Eljay's Recap Review: 8572 Tahu Nuva

Eljay begins the Toa Nuva reviews with most peoples favorite: Tahu!

[@Targon117]

"Fire has no brothers...fire consumes ALL!" A good set, nice and simple. Tahu might be the most manly of the Toa Nuva, but the fact he has pink eyes will always haunt him.

[@_aelfweard]

+Killbuster It's not 'brothers', it's 'purpose'.

[@reubenguttenberg7405]

@@_aelfweard😨 tahu, remember who you are! 😨Remember your destiny!

[@The-last-1]

@@reubenguttenberg7405 “I HAVE NO DESTINY”

[@reubenguttenberg7405]

@@The-last-1 kopaka: sorry, brother.

[@MythicSuns]

i remember as a kid quite liking the added silver. hell to this day for whatever reason the toa nuva are still my favourites. i'll admit the toa metru are cool and all but the toa nuva and the toa mata for that matter are the only toa that feel more like something out of a legend

[@SAMAKUS]

^^^ This

[@RetroActionUK]

Or did you mean ‘for that Mata?’

[@smb-c3po]

This was the only one I didn't have back then.

[@Lupinemancer87]

Don't hate the Nuva, cuz they are cool as hell, but I actually prefer the Mata, the original, forms of them.

[@MarvelandDC379]

I definitely prefer Mata in terms of Kanohi masks.

[@smb-c3po]

Gali had the best Kaukau in 2015.

[@mariochaosspear]

Tahu Nuva is my all time favorite Bionicle. Even though I've fallen out of my Bionicle obsession, i still keep the Toa of Fire on my shelf.

[@BrickFleetwood]

Yep, exactly the same with me.

[@rubyyogurt4304]

Those intro skits always crack me up!

[@DarknessIsTheTruth]

I think we operate under different definitions of "Identical."

[@vashtheflashstampede]

Ya I agree he should a said similar

[@smb-c3po]

Sadly I never had this when I was a kid, but I did find one at the flea market in 2019 as part of a Bionicle lot and I made him taller to scale better with the G2 Toa using parts from my collection.

[@maximepelchat9019]

I wanted him so bad when he came out and never got him when I was a kid, Now that I'm 25 and it's up to me, I got him twice!!

[@ZeldaTheSwordsman]

Uh, Eljay? Your little contraption was an official part of Tahu Nuva's instructions. You were supposed to remove his left gear and its axle to form said contraption, and then remount the left arm using an included black axle-pin. Also, the eyes really do look more properly red when the light-piping is active.

[@YourUncleBenis]

This was actually my first ever Bionicle set.

[@deansmith3670]

(FOR ELJAY) unfortunately. when i was a kid. i tried to buy the display toa tahu. who was bigger than the normal ones. but they refused to sell him to me. i was wondering. what ever happened to the big display versions of the toas?

[@FitzyCify]

What I find amusing in hindsight is that I actually used to use Tahu Mata's flame sword as a surfboard attachment long before I got the Nuva upgrade.

[@klutchco.3323]

This is so much more awesome than the new ones!

[@Earthdestroyers99]

Ikr? It just has that more authentic feel, while the new ones feel like knockoffs

[@Earthdestroyers99]

Ikr? It just has that more authentic feel, while the new ones feel like knockoffs

[@darelaltemose3425]

I think it would of been a good idea to just give you the parts to upgrade tahu. That would of been really cool just picking up an upgrade kit

[@Hewoki1]

Lewa's are wings as portrayed on the back of his canister and Pohtahu's is a "Kodan" ball...

[@TsundereSupreme]

Hey, Eljay, did you ever get the poisoned Hau Nuva? It came with a book set that includes all 4 Bionicle Chronicles books.

[@gsherman9133]

this is probably one of my favorite LEGO sets of all time

[@MrZodiark]

wait, didnt every nuva set come with black pin/axel to replace the left arms articilation with and then swap the gear and axel 3 to back to lock the other hand on place for posing? and those which had the black pin/axel already in place came with extra gear and axel 3?

[@thetoaofvirtues3379]

Sorry but I watched this only to find out what his weapon's dual function is because I've had him for a while, knew it was a lavaboard but didn't know where to put it. Still, the review was good.

[@OaCXeno]

This was the first bionicle set I’ve ever really fallen in love with and it’s still one of my favorites these days, but sadly I’ve never owned it

[@WOLKsite]

however, the matas were not in stores anymore

[@TheMasterChord]

I always liked Tahu Nuva. He was one of the first Bionicle sets I had, and it's nice to see the set again in this review.

[@aracelygonzalez3739]

I remember at one point the toa nuva had silver masks in the online animations. What where those about?

[@JP-hk6xw]

I think they had the silver masks when the Bohrok-Kal stole their elemental powers, which drained the masks of their colors

[@yaoyao9]

The mod for these toa were actually included as extra pieces for ALL Nuva sets, and were used for the combined Toa Kaita, so Lego did some thinking about this edit.

[@Boston_Bob]

are you gonna do the comparison with all of the toa nuva or just tahu?

[@Dreigonix]

My first Bionicle!

[@nick10162]

toa mata never made it to where is live, so i had to use Nuva tahu to make a mata tahu, i made a paper mask for it XD the good old memories...

[@rfbricks0606]

4:05 looking at them both together, I actually like the mata build better

[@sjoerdvandeweg4702]

Actually, Tahu Nuva comes with a friction pin/axle combo so you can pose both arms with just the pieces in the canister.

