That Matoran with a Vahi

Because I'm curious; and because, while I've been aware of these ever since I first read the comics online and realised they weren't completely the same as the ones I received in person, I've never seen anyone else discussing it. Some BIONICLE comics, back in the day, were released differently based on region. I know this is true for a fact for at least some parts of the UK - I'll detail the changes I'm aware of further down the post - but I'm wondering if anyone else experienced this too. I'm not only referring to cases where sometimes two issues were compiled into a single double-length comic - although that did happen a couple of times for us in 2003 as well - but cases where content was cut, added, or changed within the comics themselves or in the format of their distribution in their original run. I assume that other countries got relevant language translated versions, but beyond that... were they otherwise the same as the US comics? Or did they have unexpected variations too? To document my own experiences, from the UK: Comic #1 was mostly the same; however my copy of it lacked one single text box that, to the best of my knowledge, has been in all subsequent reprints (at least, it was in the Saga of Takanuva graphic novel, Papercutz graphic novel, and the copy used in the Biological Chronicle compilation) - the "my new friend tries to flee. but a coating of ice beneath his feet will bring him sliding back to me" text box. Comics #2 and #3 were amalgamated into a single slightly-longer-than-average issue. Four pages from comic #2 - the Turaga telling the legend, and the three pages from Gali finding the Miru to Lewa being knocked out of the sky - were stuck onto the beginning of comic #3, which had a later couple of pages - Tahu's encounter with the Nui-Rama in the battle - cut to make room for them. The comic #2 pages have the narration changed to be Makuta speaking, to match the rest of comic #3, and Lewa gets a couple of extra thought bubbles right before the Nui-Rama attacks him, where he anticipates telling his villagers about how he found his latest mask. In a couple of instances in comic #3, too, Makuta's narration has his word choice changed; in the UK version he says that the Toa will "be destroyed" and "perish" rather than the online (and presumably US) version's "be defeated" (p2) and "fall" (p4). As a result of this amalgamation, comic #4 (the first Bohrok issue) was numbered as #3 in the UK. Comic #6 was skipped over entirely, while very short excerpts from comics #5, #7, #8 and #9 were printed directly into different issues of Lego World Club magazine rather than being separate books distributed alongside it. On at least two occasions, speech bubbles were rearranged as well, sometimes understandably - adding the final "now and forever more we are... Toa Nuva!" to the page that first revealed their new forms, as it was the last page shown in that issue - and sometimes less so, changing which Toa said which line in their print of the full-page panel of comic #8 p5 (Tahu repeating his last sentence from the previous page, Lewa's speech bubble being given to Gali, and Gali's to Kopaka; the latter two also added the names of the Toa they were addressing as well). By comic #10 we had returned to full separate comics, and the numbering corresponded with the US issues again. #10 and #11 were printed together in a single double-length book rather than being individual releases, and the same was later true for comics #13 and #14; whereas #12 got what appears to be a single release same as the US. From 2004 on, comic distribution became sporadic at best; I don't know if that was the case for everyone in the UK or just that Lego was varying up who they sent comics to or not, but personally I only received comics #16, #19, #22 and #24 of the Metru Nui arc. Those are the only ones I see on the UK eBay site too, and Bricklink also doesn't list UK variants for any Metru Nui comics outside of three of those, so it seems like they may be the only ones that were distributed over here. Ignition #1 was distributed as normal, but the UK version had three pages less: the Thok and Reidak scene was cut, although the rest remained unchanged. While I continued receiving Lego Magazine for a while after that I never saw another Bionicle comic arrive with it here in the UK. Again, don't know if that was just me or if they stopped sending them out over here full stop. I mostly just thought this was worth documenting for reference, since I've seen no other online source - not even BS01 - that mentions that differences like these exist. But I also became curious if it was only the UK that got changes like this made, or if any other countries' distribution of the comics had their own variations like this too. Feel free to share any such differences that you know of!

