DeLaSouth Posted October 24, 2011 Share Posted October 24, 2011 Everywhere I look, reviewseverywhere There are always a bulk of people that just hate the set. I don't see why. I mean, he has FOUR yellow Onua-Shields (possibly one of the best-looking pieces out there), a gold Ignika, a bunch of great technic pieces, great hands, great leg structure. He looks (to me) great in general, one of the best titans out there (to me). could someone explain? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Protodite Karzahni Posted October 24, 2011 Share Posted October 24, 2011 I liked him, mainly for his leg design. His body and arms were rather bland, and his hands were a bit of a lie in terms of articulation, and they looked awkward if they weren't posed in a certain way. Frankly, I think it was a great set, but then again, opinions. Quote I wrote stories once. They were okay. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
VampireBohrok Posted October 24, 2011 Share Posted October 24, 2011 (edited) I don't think anyone would disagree with Toa Mata Nui being an excellent parts supply.There are plenty of reasons to dislike the set, though - for instance, his colour scheme consisted of seven colours,which definitely is a tad too many, and his design was an inconsistent build with plenty of gaps. And really, I don't know if there's anything that fits that description that I enjoy looking at. Edited October 24, 2011 by VampireBohrok Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CHTrilogy Posted October 24, 2011 Share Posted October 24, 2011 His neck sticks out too much! Quote ~ CHTrilogy Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DOTM Shockwave Posted October 24, 2011 Share Posted October 24, 2011 Two words, Color scheme. Quote [size=4][color=#FF0000][color=#000000]Formerly known as ROTF Devastator[/color][/color][/size] Kittiez sigpet made by Mr Nebby [img]http://www.brickshelf.com/gallery/vakama18/Stuff/shockwave_sig.jpg[/img][img]http://www.majhost.com/gallery/Nrdy/Kittiez/W1/tabby.png[/img] Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sumiki Posted October 24, 2011 Share Posted October 24, 2011 I loved the parts that Titan Mata Nui came with. I don't understand why the proportions and colors had to look to awkward and bad. For a set that size, I expected it to look at least a little bit better. Quote avatar by Lady Kopaka Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Zarohum Posted October 24, 2011 Share Posted October 24, 2011 The set overall looked good to me, except it had too much yellow and keetorange, and not enough gold. They only made it because they knew people would be complaining that there's no gold 2008 Ignika. It was purely for marketing, and had no storyline significance. I think it's like the Mistika, where it's mediocre, but the people who like it are too afraid to speak up. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LewiMOC Posted October 24, 2011 Share Posted October 24, 2011 Although it looks great for parts, as a model it looks ugly as heck. It's like Pohatu Phantoka crashed into Mata Nui and Takanuva was melted over the top. Ugly. I would buy the set if given the chance, but only for parts. As a model it's ick ack bleurgh Quote Mooooooooooooooooooooooooooo Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Eskeleto532 Posted October 24, 2011 Share Posted October 24, 2011 I honestly loved the set, I think it was a enhancement of the 2008 Takanuva build, wich made the set look good. The only things I have to complaint about are the neck, that in fact is a bit long, and the arms, who should be better considering the dimension. Quote If you want to spare some time and take a look to my colection then visit this link, if you dont want, well...you just lost a good opurtunity to compare collections and laugh at mine (or cry if you want). Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
-Blank- Posted October 24, 2011 Share Posted October 24, 2011 (edited) He is the worst Bionicle because..-His torso deisng is terrible-Too many gaps everywhere-His arms suck and look un natural-He was way too much money-The colours sucked-The mask was too smallAnd over all IT SUCKED. I felt like Lego ripped me off. I don't care if the pieces are good I BUY BIONICLE FOR THE SET! Edited October 24, 2011 by -Knight Rider2000- Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Makuta_of_Oz Posted October 24, 2011 Share Posted October 24, 2011 He was pointless, and I can't make good use of yellow. If i got him, it would only have been for that mask, which I would still like to get. Quote If you use correct grammar in your posts (or try hard to), place this in your signature. Join Myst's campaign for correct grammar usage on BZPower! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Larnuu Posted October 24, 2011 Share Posted October 24, 2011 He looks awesome. If it weren't for the price, i might have gotten him. Quote Nacuu's Slow Dance!! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ballom Nom Nom Posted October 24, 2011 Share Posted October 24, 2011 Lovely parts, horrible looking set. So, overall, I like it, as if I can ever get my hands on one I'll have a nice new selection of pieces, including that gold(!) Ignika. ~B~ Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Eeko Posted October 24, 2011 Share Posted October 24, 2011 Terrible colors, terrible build. I'm not an MoCist, so the parts didn't help at all. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Akuna Toa of Sonics Posted October 25, 2011 Share Posted October 25, 2011 I guess it was mainly because of the large body and small head with a big neck. Quote Does anyone want to play the Master Chief Collection with me? I'm trying to get a team going for ranked. PM for GT. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Makuta_of_Oz Posted October 25, 2011 Share Posted October 25, 2011 Would you say the only point of the larger Mata Nui set was to release a gold Ignika in set form? Quote If you use correct grammar in your posts (or try hard to), place this in your signature. Join Myst's campaign for correct grammar usage on BZPower! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bambi Posted October 25, 2011 Share Posted October 25, 2011 I like him.. Quote [my blog] [custom emotes] Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DeLaSouth Posted October 25, 2011 Author Share Posted October 25, 2011 Would you say the only point of the larger Mata Nui set was to release a gold Ignika in set form?Possibly. But it still was for the best. