kyle7475 wrote:1Hey Greg:
21) Is the design of the Mata Nui robot basically a scaled up version of the Matoran working inside it (i.e. the Matoran also possessing a power core; core processor)?
32) Can an Agori or Glatorian eat protodermic fruit (i.e. Bula berries)?
43) Also, did Lesovikk hunt down the Zyglak responsible for the deaths of his teamates?
51) I would think Mata Nui would be a lot more sophisticated, since a lot more was expected of the robot - regardless, his design would have to be different because he is not bio-mechanical and they are.
62) No. It would be like you eating drywall
73) Not to my knowledge, no
1Vezon is back, twisting logic into a pretzel by being a Great Being! xD
2Anyway, TTV said that they were told by LEGO employees during Comic-Con that 2015 is a "soft reboot", similarly to the Star Trek movies reboot. Their claim is doubted by many fans, but if they tell the truth, that means that there is a connection to the old BIONICLE.
3Just sayin' - I'm aware that you probably don't know anything about that.
4The connection between Star Trek and the new movies, though, amounts to characters. None of the TOS history or TOS movies happened in the new Star Trek movie universe. So the similarities start and end with the fact that there is a Kirk, Spock, McCoy, Scotty, etc., in the new universe, same as there is a Tahu, Kopaka, Pohatu, etc. in the new BIONICLE story. But the fact that, for example, Kirk once fought a Gorn or Spock died and came back or Nurse Chapel was engaged to a guy who turned himself into a robot is all completely irrelevant to the new movies.
5So, yes, there is a connection to old BIONICLE in that sense -- both have a Toa team, with the same names, and the same elemental powers if not mask powers. Beyond that, I do not personally know of any connection or if they have plans to make more of a connection in future.
Takadox41 wrote:11) Are the effects of shrink and enlarge Kanoka permanent or temporary?
22) Did Garan and the other Voya Nui Matoran keep their Karzahni forms after emigrating to Spherus Magna?
33) If Matoran Universe creatures can't actually reproduce, why divide them into "species"?
4Thanks.
5(got buried, sorry.)
6Got buried again, sorry.
Ttimm5632 wrote:1If the oprotunity arrises, would you continue the stories that took place after the old story ended?
2Yes, but the opportunity won't arise. LEGO wants the audience focused on new BIONICLE and new BIONICLE story, they aren't going to want new chapters of old story floating around and potentially confusing new fans.
Takadox41 wrote:Takadox41 wrote:11) Are the effects of shrink and enlarge Kanoka permanent or temporary?
22) Did Garan and the other Voya Nui Matoran keep their Karzahni forms after emigrating to Spherus Magna?
33) If Matoran Universe creatures can't actually reproduce, why divide them into "species"?
4Thanks.
5(got buried, sorry.)
6Got buried again, sorry.
71) Permanent
82) Probably, I don't know who would have had the time or skill to repair them
93) In the natural world, a species is defined as a class of animal that can reproduce. But we are not talking about the natural world here. We are talking about different types of artificially created bio-mechanical creatures, who are divided into species in order to differentiate them. What goes into making a Muaka is not the same as what goes into making a Visorak, so for organizational purposes, it would make sense for the Makuta to classify them as different species.
1I have had a few people ask me about the structure of story teams, so I thought I would share a little info on that.
2When BIONICLE started, the team was chaired by Bob Thompson, who worked for what was LEGO's movie and TV arm at the time. I was not originally a member, but the members included representatives from Advance, the creative agency, the web producer, and the lead set designer. I eventually got more involved with the team later on.
3After Bob left the company, the global marketing director would chair the meetings. The notion that I was, at any time, "head of story" is false. There was no "head of story." Decisions were reached by consensus between the story team members. No one was dictating to anyone else. There were ideas that I had (like the basics of Makuta's overall plot) that the team members liked and improved upon. There were ideas other people had (like waking up Mata Nui) that I helped to work into story.
