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... Solving the Mata Nui Rising issue isn't reason enough to change the size? Why not?

Greg himself brought up an interesting question about Matoran romance. He still denies that it exists though. In this first post he was asked to re-canonize Matoran romance, which he naturally does not do. (source) Not romantic love, no. This is the standard answer to this type of question, but he then follows it up with this: Now, let's not take this out of context or assume that it means anything about them possibly developing the ability to feel romantic love (it probably doesn't). It is just interesting to think about how fully sapient nano-tech would react to not only romance but the existence of multi-gender tribes.

I think that the Lord of Skull Spiders probably survived and will return later. As for the combo models (or "Super-Toa"), the Lego Club website posted the instructions for Tahu and Kopaka (and will probably post the rest at some point), and the Onua model can be found in the iOS version of the game.

From BS01: (Emphasis mine)

This isn't sloppy writing. The 40 million foot number was revealed out of story to the denizens of BZPower. In the actual story itself, there was no size given for the bot. Now you can argue that it was a poor choice all the same, but whether the robot was 40 million feet or 10 million feet matters little to this story. Point is that it was huge. ...When was the last time that you read Reign of Shadows? Chapeter 1: Chapter 4: (Both quotes copied from BS01's copy of Reign of Shadows)

I hope that helped some folks who are interested. Changing the length of the hour instead of the day would make this type of thing unnecessary. Please, don't hit the messenger! I'm just sharing an answer I received from elsewhere... I realize that; I was just using your post as an example. I'm sorry if I made it seem like I was attacking you.

When I first saw this 36 hour theory, I assumed that Spherus Magna days were the same length as Earth days but that Spherus Magna hours were shorter than Earth hours. I hope that helped some folks who are interested. Changing the length of the hour instead of the day would make this type of thing unnecessary.

Both Faber's concept art and the 2008 Mata Nui Rising animation show the robot at about 3150 kilometers (about 10,334,645.68489583 ft.) if we assume that those videos show the island of Mata Nui at it's canon size (489.09 km x 243.86 km). Faber's concept art is non canon (and has no further bearing in this discussion), but it is a bit harder to ignore the Mata Nui Rising video. This isn't just a debate about trying to replace a canon number with one that the fans prefer; this is a confict between two canon sources. We have a few options: Leave this an unsolved mystery. (resolved by headcanon) Change Greg's number to about 10.3 million feet. (with Greg's permission) Change the canon size the island of Mata Nui to cover Greg's larger robot. (with Greg's permission) Declare the 2008 video non canon (by saying that the island DID NOT fully cover the robot's face). (with Greg's permission)As much as I don't like option number one, it does seem to be the most likely, as all of the others require input from Greg. Option number 2 seems to me to be the easiest, but will leave chapters one and four of Reign of Shadows in an ugly semi-canon state. As was mentioned above, Changing the size of the island will bring up another batch of logic problems. Option number 4 bothers me for two reasons. Reason one is that it would be quite a poor camouflage if it didn't. Reason two is that Metru Nui would be like a pea inside of Mata Nui's head. Another thing to consider in defense of the smaller size of 3150 km is that it is still ludicrously big, so the shock value isn't lost.

I see a lot of people mentioning Krahka and Triglax as being members of the same species. I seem to remember that Greg explicitly denied that, saying that Triglax is not a Rahi. Other than that, I think condensing the species list might be a good idea, not because there are too many, but because it feels more real when there are multiple named characters in each species.

I justify this one by saying that they are THE SAME FORM, but that it is just a really poor set. I don't know if that's official, but it is the easiest explanation.

I voted yes to some, but no to others. While I don't think any of the powers should be replaced, there is already precedent to do so. I think that the Powers of Disintegration and Fragmentation (and any other war-like powers that fans may want to later replace) should stay as they are and that purity should replace hunger, but I don't really care about the other two. Let's remember what the purpose of the Makuta was in the Melding Universe. I think that because the Toa already posses elemental powers (and are trained to repair a planet), the Matoran posses great physical strength, and the Makuta posses Telekinesis (and presumably magnetism), there is no need to give them MORE powers for construction; the villages already posses enough powers for building. The Makuta need some powers for defending the villages against external threats (and possibly to assist the Matoran and Agori in demolition projects). I would be okay with swapping Poison with Purity (Remove Poison), as poison does not seem useful to them in aiding the Toa, but another type of healing would be useful.

Vakama's disk launcher. Kanoka are second only to Zamor Spheres in terms of versatility, and it's the only launcher that still does things (channel fire and FLY) after it is out of ammo.

