“If you are truly about to face great trouble-danger on behalf of Mahri Nui … we would be honored to call you Toa Mahri.” — Defilak, Prisoners of the Pit
The Toa Mahri
Toa Mahri Hahli
Toa Mahri Jaller
Toa Mahri Nuparu
Toa Mahri Hewkii
Toa Mahri Kongu
Toa Mahri Matoro
With Takanuva
With Jodem
Best friends reminisce of the good old days
A Hero’s Sacrifice
In my story / continuation of the original Bionicle G1 Story, the Toa Mahri swap out their Cordak Blasters for Elemental Energy Blasters (A weapon that for the time being is thought to only be of Diiroan technology, so its appearance in the Matoran Universe is a mystery).
Toa Pohatu Nuva finds a strange, non-fuctional Elemental Energy Blaster lodged in a rock wall of Karda Nui during the Final Battle. Upon the Toa Nuva’s return to Metru Nui, Toa Pohatu Nuva hands off the weapon of unknown origin to Toa Mahri Nuparu.
Nuparu studies and reverse-engineers the weapon for the Toa Mahri’s use against Teridax’s forces following the Makuta’s takeover of the Matoran Universe. Nuparu particularly is fascinated with this new device, as it harnesses elemental energy into a projectile more powerful than a Cordak rocket, while also not requiring to be reloaded during battle.
It is canon that Matoro (despite his sacrifice) possesses / uses an Elemental Energy Blaster of his own created by Nuparu. How this is so will not be revealed at this moment.
Toa Mahri Nuparu has ceased use of the Razor-Edged Protosteel Shield and made his Aqua Blaster Blade his main weapon.
Toa Mahri Kongu is said to have gotten a new melee weapon upon the Toa Mahri’s return to Metru Nui. His new weapon is the Clawed Protosteel Gauntlet.
Intended to upload this last week, but had some technical issues behind the scenes. Worked out for the best I think though because I made some minor changes to them the other day. Also needed a better paint for the portion of Hewkii’s Kanohi.
Creator’s Commentary:
Favorites (Most to Least): Matoro, Nuparu, Hahli, Jaller, Kongu, Hewkii
Order of Creation: Hewkii, Jaller, Nuparu, Kongu, Matoro, Hahli
Order of Completion: Nuparu, Matoro, Jaller, Kongu, Hahli, Hewkii
I was inspired to make an upscaled version of the Toa Mahri following my creation of my upscaled Toa Nuva this past summer. Building commenced directly following creation of the Nuva during the period of Summer-Fall 2020.
Yes, I cut of the side tube attachments on the Volitak and the Tryna; the asymmetry of the Kanohi deeply upset me. I made Hewkii’s Garai into a complete Kanohi using system parts and a cut mouth portion of a spare Vahi I own that was badly bent from play and storage during my childhood.
I ended up replacing the Cordak Blasters with my original weapon of the Elemental Energy Blaster as the Cordak Blaster is far too heavy and clunky for posing and displaying. In-Story, Jaller, Hahli, and Nuparu themselves relinquished their Cordak Blasters during their mission to Artidax as they found the blasters too heavy and distracting for stealth missions. The Elemental Energy Blaster is Nuparu’s solution and improvement on the Cordak Blaster.
As with many of my MOCs and teams, I worked diligently to give each character their own unique armor and design. The Toa Mahri have a number of design choices to unite them as a team and show their parity as a team.
Lastly I gave all them different eye colors like the Toa Metru. I think its unfortunate LEGO stopped this trend for different eyestalks after the Toa Metru so its a design choice I now implement in all my MOC teams. Only Jaller and Matoro have the same eye color as their Toa Metru counterparts.
