It's "Not luck. It's what you do that makes you a hero." - Kopaka (Who didn't slip)Also don't forget, Tahu was put in command of EVERY existing Toa remaining in the universe during and after the battle in the Core in 08.
gamerguy232 More along the lines of Nidhiki for selling out his friends, Orde for making the Zyglak even WORSE (he's a good character, but the damage was done) and Tuyet for obvious reasons.
Makuta Remoris my favorite tap going through each team Inika/mahri : Kongu Metrunui: either matau or onewa Matanui: Lewa phantoka my fav Villain teams Piraka : avak I like his smol form Barraki: hydraxon Mitsika kriika Phantoka : doesn’t know name but the grey black one And my all time favorite Tao is probably hewkii don’t judge
I would've stuck Nokama in there too. She didn't do as much as Vakama, because she kept on urging him to become leader, but I think it goes without saying, she would've madea heck of a leader too.
I think the Toa were just pushing Vakama and any other Toa of Fire to be leaders of their respective teams because of some kind of societal expectation, not realizing that anyone could be leader as long as they had the qualities. That's just my head-canon though.
+The TTV Channel I agree with Jaller. He was my favorite as a kid, and he is a true hero whom honored anyone. He was selfless, brave and strong. Not to mention he killed the Evil Warlords alongside his fellow brothers and sister. He was Takanuva's best friend and as a Matoran, he was still a fighter. I respect him. Here are my top 10 Toa/ Heroes:#10. Nokama.#9. Kongu.#8. Vakama.#7. Axonn.#6. Gresh.#5. Takanuva.#4. Gali.#3. Hahli#2. Toa Lhikon.#1. Jaller.What do you think?
TakumaNuva I think Le-SO-vik is the more accurate. It splits sound right and I know Le means air, and Leso means I'm five and I want one of those cowboy thingies.
These actually are my top ten Toa. The logic in these choices was solid, consistent, and covered most of the criteria. The only thing he failed to mention was that Jaller was prepared to die for his friends since before becoming a Toa, hence his first death against Turahk.
I've honestly never heard of some of these Toa. I know the Toa Mata, Nuva, Metru, Hordika, Inika, Mahri, and Mistika, but I have never heard of the other Toa teams. Could someone please explain how this works?
Well at the 1st spot, so bad that noone from LEGO team didn't tryed to create an image of Toa Helryx, i think i could try to think something out in LEGO Digital Desingner, but probably i would have to make a new mask. Also speaking about my favorite toa, maybe i don't have enthire top 10 list, but i really liked Matau-Metru, he was really strong character, he wasn't afraid to say Vakama that he is doing wrong thing, and even for a short time when Vakama left the team, he became a leader(not sure if events from Bionicle movie 2 and 3 are same as in actuall storyline, but i think so)
There seemed to be a lot of lore I was missing here. I've never read of a retaking of Metru Nui, Gali creating a nova blast or Takanuva killing someone. I've read all the comics, all the books save for Adventures #5 to #8 and I've never read any of the online stories. Am I missing a lot by neglecting them?
The canonized fan work added a bit to the overall story. There's a page of it all at Biosector01, if you're interested. However, some of the things that you describe were written into the cannon originally.
top 10 to a. 10.pohatu to a of stone 9.takanuva toa of light 8.lewa toa of jungle 7.jaller toa of fire 6. lesovik toa of air 5. nuparu toa of earth 4. vakama toa of fire 3. nuju toa of ice 2.kopaka toa of ice 1. matoro toa of ice
You made it sound like jaller was doing something wrong with the Nova blast. You didn't mention that all of them would die either way if matoro didn't save mata nun
thx, i will read it right away. as a guy from brazil, the books where rare here, hard to find, hell, even some Sets itself, i just wish lego had an online support/Store for Brazil. There are A LOT of Bionicles fans here.
I guess Mata Nui being a "Toa" is sort of cheating, but honestly I thought he should be on this list. He got the Agori Villages to cooperate after multiple millennia of mistrust and fighting, and succeeded in reforming Spherus Magna (though it was in giant robot form...)
