LEGO® Bionicle 2006 Toa Inika | Review
Вставка
- Опубліковано 22 лип 2024
- Washing ashore the beaches of Voya Nui, the Matoran we know and love undergo an energetic transformation into the Toa Inika. Fused with lightning and elemental powers, these Toa are here to recover the Mask of Life, and stop the Piraka from getting it at all costs. In this review we give you all the information you need to know before getting these sets for yourself.-
Blog Article:
All-Out Brick specializes in creating step-by-step instruction manuals for custom builds, but we also provide you with official set reviews and news. Be sure to subscribe to be the first to see all of our future content!
Website: alloutbrick.com/
Instagram: / alloutbrick
Facebook: / alloutbrick
Set Background: 0:00
Unboxing: 1:46
Model Review: 4:21
Overall Thoughts, Pricing, and Score: 10:59 - Розваги
"when all you gotta keep is strong move along" man this might be the biggest nostalgia trip yet. and yes, tony wedgwood pronounces it in-NAI-ka, so that is the correct pronunciation
Move Along is honestly a great song and has a great message.
I mean he also pronounced lewa as "lua" in the 4 minute retrospective so..
I think it depends on the language. It doesn't make any sense to pronounce it like _In-NAI-ka_ in any other language except English. I think that's where the alternative pronounciation comes from.
I feel like I tend to use the In-NAI-ka pronunciation to refer to the in canon toa team and use In-NEE-ka when referring to the build style they used.
I believe canonically it’s ee-nee-kah or ih-nee-kah. I have a good argument for this, too. You can’t trust everything in the spoken or visual media. I mean, he also says loo-wah. Early on in BIONICLE almost all official pronunciations followed a sorta Polynesian style, and later everything became way more anglicised and inconsistent. But it seems that Matoran should honestly follow a more Polynesian-style phonology as it did early on. Also, words like Lewa are literally pronounced the way the official pronunciations are in their respective languages. Lewa is Hawaiian btw (yeah, that’s a non-Māori word), and they say leh-wah or lay-wah and never lee-wah or loo-wah.
Fun fact: The Inika's weapons are intended to be throwbacks to the Toa Mata/Nuva. Jaller's fire sword, Hahli's hook/harpoon, Matoro's broadsword, Nuparu's claws and drill/saw thing, Kongu's axe/bow thing, and Hewkii's sort of hook/axe thing. They're not all a great representation (Hewkii and Kongu), but the attempt is definitely there. It created a really cool progression in the Bionicle Heroes video game where your starter weapon was the base Mata weapon, and the final weapons were the Inika's weapons. They were properly colored and everything, so the heritage was much more visible.
Also fun fact, they're all guns lol
I love how over equipped Nuparu is, which considering how he was an inventor it makes sense. Like he has his claws for close range combat and digging, his hands free Zamor launcher mounted on his shoulder like a predator, and his weapon not only has a laser sight but its also a two hander which we can take as meaning it has more power than the others. Along with all of this he can fly with his mask power meaning he can dominate air combat.
Like this dude prepared for war, and he went out to fuckin win it.
I never had any of the Inika set, but I think Nuparu is the all around best looking one of the bunch, better weapons, claws look awesome, and his mask was the best looking, and his armour and colour scheme too.
I mean, he DID build a boxor out of a bohrok, so, what shouldnt we expect?
My parents could afford only 1 set back in the days and I chose him, he's cool af.
@@vishuda19"I have come to collect parts for my new inventions, *you are the parts* "
Dude invented the Vahki, he knows how to make weapons.
Ah, The Toa Inika. Unpopular opinion, but this is probably my favourite Toa team. I remember being so surprised when I watched the commercial back in 2006 and realized the Toa were the Mctoran (Except Macku and Onepu), and the light-up swords still function on my Inika to this day.
gotta agree. I thought they were so cool when they first were released
This is not an unpopular opinion
Of all my and my brother's sets we are only able to complete 1 and a half of a bionicle.
@@Ob1tuber I've seen dozens of videos with comments saying the Mahri are better, and people complaining about the simplistic build, ugly organic mask, blob head, them being clone sets, the weapons being gimmicks, and no functions
Im biased because I played/still play bionicle heros on the xbox 360 so these guys where the only ones I knew of for a long while
“It’s not what you got it’s what you do that makes you a hero.”
