Major Marvelous May 5, 2008, 8:19 AM

1I just got a pretty interesting reply from Greg:

2Hi Greg. I know you most likely can not answer this, but I'll go ahead and ask you:

31) Was the new 2009 location made by the Great Beings, the "Greater" beings, neither, or both?

4Hope you can answer it, and if you can't I'm sorry for bothering you.

5-/\/\ajor /\/\arvelous-

6I can tell you it was NOT made by the Great Beings.

7-/\/\ajor /\/\arvelous-

8Hmmm I suspect that IF 2009 does indeed take place below Karda Nui and the entire universe, it would be a place where the Great Beings never went. Perhaps a species from another universe arrived in the domed universe somehow and tunneled down and created their own universe below the domed one. That is of course assuming 2009 is going down.

~Sernakann~ May 2, 2008, 5:32 PM

11. Does Teridax need the other Makuta too complete the final stage of the Plan?
22. Is Teridax still in the Matoran universe?
33. Will we ever learn what Kanohi the Av-Matoran sets wear?
44a. Will you ever reveal The Shadowed One's name? 54b. If no, is that because you want to have some mystery around him?
65. And a non-Bionicle question, how did you become the Chief Editor for the Lego Magazine?
7Thank you for your time.

81-2) Can't discuss it 93) Doubt it, no need to reveal it in story since it's not relevant. 104a) Actually, it has more to do with the fact that when I revealed Teridax's, BZP had a fit and acted like I had just destroyed BIONICLE for all time, so why would I want to go through that again? And this after I polled BZP before I even decided to reveal his name. 115) I was hired as LEGO Club Writer for the magazine in 2000. Five years later, when the editor resigned to move to Colorado, I was promoted into the position.

1Hey, Greg. I hope things've been going well for you. Now, as usual, I've got just a few questions I'd like to ask you.
21) Can a Shelek user choose to mute a target or deafen a target, or must they both be done at the same time?
32) The Toa Nuva Mistika set canisters (well, I think that's where it came from) feature each Toa pairing with one of the Av-Matoran sets released earlier this year. Does this reflect any part of the story?
43) Does the Toa Nuva that regains his memory of the team's time in Karda Nui before regain them himself, or through another being, such as an Av-Matoran?
54) How does Comic 12 fit in with BIONICLE Legends 9?
65) If possible, would you consider doing a contest akin to the one you did for Lesovikk last year, but with Mazeka?
76) Will how Takanuva received his Midak Skyblaster and Power Lance be revealed in The Journey of Takanuva or elsewhere?

81) You gotta do both 92) Not story, no 103) Regains them on his own 114) Comic 12 is simply a battle that was not shown in the book 125) Refresh my memory 136) Nothing of importance is going to be revealed in JOT, because it's not fair, in my opinion, to basically force older fans to have to go read a book written for 6 year olds. Completists, I am sure, will want to read it, but I am not going to put major stuff into the readers -- they are going to be side stories in the truest sense of the phrase.

175) Lol, of course he doesn't remember. I probably do just 'cause I won it.

draco the makuta May 2, 2008, 9:42 PM

1I don't see what's so bad about Teridax, I think it's a really unique and interesting name.
2-Draco

Mirror Lesovikk May 5, 2008, 8:58 PM

1I think you're reading a bit too much into it, we already knew that the Mistuka shapeshifted to these forms but it sounds retarded that they'd willingly lock themself in these forms.
2How the heck do you lock yourself in a form, and THEN get stuck? (If you're locked you're stuck already)
3Answer 5 sounds a lot more interesting, I'm guessing Brutaka appears in a flashback from long ago before he was OoMN

~Vezerus the Great~ May 5, 2008, 3:00 PM

Mirror Lesovikk May 5, 2008, 8:58 PM

1I think you're reading a bit too much into it, we already knew that the Mistuka shapeshifted to these forms but it sounds retarded that they'd willingly lock themself in these forms.
2How the heck do you lock yourself in a form, and THEN get stuck? (If you're locked you're stuck already)
3Answer 5 sounds a lot more interesting, I'm guessing Brutaka appears in a flashback from long ago before he was OoMN

4Or, in the introduction where he saves Takanuva from the Shadow Leech.

~Sernakann~ May 5, 2008, 5:03 PM

1I thought Greg said Brutaka would appear in the epilogue of BL10 in "a most unexpected way"?

3But besides saving Takuanuva (wich is clearly not so unexpected, seeing that everyone is guessing that) there are a thousand ways he could appear in a most unexpected way, right?

