SamDrew Posted February 27, 2018 Share Posted February 27, 2018 Title covers my main question: are the characters in G2 - Toa, Protectors, Okotan villagers, Mask Makers, Skull Raiders, Elemental Creatures, etc. - biomechanical? Or perhaps fully organic but wearing armor? They have to at the very least be somewhat organic as they can reproduce biologically. I can't seem to find an official answer anywhere and so wanted to pose the question here. Thanks! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TuragaNuva Posted February 27, 2018 Share Posted February 27, 2018 I was always under the impression that they were biomechanical but mostly organic (maybe 85%/15% like the Agori and Glatorian?). I remember that there's at least one mention of a biomechanical animal in the G2 books, so at least some life there is biomechanical. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pohaturon Posted February 27, 2018 Share Posted February 27, 2018 I don't think there ever was official mention either way, but I doubt they'd change such a core, underlying element of what makes Bionicle, well... Bionicle. It's kinda the base premise. I think it's safe to assume they were biomechanical, but as said above, maybe at a different ratio than G1. 1 Quote Stone rocks Model Designer at The LEGO Group. Former contributor at New Elementary. My MOCs can be found on Flickr and Instagram. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SamDrew Posted February 28, 2018 Author Share Posted February 28, 2018 Thanks guys, that does make sense that they'd maintain it as a core element, though I do agree that it's probably not the same ratio as in G1. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TERIDAX941 Posted February 28, 2018 Share Posted February 28, 2018 Maybe Ekimu and Makuta and the first Okotans were once purely organic, but through the mask makers' tinkering, figured out how to implant biomechanics into beings and implemented the feature into every villager once they were old enough? 1 Quote Formerly Iron_Man5 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Zidonaro Posted March 1, 2018 Share Posted March 1, 2018 Yes, its just that their metallic plates are smoother than their G1 counterparts, mostly because of the CCBS. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lenny7092 Posted March 2, 2018 Share Posted March 2, 2018 I would say that the Okotans and their island’s animals are mostly organic because they can reproduce. I think Ekimu, Makuta, the Toa, the Elemental Creatures, and others are mostly robotic because they don’t seem to reproduce. That’s all I could say. Quote I like Lego, Bionicle, and Hero Factory! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Aanchir Posted March 3, 2018 Share Posted March 3, 2018 Tbh, I don't know if we can even assume that biological reproduction tells us anything about the characters' organic/mechanical ratios. Just because creatures can't be "born" with pistons or gears or metal plating in our world doesn't mean it would have to be the same way in a fantasy world. That said, I do think that we can pretty safely assume that a lot of the G2 characters' exterior details are "clothing" and not a part of their bodies, just based on the fact that the Toa changed most of their armor between years one and two, and it didn't happen by way of a supernatural transformation like most armor redesigns in G1 Bionicle. Instead, Ekimu just crafted them new armor. 1 Quote Latest MOC: PAIGE (Prototype Artificial Intelligence, Gynoid Expression) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
UnderscoreChronix Posted March 5, 2018 Share Posted March 5, 2018 Given so many other integral parts of Bionicle were missing from G2, probably not. They probably didn't even think about it. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cheesy Mac n Cheese Posted March 16, 2018 Share Posted March 16, 2018 (edited) I didn't really follow the G2 story much, but I assume they didn't go into a lot of detail about most things in order to avoid being overly complicated (which, ironically, is exactly what gave G1 much of its charm). Edit: Revenge of the Skull Spiders, page 22:“The clouds cleared briefly, allowing the Protectors to glimpse a pair of biomechanical cliff vultures that soared through the chasm, looking for food.” So, yes, I guess, or at least cliff vultures are. Edit 2: the books also described Ekimu, the Toa and the Okotans as biomechanical. I guess that means just about eveybody is. Since they reproduce biologically, I’d say they’re probably somewhere between Matoran Universe beings and mechanically-enhanced Spherus Magnans on the organic scale. Edited June 8, 2018 by Cheesy Mac n Cheese Quote My friend went to Po-Wahi and all I got was this lousy rock. Blue sea...a Ruki leaps...the sound of water Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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