So this morning, LEGO released the new Ekimu the Mask Maker Character Spotlight today (just saying, called it!). Then, my ‘Ekimu the Mask Maker’ set was delivered (Because of this, I am proclaiming today ‘EKIMU THE MASK MAKER MONDAY’)!!!
Really awesome set. His Trans-Blue MoCr and the Gun-metal/Trans-Red Hunter Mask are sweet!
Some may say he looks stumpy, but I like it, as it makes him taller as a Protector, but shorter than a Master/Uniter.
In the instructions, his shield is built backwards (contrary to his shield in the MMvsSS set), but I fixed that.
His shield looks a bit awkward, but I’m sure I’ll get used to it.
Bit of a squeak in his hip-function, but time will change that (also varies to sets).
Some may complain that he has too much friction in his right arm, and I agree it can be difficult. But it’s not that bad.
His armor can get in the way of his Arm-Function, but only if his right arm is put right out in front of him. Putting his arm off to the side a bit will change that.
His height also can allow his 2015 function to hit UtD square in the jaw, making the Beast Mask of Control fly off UtD’s face.
Overall, it’s a great set!
EDIT:
Remember that the shape of the eyes on Masks can change in JtO.
Keep in mind the different angles here on the mask. In the poster we are treated to a classic menacing face looming down toward us, while in the teaser we are instead looking at the mask with a slightly upward tilt thus making it look less intimidating.
But what does Moa think of this? He hasn’t been here all day.
Pink or red eyes!
I think the MoUP is exactly what I expected it to be. The fact that we are getting flashbacks is good tho. I really don’t want Makuta to look like that though. I thought that was a Photoshoped Uniter Onua at first.
just listening on the 203 podcast video, i belive i now know what the purple think Umarak is holding in his video…
THE MASK OF ULTIMATE POWER.
think about it, given how the MoUP’s is shown to have a purple coloration in JtO and the fact that the object is black in color, it seems most likely that it would be the object that Umarak is holding, and thus now i see why Umarak is holding the fragment.
he is trying to restore the MoUP, so that Makuta can return to Okoto.
…Ok i will admit that this seems like a real strech and is most like not going to happend.
but it just hit me when i began to think about it.
Like the main focus of this shot was that it revealed the mask as having six prongs, two pointing up, two pointing out and two pointing down. It generated a massive amount of hype and fan-art based off the design that everyone was already hoping to be similar to Radiak or Antroz’s mask.
To create so much hype for a mask to be designed with certain attributes and then to just throw it all away is just disappointing. The mask looks less impressive than any of the fan-art that people submitted and it doesn’t follow the general idea of what we were shown in the animations.
*Images are taken from varying sites, will add all the links and everything momentarily;
We don’t have confirmation of this, but hopefully we don’t get a full length trailer. They’ve already revealed way too much and i feel they’ll likely spoil the reveal of Makuta (If they haven’t already at this stage via the ‘flashback?’ shot of him
Guys guys, we’ve been about this all wrong. Ekimu’s not evil. AGIL IS
Ekimu’s falcon Agil has never shown up in the story before. Only just now when apocalyptic events are happening does he appear. Why might you ask? I’ll tell you why.
My theory is that Makuta has possessed Agil and is going to use him to destroy Ekimu!
I’m not going to write off the whole of JTO part 2, I’ll obviously end up watching it regardless as I’m paying for Netflix anyway so may as well.
Just it seems to be gaining more faults. People have already pointed out rendering errors on some of the shots, we seem to be getting a lot more spoilers (though admittedly this may be linked to us seeing less of the summer storyline prior) and some of the character models seem a little out-of-place i guess…One of the shots i posted earlier where i counted the Quake beasts featured a random floating Quake Beast arm with his spikes in the background without the rest of the body… =/
Its just they didn’t learn from what fans pointed out the last time we received tons of trailers, and at this stage i honestly expect we’ll see a spoiler heavy clip from the ending, similar to the reveal of Umarak with the Mask Of Control next to the firey Makuta. I want there to be something surprising when i watch JTO and I’m concerned they’ll have given away most the events that would be engaging to fans.
That’s really the issue though, with the Ignika we had the original design which everyone wanted… and we never got that in set form.
Same here with the MoUP, they implied certain aspects in the very first piece of media we saw. The idea being that at the end of G2 you’d be able to mirror the shot of the three masks and they would look the same as the animation.
The Mask Of Creation is identical
The Mask Of Control is very similar within a reasonable level to be considered the same
The Mask Of Ultimate Power doesn’t share similarities with the visible aspects and has a design that may contrast heavily with the other two masks
I think the only hope i have for it is if it does change shape or something, perhaps it looks different when not worn by Makuta? perhaps its a reconstruction to explain the discrepancies. Maybe its been remoulded in a forge or something? It just doesn’t feel like a good representation of what we’ve seen.
