Eljay's Recap Review: The Toa Metru

[@NickonPlanetRipple]

"We had knees!" Okay, that got me. XD

[@danielpapuga4615]

True

[@lunamaria-doofusVIII]

MAN, I had do laugh SO hard!

[@Coalbag12]

NickonAquaMagna 😂

[@Jmgjgdjd5]

I thought he said wings

[@hexazalea]

not just any knees. Articulated knees! and elbows! take that Rahkshi!

[@adoboawesome]

You know what we had back in the day? Knees, dark toned colors, head articulation, elbows, leg armor, masks that dont fall off, and frisbees.

[@eow4317]

adoboawesome you’ve gotta love those frisbees

[@giran4914]

Eater of Essence move over elbows and necks, we got *frisbees*

[@yungsauske7608]

they’re called kanohi discs

[@sonofastudstudios4552]

@@yungsauske7608*frisbees*

[@Duskstone89]

The reason for the "weird" eye colors are contrasts. Blue and orange are complementary colors, as are red and green. For the brown guy, blue works as a contrast color as well.

[@theveryfunnymyth]

Onewa

[@neitherlink6612]

Yeah, I always thought it was pretty obvious that eye colors were always, or at least most of the time, complementary.

[@yungsauske7608]

Onewa

[@aperson539]

Y'all are a bunch of nerds

[@capootiscrepitoos]

@@aperson539 Burn the heretic

[@purpleflaminggoatsnakes9864]

A disk launcher that turns into a jetpack, and dual swords that turn into wings? Sign me up!

[@ZeldaTheSwordsman]

+purpleflaminggoatsnakes 98 More like "A disk launcher interpreted as a jetpack by stupid writers".

[@purpleflaminggoatsnakes9864]

+ZeldaTheSwordsman welp

[@edwardbroeckling9602]

"You know what we had back in the day?" "What?" "We had KNEES!" "What are knees, Turaga Matau?" "You'll find out when you become a Phantoka, Lewa." "Oh, okay. Wait, what are-" "UH OH JUST REMEMBERED THAT I HAVE A MEETING WITH NOKAMA AND VAKAMA BYE!" *Matau runs off so he won't have to answer more questions*

[@neitherlink6612]

"After a thousand years Nokama finally accepted on going on a date with me! If you have any questions.... I don't care.... ADIOS!

[@leonardopapa5000]

@@neitherlink6612 genius

[@henryrice9263]

These guys had some of the best masks of any Toa series, with Nokama, Nuju and Onewa being real standouts. These guys really blew my mind when they came out, given that they had WAY more articulation than anything that came before them. Metru Nui also had some of the best lore and settings IMO. Great review, really brings me back.

[@sdFreerey]

Man....2004 was such an exciting year to be a bionicle fan!

[@neitherlink6612]

The titans are a bit lackluster. The bigger sets from 2001 and 2003 were too good, first with the rahi and their playability and then the big baddy from the entire storyline and the toa of light. So Nidicki Krecka and Turaga Dume feel a bit... disappointing.

[@yungsauske7608]

2007 was such a lame year to be born

[@DanielAyy]

Every year was exciting for me :D

[@toadartho662]

Eljay has the *most* professional intro. :3 Also, one does not simply "stab" *THE MIGHTY TUMA* !!! *flashbacks to TLR. "oh... wait..."

[@angelicoe9540]

Wouldn't that be a flash forward?

[@cissuperdroid]

Something about Vakama's mouth-grill combined with his shoulders... makes me think he's a football player o_O

[@contentbot2.9]

CISsuperdroid to me, Vakama Hordika’s mask looks like a literal football

[@colinroberts2060]

@@contentbot2.9 So does Nokama Hordika's mask and the knees of Karzahni, even though they are just Vakama's masks in Metru green.

[@Unkle_Genny]

That Turaga Matau voice was actually quite terrifying.

[@friesfan8625]

Agree

[@fer1f1tz]

Mark Miller yea

[@quoverlord9398]

Your profile pic is quite terrifying (jks lol)

[@aperson539]

Not really

[@slappybio1686]

Sounds like he smoked 20 cigarettes per day

[@Foxfisher159]

"They have knees!" The precursor to the Fire Emblem meme: "They have Feet!"

