8549 Tarakava
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$49.99
£29.99
8549 Tarakava is a BIONICLE Rahi set released in 2001. It contains two Tarakava; one dark turquoise with a Kanohi Kakama, and one blue with a Kanohi Pakari. Each have two levers on the back to thrust the arms forward in a punching motion. They can be combined to make a Tarakava-Nui.
Background[edit | edit source]
In the BIONICLE Universe, Tarakava were fierce underwater predators. They were powerful, and extremely fast in the water, but were easy to trick, being unintelligent Rahi. Makuta controlled the Tarakava on the Island of Mata Nui by infecting their Kanohi, but these had since been removed. There was also a race of Tarakava, known as the Sand Tarakava, that was smaller and less dangerous than the common Tarakava.
Gallery[edit | edit source]
The two Tarakava back-to-back
Display of the functions
Prototype where the Rahi's teeth are turquoise and blue
Notes[edit | edit source]
- Part:32007 in blue is exclusive to this set.
- Part 32007 in dark turquoise is exclusive to this set.
- Part:731c06 in blue is exclusive to this set.
- Part 731c06 in dark turquoise is exclusive to this set.
- Part:32475 in dark turquoise is exclusive to this set.
- Part:32568 in dark turquoise is exclusive to this set.
- Part:6192 in dark turquoise is exclusive to this set.
- Part:32278 in dark turquoise is exclusive to this set.
- Part:32527 in dark turquoise is exclusive to this set.
- Part:32528 in dark turquoise is exclusive to this set.
- Part:3738 in dark turquoise is exclusive to this set.
- This is the only Bionicle set besides 1392 Kongu with dark turquoise as a colour.
- This set is one of few official LEGO sets to include an – although subtle – "illegal"; a technique which breaks the "rules" of LEGO piece connections and in this case harms the pieces. This is found on the shoulders of the blue Tarakava where brick model 32190 (right shoulder) and 32191 (left) is forcibly connected to model 32557.
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