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acidicus24 wrote:

Greg and what title book 9 will be carrying after destiny of doom and when for her will photographs turn up at the Internet?

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Book 9 does not have a title yet, and it's up to Papercutz when they show the cover online.

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rocka275 wrote:

Hello, Mr. Farshtey! Or should I call you Greg? Anyways, QUESTIONS!!!

 

1. How many books have you written?
2. Have you read any other stories on the LMBs? There are a lot of epic ones! Authors I suggest are Skulduggery773, superseaturtle, and KardaNui9631.
3. Have you heard of The Resisters series, written by Eric Nylund? It's a really good Sci-Fi series.
4. Speaking of which, have you even heard of Nylund up until now?
5. Have you seen Despicible Me, 1 and 2? (Be prepared to laugh.)
6. How long have you been working for the LEGO Company?
7. Which do you think would win in a battle: BIONICLE or HF?
8. What did you want to be as a kid?
9. Do you have advice fo kids who want to grow up as an author, such as me?

Sorry for so many questions, but I am pretty curious.

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1) Well over 80 now

2) I don't read fan fiction, no

3-4) No, I haven't. I mainly read history and mysteries in my free time

5) No

6) 13 years

7) Probably Toa, they have more powers

8) A lawyer

9) Yes. Read a lot and write a lot. You only get better at writing by doing it, just like any other form of exercise.

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MtMNC wrote:

Hello again!

 

To what extent was the Matoran language developed? Were there more advanced grammar and name creation rules fleshed out in the story bibles, for example, or was it only expanded to the degree required by the story at a given time? Similarly, the Avohkii's inscription, which was supposedly written in archaic Matoran, appeared in the Mask of Light novelization ("Mapaku una-kanokee wehnua-hakeeta ah-keelahe hanoni rahun-ahk toa-nak panokeeta makuta-tahkee ohnah-koo."); I imagine you were not directly involved with it, but do you happen to know if the story team put some thought into the inscription or if C.A. Hapka/the scriptwriters just made it up without thinking too much about it?

 

Speaking of story bibles, what style and medium are they written in? Are they just collections of concept art and story tidbits, or are they written out as more of a narrative? Are they digital, or do physical copies of them exist?

 

Lastly, if they were run as the last several have been (you approve the initial concept, entries are accepted, checked for canon errors, and voted for on a hosting BIONICLE fansite, and the winners are labeled canon/sent back to you for approval), would you be open to the idea of more canon BIONICLE contests?

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1) It was very piecemeal. There was no document laying out or doing grammatical rules or anything like that. Oh, and Hapka's job was not to add anything to the universe, so she was not involved on that end.

2) No, there is a narrative story in there, at least the beginning and the end, along with concept art, character descriptions, equipment descriptions, etc. An average story bible is usually about 60-100 pages. And yes, there are physical copies.

3) Don't know. The ones I was involved with were on BZP and I'm not there anymore, because of LEGO's social media rules. I'm also not sure how the new COPPA rules would affect my judging something officially.

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shingleboo wrote:

Who is your favorite Ninjago charather?

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Jay is the easiest to write for

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miserax4 wrote:

I've seen alot of people comparing bionicle to hero factory. Would you say that haero factory is going down the same rode as bionicle. They had "Rahi" like creatures on savage planet and the brain attacks are like Infected Kanohi masks.

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What road is that? Given that the models are all based on roughly the same building system, any creature they fight is going to look like a Rahi. If you look for comparisons you will find them, but not sure what the point of looking is.

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alienduck wrote:

OK:

1. If a toa were to die, and go to the red star, will they come back as a matoran?
2. Is revival limited to matoran/toa/turaga?
3. If no, can species change (e.g. a Toa becoming a Skakadi, a Vortixx becoming a Ga-Matoran)
4. Do revived beings keep there memories
5. If no, is there any way to bring them back?
6. Did the Red Star break due to the law of physics titled "#YOLO!!!" in that once the Matoran started truely living, they could only live once?

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1) No. You come back as the body you had when you died.

2) Not that we know of, no

3) No. See answer to #1. It's like going to a garage - their job is to fix your Honda, not turn it into a Ferrari.

4) They are supposed to, but the system is imperfect

6) The only thing that broke was the teleportation system - the revival system still works, they just can't get them back to Mata Nui

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Mace3739 wrote:

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Mace3739 wrote:

Do you think this scenario makes sense.

 

             Fe-Matoran (Iron Matoran) live in industrial regions of the planet, working away with many technological advancements, be it Weapons or simply new armors. Fa-Matoran (Magnetism Matoran) do not have tribes. They dislike one another, are in a way, repelled by each other. Small amounts of Fa-Matoran are found living with Fe-Matoran. Fa-Matoran look up to Fe-Matoran and Fe-Toa above all others, as if they we're drawn to them.

What do you think? I came up with this using the relationships between Iron and Magnetism in the real world. Do you think that would be a good idea?

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Do you think this would be a logical assumption, Greg?

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I think a tribe that dislikes and repels its members would not last long.

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acidicus24 wrote:

Greg say for me or in the Destiny book of Doom will appear nindroids?

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No. DoD is a 2013 book. Nindroids are 2014 story.