>>8894422I'm fairly confident (just a guess, but an educated one) that the Toa Ahkmou set idea was split into Takanuva and (I don't anyone's ever mentioned this, but feel free to disprove that) Vultraz. Takanuva is obvious, the Shadow Leech who hit him WAS meant for Ahkmou afterall:
>The BIONICLE story team idly considered transforming Ahkmou into a Toa of Shadow to play a large story role in 2008. Although this plan did not come to fruition, in the final story Icarax did travel to Metru Nui to drain Ahkmou's light. However, when the Makuta arrived, he seized an opportunity and attacked Takanuva rather than Ahkmou. (BS01)But think about it. Had Toa Ahkmou been released as a set, he wouldn't have been one of the canister Makuta. It's more likely he would've been a boxed set a la Lesovikk.
So what I'm saying is that Vultraz replaced Ahkmou's slot: asshole Matoran/Toa, vehicle+pilot set, agent of Icarax (double agent to Teridax in Ahkmou's case?).
Heck, the Mask of Vulture might've even been meant for Toa Ahkmou at first, even as an early sketch. All "Shadow Toa Ahkmou" MOCs give the little shit a Rau, but it's highly unlikely he would've kept it. Icarax would've given him an immoral Kanohi.