Barron Hirsch Are you talking about the Chronicles of jaller series on RU-vid? If so then YAY Someone remembers a good series! :D. bravo sir bravo P.S: R.I.P. jaller(the channel)
I personally would have put Nuparu on this list, partly for similar reasons to Jaller, hero as a matoran, proof that knowledge is just as good as strength since he was an engineer, and, let's not forget, he was the first FLYING Toa of Earth!
Zivon96 I avoided doing honorable mentions because I had enough trouble narrowing this list down to where it was. Trying to decide who to put on an honorable mentions list would have just been too much work and ultimately superfluous. But, yes, Nuparu is pretty fly. (pun not intended)
Jaller has always been my favorite for a reason. There is no character who better exemplified duty in both this time as a Matroran and a Toa. Jaller represents duty in every aspect. Responsibility, leadership, compassion, and sacrifice. He is surely a being that will go down in the Legends of Bionicle but, knowing Jaller, he would be content with both history and the future forgetting about him. To this noble Toa, all that matters is that he himself knows that he fulfilled his duty and, though unity, achieved his destiny. :-)
How would you react if I made a series of what-if fights between Bionicle characters? But before the characters fought, I would study the characters who were fighting each other to see who would win. This would be kind of like Spike TV's Deadliest Warrior, but with Bionicle characters. It would be called BIONICLE DEADZONE!
Vakama is my favorite Toa and BIONICLE character, mainly because during the course of the story I was relating to him in everything he did, as a Toa Metru, Hordika, and Turaga. He also has a cool design, two great voice actors, and has done so many awesome things in the storyI've never met anyone else who would put him in their top 10, so I was surprised and happy to see him here! Even thought I would put Vakama on the top of my list, I would definetly put him as second. While I liked Tahu at the end of the story (during the Mistika storyline), I thought he was a bit too arrogant to be likable in my book.
I agree Tahu actually relied a lot on Onua and Gali's wisdom in his leadership and to keep his temper in check, without them he would not have been the leader he was
What I liked about the Inika/mahri Toa’s so much was that pretty much all them had fought before and didnt “decide” to be heroes or needed Toa Abilities to be so. Even before becoming toa, they had fought Infected Rahi, Bohroks, Bohrok Kal’s and even Karzhanni. Thats no small feat for Matorans
Bamboo disc and Boxor was what they have relied on when fighting Giant Rahi and Bohroks. That's why Inikas adapted the Projectile weapon because Toa Nuva was defeated by Piraka's Projectile weapons.
WHY ARE THERE SO MUCH FIRE TOA IN THIS LIST!! WHERE IS THE TOA OF STONE, EARTH. Oh and the nova blast Jala almost did, would be a murderis act the would take away his titlke of toa.
Lets speak hypothetically Matoro took a bit longer and Jaller had to make the choice wether to do the nova blast or not, If he didn't, EVERYONE IN THE UNIVERSE DIES If he did, Him and his friends would die Ya see which one is more important?
I think Tahu is overrated. When you create a character to be the leader, it is important they do not become leader. For instance, Kopaka is usually the brains, Lewa tends to be a joker, etc. The same problem has been experienced by countless teams over time. TMNT had Mikey, Donny, and Raph as the jokester, brains, and brute respectively. Guess Leo's personality trait. Leader. That isn't personality, it's just a title, but it becomes their personality when nothing else is there. I think Tahu experiences the same issue.
Tahu is not just "the leader". He has way more character than that. He is a hot-headed, short to anger, often running into battle without a plan type of person. He sounds like the worst leader ever! Except two things things, his courage and His selflessness. He is defined to perfectly fit with each other Toa. Also, the other Toa should not be put into such characterizations .Kopaka is WAY more than just "the brains". Lewa is way more than just "the jokester".
But Tahu is practically the the exact opposite of "the leader". He isn't fit to be a leader at all. This is why the Toa are some of the best characters ever because they're not simple like that. Lewa and Pohatu are both jokesters. Onua and kopaka are both smart. There is infinitely more character to them, like that. Tahu is a terrible leader (mostly) most leaders always have "the plan" Tahu never has "a plan". In comparison to the ninja turtles Tahu is a mixture between Raph and Leo. This ,again, is why bionicle is one of the greatest toys ever. Just like real people, the Toa are not simple archetypes.
