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Friday, April 10, 2009 Good Friday Ask me about adulthood. BARA MAGNA • The implants used by the inhabitants of Bara Magna are so efficient that they can be passed on to new individuals without use of sophisiticated technology, which they lack. • Glatorian death is extremely rare -- Glatorian matches are not to the death, and killing an opponent in the arena is treated the same way as a boxer killing another one in a match. Injuries, of course, can and do happen all the time. • Hundreds of Agori live in each village. • Gelu lost his match with Vulcanus to Ackar. • Gelu retired after the attack on Atero. • The name of the Glatorian in Riddle of the Great Beings, spelled out, is Surel. • Glatorian matches often have specifications for which weapons can or cannot be used, or other special rules. • Surel is probably around the same age as characters like Tarix and Strakk. • Special forces Skrall are put in charge of squads. • Mata Nui's new body is biologically identifiable as that of a Glatorian. • Greg, on summer characters in the movie: "Kiina, Ackar, Vastus, Mata Nui all have speaking roles, and the inspiration for Skopio appears." • Greg does not believe Ackar helped found the Glatorian system since Ackar was not in Vulcanus yet when the system was founded. • Vorox dislike Bone Hunters. • When Certavus was Iconox's #1 Glatorian, Strakk was #2. • Greg: "[The shapeshifters] were more a reaction to the war than active participants in it." • Greg: "The ELs [Element Lords] were originally planned to be part of later storyline, but due to some changes, I was able to move their arc to this year." • Changes in the story plan for 2010 have bumped up the introduction of the shapeshifters and Element Lords into the story. Greg says we are definitely going to see more of the Element Lords this year. MATORAN UNIVERSE • Greg would define Vezon as a "violent sociopath." • The Nui Caves used by Axonn and the Matoran of Voya Nui when it sank are an upper region of the original homeland of the Av-Matoran. • The seven Turaga on Metru Nui have been imprisoned. • Greg approves of the name "tidal spear" for Gaaki's tool and "avalanche spear" for Pouks's tool.

Your birthday's Apr 9?

Thursday, April 9, 2009 Holy Thursday Happy Birthday! ...A MAN

Lookie: Inappropriate image removed. -Kohaku

Getting the worst license photo ever was enjoyable.

Wednesday, April 8, 2009 For tomorrow I become a man.