4And, of course, any ideas we had or anything I ever wrote had to be approved by LEGO Company before it saw the light of day. The reality of licensed publishing, especially for a toy line, is that you work with the sets you are given and where you know you need to be next year. At least some of the criticism of my work (some of it justified) that I have seen is directly related to things that had to be done to promote sets or some other aspect of the toy line.
5(I think my favorite recent comment was that my Ninjago books were more "childish" than some other stuff I have done ... um, that's because they are written for CHILDREN.)
ScribeGT6817 wrote:Takadox41 wrote:Takadox41 wrote:11) Are the effects of shrink and enlarge Kanoka permanent or temporary?
22) Did Garan and the other Voya Nui Matoran keep their Karzahni forms after emigrating to Spherus Magna?
33) If Matoran Universe creatures can't actually reproduce, why divide them into "species"?
4Thanks.
5(got buried, sorry.)
6Got buried again, sorry.
71) Permanent
82) Probably, I don't know who would have had the time or skill to repair them
93) In the natural world, a species is defined as a class of animal that can reproduce. But we are not talking about the natural world here. We are talking about different types of artificially created bio-mechanical creatures, who are divided into species in order to differentiate them. What goes into making a Muaka is not the same as what goes into making a Visorak, so for organizational purposes, it would make sense for the Makuta to classify them as different species.
10What would happen if you hit something with a shrink kanoka and then an enlarge one
? Would it return to its normal size?
1Thanks again Greg! Hope you don't mind if I ask some questions again 
21) How would Vakama and the other Turaga react if they knew Lhikan was alive, or at least in stasis?
32) Would there be any good reason to canonise any of the other non-canon promotional sets besides Gold Good Guy/Turaga Lhikan?
48026 Kraatu
56934 Good Guy
66935 Bad Guy
77217 Duracell Bad Guy
87716 QUICK Good Guy White
97717 QUICK Bad Guy Green
107718 QUICK Bad Guy Yellow
117719 QUICK Good Guy Red
126944 Good Guy 07
136945 Bad Guy 07
146946 Squid Launcher Function
156126 Good Guy 2008
166127 Bad Guy 2008
176128 Function 2008
18Perhaps such as puppets (if that was the official explanation), Rahi, Skakdi (6935, 7217), Matoran (6944, 6126), Matoran Hordika (7716, 7719) or Rahaga (7717, 7718), assuming that doesn't interfere with the "if they already had an indentification it won't be canonised as something else" rule 
193) There was a enemy in BIONICLE Heroes that was like a dragonfly (I think it was called the Acid Fly), and it was essentially a hip part with two long socket pieces for wings. Is that canon or canonisable (I hope I'm not giving of a "oh he'll canonise anything" feel)?
204) Are the sets generally all in canon size to each other besides the stars (like 2002 Toa Nuva - Piraka, 03 Matoran - 08 Matoran, 03 Takanuva - 07 Jaller, etc.)?
215) If the Bohrok will be reprogrammed to help Spherus Magna, what will happen to the Bohrok Va?
226) Did the 08 Matoran shrink back down to their original size when they left Karda Nui?
1I have a question about this. To what degree were the set designers for original Bionicle aware of the direction of the story? Have they ever designed sets specifically for the story, or did they just make toys and it was completly up to the story team to decide who they were and what they did? For example, was it planned by the story team to set 2007 underwater and the set team gave them an underwater look, or did they just decide to make a series of deep-sea looking Toa, and it was up to you guys to determine what they were doing underwater?
2Also as a comment, I must say that even though there was a lot shoehorned in, I think you and the story team did a great job of keeping it coherent and a fun story to read about. A lot of people complain about Bionicle's complexity, but to me that was one of the best parts. Nothing was ever simple, and everything had a deeper meaning to it. Going back to 2007, you could have easily have made the Barraki just a bunch of sea monsters, and no one would have batted an eye. But you guys made them beautifully complex characters with a great backstory. And you Greg in particular delivered this story masterpiece to us amazingly with your great books and serials, which I continue to re-read to this day.
alienduck wrote:13) Kanoka disks have been shown with the abilities of the Mask of Levitation and Mask of Speed, despite how those masks were made with disk combinations. Can you make those disks by combining the combinations used to make those Masks, and by extent does that mean that you can create a Disk of any mask by combining them?25) And if not that, what powers would a disk made of two other disks combined have other than the Kanohi it would make?
