The Mahritoran design is tied with the 2001 MNOG design for my favorite Matoran appearance. Also, Dekar got screwed in the story and should have been a Toa and Defilak is cool too, which is why I chose them.
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Sick designs, true to the original but a few steps up
Preach, I’m still waiting for Dekar to get his memories back and live his own life
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ah i love it
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Thanks! Yeah the Ignika wanted a “protector,” but instead of turning the already experienced Po-Matoran hunter into a Toa, it turned him into… another guy. Hydraxon definitely is capable for sure, but did the mask have to do Dekar like that?
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I remember once, thirteen years ago or so, someone pointed out that Greg said the Ignika only affects things within their evolutionary course. They asked Greg: if this is true, how did the Ignika turn Dekar into a totally different species? And Greg more or less said “it’s interesting to think about, isn’t it?”
As far as I recall, this was never followed up on, and I cannot find the quote to save myself. But it suggested, for a second, that Hydraxon’s species is an evolutionary offshoot of the Matoran race. I was hoping that would be expanded upon… Then no more Bionicle. Oh well. I’ll never know.
I think the truth is, the Ignika is just insanely powerful and can do pretty much anything, and the ‘evolutionary course’ bit was a forgetcon to begin with, but Greg was right: it is interesting to think about
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Dekar was already affected by the Pit mutagen. The Ignika may have enhanced its effect, accelerating a process that would create a being nearly identical to Hydraxon.
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