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maletoaofwater wrote:

5 This seems odd to me... as noted in the original question, there's no source for the fact that toa armor is something separate they wear like clothing. aditionally, in the films, (which are canon, right?) we can clearly see the toas organic parts right beneath their outermost layer, indicating that they only have their mech parts and their org. ones, w/o anything extra on top of it, further pointing to the fact that they don't wear any extra armor on top of their mech exoskeleton. Isn't their "armor" just their mech parts?

 

5a Additionally, considering the MU inhabitants are mostly mechanical (instead of organic), and the great beings were trying to conserve resources (red star is an example of that), wouldn't it make sense for them to just have the toa use their natural bodies as armor w/o creating additional stuff that would require more resources? if a robot is designed to fight, (as the toa basically were) you wouldn't make it so that it had to put on additional armor to defend itself, you'd just incorporate the armor into the design.

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5a) I was asked if it was removable armor or not and I gave an answer. These arguments needed to be made before I gave an answer.

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5b That said, we know that matoran can rebuild themselves into stronger forms, as seen in the 2003 story. it would seem to me that they do this by modifying their mechanical parts, and leaving their organic ones alone. (yes?) relating to what the original question said about toa being able to take their armor off if need be, i'd think that toa could still do so, even if said armor is just their mechanical parts: considering matoran can do so to rebuild themselves, what's stopping a toa (the same species as matroan) from doing the same thing?

 

5c another thing i just thought of: if toa armor is akin to clothing instead of simply being part of their body, doesn't that make the exo-toa pointless? i remember when those sets were released, the big selling point was that now you could actually put your toa in a suit of armor. if toa armor is a separate thing, doesn't that contradict the point of the exo-toa?

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5b) Again, I got asked if Toa armor is removable, I said yes. I'm really not interested in debating whether that decision should get reversed. These points and counter-points needed to get included with the question asked.

5c) An exo-suit, by its nature, makes the wearer stronger, it does not just provide protection. The Exo-Toa suit had additional weaponry and enhanced the Toa's physical strength so he could better fight the Bahrag. I do not recall us ever selling it on the basis of "now your Toa can wear armor!" because we always said the Toa had armor.

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jaegernaught7743 wrote:

Hey greg the 06 matoran had mask identical to the 04 toa are they wearing great mask that they can't use or is there some other explanation? on another note I know this wasn't your domain but how did a 43rd rahkshi all of a sudden apear during the Stars wave? also somthing I don't get every other rahkshi had a staff power but this one apparantly had heat vision why is this one different? Also what happened tothe last of your least favorite characters the Vahki? One last question would the Toa Metru be considered the "normal" toa of the ones put into sets. the hagah as well as lhikan had the same build and the other ones in sets were made toa by unusual circumstances.

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1) The explanation is that those were the molds the set designers had to use.

2) As you say, not my area. I did not choose which characters were included with Stars.

3) You wouldn't need a staff to focus your power if your power comes from your eyes.

4) Most likely it was scrapped

5) Since a Toa looks like whatever the Matoran thinks it will look like when he/she transforms, I am not sure you can say there are "normal Toa," other than perhaps the Mata, who were made as Toa.

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1. Did other disguised Av-matoran have trouble fitting in with the other matoran tribes they lived with as takua did?

 

1a. How many av-matoran were relocated during the time slip?

 

1b. were there any other av-matoran in metru/mata-nui, or was takua the only one?

 

5. This seems odd to me... as noted in the original question, there's no source for the fact that toa armor is something separate they wear like clothing. additionally, in the films, (which are canon, right?) we can clearly see the toas' organic parts right beneath their outermost layer, indicating that they only have their mechanical parts and their organic ones, w/o anything extra on top of it, further pointing to the fact that they don't wear any extra armor on top of their mechanical exoskeleton. Isn't their "armor" just their mechanical parts?

