In the picture is what appears to be a logo of some metal with holes, holding a zamor sphere and in the Zamor Sphere appears to be the island of Voya Nui and the light in the island symbol is the location of the Mask of Life.
(Like I said, if you are going to give an answer, please explain the parts just like how you explained the markings for each of the Kanoka from the last post and give answers with various meanings and significance have many stories behind the symbols for every Kanoka.
E.g., the head of Ganesha, in hinduism, shows a representation of opening the ears and eyes, and not the mouth, the head of the elephant represents knowledge showcasing how an elephant never forgets as well as how gentle and humble Ganesha is which symbolizes Humility, and the one tusk that is intact whereas the other broken tusk emphasizes that there is only one Supreme being.
The sphere was probably styled to look like a green zamor, since thats what the piraka, the years first mainline sets, heavily featured. Im not sure where your getting the gemstone analogy.
Beyond thst, the holes and shadow were most likely just arbitrary graphic design choices, if you want to look further Id reccomend graphic design/art forums instead of a lego one.
In general with bionicle, despite its depth, Id remember it was primarily a toy line for kids and not read too much into it.
To second Wild, yes, it’s a Zamor Sphere on a metal floor/wall with Voya Nui superimposed on the sphere. Most ads/images for the 2006 sets were like this. At that time, Lego was really trying to lean into their teen appeal with Bionicle, so they went for the “rock and roll/ rebel” look, using utilitarian backgrounds and scenery that the heroes cut through and fought the villains in throughout promotional materials.
Not everything green is a crystal, not every piece of metal with holes punched into it has a deeper spiritual metaphor behind it. The green here specifically does not reference chrysoberyls, tuurmalines, sphenes, or any other gemstones. It is an illustration of antidermis, the substance comprising the Makuta species, and has no other meaning beyond it.
Art (and product design) can exist absent from a metaphor in every element. We on this internet forum appreciate Bionicle for what it is, not what shapes we can contort it into. Sometimes there is no deeper meanings and significance beyond what the illustrators intended, in this case being a totally rad green disk embedded in metal with the island of Voya Nui inside to hype fans for the upcoming (as of 2005) line of Bionicle sets.
I edited the page and fixed that error. Thank you for letting me know. Also I do not know what that metal piece that is holding that Zamor is with the holes.
It looks like it’s one of these round viewport window types.
It could be meant to represent the portholes of the canisters the Piraka came in, or the Antidermis vat they kept Makuta in. My guess is, it just looks cool.
Maybe try not reading meanings into advertising as if you’re trying to decipher a cult’s holy writ. These topics are getting more and more difficult to respond to in a polite manner when you constantly ask questions that shouldn’t need answering. Either do some real research yourself, or prepare for a potential spam report on the next one of these topics, because we’re all getting tired of explaining to you that LEGO didn’t make their media with deep allegorical meaning (they made it to sell toys)…
That’s neat, but doesn’t really explain why these questions are asked in the first place.
If you’re already convinced that the green background element in a promo image for 2006 Bionicle is definitely, truly meant to represent a wide plethora of gemstones… Why don’t you just run with your own theory for the metal with holes, like you have with everything else?
The metal with holes is just a design element the same as the green circle is just a green circle, and the Matoran instruments are just Matoran instruments. None of them are meant to be anything more than what they are. You can choose to be inspired by them however you want, but making a number of topics telling people to explain in explicit detail connections that don’t actually exist comes off as inane.