Taka Toa of Twilight May 5, 2008, 1:05 PM

1Hey Metru, Solek is one of the ones who know Takua. Solek and Takua were best friends before the Time Slip.
2

5too bad

Elmara May 5, 2008, 8:05 AM

1Hi Greg, 2please answer these questions for me. thanks in advance .
31.A makuta could decide what breed of kraata to produce, correct? 42.What would happen if a makuta came in contact with pit mutagen? 53.If a bohrok were to fling its krana at someone, would a bohrok va have to replace it? 64. do Gorast and Bitil wear masks? 74a.if so what are their powers? 85.was the toa in stasis on Odina killed after pohatu destroyed the dark hunters base? 95a. what about the other dark hunters? 106.What is(or was) the toa in stasis on Odina's elemental power? 116a. if you cant answer this, then will we ever find out the toa's elemental power?

121) Yes 132) He would be mutated 143) Yes 154) Yes 164a) Too early to discuss this 175) No. Would a rain of dust kill you? 185a) No 196) Hasn't been revealed 206a) I don't plan to reveal it, it's not relevant to story at this point.
21Hi Greg,
22i was hoping that you would answer these questions for me.Thanks in advance .
231.do the Nynrah ghosts live on Arthaka?
242. is Icarax still a biomechanical being?
253.What other books have you written?(non-Lego)
264.does the adaptive armour provide resistance to pit mutagen?
275. Why wasn't Stelt in Bionicle World?
286. Are the shadow matoran considered part of the BOM?
297.How many living makuta are there currently?
308.Does Tanma know about his special power?
319.What was Takua's special power?

32Elmara

331) No, they live on Nynrah 342) Yes 353) I wrote three novels in the '90s and wrote or co-wrote over 35 roleplaying game books. I've also done two history books aimed at young readers. 364) No 375) Cause the book could only be so long and nothing of interest to the story was going on on Stelt 386) No. They are, at best, servants of the BOM. You can only be a member of the BOM if you are a Makuta. 397) Can't answer it 408) Yes 419) No idea. Takua was never linked physically to a Toa when he knew he was an Av-Matoran, so the power never emerged. 42not very interesting stuff... I asked these questions before most of this stuff was released to the public as official news, but I never got around to posting it...
43Elmara

44woah . they live on on island called Nynrah?

45BIG NEWS .

Xenomorph_Warrior May 5, 2008, 1:21 PM

Elmara May 5, 2008, 8:05 AM

1Hi Greg, 2please answer these questions for me. thanks in advance .
31.A makuta could decide what breed of kraata to produce, correct? 42.What would happen if a makuta came in contact with pit mutagen? 53.If a bohrok were to fling its krana at someone, would a bohrok va have to replace it? 64. do Gorast and Bitil wear masks? 74a.if so what are their powers? 85.was the toa in stasis on Odina killed after pohatu destroyed the dark hunters base? 95a. what about the other dark hunters? 106.What is(or was) the toa in stasis on Odina's elemental power? 116a. if you cant answer this, then will we ever find out the toa's elemental power?

121) Yes 132) He would be mutated 143) Yes 154) Yes 164a) Too early to discuss this 175) No. Would a rain of dust kill you? 185a) No 196) Hasn't been revealed 206a) I don't plan to reveal it, it's not relevant to story at this point.
21Hi Greg,
22i was hoping that you would answer these questions for me.Thanks in advance .
231.do the Nynrah ghosts live on Arthaka?
242. is Icarax still a biomechanical being?
253.What other books have you written?(non-Lego)
264.does the adaptive armour provide resistance to pit mutagen?
275. Why wasn't Stelt in Bionicle World?
286. Are the shadow matoran considered part of the BOM?
297.How many living makuta are there currently?
308.Does Tanma know about his special power?
319.What was Takua's special power?

32Elmara

331) No, they live on Nynrah 342) Yes 353) I wrote three novels in the '90s and wrote or co-wrote over 35 roleplaying game books. I've also done two history books aimed at young readers. 364) No 375) Cause the book could only be so long and nothing of interest to the story was going on on Stelt 386) No. They are, at best, servants of the BOM. You can only be a member of the BOM if you are a Makuta. 397) Can't answer it 408) Yes 419) No idea. Takua was never linked physically to a Toa when he knew he was an Av-Matoran, so the power never emerged. 42not very interesting stuff... I asked these questions before most of this stuff was released to the public as official news, but I never got around to posting it...
43Elmara

44woah . they live on on island called Nynrah?
45BIG NEWS .

