Chat with Greg Farshtey

ScribeGT6817

2013-07-13 20:31 UTC–5

DavosZiguroz wrote:
Hi Greg!

1) Now that we know officially that you won't be able to end the story, can you tell us if a main character dies.

2) What happened in the end at the place where the Mad Great Being was with Vezon, Brutaka, and co.?

3) Can you write here a little resum of how it ended all?

1) Davos - I didn't say I wouldn't ever be able to end it (I don't think), I said it isn't a priority to do it now. LEGO is not asking me to work on it and there is no longer an official place to put story. If that changes, then it does,though I do not think the odds are great. Anyway, to answer your question, I didn't plan the stories out ahead -- I wrote them as they came to me. So the plot answers you are looking for do not exist.

ScribeGT6817

2013-07-13 20:31 UTC–5

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ClutchPowers99 wrote:
Re: Chat with Greg Farshtey
yesterday

ClutchPowers99 wrote:
Greg Farshtey wrote:
ClutchPowers99 wrote:

It is truly an honor, Mr. Farshtey.

Good Bye 'til my next post!

god bless!

1) No idea.
2) Well, since Universe doesn't exist anymore, I am not sure you have to worry that much about sticking to canon since there is no canon to stick to now.
3) For a short time, yes
4) It's hard to say -- quality, yes, but feel could be different depending on what direction LEGO Company wanted to take the property.
5) I never created any characters that got rejected.
Well, what if (thinking hypothetically) LEGO were to bring back Bionicle and consult you?

And @ 2.): I mean the 2010-2012 canon.

Thanks, Greg (it's okay if I call you that, right?) for letting us chat with you on this topic.
1) Well, I would certainly love to be involved in a return of BIONICLE, but I think if I were to do it, it would need to be a reboot in some respect. You can't pick up where you left off, because there is too much backstory for new fans to learn.So I think you would need to at the least do a time jump into the future.

Could you please help me with question 2, Greg?

Is that the Universe question? I never played Universe so I don't really know the story at all.

ScribeGT6817

2013-07-13 20:33 UTC–5

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Ninjagofan132 wrote:
Hi Greg!
Thanks for answering my questions!
Did you meet the brothers who created LEGO Ninjago Masters of Spinjitzu? Did you enjoy being a popular Ninjago Author? I really appreciate every single piece of your work. Did you know that you are very popular On Instagram? Along with the ninjago Seasons, do you know what happened to Kai and Nya's parents? Kai and Nya seem to young to lose their parents. Have you also met the Voice actors of NInjago?

They record the voices where I live
Thank You so much Greg!
from your biggest fan @ninjago132

1) Emailed with them, never met them

2) Yes

3) No, I didn't

4) No, I don't, I am not sure that is mentioned in the story bibles.

5) No. All the work is done in California, I think, and I am based in CT

ScribeGT6817

2013-07-14 06:07 UTC–5

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alienduck wrote:
Can someone use the Faxon (Mask of Kindred) to copy the powers of the Rahi Nui, Kanohi Dragon, Keetongu, Krahka, Doom Viper, Zivon, Visorahk, etc. or are it's powers limited?

It's been so long at this point that I hesitate to answer this without remembering what rules we created for that mask. But I will look into it for you.

ScribeGT6817

2013-07-14 06:09 UTC–5

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pie-nui wrote:
Hay Greg do you know if Bionicle is going to return or not beacause there are lots of fans out there that would like to see it retrun

I have no idea. It's a decision that would be made at a much higher level of the company than I am at, so even if it was being talked about, I would not know.