So cool when I was a kid/young teen lolz now I'm 25 and still think it's pretty cool
Face your fear, guys.
P.S. this may also be how Hahli faced her shyness lol
I like the sound've that!!!
Now, that's what you call inspiring!!!
“Moving along”
I see what you did there
👀
@@AllOutBrick 👀
The Inika were wild. I... yeah, that's all I've got this time. I just love these guys.
Great part of the transition started by the Piraka
Woah nick is here! Fellow bonkle boi
Six heroes will one day be called upon to make a perilous journey into the darkest place you can imagine. They will brave the lightning ... they will walk through the fire ... they will stare into the eyes of evil , and if they waver even once, they will die.
“And I will have to lead them…”
- Vakama
YES! These guys are my favorite! Hands down the best Toa team in all of bionicle. I genuinely think they are the most overqualified toa in the story. I’ve loved these guys since they were matoran they truly are the best toa because unlike any of the other teams they knew how to work together as a team and they learned from the mistakes of the toa Metru and the toa Nuva. Jaller is in my opinion the best leader and one of the best toa he’s used to leading others into battle ever since he was a matoran fighting rahi and chose to listen to his fellow toa and never allowed himself to lose control something the other toa of fire always struggled with (also he’s my favorite). Hewkii and Hali two champion kohlii players and gifted athletes, Kongu another great leader and military strategist like Jaller, Nuparu who was a master engineer and brilliant thinker, and Matoro oh Matoro. The one who felt like he never fit in who was forced to be an outcast because of all the secrets he knew and not to mention all the things and tests the mask of life and his time as a toa mahri would put him through. Not to mention they were fighting an enemy that easily wiped out their hero’s they looked up to and were in a deadly race against the clock with a dying universe. They are the best!
Sorry about the rant I just really love these guys.
They are awsome in the story... Shitty sets...
IMHO, the whole Ignition arc is the best in the entire saga
Couldn't have said it better! ^w^
Hahli was the current Chronicler, too. They all keep busy.
I loved these characters ever since they were Matoran and the MNOG and Bohrok animations allowed them to show their chops and let the Matoran be heroes too. (And of course, Jaller in Mask of Light.) I only wish Macku had been allowed to join! I mean the Toa Mangai had like eleven Toa, including four Toa of ice; two water Toa would have been fine... (I know the actual reason is Lego wanting to keep it to six sets, but still...)
Those marbled pieces on Hahli and Kongu really sell the vibe and the motion of storms and wind, like Hahli is like white crashing waves or like a bright, stormy night with shimmering streetlights, and Kongu is like the wind sweeping across him so fiercely it just looks silver and white.
That's an interesting interpretation, yeah, I can see that
Move Along was my power song as a kid. I know it's kinda oversharing, but my childhood was super rough. A lot of abuse and manipulation. That song kept me going. I'm now 18 and life is good. The Toa Inika saved my life :)
Hewkii was my pick for the Voya Nui Online Game. So unique of a design. I loved his color scheme, mask, and the differences from the previous stone sets. I always had him grapple onto Kardas with the chain to fight him.
The Inika in general were a really good group, but I loved the individual minutiae that separated the characters (how they held their weapons, melded color schemes, the different torso shapes, the unconventional armor colors). It really set them apart from previous sets and paved the way for what was to eventually become Hero Factory and G2.
I’ve recently found you and grew up with Bionicle or more specifically the Inika line and love the tone and personality to Bionicle reviews. GREAT quality and video work too! Love the lighting and dynamics you add that I haven’t seen any other reviewer treat something as cool as Bionicle, keep up the great work!
Welcome aboard! Thank you so much!
Waited all day for this yes, my favorite toa team because of motoro’s story arc
Ah yes, we've come to my favorite sets of all time (tied with the toa mahri). I found your channel less than a week ago and I was ecstatic to find out I was just in time for these.
Awesome! Thank you!
