Eljay's Recap Review: The MahriToran

[@Targon117]

The no eyes thing is honestly strange. The image on their boxes show them with red eyes, i'm not kidding. Talk about false advertisement. Still neat little sets though.

[@ltranc]

They also definitely have room for eyes. Unlike most of the Voyatoran. So why don't they have eyes?????

[@lonesentinel2636]

+ltranc  And somehow mine came with a light green and red eyestalk respectively, life huh? and yet the zamors were bright yellow.

[@FEF832]

@@ltranc Also Kazi NEVER had a proper head, but I think it would have made more sense if they remodified the the mata head or metru head to make it easier.

[@kstanni87]

@@FEF832 Poor Kazi indeed. a single socket holding the mask on a skinny body.

[@Ardoku]

The mask on Dekar is a Kiril, and was originally released on Turaga Dume in a blend of red and black.

[@shang6245]

On the BIONICLE Wiki it said he had a powerless Kiril. So yeah he had Turaga Dume's mask in Keet Orange.

[@JackTheBreadGuyOfficial]

Yeah and Toa Norik had a great Pehkui (Mask of diminishment) in the shape of a kiril Whereas Iruini and Defilak had a Kualsi (Mask of quick travel)

[@cybertronnation9247]

Ah yes Dume's mask. One of the coolest in BIONICLE and I have the set and the mask and figure is great!

[@nobodyshere8902]

@@JackTheBreadGuyOfficial Story-wise ALL Hagah masks were made in the shape of other masks to honor some other Toa. So Iruini's mask is a Kualsi, but it has not the original shape. IRL Norik and Iruini sets were planned as Toa Dume and Toa Nidhiki for another one flashback (with Lhikan), but this was scrapped to not make story even more difficult to follow. So I assume that Iruini's Kualsi is in the shape of Nidhiki's non-aquatic Volitak. The default one. And Nuparu's Volitak is tweaked by Ignika.

[@LegoFanEli]

I had both of these, and use the Keetorange mask on my Bionicle sig fig. Man, I loved 2007!

[@TonksMoriarty]

Bricktoyfanboy Studios I love the Kiril. It's my favourite mask. I've used it on my self moc since '07.

[@HarryBillyBobGeorge]

Tonks Moriarty As have I.

[@RetroActionUK]

@@TonksMoriarty A great mask it certainly is, Dume and Nivawk was great, Toa Norik was a great set and Dekar as well! Overall each set the mask appeared in, it worked out fine.

[@dylancurry8032]

Honestly these 2 were probably the best matorin made in gen 1, especially when compared to all the others, any matorin beforehand had very little Pose ability and anything after was extremely simplistic, on top of all that, they got projectile weapons

[@GhabulousGhoti]

I really like the new backdrop, it looks more professional to me. I was kinda bothered by the fact that there were only four small sets in '07. The two more we got later with Karzahni were red and blue, as were the two scorpion Rahi, meaning there was no white or black small sets!

[@ypsiminers]

Mutatey water. 10/10. Would listen to him say "mutatey water" over and over.

[@xinpeliao6512]

So true and funny

[@nintendoleo]

I love the way the Recap Reviews have improved, the new background definitely gives a more "professional" look!

[@seanmario02]

Am I the only one who doesn't mind blue pins?

[@kappaross6124]

They annoy me, but I don't let them get to me. There's nothing that you can do about the color. :(

[@CyanideN64]

Just-A-Muffin I'm not bothered by them at all, but I am colorblind so that might be why.

[@HarryBillyBobGeorge]

CyanideN64 Okay, no offense. Really. But... Bionicle must really suck for you. :/

[@CyanideN64]

HarryBillyBobGeorge I'm not offended, but I don't see why it would suck because of colorblindness.

[@HarryBillyBobGeorge]

CyanideN64 I just think one of the best things about Bionicle is the range of color in each wave of sets.

[@YourUncleBenis]

I love those little swords they introduced. They're very useful for daggers on mocs. Also, I prefer the Bionicle wiki to Biosector 1, but that's just me.

[@cinanuva3915]

The Framemaster How so? From what I've seen, Bionicle wiki is basically just the same but with much less detail.

[@YourUncleBenis]

Kurona Chan I haven't seen any more detail on Biosector 1 than on the Bionicle wiki. History is detailed there, so what's so much better on Biosector 1?

