LEGO Bionicle Review Special: Glatorian Legends Kiina! Part 5 of 7
Kinna, The Powerful female Glatorian!
The most skilled female fighter in all of Bara Magna, Kiina wants nothing more than to get off this planet. Using her dual-headed vapor trident and spiked Thornax launcher, she fights beside Mata Nui for the chance at ultimate freedom.
* Kiina is armed with a dual-headed vapor trident and spiked Thornax launcher!
* Includes 1 Life Counter for the new BIONICLE battle game!
* Measures 7″ (18 cm) tall!
“Kiina is the female secondary Glatorian of Tajun, and one of Mata Nui’s confirmed helpers in the newest movie, the other one being Ackar. The canister has a Mata Blue lid, which might raise some (false) hopes with some set collectors after what happened with Tarix and Berix.
BUILDING THE SET:
A pile of Dark Blue and Light blue pieces fall out.
New pieces:
Light Blue Vahki leg
Light Blue new connector piece
Shoulder/Leg armour
Helmet
Vapor trident halves
Light Blue Glat hands
Light blue Hewkii Inika feet.
The first thing you’ll notice is that, unlike all other canister sets this year, there is no Inika torso. This brings you attention straight to the instructions to find out how to build her torso. Two black technic “triangles” connect to a long blue pin in the middle hole, with two red plus-pins connecting to the plus-holes at the end. Two black round pins connect to the round holes below the long blue pin. The metru hip joint connects to these. Two grey Hordika Necks connect to the red pins, and the Light Blue Vahki leg connects to the long blue pin. The life counter connects to the back, via two more black round pins. If you found this confusing, i believe the instructions will be up shortly,
The legs: New connector piece connects to dark Blue Rahkshi leg, and then to “hand” joint, and then to light blue foot. The knee armor connects to the middle hole of the new connector piece. Kiina is the first blue set to utilize the Hewkii Inika foot. Build two of these.
Arms: Same build as the legs, just the rahkshi leg flipped and a light blue hand attached to the end instead of a foot. Again, two are needed.
The head, which is green like Tarix and Berix, connects to the Vahki leg. The helmet, of course, connects to the top of the head. The helmet has a colour blend of Blue and Silver: it is mainly blue, with silver starting from the “fins” at the front of the helmet, and to the eye sockets, and also a bit on the “tail”.
The thornax launcher halves connect to her left hand, while the trident halves connect to both sides of her right hand.
Kiina is quite a good set. She may have long gangly arms and legs, but this can easily be rectified by using Metru legs instead of Rahkshi ones. Also, because of the life counter pointing upright, and the tail of the helmet, both clash, and restrict posing. Other than those points, Kiina is one of the most unique of the six Legends.
Pro’s:
New build
Loads of pieces in light blue
first blue set to utilize the Hewkii Inika feet
Unlike Tarix and Berix, a continuos colour scheme
Custom torso
Light blue hands
Head (?)
Trident looks cool.
Con’s:
Life counter restricts posing
Head (?)
Arms are too long
Shoulder pieces in Grey
Torso is only just a bit taller than Tanma’s torso, and shorter than Mata Nui’s.
That’s my review on Kiina. She is a good set, and i would easily recommend her to a LEGO collector and any BIONICLE fan. I did have low hopes at first, but now i’ve got her, i think she is much better. Well done, LEGO, for another great set!
Have fun building!
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