A simple question: People have been talking about what would happen if BIONICLE was rebooted, kinda like how Ninjago was rebooted. So I must ask: What would happen to the previous story of BIONICLE if it ever where to come back? Such a large story as BIONICLE's is something that would be a tragedy to loose, especially since you wrote a lot of the stuff considered canon. Would it be erased and the new info would retcon everything, or is there another method people could use if it where to be completely rebooted?
ScribeGT6817 wrote:
Boidoh wrote:
ScribeGT6817 wrote:
- Given that some locations on the island of Mata Nui were named after the Toa Mangai—Naho Bay and the Mangai Volcano being two examples—would it be safe to assume that other locations on the island (such as Tiro Canyon or the Motara Desert) were named after members of the Mangai as well?
1) They were likely named after Toa, but it may not have been from that particular team.
This Motara and Tiro, what elements are they?
Does this mean that: Leva, Fau, Pala, Kanae, Kumu, Hura-Mafa, Fusa, Papa Nihu and Marn were Toa names also?
I'm assuming that since these names are used in BIONICLE locations that they are approved by the legal team. Could you by any chance assign these names to characters we have no names for? Here are some nameless Toa.
Thanks for your time.
I have no idea what the genesis of those names was, Boidoh, since all that naming took place before I worked at LEGO Company. Those could well be Maori terms, in which case I doubt LEGO would want me assigning them to characters in the story.
I went ahead and checked using a Maori Dictionary site I found.
Nothing (Leva, Fau, Pala, Mafa, Nihu, Marn)
Kanae - restless(usually of eyes) OR a broad head/snout
Kumu - to clench OR ermm lets see how to word this to make the mods approve... erm, the backside?
Hura-Mafa: Hura - to remove a covering OR Jude, a penultimate book of the New Testament
Fusa - nothing, but someone noted that this was a Rahi name
Papa Nihu:
Papa - obviously father OR to strike OR to explode OR victory OR a sacrifice OR again.. the backside OR a gekko
OK so Kanae, Kumu, Hura and Papa mean something, but they don't mean anything that would offend the Maori people like the word Tohunga did. Well some words have, erm, weird meanings to say the least.
Leva, Fau, Pala, Mafa, Nihu and Marn mean nothing in Maori. Would this mean you are able to assign these to Toa?
1. Kraata-Kal was the result of an experiment by Teridax where he exposed a Kraata, to the stuff that changed Krana to Krana-Kal. What type of Kraata did he use?
2. After Teridax's takeover of the Brotherhood and their rebellion against Mata Nui did they continue to create Rahi?
3. Could Mata Nui sacrifice his "Toa Power" if he even has any, to become a Turaga?
4. Mata Nui in TLR combined his powers with the other Glatorian with Elemental weapons. What "power" is this?
Thanks for taking your time for answering these questions. Greatly appreciated.
misterbrickguy wrote:A simple question: People have been talking about what would happen if BIONICLE was rebooted, kinda like how Ninjago was rebooted. So I must ask: What would happen to the previous story of BIONICLE if it ever where to come back? Such a large story as BIONICLE's is something that would be a tragedy to loose, especially since you wrote a lot of the stuff considered canon. Would it be erased and the new info would retcon everything, or is there another method people could use if it where to be completely rebooted?
The Ninjago reboot was really not a reboot, first of all -- "Rebooted" referred to the Overlord coming back. The continuity did not change, the backstory did not change -- it wasn't a reboot of the story universe.
The best examples I can give for a reboot are what DC does all the time with their comics, most recently with New 52. Old continuity does not get "erased" -- those stories still happened, they simply happened in another reality. They don't impact the new stories, but elements of the old universe can be incorporated into the new one as the creators see fit. For example, there is still a Justice League in the new universe, and it still has mostly the same members as it did in the '90s and the 2000s, but how the team formed, the relationships between the characters, and the team's history is all different in New 52. All of the stories that took place prior to a few years ago are considered to have happened in another reality, and not the one they are writing about now.
Boidoh wrote:1. Kraata-Kal was the result of an experiment by Teridax where he exposed a Kraata, to the stuff that changed Krana to Krana-Kal. What type of Kraata did he use?
2. After Teridax's takeover of the Brotherhood and their rebellion against Mata Nui did they continue to create Rahi?
3. Could Mata Nui sacrifice his "Toa Power" if he even has any, to become a Turaga?
4. Mata Nui in TLR combined his powers with the other Glatorian with Elemental weapons. What "power" is this?
Thanks for taking your time for answering these questions. Greatly appreciated.
1) No idea
2) Yes
3) He wasn't really a Toa, so no.
