"You may look like a hero. You may feel like a hero. You may have new masks, new armor, new equipment. But it's not what you got. It's what you do with it. That makes you... A hero."
The whole "different from the golden age of Bionicle" was the point though. The Toa Inika were _literally_ the next generation of Toa, being matoran who succeeded where the Toa Nuva failed
...The Inika were hated? I thought they were among one of the best Toa Builds that had a lot of uniqueness and character. I loved the rubber Masks (even if I had no idea what the kanohi powers were at the time), I loved the Rave Blades, I LOVED the Multi-shot Zamor Launchers. unfortunately, their "Retooling" would take away that charm entirely and completely negate the need for Jaller completely. ...though there was ONE thing I will miss that starts with next year. 2006 is the LAST year official combiners exist in instruction manuals. even then, the Inika didn't have that luxury....even if Toa Jovan existed elsewhere. I wanna say a Magazine, but my memory is foggy at best
2006 is also my favorite year. But TTV does not like 2006, but 2015 with poor story, unfinished Toa sets, weak bad guys and primitive online animation more.
@@Krautboy02 I don't see how the 2015 Toa are "unfinished" looking at all. They all have different weapons, armor, heights, a lot more time, attention and effort went into their designs then, well the Inika I guess are a good comparison, they are just the same figure over and over again, even the Piraka from the same year had very distinctly shaped masks and spines to help them stand out from one another, I've seen the Inika prototypes compared to they final sets, and they all had something a little different going on, Hahli had flippers, Kongu had wings, Matoro had a snowboard, Jaller had a flame tank on his back, the actual Inika sets we got look unfinished next to those guys who actually had different weapons and gear to set them apart. You wanna talk about unfinished looking, just look at the necks of the Inika, it doesn't look right from any angle other than dead on.
@Cynical Joker Maybe they aren't for everyone, but I was just glad to see the brighter colors, like red, green, or brown back in G2 after it was almost nothing but darker colors since 2004. The final 2 years of G1 brought back the brighter colors here and there, but the joints on the Glatorian, Agori and Stars were so brittle by that point it wasnt even worth it.
Mustache Girl, Creature from the Black Lagoon, Punk Rock Dude, Cow Face, Cat Face, Kahi. All incredibly insulting and degrading nicknames, it's appalling. lol
The Toa Inika were arguably the best toa team, and they are my personal favorite. I loved both Nuparu and Kongu. I also loved how powerful they were and how they were characters we knew from earlier in the story.
I always liked the Inika because they looked like a true evolution of the Toa model when they first came out. It was the last full wave of Toa I received before Bionicle ended, and Jaller is a Toa! Jala Tohunga was my first Bionicle set, and to see him as a Toa back then was just amazing. Thank you for bringing back my inner 10-year-old, Eljay. :)
I understand that Hahli in 2007 was very over advertized, because shes a toa of water, but Matoro being over-advertized was bizzare. Maybe he was the most emo of the team, because he has no friends (up until that point)?
Well up to that point everyone already did a heroic deed, except him, this whole thing was to proove himself he was toa power worthy, and sorta foreshadow his fate
I have a special spot in my heart for the Inika. The first bionicle set that i bought was Toa Hahli from the Inika. I don't think getting rid of gears was a bad thing and I don't mind that they were clone sets. Most bionicle sets are to be honest. The characters they chose to be part of the team were also some of the best in the story. It was nice to see them getting some love.
I disagree with your review of their masks, just because their look has a backstory. See, while most masks in the Bionicle universe are built out of kanoka disks and protodermis, the Inika masks are organic. Literally living masks that are a part of the Toa, so they're made to represent that in their look and presumably in their rubbery make-up.
REDACTED02 As I tell everyone, that logic doesn't work. I'm not reviewing the story. The sets were designed before the story. The story was just applied to explain the sets looks and to sell them. And as such, I brought up how people do not like these masks. It's a very common opinion. - Eljay
Ok. Fair enough. To be honest, I was under the impression the story and the sets were created side by side, and thus the story had some influence over their look. I admit my fault. But I have to say, the use of the biological mask story to explain them works pretty well for me, and I kinda like their look anyhow.
These reviews in a nutshell- Pros- Some may consider [Insert Feature] to be a pro Cons- Some may also consider [Insert Same Feature] to be a con Repeat for all features
The Toa Inika... man I'm going through a massive nostalgia rush just by seeing them. These are the very first Bionicles I got, and the team hosts my favorite Toa: Matoro. The Inika from their designs seem like a massive experiment. I love their body structure (despite how much other characters would use it), I love the multi-Zamor launcher, the masks are decent, and I'm probably going to get flack for this, but I even like the light up swords. My only big issue with the Inika are their faces without the masks. It's a good thing they were never seen again. The faces, not the Inika, that is.
The Inika were pretty cool by themselves, but if you put one toa next to a toa mata or metru, then they looked completely out of scale. That and the masks would probably be my only complains, otherwise this was one of the best years of Bionicle IMO.
***** 2006-2008 was the peak of my Bionicle obsession. Sadly, 2009 and 2010 were rather miserable years for Bionicle, but hey, at least it's coming back. As for my favorite years, I'd say 2001, 2004, and 2006-2007.
Hub Hikari 07 was my favorite. I saw the Mahri: Deep Encounter promo image on the back of a comic book in Lego Magazine and said "Yeah, those are the Inika." Months later, the sets got put on shelves and I had one of those "Uh-huh. Called it" moments.