[@mrneedlemouse6447]

8:40 It almost sounds like Eljay's about to burst into tears at how beautiful these guys were. I know just how it feels. ;)

[@teok5665]

Yeah when he says "perfect" it sounds like he's crying X)

[@ZeldaTheSwordsman]

+MrNeedlemouse64 Meh. Some of the color schemes don't work as well, and the function design was not thought all the way through.

[@toadsmemeware3983]

MrNeedlemouse64 it really doesn't sound that way at all

[@toadsmemeware3983]

MrNeedlemouse64 unless you mean 8:42

[@colinroberts2060]

I only ever had Nokama, Matau, Whenua and Onewa though, because I didn't obtain them until three years after they had been discontinued.

[@101osamaahmad]

Metru Nui is one giant city. Metru = Metro. MIND BLOWN.

[@austinkim9402]

Then you're going to lose ur shit when you find out what Takanuva's name was based on

[@jewishjellydonut]

wAO

[@religionfueledwarmachine1687]

Takua + Toa Nuva = Takanuva

[@doctordalek4502]

Mata = Mato MIND BLOWN

[@theveryfunnymyth]

Egamind and metgo city

[@Blue91233]

Do you know what we had back in the day? What? We had knees!

[@CT-Irodion]

We also had elbows!

[@litmus7325]

I feel like the biggest pro for me was with nokama. When you use her gear function, because her weapons are on pins and not axles, they swing around a lot, which makes them have a sort of "fluid" nunchuck kinda look

[@vwvn4056]

The joke in the beginning actually made me laugh :)

[@HORRIOR1]

Personally I preferred having vakamas disk launcher the other way around for jet pack, since it looked like the flame designs would be the real rockets. Also I think in the comic books, the artists got that wrong :/

[@ZeldaTheSwordsman]

+HORRIOR They got it VERY wrong, since interpreting it as a jetpack was really stretching things.

[@gorilladaspinna9779]

This is probably my favorite Bionicle wave. Not only because of nostalgia, but it's also because of how good they were in posability and functionality. (Vakama looks the coolest to me.)

[@DrMadd]

I just had them all with upright heads anyway. Anyway thanks for the review. Toa Matau was my first Bionicle set and it's great to see you finally get to him.

[@SonicJrandSarah]

These guys were so awesome, I can't believe it's already been 10 years since they were released.

[@cosmonauta947]

almost 20 now :,)

[@MonkeySharkPro]

12:30 "Weird eye colors" *points at Nokama's orange eyes with blue color* Dude, that's standard color theory. Blue and orange are compliments. That's actually a good call. -__-

[@AmazingDirtHunter]

Proud to say I own all six!

[@flynnsnowden8712]

I am not proud to say that I own none.......

[@AmazingDirtHunter]

Flynn Snowden Buy them on BrickLink. like 3-5(whatever currency) each. That's how I got em.

[@flynnsnowden8712]

AmazingDirtHunter I tried, but I live in Australia and shipping is a bitch

[@hammerfallrex]

+AmazingDirtHunter i also got all six the year they got released

[@belpherith7479]

+Alliiiiii they r actually very expensive n rare... 2004!! With luck I found 2 sealed new keetongu ver y cheap...

[@DingsDega]

I always called those eye pieces brains. :P

[@fighterx9840]

Well technically you are kinda right, they are sort of their brains as well as eyes.

[@fighterx9840]

Also on Bricklink, they're also called Brain stalks

[@theveryfunnymyth]

They ARE called brainstalks!

[@madhatten00]

Toa metru and hordika were the epitome of bionicle. Full mobility, solid joints and cool gear functions.

[@AmazingDirtHunter]

I believe your Nokama has a mask that is lighter than it should be, either that, or because the light is shining through it. Anyway, the one on mine is significantly darker and looks perfectly fone with the rest of her body.

[@ZeldaTheSwordsman]

+AmazingDirtHunter The Great Rau's shade seems to have varied from batch to batch.

[@weak1ings]

+AmazingDirtHunter I got a few Nokama masks in a "barrel" of Bionicle parts and it was signficicantly lighter and less beautiful, like Dalu's over the Metru.

[@sakarisippola5746]

that is Dalu's mask

[@for_hire]

I agree in the movie it is much darker

[@Darth.Ubex.the.wonderer]

The beginning had me laughing haha "we had knees"

[@incredibeast9661]

The Toa Metru are my favorite Toas. EXCELLENT design with the classic gear function.