[@cinanuva3915]

Alright, for instance, let's compare the Roodaka articles. bionicle.wikia.com/wiki/Roodaka biosector01.com/wiki/index.php/Roodaka Compared to the BS01 article, Bionicle Wiki loses out in most every aspect - BoM history, OoMN history - on which it also seems to be extremely outdated; as it refers to FoF as 'recent' - set history is reduced to bullet points with a lot of arbitrary and redundant information, there are less images, the referencing guide is incomplete... etcetera. In addition, in general the wiki doesn't make use of space well due to it's overly large font size and the way it's formatted is pretty blatantly ripped off of BS01's. It's simply a bad knock off that lacks the professionalism and detail of BS01.

[@collinhernandez3219]

The one (good) moc I ever made had tons of these as armor.

[@sithmakuta2579]

The Framemaster but you can change anything on the wiki

[@theexurian1079]

Eljay, great work on this Recap Review. I can tell from it that you have put a lot more work into it. Thanks man!

[@SpartanRepublic]

Dekar became the new hydraxon in 2007 after the barriki thing so in that marhi video Dekar is the new hydraxon.

[@Biohaloxboxtranfor]

Defilak was my first Bonkle!

[@kappaross6124]

ERMAGHERD! For me it was Dekar!!!

[@limemang1861]

Biohaloxboxtranfor ss Pridak for me. I got Defilak before Dekar, though.

[@xiuhcoatlonline]

he was min too

[@th3rasave]

When I was 5 my dad got me taxadox, I had no idea who he was but I thought he looked pretty cool and I like the color blue, there was also Kongo bat I wanted taxadox because he was blue, at the time I had an extremely hard time building lego so I usually asked my dad to do it for me and he always did, although after a while, I built them myself

[@heyheyitsjae2475]

Biohaloxboxtranfor ss Dekar was mine (technicaly). He was the first I got, as a gift from my cusion, but I didn't know what it was at the time so I just put it on a shelf. Then I got Ehlak, and Carapar, and then I looked on my shelf and spotted his box. You can Imagine my excitement.

[@jonathanwillis2615]

Are those the original zamor spheres? The ones that came with my copies of these 2 - my first ever bionicles that I got around release - were a more uniform yellow.

[@Shockwave677]

Awesome, I have something to look forward to on my Tuesdays again.

[@faroffgrace5490]

Shockwave You summed it up to well.....

[@noahjobe8901]

Shockwave hahaha besides playing sonic 06 just kidding. I just wanted to say your picture of tails bland expression just makes me picture tails saying what you said in the dullest tone possible. LOL

[@shockout2020]

The Flash is on Tuesdays

[@DerpyDude777]

Yes! The Recap reviews are back! 😀😉 Love these, once your done with all the Recap peviews, I'd love to see every Bionicle ever made like a 1st Gen Bionicle Recap haha.

[@Sirnight282]

Dekars mask was originally red and black. Sorry just had too

[@TonksMoriarty]

***** He specifically says it was Silver originally.

[@setteplays]

I just discovered I always had Defilak. I remember having Hordika Onewa and Piraka Zaktan back then, but I honestly didn't remember having Defilak. It just came to me I have all these pieces in my lego box. And I always wondered how I got the metru green Irunui mask. That's interesting.

[@Mindfire13]

The green one was one of my first bionicles, along with the red spider-thingy with a claw as a lower jaw. This brought back the memories of playing with them. Definitely was a good intro into bionicle when they came out. Not a difficult build but a good price and decent articulation.

[@valymomento]

Dekar wore the Kiril, only Norik wore a modified Pehkui

[@valymomento]

Valy Vicolov That looked like a Kiril

[@jjbussey]

Ah 2007..My absolute FAVOURITE year for the original bionicle series

[@The17thChronicler]

Love the new look. And love that the recaps finally came back.

[@tatsuyah4695]

Is it bad that I almost spat out my drink laughing when Eljay mentioned the blue pins?

[@user-tu7xz3pq8g]

Jut wait until mistika Tahu

[@tatsuyah4695]

I think I'll be ready for it when he mentions the blue pins there. And have my liquids far away from me while watching.

[@zek7807]

It's back I missed Eljay's reviews so much

[@Dreigonix]

I don’t know what’s better: “mutatey-water” or the Kanohi “Pig-Hewkii”.

[@Mothbean]

Pig-hewkii

[@TomTheyy]

I have all the four released Mahri Nui Matoran and I'm planning to additionally build the dead, MOE-wearing Ta-Matoran seen in the Ingnition Web Comic Comic.

