GBailey46 wrote:

1Hey Greg,

 

2One plot element I found confusing in the 2006 story (Piraka) is how the Piraka were so easily able to defeat the Toa Nuva, yet seem to have a harder time fighting with the novice Toa Inika. I know the story team needed the Inika to advance the story, but I always found this a little confusing. Thanks!

3The Nuva landed on Voya Nui not expecting a battle, and not prepared for the Piraka. That's why they lost. The Inika already knew there was terrible danger there, because the Nuva had vanished, so they were better prepared for what they encountered.

Orionpaxg1 wrote:

11 did the Bahrag make other Bohrok kal besides the six we saw in 2003

 

22 did Artahka make Nuva variants of other kanohi beisides the six the toa mata wear? examples being Garai nuva, or a huna nuva

 

33 did you get inspiration for the Federation of fear from DC's suicde squad

41) No

52) Not that I am aware of.

 

63) Never read Suicide Squad, so no. But there are plenty of earlier examples of teams of villains fighting for "good" that predate Suicide Squad. It's a pretty common plot.

natth4545 wrote:
ScribeGT6817 wrote:1Hi Lightninja - I have had over 80 books published in my career, including novels, graphic novels, and game books.

2Wait? Graphic novels? are you also an artist? Or do you have a illistrator?


3The graphic novels I did for Ninjago were illustrated by Jolyon Yates.

 

BIONICHARGE wrote:

1Hello again!

 

2Do you know what the colouration of the Earth Tribe was planned to be?  If so, what was it?

 

3Thank you!

4More pondering, I see.

ScribeGT6817 wrote:
GBailey46 wrote:

1Hey Greg,

 

2One plot element I found confusing in the 2006 story (Piraka) is how the Piraka were so easily able to defeat the Toa Nuva, yet seem to have a harder time fighting with the novice Toa Inika. I know the story team needed the Inika to advance the story, but I always found this a little confusing. Thanks!

3The Nuva landed on Voya Nui not expecting a battle, and not prepared for the Piraka. That's why they lost. The Inika already knew there was terrible danger there, because the Nuva had vanished, so they were better prepared for what they encountered.

4In addition, the Piraka, being Skakdi, did possess limited Elemental powers; presumably they could simply work together to destroy any Elemental attacks that the Nuva came up with.  The Inika, however, had Lightning intertwined with their Elemental abilities, which the Piraka could not counter in the same way.

1Hey Greg, if the Inika/Mahri fulfilled their destiny by using the mask of life, how come they aren't turaga?


11) Why do so many electronic devices need batteries?

22) They were building a huge, sophisticated machine. Huge, sophisticated machines can break down. This is like saying you had to be a clairvoyant to know autos would require mechanics at some point.

 

33) Because he looked nothing like the Nidhiki they knew. If you had a best friend named Sam, and one day a giant toad shows up called Sam, would you automatically assume that's your friend?

 

44) There are psychological differences between the genders.


53. Then what about Tuyet? Surely she would have been remembered, oh and how did Lhikan know it was Nidhiki?


6We only saw a very few Matoran encountering Tuyet during Teridax's reign, so we don't know one way or the other how well she was remembered by the population at large. Consider the fact that by the time she returned, the Matoran had had their memories of life on Metru Nui wiped.


7True. But, this is just a hypothecy, please tell me if it's possible or no

 

8Okay so we know that the Metru weren't wiped, so, i presume, they would remember Tuyet. Seeing how she was one of the Mangai, and what she did, would it be possible they would dislike her upon return or something? I would think Nokama would definetely remember, them being in Ga-Metru y'know. Oh and Tuyet mentioned Nokama but she was lying i think.

ScribeGT6817 wrote:
KoolKai7 wrote:
ScribeGT6817 wrote:
KoolKai7 wrote:

1Greg, are the Toa able to "take off" their adaptive armor (they probably wouldn't want to, but do they have the ability to do so?)?

2Yes

3How, and was it ever shown in the comics?

4No, it wasn't show in the comics - comics had to reflect what sets looked like, because the point of them was to sell sets. And I assume you would take it off the same way you would take off other armor.

5Can matoran "put on" the adaptive armor?

1 Hello Greg. A few things I was wondering:
21) what was the point of Antidermis? Was it ever elaborated why the Great Beings created it? Did they know Mata Nui was going to create the Makuta? Were they around for the Makuta's creation or had Mata Nui already departed Spherus Magna by then?31.5) what motivated the Great Beings to create the plans for the Golden Armor? Did they know that the Antidermis was sentient and could potentially rebel?
42) How intelligent were the Matoran and other beings prior to Velika's Awakening of them? They seemed intelligent enough to sufficiently pass as sapient, so what exactly was changed? Or were Helryx, the Toa Mata, Hydraxon, and the other beings seen in Legends #10 exceptions with most of the inhabitants of the MU being drones?
53) How many MU species were created prior to Mata Nui's departure of Spherus Magna? Would the Great Beings have known about Skakdi, Vortixx, Makuta, etc.?

1Mostly Agori/Glatorian themed questions, with a random fourth thrown in, for science. 

 

21. Are the Agori and Glatorian the same species?

 

32. Were the Agori/Glatorian created by the Great beings?

 

43. Are Agori/Glatorian built by machines like the Matoran, or are they created naturally/biologically? 

 

54. Turaga Vakama uses the word "Bionicle" at least twice in the novel and movie of Legands of Metru Nui. What is the significance of this word to them? 

1 I don't know if you are working with the reboot of Bionicle, but I have a question.2Can the islanders of Okoto be male or female no matter their element, or does their gender depends of their element, like the Matoran?

1Hi Greg,
2I'm a long time fan of Bionicle, joined about 2002, loved it ever since.
3I'm just wondering, what sort of time scale Bionicle is on in comparitive Earth Years?
4As in, I'm guessing for a measure of time, the Great Beings used the time it takes for Spherus Magna to orbit its sun for the length of a year that the Matoran Universe has, so how long is a Spherus Magna year compared to an Earth Year?
5And on a related note, does the Great Spirit Robot, and by proxy, the Great Beings, have any form of FTL travel?

1 1. What have Karzhani done to the Matoran of the island of Lesovikk that don't had any problems to fix?22. Do any of the Lesovikk's island Matoran offered resistance when they were forced to go to Karzhani by their Turaga? I think that the entire population of an island could have easily defeat one person.33. Recently you said that the Great Beings were Glatorian, so does this mean that the emergency pilots of the Great Spirit Robot were GBs?
1 Dear Mr. Farshtey,
2So this means that when active, the user can only breathe water?
3Thanks again,
4rud01
BIONICHARGE wrote:
BIONICHARGE wrote:

1Hello again!

 

2Do you know what the colouration of the Earth Tribe was planned to be?  If so, what was it?

 

3Thank you!

4More pondering, I see.

5No, just busy. And no plans were ever made for coloration, since we already knew they would never be sets.