Many Bionicle fans know the Ranama, the Kirikori Nui, the Dikapi, and the Mukau (or Mata Nui cow depending on your preferences). They were combiners rahi created by Daniel Lipkowitz, a lego designer known for his contributions to the lego magazine combiners.
He created these beasts in 2001 and published pictures of them on his website “The Sand of Mata Nui”. However, they were not the only rahis he created. In total, he created 12 rahis, but only these 4 ones get official instructions and have been canonised.
The website still exists, and the pictures of these rahis are still available. Considering how good looking they were, I decided to use these pictures to recreate these lost rahis in Stud.io
So here are:
Kotonga, a creature of Ko-Wahi
Kouroua, a sloth-like rahi of Le-Wahi
Moke Kanohi, a small crab Kanohi thief of Mata Nui’s coastline
With all variants
Mokonui, a Powahi parasaurolophus-like rahi
Pakipaki, an other bird-like creature of Le-Wahi
Peki, the colorfull small bird-like rahi.
Rarawhi, a predator of the treetop of Le-wahi
Wehirua, the giant spider-like rahi
With these rahis, he also created this entity:
Kaikokoti Wetekanga
He’s described as a legendary entity known as the spirit of harvest in the Tohunga mythology.
Links:
“The Sand of Mata Nui” website: THE SANDS OF MATA NUI
The Stud.io files: Daniel Lipkowitz - Google Drive