Friday, April 3, 2009 Terminator: SCC is getting really intense; they built up a lot of plot this season that makes for great drama now. I'm proud of that show. BARA MAGNA • Mata Nui has a mask, which he does not know well how to use, since he has never worn a mask before. And while the mask's powers COULD be used to kill all the Skrall, Mata Nui would not do that anymore than a Toa would. Mata Nui is a champion of life and light and does not kill his enemies. • Gelu did not retire because of age. He retired because, after the Skrall attack on Atero, there is a lot more profit to be made escorting caravans across the desert than there is fighting in the arena. • "The Crossing" takes place before and after the fall of Atero. • Gresh, the Skrall, the Vorox, Raanu, Metus, Berix, Tarix and Strakk all have speaking (or growling) roles in the movie. • Tuma sees no need for more leader class Skrall at this point. Why would he want to share leadership with someone else? The other leaders who died had their own troops of Skrall, this one's his. • Way up to the north, there is some water in the Skrall river, run-off from the snows on top of the mountains. But because of the extreme heat, it evaporates quickly, so that most of the river is dried-up river bed. • A village's #1 Glatorian is used for its most important matches, whereas its #2 is used for less important ones. A village uses trainee Glatorian for minor disputes. • Tesara: #1 is Vastus, #2 is Gresh. • Iconox: #1 is Strakk, #2 was Gelu (before retirement). Strakk is older than Gelu and has been fighting for longer, and he is therefore more experienced. Gelu is just younger than Strakk and older than Gresh. • Tajun: #1 is Tarix, #2 is Kiina. • Neither Gelu, Vastus, Ackar, nor Kiina were part of the founding of the Glatorian arena system. • Glatorian arena matches are reserved solely for disputes and not held for competition, except for those in the tournament. • Stronius has a brutal personality. • If a Skrall kills someone else for personal gain, he is executed. • Skrall value duty and obedience to their leader even at the cost of their own lives. • Gresh fought for Tesara in Vulcanus because Vastus had just finished three strenuous matches and needed a rest. • Tuma's title is "Leader." • Agori who fight in vehicles in the Arena fight for the same reason Glatorian fight -- they don't do fighting as entertainment, it wastes energy. You don't waste energy when you live in a desert. All villages employ such Agori, but they fight only for one village. They don't have the option of switching that Glatorian do. • The V# after Bara Magna vehicles designates model number. It is possible that more than one of each vehicle exists on the planet. • Both Strakk and Gelu knew Certavus personally. Strakk was active when Certavus fought, and Gelu was a trainee. • There are female Vorox and Zesk. • Ackar is the oldest active Glatorian. • Inhabitants of Bara Magna are older than those of the Matoran universe. No MN inhabitant is much older than 100,000 years plus a few months. We know there are Glatorian who were active in the war that preceded Mata Nui's creation, which puts them over 100,000 years old. GENERAL • Teridax has not yet left the endless ocean planet. • The Great Beings would most likely speak Agori or some language related to it, but would also be able to speak and understand Matoran. • Protosteel is stronger than Exsidian. • Greg, on whether the Matoran were the first beings created by the Great Beings: "I would say no, because we know they experimented with organic life prior to ever making Matoran." • Greg would say it was a matter of months from when the Great Beings started to build the Matoran universe until Mata Nui's awakening. • Had Teridax's original plans had all worked, he would have seized Metru Nui 1000 years ago and never felt the need to become Mata Nui himself.

Friday, March 27, 2009 BARA MAGNA • Greg: "I see Malum as very protective of the Vorox, especially the ones in his tribe. Let's face it, they took him in when his own people cast him out. As a result, he sees more "civilized values" in them than in Agori and Glatorian. Vorox don't lie; they kill only to protect themselves or to get things they need to survive; and they judge others based on something Malum respects, namely strength. So I would compare it to someone who has spent a lot of time with a pack of wild animals, and sees more honesty and nobility in them than he does in people." • Malum was banished after the arrival of the Skrall. He fought a Skrall in an arena match and lost. • The purported movie scene of Mata Nui's construction referred to the scene when Mata Nui forms his own body with the Ignika's power. • There are no electronics in use on Bara Magna. • Although Tuma is the last of his kind, more leader class Skrall may come into being. • Female Skrall serve as support staff for the army and do not resemble soldier or spec ops classes. • Mata Nui's new body is more organic than mechanical, since there are more organics for the Ignika to use on Bara Magna. • Malum's claws are removable. • The identity of the traitor to Tajun is involved in the movie plot. • Malum has no speaking lines in the movie and may not appear at all. • The Great Beings are mentioned in the movie. • Most villages have a #1 and #2 Glatorian, and trainees. Vulcanus only has a #1, since they exiled their #2. But Tajun has Tarix and Kiina, Tesara has Gresh and Vastus, and Iconox has Strakk and had Gelu, until he retired. • A Glatorian who does not fight for a village in some fashion normally doesn't get to live there, unless he is providing some other service (for example, Gelu no longer fights in the arena, but does provide armed escort for Iconox caravans). Glatorian who can't get hired by a village will normally live in the wastelands and become bandits, get killed by bone hunters, or wind up prisoners of the Skrall. Agori who were kicked out of their village would most likely die in the desert fairly quickly. MATORAN UNIVERSE • The three arms on the Axalara T9 can be called "tri-cyclone stingers," and the blasters on the Rockoh T3 called "Rockslide Cannons." • Bomonga is in fact deputy leader of the Toa Hagah. • There are more Turaga in the Matoran universe than Toa. • Teridax destroyed Daxia's fortress but not the island.

