Illuminatus Posted May 27, 2019 Share Posted May 27, 2019 Okay, I have another conundrum. Can anybody in the US (lol) tell me why some of the Toa Hordika appear to have light gray canisters (much like the ones in Europe), while others have darker, more metallic-looking canisters (similar to gunmetal), which stand about a millimeter higher than the other type? Are the darker variants an earlier production run or is this a matter of different locales? I don't really know if any canisters were produced in the US in 2005. Thanks. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Downfall Posted May 27, 2019 Share Posted May 27, 2019 I saw a topic about something like this a while ago, and it brought up the transition between plastic types, like flat metallic versus pearl metallic. I assume it would be something like that. 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Illuminatus Posted June 1, 2019 Author Share Posted June 1, 2019 So I was looking at my canisters and noticed yet ANOTHER discrepancy, lmao (2005 was insane). As it turns out early US Toa Hordika canisters (both light gray and metallic gunmetal) have a distinct pattern on the bottom as compared to EU releases of the Toa Hordika and Toa Hagah. I have no idea what pattern the US Toa Hagah or late US Toa Hordika have (the release where the instructions advertise the other 2005 sets instead of 2004 sets). Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Daler99 Posted June 22, 2019 Share Posted June 22, 2019 (edited) I’ll take a look at my Hordika canisters and see what I find. My Vakama, Nuju, and Whenua are all from the first third of 2005, and my Nokama’s is probably from the summer (bought it in 2006). We’ll see what I find. Edit: Okay, my results are pretty weird. All of mine are grey (including Toa Iriuini) EXCEPT Whenua, which is the gunmetal canister. This is especially weird since I got both Whenua and Nuju In April 2005 at the same time. Edited June 23, 2019 by Daler99 1 Quote ~Daler Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Illuminatus Posted June 23, 2019 Author Share Posted June 23, 2019 Thanks for looking into it. Can you look at the bottom of each canister and tell me what types of patterns you see? Is it just one type of pattern and does it differ from the pattern on Visorak canisters? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Daler99 Posted June 23, 2019 Share Posted June 23, 2019 No problem, happy to help. Sure, I’ll take a look and get back to you. Quote ~Daler Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Illuminatus Posted September 21, 2019 Author Share Posted September 21, 2019 Hey, did you happen to get around to checking those patterns? I stumbled upon yet another variation of the US canister: it's gunmetal but has the same pattern on the bottom as all of the European canisters. Pretty weird. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Daler99 Posted September 24, 2019 Share Posted September 24, 2019 After all this time, I'd completely forgotten! I'll take a look this weekend and get back to you. I'm at college right now, but I'll be home this weekend. Quote ~Daler Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Daler99 Posted September 29, 2019 Share Posted September 29, 2019 From left to right: Whenua, Vakama, Nuju, Nokama, Iruini, Vohtarak, and Roporak 1 Quote ~Daler Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Illuminatus Posted October 2, 2019 Author Share Posted October 2, 2019 Thanks! That's super useful. It looks like your canisters all have the same pattern with only minor differences (like the extra ridge around the edges in Vakama, Nuju and Iruini). And the Visorak canisters appear to have the same US-specific pattern as well; that's definitely new info to me. Here's what my North American Toa Hordika Vakama canister looks like (note the gunmetal color as well): This pattern appears on every single European Visorak, Toa Hagah and Toa Hordika release I've ever seen, so it's very odd it's also on a North American release. Perhaps it was Canadian or Mexican? 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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