I understand it's all just your opinion and it doesn't have to align perfectly with my own list... but Tahu at second place? He did nothing that set him apart from other Toa nuva. He used Vahi because Vakama gave it to him and told Tahu about it's power. You said he was the leader of the most powerful Toa team, which means it was *the team* that was special, not Tahu himself. He should have been placed way lower than Vakama, Lhikan, Helryx and Matoro. Way lower.
Tahu had the burden of leading the most powerful team on the very important mission of awakening the great spirit, one which he led them to succeed in. As for Lhikan, his most important job in the story was simply to bring about the transformation of the Toa metru. He did end up heroically sacrificing his life, so I understand why many wou,d place him somewhere at the top.
No, creating Toa Metru was not the most important reason for his greatness. Let's begin with the fact that he is said to be worth six toa in combat, that's pretty neat but not really heroic. It was amazing in that he managed to survive the longest among all Metru-Nui's toa and it's really well-thought to create a new team of protectors instead of trying to win on his own. But that's still not heroic enough. What's heroic is that he was stuck with a really, really bad team of toa. In the midst of war with Dark Hunters one of his teammates (Tuyet) suddenly goes full-villain and murders several matoran to gain power. They had some history together, they were comrades, one time they almost died together and still, when he confronts her she tries to kill him. That's pretty rough. But he manages to defeat her with help of Nidhiki. This is when it happens, the scene that made me view Lhika as one of the greatest Toa, truly worthy of his place on this list: Nihiki immiedately goes for the stone and Lhikan has to stop him. He had to be on his toes all the time because he was surrounded by treachery and deception. He was protecting Metru-Nui form the outside and from the inside as well, he was the last toa much longer before Toa Mangai died.
I agree, having to battle against his own team members was heroic, but the creation of the Toa metru was his biggest contribution to the greater good. Other than that, Lhikan as simply a protector.
3:00 Takanuva's defeat of Teridax was the only defeat Teridax hadn't planned in the story; in fact, he tried to prevent this by having the Avohkii stolen from Artahka so that a Toa of Light wouldn't come into being. Of course, the Rahaga stole the Kanohi back, then gave it to the Toa Hordika, who hid it for the Herald to find & claim.
I'd argue that his constant defeat by Vakama was the only one he didn't plan. Vakama constantly stood in his way, and Makuta made him and his team Toa so he wouldn't have anything to worry about. And yet, because of Vakama, he suffered the biggest drawback in his plan, 1000 years of waiting.
I consider Matoro to be a true hero, and the greatest Toa, because he was willing to experience death a second time for the sake of the greater good. He came to gear his own mask power of regeneration, implying that he feared both death and his own power over it. He did submit to his destiny when time called, though, making him the bravest of Toa. I wrote an entire essay on how Matoro revives the spirit of the Medieval heroes for my sophomore Honors English class (yes, the teacher actually challenged us to write meaningful papers, not generic, three-point ones.) Matoro's importance to the revival of Mata Nui, his submissive nature, and his sacrificial courage which connects him to the real-world heroes of the Medieval age are the traits that convince me that he is the greatest Toa, as well as one of the greatest heroes in literature.
I couldn't dig that deeply into the 2007 lore, besides the DC comics. May you explain why, Telsa? Regardless, my point of why I prefer Matoro is that he can be easily compared to real-life literary heroes, those whose senses of honor, duty, and thane-like actions made them timeless heroes.
Understood. However, Jaller gave his life for the good of a fellow Matoran, being the captain of the Ta-Koro guard. Matoro, on the other hand, died twice for Mata Nui's wellbeing, even though the Ignika warned him of what would happen to him as a result. I believe, through my personal, Biblically-based contemplation, that a true hero is one who gives up something which is important to him for that which he KNOWS is greater than himself. From this perspective, Matoro stands up for a more heroic cause than Jaller.