I still remember when I was 5, my dad came home with 2 of these, Matoro and the black one, the name slips me a lot, Matoro for me and the other for my brother, good times, good times.
The Inika and the Mahri were always my favorite but that just might be because 2006 was the year that I got into bionicle. To me this is my original to a team. My favorite to a in this team has to be to a Matoro. I have always struggled to say which to a element is my favorite. It is always between ice and earth. In this team I prefer Matoro but in the toa mata over time my favorite has gone back and forth between Onua and Kopaka.
I've never really had any complaints about the design of the Inika, as they looked as extreme as everything else in 2006. Basically, they reflect their year.
The masks were supposed to be very different as they were the few kanohi that were completely biological. When the masks were removed, no facial features could be seen as there was just a blinding, green light illuminating from where there head would be. So the sets fit the story of them being very VERY different 'toa'.
True, but you have to remember what Eljay said in a previous video about sets being made first and then the story is made according to the sets. Which means that if Lego had made the masks like the Toa Metru, then there wouldn't have been any story involving organic masks.
Also, as for the appearance in general, there is another explanation: Normally, a Matoran will transform into a Toa with an appearance similar to what they believed a Toa looked like upon using the Toa stone, but in this case, they were transformed by the red star, meaning that their transformation worked under different rules. They also had their elements infused with lightning.
4:00 Talking of melded colours, you know when Tahu got his mask infected with poison in Bionicle Mask of Light? There was an exclusive Kanohi Hau Nuva that was melded Mata Red and Mata Green. I got it myself.
Honestly, I like the Inika and Pirakha build for making MOCs. It's a really easy base to work with, but it's versatile enough that you can do some pretty neat things with it and the articulation makes it feel more professional. I, for one, never liked the gears of early Bionicle as I treated my sets as action figures first and foremost, so the Inika build was actually precisely what I was looking for from the series.
The Inika is the only set that I have ever owned all six of. Hands down, my favorite set. As a kid, I never really played with Hali and Kongu that much because my sister's dog chewed up Hali's head and mask beyond recognition, and Kongu's weapon kept dying no matter how many times I changed the batteries.
I feel like a lot of people have an issue with bionicle from here on out because after the Inika build there was no longer a requirement for a bionicle set to have a function or play-feature. This is something that many saw as a haulmark for bionicle, and suddenly it was all but completely absent
This was my biggest issue with everything post-Hordika. The removal of the gears and movement function was a huge blow to the playability of these sets going forward. Plus the complete divergence from Technic also meant almost every piece of each set was basically custom to that set, severely limiting custom builds. Part of the allure of using Technic parts was their modularity, something that was nearly entirely lost after Inika. Idk, there was a certain visual identity to Technic Bionicle, and when they changed to the Bionicle System it kind of lost its identity.
I like these. My favorites were the Phantoka sets. Also, in storyline, the reason the masks looked so different was because the masks were actually alive. It's kind of weird and hard to explain.
These guys to me were and still are awesome! Nuparu is definitely my fave though, but the others are cool too. Things I used to like doing with em was changing the connection pieces to make them look different in colors, like Nuparu with the clear blue.
I like the Toa Mahri personally. They had some significant flaws but they were the first toa team I can think off that wasn't just a bunch of clone sets, so there was a lot more to differentiate them and give them character than just a different color, mask and weapon. Also, the hahnah crab is awesome.
MAN i freaking loved these as a kid,I picked up all six up on ebay and as soon as they arrived it was like the physical manifestation of nostalgia hit me with an 18-wheeler of happiness😃
My favorite Inika would be Nuparu. He was the Bionicle set that got me into Bionicle back in 2006 when I was a kid. (I had Vakama Metru and one of the vahki when I was around 5 or 6 years old but I didn't really know what was Bionicle, I just thought there were these really cool technic sets which they technically were)
I thought these and the Toa Mahri were so cool. More interesting and diverse than past Toa like Nuva and Metru. I also liked their personalities better.
I feel like the Metru are closer to the Inika in terms of personality and team dynamic. The Nuva just seemed too heroic and they lacked some of the depth the Inika and Metru had
For story purpose, I like the rubber masks. Their unique masks actually came alive when they were struck from the Red Star. Plus the way the mask attach is very much how a real mask would attach to someone's face.
These were my favorite toa to collect because they it was like they took the toys to a newer level! You also forgot to mention that I think their eyes glowed in the dark. But it was like they had it all! ... light up weapons, an upgraded zamor sphere launcher, transparent parts were my favorite alongside the light up weapons, along with a variation like a chain or claws to differ the sets and pieces, and I never thought the swirled double color parts would be so extravagant for me to build with! Also remember, that the way the mask where more organic and how now there faces were part of the story based part of the toys, along with the lightening like weapons.... because in the story and novels when they tried taking off their mask they only had blinding glowing faces and could not even see each other’s facial features without a mask, and even had to cope with their mask being living organisms compared to the normal non-living inorganic mask they were used to as matoran,... plus after they discovered had an unknown immunity to a few antidermis virus blast 🦠 ( I don’t how limited this was ), they discovered that firing their elemental powers from their weapons had the addition of being cross-weaved or laced with lightening or light ( or on of the two ), and it also told the story of how the matoran of voya-nui gave them their up graded energized-protodermis launchers to free their friends... this was also implemented into the online game I think called “Igniki Island Assault” , and I loved the animation of enemy matoran turned free back into allies once blasted enough. I thought it was so charmed/cute and full of action!!! .... ( perhaps even more satisfying than Sonic freeing animals from badniks ) This is definitely one of my favorite of the series... the only cons I had with this chapter of Bionicle, is the alligator tears 🐊 I shed for the Toa Nova being tormented with a roller coaster of an unknown fate each chapter, we had waited two years to see these heroes to be finally back in action, only to either read or hear of them being tortured or nearly killed. 😖 I was so glad this was finally resolved at the end of this chapter with them being rescued by the matoran... I guess we just had to hold our breath for the other toa this chapter, other wise we would be missing out on some of our favorite Matoran becoming some of the most awesome my favorite Toa-Igniki!!! 😎 they definitely were the toa with the most tech in this chapter of bionicle at the time!!! What do you others think???