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Taipu1 Posted October 25, 2011 Share Posted October 25, 2011 I never owned the set myself, but most often I buy sets for new pieces, and Big MN had none of those. He had a new colour for the ignika, and the onua shields, but I don't know that if offered that much else. Perhaps it's also a tie in with the story, I for one don't like the way it's not to scale with the rest of the sets, which is why I have normal sized MN. Quote - Taipu1.HighFly MatoranShowdownBZPRPG ProfilesHave you seen my Blog? I understand if you haven't Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Makuta Matata Posted October 25, 2011 Share Posted October 25, 2011 His design was good.His color scheme, on the other hand.... Quote Three on Three - Memoirs of the Dead - Winner!!! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Touko Fukawa Posted October 30, 2011 Share Posted October 30, 2011 It has wierd legs, a horr-endous colour scheme, and does not appear like that in the story. I person-ally can'y see anything good about it. That's just my opin-ion, though. The only re-deeming feat-ure is he has great parts for MoCing Quote "Only the insane equate pain with success. Only the savage regard endurance of pain as a measure of worth.Only the foolish consider pain to be just wages for being different".- The Cheshire Cat (American McGee's Alice/Alice:Madness Returns) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
HordikaMode Posted October 30, 2011 Share Posted October 30, 2011 I would have got him if i could find him...looked at every store, never saw him. Luckily, a friend of mine has most of him, and traded me a BAUNCH (yes, baunch, not bunch.) of parts for Yugioh cards. I got the Ignika and ONE yellow Onua shield. Happy with it, I was. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dralcax Posted October 30, 2011 Share Posted October 30, 2011 (edited) Head: OK, the gold Ignika was kinda cool.Torso: Silver tummy?Arms: Taka clone, but worseHands: Good idea, not well implemented.Hips: Hard to move, too reinforcedLegs: WeirdBox: Waste of space, only reason why people bought thisPrice: Come on, this thing is a load of random Black, Yellow, Keetorange, not enough Gold, and Silver shoved together and called a set. How was it so expensive? Edited October 30, 2011 by Makuta Dralcax Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ektris Posted October 30, 2011 Share Posted October 30, 2011 For being such a profoundly disliked set, I have to ask why people on the secondary market typicall ask for 3 times its retail price. ...That's a lot when he was overpriced to begin with. The only reason I'm turned off by this set is its price. Perhaps if I had it, I could give other reasons... But heck, I could buy the Manas MISB... TWICE... For the same price people are asking for a MISB Toa Mata Nui. ~|ET|~ Quote E-T... Phone home. "He walks among us, but he is not one of us." Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GeluNumber1 Posted October 30, 2011 Share Posted October 30, 2011 They usually complain about color sceme, gaps in the build, uneven porportions (his head, I.E.), and piece use. But I personally like him. Good MOCing pieces. Quote Why are orange and black such a good color Combination ? Purple is pretty, and so is blue. Pink hurts your eyes, green is quite mellowing, black is very threatning, red is cool, orange is SO awesome, yellow's hard to read... But you can't see white at all! Oh, wait. I forgot brown. Here's my thoughts: If a person tells the truth and says, " I always lie," Is he lying? Or is he telling the truth? And what has a mouth, but no head, and a body, but no torso? Do caterpillars like to tend to supporting colum of stone's every need? Or is that name misleading by nature? Speaking of nature, why are the children of animals called offspring? don't many young beasts come alive in spring, and thus, should be called onspring? Heeeeeeyy..... I got the first post on a page for the first time. Who knows; it may happen again. What the... It did happen again... and again... YEAH! I'M ENCOUNTERING PROTODERMIS! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Aanchir Posted November 1, 2011 Share Posted November 1, 2011 I personally liked the set a lot, but he had some very significant flaws. For one, his color scheme was badly organized-- IMO, he would have been far better if the Warm Gold had been left off entirely, as it just looks dull and brownish compared to his more vibrant Bright Yellow and Flame Yellowish Orange parts. Also, for some his build was considered awkward and gappy, even though his torso structure and hip suspension were extremely imaginative. Finally, the parts other than the aforementioned torso structure and hip suspension were considered to simply repeat a lot of the building techniques of the generally-more-well-liked Takanuva set from 2008, and improvements on the gappy legs of that set were offset by even gappier and flimsier-looking arms. One of the things that I think bothered a lot of people, though, was that to them he simply didn't resemble the smaller Mata Nui set very strongly, and unlike in the case of many titan sets they felt they were under no obligation to buy and enjoy the set since the character was available in a smaller set with a size that actually corresponded to the character's story role. I haven't played with my 2009 BIONICLE sets in years, but I do have fond memories of Toa Mata Nui, and feel that-- like Fire Lord from the Hero Factory theme-- he was well-designed even if he wasn't as artfully-sculpted as some earlier titan/warrior sets like Takanuva or Brutaka. Quote Latest MOC: PAIGE (Prototype Artificial Intelligence, Gynoid Expression) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Waaja Posted November 2, 2011 Share Posted November 2, 2011 For me, because I never saw it before. Looks like it was never should in Asia.. :/ Quote Please do visit: My MOCs Blog: http://waajamocs.blogspot.sg/ My Writing Blog: http://waajawrites.blogspot.sg/ Font: Urban Decay by zofos Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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