>>7492112See I was thinking about the Makuta Mistika yesterday. They're good sets on their own (*), but I wonder if they were designed by the same people who worked on the Makuta Phantoka. Who designed those made sure they actually wore Kanohi by using Metru heads. And they were very proud and imposing like a Makuta should be, even the bestial Vamprah. It's as if they knew their story significance of those guys and designed them accordingly.
By comparision the Mistika trio looked very weak and deformed. That's the point in-story, but sets come before the story so it's curious. They also don't wear actual Kanohi. One person once called them Barraki rejects: that's harsh, but I can see where they came from. So I wonder what made the designer team take a U turn and think "Nope, no Kanohi for these 3". The insectoid look could've been just as viable with actual Kanohi, as pic related shows. Did they even knew who those 3 were supposed to be?
As a buyer I felt pretty bugged about it, too. 3 of 8 of that year's main villains didn't even wear real Kanohi, and two were much shorter than the others, making the team feel very disjointed. And yet the minion villains did wear Masks.
* well, I don't think Gorast is as well designed as the other two, but that's beyond the point
