We have 7 metru Toa, 6 Mata, 1 inika, and 2 unique builds (3 if you count Varian). We need more variety.
I put “none of the above” on nidhiki, but I wouldn’t mind a Krakua build.
Technically, we already have 13 metru
Or wait. How do you even count?
There are actually 13 Metru, 7 Mata (of all 5 are Inika now (?)) and 8 Inika (or 13, if we count in AA Nuva)
The Toa Metru don’t count because they were inspired by Lhikan. I’m talking about normal Toa with no/unknown inspiration.
Lesovikk is mutated.
Takanuva is based on the Mata.
Inika are mutated.
All 6 Mahri have no inspiration, and among with unknown inspiration we have Lesovikk and Jovan
Lesovikk is mutated, we have no idea what his build was before. And the inika don’t fall under normal Toa, otherwise they would be Mata build.
Jovan is the only known Inika Toa.
I think a big thing for Nidhiki would also be to take cues from the original set.
Copying designs from Krakua could be pretty neat as well. Maybe not an exact 1:1 replica, but maybe similar feet, or the same chestplate.
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I just begun to question. Are really Mata and Inika are different things? Here are some points:
- 2 Matabuild Toa were represented in stars literally same way as Gresh, who is Inikabuild. “Piraka” set, Nektann, also uses same body type. And Skakdi did before look like Inika.
- Takanuva go from Mata to Inika and in reverse by… changing his size? Pretty strange thing that he changes his build
- Toa Nuva, after they started to use AA, portrayed as Inika.
- Inika themselves are Inika, not Mata. Yes, I know Greg said that their appearance comes from unnatural way of transformation, but, well, it started to make more sense actually for all this thing, that they actually transformed into what they would’ve seen as their appearance as Toa. And not same look as the some random Toa who later became Turaga of island they travel to.
1: minor nitpick, I wouldn’t call Takanuva 08 a Inika build. More like a titan build.
2: well, yeah, he’s a different build, it’s not like they could just make the same pieces bigger.
Anyway, yeah, characters change build all the time. My point is that we have an oversaturation of default Metru build Toa. Over half of the individual Toa are Metru build.
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Not only just individuals. Of all Toa with known build Metru covers half of them
For the first question,
I think about this answer, that lesovikk was not mutated enough to cause a change in body type change.
And we just saw 400 over metru torso a month ago. Honestly, I’m sick of it.
even, we now have eight more Metru torso.
This is actually something I just thought about yesterday, too.
Basically, my stance is - if it’s canon, it should fit in somewhere in the universe. Meaning at least for me personally that Inika-scale is the most preferable. Then again, I have to point out that I’m not someone who puts sets/models on display. And if I ever have the room to do so, those would likely end up being MOCs. Hence, I do not care whether Nidhiki and Tuyet fit in with Metru Lhikan (in fact I’d just rather revamp Lhikan to Inika scale - as I’ve already done…)
I’m frequently revamping stuff, so it’s more about the core features of what’s canon than what exactly is canon that I care about - as long as contest winner and canon information do not contradict each other (of course, a MOC should also be well-built, but that’s purely contest relevant).
And the core features for me are (and this ties into why purism matters to me):
- mask/head
- colour scheme
- prominent armor parts
- general appearance of tools/weapons
- for non-Toa the general silhouette
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That’s why Hagah contest should’ve been art only and why Tuyet and Nidhiki should be art only.
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No, I don’t think so.
Tuyet and Nidhiki have no reason to be Metru’s torso.
Also,eljay has already said that
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We should make Nidhiki and Tuyet not Metru to show that they came from different places that Lhikan
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I think that if one of them is non-metru, it will be Nidhiki, because Tuyet and Lhikan were on the same team for a long time before the Toa Mangai were formed.
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russia is a fun place
Thanks, I forgot for this.
P. S. I’m live in Ukraine.
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Maybe metru torsos shouldn’t be mandatory for Tuyet and Nidhiki because it’s… ya know… boring?
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TTV has already stated they won’t be requiring Metru torsos for any of the other contests. Nor, I highly doubt, will they be banning them.
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Where you found that info? And they are both still from different islands
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