Set Review #36: 8903 Zaktan

Next up for our reviews is for another of the Piraka, we previously covered Vezok in April 2006, as set review #11, and Thok ten reviews later.

Today we have Zaktan, who was the leader of the Piraka.

THE PARTS: Zaktan has plenty of interesting parts, the first you notice is the spine; the spine is made of rubbery plastic, and covers the Zaktan's skull, back, and arms. The biggest problem with the spine, is that there are almost no uses for it in custom creations, as it is all one huge piece. Zaktan's spine, is less likely to be "deformed", unlike some of the other Piraka, which can sometimes have spines that seem melted in places, most commonly in Hakann.

Zaktan, like the other Piraka, has light-up eyes, and Glow-in-the-dark teeth.

Zaktan uses the second type of Piraka foot, which is larger, with two toes, and is shared by Thok and Avak.

The only ofther piece not included in any other set is Zaktan's two sided weapon, it is both a tri-blade, and a claw.

THE ZAMOR: Zaktan includes four Zamor, in several shades of green.

THE CONSTRUCTION: Zaktan builds exactly like the other five Piraka; The process only takes a few minutes, but is a very good design. More recently, a good deal of canister sets have reused the Piraka design (as well as the Inika design), these include; Hahli Mahri, Kalmah, Tahu Mistika, and more.

THE FEATURES: As mentioned before, Zaktan has light up eyes, Glowing Teeth, as well as a Zamor launcher, which is among the best working projectiles.

THE STORY: Zaktan was the leader of the Piraka, who were the main villains of 2006. The Piraka were six Skadki (plus Vezon, who was a "double" of Vezok) who left the Dark Hunters, and hunted for the Mask of life.

The Piraka took over the island of Voya Nui, acting as Toa, and defeated the Toa Nuva much to easily.

As they hunted the mask, they faced the New Toa Inika, and lost.

The Piraka were last seen in 2007, where they faced the Inika (now the Mahri) once again. This time, the Piraka had been transformed from water they traveled trough during the hunt for the Mask of Life, and had been reduced to their spines, they were once again defeated.

Untill his transformation, Zaktan (and his weapons) was made of many microscopic protodites, and could separate them to avoid attacks in battle.

FINAL SCORE: Zaktan isn't much different from the other Piraka, besides his coloring of Sand Green and Metru Green, but does have a good weapon.

His spine and short arms also make posing the set a problem, so final score is 7/10