[@RetroActionUK]

2:54: However, that isn’t part of the Stock set! No it is, it’s included in the instructions or canister. You’re fine.

[@barrackobama8877]

i never really liked the mask redesigns. tahu's was the most natural progression but even then it felt more like they had some sort of cancerous growth than the protodermis actually upgrading them. which made the hordika arc particularly ironic since all im thinking while vakama and co. are whining about being turned into monsters was "in 1000 years or whatever when you meet the nuva you are going to laugh so hard"

[@Mazekial]

I was half expecting one of the cons to be that lava board "function", namely the fact that you have to attach it to the sides of the feet so when he is "lavaboarding" he's kinda forced to be in this awkward twist with his feet. All in all, good review, though.

[@GhabulousGhoti]

This was always the one you could never get, because it was always sold out!

[@KeroKaminaX]

i never saw the eys as pink when i first owned this set (granted this was the very first bionicle set i ever owned when i was like 7)

[@Zwarlie]

i went to a Lego convention like 2 years ago and when you walk in, they give you a ticket for a raffle and like 5 minutes into the convention they called my ticket number and i got to choose between any of the toa nuva or the bohrok new in the canister and i chose tahu nuva. i still have him in his canister and everything

[@WOLKsite]

The main thing in this recap review is not tahu, It's that nice greenish clock in the begining, I want it!

[@markperl3869]

How do you have every single Bionicle set

[@Kewlguy6767]

he bought them

[@AllardRT]

Well, I'll be biased as all hell due to nostalgia, but Tahu Nuva is my favorite Bionicle of all time... due to being my first. There are objectively better sets by poseability and playability, but to me Tahu Nuva was and always will be THE hero, THE Toa. And I do agree that it's not just a new set of the same character, but it feels really upgraded, I love the armored look and I love how well the chest piece fits the torso.

[@TheCollectorsOasis]

Love this Tahu!

[@TheAxelandx1]

my fav was always Vakama from all the toa of fire

[@TheCollectorsOasis]

Best Toa from 2002

[@dantebond8124]

I loved the movie.

[@Blue-Rain]

Eljay you forgot the axel rod and gear to lock the gear function!

[@WOLKsite]

pohatu and lewa doesn't really have that put things on the feet thing, lewa doesn't even do much...

[@lucentshadow]

I prefer the way Tahu looks with the Magma Blades together in one hand. I also don't like the way they made the Lava Board function work because it makes it so that one of his feet has direct contact with the lava

[@tecca.2k]

Lucent Shadow That's what i always thought as a child

[@picklesenate9681]

The Nuva legs are longer than the Mata legs

[@WOLKsite]

he died when the bodys core was destroyed (not talking about karda nui). They created rahis, and that "makuta"s name is teridax

[@jackrobertsavage3873]

Tahu evolves into Tahu Nuva

[@DuckandMikeyfan49]

The Dr. Blue Then Mistika, then back to Mata (sans the gear function.

[@jeanvagin2255]

i love tahu best toa ever

[@gavinblackwell9624]

I prefer tahu mata

[@Lucnotshiftyy]

nahhhhh,nuva is better (my opinion)

[@MarvelandDC379]

Prefer Mata in terms of masks, but Nuva in terms of build and pieces.

[@Pinkanator]

SWURPISWNG DWUL ECHTSON ABLEUTIES

[@makutamiserix5612]

The way they did the lava board is kinda lazy. They should've included a piece that links the 2 swords, and then a few pieces in one of the feet to stick a pin under the foot to connect to the board. Instead the board pierces through Tahu's foot.

[@Sirnight282]

Another great review :D

[@Cosmalano]

Wanna hear a joke? What would Tahu's name be if he were a toe? Toehu.

[@TheCollectorsOasis]

10/10 set

[@MetalRawrXZ]

As a kid, I never really followed the lore behind Bionicle, but I loved collecting them. When I saw another figure with the name Tahu, it kind of wierded me out, but he did look similar enough for me to realize it's an upgrade. But when the Toa Metru came out and had the same names as the Turaga, I thought they just ran out of ideas for cool names :P

[@mental263]

Fire my favorite element

[@Aj-xt4cw]

A lot of people thought he was made in 2003 so it's okay so did I

[@meatpuddle90]

I fully regret giving my tahu nuva away :'(

[@brickcrossstudios430]

Do a skits complimation

[@mt.killermaninjago3042]

cool!

[@spooks8878]

My favorite toa nuva..

[@raptor5336]

not the match tahu D;

[@radianzero]

Overcom making larg fires ha

[@Clamp581]

i love nuva i like lewa

[@marcus_3v]

he never ''really'' died his spirit of horror will live forever. the matoran are kind of dicks for treating the makuta so badly even though they created the universe, well at least a few of the islands

[@thisisnochannel921]

They are clone sets,man!

[@tecca.2k]

E.J.G. Production They LOOK like clone sets but they don't function as clone sets.

[@WOLKsite]

I belive all

[@jamesperkins5397]

your set is missing a piece

[@DuckandMikeyfan49]

Miniman Rocker You sure?

[@TheCollectorsOasis]

You complain about knees and elbows to much, you have to remember these were from 2002! They didn’t have the technology yet

[@amosquitofanatic4412]

Yes. They could easily implement knees and elbows.

[@DealsFS]

I personally don't like tahu nuva because of the mask

[@HanesAnimates]

Honestly i hate his new mask

[@WOLKsite]

sorry becuse all "do you care" my computer is stupid.

[@WOLKsite]

beggining*

[@WOLKsite]

do u care...? everybody doesn't even now that, that is what happend after makutas death