When I first built Lewa, I ended up putting the shoulders low and never knew it was wrong. Honestly though, by doing that it fixed all the problems mentioned in this video.
I found a way to fix lewa's neck problem :D What I did was I lowered the gear box one peg down and I managed to keep the initial look with the collar. It also gave more head clearance and the mask launching gimmick is no longer hindered. I also raised his back spike armor by one peg to keep its original height, and it actually works pretty well. I'd make a video showing how this is done, but I lost my camera :/
I re angled the spikes to cover his shoulder ball joints by putting them under the empty space of the spikes ,and to fix his arm problem I replaced his upper arms with the upper legs of vizuna and in turn gave vizuna lewas upper arms .vizuna loses a couple of centimeters of "knee tilt"while lewa gains a elbow rotation
Found a fix for Lewa's neck. You put a friction piece (like the ones on his hips) on the base of his head. Connect that to the ball joint and you get a LOT more neck movement. The only hard part is getting another friction piece. I recommend ordering one.
I love honk that now it's more of a WIND element. He can blow skull spiders away after all. Toa of air were kinda over powered, I mean I remember Kongu creating a vacuum around a piraka by manipulating air molecules. So I guess they didn't want Lewa to be able to make everyone pass out so the changed him to wind but wind may sound no interest to some so they call him jungle and he can speak to plants
actually, jungle IS an element. deep in the stories of gen 1, there were toa who wore blue and green armor ant could manipulate trees and such. and guess what? tney were toa of plantlife! or JUNGLE! anyone who doesn't believe me can go to the bionicle wiki and look up toa of plantlife. thank you to all who read this. :)
Even though Lewa may have limited articulation on the head, it's a good set to get. Although, moving the spikes on the shoulder should help a bit and maybe lower down the gearbox so it can full articulation on the head would work?
I find him the most simple, and one of the most bizarre, the spikes as shoulder armor, the colors, the back armor, the chest, the mask not having that much resemblance to the mata one, the off shade of green on his chest armor, the yellow on his chest armor, the gearbox being so high up, etc
Not being able to raise his head ‘up’ is pretty fatal for someone who should be flying. That said, your mod from the protector of jungle review fixes that. I’m not a fan of the orange, but only because it kind of clashes with the yellow. I like that all of the 2015 sets have a little yellow, gold or orange to match their golden masks - they looked a bit jarring on their own in 2001. But the three similar colours kind of look like a mess to me, and I think I would prefer if Lewa only had yellow OR orange, not both. I gave him some silver armour plates to fix that. I do really like posing Lewa in his adrenaline mode. I think twin katanas are such a good weapon for him, and they communicate his acrobatic skill and athleticism. I like to keep his ‘wings’ outward, as if they are some extra weapons on his elbow that he can jut out in flight. With a few simple mods, I think Lewa is a great set... but the fact that I feel those mods are necessary places him behind Kopaka and Gali for me. I do wish that Lewa maybe had some trans green pieces like the other masters. I’m absolutely in love with the trans green bones from Skull Slicer, and it’s such a shame that Lewa didn’t come with any.
I think there was something different about my figure, because in all the videos and reviews I see of Lewa, his armor is described as orange, and looks orange. However, on my set, the armor is undeniably yellow. Strange :/
In pokemon there are grass types. So I guess lewa just got a type change from flying to grass, or more respectively air to jungle. Although, maybe lewa is a dual type, both air and jungle. Makes sense when you think about it.
The chestplate for me doesn't look terribly over the place and abstract. To me it looks like a snake on his chest, with the wires on one side and the vent/grill on the other.
so, Lewa, Master of Jungle, home to pretty much every ambush predator worth a damn, wouldn't know how to position his head to get around the glaring weakpoint of a lever designed to knock the source of much of his powers off his face, but some random skull spider would? sounds legit.
Were my brothers and I the only ones who pronounced his name like Lew-uh? It drove us insane in the Mask of Light movie when they pronounced it the way you do in the video.
SkulblakaMaster Like, even in the original trailers, it's pronounced the way my brothers and I said it. Why do people pronounce it the way you do in your videos?
