Rubber Tahu slithering through crevices and gliding through the air like Elastigirl was not a visual I was ever expecting to have pop into my head. 
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Well, then:
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pulls out prototype robot size cordak
Iâm stealing rubber toa.
Toa Bender, afflicted with elasticistyâŚ
Okay, I have had thoughts on this that I have been meaning to share. I like the idea that Tahu got every single Kraata power, temporarily. It has great story potential. Examples: Tahu has a hard time fighting because he has too many powers to choose from. Tahu starts to go a little crazy with all of the power at his disposal. The Bara Magnans are intimidated by Tahuâs power (somebody, like Metus maybe, could potentially take advantage of this to spread distrust).
In the end, Tahu splits his powers between the Toa Nuva. Wouldnât you know it, 42 is the perfect number for this! It can be split with 7 powers for each, or 6 powers for each if you count Takanuva!
Hereâs how Iâd split it up (and the reasons why):
Tahu:
-Fear (Corresponding Rahkshi)
-Heat Vision (Associated with Tahu because it is one of the two confirmed Kraata powers he got. Also, goes well with fire powers)
-Quick Healing (Associated with Tahu because it is the other confirmed Kraata power he got)
-Electricity (Corresponding Bohrok-Kal, also fits with fire powers)
-Chain Lightning (Goes well with electricity)
-Fire Resistance (Enhances Tahuâs innate fire powers)
Gali:
-Disintegration (Corresponding Rahkshi)
-Magnetism (Corresponding Bohrok-Kal)
-Mind Reading (She is already known for basically being able to read peopleâs minds)
-Rahi Control (Gali would probably be the most responsible with this power. She once took an entire species of Rahi under her care just because she accidently hurt a few!)
-Molecular Disruption (Fits with disintegration)
-Elasticity (Might fit with her water powers. I imagine her being able to become so elastic that she pretty much merges with the water)
Kopaka:
-Anger (Corresponding Rahkshi)
-Sonics (Corresponding Bohrok-Kal)
-Ice Resistance (Enhances his innate ice powers)
-Dodge (Kopaka is more closed off. I assume that he prefers to fight defensively, hence the shield. So I thought that this would fit him)
-Power Scream (Fits with sonics. Gosh, can you imagine Kopaka screaming out of nowhere?!)
-Illusion (In reference to the time he used the Kanohi Mahiki in MNOG)
Pohatu:
-Fragmentation (Corresponding Rahkshi)
-Plasma (Corresponding Bohrok-Kal)
-Slow (Fits with Pohatuâs Kakama powers)
-Accuracy (In reference to the Po-Matoransâ Kolhii skill and Hewkiiâs Inika Mask Power)
-Laser Vision (Fits with fragmentation, kind of. He deals with rocks, it might help in a jam)
-Stasis Field (Fits with Slow. Could also be a reference to Avakâs stasis prison ability if you want)
Onua:
-Hunger (Corresponding Rahkshi)
-Gravity (Corresponding Bohrok-Kal)
-Plant Control (Fits as an extension of his earth abilities, since there are no Toa of Plantlife on the team)
-Silence (Onua is the quiet guy of the team. This felt like it fit. Plus, he can more easily sneak around in caves)
-Shapeshifting (Since the user canât change their mass, I figured that Onua had the most mass to work with, so he could transform into various burly forms. It could also help him navigate caves since the user can stretch into small spaces)
-Confusion (Kind of works in conjunction with Hunger. Incapacitates a foe through their senses)
Lewa:
-Poison (Corresponding Rahkshi)
-Cyclone (Enhances his innate air abilities)
-Vacuum (Corresponding Bohrok-Kal)
-Insect Control (In reference to his use of the Kanohi Komau in MNOG, and also his history with the Krana)
-Weather Control (Enhances his innate air abilities)
-Density Control (Enhances his power with the Kanohi Miru)
Takanuva:
-Darkness (Fits with his Shadow Leach infection powers)
-Chameleon (Similar to the way that light power is depicted in series like Ninjago)
-Limited Invulnerability (This felt like the kind of power that would fit him best, since heâd supposedly be a majorly important character had the story continued)
-Adaptation (Since Takanuva never got adaptive armor, I thought it would only be right to give him this one)
-Sleep (It kind of fits with the whole Darkness theme)
-Teleportation (Kind of related to light. I donât know why, it just felt right)
Overall, I think that this would be a great way to give the Toa Nuva a much needed power boost to equal them out with the strong opponents they would face, like Tuyet, Marendar, and the GSB. Some of these powers they might not really want (Like the main Rahkshi ones), but they are trusted with them, and maybe they find a way to reverse them into positive powers (like peace instead of anger). Iâd love to hear if anybody has any ideas on what theyâd do differently with this idea!
