Lego Bionicle Review: 2001 Toa Mata. Tahu, Lewa, Kopaka, Pohatu, Gali, Onua, Kanohi Masks and more!
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- Опубліковано 21 лип 2024
- 20 years later, a review of the 2001 Bionicle Toa Mata! Today we're looking at Tahu, Lewa, Kopaka, Onua, Pohatu and Gali, along with some of the iconic Kanohi Masks. Which ones did you have? #lego #bionicle #review
The reason Gali has one of those socket pieces on her chest instead of the usual ball, is because of an engineering joke. In a ball socket, the ball is called male and the socket female. Because you put the ball inside the socket.
Hahaha, I love it! Lego designers are always sneaking in fun easter eggs like that.
That's nuts! I always thought mine was broken
really? i always thought that ball socket was just some abstract way to represent boobies or something
@@Spoonful_of_stoopid could also be that. And it's needed for Wairuha's chest ornament too
@@jadethenidoran i like to think that because of that use, wairuha is a female character
I wish they would bring back the line in this form with very small tweaks and up dates. Bionicle was my favorite when it was nice and simple like this, and collecting the masks was super fun
Sadly those machines used to make the pieces are probably not even around anymore, and making new ones for the giant brand is just too expensive for them to go for, sadly.
As a kid I always thought Tahu, pohatu, and Lewa’s hands were like guns, like a turret thing almost, with the two fingers actually being like a double barrel. Since onua was the only one who had hands/claws that actually looked like hand, and everyone else had weapons for hands, I figured their hands were just turrets, especially with how Lewa’s was different made it look more gun barrel-like to me
Me too
I can see why one would think that lol. I guess back then, Lego didn't have an official hand piece and reused parts from older lineups. I think the reason why Lewa's hand has longer fingers with the axle-pin is to accomodate his axe to allow a two handed swing. You can plug the axle-pin into the axe and since Lewa's arm swings freely, it allows for a two-hand usage of the axe. Fortunately, the socket connector pieces became the hands for the Rakhski, Toa Nuva, and the Metru Nui matoran and toa. However, Kopaka Mata had one for his arm that holds his shield, so I'm not sure why they didn't do that for some other toa.
My first Toa was Pohatu, I saw the commercial on TV and ask my mother for one of these guys, she phoned a toy store and Pohatu was the last in stock. Good to see that there are still Bionicle reviews.
Mask of speed wasnt working if he was the last one!
Dude same. Pohatu was my first. Oh boy how the years have flown... Golden age.
Pohatu is my favourite
Bionicle really was something else. I remember the series so fondly, it had such a strong brand and identity even in it's earliest days. It's hardly surprising that it saved Lego
ive never felt nostalgia like this. Its almost like a calling to get all the bionicles lol
I wish I wasn't a small town boy living in Brazil back then... Those things were very expensive and just got to big cities like Rio de Janeiro and São Paulo and were very expensive
Oh no, I'm sorry to hear that. Did you manage to get any?
@@brickthumb No, at that time, I was only 6 and I had a brother that was 5. My parents weren't able to buy one for each of us. It was better to leave it as was. Nowadays, most of the Bionicles from that time are much more expensive. Maybe, one day, I'll be able to buy it.
I used to think that Gali's mask was fragile because of how see-through it was. I was very much surprised to find out it didn't break when it fell to the floor one day.
Yeah, the Kaukau is surprisingly durable. Weirdly Lewa's mask seems the most fragile, Ive seen way more broken Miru than anything else.
@@brickthumb All the Mata masks are way more durable than later masks since they are made of a harder plastic compared to those used for the Metru/Mahri/Phantoka/Mistika, the worst being the Inika with rubber ones which material gets worse with age.
@@brickthumb I've always had bending problems with pohatu's mask
@@Justpizzoff Yeah, to be fair one of my Kakamas also has stress marks around the vents.
@@Bionickpunk Yeah, those rubbery Inika masks are bad. And the Piraka 'masks' too, with those tentacle bits ripping off with age.
As a kid I always thought the brown toa sets where earth, and the black ones, rock. You learn everyday
Oh hey, one of the masks in your collection at 7:59 is actually a fairly rare misprinted kanohi. The blue mask between the two orange in the bottom row. The Matatu was only supposed to be printed in the Turaga mask colours, but it along with the ruru was mistakenly printed in the Toa mask clourations as well. The two masks directly right of it are also fairly rare, as is the trans grey kaukau at the end of the row.
How great watching a review of such iconic sets in 2023!
Glad you enjoyed it :)
I like the background music, it pretty much on bionicle’s style!
I was born in 2001 the same year the theme launched, I grew up with the phantoka and mistika lines back when I couldn't read and didn't know that the orange flying guy was Pohatu, took me years to learn that.
But! before all that, I was left with the original Tahu passed down to me the sister from my brother, and oooh how I loved it, I didn't even know the story of bionicle, Mnog, the matoran, maybe the turaga, I only saw the promotional material in the instructions, I was so fond of that fire looking figure with an offknockable mask, and the greatest action feature of all time, the arm swinging.
Today, I long to slowly extend my collection to all of the toa, Takanuva being the next (and the best veichle set imo), a Mctoran being my goal, as I don't believe they were sold in Denmark, but looking through bionicle's first year it's bright colours and interesting shapes, it is far superior to any predecessor I own. Maybe except G2 part 2, damn lego should've just kept the colours simple, instead of all that gold and tan and silver. the glatorians also have a nice colourful feel to them, and I still love the metru-toa although they are a bit dim and have no secondary colours.