+Dragon-Knight I used to pronounce it exactly how you did, though once I saw the Mask of Light I quickly changed the way I pronounce it to "Lee-wah", though I do still occasionally slip and pronounce it as "Lew-uh" as you do. I just try to go with what is technically "official", even if the way you pronounce it does sound like it would be more correct. Even so, I pronounce all of the Toa's names with a bit of an accent, and even did so as a kid, so all the names sounded a bit different when I said them anyway regardless of how Lewa's is pronounced officially.
***** The problem is, even in the commercials for the original Toa, they pronounced it "Lew-uh" and just randomly decided to change it when the Mask of Life movie came out.
I don't remember much about the commercials anymore, sadly, though I would have to assume it might have been a misreading of the name that caused this in Mask of Light, and the line was probably good on that take they decided to just leave it as is or something. I loved mask of light, but I often wish a more tribal feel was with the movie like I envisioned with the Toa Mata. Back when I was a kid and heard a movie was coming out I had always pronounced all the names as; Poo-huh-too Lew-uh Guh-lee Tuh-hoo Koo-puh-kuh and Ooh-nuh-wuh I had always said the names very quickly as well, sort of merging the syllables to come right after one another, so I was very disappointed by how the names were said in the movies. Even so, I changed how I said their names so my friends would know what I was talking about. The names have always been this weird thing with me, and it still bothers me to this day.
Gaween Totawattage I actually liked Pohatu as time went on. He's the most simple looking Toa, but he's definitely the most playable. And I absolutely love his boomerang weapons.
Master/Mask of the Jungle is such a dumb name. I appreciate making him powers match his color and environment, but I would've called him Master of Plantlife, or Master of Organics, or Master of Nature, or Master of Life (if there wasn't already a Mask of Life). Something else!
When I first built Lewa, I ended up putting the shoulders low and never knew it was wrong. Honestly though, by doing that it fixed all the problems mentioned in this video.
I found a way to fix lewa's neck problem :D
What I did was I lowered the gear box one peg down and I managed to keep the initial look with the collar. It also gave more head clearance and the mask launching gimmick is no longer hindered.
I also raised his back spike armor by one peg to keep its original height, and it actually works pretty well.
I'd make a video showing how this is done, but I lost my camera :/
I re angled the spikes to cover his shoulder ball joints by putting them under the empty space of the spikes ,and to fix his arm problem I replaced his upper arms with the upper legs of vizuna and in turn gave vizuna lewas upper arms .vizuna loses a couple of centimeters of "knee tilt"while lewa gains a elbow rotation
no worries, he already did that in the protector video
I feel like "Lewa! Master of Nature" would of been cooler then jungle.
Ye
Yea
Jungle isn't even an element, while I think nature Is ok
i just found him in my local store, the package was broken so it was 50% off...
hes in my collection now :3
Found a fix for Lewa's neck. You put a friction piece (like the ones on his hips) on the base of his head. Connect that to the ball joint and you get a LOT more neck movement. The only hard part is getting another friction piece. I recommend ordering one.
I’m gonna take a sharpie to the box and replace every instance of “jungle” with “air”.
lol
why you never show the phantoka/mistika toa at the beginning? "comparing him to his other previous incarnations"
Maybe he doesnt have them ya know
I love honk that now it's more of a WIND element. He can blow skull spiders away after all. Toa of air were kinda over powered, I mean I remember Kongu creating a vacuum around a piraka by manipulating air molecules. So I guess they didn't want Lewa to be able to make everyone pass out so the changed him to wind but wind may sound no interest to some so they call him jungle and he can speak to plants
actually, jungle IS an element. deep in the stories of gen 1, there were toa who wore blue and green armor ant could manipulate trees and such. and guess what? tney were toa of plantlife! or JUNGLE! anyone who doesn't believe me can go to the bionicle wiki and look up toa of plantlife. thank you to all who read this. :)
Nice
Even though Lewa may have limited articulation on the head, it's a good set to get. Although, moving the spikes on the shoulder should help a bit and maybe lower down the gearbox so it can full articulation on the head would work?