I used to watch Short Circuit all the time.

Friday, March 20, 2009 BARA MAGNA • Mata Nui does not get his shield until some time after he forms his body. • The Sand Tribe was a very populous force even before the disaster. • Tarduk borrowed the sand stalkers from Metus. • The Vorox and Zesk's regression had more to do with their psychology than anything else. • Certavus was one of the founders of the Glatorian system. Tarix got along with him. • Whether or not Bara Magna was once part of Spherus Magna and whether or not Skrall lived on Spherus Magna relates to future story. • The three known Skrall classes (leader, soldier, spec ops) are all that will be introduced this year; more may be introduced in future story if required. • Tarduk returns to Atero for the Great Tournament just after his northern expedition. • Female Skrall are not included in the army. • There were no female leader class Skrall. • The coloration of leader Skrall does not vary. • Scarabax beetles will appear in the movie, and there will also be a BrickMaster exclusive model of one. • In his new form Mata Nui is not stronger than non-Skrall Glatorian. MATORAN UNIVERSE • Bomonga would most likely be the deputy leader of the Toa Hagah. • The OoMN destroyed the EP pool in Mangaia. • Hydraxon, Lesovikk, and Sarda are no longer in the Pit, having left to assist in the Destiny War.

Tuesday, March 10, 2009 Great movie, just don't bring the kids. "It's a pretty butterfly."

That is excellent news.

"The Glatorian Legends characters," with reference only to the ones for which it would make sense that they be fighting against the Skrall (i.e. not Mata Nui or Stronius). Come on guys.

Sounds good to me.

Friday, March 6, 2009 BARA MAGNA • SPIRIT: "When exactly did the Skrall move south? In the new comic, Strakk mentions that they were at the tournament last year, but I thought they left after that tournament, especially since Tarix won it (which he couldn't have done if there were Skrall in attendance)." Greg: "No, he doesn't. He says "just like they did last year," not "in last year's tournament." Think of it like this -- we have a tournament in January of 2008. You win. Binkmeister shows up in February and beats us both all year long. January of 2009 comes around, we have another tournament, and you can honestly say that Bink stomped us last year, since he did, from Feb. to December. So the answer is within the last year." • Ackar was the Glatorian champion several years back. • The Glatorian Legends characters (Ackar, Vastus, Gelu, Kiina) were also present at Atero to fight against the Skrall. • It's fairly common for Glatorian to wear armor that matches their affiliation, but not necessary. Gresh could decide to leave Tesara and work for Iconox and keep his green armor. • The chronological order is as follows: Secret of Certavus, Comic 1, MLN/Empire of the Skrall/Riddle of the Great Beings, Comic 2, Novel 1, Comic 3, Desert of Danger, Movie. • Mata Nui always had the ability to speak, but never did, for there was no one to talk to. • Tarix knew Certavus, as did many of the more veteran Glatorian. • Malum would help fight the Skrall in order to protect the Vorox. • The Zesk and Vorox would die for Malum's sake. • Tuma himself will be involved in combat at some point this year. • Although there are no established plans to do so, Greg assumes that the species of the Great Beings and of the shape shifters will be resolved sometime within the next 18 months. • The EP war is not something the Great Beings would have remembered fondly. MATORAN UNIVERSE • The Great Beings secured the EP stored in Mata Nui's body when they knew where it was and sent someone to collect it for them while the war was going on. • Brutaka's changes are long-lasting but not permanent. • The OoMN destroyed the EP pool in Voya Nui.

Yes, a relatively near miss. The same meteoroid will intersect our orbit again sometime in the future. I feel like people could be talking about it a little bit more.

