>>10684229The Catalyst that transformed Takua was the Mask of Light. Which is also a unconventional method of transformation.
The normal way for Matorans to become a Toa is by them being given a Toa stone.
That is how the vast majority of Toa came into being:
Metru, Mangai, Hagah, Cordak, Toa Varian's Team, the Makoki Stone Guard Team, Toa Dume's Team, The 400 Toa
The few Toa WE see in the story and in sets are all having very unique and unconventional stories.
Our protagonist teams are only two:
>Toa MataThey were one of the first to be ever made, and had more (plastic surgery) transformations than a Vietnamese tranny hooker. Considering that the Toa Mata are just skeletons when we first meet them, it's not far fetched to assume that they looked a bit closer to the Metruan Toa form in the very beginning
>Toa InikaNot only were they deformed Matoran at the moment of their transformation into Toa, but the latter was also executed by the Red Star. That is peak Mary Sueism, they had a "special" way to become Toa. Like the Toa Nuva, they got weird organic masks on top of that, to emphazise how weird and special they are.
Later the Mask of Life changed them again, into even less recognizable and less consistant forms than before, making them all look like they are from different species.
It's hard to admit that I am right, but I am right. Sorry anon.
Your favourite Toa are all deformed.