Finally, my favourite Toa are getting reviewed! I personally am not a fan of the rubber masks, I know that they are supposed to lookd and feel weird, but so are the Hordika, and I don1t like them either. However, I love the build. It's very simple, but looks very good. And the weapons are very cool too! Could be a bit more diverse, specially with the zamor launchers, but they look different enough to look good. As you said, they look very organic, they really feel like they are humanoid individuals. The melding pieces look gorgeous, specially on Hahli, with that seafoam look they give her. Speaking of her, the coolest thing about them is just that: We know them. They are not some characters we were strangers to until now, they are the same little guys we followed since 2001! Matoro, Jaller, Hewkii, we all know them, and know how they were never just matoran, they always were special. Brave, smart, wise, strong, special matoran. Seeing them becoming Toa is surprising, but not strange. Of course Jaller would be a great Toa of Fire, he's the bravest Ta-Matoran out there! They all always felt like they were something more than just villagers. It's awesome, even heartwarming, seeing them become these amazing heroes and save the world. So yeah, I kinda like them, could you tell?
God form this point forward its just my childhood and it makes me so happy to see all my friends again. I miss bionicle
This channel is so chill, always helps to get through the week. 2006 was fantastic, looking forward to those titans!
Glad to hear it!
I loved most of the 2006 sets. They actually looked iconic for that year.
Ah... The Inika, perhaps my favourite Toa team. I have a fun story on how I got Inika Kongu. Back in 2006 I only had Piraka Hakann and 5 out of the 6 voyatorans, of which I was only missing Piruk. So naturally I've asked my dad if he could get me "the green one", but he got me Inika Kongu instead, and while it wasn't what I've asked for, it was truly an unexpected surprise to finally have a Toa to call my own, a rival for my Hakann and a protector for my matoran. Eventually one of his balljoints from his shoulders broke off, no idea on how that happened. I wish I could get them all back, but where I live is a tad bit hard to find these old toys. Only once I found a complete lot of decently price Piraka, but quickly sold out before I had a chance
Also in 2:02 you can see it a tiny bit flashing blue, just barely.
Look at bricklink
This was the only Bionicle line that I got all six toa. My favorite line no contest. So many memories with these guys. Thanks for bringing them back to me.
Kongu was Always be face of Marketing back Then. From Promos, Game cover and even after market, his Face was everywhere on EBay, that proves Inika was the great set and him was stand out the most! And yes I bought him recently
It is true how he stands out the most tho. He has the most differences out of all the Toa Inika aside from maybe Nuparu (melded pieces, shoulder armor being higher up, Toa Metru lower legs as arms, and the thinner torso piece)
Ngl, I actually lean my face closer to my phone screen when he open Kongu's canister, thought I could to smell the forgotten scent of freshly opened bionicle sets one last time before snap back into reality and realizing this is a bionicle preview video. I really miss the smell
If it helps you, the light up swords take 3 LR41 button cell batteries. You should be able to get them on eBay as that is where I got them for my Matoro Inika
You can get those batteries at Walmart in the hearing aid section of the pharmacy.
Super late to the party but if you look really close after he puts it back down you can see it’s actually working
@@abrampithey134 I was literally about to comment the same before I saw your comment
One thing that the Inika really improved on over the Toa Metru are the knees. They can't bend backwards on these models, which was always something that really bothered me about several other Toa (including some that come after the Inika). Perhaps that's not as good for MOCs, but they're great for the base models.
I still remember Toa Hewkii as my first bionicle, I was about 7. Thanks for the memories, wish I could go back in time to relive those moments
Hewkii was my pick for Voya Nui Online Game. Such a unique character design and step away from the Stone sets of old.
Yet another reason Bionicle 2006 was high art, a soft-soft reboot of the early years where the next generation that washes up on shore is non other than the McToran, who's eye pieces and gnarly rubber masks make them look animated and organic. Instead of uniform silver, primary color with grey color schemes they break all the rules and give them different color effects: Hewkii is a gunmetal rock monster, Jaller and Matoro have ice and lava bones, etc. And what better way to represent their lightning infused powers than strobe lightsabers that are still identifiable as specific toa tools
Hewkii’s weapon briefly flashes at 2:42
BEST TOA EVER!!! they are the reason why I love All American Rejects and my first band I was introduced to.
These were the sets that got me into the franchise. They're not the best canister sets, but the characters are all wonderful and the minute details on these sets are all great. Probably my favorite Toa team.