ScribeGT6817

2013-07-14 06:10 UTC–5

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derrickc31 wrote:
dear greg ,
i have a few questions
1. i am a author (well future author) what are good tips for writing?
2. what will be the story for ninjago 2014
3. how many other series' have you written for?
also in the jammers i have a page of my story
Jammers
Return of the Ninja (The End) “Derrick?””I'm Here But I sense some strange strong energy coming right towards us, TAKE COVER!” WHAAAAAMMM! Derrick was slammed down by Sub-Zero. Derrick quickly transmitted a message with his mind to the masters of spinjitzu.'Kai,Cole,Zane and,Jay please help me my life is almost drained bring me my zx ninja armor and revive me come quickly' The hero lay silently to hurt to fight or even stand. Who can help Derrick before the ninja come who!?!?!
In a split second the ninja were there and Jay used Lightning Flash Blast to heal Derrick. After he was Derrick used spinjitzu so he was in zx mode .The five ninja made a plan,The Giant Tornado of Destiny.”1...2...3 Lets go! Ice! Fire! Lightning! Earth! Magma! Ninjago!” The ninja finally made a Tornado of Destiny,(The ultimate power(So far...) since NRG and the green ninja vs Lord Garmadon from LEGO Ninjago!) And following the tornado was the true true most powerful potential plus the most powerful Tornado of Destiny plus a cool death blast. In second everything bad was destroyed and Sub-Zero was Spit in half. One final blast will destroy him!

1) Read a lot. You learn by reading people who are better than you are, at least I do.

2) I can't discuss future storyline plans

3) Well, since I work on the LEGO Club Magazine as my regular job, I have written for all of them at one time or another.

ScribeGT6817

2013-07-14 14:54 UTC–5

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eskeletik wrote:
Hi, Mr Farshtey. I have some questions about Bionicle storyline and characters. Please note that English is not my native language.
1): Would carapar be in the Red Star?
2): Why the mutagen didn't turned Krika, Bitil and Gorast into water breathers?
3): Can the Kestora wear Kanohi?
4): Ever thought about the names of the unnamed species? (Brutaka, The Barraki, Axonn, Botar, Sidorak...)
5): Can a Toa of Water control REAL water? (I have understood that in the MU there is only liquid protodermis)
6): Is Annona dead?
7): 99 dead Makuta will be given new armors in the Red Star?
8): Have Marendar elemental powers? If so, what powers are?

Thanks for your Attention.

1) Unknown. I have not made a determination about beings killed outside of the MU yet

2) It simply had a different affect, possibly because of the unique nature of a Makuta's being

3) Good question.I would not rule that possibility out

4) No, because i no longer have a list of approved names to use for BIONICLE

5) Yes. We saw Gali do it in 2001-2003

6) Annona was last seen being teleported to a world filled with beings like it, so there is no evidence Annona is dead at this point.

7) Another good question. Given that the Makuta are pure energy inside of armor, it may not be possible to recreate them in the red star, because they have no physical bodies as such.

8) Unknown at present, but my guess would be yes

ScribeGT6817

2013-07-14 14:56 UTC–5

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nickvang_7_7_7 wrote:
Say Greg, this is a part I just wrote for my fan-fiction:

'Makuta Teridax was totally stressed out. Just this week he had already erased two failed viruses, helped with the creation of a small army of new Kraata, and had several meetings with his fellow makuta. And now, now he was in a hurry to another important meeting. ‘If the other Makuta would just understand how tired I am.’ Teridax thought ‘But my selfish ‘friends’ wouldn’t understand me anyway. Sometimes I’d wish I was not a Makuta, sometimes I’d just wish I was the ruler of the Universe!'

In the meeting room he noticed two strange things: the face of the Toa they were observing was extremely ugly, and Makuta Miserix was wearing the Kanohi Avohkii, the Mask of Light. Even though both things didn’t make any sense to him, he didn’t really care. Caring also seemed to be unnecessary, as Miserix started explaining stuff by himself. 'This here my friends-' Miserix started, while Teridax thought 'There's that 'friends' thing again.' '-is not a Toa like you may think.' Miserix continued 'This is an Agori, a villager of the planet 'Spherus Magna'.''

Do you have any tips? And could you please give your personal opinion? Please be honest.

Couple things -- Makuta would not consider each other to be friends. Brothers, possibly, but not friends. And I can't see Teridax getting all frustrated and despairing - he is a being of action. If the other Makuta were annoying him,he would either punish or kill them to make them stop.