My favorite Toa team was the Metru pre 2005. Also did anyone noticed some peaple get red Zamor spheres with Nuparu like it shows on the "canister" while others get orange ones.
Since when do Toa only pick out Zamor spheres that match their color, I doubt they care. Great review, I just dont think its a big deal to have some color scheme contrast.
Remember i got the Toa Matoro kit for christmas when i was 6-7 years old.... I still remember the excitment i had when i got it. This brings back a lot of memories!
What about the infected kanohi masks such as the infected Hau and Hau Nuva? Including the "Metrutoran" Kanohi. And possibly, stage 5 and 6 for the Kraata. Plus, the melded Rotooka. The reviews are great, just there have been a lot of melded parts!
I remember seeing commercials for these guys, I guess you can get nostalgia from just a commercial to. Almost want to buy them just for that despite their flaws.
I really like the Toa Inika, they're very cool and make the 12 year old in me go "yeah! Cool guys!" I really enjoy the wierd, kind of ugly masks. They're gritty and tough, really adds a lot of character to the Toa. I'd love to see Unorganic Versions of them, and I'm sure there's stuff like that on Thingiverse, but these guys are some of the coolest toa ever
I remember getting all of these on my 8th birthday I was so exited to play with them, they were my favorite toa sets and always will be, I remember them being the only sets I didn't take apart for extra pieces.
Nuparu is my first full built Bionicles set I had, aside from a few missing parts. I got 3 large boxes of legos to start me off, and then I found the Bionicles. They were my favorite thing in that lot, and Nuparu was my favorite out of the Bionicle.
Actually, Eljay, there is one thing you missed, and one SERIOUS gripe I had with the Inika (the commercials always called them "yi-nai-ka", for some reason) According to the Lego Magazine (June-August issue (?) 2006), the Inika heads were meant to glow in the dark, which they SCRAPPED for some reason and never really made a mention of it after that. Lack of QC at Lego, that was. Also, technically speaking, wouldn't Axonn be the next review? Since Axonn debuted in the second comic and was technically the first titan released with Brutaka.
Oh yeah...I remember reading in a magazine that the heads were supposed to glow in the dark--and I found myself totally confused when I noticed they didn't.
That basically means that Eljay either forgot a feature, or you have a lucky misproduction. I have several Inika in my collection (Kongu, Matoro, Hewkii, Hahli), none of them glow.
I just got Nupraru a couple days ago in the mail, and I'm really enjoying him! And lucky to get the canister too, which is great for storing the Zamor Spheres so I don't lose them. I like that he has more pieces than most of his teammates, the claws are very nice. A drill is perfect for a Toa of Earth, and the batteries are still working (I will remove them soon so the Drill can continue lighting up). Although Nuparu is my first and so far only Toa Inika, I have parts from Jaller and Matoro which were in this big bag of Bionicle pieces (and other bits and pieces of other toys) which included Their swords which I have used for a moc!
Ignikas are my favorits. I realy like the Team, all Members are honorable Matoran Heros. Jaller, the Leader of the Ta-Koro Guard and Friend of the Toa of Light, Nuparu the Masterbuilder of the Boxor and Vahki, Hewki the Sportchampion, Hahli the Chronist and friend of Takanuva and Jaller, Matoro, the First Marotan what see a Toa, the brave Kongu. I like Nuparu, Hewkii and Jaller the Most. Thes 3 have very cool Designs and looks mighty as hell. The Strongest normal Toa, maybe stronger as the Toa Nuva.
I think that my favourite team in terms of sets has to be Mahri. I know they had the Inika build, but this was the same team in their "Nuva" year, so I'll let it pass. I loved the masks and the weapons, the general build was awesome and while they had a lack of functions, they were all pretty dang nifty. Story-wise, I'll have to go with my beloved Mata/Nuva, though the Inika/Mahri come a close second. As for favourite Inika, I'm going to have to go with Matoro for spoilerish reasons.
Though actually, my favourite Mahri may be Nuparu, since he's the brilliant inventor of the team. Hmm, I actually don't know. Another reason that I love the Mahri is that they aren't as clone set-like as the Toa preceding and succeeding them.
I have to say that my favorite villain 6 was and still is the barraki. I remember picking up ehlek that summer, with the squid launcher. I had to go and pick up a pack of the green squid ammo because I broke one of my orange squids. Awesome box design too. Good times, good times.
To bad they didn't keep Hewkii's orange-brown color instead of the gunmetal. It was unique compared to other po-matoran shades. I'm glad 2015 brought brown back.
I got Hahli with allowance money. Built her in the van on the way home. Without much effort, the top zamor sphere fell right out, and into the floor mechanics to never be seen again. Though about a year later, we rented a car that had an orange one in the seatbelt gap. So my Hahli had one orange one.