Love how these reviews are moving along 😉 these Matoran heroes definitely get the upgrade they deserve but wish we got more melded pieces, and maybe lean into the lightning motif. Great sets though☺️
MY ALL TIME FAVORITES 😁😁😁 Matoro is the absolute best bionicle I've ever owned I love all 6 of these guys. I've been so excited for you to upload this video 😁
Remember having Matoro from back in the day, such a great model, and canisters themselves are cool and fresh from a design point of view. Great review as always!
This is awesome, I have loved Mata Nui Mondays for a wile and it is so cool to see you do my favourite Toa, and characters.
I had a nostalgia moment this week when I saw jaller online, had to grab him even though a sealed one was nearly $100. Just found your channel and I'm excited to see all the bionicles content!
I have the 6 Toa Inika, every day when I arrived from school I'd look at them, helped me drain the stress.
Also got all 6 Piraka.
And many sets from 2002 - 2003. If all goes well, I'll buy the 6 Toa Mata soon, my budget is getting there, slowly.
My first bionicle set was Matoro, a christmas present from my Grandmother.
It took me a few years to rebuild them due to my younger brother and cousin damaging my sets the one day I forgot to lock my room when I went to school, my father came home to pick me up a bit late that day due to some stuff at his job amd my mother never learned how to drive, I was so worried about getting late that forgot to lock the door and give my mother the key
It made me feel quite sad to get home to that disaster, I literally felt sick and had to sit down, I was sweating as if I had a fever.
All my Barraki were broken by them, except for Ehlek that broke on his own due to the lime joints, only Kalmah and Pridak survived and were rebuilt, the others were too damaged or parts were lost.
Bricklink saved my sets as I was able to buy replacement parts (still need to get new claws for Nuparu, the ones I have have bitr marks).
Wish everyone a nice day / night
Finally the review of the first Toa form of my favorite character in the franchise Hahli
I just can't get over her white/blue melted pieces, it looks so cool
I love the Inika!! I miss gear play functions and yeah, the Toa Metru/Hagah are the pinnacle of Toa design. There's something about gear functions that are just so nostalgic to me. That's why when G2 launched with the classic gear functions, my nostalgia bone was tickled 😂
Inika represented a turning point for bionicle.
I was there 3000 years ago.
I remember when I bought these at Walgreens when I was a kid, time flew by so fast
YEEESSS I’ve been looking foward to the inika
Always loved the Inika! They were my Toa. I perceived them as a really grown-up toy, because of the commercial and the packaging 😂 Lego's edgy marketing worked on some of us..
Great review, as always
I appreciate that, thank you!
Keep it going! Can't wait to see the Toa Mahri and the Barraki.
When you mentioned that the Toa Inika released as McDonald's toys, that reminded me that I have an entire container of Bionicle Happy Meal Toys (one of which being Nuparu Inika). I wanna go back
Hewkii inika was my first lego set. I liked it a lot, especially it's box and instruction because there were a ton of things for me to explore. Such a great nostalgia. By the way wanted to say thank you because you are awesome, thanks to you for the first time of my life i experience real time rewiews of old lego bionicle sets, and it's like come back to my childhood)
At the very least, between the Piraka and the Inika, you can actually change the batteries on the latter's light up functions, provided the batteries in those weapons haven't been left in there for way too long first :'D
Piraka eye batteries are replacable too, but you have to perform an open brain surgery with a small screwdriver to get it out
OMG Fresh Lego Bionicle pieces coming out the previously mint canister is a rare sight.
You are absolutely right about the light up weapons. I got Kongu as my first toa Inika back in '06, and his weapon never worked even brand new.
Finally!! My favourite toa sets have been reviewed
I'm so excited for the next couple of videos. The 2006 titans are fantastic, but IMO 2007 was the best year overall for Bionicle
I can't believe I never got any of them before but Nuparu, by appearance alone, is my favorite of the group. Something about his punk-rock mask, wolverine-esque claws, the shoulder mounted zamor launcher and of course his freakin' laser drill made him stand out for me.
I had 90% of all these sets as a kid and I still have them packed away. I wish I had all of them, I cant imagine what you paid to get all these NIB especially the early 2001 models. Please keep posting!
legit almost fell out of my chair when he said move along in the opening, God I get way too hyped about anything Bionicle
I'm so ready for the titan reviews..
