JHUYSER wrote:1I'm sure that this has already been asked (I haven't been able to find much info besides the early treatment for Bionicle 5) but before bionicle had been cancled how far had the Bionicle universe been planned out and did you have any basic ideas on what would have happend when.
2At the time the cancellation was announced internally, we were just sitting down to start discussing potential 2010 story.
trainingjustin wrote:1Did you write the Ninjago Dark island trilogy books? If so, they are my absolute favorite Ninjago graphic novels ever!! I am still waiting to read part 2 though. . . .
2I wrote the scripts for the three books. The story itself was created by the LEGO NINJAGO team and Little Brown.
1hey, greg... not entirly sure if this thread is still active, but I may as well try
2why did takua change his name to takanuva upon trasformation to a toa. as far as I am aware, this is the only isntance of this happening in cannon (correct me if I am wrong). if this has been answered before (which, undoubtedly it has) sorry for asking, but this has been bugging me since i wrote a reveiw for mask of light.
DrakeCahill13 wrote:ScribeGT6817 wrote:
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21) The idea from the beginning was to aim the story at older kids. It's easier to get younger kids interested in a story written for older kids than vice versa.
32) Ryder Windham wrote the books, and no, he isn't someone I know. I think the BIONICLE team felt they wanted a fresh perspective for the new line.
43) No, I don't know the Hagemans, although I used to send my comic scripts to them as a courtesy so that they were informed what I was doing.
54) No. LEGO Group retains the rights to their themes regardless of whether or not we are actively producing sets. Same way Marvel still owns comic characters they created even if the character is not appearing in a book.
61. I get that.
72. Fresh perspective? How fresh? It's basically the same, only the Visorak invading Mata-Nui.
83. That was nice of you.
94. Huh.
10So I own the Officcial Guide to Bionicle and the Updated Bionicle Encyclpoedia. Are there any other guide books that could tell me anything I don't know about Bionicle already?
11Also, for my fanfiction, I need to know some things.
121. What happened to Mata-Nui, the GS?
132. Mata-Nui, the island?
143. The Toa Nuva?
154. The Turaga?
165. The Matoran?
176. Makuta?
187. Dark Hunters, Brotherhood of Makuta, Order of Mata-Nui?
198. Toa Ignika?
209. The Kanohi?
2110. Mahri Nui and Voya Nui?
22Also, what's the deal with Metru Nui? Is it under water? In a cave?
23Last question.
24Say a My Little Pony used to be a Toa. How could you possibly turn the Pony back into a Toa-like form? Energized Protodermis, perhaps?
25You haven't answered my questions.
patstu1 wrote:1hey, greg... not entirly sure if this thread is still active, but I may as well try
2why did takua change his name to takanuva upon trasformation to a toa. as far as I am aware, this is the only isntance of this happening in cannon (correct me if I am wrong). if this has been answered before (which, undoubtedly it has) sorry for asking, but this has been bugging me since i wrote a reveiw for mask of light.
3Two reasons:
41) Story reason - as a tribute to his heroes, the Toa Nuva
52) Non-story reason -- if we didn't change his name, then when people saw a "Toa Takua" set was coming out, they would have immediately known who the seventh Toa was going to be and ruined the story for themselves.
DrakeCahill13 wrote:DrakeCahill13 wrote:ScribeGT6817 wrote:
1snip
21. I get that.
32. Fresh perspective? How fresh? It's basically the same, only the Visorak invading Mata-Nui.
43. That was nice of you.
54. Huh.
6So I own the Officcial Guide to Bionicle and the Updated Bionicle Encyclpoedia. Are there any other guide books that could tell me anything I don't know about Bionicle already?
7Also, for my fanfiction, I need to know some things.
81. What happened to Mata-Nui, the GS?
92. Mata-Nui, the island?
103. The Toa Nuva?
114. The Turaga?
125. The Matoran?
136. Makuta?
147. Dark Hunters, Brotherhood of Makuta, Order of Mata-Nui?
158. Toa Ignika?
169. The Kanohi?
1710. Mahri Nui and Voya Nui?
18Also, what's the deal with Metru Nui? Is it under water? In a cave?
19Last question.
20Say a My Little Pony used to be a Toa. How could you possibly turn the Pony back into a Toa-like form? Energized Protodermis, perhaps?
21You haven't answered my questions.
22Drake - I can't always get to questions right away. This is something I do in my spare time.
23Makuta's Guide to the Universe.
241) Mata Nui's body is gone and his consciousness resides in the Mask of Life.
