LEGO Bionicle Review Special: Glatorian Legends Vastus! Part 4 of 7
Champion of Tesara!

Quick as a serpent, Vastus is a loyal fighter for the jungle village of Tesara. Skilled with any weapon, he is most dangerous with his paralyzing venom spear and spiked Thornax launcher. Challenge him in the arena at your own risk!

* Vastus is armed with a venom spear and spiked thornax launcher!
* Includes 1 Life Counter for the new BIONICLE battle game!
* Measures over 7″ (18 cm) tall!

“Vastus, prime Glatorian of Tesera. How does he shape up?

New pieces:
Truly gigantic shoulder armour pieces (x2)
Helmet
Spear/scythe tip
Dark green “new arm” joint (x2)
Solid Dark green Inika feet (x2)

BUILDING THE SET:

Vastus uses the Inika chest. Like all Inika “Clones”, this is boring. Yet, Vastus uses it differently.
Firstly, it is attached backwards, similar to Vorox. Secondly, it is armoured by a Dark green Inika knee plate. Thirdly, the back has very little armour, being armoured by two technic pieces, the straight Hordika neck, and the life counter, which sits on his back as always.

The legs; Lime green Piraka leg connects to Dark green Hordika leg, which connects to lime green “old hand” joint, which in turn connects to the Dark green Inika foot. I really like this foot; ever since I found out about Lesovikk, I wanted Dark green Inika feet, as he uses Kongu Inika’s dual-coloured feet.

His arms; Dark green “new arm” joint connects to lime green Metru leg (from Nocturn of 2007), which connects to a lime green hand (from Tuma of 2009). The new shoulder armour, which looks like vines (with two snake heads) attaches to the top hole using a black round joint. Because of this connection, it may fall off from time to time. A silver Viking Horn from the Vikings sets attaches to the bottom of this armour.

His spear/scythe; a “number 8” technic rod attaches both hands together. The spear may be arranged in either hand, but it works the same both ways; the spear/scythe tip attaches to one hand (with black connector attached), and the thornax attachment attaches to his other hand. This is, as such, the only thornax launcher in a canister set, which uses a “number 4” rod instead of two “number 2” rods.

The spear/scythe tip is a nice weapon; it is a blend of Dark green (mostly handle) and silver (mostly blade). This colour arrangement is similar to Matau Hordika of 2005, whose Slicers were also Dark green (handle) and silver (blade). There is a dark green/silver snake on the spear/scythe tip – similar to those on his shoulder armour.

A Dark green/transparent Mahri “gill” attaches to the attachment, and the other end (after being twisted round the “number 8” rod three times, connects to the black connector on the spear/scythe tip. This is the first “gill” which has two colours; the rest being Silver. I hope that more get made in future years.
His head; Green Glat head connects to his helmet. The helmet, like the other Jungle sets this year, is wonderful.

Like Tarduk, it is all Dark green with three spikes jutting out one end. There is a large gap running down the middle of the helmet for the rest of the face, with two triangular holes for the eyes. Keeping with the snake theme, a snake head sits over the mouth/face hole, and two ridges curiously resembling fangs come down from the snake’s head and running down the length of the helmet. Like the tails of the shoulder armour, the tails on the helmet are tipped with Mahritoran blade look-alikes.

Vastus is, like all Jungle sets, brilliant. He is the only set to have the Hordika legs and to look cool with them, as they are not too thick, and not too thin, and as such suit his body and arms. The feet are also nice in Dark Green, and Lesovikk would certainly envy this guy. The “snake theme” of this guy is wonderful, but the shoulder armour pieces are exactly the same, and as such, look uneven when he’s finished. The spear/scythe is awesome, and I love how it incorporates the thornax launcher at the end. The dual-colour “gill” is also very nice.

Pros:
Head (?)
Hands(?)
Dark green Inika feet
Helmet
Shoulder pads are enormous and look extremely cool
Snake theme
Spear looks awesome
Hordika legs do not look out of place
Dual-colour “gill”
Mahritoran blade look-alikes incorporated in his armour.

Cons:
Head (?)
Hands (?)
Spear can be cumbersome
Torso way too unarmoured
Shoulder armour may pop off if posed too far.

Vastus is a very nice set; he is better than Gresh, and is about even with Tarduk. Well done, TLC, for another great set!
Have fun building!
~Jonocam.”

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