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I just received the new Matoran sets. They are all acceptable except for Kazi,
whose design is just not good. The fixed-gear portion of the Hordika arm makes
an OK torso, but the legs are useless. In appearance, his legs are far too short
and their articulation is about nil.
Garan and Velika are identical in construction except for colors, tools and
masks. Dalu uses Bohrok limbs and so seems heftier than the others.
I was disappointed enough with Kazi that I built the canonical combiner of Kazi,
Garan and Dalu, a spider with a bulbous blue body, instead. Not a problem really
since Garan is the same as Velika, Kazi is a dead loss from the outset, and Dalu
doesn't quite fit in anyway.
It's been said many times in forums already but having the figures in hand
really validates the point: new masks would have been better. Failing that,
different colors for the masks would have been a step in the right direction.
The "Hordika skulls" will be really useful for MOCs.
The figures are far more posable than the so-called Metruans (the worst design
by far) and the most diverse physiologically of any of the sets-of-six. Both
combiners are worthy of building.
In the story, they are not residents of Mata Nui, but of Voya Nui. Confusingly
enough, the residents of both are referred to as Matorans. It might be construed
that the Matorans are not named after the island of Mata Nui, but instead after
the mystical entity Mata Nui. There has no been any indication who or what
'Voya' might be except other than 'Mata.'
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