8940-1: Karzahni

Evil under the sea!

The dreaded Karzahni, powerful ruler of his own realm, has traveled to the Pit in search of the Mask of Life. Can two brave Matoran, Sarda and Idris, hope to trap him and end his reign of fear? This special set includes Karzahni, Sarda, Idris and trap! Karzahni features a horned mask and evil red eyes! Karzahni is armed with a a squid shooter and blades on his body! Help the Matoran capture Karzahni using the trap that really closes! Karzahni stands 10.5" (27 cm) tall! Sarda and Idris are over 4" (10 cm) tall!

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"Your such a beautiful freak"

Posted by Carl in New Zealand on 07 November 2009

This will be a part by part review of a truly amazing set.

1: Sarda

Sarda is the red Matoran. He has Toa Metru Vakama's mask, a silver Toa Mata Onua claw and two of Mantax's claws, the latter looking sort of strange but still cool.. His build is the same as Defilak and Dekar, apart from the feet. The Hordika chest plate is great, and the Toa Inika feet add a nice touch to Sarda, seeing as Matoran feet are usually quite boring. Although, Idris has Toa Metru of Earth(black colour) Whenua's mask but in blue, whereas Sarda's was red on Toa Metru Vakama. I think that they could have had Toa Metru Onewa's mask in red, but otherwise Sarda is a good Matoran.
Sarda: 4/5

2: Idris

Idris is the blue Matoran. He has Toa Metru Whenua's mask, but in blue, a silver Toa Mata Onua claw and a Solek sword with fang-hilt. The feet are great and the Hordika chest plate looks good on the Mahri Matoran. He is built using exactly the same pieces in exactly the same places as all the other Mahri Matoran, but with different colours. Unlike Dekar, Defilak and Sarda, Idris's leg connectors are transperent blue instead of dark grey. In my opinion Idris is the better of the two Matoran.
Idris: 5/5

3: The Trap

The trap function is really well and it stands up straight when placed on the ground. It securely holds Karzahni when he is put in it and it is a really neat little addition to the set, seeing as most Titan sets only come with the Titan. The trap is really cool in my opinion.
The Trap: 5/5

4: Karzahni

Karzahni is a mutated being, once the ruler of the realm Karzahni. and he certainly looks mutated to me. His head has finally made Pridak's size 17 feet look good: coloured green and with two transperant red fangs as eyes on top. Karzahni's head also has two horns, in silver, which just add that little bit of awesomeness to him. The Carapar chest-plate/Mantax shoulder-pads are used as Karzahni's chest-plate and shoulder-pads, and they look amazing in green. Toa Vakama Hordika heads are used as leg-pads and Mantax's feet in green are Karzahni's feet. Ehlek's heads are Karzahni's hands, with a dark green horn in each eyehole, like fingers. The Vezon chains look cool and are his primary weapons. Vezon's cape is also used as Karzahni's cape and that looks quite cool too. Two of Takdox's blades are on his chest as... well I actually don't know what they are. But they still look cool on him. The squid launcher however, as I've said in previous reviews, sucks. It can't even fire properly, and from what I've read on Brickset it seems that almost everyone agrees with me. But you can just take it off and so it's fine.
Karzahni: 5/5

In this set there are lots of re-coloured pieces and they have re-used lots of awesome pieces. The Matoran and the trap add extra awesomeness to an already awesome Bionicle.

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Not a good set.

Posted by BionicleJedi in United Kingdom on 20 May 2009

I was very disappointed with Karzahni as a set. Not only does he look like a freak (although, I suppose, that's part of the idea), his design just doesn't work well. His legs are ridiculously far apart, and very thin as well, and the leg pistons just don't work in this instance. His fingers fall out all the time, his cape looks really awkward the way it's attached, and the squid launcher is as useless as always. Overall, Karzahni isn't very well designed. The trap, I suppose, is alright. Not really much to say about it. The Matoran - Sarda and Idris - aren't anything really different from the individually sold Matoran, Dekar and Defilak, although the fact that they have eyepieces rather than the others empty skulls could be a plus.

Overall, though, I'd recommend you save your money, unless you're after his unique pieces. Then I'd recommend waiting until you can get him VERY cheap.

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When piston-legs go bad...

Posted by Alemas in United Kingdom on 19 May 2009

Yep, the piston-legs here on Karzahni don't work very well. Also, the main legs are connected only to one "ball", so they are very sloppy. Karzahni always loses its spikes, looks boring, and isn't great. The trap is nice, the Matoran are cool, as they save this set from a 2.

Pros:

Matoran
Trap
Lots of chain pieces

Cons:

Piston-legs don't work well
Main legs connected to one "ball"
Karzahni loses spikes
Arms aren't great

Overall, an average set.

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No complaints!!

Posted by BionicleBOOM in United States on 23 November 2008

I got Karzahni '07 Christmas, just before he got sold out. Oh, and as for the title for this review, I actually do, infact, have ONE complaint: his burning chains are too short. I was thinking about calling this set a four, but because of the two Matoran (Sarda and Idris) and the trap, it just deserves at least a 4.7/5. I like the interesting Mask of Alternate Futures. It's actually made of lots of different elements. Let me get more organized here, just a sec...

Pros:

Interesting Mask of Alternate Futures

Karzahni's design

Two Matoran! (nice change from Dekar and Defilak)

Trap really snaps shut

Karzahni's big. REALLY big.

Cons:

Chains are too short

I solved the above problem, though, by simply connecting the two short chains into a long chain "whip." Looks better, too.

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The biggest set I have got

Posted by legoguy 3000 in United Kingdom on 22 September 2008

I got this in xmas '07 and it's a quadruple pack. You get three bionicles, Sarda, Idris and Karzani and also you get the Matoran trap. It took me about an hour to build this set because Karzani and the trap are quite big.

First I will review Karzani

pros:
good color scheme
very armoured
claws
chains

cons:
squid launcher doesn't fire

I think Sarda is better than Idris

Pros:
cool mask
cool blade
claw
good color scheme

Cons:
none

now to review Idris

pros:
good color scheme
cool blade
cool mask
claw

cons:
big feet

finally I will review the trap

Pros:
cool blades
stands up well
good color scheme

Cons:
none

4/5 Karzani, 5/5 Sarda, 4/5 Idris, 5/5 Trap, overall 5/5.


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