Thank you for sharing, its always fun to hear other peoples' stories. And good luck with your quest! I believe the Mctoran were only available in America and Australia, which seems a bit unfair for us Europeans (especially since Lego is European itself!) I'm trying to track diwn a set myself but it's not easy...
My first Toa was Lewa, my Gosh, bringing childhood memories..
Kopaka was my favorite out of the six original Toa Mata from '01.
The first to the early Bionicles are the best in my opinion..always loved the original Toa..they just had the right look and feel to them in terms of mystical machines with nice simplicity but noticeable difference...I loved the both the versions of bohroks they released too..I got obsessed with collecting the krana types for them.
Great review! I really appreciate you including the Maori name descriptions of the Toa and masks. That was my favorite aesthetic from 2001, much better than calling the characters Claw or Torch like the previous Slizers line had done
Bro dodged a bullet with the female anatomy
My first Bionicle was Gali! ❤
Could've extended the video with the combiner models, but it's all good!
Onua was my first bionicle...and i still have it..
My very first Bionicle when they first came out was also Onua. But I always wanted Tahu. After I stopped collecting and playing with Bionicles at the age of 14 I kinda forgot about them. Then when I was about to turn 27 I got a massive nostalgia phase so I found Thanu (as well as a bunch of first gen Beyblades) on Ebay and got it in a very good shape. Haha. I still open the box to look at it from time to time.
I just started buying Bionicle, and my brother reminded me that our dad has a box at his home with some old LEGO. I am hoping my old Bionicle is in there :)
Keeping my fingers crossed for you!
Kopaka's mask is actually my favourite.
If I could go back in time I would have convinced the creators of these sets to have neck swivel. Luckily it’s an easy modification but I would still prefer if they were built in.
How could they want to sue lego for using their culture as inspiration?
What a compliment that someone thought your culture was cool enough to make an entire story around it with kickass bulidible action figures. They shoudve been honoured to have had their culture featured like this.
I'm sure plenty thought the same, but you only need a couple to make a fuss and ruin it...
@@BonkleCollector aint that the truth.
Also if I remember correctly, you could combine three Toas to create a big one. Onua, Pohatu and Kopaka was one and Tahu, Lewa and Gali created the other.
Tahu, Onua, and Pohatu combined to make Akamai, and Lewa, Gali, and Kopaka combined to make Wairuha.
@@Rovan84127 really? Well, thanks for correcting me :)
This was such a wonderful video, your voice is very calming.
Aaw, thanks so much! Maybe my UA-cam niche could be ASMR Bionicle reviews?
@@brickthumb haha well in general i love your story telling. I'll be excited to hear more!
All of the toa were great in their own ways. With me, I really love Kopaka's kanohi. It gives him a look like he is always analyzing all his surroundings where he does well being an ice toa. I always love the thought that ko-matorans scatter about, and sharing findings with other groups. Either gazing the stars or following old relics before time
I always thought Lewa's mask looked like a tiki carving.
You're right, it's definitely channelling some Tiki vibes. I bet that's what the designers were aiming for.
God I wish I had all 6 2001 Toa on display. I always wanted Tahu as a kid, since he has the most iconic design of all 6 Toa. But my parents gave me completly different characters. I did get Kopaka, Lewa & Gali, but the Gali peaces unfortenatly broke apart, so I only have Kopaka & Lewa on display. I also wanted the 2002 Toa Nuva sets, due to their silver armour looking badass, but I never got a single Toa Nuva toy sadlly.
Aaw man, you never got Tahu? You definitely need to fix that!
This is my childhood 🥹
I remember getting Onua when I was 3 or 4. He was my favorite until the second generation. Tahu Nuva and his lava blades were just on another level 🔥
Yeah, Tahu's easily the best Nuva! Maybe Lewa Nuva as close second?
@@brickthumb definitely a solid choice, but I'd say Kopaka is my second favorite. His mask and blade skis were dope
Onua is my first Toa too. :)
Team Onua! :D
Hi can you talk about the combiner builds please
My first toa is lewa my dad found him in a bin and at that time i did not know what bionicle was
Sorry to bother you what is the name of the piece you can use for a fix to allow neck movement
It's a 3-long bar piece. Or flex tube/hose. :)
My childhood
the toys that were my only friends as a kid.
Better friends than most ;)
I always wondered why that lawsuit with the language happened, isn’t it the whole purpose of a language to speak it?
how much did you spend for all of these?
Not too much. It's the little masks, and some of the later figures, like Toa Mata Nui, where things start to get really expensive...
Tahu all the way! You doing Bohrok sets too?
Probably Turaga and Rahi first, but lots more to come!
Bionicle was my sh#t
let me clear sokething up star wars did NOT save lego in fact it was still nearing bankruptcy until they made bionicle
amazing design , the new one is 🤮
Lewa was my first bionicle and i still have it and all the other iteratinos as well :D now i start to collect the missing other ones... gen 1 and 2 fist....
ESTOS BIONICLES.. SON LOS QUE DE VIERON VOLVER, NO LA IMITACION BARATA Y FEA DE TAKUA Y TAHU.
Bro, los nuevos son un set conmemorativo que dan de regalo por una compra, yo también hecho de menos los originales, pero estoy contento simplemente con que recuerden el legado de Bionicle