>>7553983I agree that was the general idea. I am fairly sure the designers created some of the sets thinking as them as updated/reimagined version of past sets or characters, but because of story and marketing they couldn't explicitly label them using the old names.
>(some) Toa Metru -> Toa Nuva>Lhikan -> Tahu Nuva>Ultimate Dume, Maxilos and Icarax -> Teridax>Toa Inika -> Toa Mata/Nuva (far more evident in the prototypes)>Ackar -> Tahu MataIt also explains why some of these sets bore little to no resemblance to the character they supposedly represented. They were less about portraying the present and more about homaging the past.