[@devackroyd]

Long time no see for the recaps! I'm stoked for another great wave of reviews!

[@takanuvamasteroftime7680]

YAY! Recaps are back! They were pretty cool matoran. Shame there were only 2 :/

[@BricksOfAwesome]

Nitpicking here, but the keet-orange mask was originally released in black/red for Turaga Dume, even though the kanohi are technically different.

[@christopherrhodes3228]

he clearly said it was a RE-COLOR

[@BricksOfAwesome]

Christopher Rhodes And he clearly said it was ORIGINALLY RELEASED IN SILVER.

[@spoonsrattling]

Bricks Of Awesome it was released in the toa hagah and its well know for

[@JackTheBreadGuyOfficial]

[spoons rattling], Yes but Noriks mask was the Pehkui that looked like a Kiril

[@TheCollectorsOasis]

i usually don't like the matoran at all but wow these are fantastic! the best we've ever gotten!!!

[@yaoyao9]

I really miss that Barraki webpage.

[@4NEhorns]

These were the first two bionicle sets i ever got! But i did manage to get the Inika afterwards (none of the piraka or titans) and the mahri

[@KutsukiTsukiyo]

2007 was always my favorite year when it came to set construction. There was just something amazing about it. Very few Clone sets, and MANY unique builds. Also, Karzanhi.

[@MistikaManiac]

Nice icon

[@grepolianmagic7686]

When you are finished with the full old sets are you going to do a review of the full list of sets?

[@lonesentinel2636]

Love these sets and the hydruka, best of small sets IMHO, I made each of them into Toa, great times.

[@eonbree8593]

the green one was my first set i bought ever! though idk if it was my first or not

[@foxy-lg3ih]

My dog gets happy from your intro thanks😀😀😀😀😀😀😀

[@kstanni87]

9,5 out of 10. I had Defilak but i just don't get it why lego did not include eyestalks in them.

[@TheMakuta555]

On biosector01 it says dekar's mask is the Kiril I know the same mold was used for the Pehuki as well so I can see how it would be easy to confuse the two.

[@akutan04rt50]

Yes the 2007 reviews are finally here

[@Kaizer617]

Great Matoran designs. I made one out of parts I had laying around. Only I used Pohatu arms & Toa Mata feet.

[@TobyEchozap]

its time it begins

[@SumGum]

Toby Echozap You’re the first comment

[@jedder]

Besides the lack of hands and the launchers, I like these sets. I got Dekar and he was a lot of fun to play with before I considered taking him apart. If only that wasn't the only matoran-class set that I got that year.

[@noahjobe8901]

A eljay I have a question regarding the new line. Since they kept the original 6 toa an makuta do you think Takanuva will return?

[@jhs2110]

This made me want to find the pieces of dekar and put him back together... Then I remembered that over half of his pieces were a part of my favorite moc and that I used his right arm to replace the part of vesons arm that I broke

[@legendarydragongames]

2007 was my first year I'm happy to see it agein.

[@Teeeeeee77]

I agree that they have a great build. I took the design for one of them and used it as a starting point for a self moc a couple of years ago

[@TheCollectorsOasis]

can't believe how big they are compared to the older ones

[@TheCollectorsOasis]

can you PLEASEEEEEEEE tell me how you can get to the lego bionicle site?????? i can't find it at all

[@TonksMoriarty]

It's not a Pehkui, it's a Kiril. The only Pehkui in that form belonged to Norik. And it was originally released with Turaga Dume, not Norik.

[@BohrokKiller]

Question: Will you do the all the barraki in one video or one video per barraki?

[@cookiesmeme4559]

He is going to do the barraki seperately because they aren't clone sets. He said in the Q and A.

[@alexwithd]

Any link to the website in the start?

[@deka7x921]

Great review as always. When you review the Barraki seperately, will you review them weekly, or daily?

[@Thebestskier12]

Eljay do you have the set Nocturn?

[@Boltscrap]

The blue pins were actually relatively hard to spot.

[@JJAG3]

The yellow guy was my first bionicle

[@artificialcartographer1636]

Dekar?

[@DuckandMikeyfan49]

You mean Dekar?

[@frienden9044]

my fist bionicles were the green, black and brown rahkshi and vakama and nokama

[@Unkle_Genny]

JJAG3 My first was Kalmah. Then Kongu, I'm pretty sure.

