1Got Buried again...

maletoaofwater wrote:

maletoaofwater wrote:

ScribeGT6817 wrote:

voporak1 wrote:1Hi mr Greg

23. The kanohi mask are magical mask or a form of advanced technology?

 

33) In old story, they were a product of GB technology. I do not know what they are in new story. There was no magic in old story.

4What about elemental powers? (and other powers?). Those abilities clearly defy the universe's laws of physics (referring to bionicle's laws of physics... otherwise elements would respond to everyone, not just those with the powers). I agree that we can't call those powers "magic", at least not in the traditional "spell-casting" sense, but i don't think we can call it purely tech either. perhaps tech was how they achieved those powers, but the powers themselves can't be tech.

5i think this got buried.

6buried again...

maletoaofwater wrote:

maletoaofwater wrote:

ScribeGT6817 wrote:

Toa-Nuva-von-Mata-Nui wrote:

1Also, a short follow-up to this answer:

 

ScribeGT6817 wrote:

Thormmen wrote:

2Hi Greg,

  If a Toa who already completed his/her destiny were to be locked up for a long period of time in the vicinity of an activated Nui Stone, long enough for the Nui Stone to completely drain the Toa of Toa Energy, what would happen? We saw these possibilities:

1) The Toa would be left with zero Toa Energy but remain a Toa. Since he/she never gave up any of his/her Toa Energy willingly, and will never be able to do so again because he/she is "empty", he/she will never be able to turn into a Turaga.
(...)

Which, if any, of these options is the correct one?

Many thanks!

3I personally would lean toward #1, however -- you could also have a case where the Toa is locked up and CHOOSES to remain so for some reason (maybe to protect others), and so could become a Turaga because he chose to remain in a situation where his energies were drained.

4If the Toa chooses to remain in a situation where his energies are drained, does it matter whether he knows that his energies are drained? E.g. if he chooses to stay in his prison, but he does not know that there's a Nui stone lying right next to it, would he still become a Turaga?

5Yes

6yes it matters, or yes he would become a turaga?

7i think this got buried as well.

8buried again.

maletoaofwater wrote:

ScribeGT6817 wrote:

M0TR wrote:

1Hello Greg. I hope you are doing well.

 

21. Without a Ta-Matoran's resistance to fire, Takua must have been very uncomfortable in their usual habitats. Did he or anyone else ever notice this as being very odd? 

 

35. We have it written down on BS01 that Toa armor is a separate object that Toa can remove if necessary (though with no source for that information), but a member asserts that Toa armor is just their regular protodermis exoskeleton transformed into a new shape and so cannot be removed. Which is correct?

 

 

 

 

41) That probably did inspire some of his wanderings

  

55) It is a separate object

  

61. Did other disguised Av-matoran have trouble fitting in with the other matoran tribes they lived with as takua did?

 

71a. How many av-matoran were relocated during the time slip?

 

81b. were there any other av-matoran in metru/mata-nui, or was takua the only one?

 

95. This seems odd to me... as noted in the original question, there's no source for the fact that toa armor is something separate they wear like clothing. additionally, in the films, (which are canon, right?) we can clearly see the toas' organic parts right beneath their outermost layer, indicating that they only have their mechanical parts and their organic ones, w/o anything extra on top of it, further pointing to the fact that they don't wear any extra armor on top of their mechanical exoskeleton. Isn't their "armor" just their mechanical parts?

 

105a. Additionally, considering the MU inhabitants are mostly mechanical (instead of organic), and the great beings were trying to conserve resources (red star is an example of that), wouldn't it make sense for them to just have the toa use their natural bodies as armor w/o creating additional stuff that would require more resources? if a robot is designed to fight, (as the toa basically were) you wouldn't make it so that it had to put on additional armor to defend itself, you'd just incorporate the armor into the design.

11buried

maletoaofwater wrote:

ScribeGT6817 wrote:

alienduck wrote:

1This got buried.

alienduck wrote:

1. 2Naho was known to meet her demise on a mission to shut off the flood gates at the hands of Eliminator. It's known that a Kakama was found around the are she would be. Is it safe to say that Naho wore a Kakama?

 

 

 

31) Yes

 

4Is the fact that she wore a mask of speed also the reason she was the one to sneak through enemy lines to go get reinforcements during the toa-DH war?

5also buried haha...

maletoaofwater wrote:

15 This seems odd to me... as noted in the original question, there's no source for the fact that toa armor is something separate they wear like clothing. aditionally, in the films, (which are canon, right?) we can clearly see the toas organic parts right beneath their outermost layer, indicating that they only have their mech parts and their org. ones, w/o anything extra on top of it, further pointing to the fact that they don't wear any extra armor on top of their mech exoskeleton. Isn't their "armor" just their mech parts?