ScribeGT6817	2013-07-13 20:31 UTC–5 Permalink DavosZiguroz wrote: Hi Greg! 1) Now that we know officially that you won't be able to end the story, can you tell us if a main character dies. 2) What happened in the end at the place where the Mad Great Being was with Vezon, Brutaka, and co.? 3) Can you write here a little resum of how it ended all? 1) Davos - I didn't say I wouldn't ever be able to end it (I don't think), I said it isn't a priority to do it now. LEGO is not asking me to work on it and there is no longer an official place to put story. If that changes, then it does,though I do not think the odds are great. Anyway, to answer your question, I didn't plan the stories out ahead -- I wrote them as they came to me. So the plot answers you are looking for do not exist.
ScribeGT6817	2013-07-13 20:31 UTC–5 Permalink ClutchPowers99 wrote: Re: Chat with Greg Farshtey yesterday ClutchPowers99 wrote: Greg Farshtey wrote: ClutchPowers99 wrote: It is truly an honor, Mr. Farshtey. Good Bye 'til my next post! god bless! 1) No idea. 2) Well, since Universe doesn't exist anymore, I am not sure you have to worry that much about sticking to canon since there is no canon to stick to now. 3) For a short time, yes 4) It's hard to say -- quality, yes, but feel could be different depending on what direction LEGO Company wanted to take the property. 5) I never created any characters that got rejected. Well, what if (thinking hypothetically) LEGO were to bring back Bionicle and consult you? And @ 2.): I mean the 2010-2012 canon. Thanks, Greg (it's okay if I call you that, right?) for letting us chat with you on this topic. 1) Well, I would certainly love to be involved in a return of BIONICLE, but I think if I were to do it, it would need to be a reboot in some respect. You can't pick up where you left off, because there is too much backstory for new fans to learn.So I think you would need to at the least do a time jump into the future. Could you please help me with question 2, Greg? Is that the Universe question? I never played Universe so I don't really know the story at all.
ScribeGT6817	2013-07-13 20:33 UTC–5 Permalink Ninjagofan132 wrote: Hi Greg! Thanks for answering my questions! Did you meet the brothers who created LEGO Ninjago Masters of Spinjitzu? Did you enjoy being a popular Ninjago Author? I really appreciate every single piece of your work. Did you know that you are very popular On Instagram? Along with the ninjago Seasons, do you know what happened to Kai and Nya's parents? Kai and Nya seem to young to lose their parents. Have you also met the Voice actors of NInjago? They record the voices where I live Thank You so much Greg! from your biggest fan @ninjago132 1) Emailed with them, never met them 2) Yes 3) No, I didn't 4) No, I don't, I am not sure that is mentioned in the story bibles. 5) No. All the work is done in California, I think, and I am based in CT
pie-nui	2013-07-13 20:47 UTC–5 Permalink Hay Greg do you know if Bionicle is going to return or not beacause there are lots of fans out there that would like to see it retrun
derrickc31	2013-07-13 22:54 UTC–5 Permalink dear greg , i have a few questions 1. i am a author (well future author) what are good tips for writing? 2. what will be the story for ninjago 2014 3. how many other series' have you written for? also in the jammers i have a page of my story Jammers Return of the Ninja (The End) “Derrick?””I'm Here But I sense some strange strong energy coming right towards us, TAKE COVER!” WHAAAAAMMM! Derrick was slammed down by Sub-Zero. Derrick quickly transmitted a message with his mind to the masters of spinjitzu.'Kai,Cole,Zane and,Jay please help me my life is almost drained bring me my zx ninja armor and revive me come quickly' The hero lay silently to hurt to fight or even stand. Who can help Derrick before the ninja come who!?!?! In a split second the ninja were there and Jay used Lightning Flash Blast to heal Derrick. After he was Derrick used spinjitzu so he was in zx mode .The five ninja made a plan,The Giant Tornado of Destiny.”1...2...3 Lets go! Ice! Fire! Lightning! Earth! Magma! Ninjago!” The ninja finally made a Tornado of Destiny,(The ultimate power(So far...) since NRG and the green ninja vs Lord Garmadon from LEGO Ninjago!) And following the tornado was the true true most powerful potential plus the most powerful Tornado of Destiny plus a cool death blast. In second everything bad was destroyed and Sub-Zero was Spit in half. One final blast will destroy him!