4) I don't understand your question
DavidM96 wrote:Thank you again, Mr. Farshtey. I’m sorry for your confusion on my first question. I’ll try to explain it better this time around:
- According to BSO1, Sidorak desired Voporak’s position of power on Stelt, and hired the Makuta to experiment on him, which resulted in his sensitivity to time. What I wanted to know was if Sidorak was a member of the Brotherhood at the time of the experiment, or if he was just a clan leader looking to knock out a competitor.
Hopefully that helps. I also have a few more questions for you to consider:
- Could two Toa wearing the same Kanohi Mask combine their powers to create an enhanced effect (ex.—could two Hau users combine their powers to make a large shield)?
- What happened to the other members of Dume’s team after they became Turaga, and are any of them still alive?
- In response to the last question, there was one Turaga mentioned in Legacy of Evil, who ruled an island near Metru Nui. Toa Naho went to this island for aid in the war with the Dark Hunters. Due to the island’s proximity to Metru Nui, could this Turaga have been a member of Dume’s team?
1) Sidorak was never a member of the Brotherhood, he was an employee. And no, he wasn't an employee yet at that point, just a prospective one
2) I don't think so, no
3) They went to rule other places, and yes, some of them probably are still alive
4) Certainly possible
Nicholas749 wrote:Here's a few things that I've given up trying to figure out myself:
1. I think I already know the answer, but just in case, are the inhabitants of Spherus Magna born with their mechanical implants, or do they gain them later?
2. The Great Beings' plan was that two giant robots needed to put the planet back together. Why didn't they bother to reconstruct the prototype--or even build yet another robot--to ensure that this would be successful? Did they just stop caring? In other words, why did they leave only one functional robot when they knew they needed two?
3. What's the difference between solid protodermis and stone in the Matoran Universe? Is solid protodermis a metal or rock-like material? If the former, then is protosteel simply a much stronger (possibly the strongest) variant of solid protodermis?
Thanks in advance!
1) They are not born with implants, no
2) We don't know why they never finished the second robot -- or IF they never finished it. We simply know that Mata Nui, realizing he needed one, made us of what was there, which was the prototype. Remember, very little of this plan worked out the way the GBs had planned it. For all we know, the second robot exists somewhere and Mata Nui simply did not know that.
3) Stone in the MU is made of protodermis, so I am not sure how to answer this. Everything inside the robot is made of protodermis.
kyle7475 wrote:Hey Greg, are the Brain and Lungs the only "vital" organs in an MU inhabitant?
Unknown. We never mapped out Matoran anatomy.
WOLF66849 wrote:
WOLF66849 wrote:Hey Greg, I have a few questions if you could answer them:
1. Was it originally planned to turn any of the Shadow Matoran from Karda Nui into Toa, and if so which one?
2. If Bo-Matoran prefer to live in Jungle type areas, away from civilization, does that make them any more primal than a normal Matoran.
3. To what extent can beings with the Element of Plasma survive heat? To the point of standing in fire, or swimming in lava?
4. In sands of Bara Magna, Berix said he was trying to collect parts to possibly become a Glatorian one day. Does that mean that it is possible for an Agori to become a Glatorian?
5. How strong would you say the elemental abilities of a Turaga Nui be?
I think my post got kinda washed away in the tides of everyone else's posts.
1) No
2) I don't think so, no
3) I haven't defined that their resistance amounts to, but I doubt if either of those would apply. Too extreme.
4) No, it means Berix dreams big
5) Still not as great as a Toa's
Biomeca132 wrote:1) When and how Nuhrii, Vhisola, Orkahm, Ehrye, Ahkmou and Tehutti knew the locations of the Great Disks?
My personnal thinking is that Teridax knew them and, with or whitout the help of Nidhiki and Krekka, he informed the Matoran about it, before they know that Vakama and the others were transformed into Toa Metru.
Because, if they had been informed of the emplacements of the Great Disks too early, they would already have to try to catch them for personnal purpose, in view of them behavior in BA 1, in my opinion.
2) The Great Beings had tampered the Blade Burrowers for that to begin digging a series of tunnels representing the Three Virtues. But, the only Great Being inside the MU was Velika.
So, this is Velika who had tampered the Blade Burrowers, correct ?
1) I am pretty sure it said in the original story how they knew.
2) No. The tampering took place before Mata Nui was launched.
offir217 wrote:1) does Tren Krom made of organic Protodermis or regular organic material
2) does the Agori and Glatorian have a longer lifespan even without the mechanical implants?
1) Everything in the MU was made of protodermis
2) The mechanical implants really have nothing to do with extending lifespan. They are for things like increased strength or speed.
ScribeGT6817 wrote:
voporak1 wrote:
1.If mata nui could fulfill its mission as planned without being interfere by Teridax how he would reform Spherus Magna? of course they would have first attracted the moons to SM After what manner he might reform SM?