[@TNB12]

I see them as the original Toa Mata design at its best. They improved on almost everything and kept everything from before.

[@incredibeast9661]

TheNintendoBros12 Exactly.

[@ZeldaTheSwordsman]

+Incredibeast No. Poor design with gear function that's impaired by angled shoulder sockets.

[@neitherlink6612]

@@ZeldaTheSwordsman We all come from nostalgia here. For me, the Toa Mata look werid, and I hate how they don't have knee and elbow articulation. Gali has literal hooks for hands, wtf!

[@ZeldaTheSwordsman]

@@neitherlink6612 By that logic Tahu and Kopaka have swords for hands and Lewa has an axe for a hand. Mata!Gali's actual hands are represented by the axle sockets of her arms, just like those 3. The only exception to that rule is Onua. The Mata were designed as Technic Rock'em Sock'em Robots first, and action figures second. And they do have better gear functionality than the Metru. I'd say the Toa Hagah beat out the Metru. Same level of articulation, but a better-designed gear gimmick.

[@tobito9730]

The eye colours are exspecially weird because in the movie they all have red-ish-orange eyes.

[@Spartanslayer17]

"Just in case you run into Tuma." I laughed so hard at that. When's the next Makuta Fest?

[@GaroTD2]

Nuju is my favorite toa! :D Toa Metru are totally the best in my opinion.

[@markgee1177]

I remember getting some of these when my family went to Legoland California... first time I had seen them on shelves. I got Whenua, and my brother got Nuju. I remember freaking out because the two, along with Nokama combined, and it basically went against everything i had known to that point (teams of fire, stone, earth, and water air ice) (and yes, the rahkshi broke it first, but they were bad guys)

[@SonicJrandSarah]

I wanted to say this yesterday, but I kept getting an unnecessary error message each time. "2004 was an exciting year for me. These guys were the highlights for it"

[@Uberdude6666]

I disagree with you on the color pattern. I always found that it made them look more "high tech" which suits with the Metru nui-setting. Also I took the liberty of changing my Whenua and Nuju so that they too can store their weapons on their backs ;)

[@MrRe-pg7fj]

Nokama and vakama are very close to their turaga

[@fighterx9840]

Yeah, their great kanohi are really similar to their noble counter parts

[@NoahCline]

That intro got you a like 🤣...brings back memories of these guys.

[@KireitardandGilgamess]

You can use a larger gear to lock it in place

[@deegobooster]

The Toa Metru head pieces are by far my favourite head pieces. I use them for everything!!

[@GuyThePCGamer]

I personally never thought of the white axle rod for the gear function as a con, I always thought of it as their heartlights.

[@kopakaskoolkompanion]

It is possible to "lock" the gears. Place a large Mata gear on an axle coming out of the top axle hole in their torso. I usually will move the axle 3 which commonly occupies that space down one, and then put a studded axle 3, with gear, into the back. This allows the gear to be pushed in and pulled out with little to no effort, effectively "locking" and "unlocking" the gear function.

[@nickster5207]

Toa Nokama was my first Bionicle, all the memories.

[@legohater9111]

My first bionicle was toa Nokama hordika.

[@takanuinuva]

There is one con I found with the toa metru torsos. The axle connector at the very bottom had a tendancy to split at least on mine. It made the grey axle at the bottom attach loosely and tended to slide out. I kinda fixed the problem by putting a grey axle in the middle.

[@Matthewtopia]

To a matau was my fav set and my first bionicle. Now I'm addicted

[@gwithianevans]

best intro yet!!

[@gsherman9133]

the toa metru have always been in a special place in my heart ever since i saw them. a very well rounded team with awesome mask powers and personalities as well as look awesome in set form.

[@lewatoaofair2522]

WOW! The Toa Metru absolutely dwarf their elderly counterparts, the Turaga. LOL

[@tesselationstation]

I know in the comic that Vakama's disc launcher is depicted as a jet-pack upside-down, but my idea or interpretation would have been to keep it upright, and have the flame patterns be flames, and actually shoot jets. Makes more sense, and the disc won't fall out, but that was 15+ years ago...

