8690 Toa Onua Mistika

Set Presentation
From the design of the box to the instruction manual, these are the first things you see before building the set. Onua Mistika's case is clearly 100% plastic, no doubt. On the front you see his normal swamp background, with him firing away with is Nynrah Ghost blaster. It's certainly a marvelous sight.

Despite Whenua Hordika and Onua Mistika being of the earth, Onua's can is wider, though only only has about ten more pieces than Whenua. Unlike last year's Phantoka stalactites, This year we have a two sided Ignika, a different color for each element. Onua's is gray, with one half rotted Makuta (All [[Antroz|Antroz' fault!) and the smooth Toa Nuva good side. On the back you see the promotional Photok + Onua team up freature, the LEGO credits and your warning symbols.

Building the set
'Half the fun is had building the set. How fun is it to build and how easy or challenging is it?' Onua's torso design was unique for me. The beginning resembles Lewa Nuva (Phantoka), but then the top chest piece is different. Voila, you've got a 1/3 built Onua. Then we move on to his legs. Slightly unique, since you stab rods and others through his shins. Then we have his leg/shin rockets. For legs it's no different than other years, as we see old pieces return.
 * His arms are slightly different, but the generic arm's all the same. However, this time you have on his left arm You have a shoulder-glider-and-shield-in-one attached to the back of his arm. The difference on is right is that you stick a rod into his shoulder and attach a shoulder glider. Then you attach a arm-and-leg pad to the back of his arm. Interesting.

You then add two blue pegs to both his hands, build your Nynrah blaster, put on the cover shield, add the laser and attach that to the pegs. Ta-da, Onua complete.

Set Design
'Now that the set is complete, we can critique how it looks from every angle. New or interesting pieces can also be examined here.'

This set is just as promising is it looks. This is not my actual picture, but these pictures were the best I could get off the internet. Would he appeal to you? I think he would.

Playability
'The other half of the fun is in playing with the set. How well does the set function and is it enjoyable to play with?'

Onua has 16 points of articulation! Incredible. However, Onua can bend sometimes too easily, so sometimes he's not that great. And his Nynrah that can be shot can fall out accidentally. I've even lost it a few times. It's also pretty sad his eyes don't exactly lock on with where is eyes are. If you notice, his left arm shield and Takanuva's main chest piece are the same piece with a different color.

Final Thoughts/Overall
I would recommend this set to someone else. He's cool to add to your collection. Now go forth and buy this wonder! Rating: 8/10