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!

“We're all on a barren piece of rock in the middle of nowhere. In a place like this, you find friends where you can.”

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Happy 810 Day everyone! To celebrate, here's a moc of Toa Takanuva as a metru build, to go along with the Toa Phantoka & Mistika metru builds I posted in Metru March. Like those other mocs, this is meant to be an interpretation of what Takanuva could look like in present day on Spherus Magna, based on his latest set appearence in 2010 with influence from his 2003 version as well, and includes additional photos of his camouflaged form from 2010. I hope you all enjoy him, and are looking forward to all the events going on today and tomorrow elsewhere in the community! #biogram #bionicle #moc #lego #toa #takanuva #takua #810day #bionicleday #metrubuild #toanuva #SpherusMagna https://www.instagram.com/p/CSZxqTqrY0Z/?utm_medium=tumblr

"He's just a loner, he never says hello, a friend to no one, he's got no place to go" by Leo Goubine https://flic.kr/p/2jvWvut

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Tahu (articulation revamp) #Bionicle #Tahu #ToaMata #ToaNuva https://www.instagram.com/p/CCGUAmaAZPo/?igshid=14k11m00fucmt

Bionicle Nuva cube! Yet another 3D render I made where the animation was lost... 😓 The sides came apart and rotated around then reassembled. It was fun to make. If I ever stumble upon it someday, I'll post it for sure. Again, made from scratch using SolidWorks. If anyone wants a copy of these renders hmu. #bioniclerender #nuvacube #toanuva #3dbionicle #solidworks_modeling #forfun https://www.instagram.com/p/CYZ57uqJVTK/?utm_medium=tumblr

#Lego #Bionicle #Toa #Pohatu vs #PohatuNuva #ToaMata #ToaNuva

The Mistakés, Corrected ✔️ As un-characteristic as the Mistika were, the masks and armor are honestly excellent pieces! -and speaking of pieces, these limbs are not possible to 3D print. They are made for Stud.io to help the Toa to pose. Biopack was used for the Masks and weapon models. ~ #bonktober drawing will start soon... #bionicle #bioniclelego #toanuva #biovival #actionfigures #tahu #gali #onua #phantoka #render #customlego #toa https://www.instagram.com/p/CF20YBsJ4EW/?igshid=2ecy9j8cnmi5

Inktober Day 2: Divided Flexing my nerd muscles. Not my best work but I got to draw bonkles so whose the real winner here . . . #inktober2017 #inktober #art #illustration #ink #artistsoninstagram #penandink #bionicle #lego #bionicleg1 #toa #toamata #tahu #kopaka #toanuva

2002 #Lego #Bionicle #ToaNuva Tahu Nuva https://t.co/uERg0qdiMU http://pic.twitter.com/q0L47OoD9y

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#Lego #Bionicle #Kanohi #Nuva #KanohiNuva #Akaku #AkakuNuva #Toa #ToaNuva #Kopaka #Tahu

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What Do You Think An Alternate Toa Nuva Kaita Combined From Tahu Nuva, Gali Nuva & Lewa Nuva Would Look Like? #lego #collage #3 #bionicle #combiner #whatif #toakaita #toanuva #fire #red #tahunuva #water #blue #galinuva #air #green #lewanuva https://www.instagram.com/p/CDGDR-jDBFS/?igshid=s65kswa8xtyn

What Do You Think An Alternate Toa Nuva Kaita Combined From Kopaka Nuva, Pohatu Nuva & Onua Nuva Would Look Like? #lego #collage #3 #bionicle #combiner #whatif #toakaita #toanuva #ice #white #kopakanuva #stone #brown #pohatunuva #earth #black #onuanuva https://www.instagram.com/p/CDGD_ASDjVS/?igshid=18zb7ejhr4n6p

Even After The Release Of Infinite, I'll Still Have My Own Strong Outlook Of Halo That's Different Compared To My Yu-Gi-Oh! Outlooks (Even If It Means Mixing It Up With Other Things Like Bionicle). #flaminghorns #collage #red #fire #halo #halo3 #markvi #spartan #armour #lego #bionicle #toa #toanuva #tahu #tahunuva https://www.instagram.com/p/CB99BQTj0xn/?igshid=1utd5r2y12axs