ScribeGT6817	2013-07-14 06:07 UTC–5 Permalink alienduck wrote: Can someone use the Faxon (Mask of Kindred) to copy the powers of the Rahi Nui, Kanohi Dragon, Keetongu, Krahka, Doom Viper, Zivon, Visorahk, etc. or are it's powers limited? It's been so long at this point that I hesitate to answer this without remembering what rules we created for that mask. But I will look into it for you.
ScribeGT6817	2013-07-14 06:09 UTC–5 Permalink pie-nui wrote: Hay Greg do you know if Bionicle is going to return or not beacause there are lots of fans out there that would like to see it retrun I have no idea. It's a decision that would be made at a much higher level of the company than I am at, so even if it was being talked about, I would not know.
ScribeGT6817	2013-07-14 06:10 UTC–5 Permalink derrickc31 wrote: dear greg , i have a few questions 1. i am a author (well future author) what are good tips for writing? 2. what will be the story for ninjago 2014 3. how many other series' have you written for? also in the jammers i have a page of my story Jammers Return of the Ninja (The End) “Derrick?””I'm Here But I sense some strange strong energy coming right towards us, TAKE COVER!” WHAAAAAMMM! Derrick was slammed down by Sub-Zero. Derrick quickly transmitted a message with his mind to the masters of spinjitzu.'Kai,Cole,Zane and,Jay please help me my life is almost drained bring me my zx ninja armor and revive me come quickly' The hero lay silently to hurt to fight or even stand. Who can help Derrick before the ninja come who!?!?! In a split second the ninja were there and Jay used Lightning Flash Blast to heal Derrick. After he was Derrick used spinjitzu so he was in zx mode .The five ninja made a plan,The Giant Tornado of Destiny.”1...2...3 Lets go! Ice! Fire! Lightning! Earth! Magma! Ninjago!” The ninja finally made a Tornado of Destiny,(The ultimate power(So far...) since NRG and the green ninja vs Lord Garmadon from LEGO Ninjago!) And following the tornado was the true true most powerful potential plus the most powerful Tornado of Destiny plus a cool death blast. In second everything bad was destroyed and Sub-Zero was Spit in half. One final blast will destroy him! 1) Read a lot. You learn by reading people who are better than you are, at least I do. 2) I can't discuss future storyline plans 3) Well, since I work on the LEGO Club Magazine as my regular job, I have written for all of them at one time or another.
eskeletik	2013-07-14 08:37 UTC–5 Permalink Hi, Mr Farshtey. I have some questions about Bionicle storyline and characters. Please note that English is not my native language. 1): Would carapar be in the Red Star? 2): Why the mutagen didn't turned Krika, Bitil and Gorast into water breathers? 3): Can the Kestora wear Kanohi? 4): Ever thought about the names of the unnamed species? (Brutaka, The Barraki, Axonn, Botar, Sidorak...) 5): Can a Toa of Water control REAL water? (I have understood that in the MU there is only liquid protodermis) 6): Is Annona dead? 7): 99 dead Makuta will be given new armors in the Red Star? 8): Have Marendar elemental powers? If so, what powers are? Thanks for your Attention.
nickvang_7_7_7	2013-07-14 10:24 UTC–5 Permalink Say Greg, this is a part I just wrote for my fan-fiction: 'Makuta Teridax was totally stressed out. Just this week he had already erased two failed viruses, helped with the creation of a small army of new Kraata, and had several meetings with his fellow makuta. And now, now he was in a hurry to another important meeting. ‘If the other Makuta would just understand how tired I am.’ Teridax thought ‘But my selfish ‘friends’ wouldn’t understand me anyway. Sometimes I’d wish I was not a Makuta, sometimes I’d just wish I was the ruler of the Universe!' In the meeting room he noticed two strange things: the face of the Toa they were observing was extremely ugly, and Makuta Miserix was wearing the Kanohi Avohkii, the Mask of Light. Even though both things didn’t make any sense to him, he didn’t really care. Caring also seemed to be unnecessary, as Miserix started explaining stuff by himself. 'This here my friends-' Miserix started, while Teridax thought 'There's that 'friends' thing again.' '-is not a Toa like you may think.' Miserix continued 'This is an Agori, a villager of the planet 'Spherus Magna'.'' Do you have any tips? And could you please give your personal opinion? Please be honest.
