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Krika


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Yes, I have no self control. It's especially difficult when I have actual money on me. But anyway, I passed through Fred Meyers and just happened to see a 15% off sale on all LEGO Bricks... seriously, wait a week and Fred Meyers will have some new kind of sale. It wasn't great, but it made a $13 set $11... so I saved about two bucks.

 

Anyway, onto my last Mistika review (unless somebody gifts me with a set)...

 

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Okay, I have to start off by saying this. His spikes are wicked cool. Yes, probably the best weapon-ish piece of the year. The red and pearly white blend together for a spikey, neat look. The seven pieces in this style totally make the set worth it... On the other hand, the rest of the set is rather lackluster. So in the end, Krika is his spikes. Look any further and his reputation is at risk.

 

I'm not a huge fan of the quadruped canister sets. Vamprah didn't entice me, and now that I have Krika I wish he had thicker lower legs that could support his weight. He looks cool when he's down on all fours, but he also takes up alot of room. I have narrow shelves for display, and Krika won't fit on them. (Thus why I photographed him on my bed instead) He's intimidating (and large) but very spread out. That was my problem with the Fenrakk spider... took up more space than it was worth.

 

As for the build... huge disappointment. Seriously, Krika was made for his spikes, and the rest of his design works because it doesn't draw attention to itself in the pictures. This time I am truly reminded about how large the Phantoka body is, and it seems like even more useless plastic without the storage of a tridax pod. The white piece of armor that fits inside it is nice... like it is with Onua. I feel compelled to MOC with it. Of course, there's that annoying thing with the neck attachment. Lego, there's a plus rod right next to the neck connection... why'd you have to use one of the big round holes instead? Being the constant set adjuster that I am, I used a few extra pieces (most likely from my scrapped Ussalnui) to stabilize the neck attachment by connecting that rod to a second rod that hooked solidly into the white armor. Now Krika isn't a bobble head!

 

Onto the Nynrah. The red air tube suits Krika's color scheme, the lime does not. I almost wish Lego had further diversified the colors of the Nynrah projectiles like they did with the Inika... I want more colors, like blue and red, for those things. But I guess gunmetal gray and lime will have to do. The one thing I hear in all the Krika reviews is the pesky fifth arm... and how the user removes it at once. Somehow, it doesn't bother me. In fact, I rather like it. Both Nuparu Inika and Pohatu Phantoka had shoulder mounted launchers... this is technically what Krika's is. The Slizer arm is a little bit longer than the others, but it gives Krika a wider range of aiming the Nynrah. In fact, I much prefer it over Bitil's situation, where Lego wanted him to hold it in his hand with his staff. True, it was too loose with the original build, but the amazing thing is that when I strengthened the neck pin, I strengthened the fifth arm pin as well, so Krika now has a stable shoulder (or back) mounted blaster.

 

One last thing to nitpick on. I hate the Avi-Matoran arms. Well, not hate, but I don't like them on Krika. It takes away so much articulation, so I feel this baddie has really been scammed. Plus, I've had Krika for only a few days and haven't moved him around that much, and one of the sockets is already broken. :( The quadruped thing might work better if he had elbows and knees, but I just don't think much of those pre bent limbs. They were okay on the Avi-Matoran, but don't make them a stable element, Lego. Please.

 

One last note about the head. I like the unique design... I forgot to mention it, but Bitil's head piece had a little pin hole in the top, so it hooked down more like a Hordika head than a mask. Krika's head, however, is more like the Rahkshi, which is fine, because Rahkshi heads were very cool for their time. (Until they got overused on the Rahaga and Hydruka) I especially like how the hand socket was tilted vertically (unlike it was for the Rahkshi heads) and the eye pieces are nice. Good creativity there, and boy does he look mean. Unfortunately, Krika's long spikey "hair" does tend to smack into his fifth arm or back in general, so it's precarious when he looks "up." Plus, the general placement of the hand piece attachment to the neck further inhibits articulation. The Rahkshi could look all around without much problem, but Krika and his big head don't have quite the same view.

 

And, since I was bored, I wondered what Krika would look like if he's four limbs were all the same length. Well, in doing so, he got a little something extra. I present to you, KRIKA.... WITH A CROSSBOW!

 

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The translucent white/pink really doesn't do it for me. It'd look better if it was solid white and red, like Pridak.

 

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The Ussalnui that the original Takanuva drove. It wasn't my favorite model, so I trashed it, and I used some of the silvery pieces to fix up Krika.

 

And yes, there's a small chance I might get Gorast as a present, even thought a Lego for a 20 year old may seem... odd. (I'd rather get new Taka, but I doubt it, since I'll be at school at the time)

 

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Okay, so I added an extra L. Where do you think he got the "Ussa" part from? Ussal.

 

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Edit: Bfahome disagrees with me, but his whole argument over definitions has been deleted due to poor grammar and overuse of acronyms.

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Whats an acronym?

 

I like your 4 leg version, lol

An acronym is a 'word' formed by using the initials of the words it contains. For example SHIELD, which any Marvel buff knows stands for Supreme Headquarters, International Espionage, Law-Enforcement Division, or, more recently Strategic Hazard Intervention, Espionage Logistics Directorate

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