[@Friendly_Neigborhood_Astolfo]

Fun fact: 2 or 3 of the VAs for the Toa Metru were all together in Shakugan No Shana. Whenua's was Alistor and Nokama's I think was Shana for season 1

[@bluestreakedladyshe-her8507]

These guys were some of the best Toa sets ever. I put them up there with the Mahri, Toa Mata, and the G2 Toa Uniters.

[@KeroKaminaX]

the Toa Metru were actually the first time i read the bionicle comics and subscribed to Lego magazine. it was also when i was able to understand the the full story of a bionicle arc since i never really played the flash games or read the previous comics and my only knowledge of the story was the commercials and the mask of light movie

[@BucketCanSoupMan]

Can agree. We no longer have knees or elbows. Our faces fall off.

[@DayneLikesKatatonia]

Ah nostalgia. My favourite line of Bionicle. Onewa being my favourite 😌

[@smb-c3po]

Wenua, Newju, and Matau were the only ones from this set I had making me miss my childhood.

[@smb-c3po]

I mean the ice one.

[@smb-c3po]

@Ennard Fnaf I got some Bionicle figures at the flea market in August and Matau was one of them, I did a MOC where he's shorter to fit his elder form and Tahu Nuva and Kopaka Nuva are now taller to fit with the 2015 sets. It's all part of my Bionicle story where the original Makuta comes back in a smaller form and recruits previous enemies from G1. I even have my own Takanuva using the Keetongu pieces 'cause an assortment of parts from Goodwill and I have the Takanuva mask in its active state.

[@smb-c3po]

@Ennard Fnaf I don't have G2 Tahu, so I had him die with only his 2015 mask remaining and he gets reborn.

[@jonnycarcano]

It's the more subtle things that I appreciate, like your jab at Tuma.

[@Sirnight282]

Ohhhhh man the nostalgia :) several months back I was searching around on eBay and thought hey I should buy some toa metru because I never got to own all of them when I was younger. so I was able to pick up them with their cannisters and instructions along with the ultimate dume box set with the mask of power and all parts and instructions for only 80 dollars and I was so happy :) any ways really looking forward to the vahki review they where my first six pack to ever own back when you could order them in sets of six from the website

[@ProjectElementsOEAB]

I love the toa inika. RIP our dreams of 2006 movie

[@ProjectElementsOEAB]

The toa metru are pretty good

[@joshwheeler4228]

The most aesthetically pleasing toa team

[@ebthegt5572]

Finally knees and elbows!

[@xwing-isaac]

I've dreamed of owning all six Toa Metru for a few years. I have Vakama, and today, I ordered Onewa. Two down, four to go.

[@aeyehm1816]

Insert the "We have technology..." Meme from slogan of every time Okay talks about nlknees and elbows.

[@fighterx9840]

I think in my opinion, the different eye colors for each of the Toa Metru make them a bit more unique like their masks and weapons, like how the Toa Mata and Toa Nuva are. I think they also should've done that for the Toa Inika, Toa Mahri, Toa Phantoka and Toa Mistika

[@neitherlink6612]

It's funny how four, out of the six eye colors they introduced with this generation were never used later on. Only neon green and neon orange appeared on later sets.

[@fighterx9840]

@@neitherlink6612 tell me about it lol

[@apotatoguylikesdogs6761]

I love the Rahkshi because they gave us knees

[@peppiping]

There is no questioning that the Toa Metru were the best line on bionicle sets.

[@BeagleFeatures]

This was my first complete set of Bionicle characters and my personal favorite (along with the Piraka)

[@sck9052]

Well Eljay, because of you I'll probably have to get the the rest of the Toa Metru that I done have because of your review. Awesome review though; the intro was great :D

[@jetraydude]

This always makes my Tuesdays. :)

[@EljayJohnsen]

I am very happy to hear that! =D

[@ActionJacksonVideos]

The jet pack function actually doesn't require flipping the disk launcher upside down, last I checked. His disk launcher has flames molded into it that I assume represent the jets used to give him flight. Maybe I'm wrong, but it looks odd to have the flames pointed up to represent flying.

[@idiotlyuseful]

Yea I did think that was kinda weird

[@legoawcstopmotioner9435]

I might get these someday. Just wondering if I should buy the set or one by one.

