Lego Bionicle Review: The Shadow Toa

Today we're looking at the Shadow Toa, evil versions of the Toa that appeared in the 2001 Bionicle storyline but were never released as sets. Luckily Lego has given us enough black parts over the years for us to have a go at building them ourselves!

#Bionicle #Lego #review

[Tyr-qzlo]

I don’t think I’ve seen any other collector committed enough to make MOCs of all the shadow Toa. Bravo.

[Geeselife]

I actually really like the concept of making their weapons look more twisted and demonic, I would like to see alternative but similar weapons on all of them

[darthcinema]

These actually look really cool, but it would be even cooler if they had some kind of redish energy effect throughout their bodies (which isn't possible in real life)

[TammyCalamity]

Heya, just to say your presentation is beautiful, especially in this case with such dark colors - well done!

[callumtroup]

They look absolutely amazing! I loved Bionicle as a kid. This is like getting a new official wave. Thanks for putting them together.

[雷電Z]

I'd say also *mirror* the weapon placement, since... Well, if you look at your shadow and you raise your right hand, then your shadow raises its left hand.

[mRhea]

i think your technic axe is wonderful
id love to see more technic approximations of bionicle parts

[the_yuty]

I'm really happy to see something so nostalgia for me is coming back to the main stream; bionicle is probably the reason why I love making things so much as a Engineer/Mathematician! To say this sounds really stupid, it's because of lego, and especially bionicle, are the main reason I can think of for making my brain the way it is! ❤

[thefourthfrank]

This is awesome I always wanted to try this. Funny, I barely seen that part of the book referenced in any media for like 20 years and now I’ve seen it twice in the span of 7 days lol. Good work!

[jeffreybrennan]

It a really obscure piece but the Rock/Bolder does exist in Black

[vaimantobe]

This fulfills a childhood wish. Amazing work!

[NaveSutlef]

Sucks that they can't all be made perfectly, but I commend you for your efforts! Personally gonna be making a "black ice" version of Kopaka because it sounds cool and seems to be decently easy.

[ZeroOmega-vgnq]

I feel black and grey/silver is a better balance for shadow toas

[SonicJrandSarah]

I at one time did Black Tahu, but I've since taken it apart. I could at some point do the full team and use the substitutions that you used for this video. I was wondering if you were going to use spraypaint, and you at least mentioned it. Is it cheating? I don't care.

[roguezero]

When she says she's into goth boys:

[ru_gamerandotaku]

Out of curiosity why not get 3d printed parts for the pieces missing I know it's also cheating and not Lego but if the print is done right and if it's all right and proper measurements I'd say it is a pass

[codylester]

Are The Shadow Toa canon to the story?

[RedStar]

Onua: Who are you?!
Shadow Onua: I'm you but, uhh earthier.

[chuckschwa]

Nice work on pohatu and lewa! It's frustrating how close we were to getting all those parts in black

[cowboybarbaryn]

Frankly using technic to recreate the weapons for Lewa and Pohatu works very well as they look far more sinister and it looks like an evil version of the weapons. If anything I’d actually suggest trying to do something similar for the other four. Approximate their weapons with other parts to give them a more sinister look and give them something to stand out against the normal versions outside of color scheme. I know there’s another hook like blade piece that comes in several colors (including black as it’s second most common color actually) that could work well for Gali. Not entirely sure how to spice up the weapons for the other three but I think it could be cool and interesting