 

25a Additionally, considering the MU inhabitants are mostly mechanical (instead of organic), and the great beings were trying to conserve resources (red star is an example of that), wouldn't it make sense for them to just have the toa use their natural bodies as armor w/o creating additional stuff that would require more resources? if a robot is designed to fight, (as the toa basically were) you wouldn't make it so that it had to put on additional armor to defend itself, you'd just incorporate the armor into the design.

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35b That said, we know that matoran can rebuild themselves into stronger forms, as seen in the 2003 story. it would seem to me that they do this by modifying their mechanical parts, and leaving their organic ones alone. (yes?) relating to what the original question said about toa being able to take their armor off if need be, i'd think that toa could still do so, even if said armor is just their mechanical parts: considering matoran can do so to rebuild themselves, what's stopping a toa (the same species as matroan) from doing the same thing?

 

45c another thing i just thought of: if toa armor is akin to clothing instead of simply being part of their body, doesn't that make the exo-toa pointless? i remember when those sets were released, the big selling point was that now you could actually put your toa in a suit of armor. if toa armor is a separate thing, doesn't that contradict the point of the exo-toa?

5buried...

1Hey greg the 06 matoran had mask identical to the 04 toa are they wearing great mask that they can't use or is there some other explanation? on another note I know this wasn't your domain but how did a 43rd rahkshi all of a sudden apear during the Stars wave? also somthing I don't get every other rahkshi had a staff power but this one apparantly had heat vision why is this one different? Also what happened tothe last of your least favorite characters the Vahki? One last question would the Toa Metru be considered the "normal" toa of the ones put into sets. the hagah as well as lhikan had the same build and the other ones in sets were made toa by unusual circumstances.

1These questions pertain to content from BZP that is sourced to you... since i don't think i can post a link on here, i'll just quote what it says for each question.

21. "It is already known that the Matoran of Mahri Nui were partially mutated during their brief exposure to the Pit mutagen, and that this mutation altered them to resemble how they looked before their botched reconstruction by Karzahni. Greg believes that when Mata Nui undid the mutations of anyone exposed to the Pit mutagen, he had the ability to be selective and did not revert the Matoran back to their Karzahni forms. Greg believes that there was also no need to make the Matoran amphibious, since they were no longer living underwater."

3-Why did MN just make the matoran non-amphibious? Or were there other pit inhabitants that he made only air-breathers?

42. "In Greg's words, this is what would happen if two Agori from different tribes were to have a child, and what tribe that child would belong to: "Agori are not born with colors. They simply wear armor that has the color of the tribe they are in. So it would come down to which tribe the child (or their parents) chose to live in. For example, now that resources are not so scarce, if a Fire and Water tribe couple had a child, one parent or the other might choose to change villages and bring the child along.""

5-This kinda goes along with all my toa armor questions... you said that "agori are not born with colors", as if distinguishing them from the matoran species which are born with colors... same goes for "they simply wear armor..." This seems to me to further indicate that a toa's armor is merely their mechanical components.

63. running out of characters, more to come...

13. "The Matoran will be able to feed on the organic animals found on the new Spherus Magna, just as they fed off of organic fish on the island of Mata Nui."

2-A little while ago, you compared agori eating protodermic food, like bula berries, to humans eating drywall. however, considering the quoted info, wouldn't it make more sense that if matoran can eat organic food, that agori could also eat protodermic food? If the food is similar enough that both work the same way on the matoran, wouldn't both work the same way in the agoirs' system? after all, liquid protodermis and water are similar enough that toa of water can control both.

34. "Special Av-Matoran will continue to transform into Bohrok even on the new Spherus Magna."

4-Why is this? Aren't the systems that transform them broken down? Or is it something internal in each matoran... like certain ones were designed at creation to transform at a certain time?

55. "In Greg's words, the Order of Mata Nui is currently doing "Pretty much the same thing they were doing before, enforcing the will of Mata Nui.""

6-Does this mean they are helping in the search for the great beings?

76. Matoran dream when they sleep, as humans do.

8-Did they do this before they gained sentience, or was this a result of that?

97. "In Greg's words, on the likelihood of a Toa of Stone having been a part of the Toa Mangai team: "I can't see why there wouldn't have been one.""

10-So far, we know that there were 11 total: 2 water, 1 fire, 4 ice, 1 air, and 1 stone. Of the 6 primary elements, only earth isn't represented in that list... was there a toa of earth on the Mangai team? Assuming there was, that leaves one last unknown toa... what element was (s)he?

11Thanks again for answering our questions!

1Dear Greg,

2I don't know if this was answered before, but was there ever any specific story element in BIONICLE you had wanted to do that TLG did not? Thanks