[@jjbussey]

You know, thinking of these sets and how bionicle got a G2 remake, I would freaking LOVE to see an exo force reboot

[@ToaKoran]

You are most certainly not the only one, my friend. Exo-force was my favorite LEGO system theme, and I constantly hope day after day it returns, or at the very least something very similar to it. However, we can only hope for now, considering LEGO creating a new theme feels about as frequent as Halley's comet these days.

[@returnedtomonkey8886]

Matau has no mercy for the kneeless

[@TaxEvasi0n]

These skulls are my favorite out of any set. I choose these over any other head.

[@BIGH1001]

i really wish that LDD had the toa metru body. it would allow me to test this theory i have for the ball joint mod for this build

[@belpherith7479]

Yeah! It works!!

[@teok5665]

"Complete with a stabbing function" That made me laugh so hard. XD

[@bartybum]

Vakama's disk launcher isn't supposed to be turned upside down to make the jetpack, you can see it by the flames that it's supposed to be upright

[@Oerbyss022]

This was very meditative. Thank you

[@tinheart2853]

Well, in story, Nokama's weapon was something like harpoon and Onewa's was something like hooks used to rock climbing

[@alexparadise91]

The OG motherfuckers. Takes me back

[@TheCollectorsOasis]

Amazing Toa designs!!!!! Definitely one of the best!!!!

[@Draftsman17]

i always thought the molded flames on Vakama's launcher where the rocket engines....and unless i'm missing something, the blue pegs in Nokama's hands stayed with the weapons on her back as the long pins the hold the front plate on have the axle port on the end, like i said i may be missing two of those pins.. same thing with Vakama's launcher the pins stay with it when it moves to the back/ storage

[@ZeldaTheSwordsman]

+Draftsman17 You're missing something. Vakama has two sets of blue pins; one for his hands, one for his back. And Nokama is held together with pins that don't have the axle ports on the back.

[@maltahighjacker9842]

I dont mind dark colors I like dark colors on toa sets and bright colors on matoran and turaga sets.

[@equintrevain3946]

I always thought the white axel piece in their chest was kinda cool, since it tied in with the fact they all had that white light in their chests in the second movie. If anything it's worse, in my opinion, on Nuju because it *isn't* so prominent.

[@AmazingDirtHunter]

found these on bricklink all btween 2-4 euro! OMG I'll definitely try buying these guys.

[@CyberkillGames]

i had every toa metru when i was a kid.

[@theBolderBoulder]

Man. Brings back memories!

[@AmazingDirtHunter]

I'm getting all of these. So far I have bough Vakama and Nokama, next I'm buying Onewa and Matau in one package.

[@voctur]

The toa metru are by far my favorites 👌

[@malcolmwhite2420]

Toa Metru Toa Tools: Vakama's Disk Launcher. Nokama's Hydro Blades. Matau's Aero Slicers. Onewa's Proto Pitons. Whenua's Earthshock Drills. Nuju's Crystal Spikes.

[@wither5673]

you can make the gear system a none issue by replacing the axles with the half axle half cylinder blue peices, then you can move the arms around how ever you want and in my case i was lucky and had some with high friction so they could even hold up their arms in a pose!!!

[@MrRmortiz23]

"We had knees..." XD

[@brickman940]

The Toa Metru introduced Dual Purpose-ception!

[@CCupCinema]

The Toa metru are my favorites, too.

[@stormcrow6894]

Eljay, when you get to 2008, are you going to be reviewing the Phantoka Makuta separately from the Phantoka Toa Nuva? Same with the Mistika and Av/Shadow Matoran.

[@alejandrorodrigiuez123]

I miss these guys...

[@Samuel_Axaeon]

Whenua is my all time favorite and The Toa Metru as a whole, For some reason not many people review them. pretty good video.

[@FlorMattheeuws]

That intro doe :D

[@LegoPack99]

Vakama was always awesome! I lost the disc launcher though :( To Bricklink!

[@KanakAttackChris]

"We had knees" XD

[@BohrokKiller]

Protect them from arrows!

[@ballballison3381]

I remember when I was a kid and I would set vakama on fire to see if he was really heat resistant... good times.

[@atomikoi6935]

I'm planning on buying all six toas

[@Marticleparticle]

My first set was gali mata, but it came with silver claws blue eyes different arms and no mask :D

[@thestargazer679]

Not that its coming soon, But, Eljay, Will you do a recap review of late 2010-2014? (somtime)