2.When Mata nui landing in the planets for analyze different cultures is what he sent drones to explore the planets or a team of Toa.
3.What are the limitations of adaptive armor exactly
4.Is what the GB have the technology to penetrate in the interior of the subconscious of other much like science fiction movie.
5.is what a toa can create solid objects from their elementary powers?
1) There were supposed to be two giant robots who would work together to do this. That was the original intent.
2) Neither. He scanned it.
3) I don't have exact limitations. There was no need for me to come up with them for story.
4) I don't know what you are referring to
5) Yes. Pohatu can make stone, for example.
1 it is exactly what I wanted to know how they would have done. To my KNOWLEDGE mata nui used the power of the Mask of Life to restore SM is what robots have done the same?
2-3-4. ok
5 when I meant by solid objects i wanted to say if a toa was able to create weapons and other with their element.
ScribeGT6817 wrote:
voporak1 wrote:Hi mr Greg
1.Is the GSR (mata nui) had the power of the three legendary masks of the MU to perform certain tasks such as shoot a blast of life capable of reforming Spherus Magna from the two fragments of SM? Because it would illogical that SM would reform from collision of the two fragments. mata nui could also have used the power of Creation to create the Barraki or a good number of species living in the MU as well that the makuta for them that I suspect that mata nui is able to transform the matter as he showed in amending the Antidermis liquid in biomechanical matter was mentioned in the war of destiny. desolated if was a bit too long.
2.after the reformation of SM what happened to protodermis energized?
3.the body of the elemental lords are they made of their element?
thanks in advance 1) No. You have to be wearing a mask to use its power, or have it fused to you. The Mata Nui robot does not wear masks.
2) In where? The MU? The EP in the MU had been mostly destroyed by the resistance against Makuta.
3) Unknown
1.excuse me I made a mistake when I wrote if the GSR could use the powers of the three legendary masks I meant the three legendary powers of MU which is the life, time and creation. For as I wrote mata nui would probably have used the powers of creation to create the majority of species which houses his body.
2.The energized protodermis in general.
3.ok
voporak1 wrote:
ScribeGT6817 wrote:
voporak1 wrote:Hi mr Greg
1.Is the GSR (mata nui) had the power of the three legendary masks of the MU to perform certain tasks such as shoot a blast of life capable of reforming Spherus Magna from the two fragments of SM? Because it would illogical that SM would reform from collision of the two fragments. mata nui could also have used the power of Creation to create the Barraki or a good number of species living in the MU as well that the makuta for them that I suspect that mata nui is able to transform the matter as he showed in amending the Antidermis liquid in biomechanical matter was mentioned in the war of destiny. desolated if was a bit too long.
2.after the reformation of SM what happened to protodermis energized?
3.the body of the elemental lords are they made of their element?
thanks in advance 1) No. You have to be wearing a mask to use its power, or have it fused to you. The Mata Nui robot does not wear masks.
2) In where? The MU? The EP in the MU had been mostly destroyed by the resistance against Makuta.
3) Unknown
1.excuse me I made a mistake when I wrote if the GSR could use the powers of the three legendary masks I meant the three legendary powers of MU which is the life, time and creation. For as I wrote mata nui would probably have used the powers of creation to create the majority of species which houses his body.
2.The energized protodermis in general.
3.ok
1) Mata Nui did not create the things in his body. The Matoran and other intelligent species were made by the Great Beings, and the Rahi were made by the Makuta.
2) Well, the EP that had been in the core of the planet froze in outer space, so it is not known at this point if it would still be there after the planet reformed
voporak1 wrote:
ScribeGT6817 wrote:
voporak1 wrote:
1.If mata nui could fulfill its mission as planned without being interfere by Teridax how he would reform Spherus Magna? of course they would have first attracted the moons to SM After what manner he might reform SM?
2.When Mata nui landing in the planets for analyze different cultures is what he sent drones to explore the planets or a team of Toa.
3.What are the limitations of adaptive armor exactly
4.Is what the GB have the technology to penetrate in the interior of the subconscious of other much like science fiction movie.
5.is what a toa can create solid objects from their elementary powers?
1) There were supposed to be two giant robots who would work together to do this. That was the original intent.
2) Neither. He scanned it.
3) I don't have exact limitations. There was no need for me to come up with them for story.
4) I don't know what you are referring to
5) Yes. Pohatu can make stone, for example.
1 it is exactly what I wanted to know how they would have done. To my KNOWLEDGE mata nui used the power of the Mask of Life to restore SM is what robots have done the same?
2-3-4. ok
5 when I meant by solid objects i wanted to say if a toa was able to create weapons and other with their element.
1) I don't know what the GBs original plan was if both robots had existed. It is possible the GBs themselves would have done something restore the planet.
5) Yes