This is the first time i watch the inika toys in detail. I couldn't help but laught when you took of the mask and saw that matchstick head. It surprised me.
Jaller; my first true BIONICLE (I picked up Roporak on holiday but had no idea what is was). I was given it as a treat, after I had a good parents evening from my teacher at primary school, I can still remember my mum giving it to me.
The point where I seriously got into bionicle was around when the Inika were released, so I have a large amount of nostalgia for them. And personally, I like the mast design, it may be unconventional for Toa, but I think it makes them unique.
its worth pointing out that the batteries in those weapons are easily replaced so limited battery life isnt an issue for these, its just three screws and they are right there, the piraka eyes are a bigger issue since thats clipped in, the circuit is also simple enough and built in such a way that even if the batteries leak, they probably will, it wont be able to reach anything difficult to fix and in the ones ive fixed it wasnt able to eat into the metal despite plenty of opportunity to do so, so i didnt have to do more than scrape the stuff off and reassemble with fresh batteries
The Toa Inika were the first Toa team I came across as a kid, and since then, they’ve been my favorite characters. Jaller was my personal favorite of the six members.
One minor con missed out: if you look at the back and see the base of their necks, they each have a Blue Pin that stands out. However because there's only one it's very easy to miss.
Flaw: Parts do not last long. When I was younger, me and my friend would play with bionicles. We were always moccing, because my friend literally owned almost every single bionicle, and as we got older, the older inika limb pieces would break where the joints connected.
I don't like how the green bleeds into the "teeth" area with some, especially hewkii. when this line came out, I initially only bought matoro because his was literally the only face that I thought wasn't totally ugly.
Batteries are long lasting, never replaced but still makes the sword glow 10 years later.
Same here. All six of them.
Same here.
Same here
eh I only had one and it finally ran out a few months ago
my jaller's sword died tonight after working for years
"You may look like a hero. You may feel like a hero. You may have new masks, new armor, new equipment. But it's not what you got. It's what you do with it. That makes you... A hero."
the gangs on the loose nothing you can do piraka
The whole "different from the golden age of Bionicle" was the point though.
The Toa Inika were _literally_ the next generation of Toa, being matoran who succeeded where the Toa Nuva failed
...The Inika were hated? I thought they were among one of the best Toa Builds that had a lot of uniqueness and character. I loved the rubber Masks (even if I had no idea what the kanohi powers were at the time), I loved the Rave Blades, I LOVED the Multi-shot Zamor Launchers.
unfortunately, their "Retooling" would take away that charm entirely and completely negate the need for Jaller completely.
...though there was ONE thing I will miss that starts with next year. 2006 is the LAST year official combiners exist in instruction manuals. even then, the Inika didn't have that luxury....even if Toa Jovan existed elsewhere. I wanna say a Magazine, but my memory is foggy at best
BlitzkriegOmega haha, rave blades. I think you're the only decent youtube commenter I actually like
2006 is also my favorite year. But TTV does not like 2006, but 2015 with poor story, unfinished Toa sets, weak bad guys and primitive online animation more.
@@Krautboy02 I don't see how the 2015 Toa are "unfinished" looking at all. They all have different weapons, armor, heights, a lot more time, attention and effort went into their designs then, well the Inika I guess are a good comparison, they are just the same figure over and over again, even the Piraka from the same year had very distinctly shaped masks and spines to help them stand out from one another, I've seen the Inika prototypes compared to they final sets, and they all had something a little different going on, Hahli had flippers, Kongu had wings, Matoro had a snowboard, Jaller had a flame tank on his back, the actual Inika sets we got look unfinished next to those guys who actually had different weapons and gear to set them apart. You wanna talk about unfinished looking, just look at the necks of the Inika, it doesn't look right from any angle other than dead on.
@Cynical Joker Maybe they aren't for everyone, but I was just glad to see the brighter colors, like red, green, or brown back in G2 after it was almost nothing but darker colors since 2004. The final 2 years of G1 brought back the brighter colors here and there, but the joints on the Glatorian, Agori and Stars were so brittle by that point it wasnt even worth it.
@Cynical Joker Your points are all well thought out. I don't think I could argue with any of it if I wanted to.
Mustache Girl, Creature from the Black Lagoon, Punk Rock Dude, Cow Face, Cat Face, Kahi. All incredibly insulting and degrading nicknames, it's appalling.
lol
RubikPanda lol they are so accurate
what is kahi?
Why lol?
To hell with your cow face
Kahi? Nah, Jaller's 2006 mask reminds me of 7mr7random7.
The Toa Inika were arguably the best toa team, and they are my personal favorite. I loved both Nuparu and Kongu. I also loved how powerful they were and how they were characters we knew from earlier in the story.
THANK YOU! I AGREE COMPLETELY!
Plus the piraka were pretty much the best villains ever.
@@joshstirrat9769 barraki were better
Plus we got Brutaka and Axonn. 2 of my favorite characters ever.
@@returnedtomonkey8886 They're equal
I always liked the Inika because they looked like a true evolution of the Toa model when they first came out. It was the last full wave of Toa I received before Bionicle ended, and Jaller is a Toa! Jala Tohunga was my first Bionicle set, and to see him as a Toa back then was just amazing. Thank you for bringing back my inner 10-year-old, Eljay. :)
Thanks LJ ;)
+Chronicler I feel as though somehow I should know you but I don't recall us ever meeting.
