All Or None

Um... there's no Pakari in that picture, just a Miru, two Haus, and a Kakama. Did you mean the Kakama, by any chance?

Had it backwards. I found the reference in the first chapter of Trial by Fire: The Fire Pits feed the Great Furnace, as well as "all the smaller furnaces and forges" in Ta-Metru. My point still stands though: The Great Furnace and the Fire Pits are related. (Also: No offense, Aderia, I do understand your idea, and I do agree that the Ga-Metru symbol is probably actually the Fountains of Wisdom, but it wouldn't make sense for every Metru to depict important structures, except one that depicts an important tool.)

O.O I think you may be right! That's been puzzling me for years, and you very well may have solved it in half an hour! ... Okay, why didn't I post this when I first realized what the symbols were?

Yeah, okay, I can see that. And yeah, I guess a wrench could make sense, but the Great Furnace feels more likely to me. And the wrench (or other mask-making tool) doesn't explain the pits on the sides. I can't find any references, but I could have sworn that the Great Furnace fed the Fire Pits, so there is a connection there.

Here's something I've noticed about the symbols of the districts of Metru-Nui. I think we can all agree that the symbol of Ko-Metru represents a Knowledge Tower. But it seems the rest of the symbols represent something significant to each Metru as well. It seems to me that Le-Metru's symbol is a chute. Yes, the chute system covers all of Metru-Nui, but it's heart is in Le-Metru, and that's where it's most significant, too. Onu-Metru? I'm pretty sure that's an elevator shaft, representing the levels of the archives. (Maybe not necessarily an elevator shaft - the levels of the archives are the important part.) Now, I'm less certain about the others. (Ironically, the other three are the ones I actually have disks for.) I think Ta-Metru's symbol is the Great Furnace and the Fire Pits. (The large circle with chunks taken out of it is the Great Furnace itself, the smaller circles above it probably represent smoke exhaust, and the chunks taken out of the sides are the Fire Pits.) I believe that Ga-Metru's symbol is a canal connecting various... whatever the canals of Ga-Metru connect. Not sure about the bits on the sides, though. The only one I don't know is Po-Metru. Whatever it is, it's too abstract for me to figure out. If you have any ideas, feel free to share them.

Got any info on the .ghg file format? Or some way to read .ghg files, at least?

You're right. Looking more closely at pics on Biosector01, there are definitely slots in the legs. Between two different pics, the lowest slot on Tahu's leg is lit vs dark based on the position of Pohatu (and, more importantly, Pohatu's claw) behind him. If I were to guess, having actual slots was the original plan, but it weakened the piece too much, so they changed it to the implied slots that we got on the final pieces.

Never noticed that before, but it could just be a trick of the light (especially if those are CGI models rather than physical sets. Computers can do weird things if you're not careful.) Not saying it is, mind you, just that it could be.

No worries. Remembering obscure stuff like that is kinda my thing.

Vakama's disk launcher was destroyed by The Shadowed One in Time Trap. Bionicle Adventures 10: Time Trap, page 112.

@bonseiii Regarding the imprint, he may be speaking of a physical imprint in the material itself, which wouldn't necessarily fade, rather than an energy imprint. @VakamaMetruNui I think I read or heard somewhere that the beings in the Matoran Universe are able to reshape things with their minds, at least under certain conditions. I believe it was said to explain why Lhikan's mask changed shape after being put on Jala. It's not hard to imagine that this is related to masks changing shape as they change power level, rather than the shape change being an innate property.

So, forgive me for wanting specific confirmation on this, but does this mean the Dragon Cave is fair game now? I can start showing my dragons in my signature again? EDIT: Quick question: can someone tell me what the things that can appear next to posts mean or link me to explanations on them? Specifically in this case: Why do I have three gears and a crossed Firestaff and Drill of Onua next to my post?

This was cleared up earlier in the topic; see fishers' Greg quotes. He did not know. Granted, but the question specifically said "all of their masks". My suggestion has him know his own mask power, in the same way I know what my own name means, but not knowing the powers of the other Toa Metru.

A few things I'd like to say. 1: In an earlier topic on this same subject, I mentioned that there could be 100 different masks semi-common on Metru Nui, and it's just artistic license/the fact that those were the only ones that existed in set form that we only saw those twelve masks. (The Toa Mata's great masks and the Toa Metru's noble masks.) 2: I know what my own first and middle names mean off the top of my head, along with a few others. But I couldn't tell you what even close friends' and family members' names mean without actually looking it up. In the same way, Vakama may well know what his own mask power was, just not how to use it, but had no idea to the powers of the other Toa Metru. (FWI, I can't remember any solid indication that Vakama definitely did not know his own mask power.)

My understanding is that those Rahkshi were being directly controlled or directed by Makuta, whereas later Rahkshi (the ones that were easier to subdue) were "wild" Rahkshi. According to BS01, Rahkshi are naturally destructive, and go out of their way to cause destruction, but acting under orders channels this instinct, making them more dangerous and harder to defeat.