This topic strongly implies that what a lot of people actually care about in the Nuva is not how similar they are to their past appearances, it's how their personality is represented.
Now why are the Newva so dissimilar to their 2002 incarnations? It's because the 2002 sets did a poor job of representing the Nuva. Lewa and Pohatu are growling, Gali and Onua have savage slash and hack weapons, and Lewa has a pair of massive two-handed weapons. The list goes on. Good riddance, I say.
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I'm not going to say how similar the Phantoka are to the 2002 Nuva and point out the similarities, since I feel that it's been done again and again and would be superfluous here. Instead, I'm going to do what I did in my previous two blog entries and point out how the sets represent the characters.
Lewa
You all know what his personality is. Lewa is cheery and generally happy-go-lucky. A synonym for that is, you guessed it, bright. Just like lime green, which I have seen a lot of complaints abo
Ironically, Tahu Mistika seems to have attracted a lot of flame. The targets for the burnination seem to mostly be the mask, which has been claimed to look both like a ninja's mask and a knight's helm, and his shield.
I can't really address the complaint about the ninja, except for the rumor that ninjas can exotically use fire, but a knight represents Tahu very well. In the Middle Ages, a knight was seen as a symbol of power, protection, and heroism. All descriptions that can be aptly set to Ta
The Mistika version of Gali is Gali in the sense that it fits her very well.
Let's look at one of the more repeated complaints out there: Gali is a sniper.
Well, what's the problem with that? Gali is perfect as a sniper. Look at it this way: what does a sniper do? He (she) hides and waits for someone to come up, then shoots them. To be a sniper, what qualities do you need? Two of the big ones are patience and a calm head.
Doesn't that describe Gali well? Isn't Gali patient and cool
I personally really like Tahu, I think he's a great set.
And I don't really mind his ninja look, either. I think it's also really cool.
Problem is, ninjas are supposed to be sneaky and stealthy. That doesn't sound like Tahu.
I sure hope that the Mistika at the Toyfair are prototypes.
Not because I dislike them, but because all the griping that is sure to come will definitely drive me up the wall and across the ceiling.
One of my friends asked a girl out yesterday. Unfortunetly for him, she can't until she's sixteen.
And after all that trouble we went through to drag him there.
Today, I got hit in the head by a basketball for the fifth time in my life.
To be honest, that's actually a rather modest sum. I'm rather surprised it's not fifty.
Then again, I suppose most of the people who want to either don't get the opportunity or just aren't sly enough to make it look like an accident.
I'm going to start a "drug" (gum) smuggling ring.
But I need some help. There's two huge problems and I have no idea how to solve them.
The first is that I can't think of a way to both stay secret and to gets lots of customers.
The second is slightly less crucial. I need a way to collect debts without getting into trouble.
Can anyone help?
Gum seems to be my school's equivalent of drugs. It's high in demand, it's not that common or easy to procure (at least for this school), it's high priced (as in the fact that people would go to great lengths for it), and most importantly, it's banned at the school.
I wonder what there is to gain from exploiting this...
We got a new T.V. today! It's an LCG Digital, and I don't know how big it is, although it's pretty big.
We did speeches in Media today, I might have screwed mine up, but I think my visual aid is better than some of the ones out there...
Oh, and anyone notice that the Karda Nui Matoran masks are the only ones that haven't been named yet?
The new game on Bioniclebattle is soooo fun. I just can't stop playing it, which is rather bad, since I have a homework assignment due tomorrow.
And Vamprah is extremely annoying.
YES! I finally beat Vamprah!
The other topic isn't as good for what it's currently being used for, so I'm starting a new one.
Also, the Morbid Number would be funnier the higher it is.
That said,
BRING IT ON, CHUMPS!!!
How many boards would the Mongols hoard if the Mongol Hoards got bored?
That was from Calvin and Hobbes.
Anyway, I'm bored. Does anyone have any suggestions on what to do? Until then, I'm going to go drag out some old S&T topics to post in.
I went to Chinese School today. I didn't manage to finish all my homework and did rather poorly on the test, but it was still better than average, considering how poor I do there.
Anyway, it was better than usual, and I suspect it's because of a change in teachers.
Well, it was rather more fun that usual, probably because I spent the break time throwing coat hangers at people.
Oh, and I drew a rather decent picture (in my opinion) of Balta yesterday, I might post it when I find it.
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Let's see... it's so cold here that there's static electricity in my hair, I got kicked in the face in P.E, I have a huge stack of homework to do, there's a test on Thursday, and my Science teacher said that the class did pretty bad on our most recent test.
Altogether a comparatively good day.
Oh, did I mention that I've started to do animations on graphing calculators?
The number one complaint I have about the 2008 Toa is about the some of the fans. To be specific, about how they complain that they "aren't the Nuva."
Well my questions to those fans are: What are the Nuva? Why do you say the 2008 Toa aren't the Nuva? And finally, what's wrong with them not being the Nuva?
