Lenny7092 Posted July 20, 2021 Share Posted July 20, 2021 Hi, guys. I have been wondering. When I look at the Toa Hordika masks, they look like various animals. Matau’s mask looks like a lizard’s head, Nokama’s a fish, and Nuju’s a bird (he does speak bird to ignore people when they are acting foolish or are trying to waste his time. Lol). The other guys are something that I have a hard time making comparisons. They look like either bears, rhinos, bulls, or tigers. What are your thoughts about their masks’ looks? Quote I like Lego, Bionicle, and Hero Factory! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
(-Kopaka Toa of Ice-) Posted July 20, 2021 Share Posted July 20, 2021 Actually i think it was just intentional mutations supposed to look like their masks. Most of them look like lizards and iguana's with mask characteristics. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Max_Nui Posted July 21, 2021 Share Posted July 21, 2021 I always thought Onewa's kind of looked like some type of rhino. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
(-Kopaka Toa of Ice-) Posted July 24, 2021 Share Posted July 24, 2021 (edited) On 7/21/2021 at 6:12 PM, Max Nui said: I always thought Onewa's kind of looked like some type of rhino. I think you need to rethink that. I added a side by side image of onewa and nuju who is more likely to be a rhino with a scope lens. Edited July 24, 2021 by (-Kopaka Toa of Ice-) 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Max_Nui Posted July 26, 2021 Share Posted July 26, 2021 On 7/24/2021 at 5:18 PM, (-Kopaka Toa of Ice-) said: I think you need to rethink that. I added a side by side image of onewa and nuju who is more likely to be a rhino with a scope lens. Bro you got me there.. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
xccj Posted July 26, 2021 Share Posted July 26, 2021 Honestly, this was one (of many) problems I had with the Hordika back in the day. (The main one being that the sets looked ugly, and the story saying that they're supposed to look ugly didn't help anything.) To me, the Hordika did not have any clear animals they were based on. They were essentially recolored builds with different tools and masks, but the masks did not appear to be any particular animal. Yes, I always got rhino vibes from Nuju and reptilian vibes from Nokama and Matau, but it was all just a little too vague for my tastes. And that's not to say Lego couldn't have done better, because in later years THEY DID. The Barraki were not direct animal replicas, but they had enough design features that it was clearly apparent that Carapar was a crab, Kalmah was a squid, Takadox was a mantis, ext. Of course, in 2005 they hadn't got past the clone builds, but then you could look to the third wave of Hero Factory heroes with the animal motifs. The basic designs of each didn't change, but they had styled weapons that sorta matched their animals, and then they had very details helmets immediately made it clear what animal they were based on. The Hordika could've benefited from either of these routes. I'm sure it was a case that the sets were designed long before the story, so maybe that's where the biggest disconnect is. (Saying they're based on animals when the original designs were just sort of nonspecific "mutations"). But they gave us lackluster sets and kind of an annoying theme to explain them. 2005 was a lousy year. (Although as much as I dislike Web of Shadows, I do have to admit that the animation had finally improved on the third movie.) Obviously, these are my opinions, which are mine, and I know plenty of people would disagree with that, but whatevs. 2 Quote My BZPower Stories Dark Core--Kulagi's Kanoka--A Shadow's Contrivance--Mystery on Keli-Nui--BZ-Koro: To Bring Back Bionicle Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BionicleBean Posted August 26, 2021 Share Posted August 26, 2021 nuju is a rhino, matau is a lizard. vakama looked like an insect of some sort to me. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TERIDAX941 Posted August 27, 2021 Share Posted August 27, 2021 13 hours ago, Heyzorks said: nuju is a rhino, matau is a lizard. vakama looked like an insect of some sort to me. Well actually we now know that Vakama is a dragon Quote Formerly Iron_Man5 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BionicleBean Posted August 27, 2021 Share Posted August 27, 2021 6 hours ago, TERIDAX941 said: Well actually we now know that Vakama is a dragon .....Well played, Teridax941. Well played. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Master of Energy Posted August 28, 2021 Share Posted August 28, 2021 All the masks look reptilian to me. Quote RPG Characters: Explota Akkitu MOCs: Toa Mata with 2015 Colors Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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