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[bobthedoctor27]

Tahu Mistika - Red Version

In my eyes, Tahu had the best visual presence of the Toa Mistika and was the real standout Toa of the wave. That said, the Metru red coloring always made it harder for me to see him as a continuation in the Toa Nuva of Fire’s proud legacy of sets. I would have loved to have added orange back to his color scheme but no BIONICLE limbs were ever produced in orange beyond 2002.

So instead I’ve opted to colorswap the Metru red elements for their brighter Mata red counterparts! This, of course, presented challenges with the mask and feet, but there’s an easy solution there.

There are a few further modifications to add the Nuva chest armor. I feel this was a necessary adjustment to fill in the shape of his armor. As well, I added the obligatory Roborider heads to his shins and added some further engine details to his thrusters. His hips now also feature a grated slope element (61409). This was a part first introduced in 2008 in Exo Force and Agents subthemes and typically only came in dark bluish gray or lime at the time. I always wanted to get the part in red for various creations back in the day, but it was never available to me. All these years later, I’ve finally found occasion to use it on a creation!

I’ve also paired him with Photok here to add a little of that missing orange armor to his color scheme.

Please consider leaving a thoughtful comment below telling me what your own experiences with Tahu Mistika have been!

[creativemechanics]

Here’s a Tahu without the background.

[bryce-duyvewaardt]

Tahu fires up tonight's beginning to my #mocmonday series. Upon yet another Adaptive Armor change, Tahu found himself wielding twin Obsidian Blades and a Magma Aegis, which he could ride as a Lava Board while still holding his new elemental swords. With a cloak covered in scale armor and incendiary fists, this version of Tahu is a blend of protection, flexibility and his iconic almost unstable levels of elemental power. . . #ccbs #legoccbs #legotechnic #lego #legopieces #red #pieces #components #fantasticplastic #igdaily #instadaily #bionicletahu #tahubionicle #toaoffire #redtoa #masteroffire #toyphotography #toyslagram_lego #toyslagram_bionicle #bioniclemoc #mocbionicle