Actually, the solid black Bohrok faceplate first appeared in the Technic Darth Vader figure (8010) released five months before this. Similarly, the Technic 5M-6 3D panels in silver first appeared in another Star Wars figure (8011) in late April of 2002, and would also appear in a "Drome Racers" set (8363) in July of '03.

I always thought it was funny how despite being such a minor part of the 2002 story and just being glorified suits of armour the Exo-Toa kept on being brought back throughout the story to fill out the ranks of Makuta’s armies alongside the Rahkshi and Visorak. Always thought the Vahki would be better suited to that role.

When it came to fitting Onua and Pohatu into the Exo-Toa, I guess the LEGO designers didn't think that one all the way through. A solution would be to have Pohatu and Onua standing on their tip-toes. I really like how the Exo-Toa looked with the two gun arms on the shoulders instead of the left arm.

Honestly I never cared that they weren't powerful in the story, in my imagination they were as badass as they looked

Aaw man, I never liked the launcher arm, cant believe i didnt think of doing one with two punching arms. Nice work ❤

I have to say your reviews are probably my favorite bionicle reviews I've seen.

i feel like what would have made more sense in story, would have been to have there been six exo toa, but only one remaining functional. so instead of all of them using exo toa, they instead activated that single remaining unit and used it to assist them in battle. maybe having it distract the Bahrog so the toa could get hits in, and maybe have the Exo toa end up taking out one of the Bahrog!

Great review! Went out and purchased one because of it.

My grail set. Really like the builds at the end too.

great review, never got it but looks cool and the modifications are a good idea

Love your exo toa mocs! I'll have to try that heavy arms model, looks awesome. I was fortunate to have acquired 2 additional exo suits, and swapped out the orange parts and Bohrok eyes for medium blue and lime colors. These match nicely with the other Toa (eg. Onua and Lewa share the lime accent suit)

I'd love to see you show off some alternate modes of sets like this, such as the Exo-Raptor!

I have an Aluternet Modification idea for the Exo-Toa, Swapping the Technic Vented panelling for the main Toa Pilot Color Pohatu=Brown, Onua=Black, Gali=Blue, Tahu=Red, Lewa=Green, Kopaka=White,

Oh wauw! Your Exo Toa mocs look amazing!

A shame that the Exo Toa can only fit the Toa Mata and Toa Nuva. It would have been interesting to see a moc build of an Exo Toa that could fit the likes of the Toa Metru or Toa Inika.

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So, Exo-Toa in lore... They were originally built by the Nynrah Ghosts, a group of very secretive Matoran who specialized in building weapons to order for various factions. They were also the ones who built the armored bodies of the Brotherhood of Makuta when the latter evolved into beings made of antidermis. Back when the Makuta still worked as the peacekeepers of the Matoran Universe, before Makuta Teridax betrayed Mata Nui, the Exo-Toa were a part of the army of the Brotherhood of Makuta alongside the Visorak and "Fohrak". After the defeat of the Bohrak, including the Bohrak Kal, the next time the Exo-Toa were seen they were under the control of Makuta Teridax, and used to capture fugitives and bring them back to Metru Nui.

This and the Boxor solidified Bionicle as a Mecha franchise....and later Mata Nui/Makuta for obvious reasons

Apparently by GregF's account, Bob Thompson himself had a major grudge with the Exo-Toa concept and made it so that the story team would minimize its use in the story. Not sure what his deal was but he was definitely a killjoy in that regard, and tells you how the set and story teams didn't fully align all the time (*cough*MarhiScubaGear*cough)

Awesome, maybe you could make a version for the shadow toa!