7:38-4:59-1:09 R.i.p Matoro Happy Christmas on Memorial day is Weekends!
These guys are so nostalgic for me
I loved Bionicle Heroes when I was a kid and these toas were always surrounded with mystery for me
"What is this game? Why the doors? Wow there is a jail!"
And more Lego mysteries too
"How do the heads work? I love the shooters! Those swords are so cool! CHAIN PIECES????"
I wish I could get some old (or even "new") bionicles, but there aren't any where I live, not even online
I remembered getting Nuparu for Christmas and I was really excited to bad I don't have him anymore I had great childhood memories with him
Yes, the best Toa, and the ones that released right as I got my first Bionicle. Good times...
I gotta say: for me, I'd say Bionicle in the years 2006-2009 was their apex at the time. REALLY enjoyed those sets at that set of time.
When the swords of my Matoro and Nuparu figures died out, I was incredibly sad, because they were easily the best part of the figures. My dad saw how bummed I was, so he pulled me to the side, showed me how to work a screwdriver and taught me about the different types of batteries that exist. He's a mechanic, so he has spares upon spares of extra gadgetry, including all kinds of batteries. So after teaching me this, every time the swords died out again from then on, I changed them without any problems. Me, a 7-8 year old at the time, already an aspiring mechanic!
This set was so cool, the Voya Nui line was really good and I really enjoyed the stories. Unfortunately this was also the last set I was into before I fell out of Bionicle for awhile.
These were the first of two complete teams of Toa that I had. In this video, the three positioned on the left I found in stores, while the other three I obtained elsewhere, but all were obtained within the span of three monthes. Nuparu was my first of these, while Hewkii was my last. Hewkii is also significant as he is the first stone-associated Toa to not wear brown armor, and coincidentally marks the debut and only appearance of several pieces in gun metal, including all of the pieces introduced with the Inika as a whole. He also marks the debut of the Toa Metru hip piece and the Visorak double socket joint in Keet-orange (flame yellow). The shoulder armor in black, and in the melded/"tie-dye" Metru green and Metru blue are exclusive to Nuparu, Kongu and Hahli respectively. Hahli in particular was my 25th Bionicle set overall and is also the last Bionicle set to have the Visorak double socket joint and hand socket in white, though the latter of these appeared in a "Mars Mission" set (7697) in 2007 before being retired. All of her "tie-dye" parts are exclusive as well. Nuparu marks the first of two sets to have the Visorak double socket in "medium stone" and the torso piece introduced with Inika would appear the most often in black after this. Jaller's hand socket and Visorak double socket joints are exclusive to him in transparent bright orange, as is his chest armor in the then-new shade of "warm gold". The Zamor sphere holder in Metru red (New Dark Red) and in white are also exclusive to him and Matoro respectively. Matoro's chest plate is exclusive to him in silver, and he is also the final set to have the Vahki leg in white. The weapons of four of the Inika were exclusive to their respective sets, but the "Laser Axe" and "Energized Ice Sword" from Hewkii and Matoro also appear in one of the Titan sets from this year. Though it was originally only in the September/October 2006 issue of Brickmaster, there was one Combiner for the Inika called "Toa Jovan"-which combined Hahli, Nuparu and Hewkii. The other three strangely never had a combiner model.
Just as I finished playing a little bit of BIONICLE Heroes on DS, let's go, bro!
Definitely the best bionicle game especially on the ds as a fps
I recently picked a copy up for 360, and I'm pretty sure this is the ideal version
I prefer the Mahri myself, but I appreciate the new peices and neat design choices of these guys
This isn’t the sets that I came into the world of Bionicle with, but I was old enough to understand the story. I would use the computer to see what was up, and even got the comics with the Lego magazines. These are my favorite cause I deep into Bionicle with these.
Can't wait for the titan reviews
I view this team as the beginning of Toa/canister-set-variation-as-norm. There were a couple notable exceptions theretofore, such as Pohatu's torso build (the Mata in general ironically broke the mold a bit from the very uniform canister sets that would come after them) and the varying leg molds of the Visorak, but the Inika marked the beginning of a clear design intent with the canister teams. From here on out, it was clear that each character in the set was meant to be entirely distinct -- in body shape, method, toolset, etc. From the disparate chestplate designs, to the tie-dye pieces, to the blade/blaster stance variation, to Hewkii's chain blade, to Nuparu's CLAWS AND SHOULDER CANNON! And it only took off from here. LEGO really was upping the ante twofold with every passing wave in this era. What a time it was.
