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MooCowsRock wrote:

Here are some questions I have:

 

1. Are you ever going to finish the story serials, or since BIONICLEstory.com is no longer existent, are you going to leave us hanging?

 

2. In Ninjago, how does Traveler's Tea work? Is it sort of like the Kanohi Olmak?

 

3. How come you allowed time travel in Ninjago and not in BIONICLE?

 

4. Is the Overlord really defeated? Or is he still somewhere out there?

 

Thanks for writing these great stories!

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1) At this point, I don't have time to work on them and there is no place to post them anymore.

2) Not something I am familiar with

3) I didn't -- I have nothing to do with main story in Ninjago, I just write the graphic novels. Time travel has not appeared in the graphic novels.

4) Can't answer this

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chubert1234 wrote:

Will hero factory and bionicle be fighting evil together in a new novel you could make? I want to know because I think bionicle and hero factory should be in a series so they can fight evil together in a new novel or something. Also I am wondering if they could allow you to do that series (if you want to!) but sell the figures of bionicle in hero factory pieces. Please let me know!

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Hero Factory and BIONICLE are not part of the same story universe.

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jel15 wrote:

Hey Greg,

You probably won't remember or know who I am, but we used to talk a lot about BIONICLE on BZPower back in the day, and you'd help get information for us at BIONICLEsector01.

 

Anyways, I just wanted to ask if you ever have plans to reveal The Shadowed One's name/identity to us. 

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Nope

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ligo29 wrote:

Greg, how many LEGO Ninjago books are you going to write? After I had read the 1st one(The Challenge of Samukai), I wanted to know when more would come out! I just want to know how much more AWESOME all the Ninjago fans get to have!

Jammers

P.S. I can't believe I'm asking GREG FARSHTEY a question!

 

 

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Right now, we are planning #9 and #10 for 2014. No idea if there will be more after that.

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Daler99 wrote:

Was Velika's true nature planned way back in 2006?  Also, why Velika?

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1) No

2) Because his ... strangeness ... made a lot more sense if you considered that he was actually a Great Being. In some ways, his manner of speech was a way of toying with his creations.

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Daler99 wrote:

Okay, we have a topic in the BIONICLE forum where BIONICLE experts give "lectures" about the history of BIONICLE.  I was wondering if you would consider giving some "lectures."

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I don't know, what are they like?

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moonray2000 wrote:

I'm not sure if you would be allowed to answer this or not, but here goes.

 

Mr. Farshtey, do you and the LEGO company plan to create another theme similar to Bionicle or Hero Factory?

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I can't discuss future product plans, Moonray.Not allowed.

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MacThePickle wrote:
Hello, Mr. Farshtey.

I can't believe I just typed that.

Anyways, I could spend all day lavishing praise on you and your library of work, but I'll just say THANKS for the donations you've made to the worlds of Ninjago, Bionicle, Hero Factory, and all of your other contributions.

I've got a few questions for you.

Could you give me some writing tips? How do you make your characters so compelling? Or your environments so lifelike?

Can you give me some insights into the life of a Bionicle? Where do they come from? What's the deal with the "Red Star Reincarnation" thing? If not robots exactly, what are they? Some kind of bio-organic life form? How did the universe come into being?

How did you come to be here on the MBs, answering questions? What was your reaction? Do you like the Messageboards?

Which if any LEGO sets do you have?

How did you come up with your username?

Have you ever had a dream about Bionicle, or something else you were writing?

That's probably more than enough questions. Thank you for your time!

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I will get back to you later on these, if that's okay. There's a lot here.

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teridaxrules wrote:

When are you going to continue the BIONICLE storyline?

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No plans to at the moment. No one at LEGO is asking for it to be continued and with BIONICLEstory.com gone, there is no place to continue it.

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PANGOLIN2 wrote:

Hi Greg,

 

First of all, thanks for all of your fantastic work over the years!  Your stories are always great reads, and they link together really well.

 

My question is this; although it's been a long time now since Bionicle ended and you're a very busy man, would you ever like to release the remaining chapters of "The Yesterday Quest" and/or "The Powers That Be"?

 

I'm not sure with the Bionicle website being taken down now if you could, or it would have to be released unofficially elsewhere, or if you simply wouldn't be allowed, simply not have the time or would just prefer to leave it as it is.  I'm not one of these people who will run around begging you to bring back Bionicle, but it would be nice to have a couple of the loose ends tied up.

 

I imagine (although as I said, you may not be able to say) that you have ideas as to what would have happened to Kopaka, Pohatu and Mavrah on the Red Star and it would be great to hear how that ends, if Lewa is safe, and what becomes of the brainwashed Toa Inika?

 

Hope to hear something from you but as there are many, many pages, it's no problem if you can't/don't!  Keep up the great work!

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No additional chapters exist, they would need to be written, and right now with my other commitments and my daughter to take care of I don't have the free time to write them.

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Tomkatie wrote:

Greg, I have two questions for you:

 

1. Which Toa do you think you identified most with?

 

2. When Makuta got hit in the head with one of the chunks in the last series, that that nearly destroy Metru Nui?

 

P.S. I have to let my inner fan out somewhere: OH MY god! GREG FARSHTEY! SO AWESOME SO AWESOME AAAAAAHHHHAAAAAAHHHHHHAAAAAHH!

*Passes out*

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I really didn't "identify" with any of them. They're heroes and bio-mechanical beings of action, and I'm a writer. They fight evil, I sit behind a desk and type

Damaged it, yes.

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IronManGirl wrote:

*is freaking out* OH MY CELESTIA!!!!! THIS IS BEST IDEA YET!!!!! I HAVE SOOOOO MANY QUESTIONS TO ASK!!!

1. Is the seventh ninjago graphic novel really coming out in october or is that just a rumor?
2. *this might sound crazy* What are the chances of an Eragon, Doctor Who, A-team, or Pokemon LEGO theme?
3. If we ever meet in real life, can I have your autogragh?
4. Got any tips for graphic novels or normal books?
5. Whats your favorite line from the ninjago graphic novels?
6. Whats your favorite book from the ninjago graphic novels?
7. Do you like minecraft?

Okay, that wasn't as much questions as I thought I had.. Hmm... Anyway. Sorry, I'm just soooo excited! I have 1-6 of the ninjago graphic novels and I LOVE 'EM! oh, not to mention the official gude from the first ninjago series. AWE MAN THIS IS SOO AWESOME!!!!!!!

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1) #7 is out already. #8 is out in the fall.

2) No idea. Those are all licenses and I don't work on the licensing end of things.

3) Yes

4) Just that I think graphic novels are harder to write.Novels are a lot longer but easier.

5) Don't have one

6) Probably #7, cause I got to invent lots of new characters

7) Haven't played it. No time.

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jaydog1616 wrote:
I have a Few questions for Greg:
1. Is Ninjago & Bionicle all that you've written for LEGO?
2. Do you plan to write for any other LEGO Themes?
3. Thanks!

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1) No, I have also written novels for Hero Factory and as Editorial Director for the LEGO Club Magazine I have written about pretty much all the themes the last 13 years

2) Not really up to me, comes down to what I am asked to do.