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RETRO NEWS: Every Hero Needs A Good Sidekick...
Posted by Richard on July 10, 2012 at 01:05 PM CST:
Authured by Purple_Dave Laswell on July 10th 2001
The TURAGA sets are showing up even slower than the TOA right now, but they should be following in force in the near future. Being less than half the price of the TOA, they will probably be almost as solid of a seller as the TOA. Cost factor isn't usually quite as important as Cool factor when dealing with sets that run under ten bucks. If you can't find them, here's a little morsel to keep you happy.
  
  
The TURAGA are the leaders of the six island villages. They are also supposed to fill the Sidekick role for the TOA Hero characters. It is their job to help their respective TOA characters on their search for the twelve different MASKS. At a price point that is less than half of what the TOA sets cost, they have a much more simple design, but oddly they have more effective attacks. The design of the attack mechanism involves a lever that sticks out of the back of the character and is attached to the right arm. A rubber band looped around the lever and the TURAGA's neck replaces the fancy gear system of the TOA, but allows for a much more forceful attack. Also, with the lack of ball-joint pieces anywhere, the full force of the attack will transfer to the target, whereas the TOA arms tend to backslip upon impact and not really hit very hard as a result.
Due to the small size of the TURAGA, there isn't much beyond color to make them different from each other, so some of the length of arms, legs, or necks varies between the models to create the appearance of different body stature. The coolest thing about them is that unlike the TOA characters, who all have light grey heads, the TURAGA all have heads that match the primary color of their particular element. As a result they don't look as weird when not wearing a MASK.
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