Bionicle trivia Quiz! Test your knowledge

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Schrodinger’s Battery-Pack Set.

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There is a reason for it - he is the Makuta dressed up for a prom after all!

Ah, it makes sense now; this guy is Mata Nui,

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It’s been a while and I decided to make another quiz, because these are fun! Remember to use your own knowledge for this!

1. Who posed as Nokama in Makuta’s illusion for Vakama?

Boggarak.

2. What is actually written inside the movie CG model of the Mask of Light?

Technic Organic Apps One Destiny.

3. Which of the Toa Hagah, aside from their leader, was the first to encourage others after their transformation into Rahaga?

Kualus.

4. Who turned Matau into stone?

Red serpent.

5. What does the special arm mounted tool of Trinuma do?

Fires pure kinetic force and allows him to fly.

6. What kind of curse did the Ignika bestow upon Nocturn?

He would kill anything he touched.

7. What kind of bussiness did Gelu open after retiring as a Glatorian?

Escort for hire.

8. Who was the first to discover Energized protodermis?

The Earth tribe.

9. Who established the Glatorian system?

Ackar, Certavus, Vastus and Tarix.

10. (Worth 2 points) Where did the yellow and light blue Kaukau, as well as the mata-colored Matatu and Ruru come from?

They were the original colors for those masks for the respective elements (yellow Kaukau for Pohatu, light blue for Kopaka), but were later replaced by their current variants, though the already produced older ones were still included in the mask packs. They were never misprints.

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wait where’d you get this from?

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They used to be displayed in the public promotional displays in Legoland Windsor back in early 2001.

You can see all the masks allocated to their wearers. The light blue Kaukau belonged to Kopaka (to match his eye stalk) and the yellow one is Pohatu (because yellow is close to the sand-ish colors). Light blue was probably too close to regular blue and may have confused consumers, so they changed it to icy clear color. Pohatu’s yellow was changed to trans neon-orange to match his eye stalk. Ruru and Matatu were changed to match the rest of Turaga masks.

These masks being “misprints” is easily one of the most widespread misconceptions in the community.

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:exploding_head: Woah I never knew that before. You should add that info to BS01!

Though ngl I think I would have preferred a yellow Kaukau for Pohatu.

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That would be nice, although I have no experience with the process (can a random person even update BS01?). Maybe someone who does updates regularly could add this info.

I too kinda like yellow Kaukau for Pohatu more :smile: Though I do have to admit that the matching eye stalk makes for a more cohesive color scheme with orange. It also makes cool retroactive continuity with Pohatu’s change to orange in 2008.

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That is true. Either way, we did get both of them. never mind the fact that the yellow Kaukau is ridiculously expensive

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By the way, how did you do with the rest of the quiz?

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I got 1, 3, 4, 6, 7 and 8 right. I had to look up the others.

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I feel like there’s something else going on here than a last-second colour change.

If these were originally intended to be the release colours, why are the Ruru and Matatu also in the “wrong” colours? Wouldn’t the Turaga masks have always been the same colours as each other, even if those colours changed at some point during production?

And why are the Kaukau arranged in a different colour pattern than the other Great masks, while the Great-coloured Noble masks are in the same pattern as the Great masks (ignoring the fact that the brown Matatu was replaced with the standard light gray one)?

What this looks like to me is that those masks were accidentally made in the wrong colours, and the people putting together the display had to make do with mismatched masks.

Even if you’re right about these “misprints” actually being intentional, this still counts as a misprint, does it not? Regardless of the background, the parts were released in colours that they weren’t supposed to be released in.

Or is “misprint” a more specific term, and this is just a “release error”?

I got all of them except #2, and apparently maybe #10.

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The arrangement is probably the result of whoever was in charge of assembling the display being a little confused about three groups of masks having different colors (or they did not care about the order that much as long as the shape was correct).

Either way, there is no way these were produced by accident. There are too many things telling us these were early versions of those masks: 1) too many of them exist, 2) they were used as a part of this promotional legoland display (you wouldn’t use misprints trying to sell your new product), 3) all of these were included in regular retail mask packs (again you wouldn’t intentionally release misprints into retail circulation - the few genuine cases are mismolds that escaped quality control, not something of this magnitude), 4) the color change decisions are somewhat obvious in case of Kaukau as I described, 5) some of t the turaga masks were used in other sets such as Power pack and Bionicle clock, 6) we also know color changes within already existing products do occur in Bionicle - 2005 gold Kraahkan and visorak carapace.

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Score: 4/10 very hard quiz.

I did not know the answer to second question and never realsied to look it up… Also if you combine first letters of every word one can find something interesting. T O A O D, Toa!, od?

is the answer to third question mistaken? I thought Norik and Iruini found the other rahaga.

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TOAOD? Huh… I never tried combining first letters, maybe it means something.
I recommend going through all the films and reading all of the random matoran writings that pop up - they contain some funny or interesting stuff.

I think you misunderstood the Hagah question. It was not about who found the rest of the team, but who encouraged them to not loose hope after their transformation.

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Where exactly did you find the picture of the mask display?

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The same place I originally learned of this fact. The collectibles thread on BZP.

I was always suspicious of the “misprint” status of those masks and after I learned this information I realized my eye stalk parity model fit right into this. It seems this was common knowledge for some time in the uber collectors circle. Together it becomes quite apparent that this was a deliberate production change.

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And that not what I was meaning to say. I realize I should have phrased that better. I agree with you that the masks were made on purpose, I was just suggesting that they were released accidentally.

Ultimately, though, everything you’re saying makes sense… if we only consider the Kaukau.

It’s totally reasonable that light blue and yellow were the original Kaukau colours, and Lego made a last-second change, but then some mask packs and promotional material were sent out in Europe with the original colours before the change could be implemented.

However, that doesn’t fully explain the wrong-coloured Noble Kanohi. If the mask packs were intentionally released with the original “misprint” colours before the new “official” colours could be implemented, then why aren’t there Toa-coloured versions of the other four Noble Kanohi?

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Ah, I see.
I believe the release itslef was not an accident either and the reason has to do with the noble masks.
The fact that only 2 out of 6 noble kanohi in that display have different colors tells me that the event took place right in the middle of the production change, meaning the new Matatu and Ruru were not available yet.

It is possible that originally all noble kanohi (intended for the mask packs) had mata colors but lego changed them to match the turaga. The process may have been gradual and the line could have launched with turaga colored Matatu and Ruru still unproduced, meaning the early european mask packs, as well as the Windsor display still drew from the pool of masks containing some of the original colors. Eventually all subsequent releases including those beyond Europe had the updated coloration.

Another clue supporting this is that not all of the clocks with red Ruru had that color, some were light grey, so those were probably released after lego ran out of the original red.

We must also remember that other noble masks in mata colors do exist, but they are much rarer and were not available via mask packs (white Huna, brown Komau etc.), so these might have originated in the era when all were meant to have that color.

Just to be clear, what I suspect took place is that the original plan was:

  • Great masks - Toa colors with light blue for Kopaka and yellow for Pohatu in case of Kaukau (for mask packs), Toa colors (for sets)

  • Noble masks - Toa colors (for mask packs), Turaga colors (for sets)

…but was changed to what we ended up with early on during production.
If this is correct then it is reasonable to assume there are even more Toa colored Noble masks somewhere. Community gets their hands on new things often so it might only be a matter of time before someone stumbles upon “Lewa green Mahiki”. But who knows, perhaps the rest was detroyed.

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Hmmm, this is all quite interesting.