I only have the Toa so far, and my least favorite is Onua. I understand they were going for a bulky, armored look, but honestly I think they’ve gone too far with it. Yes, his chest and shoulders are bulky, but his arms, legs, and waist are way too thin by comparison. Also, he’s pretty short, so he doesn’t look nearly as intimidating among the other Toa, almost as though he is out of scale. His build is more interesting than most, but in appearance Onua just falls flat for me.
Lewa’s probably second worst due to the almost complete lack of head articulation, although that’s easily solved by lowering the gearbox slightly. I don’t understand why the designers didn’t do that from the outset; it doesn’t even require any extra pieces.
Gali is my least favorite. I really don’t like her colors, weapon, or mask. There’s just nothing to the set that really makes me want it. I feel that a better mask could have really improved it in my eyes, as I just can’t get over how much I dislike this one.
Personally, I’ve got more problems with Onua and Lewa’s masks. The mask of jungle looks nothing like the Miru, and the mask or earth seems smaller than the others, for no apparent reason.
As Eljay pointed out on the last game night, though, Gali is probably the worst which everyone ignores- the mask of earth has a heavy semblence to the Pakari, the mask of Jungle has a few recognizable features (like the air holes) and Gali has… nothing. IDK, it’s just largely overlooked that her mask is absolutely NOTHING like her Mata or Nuva counterparts.
There’s a lot of similarities between the KauKau and Mask of Water. The visor shape around the eyes for instance. The Mask of Jungle looks a lot less like the Miru.
A new look and visual differences in my Bionicle!?Throw it in the trash
/s
In all serious I hardly think “It’s different” is a valid complaint, and I think that we should judge it as a mask on its own. In which case, I personally find it excels.
I don’t hate him, but his neckbeard mask is a bit off-putting, and the wide lower leg armor gives him a natural wide legged appearance, meaning if you try to do a neutral or just calm standing pose, it’ll look bow-legged.
Ok, to break the argument about what mask is more like the old ones, I’ll nitpick the sets and reveal my least favorite. Masters in general
you can barely see their eye color through their tiny eye holes. (exceptions, Onua and Gali to an extent)
Tahu
He is a little boring. He has no real texture to speak of without the new add ons.
the wide lower legs doesn’t bother me as much as it used to.
OH MY NOODLES, WHY ARE THE BACKS OF HIS LEGS SO NAKED!
The extra parts from his surfboard are off-putting when he uses the bifurcated swords
Lewa
His neck. Nuff said.
The technic parts on his lower arms
He looks like he has poofy pants (not a con, just an observance)
Kopaka
His skis are a rehashed Tahu’s lava board
extra pins and technic beam on the skis/shield
His lower legs. Nuff said.
The spear is a little bland.
trans hands
stickers
Pohatu
he is the simplest and most basic of the masters
the bohrok eyes on the jetarangs make it impossible to properly fold them up like in the animations and game
While I do get the point of the bone spikes, they still seem out of place.
He’s soooo short
Despite all this, Pohatu still is my favorite out of them for some reason.
Gali
her axe is too heavy. Period.
lots of extra technic bits
RANDOM RED PINS!!!
Onua
They misspelled Onya on the box (jk)
The hammer is unusually small for a guy as big as him.
He’s soooo short
I just don’t like this interpretation of the mask. it’s too short and wide.
too many colors. he needs to get rid of that gold.
I’m pretty sure his shoulders are wider than he is tall.
extra technic axle when he has the turbo shovellers
stickers
LoSS
The chestplate for a face is weird, but it’s grown on me
The grab function is effectively useless, but it’s still cool.
he can’t bend his legs
Protectors in general
Their chestplates seem to stick a bit too far out, but I’ve gotten used to it
yellow is out of place for all but the PoJ and PoW
PoF
He has a bit of Onua syndrome with those stubby arms and that giant (for a protector) chest
those blades are the most useless weapons ever
no back armor
trans hands
PoI
stubby arms
random silver feet
the shield is a little weird
PoJ
those tails are odd
the bow is just too big for him
PoW
no upper arm armor
her weapon is a blaster with spears. that’s it.
PoS
No back armor
the bone spikes again
PoE
no back armor
the drill is kinda stupid in my opinion. it is a fitting weapon, just not a good one.
the throwing knives are just lazy
the chest armor just looks…off to me
the chest blaster has solid colored studs. wth?
my least favorites: Protector: PoE Master ($15): Gali Master ($20): Onua Overall: PoE
I’m not saying the mask is a bad one, I think my post is being a wee bit misinterpreted. xD I stated that because that guy was talking about how Lewa’s mask wan’t similar at all, and I meant to bring up that Gali’s is worse in that regard haha. Don’t get me wrong, I still like the mask… it’s just not (in my opinion) as similar to the older iterations as people make it out to be. So I stress again, I still like the mask just like I currently really like the mask of jungle.