They really promoted the hell out of Matoro back in '06 didn't they?
Lucent Shadow
Because he was the only one who is gone forever.
I understand that Hahli in 2007 was very over advertized, because shes a toa of water, but Matoro being over-advertized was bizzare. Maybe he was the most emo of the team, because he has no friends (up until that point)?
Well up to that point everyone already did a heroic deed, except him, this whole thing was to proove himself he was toa power worthy, and sorta foreshadow his fate
@@xuanathan which is weird, because he died as a Toa Mahri, yet the most promoted Toa Mahri was Hahli.
Xuanathan Matoro was the best one
I have a special spot in my heart for the Inika. The first bionicle set that i bought was Toa Hahli from the Inika. I don't think getting rid of gears was a bad thing and I don't mind that they were clone sets. Most bionicle sets are to be honest. The characters they chose to be part of the team were also some of the best in the story. It was nice to see them getting some love.
same for me. what i got first was Nuparu & i think he's the most powerful out of all
Spence Mundorf hali was also my first
I had Motoro, Hewkii, and Kongu, however I didn't have Nuparu, Hahli, and Jaller
I disagree with your review of their masks, just because their look has a backstory. See, while most masks in the Bionicle universe are built out of kanoka disks and protodermis, the Inika masks are organic. Literally living masks that are a part of the Toa, so they're made to represent that in their look and presumably in their rubbery make-up.
REDACTED02 As I tell everyone, that logic doesn't work. I'm not reviewing the story. The sets were designed before the story. The story was just applied to explain the sets looks and to sell them. And as such, I brought up how people do not like these masks. It's a very common opinion. - Eljay
Ok. Fair enough. To be honest, I was under the impression the story and the sets were created side by side, and thus the story had some influence over their look. I admit my fault. But I have to say, the use of the biological mask story to explain them works pretty well for me, and I kinda like their look anyhow.
+The TTV Channel how do you apply the thigh armor?
+Toa Veprek never believe its not so?
The Armor is cool. Finaly not only Silver and more silver.
Im tired about this Colore.
Mustache girl: Hahli
Creature from the black lagoon: kongu
Punk rock dude: Nuparu
Cow face: matoro
Cat face: hewkii
Kahi: Jaller
*me dies laughing*
These reviews in a nutshell-
Pros-
Some may consider [Insert Feature] to be a pro
Cons-
Some may also consider [Insert Same Feature] to be a con
Repeat for all features
The Toa Inika... man I'm going through a massive nostalgia rush just by seeing them. These are the very first Bionicles I got, and the team hosts my favorite Toa: Matoro. The Inika from their designs seem like a massive experiment. I love their body structure (despite how much other characters would use it), I love the multi-Zamor launcher, the masks are decent, and I'm probably going to get flack for this, but I even like the light up swords. My only big issue with the Inika are their faces without the masks. It's a good thing they were never seen again. The faces, not the Inika, that is.
My thoughts exactly. :)
The Inika were pretty cool by themselves, but if you put one toa next to a toa mata or metru, then they looked completely out of scale. That and the masks would probably be my only complains, otherwise this was one of the best years of Bionicle IMO.
***** 2006-2008 was the peak of my Bionicle obsession. Sadly, 2009 and 2010 were rather miserable years for Bionicle, but hey, at least it's coming back. As for my favorite years, I'd say 2001, 2004, and 2006-2007.
Hub Hikari 07 was my favorite. I saw the Mahri: Deep Encounter promo image on the back of a comic book in Lego Magazine and said "Yeah, those are the Inika." Months later, the sets got put on shelves and I had one of those "Uh-huh. Called it" moments.
Hub Hikari I salute you. Mataro ftw, however I like the masks, if they weren't rubber they would be better
I still remember when I was 5, my dad came home with 2 of these, Matoro and the black one, the name slips me a lot, Matoro for me and the other for my brother, good times, good times.
The black one is Nuparu, fyi.
Matoro is my most favourite Toa Inika aswell.
The Inika and the Mahri were always my favorite but that just might be because 2006 was the year that I got into bionicle. To me this is my original to a team.
My favorite to a in this team has to be to a Matoro. I have always struggled to say which to a element is my favorite. It is always between ice and earth. In this team I prefer Matoro but in the toa mata over time my favorite has gone back and forth between Onua and Kopaka.
Same here bro.
I've never really had any complaints about the design of the Inika, as they looked as extreme as everything else in 2006. Basically, they reflect their year.
The masks were supposed to be very different as they were the few kanohi that were completely biological. When the masks were removed, no facial features could be seen as there was just a blinding, green light illuminating from where there head would be. So the sets fit the story of them being very VERY different 'toa'.
This is what I'm trying to say to everybody ekse
Soo bright that it makes Chuck Norris cry a single tear. *gives him tissue*
True, but you have to remember what Eljay said in a previous video about sets being made first and then the story is made according to the sets. Which means that if Lego had made the masks like the Toa Metru, then there wouldn't have been any story involving organic masks.
***** What's so bad about organic masks?
Also, as for the appearance in general, there is another explanation: Normally, a Matoran will transform into a Toa with an appearance similar to what they believed a Toa looked like upon using the Toa stone, but in this case, they were transformed by the red star, meaning that their transformation worked under different rules. They also had their elements infused with lightning.
The Inika are by far my favorite Toa team. Especially Matoro
I agree with you.
"Since when do toa have teeth?"