If Lego made Bionicle minifigures like that, I'd definitely be after buying some! Honestly I think it's pretty cool to see some of Lego's non-minifigure characters as minifigs ^^ Emily in particular takes the transition really well here (as, of course, does Tahu!), but they're all very clever designs. I like the style you've used for them, especially the way their outfits are actual clothes over the minifigure frame, rather than just the prints they are in real life, it's a really nice touch

Now that you mention it, I guess I have, although I didn't realise it was such a widespread thing. I'd second T.B.O.C about it not being limited to Bionicle though, at least for me; as far as dreams go, it's not uncommon for me over the past several years to have dreams of finding something relating to one of my interests or another - as often as not something that has never actually been made - and intending to buy it... only to always, without fail, wake up before I can make the purchase! I think the first time I recall it happening, some years ago now, I'd found a market stall selling nothing but a whole bunch of unopened first-wave Phantom Menace Lego sets for what must have been a very low price and I was set on buying myself the Gungan Sub. The first time such a dream involved Bionicle, to my memory, wasn't actually sets but was a couple of new comics that featured the classic Toa and the Bohrok-Kal ending up in the world of G2 and the Toa fighting their updated selves; it stood out to me enough that I described it in a status update on my profile at the time. But yeah, every now and then, it'll be Bionicle sets. I don't recall any specific experiences beyond that, other than that they've all been different; but there are a few frequent commonalities: Often taking place in a decent sized dedicated toy shop, like the Entertainer in one of the nearby towns where back in the day I bought a few sets after they'd otherwise retired on different occasions IRL. Not always, though; once or twice it's been unrelated shops that had no business stocking toys at all but still had a whole aisle full of Bionicle! Reasons for being there are generally unstated and I'm just there for no discenrable reason, but sometimes I'm either lost, taking a shortcut through the shop or, on one occasion, was just trying to avoid some chaos going on in the street outside. Nearly always rereleases of old sets in new packaging, usually still canisters but with very different graphics. Or at least, in the dream I register them as rereleases of familiar designs, even if hindsight after I've woken up tells me that I'd never seen those models before! Sometimes the graphics are more reminiscent of G2 style box-art, even though I never bought any of those myself; I saw them on shelves IRL a few times but was in my dark age and otherwise missed the reboot entirly. The amount varies but often there's, like, a couple of shelves full of several different ones and I'm invariably indecisive over which one(s) to actually buy. (That part's definitely very true to my childhood experience...!) They usually feel like they relate back to 2003 in some way... which makes sense because while I'd liked Bionicle a lot in 2001 and still followed it in 2002, '03 was the year I went full-on as a fan and that possibly left the biggest impact on me due to being the first movie year (and also the first year that we, in the UK, got all the comics). Bohrok-Kal, or variants of them, are definitely some of the most common sets to reappear. One time I think there were some new Matoran in the same vein as the 2003 Matoran. When I do recognise the sets, even in the dream I'll often tell myself that I don't need to buy any of them because I already have the original versions (although in reality I've sold many of the original versions so that doesn't actually apply). I always invariably end up making the decision to buy one / some anyway, but never quite getting past trying to decide which before I wake up. These don't always hold true; one that I vaguely remember saw me find a whole box of loose parts including many classic 2001 Kanohi (possibly in colours they didn't get produced in IRL) in the stockroom of a charity shop; but though I grabbed the whole box, I - as always - woke up before I could pay for them. (Which makes me wonder: has anyone actually been able to buy the sets when they find them in a dream, or do everyone else's end before they can do that too?) More recently, though, my Bionicle-based dreams haven't been around this context at all. Another common dream format for me is finding myself playing / actually in a random video game, - most commonly Star Wars Droidworks, which I played a ton as a kid, or Jedi Knight: Jedi Outcast, but it can vary - and over the past maybe year or so I can recall at least two of those that were Bionicle-themed. One was a platformer loosely based around the style and context of Mask of Light, but a much, much more polished game than Bionicle: The Game was... I remember finding myself stuck on a level where I was playing MoL-style Tahu Nuva and he had been trapped down in the lava caves and was trying to get back up to Ta-Koro before it was attacked; another was kinda MNOG-2ey, involving running all over the island of Mata Nui, but it had 3D graphics, had more standard action game controls than MNOG's point and click, and I could switch between control of a variety of different Matoran all over the island, and they had various different tasks to undertake that kind of all related to one another. It may have been related to the previous dream game, in fact, because I'm sure I remember talking to MOL-style Jaller who may have been about to set out looking for Tahu who was missing? Hm.

