With all due respect to your opinions, I find Pohatu to be the best of them. I don't compare them to their past forms, because, well, that's what people did with Vista, and people were pretty sad, no? I learned not to compare old forms to new forms.

(If you find any sense in this, tell me, 'cause I don't. )

Let the record show I will be revamping the Nuva once I get them until they fit as close as humanly possible to my similar-standards as yours.

My insights:

Lewa: I totaly agree, 100%.

Kopaka: I Agree completely about the mask and wings, but I WILL get rid of that bayonet once I get him, or at least put it on his back as a secodnary weapon. He WILL get a sword and shield from me, as Kopaka should have. Agelic wings would be perfect. Unfortunetally, all we have now is Hhali's fin-like wings, and they look too fin-like to be considered angelic.

Pohatu: Actually, I think his entire stature is fine, and the build really isn't that bad for Pohatu. It's the mask and colorscheme that ruins it. Pohatu doesn't wear a Vahi.

well let's see here...just to let you know when i clicked the link to your newest creation, it went to your Reidak creation

anyway, i totally agree with you!

EDIT: ok, now it went to "this folder is not yet public" nevermind...GREAT MOC BTW!

I agree with your statements, however I'd like to ask you a question: aside from the fact these are (supposed to be) the Toa Nuva, what do you think of the sets themselves?

Personally, I think they're pretty good. Lewa has a great mask and a neat katana. However, the use of Rahkshi legs as lower legs doesn't work with the Nuparu/Matoro/Hewkii chestplate.

Kopaka is pretty good. Besides the lightsaber blade that sticks out too much from the telescope eye, there aren't many problems in the set itself.

Pohatu has a mask that is missing an half and has the Kongu Mahri design I hate, however he has those awesome claws/propellers that save him. I can't wait to get my claws on those things.

However, this doesn't stop me from making my own Nuva redesigns. So far, Gali and Lewa are complete, Kopaka is missing a decent mask; while Onua, Pohatu and Tahu are planned. I plan to make Takanuva too, but I still don't have anything planned for him. They are going to use basic canister designs and they are going to feature new masks and weapons that work as redesigns of their former tools.

Another question if you don't mind: what are your thoughts on the Phantoka Makuta?

Meanwhile, here's something for you:

Shakar

You probably already know my opinions on them. I find it peculiar that the way I think so often tends to side me with opinions opposite those of people whom I so look up to. Hence why I am always so enthusiastic to debate about the sets; by doing so I am better able to understand why I think the way I do.

I personally have only a few minor qualms concerning the new sets, but they're more things that I would have liked better than things that would have been good or necessary. For instance, I wish they had Mata feet in their new primary colors, but as it is the fans would not like it (still trying to recover from all the complaints that "Matoro Mahri can't stand up" (read: "I'm too lazy to put any effort into posing Matoro Mahri"). I also wish their visors had been a different color (perhaps that Trans. Black they've been using in Exo-Force so much), and that Lewa's chest armor was silver and his feet lime. I wish that Kopaka's mask was flipped (though I'm glad to see that it doesn't look too much like its predecessor), and that Lewa's new tool had a non-serrated edge, if only to maintain stylistic consistency with his armor and mask. Yet I am content with these sets for the most part, if only as characters rather than as sets.