Since getting struck by magic lighning ¯\_(ツ)_/¯
The Inika and Piraka were the first Bionicle line I had. I remember getting Hahli and Zaktan as my first sets for christmas.
4:00 Talking of melded colours, you know when Tahu got his mask infected with poison in Bionicle Mask of Light? There was an exclusive Kanohi Hau Nuva that was melded Mata Red and Mata Green. I got it myself.
This video is now almost as old as the sets were when it was uploaded.
Honestly, I like the Inika and Pirakha build for making MOCs. It's a really easy base to work with, but it's versatile enough that you can do some pretty neat things with it and the articulation makes it feel more professional. I, for one, never liked the gears of early Bionicle as I treated my sets as action figures first and foremost, so the Inika build was actually precisely what I was looking for from the series.
The Inika is the only set that I have ever owned all six of. Hands down, my favorite set. As a kid, I never really played with Hali and Kongu that much because my sister's dog chewed up Hali's head and mask beyond recognition, and Kongu's weapon kept dying no matter how many times I changed the batteries.
I feel like a lot of people have an issue with bionicle from here on out because after the Inika build there was no longer a requirement for a bionicle set to have a function or play-feature. This is something that many saw as a haulmark for bionicle, and suddenly it was all but completely absent
This was my biggest issue with everything post-Hordika. The removal of the gears and movement function was a huge blow to the playability of these sets going forward.
Plus the complete divergence from Technic also meant almost every piece of each set was basically custom to that set, severely limiting custom builds. Part of the allure of using Technic parts was their modularity, something that was nearly entirely lost after Inika.
Idk, there was a certain visual identity to Technic Bionicle, and when they changed to the Bionicle System it kind of lost its identity.
I like these. My favorites were the Phantoka sets. Also, in storyline, the reason the masks looked so different was because the masks were actually alive. It's kind of weird and hard to explain.
I think inika was the best series story-wise and swag looking wise. plus they had, like, the best villains ever. Piraka, hellooo!
nuparu was the best one.
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Barraki were the best, but the Toa Mahri were all pretty bad, except for Jaller and Kongu.
@@xuanathan well, you gotta admit Hahli Mahri was also pretty decent and Nuparu looked decent even though his articulation was a bit strange.
Watching this made me think about the Toa Mahri. Do you have a review of those?
I think eljays favorite thing about the reviews are the cons.
These guys to me were and still are awesome! Nuparu is definitely my fave though, but the others are cool too. Things I used to like doing with em was changing the connection pieces to make them look different in colors, like Nuparu with the clear blue.
I remember that Kongu got me surprised due to the "teeth" he had on his mask
I like the Toa Mahri personally. They had some significant flaws but they were the first toa team I can think off that wasn't just a bunch of clone sets, so there was a lot more to differentiate them and give them character than just a different color, mask and weapon. Also, the hahnah crab is awesome.
Another thing that gives them identity is that while the other four Inika have Vahki legs for arms, Jaller and Kongu have the Metru legs as arms.
MAN i freaking loved these as a
kid,I picked up all six up on ebay and as soon as they arrived it was like the physical manifestation of nostalgia hit me with an 18-wheeler of happiness😃
My favorite Inika would be Nuparu. He was the Bionicle set that got me into Bionicle back in 2006 when I was a kid. (I had Vakama Metru and one of the vahki when I was around 5 or 6 years old but I didn't really know what was Bionicle, I just thought there were these really cool technic sets which they technically were)
These were my favorite Toa sets as a kid because the arms could move independent of each other so they were easier to play with.
I thought these and the Toa Mahri were so cool. More interesting and diverse than past Toa like Nuva and Metru. I also liked their personalities better.
I feel like the Metru are closer to the Inika in terms of personality and team dynamic. The Nuva just seemed too heroic and they lacked some of the depth the Inika and Metru had
5:50 man, lets be real Eljay, that was badass!
I would love to see someone take a 3D printer and make masks similar in design to the inika that have pins for the standard head
Ah, I remember these from 06. But surprisingly enough were the sets and toa to get me into bionicle and they remain my favorites to this day.
"All the nicknames they gave these guys..." "Kahi..."
I rofled so hard.
"Incredibly insulting and degrading nicknames; It's appalling."
Poor Kahi.
Captain Landrover Who's Kahi??
Hoang Spybio You need to watch more TTV.
That commercial was my childhood.
Who is Kahi? They mention him a few other times, but I can’t find him in the wiki. Is he a staff member or from a different fictional universe?
he’s the worst and gone now
@@No_Relation_666 but what did he do?
@@BeskarDevil I looked it up and its pretty disgusting (SA, manipulation, etc)
Nuparu's mask looks like Maximus' Gladiator helmet from the movie Gladiator.
Nuparu 4 Life.
(And those heads can be used really creepy face for a creature.)
For story purpose, I like the rubber masks. Their unique masks actually came alive when they were struck from the Red Star.
Plus the way the mask attach is very much how a real mask would attach to someone's face.
The Toa Mahri were my favorite besides the Toa Mata! I like that each one was unique that year, and the underwater theme was cool!
These were my favorite toa to collect because they it was like they took the toys to a newer level! You also forgot to mention that I think their eyes glowed in the dark. But it was like they had it all! ... light up weapons, an upgraded zamor sphere launcher, transparent parts were my favorite alongside the light up weapons, along with a variation like a chain or claws to differ the sets and pieces, and I never thought the swirled double color parts would be so extravagant for me to build with!
