Review: 8944 Tanma

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Today my friends, I shall be reviewing set 8944 Tanma. Now I bought this set with lewa so that they could combine. Was it worth it? Well, you will just have to read the review to find out!

Set name: Tanma

Number: 8944

Pieces: A measly 14

Year released: 2008

Theme: Bionicle

Series: Av-Matoran

Price: 6.99 USD, 3.99 GBP, 6.95 EUR

Colors: Lime green, Dark gray, silver, trans-lime green.

1/Box

The Matoran of 2008 have some very interesting boxes. As opposed to the small box, they are now a cylinder-like box with a plastic lid and bottom. This might raise the price, which doesn't help the set any. The front of the box shows tanma and the information, and the back shows him combining with Toa Lewa.

2/Contents

Here we have the contents. For the price of 6.99 USD, this set doesn't have much. He does have a butload of new parts though. In fact EVERY piece is new except the swords. Even the feet have a new design to them.

Mask:

Finally we get some new masks in Matoran. This one is awesome. It fits his character and would look great on a lime green toa. The mask gets a in my book.

Head:

The head is pretty nice. It has a cool alien feel to it, and it has a socket connection on the back. It has a "+" rod hole, so Nuva masks won't fit on this.

3/Build:

Tanma is a very fast build. Faster than an impulse set. This is due to him only having 14 pieces. However, he does look very nice in the end, and he is quite poseable.

Finished Product:

The finished product looks quite nice. The legs seem a little puffy, but that is only a minor flaw. His mask looks great on him, and his weapons suit him perfectly.

Action Pose:

(I said he was poseable, but it was kinda hard to ge him in a good pose )

Combine!:

He looks pretty good when on Toa Lewa, but If you are buying him specifically for that reason, I would wait until he is on sale. And remember, to infinity and beyond!

Parts: 7/10 (A lot of new parts, yet only 14. And at a price of 6.99, that isn't acceptable.)

Playability: 8/10 (The large parts make it hard to Moc with, and he isn't very good at creating many poses.)

Price Per part: 4/10 (No. He should have much more than that. new parts or not.)

Overall: 19/30 63% D-

Tanma is a nice set, but He definitely isn't worth his full price. Since I got him with a gift card, he was much better than the final rating. Unless you find him on a good sale or are a Hardcore Bionicle fan, I don't think he would be on your list of things to buy.

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And also see my review of 8686: Toa Lewa Nuva Link.

Any pic requests, questions, etc, are welcome.