srlojohn wrote:Dear Mr. Farshtey, i have a few questions
1: what is axonn doing now that the order of mata nui is destroyed?
2: do toa spirit stars come in colors depending on the element of the toa they are tied to?
3: if were told by your boss that he/she was going to (with LEGO's permision of course) let you write a bionicle seirial about any charecter who would it be.
4: if were told by your boss that he/she was going to (with LEGO's permision of course) let you finish one of the bionicle seirials which would it be.
Thank for your time.
buried
Maggie_15 wrote:I have a few Ninjago-related questions XD
1) Are there going to be anymore Ninjago comic books? (after Comet Crisis?)
2) Do you think Seliel (Phantom Ninja) should make an appearance in the TV show?
3) Any tips for creating comics?
1) Papercutz no longer has the LEGO license. NINJAGO graphic novels are now being published by Little Brown & Co. and a few are out already. Plus their NINJAGO Dark Island trilogy starts this summer.
2) Should, maybe; will, no.
3) The biggest thing I had to learn was not to do too many panels per page. I had a really good editor when I first started doing them and he taught me about how things I was doing in two panels could be done in one.
ScribeGT6817 wrote:
Maggie_15 wrote:I have a few Ninjago-related questions XD
1) Are there going to be anymore Ninjago comic books? (after Comet Crisis?)
2) Do you think Seliel (Phantom Ninja) should make an appearance in the TV show?
3) Any tips for creating comics?
1) Papercutz no longer has the LEGO license. NINJAGO graphic novels are now being published by Little Brown & Co. and a few are out already. Plus their NINJAGO Dark Island trilogy starts this summer.
2) Should, maybe; will, no.
3) The biggest thing I had to learn was not to do too many panels per page. I had a really good editor when I first started doing them and he taught me about how things I was doing in two panels could be done in one.
1) Oh right, ok. I'll look out for those.
2) Aw that's a shame 
3) OK, thanks! 
I'll keep that in mind when I make my comics 
srlojohn wrote:
srlojohn wrote:Dear Mr. Farshtey, i have a few questions
1: what is axonn doing now that the order of mata nui is destroyed?
2: do toa spirit stars come in colors depending on the element of the toa they are tied to?
3: if were told by your boss that he/she was going to (with LEGO's permision of course) let you write a bionicle seirial about any charecter who would it be.
4: if were told by your boss that he/she was going to (with LEGO's permision of course) let you finish one of the bionicle seirials which would it be.
Thank for your time.
buried
1) The Order hasn't been destroyed.
2) Not that I know of
3-4) No idea. I can say I wouldn't want to finish just one of the serials, as it would be unfair to the people who were reading the other unfinished ones.
pokemonfan97 wrote:Hey...
- Do you think you did a great job on the comics?
- What was the total number of times Kai appeared in all the comics, anyway?
1) I don't know any writer who ever thinks they did a great job on anything. There is always room for improvement
2) No idea
mahri473 wrote:If someone destroy part of the adaptive armor of Lewa and then Lewa change of environment. The new adapted armor would be incomplete?
If a Toa loose his arm and then Solek make a new solid light arm for replace the other one, and then he get an adaptive armor and the armor adapt. He could control his arm again?
1) Yes
2) The armor is not going to give him a new arm. If he could control a solid light arm, he would still be able to control it with adaptive armor on. If he couldn't control the arm, the adaptive armor would not change that.
MooCowsRock wrote:Mr. Farshtey:
What is the time and location of the island fortress of which Krakua would become the lone defender as seen in Vakama's vision in Time Trap?
Info does not exist. I don't come up with stuff like that until I need it for story.
MavezIgnikari wrote:How large of a portal can an experienced user of the olmak create?
Could a Great Being create another mask of life or creation?
1) It really depends on willpower. If they have a lot of willpower, they can probably create a pretty good-sized portal and keep it open for a longer time.
2) Yes
Hey Mr. Farshty, I just wanted to say, Thank You for that one tip you gave me. You told me that as the author, you just gotta let the characters tell you the story. Well, that's actually helped me alot. I had great ideas for books, I just could never get them to work right. But since you gave me that advice, my latest book I've been working on has made it farther than any of my other books. So thank you for that amazing advice!
Hey, Greg!
I have a couple questions for you:1.) (Hypothetically) Would a great kanohi made from a combination of the six great kanoka disks and the kanoka disks required to make a Great Kanohi Olmak possibly grant the user the ability of time-travel?
2.) If you had a supply of kanohi masks, and a vat of energized protodermis, and you carefully dipped those masks into it, how often would they turn into Nuva Masks?
3.) If the Kanohi Ignika was to be turned into a Nuva mask or a Noble mask, what would it look like?
4.) Same as 3, but for the Avokhii.
5.) Can a wielder of the mask of creation use it to make masks that can otherwise only come into being by the formation of a Toa Kaita?
