Makuta Mistika
[note: it's Valenti's (quite accidental) fault this got re-published. Not mine. That's why it and the last two were supposedly posted today.]
My turn!
As I've said, in general I like them. A lot. They're quite original in some respects, and overall look rather good, if still not as formidable-looking as I'd want Makuta to be, though Krika's quite something in looks. (I've decided that in my alternate-2008-universe, they'll be Makuta who rebelled when The Makuta turned evil, and as a result were stripped of many of their powers and made to serve the rest of the Brotherhood – hence the sort of scrawny looks.)
And the canisters are highly awesome. No doubt my favorites in many years, because you have the contrast of bright colors and jet black, coupled with the blue-green background...
Bitil :: Nice wings. A piece that's used in so many situations is always good, and the way the wings are built means they can fold up nicely, like a real beetle. I like that he uses the Matoran body, and the Vahki head is a highly innovative way to attach his head... Really, the place he needs the most work is in colors. The orange eyes are a bit too close to the yellow; red would stand out much more. And it would also work with his spikes, which look rather lonely as the only red on him. Some more of them in the small holes in his thigh-spikes would add better balance. And I think I agree with Bundalings: he could do with less silver, maybe making his leg silver yellow/black and leaving silver for wings and claws...
Still. Not bad at all as he is. And it's definitely not an unwelcome surprise to have a true yellow canister set (I wouldn't have minded yellow-orange, just for some limb pieces in the color), and the result looks nice... But left to my own devices I'd still have made the summer Makuta dark orange, dark green, and light grey, so that every Makuta is darker than his/her Toa counterpart.
Gorast :: I love the six-limbed look (DIGITIGRADE LEGS), but the dark grey chest simply makes no sense at all. It's rather bad design-wise, but actually convenient for me, because I have no intentions of getting any of the other grey-Inika-body-bearing sets, but I do plan to get Gorast. Cool wings, though, especially because they're transparent... say, that would have been rather cool for Bitil, translucent wings. I don't mind the Avotoran limbs, but again, I know that's an oddity of mine.
Aside from limb flexibility, her completely empty back is another problem... And she, too, would be better with red eyes. Might look even better with black claws (instead of the silver ones), and of course with a black Inika body. Then she'd be an even better evil-mosquito-lady.
(done with the eye-burning font colors now!)
Krika :: is female. Looks feminine, and thereby is female, just like Solek. Gender issues asside, she is extraordinarily awesome. She actually looks frightening, thanks to the thin, elongated, and spiky design. The lengthy Phantoka torso is actually good on her, especially because we get a piece that fills it in akin to the Metru chest armor. And the red under the translucent white is just eerie-looking, especially with the thin look and small eyes...
Only bad part of her is the fifth limb, which I shall ignore. Though it does bring me to the blasters. I just don't like them; they look cartoony and awkward to me, made even more so by the odd red and lime on the Makuta.
It's quite probable that I'll be getting all three of them... because I do so like them. Might do an entry on the Toa and vehicles... for the moment all I'll say on them is that I love the new visor in ice blue. I must have one. But not so much as to make me get a vehicle.
~ ToM
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