Wednesday, March 4, 2009

Saturday, February 28, 2009 There occurs a time every year, always February-March, when I tend to forget about Bionicle and BZPower for a while and retreat into real life. This pattern has made itself evident over the course of pretty much all my years as a fan of Bionicle; it's a curious thing, but I do, obviously, get back into it every time. I suppose this is so because nothing really happens Bionicle-wise in these months, and also because I'm always faced with taking care of a dozen other obligations simultaneously during the mid-third-quarter period. This is common among my friends and may be common among some of you. So, what have I been doing? Same as usual. I update the Farshtey Feed, though Greg himself, tireless champion of the Official Greg Discussion though he is, took a little hiatus for a while -- like everyone else needs to. I will soon be a man and then a high school graduate, and, from there, a college student. Life is good.

Friday, February 27, 2009 BARA MAGNA • Greg, on whether Mata Nui is now more powerful than Toa Ignika: "I would say no, simply because Mata Nui does not have a handle on how to use the mask -- he's never had to use a mask before. Ignika, on the other hand, knew all its powers and how to use them." • The scarabax beetle is the stag beetle seen on the Bara Magna teaser on the November 08 comic. • Although the Great Beings did have something to with the Arena Magna's design, it was physically constructed by Agori. • "Ataku's Mark" in the My Lego Network campaign, obviously, is meant to say "Atakus's Mark." • Kirbold is male. • The Glatorian Arena game is canonical. • Agori and Glatorian are not made.

Friday, February 20, 2009 Does movie Mata Nui have a mouth? \/ GLATORIAN LEGENDS • Greg: "[The summer line is] being called legends because we had to call them "Glatorian something" to keep Glatorian in the name, and Legends tied in nicely with the name of the movie." • Mata Nui's new body will not be made of protodermis, since it is made of materials of Bara Magna. • The Ignika cannot share its thoughts or memories with Mata Nui. • A larger-scale version of the Mata Nui model will be released as a store exclusive. • Kiina is female and is older than Gresh. • Stronius is a Skrall. • Greg: "Stronius is part of a Skrall class that would be the equivalent of "special forces" who showed great heroism in battle, hence his having a name." • Ackar was the Glatorian champion in past years. GLATORIAN • Greg: "[M]ost Glatorian are more like Strakk than like Gresh -- Gresh is young and idealistic. Most Glatorian are military veterans and for them this is a job -- it's how they get their food and shelter and equipment. It's not being done for noble and heroic reasons. They are basically like boxers, they fight because they get paid to do so." • Greg: "Certavus was a Glatorian from Iconox, who perished some time ago from natural causes after thousands of victories in the arena. He is the Glatorian equivalent of Babe Ruth or Muhammad Ali, basically." • Certavus was a champion of the Glatorian tournament. • All Glatorian are allowed to participate in the tournament, and most of them do. GENERAL • Crotesius and Scodonius will be included in sets, but Kyry and Kirbold will not. • Greg: "Spherus Magna did not "turn into" anything and the Agori on Bara Magna always lived there." • Greg: "Matoran name themselves. Countless Matoran have come into being since the Great Beings created Mata Nui, and the GBs are not around to name anyone."

For Solek they clearly visited his page on Links to sites with forums are NOT allowed.. ?? That is not a site with forums.

Google "FOX," click on "Terminator." There are actually a couple scenes like this.

Monday, February 16, 2009 Presidents' Day "This is Toa Tahu, the Toa of Fire. He wears the Mask of Shielding and wields the Myranah ghost blaster. He is sworn to defeat the Makuta."

Saturday, February 14, 2009 Valentine's Day DID YOU SEE TERMINATOR LAST NIGHT? God that was funny, and a really amazing surprise. I'm sorry I missed the topic about it; I was away visiting a college. I got the sweetest room, with a flatscreen TV, to watch the second half of the returning episode of the Sarah Connor Chronicles. I learned that even if you've followed that show all the way from the first episode, you can still come in halfway and have totally no idea what's going on.