252) Mata Nui the island was the robot's face, so it's been dismantled
263-5) On Spherus Magna
276) The only Makuta still alive are Miserix and the "good" Teridax from the alternate universe.
287) DH and OOMN are on Spherus Magna, BOM is destroyed
298) No longer exists
309) Kanohi are on Spherus Magna
3110) Voya Nui was dismantled along with the rest of the robot. Mahri Nui was destroyed in 2007 story
3211) You can't. We saw Tahu go from being a Toa Nuva to a Toa, but in general, you cannot go backwards. That's why a Turaga can't go back to being a Toa.
ScribeGT6817 wrote:patstu1 wrote:1hey, greg... not entirly sure if this thread is still active, but I may as well try
2why did takua change his name to takanuva upon trasformation to a toa. as far as I am aware, this is the only isntance of this happening in cannon (correct me if I am wrong). if this has been answered before (which, undoubtedly it has) sorry for asking, but this has been bugging me since i wrote a reveiw for mask of light.
3Two reasons:
41) Story reason - as a tribute to his heroes, the Toa Nuva
52) Non-story reason -- if we didn't change his name, then when people saw a "Toa Takua" set was coming out, they would have immediately known who the seventh Toa was going to be and ruined the story for themselves.
6okay. thats fair enough (still find it strange how no-one else in cannon chose to do this, but I shant argue with you on it). I have another few Questions, but these are more about writting in general.
71: what is your oppion on pre planning a story. do you do it, and if so, how far do you plan ahead. (Personally, I have managed to plan out an entire universe ahead of time.)
82: outside of LEGO, are you working on anything, and are you alowed to tell us about it?
93: what book are you reading right now, If any.
104: what advise do you have for aspireing authors?
11and...thats about it? I think? I will remember something last minuite, undoubtedly. oh well.
Wilmerkardell wrote:1Hello Greg. I have a question: How do you do when you come up with a new character? Do you make the name first, or do you use a placeholder?
2When I was doing BIONICLE, I had a list of names to choose from. When I am doing my own writing, I will usually pick a name out but may change it later on as I write if I don't feel it's working.
patstu1 wrote:ScribeGT6817 wrote:1Two reasons:
21) Story reason - as a tribute to his heroes, the Toa Nuva
32) Non-story reason -- if we didn't change his name, then when people saw a "Toa Takua" set was coming out, they would have immediately known who the seventh Toa was going to be and ruined the story for themselves.
4okay. thats fair enough (still find it strange how no-one else in cannon chose to do this, but I shant argue with you on it). I have another few Questions, but these are more about writting in general.
51: what is your oppion on pre planning a story. do you do it, and if so, how far do you plan ahead. (Personally, I have managed to plan out an entire universe ahead of time.)
62: outside of LEGO, are you working on anything, and are you alowed to tell us about it?
73: what book are you reading right now, If any.
84: what advise do you have for aspireing authors?
9and...thats about it? I think? I will remember something last minuite, undoubtedly. oh well.
101) I generally don't outline. I find it makes my writing lifeless to write to an outline. I prefer to create good characters and then let them tell me the story, rather than me telling it to them.
112) I am just writing some of my own stuff. I don't have anything slated for publication right now, other than the third book of Dark Island. It's been an extremely slow year for LEGO-related freelance.
123) I am reading "The Job" by Janet Evanovich and Lee Goldberg
134) Read a lot, especially people who are better than you are. And write -- it seems obvious, but it's true: writers write. Even if you are not getting published, if you are not writing, you aren't a writer. Being a writer is like being any other kind of artist - it's not something you do, it's something you are.
voporak1 wrote:voporak1 wrote:1Hello Mr Greg
21. If Velika manage to instaure his policy, It will be him who will reign on Spherus Magna? Or Velika will use someone to rule the planet in its place but Velika will manipulate him in the shadow like a puppet?
32. What kind of policy Velika wants to instaure on Spherus Magna?
43. The Staff of Artakha can be used outside of the Matoran Universe? If so, Its power has the same range?
54. Artakha has already used the Staff of Artakha at least one time?
65. The Staff of Artakha was created before or after the Great Cataclysm?
76. The destinies of the beings of the MU to be transformed or destroyed by the Energized Protodermis was programmed by the Great Beings?
8Buried
9In Journey's end, Teridax declared that his new body (GSR) would be able to destroy universes. The Great Spirit Robot can really destroy universes?
10How long the Great Beings exist? Since 150,000 years? 250,000 years? or more?
11Buried again