IC: Jeizmel, arriving in Tajun Her eyes widened every so slightly. First-name basis with the honoured Glatorian? Jeiz supposed that after journeying together to reach this place it made sense; but it still felt uncomfortable to her. So few in high positions in Iconox were worthy of her respect these days that she wanted to make sure to show it to one of the only ones who was. But respect was better expressed by honouring her wishes than continuing to address her with titles, wasn't it...? "As you ask... Vraek." It felt as foreign on her tongue as she had expected to not at least preface the warrior's name with a title, like she'd said something incredibly disrespectful. Still, she had asked, so Jeizmel tried hard not to let her discomfort show. At least the Glatorian's following words gave her a distraction from that feeling. "Of course I..." She hesitated, the instinctive response faltering on her tongue. Given her reputation back home, she felt like Vraek was entirely right to ask. "Yeah, I will. I know I'm a loud-mouth back in Iconox, but that's because I care about our tribe so much. Anywhere else, though, I've got no reason to go looking for trouble." Famous last words, perhaps. But she did mean them in the moment; even if her principles may couple with her recklessness to demand otherwise of her in the future. She smiled, genuinely, at the warrior. "Maybe I'll see you again before the tournament is over. Thank you for everything." @Toru Nui

It's interesting to note that, according to original intention, a parsec not being the correct unit of measurement was the point. The published movie script suggests that Han is just making stuff up to wow what he sees as two ignorant locals, so he doesn't care if it's accurate as long as it sounds impressive (which would make his insistence in TFA on the twelve parsecs thing funny if this was the case: "these may be made-up facts, but they're MY made-up facts and dang it you're going to get them right!"). The script even says something like "Ben reacts to Han's attempt to impress them with obvious misinformation" in its directions. This intention, however, wasn't well understood from the final movie. So we have works in both continuities (Rebel Dawn, third novel of A. C. Crispin's Han Solo trilogy; and the movie Solo) making a point of explaining and justifying how that could actually work: in the explanation that I remember better (the novel one), the Kessel Run goes through the middle of an improbable cluster of black holes, and Han sheered dangerously close to them on one run and in taking that risk managed to achieve it in a shorter distance because of how the black holes warped the space around them.

On a personal level, I feel like that actually plays a part in why I'm being slow to adapt to the change; because as a kid, acting on the assumption that the Komau-wearing Matoran from that animation wasn't anyone significant because he didn't have a MNOG 2 match (that we knew of), in my own stories I established that guy as the face of my own Matoran character. As a result, I'm having trouble adjusting from thinking of him as such now that he has a real canon identity 🤣 That's very much just a thing that's personal to me though, of course!

On the poll I started a couple days ago, after voting in it myself it says that "results will be displayed once this poll will be closed". When I edit the poll, I see that there's a checkbox option to automatically close the poll on a date that it then lets me specify: and I assume this means that, if set, when the closing date and time pass then the results would at that time become visible? I'd test that theory, but I'm not sure what would be a reasonable length of time to leave the poll open for. I suppose it's likely another product of when the forum software was updated a little while ago?

So I was browsing Matoran on BS01 yesterday, and something just caught my attention. Apparently, it has been revealed recently that in MNOG 2, Ta-Matoran Nuri and Po-Matoran Kivi, who both wore Kaukau masks in the game as it was released in 2003, were actually planned to wear Komau masks instead: they only turned out the way they did due to a misspelling in the code. BS01 has embraced this fact and changed both Matoran's bios to say they canonically wore Komaus during their time on Mata Nui, however I'm not sure if I would share their stance. While I can kinda understand the initial intention behind making Hahli the only Kaukau wearer in the game for uniqueness' sake as the protagonist - and while I will grant that I don't remember any MNOG 1 Matoran wearing Kaukaus either - the fact remains that canon has recorded these two Matoran as wearing Kaukaus for two decades before this was revealed. Regardless of the initial intention, since it was never corrected in-game, I think it could alternately be considered that the canon that we got may take precedence over an intention that ultimately wasn't reflected in the product. But at this point it's really just a matter of personal preference, so I'm curious: What do you all think? Do you prefer these two Matoran as wearing Kaukau masks, as we've seen them for a long time? Or do you take Templar's initial intention as canon and like them better as Komau-wearers? No judgement either way, of course! I'm just still processing this fact so I wondered how other people felt about it too ^^

Oh wow, I love the drawing style! It captures a sense of atmosphere for the scene very nicely. Definitely curious to see where this is going if you do continue it ^^

Do we know when the demo is going to be coming? Steam's had it listed as 'coming soon' for a while now but I've not really been keeping up on if there's been any recent news.