[@thedarkonegaming9293]

JJAG3 same

[@TyrannoNoddy]

Heh, for some reason I always pictured Defilak with an Irish accent as well. Also, Eljay, you only have ONE index finger per hand - middle fingers are just middle fingers. :P

[@lyrilmtv2428]

I always wanted Dekar to recreate the Barraki ad

[@possiblyzslot838]

How did you get the old website?

[@legofan-pi1ok]

Loving the new recording setup!

[@radecparmezan6476]

Amazing intro!!!

[@jaraschannel69420]

5:04 why is he hailing?

[@colinroberts2060]

I never had a single Mahritoran unfortunately. Someone I was friends with at the time had the ones that came with Karzahni though.

[@countrymusicfanclub2539]

What about the other Matoran? Also, glad to see you back Eljay :-)

[@blakchristianbale]

There weren't any others.

[@countrymusicfanclub2539]

Nyk Carnsew Yes there were. Mokar and the other. Some kind of scorpion thing

[@blakchristianbale]

Austins Kanohi Pakari Oh right, well since they have a completely different design I assume they're in the next video.

[@theironchicken8196]

Austins Kanohi Pakari You mean the Hydruka, Morak and Thulox. They weren't exactly Matoran, but rather used to harvest air bubbles for the Matoran to breathe.

[@countrymusicfanclub2539]

That's the name! Always slips my mind. But yeah, I've always considered them Matoran,

[@GeriatricFan1963]

I remember when I had Dekar that his joint that connects the Bohrock legs to the feet split down the middle; (because it was a slightly different plastic from '07 onwards; something I even realised at the time) the first time that I had a Bionicle set crack on me! But to be fair I did play with Dekar a lot, especially as I loved the advert that has him on the run from the Barraki with the mask of life: Very suspenseful.

[@KaltatheNobleMind]

Edward Hunter it wasnt just the plastic but for some odd reason the made the ball cups super thin which made them brittle. i have no idea what they were thinking there:( the new CCBS balljoints are solid and sturdy as ever though:)

[@GeriatricFan1963]

Yeah, I bought reboot Tahu earlier this year and am pretty impressed with how it's very pose-able but also reliable; particularly the joint support for the feet was a nice touch that I really liked.

[@KaltatheNobleMind]

Edward Hunter need to get the new tahu but did he coem with new feet? all the masters i have )lewa and gali) have the standard hero factory foot. unless you are tlaking about the new gripper element that lewa has for his hips:) that was a cool peice.

[@GeriatricFan1963]

Na, I think the feet are standard but I was talking about the gripper element: Tahu has them on his feet joints as well as his hips,

[@KaltatheNobleMind]

Edward Hunter ooh sweet:D doble of a specialty part:D and makes snese. for what i have been reading he kopaka and i think either onua or lewa are considered this wave's ttan class so the beef and bulk need support:D

[@legitgaben6071]

there was others marhitorans... I think they were in a toy's rus exclusive with a giant green beast... could you review it? if you know the set i'm talking about?

[@amtrakfan9125]

gab masi Karzahni?

[@webhead_7325]

I just got my own Defilak and I’m very happy with it

[@hexedcrab]

How did you get the old bionicle website or were they screenshot

[@retrozaid1600]

leave me alone he used a image on biosector01

[@orellanadc735]

Castle set? What castle set?

[@DJLuckeyLu]

Kanoka points! I remember trying to claim a few but never actually figuring it out lol

[@LifeofEbb]

Take a shot every time Eljay describes something as being "unfortunate"

[@adamlouie1503]

You know, when I saw the video TTE #1: I Don't Have a Problem, I couldn't stop laughing. Then I had a dream based solely on that name, The Three Eljays. When I woke up, that name lingered for about 2 hour, and I couldn't stop laughing. It felt like I was trapped in a room filled with Joker venom, and my whole body hurt from laughing too much. Eljay, you are one of the best, but, sadly, you're second to Red Letter Media.

[@CursedBrainJuice]

Question! How will you handle Vamprah from 2008 seeing as she has no legs or feet?

[@untapped8776]

jayheich Not serious Nitpick alert! Vamprah was actually a male.

[@cookiesmeme4559]

What about Krika? He had no feet or hands.

