Greg i dont have any bionicle sets can you still find some in storesScribeGT6817 wrote:diglett809 wrote:1How many Bionicle sets do you have, if any? Also, which Bionicle set do you like the most?
2I have maybe a dozen. I don't know that any stand out as a particular favorite. I had more at one point, but I gave some away to the local children's hospital.
3
That's really neat! I love hearing stories about that kind of stuff. Such a nice thing to do. Especially since LEGO toys never get old. It's something new every time. 
gurthang2000 wrote:ScribeGT6817 wrote:gurthang2000 wrote:1Hello Mr. Farshtey!
2I admit I don't like Bionicle but I would like to know (sort of) what it's about and why do you think so many people love it.
3Thanks.
4Well, there is no quick and simple way to explain what it was about, it was a nine-year long story. As far as why people liked it, I think there were a lot of reasons. It had an in-depth story with a lot of mystery in it ... it was something different from what LEGO had done before (we hadn't really done a story-based line, not to that extent, prior to that) ... the models were quick to build, so you could start roleplaying right away ... and it gave fans a lot to talk about and speculate on and sparked a lot of fan fiction. I am sure there are other reasons I am missing, but those are what spring to mind.
5Thanks!
6One more thing, do you think people loved it so much because of the LEGO sets or the story line?
7Wouldn't it be reasonable to assume that some loved it for one, some for the other, and some for both?
geek7534 wrote:1Hello Mr.Farshtey, some other questions for you :
21) We know the power in pounds of thrust that can be exerted by engines of the Axalara T9 and the Rockoh T3. But do you know the weight of these vehicles ?
32) In the dome of Metru Nui, there were two suns, existing thanks to Sun Holes. The artifcial lighting of the artificial sky reproduced these two suns in all domes of the MU to not disturb the inhabitants inside?
43) When Makuta Teridax took the control of the MU, he had remained as Antidermis, controlling the machines of the robot, or he became literally the "Great Sprit", with his conscience and his mind inside the Core Processor of the Great Spirit Robot, like Mata Nui?
51) Nope
62) I am sure there were some kind of day/night simulated conditions, yes
73) His antidermis did not cease to exist. It simply possessed the robot, as he had done in 2007 storyline.
maletoaofwater wrote:maletoaofwater wrote:ScribeGT6817 wrote:maletoaofwater wrote:1So... by that logic would Tahu's sword also be his "hand" in the set? If not, then why are Gali's hooks considered as so? I read some of the stuff that the guy brought up on BS01 about this and was wondering about some of them... like for example in the earlier books, they were referred to as her "hooked arms."
21) First off, which "earlier books" are you referring to? The ones I wrote, or the ones written before me?
32) I don't think Tahu's sword was ever regarded to be his hand from a set standpoint.
41.) Such as "Tale of the Toa" and "Beware the Bohrok", so yes, the ones written before you. Also, in the comics before they transformed into Nuva, it always seemed as if they were her hands: she never let go of them or set them down like the others did with their tools, and she always used them to grab stuff, and they even flexed like a hand would.
52.) So why was Gali's? Why was there a difference in the set interpretation and the story one?
6Thank you so much for your time!
7Bringing this thread back...
81) The early novels were based on the comics, and the comics had to be true to the sets. That was rule #1.
ScribeGT6817 wrote:geek7534 wrote:1Hello Mr.Farshtey, some other questions for you :
21) We know the power in pounds of thrust that can be exerted by engines of the Axalara T9 and the Rockoh T3. But do you know the weight of these vehicles ?
32) In the dome of Metru Nui, there were two suns, existing thanks to Sun Holes. The artifcial lighting of the artificial sky reproduced these two suns in all domes of the MU to not disturb the inhabitants inside?
43) When Makuta Teridax took the control of the MU, he had remained as Antidermis, controlling the machines of the robot, or he became literally the "Great Sprit", with his conscience and his mind inside the Core Processor of the Great Spirit Robot, like Mata Nui?
51) Nope
62) I am sure there were some kind of day/night simulated conditions, yes
73) His antidermis did not cease to exist. It simply possessed the robot, as he had done in 2007 storyline.
8Tanks ^^
92) Yes, of course, but there were anyway this "two suns" in every domes of the MU, right?
103) Oh, I always thought he had become the Great Spirit itself, it's interesting.
11And , by the way, a final question :
124) During the Great Cataclysm, Voya Nui passed through the chest of the Great Spirit Robot and and went up to the surface of Aqua Magna. How the island was able to resist such an ordeal?
13I always thought it was due to the Mask of Life, with its incredible powers.
1Oh, and I forgot another question :
2Toa Mata Tahu, Gali, Lewa and Kopaka have their Toa tools directly connected at their arms as sets. But, in the storyline, did they have hands with fingers to take their tools ? Or they just had "connectors" as hands ?
3And claws of Onua and large hands of Pohatu were well their true hands ?
geek7534 wrote:ScribeGT6817 wrote:geek7534 wrote:1Hello Mr.Farshtey, some other questions for you :
21) We know the power in pounds of thrust that can be exerted by engines of the Axalara T9 and the Rockoh T3. But do you know the weight of these vehicles ?
32) In the dome of Metru Nui, there were two suns, existing thanks to Sun Holes. The artifcial lighting of the artificial sky reproduced these two suns in all domes of the MU to not disturb the inhabitants inside?
43) When Makuta Teridax took the control of the MU, he had remained as Antidermis, controlling the machines of the robot, or he became literally the "Great Sprit", with his conscience and his mind inside the Core Processor of the Great Spirit Robot, like Mata Nui?
51) Nope
62) I am sure there were some kind of day/night simulated conditions, yes
73) His antidermis did not cease to exist. It simply possessed the robot, as he had done in 2007 storyline.
8Tanks ^^
92) Yes, of course, but there were anyway this "two suns" in every domes of the MU, right?103) Oh, I always thought he had become the Great Spirit itself, it's interesting.
11And , by the way, a final question :
124) During the Great Cataclysm, Voya Nui passed through the chest of the Great Spirit Robot and and went up to the surface of Aqua Magna. How the island was able to resist such an ordeal?
13I always thought it was due to the Mask of Life, with its incredible powers.
141) I don't recall us referring to their being two suns in the other locations. Correct me if I'm wrong, but I don't recall that.
154) It's a very well-built robot.
ScribeGT6817 wrote:maletoaofwater wrote:maletoaofwater wrote:ScribeGT6817 wrote:maletoaofwater wrote:1So... by that logic would Tahu's sword also be his "hand" in the set? If not, then why are Gali's hooks considered as so? I read some of the stuff that the guy brought up on BS01 about this and was wondering about some of them... like for example in the earlier books, they were referred to as her "hooked arms."
21) First off, which "earlier books" are you referring to? The ones I wrote, or the ones written before me?
32) I don't think Tahu's sword was ever regarded to be his hand from a set standpoint.
41.) Such as "Tale of the Toa" and "Beware the Bohrok", so yes, the ones written before you. Also, in the comics before they transformed into Nuva, it always seemed as if they were her hands: she never let go of them or set them down like the others did with their tools, and she always used them to grab stuff, and they even flexed like a hand would.
52.) So why was Gali's? Why was there a difference in the set interpretation and the story one?
6Thank you so much for your time!
7Bringing this thread back...
81) The early novels were based on the comics, and the comics had to be true to the sets. That was rule #1.
9But why the discrepancy between the set and the story?
10And i remember a panel in one of the final MU comics where Dume was depicted as he was in the movies... exception to the rule?