Reviews: 8917 Kalmah, 8918 Carapar & 8920 Ehlek

[dillthepill]

I got Ehlek, Kalmah, Carapar, and Mantax at TRU yesterday. I thought you guys would want pics, so here I go.

First we will start with Ehlek, who went from my second favorite to my fourth favorite. Here is some box art.I found the box art too be very good. The front shows Ehlek in a nice position, but he is in an even better pose on the back.

And the instruction booklet too.

Here is what Ehlek looks like. A nice color, and the claws are good too, but he is in need of armor.

By this pic, you can see exactly why my ranks for this guy went down. No protection at all. It is even worse the the 2007 Exo-Force mechs, those looked sort of anoerexic too. At least he has the cool spikes.

His legs are in need of a little armor at the top, but I like his feet.

Here you can see the sea squid launcher. It has a claw underneath, so that is good. I found that the sea squid launcher was rather dissapointing. They seemed to shoot really fast but they fall to the ground. I found the best way to shoot was apply it like this, hold the ring under it with one hand, pull the sea squid back to the end of the middle thing, and then let it go.

Ehlek's claws, to my happiness, are very good and will be valuable for MOCing. They are, IMO, the best part of the set.

And lastly, here is what the mask looks like. Not bad, especially compared to Pridak's. ;-)

Final verdict: The first time I saw the picture of Ehlek, I just had to have him. The claws, the colors, the mask all screamed out at me to buy him. But when I got him, I was rather dissapointed. He justs needs more armor, and definately a better torso. He is now my fourth favorite.

8/10

Next is Carapar, a big thumbs up because of the amount of armor he has.

Here is the boxart, having the usual pose we have seen him in.

And the instruction booklet.

Finally presenting the amazing the amazing Carapar!

One of the main reasons I love Carapar is the amount of heavy armor he has. The color isn't too bad either

Covering his torso is a huge armor plate. Ehlek could've used it a lot more though. :-|

He even has shoulder armor too. There is also a nifty holder for his squids on his left shoulder.

The mask is also pretty nice too. I love the Barraki pincers. They just look nice.

I found the best part of the set not his armor nor his mask, but his claw totally dominates. The blades could be useful for building, and they are definately more capable than Mantax's.

Final verdict: I didn't think too much about Carapar the first time I saw him. I was gonna get him for sure, but he was about my fourth favorite. Well, now he has switched places with Ehlek. Ehlek is now my fourth favorite and Carapar is now my second. There is only one thing wrong with him; nothing. I think he is perfect in every way, give him a 10/10 ,and reccomend getting him.

As great as Carapar is, there has always been a Barraki that was my favorite. He was my favorite when I first saw him and after getting him he is still my favorite. And his name is..............................................................................

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............Kalmah. I just love his color scheme, his armor, mask, weapon, and even though I still said Carapar is perfect, he is still better than Carapar.

First is the boxart and the instructions.

What you've all been waiting for, here is a real picture of Kalmah. To my extreme happiness, his tentacle is flexible, not completely stiff.

Unlike the other Barraki, Kalmah hold his squid in the back. A little different, but still all right.

Kalmah's mask is my favorite Barraki one because of the three eyes and the tentacles at the top.

I, like Grievous, found the Barraki able to get in a variety of poses and had a little fun with them.

AWW, that's the spot. Right there. AWWW... KALMAH! It's you! I was just uh.. Seeing how much it would hurt the Matoran if I clawed they're butt. YAH! That's what I was doing. STOP STARING AT ME!!

TOG...MUST.. RESIST... SUCKING ON FOOT!

Why Kalmah shouldn't have gotten the automatic tentacle."Tentacle... malfunctioning..again...

Thanks for reading. :-)

[Asuka]

Thank you for this good review.

Ehlek

[Shakar]

Good reviews, and good pics. My judgment pretty much remains the same, I think Ehlek is fine without armour and that he has good weapons, colours and face, Carapar looks good and also has good colours, head and weapons, and Kalmah is my least favourite. Sure, he's cool and I like his tentacles (I'm happy that they're flexible), but the body SUCKS. I mean, a reverted Piraka body? Are you kidding me Lego? From the back it's ok, but on the front I see a Toa Metru hip piece (correct me if I'm wrong) and the hand piece that serves as neck, which are totally exposed. Then, he's red, and I have a passionate hate for red guys, what can I say, it's Toa Vakama's fault... ;-) Oh, and I still don't like the squid launcher. And, does anybody notice that on the back of the can Carapar is yellow, instead of yellow-gold-black?

Thanks anyway. :-)

Shakar

[evilandy0]

>:-( Nice review but can somone please make a review of takadox??? He's the only one im not too tempted to purchase and someone needs to convince me otherwise!

[Zaktan of the Shadows]

Nice reviews! Now I must go buy Carapar! And Kalmah! And possibly Ehlek! Nice though. Nice pics too. Thanks!

-ZotS

[mutex]

:-D

Absolutely Nothing to do with the review but here in Belgium, a "Barraki" is a french word for designing "rednecks" peoples X-D

I wonder if they wil sell well here....

[Axle]

I have to say I like the first one the best!But I don't like his name.Ehlek.

[Kahgarak]

First of all,Ehlek is supposed to be thin,he's based off an eel.So it's not a design flaw.Secondly, they're not masks.Those,my friend,as ugly as they are (in a good way), are their faces. X-D

Nice reviews.

The canisters rock.

[dillthepill]

>:-( Nice review but can somone please make a review of takadox??? He's the only one im not too tempted to purchase and someone needs to convince me otherwise!

I got Takadox and Pridak yesterday. I will do a review of them over the weekend for you guys. I'll also add Mantax as well. I'm still trying to fight the under water Matoran, though. Unlike the Barraki, they are flying off the shelves. I only have Dekar, and I am trying to get the others before I do the review.