Also remember, that the way the mask where more organic and how now there faces were part of the story based part of the toys, along with the lightening like weapons.... because in the story and novels when they tried taking off their mask they only had blinding glowing faces and could not even see each other’s facial features without a mask, and even had to cope with their mask being living organisms compared to the normal non-living inorganic mask they were used to as matoran,... plus after they discovered had an unknown immunity to a few antidermis virus blast 🦠 ( I don’t how limited this was ), they discovered that firing their elemental powers from their weapons had the addition of being cross-weaved or laced with lightening or light ( or on of the two ), and it also told the story of how the matoran of voya-nui gave them their up graded energized-protodermis launchers to free their friends... this was also implemented into the online game I think called “Igniki Island Assault” , and I loved the animation of enemy matoran turned free back into allies once blasted enough. I thought it was so charmed/cute and full of action!!! .... ( perhaps even more satisfying than Sonic freeing animals from badniks )
This is definitely one of my favorite of the series...
the only cons I had with this chapter of Bionicle, is the alligator tears 🐊 I shed for the Toa Nova being tormented with a roller coaster of an unknown fate each chapter, we had waited two years to see these heroes to be finally back in action, only to either read or hear of them being tortured or nearly killed. 😖 I was so glad this was finally resolved at the end of this chapter with them being rescued by the matoran...
I guess we just had to hold our breath for the other toa this chapter, other wise we would be missing out on some of our favorite Matoran becoming some of the most awesome my favorite Toa-Igniki!!! 😎 they definitely were the toa with the most tech in this chapter of bionicle at the time!!!
What do you others think???
My favorite Toa team was the Metru pre 2005. Also did anyone noticed some peaple get red Zamor spheres with Nuparu like it shows on the "canister" while others get orange ones.
Since when do Toa only pick out Zamor spheres that match their color, I doubt they care. Great review, I just dont think its a big deal to have some color scheme contrast.
M8, just forget it.
Lol I just responded to my old account as if I was another person, ha.
Huh. I never noticed Hewkii's knee armor was upside down. Was there any particular reason why that was?
Just for differentiating him from the others
The intro brought me back great memories of the song "move along"
The weird mask con is something I can’t really get under. The reason why their beast like is cause their from Karzahni minus the suletu.
Again, sets comes before the story.
Remember i got the Toa Matoro kit for christmas when i was 6-7 years old.... I still remember the excitment i had when i got it. This brings back a lot of memories!
That "Move Along" reference! You, sir, are my brother.
I never liked how the Mahri lost the cool lightning powers.
+HaloLore-PokemonGen5-Master TPK? What's that?
Maybe they did still have them but using them underwater wouldn’t go well for them
@@doctordalek4502 They would be like The toaster and the sea would be the Bathtub.
This set of toa were more dark and edgy then the other sets that explains the subdued color schemes
What about the infected kanohi masks such as the infected Hau and Hau Nuva? Including the "Metrutoran" Kanohi. And possibly, stage 5 and 6 for the Kraata. Plus, the melded Rotooka. The reviews are great, just there have been a lot of melded parts!
Also some of the Piraka feet.
And the Turaga Dume Kiril. Another melded part would be the Inika head, which they all have!
I remember seeing commercials for these guys, I guess you can get nostalgia from just a commercial to. Almost want to buy them just for that despite their flaws.
Just saw this video got a sweet dose of nostalgia.
My favourite one is Nuparu
I love the look of kadin, claws ale cool, the same goes for shoulder mounted cannon and his weapon looks the best
These are the best Toa ever
I agree with you man, they are so awesome.
NUPARU!!! He is my favorite toa.... by far....
The canisters were really cool too! I had Hewkii, he is the foundation of the moc that has stayed with me to this day! Loved the commercials too!!
This was the best opening ever
How were these hated???? I’ve only heard of people loving them
I really like the Toa Inika, they're very cool and make the 12 year old in me go "yeah! Cool guys!" I really enjoy the wierd, kind of ugly masks. They're gritty and tough, really adds a lot of character to the Toa. I'd love to see Unorganic Versions of them, and I'm sure there's stuff like that on Thingiverse, but these guys are some of the coolest toa ever
I remember getting all of these on my 8th birthday I was so exited to play with them, they were my favorite toa sets and always will be, I remember them being the only sets I didn't take apart for extra pieces.
Inika build > literally any other build
i just now got the hidden jab at a certain former member. it’s hilarious
Eljay: Cow face, cat face, kahi... all degrading nicknames
Me: ahahaha!
Reedy Leek why “ahahaha”?
@@eow4317 kahi.
@@WakoDoodle yeah what is kahi?
"mustache lady" XD
Nuparu is my first full built Bionicles set I had, aside from a few missing parts. I got 3 large boxes of legos to start me off, and then I found the Bionicles. They were my favorite thing in that lot, and Nuparu was my favorite out of the Bionicle.
The Inika was personally my favorite set.
Kongu has the coolest looking mask imo
Actually, Eljay, there is one thing you missed, and one SERIOUS gripe I had with the Inika (the commercials always called them "yi-nai-ka", for some reason)
According to the Lego Magazine (June-August issue (?) 2006), the Inika heads were meant to glow in the dark, which they SCRAPPED for some reason and never really made a mention of it after that.
Lack of QC at Lego, that was.
Also, technically speaking, wouldn't Axonn be the next review? Since Axonn debuted in the second comic and was technically the first titan released with Brutaka.
