Mistake-a
After looking at wonderfully clear photos of the Mistika on another website...let's go through them one by one, shall we?
Makuta
Gorast - lime and black colour scheme is quite nice, if a little too similar to Mutran and Vican. However, the bley torso spoils this, as do the bley Hordika necks at his ankles. These parts in black, or even lime, would look fine. The silver claws are a bit odd though, as his other claws are all black and lime. The orange Bohrok eyes are fine. His wings seem to be transparent, which is also fine.
Right then, to his actual build. The new head and claws are pretty good, and the six-limb design is ok. However, he uses the new Matoran limbs - oh dear. This sacrafices no less than six potential points of articulation, and they don't look terribly good either. I'd prefer it if his wings were attached to his back, as they look a bit odd coming out of his arms. I can't really say that he comes with any particularly interesting parts, apart from the claws and head, as we've seen pretty much all of the others before. His wings look interesting, yes, but I can't see them being very versatile in MOCs.
Bitil - is that...yellow? Nice yellow! Yellow and black, very waspish, which is obviously nice. The silver wouldn't look out of place, but there's so much of it - giant weapons, huge silver wings, claws, blades on his legs...too much silver. The red barbs on his arms are a bit odd, but don't look too bad. And again, orange Bohrok eyes - like we haven't seen those before. Yawn. I think in his case, red would look nicer, at least to match the barbs.
Build-wise, he's passable. Black Matoran body, standard limbs, with two extra limbs holding wing pieces...standard stuff. Nothing impressive. His pieces, though...nice. Yellow Rahkshi legs, yellow Slizer legs, and that awesome head with the mandibles. Nice. The giant wings would make pretty good armour, and his weapons might get some interesting use as staffs or something. The blades on his legs are totally confusing, though. They don't seem to serve any purpose at all, unless he's going to land on his enemies and poke them to death with his thighs.
Krika - OMG. That is the most inspiring Bionicle set in ages. He just rocks, totally. Gorgeous white and black with red accents, even down to his beady little red eyes. The colour grouping could be stricter, especially around the torso, but it still works. His weapons and head seem to be transparent and red, or they could be white and red, but they look more transparent.
Now then, what on Karda Nui is going on with his design? It's awesomely bizarre. As Bonesiii would say, 'ruthlessly elegant'. He echoes Vamprah, which is cool, with his bladed legs and all-fours stance. The new spikes weapons are cool, and that head - it's elongated, freaky, very 'Alien', and those sunken eyes scream 'Rawr!' at you. Or something like that. My only compaint is the use of Matoran limbs. I don't want them. I want him to have boring old, yet functional, sockets and Rahkshi limbs, probably. I am going to make a revamp of him. Yes. I promise.
Toa Nuva
Tahu - dark red, silver, and black? sounds good, but looks jaw-droppingly boring. Especially on Tahu, after his nice orange. Oh well. The blue pins kill any sense of niceness, as usual. And goodness me, what a lot of pins. Loads. If those are actually silver Piraka legs, they're pretty neat. Metru armour in silver - yawn. Dark red Inika feet? Have we seen those before? And dark red double sockets? They might be vaguely useful.
Build-wise, I shuddered when I saw him. Clutter, clutter, and more clutter. He's got fins and jets and Mata Nui knows what else sticking out everywhere, which isn't terribly nice. His mask is cool. It's not a Hau, right. However, it looks pretty cool. Flat, yes. A bit plain, yes. But...ok, I don't like it. And the Triple Spinny Bladed Shield of Certain Doom? What's that all about? He's a ninja, by the looks of his mask, so give him a nice katana with a flamey motif. Thanks Lego. I try to like him, but...I really don't.
Gali - Oh. Silver and dark blue? That's...that's actually ok. Silver Inika legs? Sweet. Silver Metru feet? Ok. More silver Inika amour? I won't say no. Silver Spikey Armour of Doom? It's nice, yes, but it doesn't fit her streamlined appearance. A giant silver plate on her back? Eh? Maybe she uses it as a shield, and it's stored there temporarily? Possibly. Dark blue sockets are nice. I don't actually have any problems with this colour scheme. Nope. She's interesting in that she's silver with blue accents. She's the first silver Toa, ok? Be nice to her.
But then, oh dear. The legs, I can deal with. The rocket ankles, get rid of them. The shoulder armour? No. Streamlined, please. Backwards Piraka body? Boring. Add some Hordika armour on the front, it fits perfectly. Not very feminine, but better than nothing. But...that mask? DO NOT WANT. Take it away, Lego. Take it away and melt it down, then ask somebody to make a mask that doesn't look like Vezok fell into a bowl of acidic custard and melted one of his eyes, then jabbed two knives into his head in a fit of self-harm. Please Lego. You make this so...difficult.
Onua - guess what? His colour scheme is the same! Black, dark grey (albeit bley) and silver! Yay! No...wait...red? Bright..red...rockets? No! Just get rid of them, they aren't necessary, they'd better either leave or change colour. I can't see his torso, so I can't comment on that, but it looks to be black, silver, and bley. Meh.
He just...isn't. No. He's tall and spindly, with armour inconveniently located everywhere, rockets sticking out of his legs, a big silver...thing, could be a sheild, might not be. His mask, however - nice. Nice, angular, wide mask. Not very Onua-ish, but that can only be a good thing, as I hated the Pakari Nuva. Hey, I hated all of the Nuva masks. And I hate Onua Nuva Mistika. I'm sorry, but Lego makes it so difficult. Why can't they take a nice Toa design and not clutter it with rockets and backwards armour? Why?
Well, there you go. Seran's thoughts. Lots of them. Next time, the Titans/Warriors/Big Sets/Whatever. And the weapons, btw. Ok?
If you have any thoughts regarding my thoughts, or any thoughts that you think you ought to share, or think you've got some thoughts that you think could be thought-provoking, don't hesitate to comment.
-Seran
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