46we allready knew that

1Hello Greg, congratulations on making a 2008 a huge success so far . The storyline you and the story team have devised is quite stunning. One of the better years in my opinion. Hope summer is just as exciting. Anyways, I thought I'd try to keep my questions 2008 related, so you don't have to go qoute searching or try to rack your memory for old info. Here they are:
21.) What kind of Rahi are in the Swamp now? In case the majority are new ones, Im sure Rahi from The Pit migrated there through the waterfall, so can you list the ones we already know of?
32.) Just to clear this up, the Brickmaster Rahi set is not any of the following, correct?
4a.-Mutant Lohrak 5b.-Matoran/Rahi hybrid from Legends 9 (excellent book by the way) 6c.-Avohkah 7d.-any sort of older Rahi (i.e. it's not from sort of flashback, its current) 8f.-something we've seen before
93.) Since Takanuva is now a Toa of Light and Shadow (is Twilight official or just your nickname?), does he have access to Shadow powers right off the bat, or does he have to learn how to control them over time?
104.) If Takanuva keeps using his shadow powers, does it affect him in a negative way?
115.) Would you say Takanuva has more Shadow now, or more light? Don't all beings have half shadow, and half light to begin with? (meaning of course all Toa, Matoran, intelligent creatures, etc. have a choice between good and evil)
126.) Would it be relatively easy to escape Destral, or difficult?
137.) Do the Makuta keep all of their failed experiments in the Brotherhood Fortress? If so, where?
148.) How does Destral move around?
159.) Is the number of Rahkshi, Visorak, and Exo-Toa guards on Destral equal?
1610.) Is there always at least one Makuta on Destral at all times to oversee things, or do they change shifts every 100 years or something similar?
1711.) How would you describe Artahka's physical form?
1812.) Krahka is a Rahi correct? Intelligent as she may be, she doesn't have light and darkness right?
1913.) Is that Rahi/Matoran amalgamation still up and about, or has it been disposed of after Vican returned from summoning Icarax on Destral?
2014.) Is Mazeka a Shadow Matoran?
2115.) What is the gate between the Universe Core and the Western Tunnel that the Makuta entered through, and Vican later exited out of? Is someone controlling when and how it opens or closes?
2216.)The inital Makuta invasion team consists of Antroz (field leader), Vamprah, Chirox, Mutran, Krika (second team field leader), Bitil, and Gorast, correct? Icarax later joins the Phantoka team, but does Vultraz enter the Universe Core with the other Makuta, or does he enter the UC at a later time like Icarax?
2317.) Do the Makuta bring anyone, or anything else with them during their invasion? (i.e. any of their army back on Destral, if even a small part?)
2418.) Was Vamprah doing a sort of reconnaissance type mission when entering the UC, or did he simply stumble upon it?
2519.) If Vultraz was the first being to discover the UC, and he's affiliated with the Makuta but did not tell them of his find, why did Vamprah still go searching around that area even though Vultraz told the Makuta nothing was there?
2620.) How many days apart were the discoveries by Vultraz and Vamprah made?
2721.) Who was the first Shadow Matoran made, Vican or Vultraz?
2822.) Was Vultraz the second one created?
2923.) Does Toa Ignika speak in Legends 10?
3024.) Besides the Legends 9 book, are there any others out currently, like those graphic novels? If not, do you know when they will be released?
3125.) Is the winner of the Makuta Building Contest announced in the Brickmaster or Lego magazine?
3226.) Is the Brickmaster Rahi limited to the Brickmaster subscribers, or will it be released later in the year like Mazeka?
3327.) Is making each character's personality different tough?
3428.) Finally, (last question) did the Av-Matoran have a close working relationship with the Toa Mata, or did they rarely associate with them? Solek is an avid admirer of their exploits in the Core, but Tanma hardly remembers them.....
35Thank you in advance ,
36-Optimar

371) I didn't bother making a list of specific ocean Rahi that ended up in the swamp, because they really aren't playing much of a role in story. They're just there for atmosphere. 382) Correct 393) Right off the bat 404) Yes, because shadow is very easy to use and control, and you start using it more often because of that. 415) It's not always half and half, no. If you took, say, Superman, he has shadow, but he has a lot more light than shadow, because he is a hero and does good things for people. Same with Takanuva -- he's selfless, self-sacrificing, honest, etc., so he had more light than he had shadow. He is probably closer to half and half now. 426) If you were held prisoner there, it would be very difficult. 437) No, some just get thrown out 448) Hasn't been revealed 459) Doubt it 4610) I would assume there would always be at least one, if not more, there 4711) I wouldn't. Since he is never going to appear physically in story, I haven't bothered to worry about what he looks like. 4812) Krahka is a Rahi, but she has also absorbed intelligence -- and as a result, a moral sense -- from the beings she has copied, like the Toa -- hence her decision to aid them against the Visorak. 4913) Still around 5014) No 5115) The being approaching it controls if it opens or closes, by will 5216) Later time 5317) No 5418-20) Haven't told that story yet 5521) Vican 5622) Yes 5723) Not that I recall -- Legends 10 focuses mainly on Tahu, Onua and Gali 5824) I don't think the first graphic novel has hit stores yet. #10 is out in June, and then the first Level 3 reader and #11 are out in fall. 5925) BrickMaster. Contest wasn't open to all Club members, so no point in announcing winners to them. 6026) No, it won't be available any other way but through BrickMaster. It's an exclusive to BM. 6127) Sometimes, yes 6228) Remember that not all Av-Matoran were down in the core, some were up in their villages, so not everyone met them.