Since I only have a few left these days, after I sold a large percentage of my collection during my uni years (a decade ago now?!), I have most of the ones I have with me where I'm living at present on display. My Toa, Turaga, and Matoran occupy the bookcase in my bedroom, in the space in front of the actual books; my two Rahkshi and one Vakhi stand atop that bookcase overlooking everything; my Zesk clings to one of the doors of the room's built-in cupboard; and my Muaka is just... around but doesn't really have a dedicated place to go. Various non-Bionicle sets also just take up whatever surfaces are available! I have a few other sets too, but they're back at my parents' place not here with me. When I was younger and had more Bionicle, though, I definitely kept them in boxes. At first I had two decently-sized plastic boxes, one for titan and other large sets and one for small sets, that I kept stacked at the foot of my bed, and on top of them had two or three cardboard fruit crates (like these) to hold all my canister-sized sets, with each canister containing its occupant: built if possible or otherwise partially disassembled in cases like the Metru who literally couldn't fit back in their cans unless you removed their arms, to make it easy to retrieve any of them when I wanted. The fruit boxes were great because they had room for plenty of canisters to stand upright side-by-side, and being open-topped meant that there was no worry about the canisters being too tall to fit... the generally consistent size of the canisters made it easy to stack those boxes, too. That lasted until 2007 when the Barraki canisters, despite being my favourite design aesthetically, threw that system completely out the window with their unique shape that didn't fit that layout at all, and were followed by the Mahri who didn't even have full canisters. At that point I abandoned the idea of storing them in their cans; I shifted through a few different arrangements of boxes but by the end of 2008 had settled on just two much bigger plastic boxes - same approximate base size but a little over twice as tall as the ones I'd used before - and basically dumped all my hero characters in one and my villain characters in the other, filling them both nicely. I kept these on top of the chest of drawers in my bedroom, making them easy to access while simultaneously not being in the way. At any time I wanted, I'd dig out the ones who I felt like having on display at any given time and stand them around on my desk or the shelf above it; often that would be the same few for a while - I believe Axonn and Brutaka held pride of place there for a while if I remember rightly? - but was subject to change based on just whichever I felt like at any given time ^^

IC: Jeizmel, arriving in Tajun And... here they were. Wiping the journey's dust from her goggles with her tunic, before pushing them up to her forehead, the young agori took her first good look around her. The village's shelter from the harsh desert sun was welcome; its metaphorical stench, less so. But what more could she expect? At its best, ice was the purest of the elements, at least in her worldview; but as corrupted as Iconox was becoming, it should hardly be a surprise that a city based around the melted form of that same element would be suffering a similar moral decay. "Yeah, I get it. I'd say it's no Iconox, but that's not for a lack of trying on Metus' part, is it..." Her? Still sour over his whole deal? Count on it. Criminal organizations, cyberneticists, thieves and scammers... one of those sounded on the surface decidedly less sinister to Jeiz than the others did, but that was neither here nor there: she got Vraek's point. She adjusted her bracelet, its beautiful purity reminding her of the high standards she held herself to, even in a place like this. "Now all I need to do is find a job here for a while. Shouldn't be too hard. I imagine any somewhat-decent business around here will be happy to hire extra hands to help out with the tourist rush." She glanced to Vraek once more, gaze drifting over the passing local without thinking anything specific of him. "I guess you'll be heading to the arena soon, Glatorian?" @Toru Nui

OOC: Sounds good to me! I'll just have Jeiz respond now, then follow your lead ^^ IC: Jeizmel, Streets of Atero "Great! I'm right behind you, honoured Glatorian." Giving herself a quick check over to make sure her possessions - mostly her money pouch, her new bracelet, and the short sword slung across her back - were all present and accounted for, Jeiz was quick to fall in step with Vraek. She cast a moment's quick look back over her shoulder at Xani, but the craftswoman seemed still busy with her beast... shrugging to herself, Jeizmel put the thought of the other from her mind. Soon enough she and Vraek would be in Tajun... And then, she'd see where that took her. @Toru Nui

Oh, I love this so much! This whole story, the style, the characterisation, everything... it takes me right back to 2001, to exploring and understanding these characters for the first time, and it's FANTASTIC. Your grasp of Kopaka, the way he thinks, what makes him tick, is incredible, really drew me in: I've never seen anyone write him in quite that same way but it feels really authentic, an absolutely natural expansion of the character from what we knew of him back in 01. And your insight into how Toa powers work, too, is equally fascinating. All in all, amazing work with this!