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I think itâs worth noting that not all the powers he has are gonna be 6th level. There were likely some lower-level Rahkshi in that fight, if Makuta just grabbed whatever was available.
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I have always thought that Limited Invulnerability would work like the energy shields in multiple videogames: you are completely immune to damage once the power is activated, but you have a certain timer until the power has to cool down, at which point all damage coming at you would begin taking effect again.
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All Rahkshi are the same power level:
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Tahu has the Kraata powers though, not the Rahkshi.
Edit: itâs actually pretty unclear. Journeyâs End says âthe energies of hundreds of Rahkshiâ but all the Greg quotes list him as having Kraata powers.
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I have always assumed that âkraata powersâ is a name for the powerset, regardless of who/what has them.
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Kraata powers and Rahkshi powers are one and the same. Itâs not unclear at all.
As Jerminator just pointed out, Rahkshi power isnât effected by Kraata level. A Kraataâs power is. Thatâs a pretty big difference.
So if say Tahu absorbed the power of a Turahk with a level 2 Kraata: does he have full fear power from the Rahkshi, or level two fear power from the Kraata?
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It may come down to a semantic ambiguity, as Makuta are described with kraata powers but automatically have the highest level, like a Rahkshi does. If I recall correctly, Tahu toasted the kraata, not the Rahkshi, so lower levels might be on the table, but maybe Tahu is operating by Makuta standards and skipped ahead in line to the higher level.
Now, if he does have lower levels, the follow-up question is will he gradually climb to level six or is he stuck at the level he absorbed?
Itâs a bit unclear, depending on what weâre talking about.
If weâre just talking about what Tahu can do, then youâre right; as I said, the âRahkshi Powersâ and âkraata powersâ are the same powerset.
However, if weâre talking about how effectively Tahu can do these things, it really is unclear; Tahu only destroyed the kraata, yet absorbed the âenergies of hundreds of Rahkshiâ. The former would suggest that he got whatever those specific kraata had, but the the latter kind of suggests that he got Rahkshi-level powers.
I would think not, since levelling up is related to kraata growth, which Tahu probably canât replicate, but I canât say for sure.
Similar ideas were brought up to Greg, but it never really went anywhere:
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Maybe not.
According to Mata Nui Saga:
The kraata slugs driving Rahkshi armor are turned into dust, and the empty warrior shells fall to the ground.
And according to Comic 7: Rebirth
One by one, the Rahkshi fall, the Kraata inside them now ashes.
BUT Journeyâs End, the source of the âenergies of hundreds of Rahkshiâ quote, has this to say:
As combatants on both sides watched, the Rahkshiâs armor disintegrated and the kraata slugs inside them exploded into shards of shadow.
(The Kraata turn into dust in one, ash in another, shadow in the third â itâs the âwhich moon killed Teriâ debate all over again!)
Greg doesnât want Tahu to have all the Rahkshi powers
Not definitive, but this combined with the wording from JE would imply that he would have full Turahk powers in that case.
Also, not sure if this counts as a forgetcon, but Greg stated on multiple occasions that Tahu would lose the powers if he took off the armor:
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This is where we get into the definitions of âRahkshi Powersâ vs. âkraata powersâ as discussed above. To me, Gregâs use of the phrase âpowers of the Rahkshiâ is only meant to convey the types of powers that Tahu gained, not necessarily the strengths of those powers.
I donât think this is a forgetcon. Despite the fact that earlier quotes said that Tahu would no longer rely on the armour, the third quote you posted loosely addresses the contradiction, and Greg specifically says why he would want the powers to be tied to the armour.
I also noticed that, in the quote you posted regarding Tahu not having all 42 powers, Greg also implied that the powers were tied to the armour:
I can tell you that if he did have all those powers, I would have found a way to get the armor away from him or destroy it.
This quote was made well before any of the three quotes you posted explicitly stating this.
Personally, I prefer the idea of the powers being tied to the armour. It feels less MacGuffin-y to have the armour be a separate artifact (basically the legacy of the Makuta species), rather than a one-use thing to supercharge a main character.
With this story idea, the purpose of the armour would be to absorb the powers of the Makuta so that someone else could restart/take over their role in the universe, rather than just destroying kraata for the sake of destroying kraata.
EDIT: This is interesting:
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