Oh yeah...I remember reading in a magazine that the heads were supposed to glow in the dark--and I found myself totally confused when I noticed they didn't.
Some of the heads do glow
According to Biosector01, the heads are just green/white plastic. No glow.
***** Mine glow
That basically means that Eljay either forgot a feature, or you have a lucky misproduction.
I have several Inika in my collection (Kongu, Matoro, Hewkii, Hahli), none of them glow.
Is Nuparu supposed to have one red zamor?
The opening skit made me laugh, well done
The swords remind me of those toys at carnivals. I'm sure 6 year old us wanted even though they were crap.
I just got Nupraru a couple days ago in the mail, and I'm really enjoying him! And lucky to get the canister too, which is great for storing the Zamor Spheres so I don't lose them. I like that he has more pieces than most of his teammates, the claws are very nice. A drill is perfect for a Toa of Earth, and the batteries are still working (I will remove them soon so the Drill can continue lighting up).
Although Nuparu is my first and so far only Toa Inika, I have parts from Jaller and Matoro which were in this big bag of Bionicle pieces (and other bits and pieces of other toys) which included Their swords which I have used for a moc!
Ignikas are my favorits. I realy like the Team, all Members are honorable Matoran Heros.
Jaller, the Leader of the Ta-Koro Guard and Friend of the Toa of Light, Nuparu the Masterbuilder of the Boxor and Vahki, Hewki the Sportchampion, Hahli the Chronist and friend of Takanuva and Jaller, Matoro, the First Marotan what see a Toa, the brave Kongu.
I like Nuparu, Hewkii and Jaller the Most. Thes 3 have very cool Designs and looks mighty as hell. The Strongest normal Toa, maybe stronger as the Toa Nuva.
I think that my favourite team in terms of sets has to be Mahri. I know they had the Inika build, but this was the same team in their "Nuva" year, so I'll let it pass. I loved the masks and the weapons, the general build was awesome and while they had a lack of functions, they were all pretty dang nifty. Story-wise, I'll have to go with my beloved Mata/Nuva, though the Inika/Mahri come a close second. As for favourite Inika, I'm going to have to go with Matoro for spoilerish reasons.
Though actually, my favourite Mahri may be Nuparu, since he's the brilliant inventor of the team. Hmm, I actually don't know. Another reason that I love the Mahri is that they aren't as clone set-like as the Toa preceding and succeeding them.
Lord Obsidious Yeah, the Barraki and Mahri were very diverse.
I have to say that my favorite villain 6 was and still is the barraki. I remember picking up ehlek that summer, with the squid launcher. I had to go and pick up a pack of the green squid ammo because I broke one of my orange squids. Awesome box design too. Good times, good times.
To bad they didn't keep Hewkii's orange-brown color instead of the gunmetal. It was unique compared to other po-matoran shades. I'm glad 2015 brought brown back.
Nuparu Inika was one of the very first Bionicle I'd ever gotten, so he holds a special place in my heart.
6:03 GLOWSTICK PARTY!!!
I got Hahli with allowance money. Built her in the van on the way home. Without much effort, the top zamor sphere fell right out, and into the floor mechanics to never be seen again.
Though about a year later, we rented a car that had an orange one in the seatbelt gap. So my Hahli had one orange one.
Remember most of these appeared on the "mast of light" movie as matoran.
I think only 2 didn't appear.
3 didn't appear in the Mask of Light, but Kongu appeared later in the prequel
Ah....I remember the Inika.
That was the main thing that went into my mind if I ever thought about 2006.
This is the first time i watch the inika toys in detail. I couldn't help but laught when you took of the mask and saw that matchstick head. It surprised me.
Jaller; my first true BIONICLE (I picked up Roporak on holiday but had no idea what is was). I was given it as a treat, after I had a good parents evening from my teacher at primary school, I can still remember my mum giving it to me.
The beginning:
The Chronicles of Jaller: Serious Jaller Edition!
And he finally gets Nuparu's name right.
No he called him nuparu its hali duh
The point where I seriously got into bionicle was around when the Inika were released, so I have a large amount of nostalgia for them. And personally, I like the mast design, it may be unconventional for Toa, but I think it makes them unique.
its worth pointing out that the batteries in those weapons are easily replaced so limited battery life isnt an issue for these, its just three screws and they are right there, the piraka eyes are a bigger issue since thats clipped in, the circuit is also simple enough and built in such a way that even if the batteries leak, they probably will, it wont be able to reach anything difficult to fix and in the ones ive fixed it wasnt able to eat into the metal despite plenty of opportunity to do so, so i didnt have to do more than scrape the stuff off and reassemble with fresh batteries
Another specific con for Nuparu is that because of his claws, his proportions are off because they make his arms longer than his legs.
I liked the reference to move along it was played during the commercial and I think this is when the series stated to get dark
The Toa Inika were the first Toa team I came across as a kid, and since then, they’ve been my favorite characters. Jaller was my personal favorite of the six members.
All 10/10 sets just perfect like the Piraka and Rahkshi
One minor con missed out: if you look at the back and see the base of their necks, they each have a Blue Pin that stands out. However because there's only one it's very easy to miss.
Flaw: Parts do not last long. When I was younger, me and my friend would play with bionicles. We were always moccing, because my friend literally owned almost every single bionicle, and as we got older, the older inika limb pieces would break where the joints connected.
I don't like how the green bleeds into the "teeth" area with some, especially hewkii. when this line came out, I initially only bought matoro because his was literally the only face that I thought wasn't totally ugly.