, what are they? I'd like to know, out of curiosity? 85a) If there aren't any, would you be inclined to make some up?

91) Well, he hasn't so far, so we'll see 102) Not yet, no 113-4) Haven't decided. He's basically part of the model so we can show off the connection feature, so he hasn't been top priority for me yet 125) No, there aren't. Since they will not be used as masks with powers, I can't see investing in $60,000 worth of BIONICLE names for them at this point (since each name costs about $10,000 to clear through Legal)

13You've probably had some people already ask this, but I just thought I'd ask.
141) If the winner of the Makuta Building Contest is to be Miserix, then what was the point of the essay if it wasn't going to be used? Why renege on the opportunity for the winner to have had his original creation featured into the story? Wouldn't the winner feel a bit cheated?
152) About the Great Mahiki, is it's only power Shapeshifting, or can it also do the various illusions that the Noble version can do as well?
163) The BS01 Wiki has said that Gorast, Bitil, and Krika are locked to their current forms and cannot use some of the full complement of Makuta powers. Is this true?

171) The point of the essay is to help us judge the creativity of the overall entry. In a lot of cases, the essays are not usable anyway because fans do not know enough about how this universe works to create characters in line with our plans. (As an example, the person who created Toa Krakua simply specified a Toa of Sonics -- everything else about that character and his role in story was created by me. I do not hear the original creator complaining.) If we were not offering the chance to be a part of storyline, we would still have asked for the essays, but no one outside of us would have ever seen them -- they would simply have been used to help judge the entry as a whole.
182) Yes, it can
193) Correct

1Be proud of me guys, I figured out the Blade Burrower's map. -

22) I was re-reading the Mutran Chronicles when I came across the description of the "map" they were tunneling. By any chance, does the map look like this? -
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42) Oh, very good, Adventurer .

Adventurer Mar 26, 2008, 2:06 PM

1Be proud of me guys, I figured out the Blade Burrower's map. -

22) I was re-reading the Mutran Chronicles when I came across the description of the "map" they were tunneling. By any chance, does the map look like this? -
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42) Oh, very good, Adventurer .

Adventurer Mar 25, 2008, 10:06 PM

1Be proud of me guys, I figured out the Blade Burrower's map. -

22) I was re-reading the Mutran Chronicles when I came across the description of the "map" they were tunneling. By any chance, does the map look like this? -
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42) Oh, very good, Adventurer .

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