nickvang_7_7_7	2013-07-14 10:37 UTC–5 Permalink ScribeGT6817 wrote: alienduck wrote: Oh, yes, there is a name for him. But as I told the folks on BZPower way back when, I am not releasing it for three reasons: 1) Everyone hated it when we named Teridax. What!? Really everyone? I mean, I loved it when you named him! Teridax just really fits him. I mean, Teridax doesn't just sound evil, but more like douchebag-evil! That is just what he is, a douchebag-evil guy. He not a heroic enemy who just has his own opinions of how the Universe should be ruled. No, he's just mean and selfish, and wants everyone to be his slave. Teridax just fits hims! And 'Steve' just fits the Shadowed One (or not)!
TheShadowGlitc…	2013-07-14 13:40 UTC–5 Permalink Hey Greg can i get your autogragh for my sig?
Paploo2	2013-07-14 14:15 UTC–5 Permalink Dear Greg, If Makuta have ALL 48 rahkshi powers, how could the toa ever defeat them? They seem to rarely use them. Here are some examples: 1. Makuta Teridax only uses a shadow hand when combating Vakama, when he could just molecularly disrupt him or something. 2. The Toa Mata defeat him with a toa seal, and all he does is monologue and refute a few of their attacks. 3. Makuta, instead of inhialating Takanuva, merely plays kohlii with him (he does use shadow too, but why only shadow?). 4. In Federation of Fear, how was Spiriah even imprisoned in the first place, when he had so many ways of escape. furthermore, he could easily have destroyed all the members of the crew, whereas he instead only intimidated them and shot Brutaka (I think. I don't quite remember.). 5. I understand that the swamp Makuta were weakened by their mutations, but why didn't they seem to use ANY of their remaining powers? So this is what I'm wondering.I know you didn't come up with the whole storyline, and so some of these problems may not be by you, so do not take this offensively. Cheerio, Paploo.
ScribeGT6817	2013-07-14 14:54 UTC–5 Permalink eskeletik wrote: Hi, Mr Farshtey. I have some questions about Bionicle storyline and characters. Please note that English is not my native language. 1): Would carapar be in the Red Star? 2): Why the mutagen didn't turned Krika, Bitil and Gorast into water breathers? 3): Can the Kestora wear Kanohi? 4): Ever thought about the names of the unnamed species? (Brutaka, The Barraki, Axonn, Botar, Sidorak...) 5): Can a Toa of Water control REAL water? (I have understood that in the MU there is only liquid protodermis) 6): Is Annona dead? 7): 99 dead Makuta will be given new armors in the Red Star? 8): Have Marendar elemental powers? If so, what powers are? Thanks for your Attention. 1) Unknown. I have not made a determination about beings killed outside of the MU yet 2) It simply had a different affect, possibly because of the unique nature of a Makuta's being 3) Good question.I would not rule that possibility out 4) No, because i no longer have a list of approved names to use for BIONICLE 5) Yes. We saw Gali do it in 2001-2003 6) Annona was last seen being teleported to a world filled with beings like it, so there is no evidence Annona is dead at this point. 7) Another good question. Given that the Makuta are pure energy inside of armor, it may not be possible to recreate them in the red star, because they have no physical bodies as such. 8) Unknown at present, but my guess would be yes
ScribeGT6817	2013-07-14 14:56 UTC–5 Permalink nickvang_7_7_7 wrote: Say Greg, this is a part I just wrote for my fan-fiction: 'Makuta Teridax was totally stressed out. Just this week he had already erased two failed viruses, helped with the creation of a small army of new Kraata, and had several meetings with his fellow makuta. And now, now he was in a hurry to another important meeting. ‘If the other Makuta would just understand how tired I am.’ Teridax thought ‘But my selfish ‘friends’ wouldn’t understand me anyway. Sometimes I’d wish I was not a Makuta, sometimes I’d just wish I was the ruler of the Universe!' In the meeting room he noticed two strange things: the face of the Toa they were observing was extremely ugly, and Makuta Miserix was wearing the Kanohi Avohkii, the Mask of Light. Even though both things didn’t make any sense to him, he didn’t really care. Caring also seemed to be unnecessary, as Miserix started explaining stuff by himself. 'This here my friends-' Miserix started, while Teridax thought 'There's that 'friends' thing again.' '-is not a Toa like you may think.' Miserix continued 'This is an Agori, a villager of the planet 'Spherus Magna'.'' Do you have any tips? And could you please give your personal opinion? Please be honest. Couple things -- Makuta would not consider each other to be friends. Brothers, possibly, but not friends. And I can't see Teridax getting all frustrated and despairing - he is a being of action. If the other Makuta were annoying him,he would either punish or kill them to make them stop.