I was sorting through some old legos a couple weeks ago and we found Hewkii’s sword among them - 15 years and the battery still worked lol
About the swords, I believe LEGO went with the "blinking sword light" decision in order to prevent children from making swords quickly run out of battery life if they forgot to turn them off after they were done playing
Nuparu definitely got the best deal out of the lot of the Inika. Maybe the best mask, tied with Jaller, nice color scheme, great weaponry. Real lovely.
Inika means ignition and the reason why they were named that is because they reignite Mata Nui’s core.
Some of my favorites, I had the green and white ones growing up. Probably gonna get matoro again and just keep him whole this time.
Kongu's sword did light up the second after you put it aside... That's hillarious.
Nuparu's Inika and Mahri forms are my favorite Toa designs.
Matoro and Hahli were my first Bionicle sets. Matoro is so cool.
I remember when g2 came, and I searched bionicle and a saw the inika, i wanted them sooooooo bad because of their light up swords. I remember even seeing him on amazon. Ah good memories, also i think that they were like 23€ sealed which shows how times have changed.
Can’t wait for Chris to review the next wave
Nice review! Will you do one for Brutaka as well?
PS: Really loving these reviews, your setup (and you) look so professional, and I love seeing different LEGO boxes in the background haha!
I've been waiting for this video. In my opinion Toa Inika is one of more unique Toa teams.
I had the entire team back in 2006. In order I got Kongu, Hewkii, Hahli, Nuparu, Matoro then Jaller. I know the downside is that they are all clone sets but that's kinda why I love them because they all felt the same and I didn't have to adjust my playing style with them, not to mention they were just a different color scheme throughout. The amount of articulation in them was top tier, unlike anything I've ever played with before.
everyone else's favorite heroes were the avengers or the justice league…
My favorite heroes were the Toa Inika
The best ones IMO. I love it and even tho it's not that popular it is number one for me ☺️. Btw my favorite is Matoro and Nuparu
Respect for pronouncing Inika correctly.I also pronouncethe Kanohi Ignika Ig-ny-ka,like “Ignite the”,as in “Ignite the flame within”
Tracking down new LR41 batteries for my old Inika was a bit of a pain for me, but I went to brick-and-mortar stores for them. Ordering them online should be pretty easy, though.
I still remember when mcdonalds would have the cheap toy versions of the inika when you bought a happy meal. I remember getting the black and blue one
2:42 Oh Mata Nui, there's still life in that weapon!!!
Personally, I like the eye color for the Inika. However, I have fantasized about my own Toa team with Inika masks with different colors, so I can see the appeal.
Wonderful Video
oh finally, someone pronouncing "Inika" properly. always loved these guys, especially Matoro
Watching this is such an amazing throwback, Hahli and Nuparu were me and my sister’s first bionicle’s. It is a shame the pieces were too brittle (from our experience), both of the bionicle’s ended up having broken limbs. I still have Nuparu’s sword somewhere, so at least there is something left. Also, the way they did the heads on the Inika is very interesting imo, although I am not a huge fan of them.
The Inika have an awesome design.
Can't wait for the 2006 Titans episode
I just found Nuparu in a flea market for $150 mxn, that's like $7 usd, he came with his cannister, all of his ammo and the sword still lighted up, super lucky find
I respect your opinion but I absolutely love the green eyes on these especially on Matoro
came back to rewatch some of your content and noticed that Kongu's sword actually was working although barely, if you pay close attention you could see it flickering blue ever so slightly
The best toa!!! matoro is best boi. Need to rebuild Hewkii and I never got Jaller when I was a kid but somehow got 3 Kongu's lol
When he opened up the canister i got some major chidlhood flashbacks omg
I remember I had 2 of these the red and the green one , McDonald’s had toys of them as well I lost one in school and got it back like 3 moths later when they found it it was the black one , if only they had their own movie like the toa metru
'This weapon's dead' he says, as you can clearly see it blinking when he puts it down again :P
And even when your hope is gone,
Move along, Move along
JUST TO MAKE IT THROUGH!