#211
1Is Nocturn physically stronger than Makuta of Metru Nui?2-Donut
#212
1Yep.
#213
1No, Karzahni had nothing to do with their creation. Remember, Karzahni had no idea what Mata Nui, Makuta, or Toa were. How, then, could he have been involved in creating Toa?
2Greg
#214
1Eh, true..though I had the odd feeling it was at least possible they somehow originated from his realm (as the canisters seemed to be a bit of a shock to him, and there was no record of any matoran with those names otherwise)
2Eh, it was a theory.
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#215
1I'm sorry to ask this, but are there any more Matoran in the 2007 story line then Dekar and Dephilak?
#216
1Vo, you should go out and buy book 6 and you'll find out yes or no.

2Greg, How far into the bionicle story do you have planned out? I'm thinking up to 2011.
3And is Levak-kal still in orbit, or is he in deep-space?
4I have constructed a theory also: You said at the end of 2007, the Mask of Life Ignika will be damaged. I'm thinking when the Inika finnaly use the mask to restore him to full health, there will be a major sideffect due to the mask of Life being damaged. When this happens,the 2009+ story begins here. Any thoughts on this? Am I right, Am I wrong?
#217
1Hi greg.
2I have 2 questions for you.
31) How are you?
42) Who is the current Chronicler of Metru Nui?
#218
1Xaedrahk - The Toa Mata were never Matoran, hence there being no record of those as Matoran names.
2Vo - Yes. Gar, Kyrexh, Sarda, Idris and Reysa appear in Book 6.
3Gearhead - 1) We are discussing 2009 right now. 2)Still in orbit. It's only been a matter of weeks since he went up there. 3) The Mask of Life has been damaged due to the water, but I never said how badly it would be damaged by the end of the year.
4Shiruk - I'm fine. And Hahli is still considered Chronicler, because no one on Metru Nui knows she has become a Toa.
5Greg
#219
1I'm sure this first question's been asked before, but I can't seem to find it anywhere in here...
21.) Is there any possible way for lego to re-release some of the old sets and accessories? Like the packs of Kanohi and Krana/Kanohi Nuva and Krana. Those are still important to some people (like me [Big Grin] ). And the canisters of Kratta. Those are much missed, too...
32.) Are the movie shorts going to come back this year too? Like the piraka/Inika short movies?
#220
1Kanakha - 1) I can't say yes or no, because it's not really my area here. The hard part of this is that retailers are really not that interested in sets they just had a few years ago ... and unless we have leftover stock from back then, we would have to produce new sets to do this. Not sure if the demand would be high enough to justify that expense, but who knows? They might decide to something like that for an anniversary year or something.
22) No idea. I don't work on the website.
#221
1Hello Greg, I do have a question.
2Will we expect to see the content slated for BL7 released soon, or would it come out around the time BL7 does?
#222
1Greg, you said that the Toa Nuva's mission will be detailed on the web. You also said they briefly show up in Book 7. But will their mission be finished in book 8 or book 7?
#223
Originally posted by Greg2660:12) Actually, we have never said anything about how big a universe the planet is in. The "universe" the Matoran refer to is the one inside the domes, the one they are used to living in -- outside of the Matoran of Mata Nui, Voya Nui, and Mahri Nui, none have ever been outside the domes.
2Having said that, I can imagine that they are not on a planet at all. They may be on a mathematically flat plane for all we know. Given that there are apparently different dimensions available, anything is possible. Along those lines, I have a very hard time picturing how Metru Nui is situated beneath Mata Nui.
3Sometimes I imagine that the Bionicle universe comprises the viruses that the Roboriders were nominally meant to counter. Then I consider how utterly lame such a notion is and forget about it.
#224
1Hasn't there been some official art that shows the Bionicle world is in fact a planet, like round and all that?
#225
1In the original 2001 movie on Bionicle.com, just as it begins the round flat planet can be seen.
#226
1Riff Raff -- The first two chapters of the serial have already been submitted to the web producer, just a question of when she starts it up.
2Gearhead -- It will be finished (at least their '07 mission) by the end of Book 8, but odds are they will only appear in a part of the book.
3Carbunicle -- Try this to maybe help you get the Mata Nui-Metru Nui connection. Picture an egg. The island of Mata Nui is the egg. The city of Metru Nui is the yolk.
4Greg
#227
1So they will appear in part of Book 8?
#228
1That's my plan at the moment, but Book 8 has not even been started yet. Until it is, I can't really know how much room the story is going to take, so it is hard to say if they will or how much they will.
2Greg
#229
1Hopefully they will. For the book sales, can't you advertise the bionicle books in a comic? You said Mystery of Metru nui sold 100,000+ copies because it was advertised in a comic. Another good way is that since set sales are way up, you can put teasers of the books in the sets.
#230
1Gearhead - Those are both good ideas. But they both require that Scholastic pay for ad space, since they make most of the profit off the books and are a licensee. And they don't have a big budget for marketing the books.
#231
1Lat thing. You said there were Makuta's signed almost everywhere. You said in Zakas and Arthaka.
2Now could you lst where all the makuta's have been assigned to?
3And could there be a Makuta of Karzahni?
#232
1I don't have time to make a list like that, Gear. Makuta are assigned by region, not be specific island, and even with the Atlas we have not come close to identifying all the regions that exist in the Matoran universe.
2And yes, there most likely was a Makuta assigned to the region that included Karzahni.
#233
1What information do we know on Kodan?
2Thanks in advance.
#234
1Kodan? That he was a Po-Matoran in Metru Nui, served as Chronicler for Lhikan's team, was credited with the invention of akilini, and disappeared along with two Toa on a mission for the false Turaga Dume.
2Greg
#235
1Sorry to bother you again Mr. Farshtey, but I just had a few questions...
2Are the tools, that Dekar and Defilak carry, their "hands" or tools that they can occasionally put away?
3This is a bit of a silly question but how is Defilak's name pronounced?
4Thanks in advance Mr. Farshtey
#236
11) Tools22) Deh-fill-ack
#237
1In book 6, its says that "Before this day is over, he(Pridak) Would be king of only 1/6 of the known universe." But they are defeated on that same day and you say they conqured the entire known universe( almost all of it) and they are defeated before they conquer the 1/6 of the universe.