Krahka does not copy Mask Powers ("to the best of [Greg's] knowledge") Krahka could duplicate a Toa wearing a Mohtrek and gain that Toa's elemental power. However, to the best of my knowledge, she does not gain the mask power too. So she would not be able to use a Mohtrek to do what you are suggesting. Someone else just updated BS01 this morning, but I thought that I should put it here as well for people who don't check the wiki.

Do you guys think that you can do set review for the new combiner since you have both sets?

I would assume that the villager masks are powerless.

Is that really what it says? Since when do x-rays help you see in the dark? By using X-Rays, they do not need to rely on visible light. Of course this requires that they generate the X-rays and watch for the reflections (which isn't explicitly stated and may not be what Lego intended), but it is the best excuse I have for the power.

I really don't think the Skull Spiders' defeat at Tahu's hands was evidence of their being weak, only of them being overconfident. Let me explain: First, let's refresh our memory of the three breeds. Blue Skull Spider: These skull spiders sometimes have scorpion stingers. They seem to be able to withstand a fight with a Toa. Green Skull Spider: These skull spiders seem sneaky, preferring ambush to direct confrontation. Their power does not help them in a direct confrontation. Silver Skull Spider: These skull spiders seem to prefer hit-and-run tactics. They will flee if they don't immediately secure victory, only to return later. If they need to fight directly, I assume that they will try to tire out there opponent. Now in the video, Tahu is attacked by three green skull spiders while he is talking to the protector. The Green Skull Spiders found Tahu immediately after he landed (probably with the help of there vision powers) and quickly realized that he was a threat, They attacked attacked by ambush, as is in there nature, thinking to overpower him while he was distracted by the protector. Unfortunately, Tahu was much stronger than they expected. Their powers could not help them defeat him (as the Blue Skull Spiders' could), not could it help them escape (as the Silver Skull Spiders' could). They were used to beings much weaker than Tahu and simply miscalculated the amount of troops that they would need to take him down.

Matoran are 15% organic but the sets only show the mechanical parts. A while ago (I think back in 2005), Greg clarified the movie appearance (including the organic tissue) is canon (he said that only the Rahaga's helicopter blades and headlights are non-canon).

Hasn't Grag said that the movie versions (first three movies) of the characters is the canon appearance; with the sets being styalized versios of them. This is how I always interpreted the Nuva hands (that piece was actually also used as Kopaka Mata's left hand). Besides, the Mata sets had explicit hands in arms that did not hold weapons; the Toa Nuva all dual weilded there weapons.

Didn't he shed the Adaptive Armour entirely (as well as deNuvafying him) to be able to use the Golden Armour? The Adaptive Armor transformed into a version of his original armor with gaps for the Golden armor.

So then that begs the question - was Turaga initially supposed to come before Toa and the evolutionary route was switched upon the direction they took in 04? -NotS The Turaga being former Toa was planned from the beginning; the picture just looked better with them switched. (And since the picture was accidentally used in an advertisement, this chande ended up helping hide the reveal about the Turaga at the end of 2003)

The Great Beings did not create the Kanoka, the Matoran did. Before that a different process was used to create Kanohi. As somebody else already mentioned this is already canon with the Kanoka Blade, but there is also the Devastator. I believe that it would be a disk's power would be a mix of all three powers but would default to the lowest power level. The disk of Time shows us that the flight properties would depend on who merges the disk.

I went with the Kaukau, because a Kadin isn't the only way for a Toa to fly. Lihkan (who was on the same team), could fly with his weapons.

Remember that the Ba-Matoran were rarer than even the other secondary elements because an out of control ("glitched") Toa (or even Turaga, if he is clever with his limited powers) of gravity could threaten the Great Spirit Robot. Given that the power of a Toa of plasma would also be a threat, I think it is logical to extend this limit to the Su-Matoran.

Based on the masks of Melding Teridax and 2008 Takanuva, I would assume that the Avohkii kept it's light powers. But keep in mind that if this is true, Tridax must have believed that an Avohkii was better for the shadow toa than than a weaker version of Krahkaan. So, Is the Avohkii better for a Toa of Shadow? Yes, it is. The Toa would be able to control both Light and Shadow. The Toa could use the masks ability to inspire trust against enemies, making them let there guard down. Shadow beings (such as Makuta) have used deception before. The masks ability to detect Moral Light in others would allow the Toa to find targets more easily.Remember, Tridax only captured alternate Takanuvas, all of whom wore the Avohkii, as opposed to going into other alternate universes with other Toa of Light who can access there Av-Matoran ability. I find it unlikely that he would have done this if the mask would have turned into a weaker Krahkaan, as that would have been less useful.