While those games were available online through the Kanoka club, like you say, they also were found on the mini-CDs that came with some releases of the Toa Metru: interestingly, when I checked one of mine out again a couple years ago, before selling a bunch of them to someone in B/S/T on here, and found to my surprise that it still ran on my modern Windows 10 laptop - even though many, many other PC games from that era don't. Looks like they're on the BioMedia project, right here: https://biomediaproject.com/bmp/promo-cds/metru/ ^^

IC: Jeizmel, Streets of Atero ...she could tell that her words weren't really landing, were they? Jeizmel bit her lip a little, tried not to sigh. Granted, it was probably nothing to do with her age in this case - more likely her naiveté - but it still smarted a little to feel like she wasn't being taken seriously. But what could she do? Xani seemed to, if not think less of her work than was warranted, at least feel as though other agori were sure to do so, and the younger woman didn't exactly have the life experience to argue the point effectively. Lost in such thought, she jumped at the crack of the whip nearby, only momentarily registering that the craftswoman was simply teaching her mount some manners. Even so, the corners of her mouth tugged wide in a wince at each of the repeated lashings. Sure, the spikit was only a beast, but something about her handling of the whip reminded Jeizmel sharply of the way slavers back in Iconox would at times do the same thing to their own 'merchandise', and the ugly blot on all of their honours that trade was. Not that she associated Xani with that business, of course... but what was wrong with people back home, anyway? As Xani and her battered beast started away, Jeiz turned at the Glatorian's words. "Oh--" she pulled her thoughts back to the moment. "--I couldn't ask you to do that for me, Glatorian Vraek. I can pay my own way for a little while yet, I promise." And even if she did have to take the honoured Glatorian up on her offer before all was said and done, Jeiz would absolutely insist on paying back her own expenses once she scored a job in Tajun. Speaking of-- "Where's the best place in town to hook up with a convoy, anyway?" @Daniel the Finlander @Toru Nui

Not really a Halloween celebrator over here - a combination of it not being as big a deal generally this side of the pond, my parents not being fans of it, and me not liking 'scary' stuff as a kid anyway - but I did dress up as Lewa Mata one year when several of the local churches got together to run an "alternative" party on Halloween with a jungle theme. I must have been 10 or 11 at the time, I suppose? There were instructions to make your own Toa costume out of cardboard on the Lego Club website - mask, chestpiece, hand, and weapon, worn over appropriately-coloured clothes - and while the guide was actually for Tahu I adapted it for Lewa to fit the party's setting, since really the only major changes that necessitated was the colour and making a cardboard axe instead of sword. I also talked a friend who was going to the same party into being my Turaga Matau, and likewise made the cardboard mask and staff for him to use. We've always kept candy on hand to give out, though, even if we didn't participate beyond that. Not seen many trick-or-treaters doing the rounds in recent years though, so we usually have plenty of leftover to munch throughout November, which is always a nice bonus! I've got a bag of chocolate to hand out here now that I've moved out, too, although I don't really anticipate getting many visitors either: my current place is a little removed from the main residential streets. Still, I'm prepared just in case ^^ No costume though. I like the idea, but it doesn't seem worth the effort when no-one is going to see it xD

Not quite! Vakama is very sliiiightly taller than Nokama: his neck is half a measurement longer due to using a https://www.bricklink.com/v2/catalog/catalogitem.page?P=32039 and a 3-axle instead of the https://www.bricklink.com/v2/catalog/catalogitem.page?P=6553 that Nokama and the rest use. It's barely anything, but it still adds just one more small step in their variety... which, I have to absolutely agree with you, has got to be my favourite thing about them. If I had to pick one, Nuju would probably be my most-most favourite for being 'in the middle', height wise, between Average Vakama and Tall Onewa... but I'd like the others just a tiny bit less if they all shared his height, I feel the variety is part of what gives them such character ^^