 

5a. Additionally, considering the MU inhabitants are mostly mechanical (instead of organic), and the great beings were trying to conserve resources (red star is an example of that), wouldn't it make sense for them to just have the toa use their natural bodies as armor w/o creating additional stuff that would require more resources? if a robot is designed to fight, (as the toa basically were) you wouldn't make it so that it had to put on additional armor to defend itself, you'd just incorporate the armor into the design.

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1) Probably

1a) Don't recall

1b) Just Takua

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Toa-Nuva-von-Mata-Nui wrote:

Also, a short follow-up to this answer:

 

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Which, if any, of these options is the correct one?

Many thanks!

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I personally would lean toward #1, however -- you could also have a case where the Toa is locked up and CHOOSES to remain so for some reason (maybe to protect others), and so could become a Turaga because he chose to remain in a situation where his energies were drained.

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If the Toa chooses to remain in a situation where his energies are drained, does it matter whether he knows that his energies are drained? E.g. if he chooses to stay in his prison, but he does not know that there's a Nui stone lying right next to it, would he still become a Turaga?

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yes it matters, or yes he would become a turaga?

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Yes, he would still become a Turaga

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voporak1 wrote:
Hi mr Greg


3. The kanohi mask are magical mask or a form of advanced technology?

 

3) In old story, they were a product of GB technology. I do not know what they are in new story. There was no magic in old story.

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What about elemental powers? (and other powers?). Those abilities clearly defy the universe's laws of physics (referring to bionicle's laws of physics... otherwise elements would respond to everyone, not just those with the powers). I agree that we can't call those powers "magic", at least not in the traditional "spell-casting" sense, but i don't think we can call it purely tech either. perhaps tech was how they achieved those powers, but the powers themselves can't be tech.

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All I can tell you is that there is no magic in this universe. The story bibles did not contain explanations for how elemental powers work, but there is nothing supernatural about it. And why can't they be tech? Many of the things they could do could be duplicated with tech that we have in the human world now.

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Zidonaro wrote:

Were Bohrok supposedd to be Av-Matoran from the start ?

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No. The concept of Av-Matoran did not come into being until we planned 2008 story.

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TomGyroid wrote:

Thanks again Greg! Hope you don't mind if I ask some questions again 

 

1) How would Vakama and the other Turaga react if they knew Lhikan was alive, or at least in stasis?

2) Would there be any good reason to canonise any of the other non-canon promotional sets besides Gold Good Guy/Turaga Lhikan?

 

8026 Kraatu

6934 Good Guy

6935 Bad Guy

7217 Duracell Bad Guy

7716 QUICK Good Guy White

7717 QUICK Bad Guy Green

7718 QUICK Bad Guy Yellow

7719 QUICK Good Guy Red

6944 Good Guy 07

6945 Bad Guy 07

6946 Squid Launcher Function

6126 Good Guy 2008

6127 Bad Guy 2008

6128 Function 2008

 

Perhaps such as puppets (if that was the official explanation), Rahi, Skakdi (6935, 7217), Matoran (6944, 6126), Matoran Hordika (7716, 7719) or Rahaga (7717, 7718), assuming that doesn't interfere with the "if they already had an indentification it won't be canonised as something else" rule 

 

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1) I assume they would be happy to hear it

2) I have no plans to canonize every promotional set that ever came out, no

 

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2) I wanted to ask this for sometime, from even before Gold Good Guy as Turaga Lhikan was canonized. A while back when I was buying old BIONICLE sets, I was deciding between a NIB Fikou or what eBay called, a "Voya-Nui Sea Crab"... Sellers just make up names sometimes, eh? The set was 6946 Squid Launcher Function. I made a topic on BZP to see what it was exactly. I was told it was promotional, and some people suggested what it might be. One person suggested that it might be one of Takadox's sea insects. Someone also said it could be a Hahnah that was mutated due to the pit mutagen. What do you think?

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Not a set I remember, so no idea.