2And what book are you currently working on?
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#238
1Difference between being a ruler with the permission of the Great Spirit and being a ruler in PLACE OF the Great Spirit, Gearhead.
2I am finishing off EXO-FORCE Book 6.
3Greg
#239
1I don't really get your answer to my first question.
#240
1Okay, let me try to make it clear. You work for a big company as the manager of a huge office. You have power and lots of people work under you, but you still have to answer to your bosses.
2Then you get the chance to overthrow your bosses, so that you won't have to answer to anyone, ever.
3That is the difference I was talking about. The Barraki had to answer to the will of Mata Nui, and only had as much power as he allowed them to have. What they attempted to do was overthrow him so that they would not have to answer to anyone.
4Greg
#241
1How long does it usually take you to write one book?2-Donut
#242
16-8 weeks, PD, working mostly on weekends. I usually do about 1000-2000 words a day or so.
2Greg
#243
1When you write out a book, do you usually have to outline the story on paper first to keep track of it, or do you have it all in your head?
2TOS
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#244
1The original book 7 Invasion was supposed to feature the Inika right? No Barraki, 2007 titans, or the 2007 matoran right?

2And is it true the Order of Matu-nui has survellance on Karzahni too?
3Lastly, when is the web-producer going to get that January web-comic up? It Febuary 11th already.
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#245
1Ouranos - I try to avoid outlining. If I know everything that is going to happen before I write, then I get bored.
2Gearhead - The Mahri Matoran would probably have shown up at the end of the book, but otherwise, that's correct. Yes, the Order probably was keeping an eye on Karzahni. And I'm not the web producer, she is best suited to answer that. Last I heard, the comic was in the process of being flash-animated. Unfortunately, with her being sick for three weeks, stuff got delayed.