[@Mewchu14]

Easy answer for both sets. Balance them on the four weapon tips like you're supposed to (Not meant to be snarky. Just trying to be helpful)

[@TorriadTwire]

They had zamo launcher....IN 2007 WHAT EEE

[@volatile5460]

I *really* like this matoran design. Best since '03.

[@jaycorbett1662]

I didn't even know the zammor launcher was supposed to go on the shoulder when I was younger. That would've been amazing to find out

[@fernystein9516]

it is written in the instructions

[@jonathanwillis2615]

Broken Tower Instructions are for noobs

[@TheSuperthingymabob]

I was rebuilding bionicles recently, and found these guys' masks, I didn't even REMEMBER I had them.

[@orellanadc735]

What about Sarda and Idris?

[@possiblyzslot838]

How you get the old webite??? Anyways Yaaaaaay the show is back... For the mahri rahi will you do the skit with the show? Its really funny

[@CunningCondor]

Zsolt The Gamer There's a website that archives how websites looked some years ago.

[@max84678]

i remember when i baught both of them, then i lost the yellow guys, mask XD..... i decided to combine them into 1 matoran XD........ but now i need to avenge my yellow matoran friend and sense i lost his mask, why not get Hydraxon XD

[@rezlana]

The first thing I ever bought on the internet was with my dad and it was the 4 pack of these matoran and little doggy things off lego shop. Ah memories.

[@jerryastrophel5682]

Yes, the recap reviews are back! :)

[@TheCollectorsOasis]

i dont get why they don't put eye stocks in these

[@KaltatheNobleMind]

i perosnally loved how the mahri-toran (as well as the Voya-Toran) were comprised of mainly abundant parts that came in many colors. basiclaly allows you to build entire villages of unique villagers using a roughly generic build:) plus i personally love how their overall physique reminds me of the orignal matoran deisgns form the first 3 movies,with their long arms and short legs. never liked how the first 3 matoran types (and 5th type form karda nui) had builds that utilized specialty parts which came in limited colors. hard to build villages with them:( to have made future abundant everyman charatcers from what consits of stockpile was ingenious on part of the designers:)

[@kentonkyuubininefox9264]

Finally lj's back!

[@frankunodostres473]

2 personal observations I made about defilak: - the other I rebuilt defilak from leftover parts I had laying around. the hordika chest part is ok but not an "excellent build" imo. one dark green leg got lost and I struggle to find one even online. - how the hell can we give them hands?!??!!!

[@battedbook5811]

I got yellow zamorball when i bought Degar is it normal?

[@GeriatricFan1963]

BattedBook Viisi They tended to be variations of Yellow/Red/orange. I remember in '06 having something similar with Nuparu and Hewkii's zamor spheres.

[@brendancorey7831]

I absolutely love Dekar and his mask. Its why the mask is on all iterations of my self mocs.

[@theeddy9985]

The Matorans in the Karzhanni set even count? They were MarhiToran tooooo

[@blackrosequeen1733]

These guys, the av matoran and the agori are my favourite

[@chibishiro2041]

yay , more recaps

[@thisusernameis2long927]

Finally! Oh yeah!!!!!

[@johnkassel318]

Its about time I burnt most of my 2007 sets waiting for this

[@neburtech]

aaa nice. a lightbox. impressive.

[@davidabonyi4556]

They are the best Matorans in any wave. They're simply perfect! Well... Except for the eyes (I removed their launchers because they look silly)

[@tibinicle]

Kek magyar bionicle fan

[@davidabonyi4556]

?

[@tibinicle]

Mit nem értesz ;-;

[@davidabonyi4556]

idióta...

[@davidabonyi4556]

hány éves vagy, hogy így beszélsz velem? igazán visszavehetnél. Azért kaptad az idiótát mert ami írtál, az értelmetlen. Aztán megint írtál, és az is értelmetlen. Fogd be az arcod, ülj szépen az iskolapadba ahová tartozol és tanulj.

[@Goldenblade3]

Why the heck did they NOT include eyes on these fellas?

[@ChloeAriT]

Sets! Eljay! Advertising!

[@aitoranimations3612]

Finally i am so happy

[@chuckeroo777]

My favorite matoran is Nuparu :D

[@MenacingThreat]

Who became a badass Toa!

[@arzaki460]

chuckeroo777 Shame he got run over.

[@chuckeroo777]

bmrjw #thatsthejoke

[@Utogonist]

I would do ANYTHING for those figures

[@ProfaneCreation02]

these guys were my first bionic my next ones being tahu and onua mistika and bitil