3I think this got buried.
ScribeGT6817 wrote:
1The connection between Star Trek and the new movies, though, amounts to characters. None of the TOS history or TOS movies happened in the new Star Trek movie universe. So the similarities start and end with the fact that there is a Kirk, Spock, McCoy, Scotty, etc., in the new universe, same as there is a Tahu, Kopaka, Pohatu, etc. in the new BIONICLE story. But the fact that, for example, Kirk once fought a Gorn or Spock died and came back or Nurse Chapel was engaged to a guy who turned himself into a robot is all completely irrelevant to the new movies.2So, yes, there is a connection to old BIONICLE in that sense -- both have a Toa team, with the same names, and the same elemental powers if not mask powers. Beyond that, I do not personally know of any connection or if they have plans to make more of a connection in future.
3From what I've been told by a ST fan (I know almost nothing about ST myself), the connection between pre- and post-reboot is that someone has been messing with events in the past (via time travel or something), thus creating a new alternate timeline in which the reboot takes place. And there's even some characters (like Spock) who somehow came from the original timeline to the new alternate timeline, so not all the characters in the reboot are actually new alternate characters. So basically, that's like saying that Okoto exists in an alternate timeline/universe/whatever, and the Tahu in the reboot is not an entirely new character who happens to have the same name, element and characteristics, but actually the very same Tahu we've known for 14 years, who somehow lost his memories (again) and ended up in that alternate timeline/universe/whatever. Of course, I don't know if that's what the LEGO employees at Comic-Con were referring to when they compared the two reboots, but at least it's another hint to a potential connection between the two generations of BIONICLE.
1Hey Greg I am so glad I can talk to you, soI have a few questions
21) Approxemetly how many dark hunters were there?
32) Would shadow stealer have been able to defeat the Shadowed one?
43) Would any combination of masks be able to make a silver/gold mask?
54) Any advise for making dark hunter mocs?
6It would be much appresiated if you could answer thease questions, Thank you.
1So, yes, there is a connection to old BIONICLE in that sense -- both have a Toa team, with the same names, and the same elemental powers if not mask powers. Beyond that, I do not personally know of any connection or if they have plans to make more of a connection in future.
2From what I've been told by a ST fan (I know almost nothing about ST myself), the connection between pre- and post-reboot is that someone has been messing with events in the past (via time travel or something), thus creating a new alternate timeline in which the reboot takes place. And there's even some characters (like Spock) who somehow came from the original timeline to the new alternate timeline, so not all the characters in the reboot are actually new alternate characters. So basically, that's like saying that Okoto exists in an alternate timeline/universe/whatever, and the Tahu in the reboot is not an entirely new character who happens to have the same name, element and characteristics, but actually the very same Tahu we've known for 14 years, who somehow lost his memories (again) and ended up in that alternate timeline/universe/whatever. Of course, I don't know if that's what the LEGO employees at Comic-Con were referring to when they compared the two reboots, but at least it's another hint to a potential connection between the two generations of BIONICLE.
3As I mentioned earlier, the only connection to old universe I have ever heard about was the reference to the Vahi being a half mask, which was mentioned at NYCC. No one has ever said anything about the 2015 Toa being the same individuals as the 2001-2010 Toa, and I doubt that was the intent. What would be the point? If Tahu did have amnesia, then his being the same Tahu is meaningless and if he had amnesia and got his memories back, he would be remembering a load of stuff that would be Greek for new fans.
4This is NEW BIONICLE ... it is not "stealth old BIONICLE."