6.) Can a "Toa" wearing the mask of life, such as Toa Ignika or Mata Nui form a Kaita? (I know that I kinda use the term "Toa" loosely here, due to the fact that Mata Nui might not count as a true Toa, and Toa Ignika was just The Mask of Life wearing a Toa body that it had created from vines and muck, but they are the only beings who have been known to wear The Kanohi Ignika and also could be counted in the Toa category.)
7.) You said previously that Skylor from Ninjago couldn't absorb a Bionicle's elemental powers using her element of Amber due to the fact that the elemental powers used by elementals in Ninjago are natural, whereas the elements that are used by Toa, Makuta, Skakdi, etc. are bio-mechanical, and thus Skylor wouldn't be able to absorb their elemental powers from them for her own use. However, though: if a human being with elemental powers from Ninjago was to use a handheld Rhotuka launcher, his element could possibly show up in the spinner's power due to the fact that the Rhotuka Spinner's power is completely unique to the individual wielding it, right?
8.) Why is killing against the Toa code? I mean, I wouldn't want to cause someone's end, or anything, but nonetheless, a lot of the time good guys have to permanently take out a powerful bully in order to protect the countless innocent people he would hurt.
As always, thanks for being so awesome as to answer our questions on this topic, Greg;
I wish you and yours the best.
ClutchPowers99 wrote:
Part 1:
Hey, Greg!
1.) (Hypothetically) Would a great kanohi made from a combination of the six great kanoka disks and the kanoka disks required to make a Great Kanohi Olmak possibly grant the user the ability of time-travel?
2.) If you had a supply of kanohi masks, and a vat of energized protodermis, and you carefully dipped those masks into it, how often would they turn into Nuva Masks?
3.) If the Kanohi Ignika was to be turned into a Nuva mask or a Noble mask, what would it look like?
4.) Same as 3, but for the Avokhii.
1) I'm going to say no, because even this long after the fact, I do not want to let time travel even hypnothetically into BIONICLE. It messes up stories.
2) Unknown. I don't think you can set odds on that
3-4) Again, unknown, not a designer. Coming up with mask shapes is not what I do.
ScribeGT6817 wrote:
srlojohn wrote:
srlojohn wrote:Dear Mr. Farshtey, i have a few questions
1: what is axonn doing now that the order of mata nui is destroyed?
2: do toa spirit stars come in colors depending on the element of the toa they are tied to?
3: if were told by your boss that he/she was going to (with LEGO's permision of course) let you write a bionicle seirial about any charecter who would it be.
4: if were told by your boss that he/she was going to (with LEGO's permision of course) let you finish one of the bionicle seirials which would it be.
Thank for your time.
buried
1) The Order hasn't been destroyed.
2) Not that I know of
3-4) No idea. I can say I wouldn't want to finish just one of the serials, as it would be unfair to the people who were reading the other unfinished ones.
on question 2 in the movies the spirit stars are different colors: red, blue, green, black, brown, and white for each of the toa metru.
ClutchPowers99 wrote:
Part 2:
5.) Can a wielder of the mask of creation use it to make masks that can otherwise only come into being by the formation of a Toa Kaita?
6.) Can a "Toa" wearing the mask of life, such as Toa Ignika or Mata Nui form a Kaita? (I know that I kinda use the term "Toa" loosely here, due to the fact that Mata Nui might not count as a true Toa, and Toa Ignika was just The Mask of Life wearing a Toa body that it had created from vines and muck, but they are the only beings who have been known to wear The Kanohi Ignika and also could be counted in the Toa category.)
7.) if a human being with elemental powers from Ninjago was to use a handheld Rhotuka launcher, his element could possibly show up in the spinner's power due to the fact that the Rhotuka Spinner's power is completely unique to the individual wielding it, right?
8.) Why is killing against the Toa code? I mean, I wouldn't want to cause someone's end, or anything, but nonetheless, a lot of the time good guys have to permanently take out a powerful bully in order to protect the countless innocent people he would hurt.
As always, thanks for being so awesome as to answer our questions on this topic, Greg;
5) I probably can't rule that out
6) Depends on the Toa, probably. But merging the Mask of Life into other masks is probably a really bad idea.
7) No, because Rhotuka launcners are not going to work for humans. They are designed for use with bio-mechanical beings, but humans.
8) Couple of reasons. One, most heroes don't kill in comics because to do so makes them as bad as their foes. It makes them judge, jury and executioner. No one hired them or appointed them or voted for them to be a vigilante, so what gives them the right to decide who lives and who dies? Also, the Toa need the Matoran to support them, not fear them. If they start wantonly executing whoever they wish, the Matoran will be afraid of them.
You rock!Another thing: I noticed in the LEGO Atlantis Webgame from several years back on LEGO.com, as you're exploring the ocean floor of LEGO Earth, one of the treasures you can salvage is the Kanohi Olmak, covered in seaweed and muck. Did you know about this?
Also, how do you map out a story arc over six individual comic books while still making the individual books good standalone books themselves?
Thanks in advance,
God bless, JDI out.