LEGO BIONICLE Review Special: The Glatorian Legends Ackar! Part 7 of 7
The Glatorian Legends Ackar!
Veteran warrior of the fire tribe!
Ackar has fought and won thousands of matches in the arena. Now he faces his greatest challenge: fighting alongside Mata Nui against the forces of the Skrall. His flame and spiked Thornax launcher will lead him on to victory!
* Ackar is equipped with a huge flame and a spiked Thornax launcher!
* Includes 1 Life Counter for the new BIONICLE battle game.
* Measures over 8″ (20 cm) tall.
“Ackar, the primer Glatorian of Vulcanus, and the second confirmed member of Mata Nui’s band of Glatorian “helpers”. When you but the set, you see that Ackar seems a bit brighter than most red sets. It could be the lava. Or, it could be a lighter red than most red sets.
BUILDING THE SET:
Opening the canister, to your surprise, a pile of Mata Red pieces fall out, along with several orange pieces and a huge flame.
New pieces:
Mata red:
Inika leg
Shin guard
vahki leg
Inika chest back.
Orange:
Flame
Dekar blades (not if you own Power Miners)
Kongu Inika foot
Inika knee plate.
MN&Orange:
Berix Helmet recolour.
There are other assorted Mata red and orange pieces as well. There are also two Dark Grey hands.
You start off by building the torso. It is exactly like Gelu, except that it is Red and orange. The Life counter sits on his back. Like Mata Nui, the holder is a different colour (in this case, Silver) to what i was expecting (In this case, Mata red/Orange).
Legs: Mata Red piraka thigh – armoured by the knee armour – connects to Mata Red Inika leg, which conencts to old “hand” joint and an orange foot. Like Mata Nui, the shin guard connects in the same way, grey round pin to bottom hole.
Arms: Mata Red piraka thigh connects to flipped Vahki leg, then that connects to Dark grey hand. Two blue long pins connect through the top holes of the upper arm, and two Dekar blades connect to those.
His head is just like Berix’s, except that it uses a transparent red head, instead of a green one. Also, if you have read my Berix review, i said that i thought his helmet must have come from Vulcanus or a flame set. I can safely say: I told you so.
The thornax launcher halves connect to his right hand. A Scarab Shield half connects to his left hand, a red double-connector connects on top of it, and the flame connects to that. It’s the most custom flame sword in a flame set.
Ackar is more or less an Inika, but because of his innovative shoulder armour and his shin guard, he makes less of an Inika than Gelu. The helmet re-use is brilliant, especially in these colours, as there is a lovely colour of peach blended in the middle of the helmet. Again, shin guards rattle, and they look a bit less stupid on him when tilted because his feet are chunkier than Mata Nui’s.
Pro’s:
More Mata Red than anyone could hope for
More Orange
Flame sword
Berix helmet reuse
Head looks nice with said helmet
Different shoulder armour build.
Con’s:
Mata Red may look out of place as a main colour scheme
Dark grey hands
Shoulder armour can get caught on chest and can bend easily as a result.
In my view, Ackar is the best of the six. Not because he is an Inika or because of a flame sword, but because that he has a different build to most Inika-lookalikes, and he is Mata red and Orange, which widens MoC possibilities.
I give Ackar a 9/10. There are some things i would change on him, if i had the right parts, but other than those few things, he rocks.
Have fun building!
~Jonocam”
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