“You were always different…”
— Jaller, Mask of Light
“Who does he think he is?”
“The Toa who won the Great Being Civil War.”
-Unknown, Spherus Magna
Takanuva, Toa of Light
I keep forgetting to post the back of my revamps oops lol
With Jodem, my Self-MOC (canon?)
At the center of the Toa Nuva
Creator’s Commentary:
I present Takanuva, Toa of Light!
First off, extremely happy that I was able to keep the color scheme extremely faithful to the original by using only white axles and white pins in this build (save for the neck which uses a light grey axle to keep this part accurate to the original set). Also fun that he has his stars armor incorporated onto his legs.
I actually built Takanuva before building my Toa Nuva revamps, which I find fitting considering he was the first Matoran and therefore older than the Toa Mata/Nuva themselves.
I for sure would not have built my Toa Nuva revamps if I had not built Takanuva first, as he laid the blueprint for the streamlined Nuva torso I use in all my Nuva upscales.
Another factoid is that I built my Takanuva by dismantling an Alternate Universe version of my self-moc as a Toa of Light, and then rearranging the build to create the upscaled Nuva Torso.
I chose to use the Metru feet rather than the Mata/Nuva feet as I feel those feet should stay exclusive to the Toa Mata/Nuva to further cement their unique position as the first Toa team and these larger than life characters. (So to add, no MOCs of mine will use Mata feet for feet, but it may be used for armor/custom limbs). I didn’t want Takanuva to have the same feet as Kopaka, and they looked kinda out of this place in this build anyway.
Plus, Metru feet make him more presentable when joined by another Toa Team I will showcasing on Wednesday, stay tuned…
sneak peek of Wednesday’s post