The mask looks more like it would be used for stone. It looks more similar to the original earth mask than the air mask.
stone or earth?
His chest armor has a jungle snake on it. it is not abstract
I find him the most simple, and one of the most bizarre, the spikes as shoulder armor, the colors, the back armor, the chest, the mask not having that much resemblance to the mata one, the off shade of green on his chest armor, the yellow on his chest armor, the gearbox being so high up, etc
It’s really weird, I thought he was the strangest until the skull villains came out
Lewa is cool, but he has one problem, and that would be the head
Lewa has always been my favorite. LEWA FOR LIFE!!!
I modified mine. I built it so the arms are lower. It gives him some decent articulation in the head. I can lift his head up and down.
Great description
I can’t unsee the grin
Same
U made a great prediction; Lewa is the first in the anime to get his mask knocked off!
Jungle is technically an element given it's an alternate name for Plants.
This was the first bionicle 2015 set I picked up. :)
Not being able to raise his head ‘up’ is pretty fatal for someone who should be flying. That said, your mod from the protector of jungle review fixes that. I’m not a fan of the orange, but only because it kind of clashes with the yellow. I like that all of the 2015 sets have a little yellow, gold or orange to match their golden masks - they looked a bit jarring on their own in 2001. But the three similar colours kind of look like a mess to me, and I think I would prefer if Lewa only had yellow OR orange, not both. I gave him some silver armour plates to fix that.
I do really like posing Lewa in his adrenaline mode. I think twin katanas are such a good weapon for him, and they communicate his acrobatic skill and athleticism. I like to keep his ‘wings’ outward, as if they are some extra weapons on his elbow that he can jut out in flight. With a few simple mods, I think Lewa is a great set... but the fact that I feel those mods are necessary places him behind Kopaka and Gali for me.
I do wish that Lewa maybe had some trans green pieces like the other masters. I’m absolutely in love with the trans green bones from Skull Slicer, and it’s such a shame that Lewa didn’t come with any.
For some one who grew up with Lena being the master of jungle I was confused he said he was master of wind
I don't know.. but I think this is the best out of the six.. or maybe Kopaka. This is simple but rocks.
I think there was something different about my figure, because in all the videos and reviews I see of Lewa, his armor is described as orange, and looks orange. However, on my set, the armor is undeniably yellow. Strange :/
It's called 'Keetorange' because it's the same color used on Keetongu. It's a very, very, yellowy shade of orange.
***** was keetongu that orange cyclops sentinel thing from the 2005 series?
Yup.
Most of these masks are a HUGE step-up from their old ones.
I dont have any of the g2 sets.. but my favourite is still Lewa, maybe he have limitations.. but i think he looks really cool anyway
no, actually jungle is an element, to some inhabitants in the matoran universe, it is also known as "the green"
I don't mean within Bionicle. Jungle is not an element period.
Ice isn't an element either. It's just frozen water.
Exactly. It's a sub-element of _water_... Which is a basic element. Stone is also a sub-element of earth.
***** Sub-elements? Those exist? Where are you getting your element technicalities from?
Sub just means secondary. As in, they're not basic; instead variations of Fire, Water, Earth, and Air, which are the most common classical elements.
lewa:ANYONE WANNA PLAY?!
I lowered his shoulders a peg. It gives him more neck articulation and just looks better
well said
In pokemon there are grass types. So I guess lewa just got a type change from flying to grass, or more respectively air to jungle. Although, maybe lewa is a dual type, both air and jungle. Makes sense when you think about it.
Just keep kopaka away from him
+dunkanbulk14 pokemon and bionicle? Life cant get any better
The chestplate for me doesn't look terribly over the place and abstract. To me it looks like a snake on his chest, with the wires on one side and the vent/grill on the other.
so, Lewa, Master of Jungle, home to pretty much every ambush predator worth a damn, wouldn't know how to position his head to get around the glaring weakpoint of a lever designed to knock the source of much of his powers off his face, but some random skull spider would? sounds legit.