IC: Jeizmel, Streets of Atero Jeizmel hummed slightly in acknowledgement of the merchant's response, not really sure what else she could add. Having never been to Tajun personally, she couldn't exactly sing the place's praises... besides, she was sure it had nothing on the frigid beauty of Iconox, at least when her home settlement wasn't up to its armpits in the debasement of the slave trade. Still, she couldn't imagine beauty like that of Xani's craft not finding an audience there too. "Well. Anywhere you go, I'm sure you'll find people who will appreciate such purity of craftsmanship." Vraek had already replied on the subject of when then needed to leave; so she simply appended her own answer. "I'm travelling with the honoured Glatorian as far as Tajun, so same for me. I'm not part of the tournament; but I have confidence that I'll find someone who's looking to hire an extra pair of hands to help during the tourist rush." @Daniel the Finlander @Toru Nui

IC: Akie - Onu-Koro Square Once right side up again, the Toa released her elemental grip, allowing the Matoran's gravity to return to normal to let him regain his feet. She chalked his laughter, an unexpected response, down to the fact that floating weightlessly wasn't exactly an everyday experience for most people - or maybe relief at not taking a maskful of dirt - not giving it much more thought. She did, however, flick a casual wave to the staring passers-by. Her brow slid upwards slightly at his observation, however. "I... I guess I wouldn't know. I can't say much for sure, amnesia and all... but I don't feel like I'd ever met a Toa of my element." The amnesia was a funny thing. It didn't trouble her, but every so often she'd get a flash of... not even memory, not really. Just a feeling that something either had or hadn't been a piece of her lost experiences, a feeling often gone before she could even really put a finger on it. Was this normal for those who arrived on this island with no memories? Was she experiencing something weird? She couldn't say. She also didn't care much to ask. Although she did have to wonder, at least slightly, what other Ba-Toa were like if they were so different from her. Then again, hadn't he said only other? If she and this one other Toa were so different, who was to say which of them was more typical for their element? Again, she didn't feel inclined to push the matter. "Sure," she nodded agreeably. "Lead the way!" @oncertainty

"Gathered friends. Listen again to our legend... of the BIONICLE." I wanted to celebrate Mask of Light's 20th. We all know, I'm sure, that it's not the greatest movie out there by a long shot: but on a personal level it's still one with incredible significance to me. It's one HUGE part of my... well, not really childhood, it just slightly missed that, more like teenagerhood? It came along just after I'd started Secondary School (i.e. UK middle-to-high school) and was feeling very self-conscious about the move up there; having something so new and fantastic from my then-favourite fandom to latch onto... I can hardly overstate what a massive help that was in keeping me grounded. Very happy 20th, Mask of Light; and an immense thank-you to all those who made it a reality just when I needed it most.

IC: Jeizmel, Streets of Atero "No price is too high for such craftsmanship." Maybe she shouldn't have said that, Jeizmel was well aware, if she didn't want to encourage Xani to raise the cost on her right then and there... and even if she was happy with the amount, she could practically feel her wallet cringing as she extracted the required currency from it. She could afford it, sure, but it would leave things a little tight for her finances if she didn't find some kind of job soon-- But, again, Jeizmel was enough of an odd-jobs woman to be confident that some paying opportunity would cross her path soon enough: either here or in Tajun. She had no need to be worried. She slid the currency into Xani's hand, then busied herself with arranging the glittering trinket perfectly around her left wrist. She nodded her approval with how comfortably it settled into place; then, in the name of keeping the conversation rolling, she glanced to Xani again. "Were you thinking of heading to Tajun after this? I know you said you're not a fan of the sport, but I'm sure you'd find a lot of customers in the tournament crowds." @Daniel the Finlander @Toru Nui

I love Muaka and Kane-Ra. On the one hand I wish they were a bit different from each other, because it's a weird world where tigers and bulls are identical except for their noses, ears, feet and colours... but they're just such a cool, immersive build that it's hard to hold that against them. I have legitimately not found any other action feature in a Bionicle set that is as satisfying as the two of them lunging forward with their necks and their jaws snapping shut, it is just. The coolest. I didn't get them when they were new, only a few years later, but I fell in love with them right away. I like, too, how their faces are just built out of normal technic, very few specialised parts, yet are still very clear what they're meant to be. I also like 2008!Takanuva a lot, too, for being an impressively substantial Titan build who - more than any of the other Toa that year - resembles the character he's meant to be... who himself is very significant to me because I loved Mask of Light so much as a child. (unfortunately that's one set I don't imagine I'll ever own again: I sold him while I was clearing out a decade ago, and now he only goes for like £90+ on eBay and I cannot justify spending that much to get him back!)