Or, for Hahli, just get rid of the Cordak blaster altogether. Still, I'll agree that she's the best Mahri, and I think the dark blue looks good with the lime green.

The rest I've still got the same opinion on -- horrid. Jaller's only redeeming quality is his mask design. They completely killed who Kongu is, Matoro's been downgraded (I find it hard to believe that the Ignika's "Destined One" is a hunchback), and Hewkii still looks sloppy. And don't get me started on Nuparu.

Titans are cool. But you can cross the Toa Mahri off of my "To Get" list. I'm actually using the Maxilos wallpaper, since Makuta's new form just looks so cool.

I can respect your opinion on every one except Kongu, even though I don't share them all. The one thing that bugs me about your Kongu review is the mention of how he's "supposed" to look. Has Kongu ever been pictured as your fantasies describe? Nay, he's always been as he is now: a hardened military figure, at ease with his dangerous job (think Private James Ryan from Saving Private Ryan). In '01 he led the Mata Nui equivalent of the Air Force, and showed very little similarity to the elflike, joking Matoran and Toa of Air we've been so plagued with since then. In '06, he finally began to resemble the harsh warrior whom we had gotten to know from the start. And now? Okay, his shoulders are too wide, but his mask and armor look as they should. As for his personality, it would be suffering Lewa Syndrome if not for his amazingly good description of why he acts as he does now in Bionicle Legends#7. I like Kongu as he is now, for his appearance now reflects his personality rather than merely his Koro.

Meanwhile, I like the Volitak. It looks very masklike compared to that Arthron that everyone seems to like (Not to say it isn't good, just that it's mixes things up a bit). And I'm glad you like Matoro.

Hewkii's the one that bugs me. It's not his mask so much as it is his arms. Not only are the lower arms different, they're not even the same color! In fact, I've pretty much decided not to give the Mahri new arm armor in my drawings, since the changes are too drastic.

With all due respect,

Aanchir: Rachira of Time

Hahli: The first water Toa to be better than all the others in a series IMO.

Hahli's the only one I'm getting for the set alone.

I'm getting the rest (still doubting Matoro and Nuparu) so I can totally re-draw them to look somewhat decent. >>

Anywho:

~Nikira

I can respect your opinion on every one except Kongu, even though I don't share them all. The one thing that bugs me about your Kongu review is the mention of how he's "supposed" to look. Has Kongu ever been pictured as your fantasies describe? Nay, he's always been as he is now: a hardened military figure, at ease with his dangerous job (think Private James Ryan from Saving Private Ryan). In '01 he led the Mata Nui equivalent of the Air Force, and showed very little similarity to the elflike, joking Matoran and Toa of Air we've been so plagued with since then. In '06, he finally began to resemble the harsh warrior whom we had gotten to know from the start. And now? Okay, his shoulders are too wide, but his mask and armor look as they should. As for his personality, it would be suffering Lewa Syndrome if not for his amazingly good description of why he acts as he does now in Bionicle Legends#7. I like Kongu as he is now, for his appearance now reflects his personality rather than merely his Koro.

But in 2001 and 2002, Kongu was my image of him – where else would I have gotten it? His light and fast manner and rapid and fluent Treespeak meant that he was constantly buoyant and lighthearted (but not jocular). In 2002, in the Bohrok animations, he and Tamaru were all but flying through the trees to lure on the Nuhvok – bouncing from branch to branch, doing somersaults in midair. He was leader of the Kahu Force indeed, and had a very quick mind to give orders as to what to do, but I would never call him harsh or hardened. Serious and a good leader during times of crisis, but otherwise – and sometimes during, like taunting the Nuhvok – he embodied the joy and energy of Le-Koro... especially in his Treespeak.

Kongu Inika was an good representation of him, aside from having neither of his trademark colors: he was lithe and flexible, like Kongu's energetic side; but the armor, Zamor launcher, and crossbow reflected his former position of leader of the Kahu Force. Kongu Mahri completely loses the former: he becomes short, stout, thick, and heavy, weighed down with heavy armament. There isn't a trace of Kongu's lightness about him. Even when commanding the Force, he wasn't grave (which, as I'm sure you know, literally means "heavy") and constantly grim, but this new form looks like both of them, and like he's about to sink to the bottom of the sea at the same time. Certainly the loss of his old, bright, vibrant color scheme changes his appearance enormously just by itself.

Bundalings ~ Well, as Hahli's original color scheme was light blue and dark blue, light blue is sort of the best secondary color to represent her... And yes, the red wreaks havoc on Hewkii's color scheme. :annoyed2: Sloppy, as Takatu put it, is a good way to describe Hewkii. Mismatched arms, as Aanchir said, splotches of red all over the place, silver in odd places (like his thigh armor), and unbalanced black and yellow-orange. Throw in the blue friction axle/pins, and you get... bleh. But all this could be so easily mended!

Well... The Mask o' Life didn't know that Kongu was slim, did it?

~W o T-k

Wiggle, you can't use a storyline excuse for set design. The flaw seems to be that the set designers don't know what they're creating...they just make the sets, and then character roles are assigned afterwards.

Forgive me if I'm wrong, but I think that's how it works.