So why is this different in Tahu cinematic? The only thing I can think of is that this was the prototype piece for Mata head and the one in the movie is a leftover from that era.
We have seen other examples of leftover prototype pieces in various material, such as prototype masks in Legend of Mata Nui or Prototype Squid launchers in Barraki product page animations.
Does anybody know if this is the same case? Or any other explanation?
I want this 20 yer old mystery solved!
I had no idea I was a mata head this whole time /s
Your first guess is the likeliest; it was probably just an early concept that got redesigned when it came to production. Considering how accurate the rest of the model is, it’s doubtful it was an error and was in fact the second to final iteration before pieces were actually molded.
also those two images in conjunction are such a reaction image
I wonder if there is (or was) some physical prototype version of this mata head produced, or if this only ever existed in digital form…
The timeline is strange because prototype Hau is in Legend of Mat Nui, but not here in Tahu video. On the other hand, the heads are normal in LoMN, but triple-holed in Tahu video.
Then I would suggest this: The single depression mata head is the original design.
The triple depression chin head mold was designed after the fact, and was used in the advert, but a last minute decision was made to use the older single depression mold instead. Why this decision would have been made I have no idea; possibly some difficulty in mass production with that amount of smaller depressions or perhaps a control group preferred the original over the three depression iteration.
That explanation sounds complicated, but its true small details like this are reworked every time even last minute, so perhaps something like that occured.