63Interesting lot of questions, wouldn't you say?

118.) Was Vamprah doing a sort of reconnaissance type mission when entering the UC, or did he simply stumble upon it?
219.) If Vultraz was the first being to discover the UC, and he's affiliated with the Makuta but did not tell them of his find, why did Vamprah still go searching around that area even though Vultraz told the Makuta nothing was there?
320.) How many days apart were the discoveries by Vultraz and Vamprah made?

418-20) Haven't told that story yet

5For some reason, I think that's going to be revealed in the Vultraz-Mazeka serial...

Electric Turahk May 5, 2008, 5:20 AM

1Hey, Greg. I hope things've been going well for you. Now, as usual, I've got just a few questions I'd like to ask you.
21) Can a Shelek user choose to mute a target or deafen a target, or must they both be done at the same time?
32) The Toa Nuva Mistika set canisters (well, I think that's where it came from) feature each Toa pairing with one of the Av-Matoran sets released earlier this year. Does this reflect any part of the story?
43) Does the Toa Nuva that regains his memory of the team's time in Karda Nui before regain them himself, or through another being, such as an Av-Matoran?
54) How does Comic 12 fit in with BIONICLE Legends 9?
65) If possible, would you consider doing a contest akin to the one you did for Lesovikk last year, but with Mazeka?
76) Will how Takanuva received his Midak Skyblaster and Power Lance be revealed in The Journey of Takanuva or elsewhere?

81) You gotta do both 92) Not story, no 103) Regains them on his own 114) Comic 12 is simply a battle that was not shown in the book 125) Refresh my memory 136) Nothing of importance is going to be revealed in JOT, because it's not fair, in my opinion, to basically force older fans to have to go read a book written for 6 year olds. Completists, I am sure, will want to read it, but I am not going to put major stuff into the readers -- they are going to be side stories in the truest sense of the phrase.

141) Needed that for BS01. 152/3) Well, there goes my theory... 164) Well, that helps some... 175) Lol, of course he doesn't remember. I probably do just 'cause I won it. 186) I just couldn't remember what exactly he said on this... I was seeing people say there'd be a short story similar to The Meany Deaths of Toa Tuyet, but I couldn't remember reading that here. Granted, he didn't say that in my answer either, but (though I know it's old...) just some confirmation about the whole JOT thing.
19~|ET|~

1Hi Mr. Farshtey, I have just one question,

2If the MoMN wore another mask before the Kraakran, what was it?

3D - Again, hasn't been revealed.

4Does this mean that Teridax wore another mask before he overthrew Miserix, and then started wearing it once he was the leader?
5Thanks a lot .
6-Prototoa

action_puny May 5, 2008, 10:07 PM

1Hi Mr. Farshety, you know Gorast right, and Vampra. Here is the Question, Why is Gorast a female and not vampra?
2Thanks for your time.

3Greg doesn't look here. You have to get ten posts, then PM Greg.

danwojo913 May 5, 2008, 10:22 PM

action_puny May 5, 2008, 10:07 PM

1Hi Mr. Farshety, you know Gorast right, and Vampra. Here is the Question, Why is Gorast a female and not vampra?
2Thanks for your time.

3Greg doesn't look here. You have to get ten posts, then PM Greg.

4Correct. But to answer the question, it is a storyline thing. Nothing else

Takua the Wanderer May 6, 2008, 11:48 AM

1For future reference, please don't answer the questions posted here. It just encourages more people to post their questions.

Zaktansnake May 6, 2008, 4:45 AM

Takua the Wanderer May 6, 2008, 11:48 AM

1For future reference, please don't answer the questions posted here. It just encourages more people to post their questions.

2yeah, and a few posts back, i read this thing called the Elma, I checked Biosector01 but there is no elma. So what is it? (question for you guys)
3If this is bad, sorry.

WackyPanda May 6, 2008, 5:20 AM

1Which doesn't make sense in context. I think he got mixed up with Iden.