This here marks my first ever post here on TTV and my first public post of a full MOC in more than a hot minute, so I thought I’d give an old favorite Toa of Sonics a shot. It was definitely fun looking at how the GWP build could be reinvented under a limited parts selection while both keeping true to the look and feel of Krakua’s original design by dinojohn.
As simple as it came out, I had a blast keeping small nods to how the Brickmaster model was built and keeping those signature pieces in mind when translating it to this modern take. Enjoy!
Couldn’t help myself from wanting to give another personal favorite Toa design a go, and the thought of applying GWP Tahu’s pieces on other builds sprang into an entire Matoro Mahri as a result. Plus I couldn’t look at the six-stud shooter piece and not wanna turn it into a functional Cordak Blaster.
Gotta say, I’m EXTREMELY happy how it turned out as well as it did, so I hope you all enjoy this guy as much as I enjoyed building it!
SUBMISSION 3: TAKUA (2003 Rebuilt / Mask of Light version)
With the GWP rendition of Takua being lifted almost straight from his depiction in the Mata Nui Online Game, I wanted to give his upgraded Naming Day form a similar homage to his appearance the Mask of Light movie. Hope you all enjoy!
Welcome to the boards, Zeg! Your Krakua moc is pretty cool and I like how accurate it looks to the original moc while using System bricks, particularly the sword. Very nice job overall, neat moc!
Thank you kindly, it’s great to be here!
Out of all the canonized MOCs you’d see in the Rahi guides and other books I used to read a ton of as a kid, Krakua was always a favorite of mine for how unique (albeit fragile!) his building techniques were, so I hope I could capture a little of that magic with the pieces I chose to help him pop out from Tahu a tad. Glad you like it!
I’m flattered, honestly, your submission is my favorite so far too!
Really didn’t wanna make it look too close to the original Tahu, being an older Toa design with a Hau-adjacent and Mata feet to match, so reimagining pieces like the legs and the torso articulation was a lot of fun to mess around with.
Best of luck with your entry and doubly for the Kopaka contest too!
Thank you both for all the support! Trying to translate the stud shooter into a Cordak Blaster was part of what inspired me to tackle a Toa Mahri in the first place, and I’m wildly happy with the results. Can’t wait to use it some more!
No idea if this’ll be my last submission, but either way these’ve been a lot of fun so far and just about everything about the GWP set keeps giving me more ideas for stuff to make!
Love these! It took me too long to realize I could’ve put a downwards 2x2 bracket on the slope that make up Matoro’s torso to match the upwards bracket on the other side so you wouldn’t have that odd gap on his back
The decals look phenomenal too! I never would’ve expected the Kanohi Tryna design I whipped up by hand to look so clean in person, but I gotta say I might just have to buy these and build the little guys myself sometime. Genuinely, I’m humbled!
