(That being said, even then, this MOC might be too greebleed/unique from the Hagah builds to have a united visual aesthetic with Norik and Iruni’s team. (I’m not saying variation isn’t doable, but since the Hagah are meant to be borderline clone sets, we should take care that neither the two members we’ve already gotten in set form nor any of the members who get an appearance at the end of this contest look like the odd man out.) Maybe use the custom chest armor from this MOC and custom shoulder armor that requires less arm customization than these Ultimate Dume Masks, and use some Piraka shins, and maybe Vahki hips, but keep everything else looking the same as Norik/Iruni.
That’s brainlet tier. It’s almost as if they’re not mutually exclusive. You can argue that the CCBS doesn’t belong in G1, but saying that it isn’t a metru build solely there’s too many CCBS pieces surrounding the torso isn’t a good take.
“Yeah you used the metru torso but there’s too many ccbs parts so it’s not actually a metru build”
Yes. That is a Metru build. Not a good Metru build, but a Metru build nonetheless.
You can get into the semantics of whether or not it’s a “G1 build”, but it is a Metru build. It has the proportions and silhouette of a Metru-build Toa.