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Who didn't love the Toa Inika? [link] Launched in a rather thrilling year in 2006 against the fearsome Piraka, wielding light-up swords, multi-launch Zamor launchers, super posability, lightning-infused power, living Kanohi, accompanying music from the All-American Rejects, a fun ARG/Sweepstakes involving said band (from which I won the AAR's album for Move Along, which I'm listening to to choose the fitting music I linked to above), and best of all, the fact they're some of our favorite Matoran turned towards the honor of being Toa! That's not something that all Matoran get thar (though not all necessarily need it, as awesome as they may be. I find the Chronicler's Company to have something better if they remain Matoran).

I was admitedly disappointed a bit when they became Toa Mahri in 2007. Not because of their set design, mind you. Their change was a transformation that removed several of their cool and unique Inika traits (the swords, Kanohi, lightning powers). And instead of that, they become simple water breathers (I'm STILL peeved about that. C'mon, look at the Mahri [link] and tell me they're meant to be water breathers! I understand story features don't have to be completely co-related to set appearances, but for the love of Mata Nui, how could you just brush aside a clear and present scuba theme like that?!?!?). Now don't get me wrong, they were cool in their own right (ESPECIALLY the sets themselves), but they lost something that made the Inika great, in my opinion.

Thus, the purpose of these MOCs. First taking an assumption from the Mahri mini-movie ([link] ) as canon, that being the Mahri's new forms being somewhat artifactial, water-breathing included (their new bodies could be excused as new armor. Hey, it worked for the Toa Nuva in Phantoka/Mistika forms, amiright?), I take the assumption that at one point, the Toa Mahri take a moment to don some of their Inika gear again, and create a sort of hybrid look between their two forms.

Hewkii, at far left, takes back most of his Inika armor & Kanohi Sanok aside from a few addons here & there, and uses two Laser Axes with Climbing Chains, this time with staffs (admitedly, this is just me liking such a weapon & armor look better over his somewhat silly-looking Mahri form). Hahil, rather benefiting from Mahri armor being a Toa of Water & all that, keeps her basic Mahri form, Kanohi Faxon & Protosteel Talons, though dons back her Inika colors & Laser Harpoon. Jaller goes for most of his Inika armor, but adds some gold and uniquely redons his Matoran form's Kanohi Hau (an artifact of the late Truaga Lhikan, retrieved from its loss in Karzahni by the Toa Nuva), and uses both his Inika Energized Flame Sword and Mahri Power Sword. Kongu goes for his Inika armor & Kanohi Suletu with Mahri colors, and uses his old Laser Crossbow with one of his Cordak Blasters. Lastly, Nuparu keeps his Mahri Kanohi Volitak & aquatic armor, but dons back some Inika armor with most of its accompanying weapons (Laser Drill, Claws, shoulder-mounted Zamor Launcher).

I call this set of versions of them, Toa Mahrinika, mixing their team names as cleanly as their bodies. It's not the cleanest mix, but it brings back a lot of what I feel made the Inika great to the Toa Mahri, and I like to imagine they might've gone for this loadout shortly before Teridax's Reign. Whether it would show up in the Chronicler's Company story where their current canon state of being hypnotized to serve a giant Golidlocks fusion is still to be determined.

Also, wouldn't Kongu make a good deputy leader for the team? Hewkii never struck me as much of a leader, and Kongu has been said to be just as much of a leader as Jaller is.

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Who didn't love the Toa Inika? [link] Launched in a rather thrilling year in 2006 against the fearsome Piraka, wielding light-up swords, multi-launch Zamor launchers, super posability, lightning-infused power, living Kanohi, accompanying music from the All-American Rejects, a fun ARG/Sweepstakes involving said band (from which I won the AAR's album for Move Along, which I'm listening to to choose the fitting music I linked to above), and best of all, the fact they're some of our favorite Matoran turned towards the honor of being Toa! That's not something that all Matoran get thar (though not all necessarily need it, as awesome as they may be. I find the Chronicler's Company to have something better if they remain Matoran).

I was admitedly disappointed a bit when they became Toa Mahri in 2007. Not because of their set design, mind you. Their change was a transformation that removed several of their cool and unique Inika traits (the swords, Kanohi, lightning powers). And instead of that, they become simple water breathers (I'm STILL peeved about that. C'mon, look at the Mahri [link] and tell me they're meant to be water breathers! I understand story features don't have to be completely co-related to set appearances, but for the love of Mata Nui, how could you just brush aside a clear and present scuba theme like that?!?!?). Now don't get me wrong, they were cool in their own right (ESPECIALLY the sets themselves), but they lost something that made the Inika great, in my opinion.

Thus, the purpose of these MOCs. First taking an assumption from the Mahri mini-movie ([link] ) as canon, that being the Mahri's new forms being somewhat artifactial, water-breathing included (their new bodies could be excused as new armor. Hey, it worked for the Toa Nuva in Phantoka/Mistika forms, amiright?), I take the assumption that at one point, the Toa Mahri take a moment to don some of their Inika gear again, and create a sort of hybrid look between their two forms.

Hewkii, at far left, takes back most of his Inika armor & Kanohi Sanok aside from a few addons here & there, and uses two Laser Axes with Climbing Chains, this time with staffs (admitedly, this is just me liking such a weapon & armor look better over his somewhat silly-looking Mahri form). Hahil, rather benefiting from Mahri armor being a Toa of Water & all that, keeps her basic Mahri form, Kanohi Faxon & Protosteel Talons, though dons back her Inika colors & Laser Harpoon. Jaller goes for most of his Inika armor, but adds some gold and uniquely redons his Matoran form's Kanohi Hau (an artifact of the late Truaga Lhikan, retrieved from its loss in Karzahni by the Toa Nuva), and uses both his Inika Energized Flame Sword and Mahri Power Sword. Kongu goes for his Inika armor & Kanohi Suletu with Mahri colors, and uses his old Laser Crossbow with one of his Cordak Blasters. Lastly, Nuparu keeps his Mahri Kanohi Volitak & aquatic armor, but dons back some Inika armor with most of its accompanying weapons (Laser Drill, Claws, shoulder-mounted Zamor Launcher).

I call this set of versions of them, Toa Mahrinika, mixing their team names as cleanly as their bodies. It's not the cleanest mix, but it brings back a lot of what I feel made the Inika great to the Toa Mahri, and I like to imagine they might've gone for this loadout shortly before Teridax's Reign. Whether it would show up in the Chronicler's Company story where their current canon state of being hypnotized to serve a giant Golidlocks fusion is still to be determined.

Also, wouldn't Kongu make a good deputy leader for the team? Hewkii never struck me as much of a leader, and Kongu has been said to be just as much of a leader as Jaller is.