Even if he could position his head, his collars would probably block his view.
His mask looks like something from iron man because the folds and the way it looks
Peter Nguyen it looks like Ultron
+DAMIEN MILLS suddenly oranges reviving bionicle 3 trailer. you will be very happy
IXRollOutIX im planning on getting lewa is he a good set to get? i already have protector
of earth
Do you have the mistika figures
I think Lewa should've been called The Master of Air, because it would make more sense.
>Lewa makes it easy for the skull spider
Is this where I make a joke relating to the second Bionicle: Chronicles book, or?
are you going to do any more b-daman content
Can you please do this hasbro strike dragren vs metal force dragren
Lewa's mask looks like onua mask
It is stupid that lewa not have a single one transparent shell armor like the other toa,skull guy,and the wise protector
Were my brothers and I the only ones who pronounced his name like Lew-uh? It drove us insane in the Mask of Light movie when they pronounced it the way you do in the video.
SkulblakaMaster Like, even in the original trailers, it's pronounced the way my brothers and I said it. Why do people pronounce it the way you do in your videos?
+Dragon-Knight at least i'm not alone
+Dragon-Knight I used to pronounce it exactly how you did, though once I saw the Mask of Light I quickly changed the way I pronounce it to "Lee-wah", though I do still occasionally slip and pronounce it as "Lew-uh" as you do. I just try to go with what is technically "official", even if the way you pronounce it does sound like it would be more correct. Even so, I pronounce all of the Toa's names with a bit of an accent, and even did so as a kid, so all the names sounded a bit different when I said them anyway regardless of how Lewa's is pronounced officially.
***** The problem is, even in the commercials for the original Toa, they pronounced it "Lew-uh" and just randomly decided to change it when the Mask of Life movie came out.
I don't remember much about the commercials anymore, sadly, though I would have to assume it might have been a misreading of the name that caused this in Mask of Light, and the line was probably good on that take they decided to just leave it as is or something. I loved mask of light, but I often wish a more tribal feel was with the movie like I envisioned with the Toa Mata.
Back when I was a kid and heard a movie was coming out I had always pronounced all the names as;
Poo-huh-too
Lew-uh
Guh-lee
Tuh-hoo
Koo-puh-kuh
and Ooh-nuh-wuh
I had always said the names very quickly as well, sort of merging the syllables to come right after one another, so I was very disappointed by how the names were said in the movies. Even so, I changed how I said their names so my friends would know what I was talking about. The names have always been this weird thing with me, and it still bothers me to this day.
I thought it was yellow
W I N D F L Y
Hey IX which toa will you be reviewing next?
I think gali is up next
You Forest-ist bastards! Jungle? Only jungle?...seriously though, Bionicle needs a "Toa of taiga" or something
Definitely the most disappointing figure, in my opinion.
Same with Pohatu. He's pretty disappointing as well.
Gaween Totawattage I actually liked Pohatu as time went on. He's the most simple looking Toa, but he's definitely the most playable. And I absolutely love his boomerang weapons.
CatalyzerClips935 A few little issues, but yeah, I agree with the weapons.
Nah man the most disappointing id LOSS
john caleb delos santos I completely forgot about LOSS, lol. What I meant was the most disappointing TOA.
The design on his chestpiece is a snake.
I like your lets builds better then reviews so no more reviews please more let's builds those are cooler
stop expecting so much be happy that they gave it to you just be ok with it
it is called a review for a reason!!! i love the new sets but he makes very, VERY valid points.
awesine vudei
Master/Mask of the Jungle is such a dumb name. I appreciate making him powers match his color and environment, but I would've called him Master of Plantlife, or Master of Organics, or Master of Nature, or Master of Life (if there wasn't already a Mask of Life). Something else!
Hi
lewa looks creepy
BOO
You mainly just criticized him
You do realize what a review is, right?
+RolloutReviews translation: “the only thing you did in the review was review him”
Ixrolloutix I now
Definitely the worst toa. And i'm not just talking about the figure.
scrapmetal37 *oh*