That’s unfortunate, but at least we have the pictures.
One more thing, you gave Phantom a Rhotuka launcher on his left arm. Beings with Rhotuka in story have a power along with it. For example, the Toa Hordika’s spinners corresponded to their elements, and Roodaka’s mutated its target. Do you remember if you assigned Phantom’s Rhotuka spinner a power?
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I just texted my mom, waiting to hear back on that laptop. But tbh, I think it was more of a “ooh this looks cool, imma put it on his arm” kind of a thing. Nothing is sacred. 
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Yeah lol, I was just curious.
And that seems promising. Hopefully the essays still exist lol
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If they do exist, we could at least find the dates of the files.
Random thought, why not have a canon contest to draw this character? Only difference is the MOC already exists.
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I would love to draw this actually. But I’d remaster it a little more.
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So I guess you could call this the fan-tom model?
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You could say that about a lot of characters.
It would be awesome if such a thing could be done for every character, but that seems unlikely.
If nothing else, it might be fun to do once we get through the current round of contests.
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Don’t let Dorek see it!
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My dad has actually found the Dark Hunter essay!
“ This Dark Hunter will hunt anything when ordered to by the Mysterious Shadowed One. The Toa Hordika haven’t seen him yet because lately he has been hunting for Keetongu. Now his new assignment is to hunt down and destroy the Toa Hordika. This Dark Hunter is a lot taller than Nidhiki and Krekka, but there is a reason for that…. After each hunt, he will search the victim’s remains for anything worth taking. He will then, add those components to his body. Despite his appearance, he is not only very strong, but he is also very smart. Not only can he speak Matoran, but also by hunting Rahi and Rahaga, he can speak to Rahi. He doesn’t stalk his prey, but as soon as he sees it, he lets out a blood-curdling scream, and goes on a rampage.
This Dark Hunter has a radar/tracer atop his head. It cannot trace one that is sleeping, and it’s hard to trace one with armor, but it can be done. His glider wings run on concentrated Protodermis that works as fuel. It runs out after about two hundred miles. The spikes on his feet and thighs are used to climb ledges incase he can’t fly up there. All of the tubes along his back are strength-amplifying Protodermis tubes. They make him twice as strong. It only lasts ten minutes. He wields Metru-Nui’s largest sword dubbed “The Punisher”. He bares the Kanoka Disk of Slicing. It’s said to slice through anything. He has the Rhotuka Spinner of Venom, said to poison anyone with incurable venom in seconds! He also has a fiery breath. His large fangs have small compartments of venom much like the kind that the Visorak use.”
Also, I wonder how blood-curdling works in a world full of robots 
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This should probably go on BS01.
I know the other Dark Hunters don’t have their essays, but that’s probably just because they have been lost to time.
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Fascinating insight into the evolution of the character.
For reference, here is the Encyclopedia entry:
In the time since, it was decided that he was both a Matoran and a member of the Nynrah Ghosts.
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In the time since, it was decided that he was both a Matoran and a member of the Nynrah Ghosts.
I think it’s pretty cool how fans had Greg canonize Phantom as a Fe-Matoran back when we had no idea what he looked like and then when he finally turns up he’s got a slight variation on standard Iron colors.
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It seems that there were definite liberties taken on the story-side, which I am perfectly okay with. Personally, I think they had to nerf him a bit. But really, his canon story is way cooler.
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They read very differently. Are you certain that they’re the same?
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yeah, it’s almost like after being outcast from the society of iron matoran, his body began to rust, turning into that red color
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I mean, unless there’s another Dark Hunter that was made for the contest and won (and there very well may be, I stopped keeping up with the lore shortly there-after) then it seems that this is the only explanation.
29 made it into the book. An additonal 3 were released through club magazines. That’s 32. There were 35 winners. That means it’s 1/3rd of a chance to be Phantom.
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