Matoran Nui

"Pooling their energies, the six villagers... become one!"
— Narrator, Challenge of the Rahi

Matoran Nui
Nui
Formed by	Six Matoran of different elements
Powers	Enhanced physicality Innate elemental abilities
Kanohi	Depends on the Matoran used
Pronunciation	mat-OAR-an NOO-ee
Set number	Matoran Nui (instructions)

A Matoran Nui is a powerful being created when six Matoran fuse their bodies and minds. The Matoran who combine must be of six different elements, and a great deal of energy and focus is needed to merge.

History

Metru Nui

A Matoran Nui was formed on Metru Nui when the Toa Metru were attacked by thorn-flinging Morbuzakh vines while going to the Morbuzakh King Root's lair in the Great Furnace. Seeing them struggle to defend themselves, Tehutti recalled something he saw in the Archives and suggested that the six Matoran (Ahkmou, Nuhrii, Vhisola, Orkahm, Ehrye, and himself) should focus on their unity. The Matoran were engulfed in a glow, which faded to reveal a Matoran Nui. Charging while dodging the barrage of thorns that were impeding the Toa's progress, it smashed the door to the Great Furnace's inner chamber, urging the Toa to go on. Once the Toa escaped the room, the Matoran Nui, exhausted, left the Great Furnace and split into the six Matoran.

Mata Nui

Another Matoran Nui was formed when Jaller, Macku, Hewkii, Kongu, Matoro, and Onepu were heading to a disk-throwing championship on Mata Nui. Macku, scouting ahead, spotted a Nui-Jaga wearing an Infected Kanohi. Matoro suggested that they get the Toa, but Jaller dismissed the idea on the pretext that the Toa had the welfare of the whole island to care for. Kongu then proposed an idea: to lure the Rahi into a trap. It worked, but the Nui-Jaga began to break free. The Matoran then focused their energies, becoming the Matoran Nui, and it hurled the Nui-Jaga a great distance away. After that, the Matoran Nui separated once more into six Matoran, and the Matoran congratulated one another on their unity.

Abilities and Traits

Matoran Nui have great strength and speed, and a Matoran Nui is so strong that it can smash reinforced metal, or pick up heavy objects, and throw them a long distance. Like Matoran, it possesses no elemental powers. The Matoran who formed a Matoran Nui can feel exhausted after separating back into their individual selves.

Set Information

A Matoran Nui in set form

The Matoran Nui that appeared on Mata Nui could be built out of the six Matoran sets that were released as toys in September 2001 McDonald's Happy Meals: 1388 Huki, 1389 Onepu, 1390 Maku, 1391 Jala, 1392 Kongu, and 1393 Matoro. One could hurl a Bamboo Disk from the model's right arm by pulling back the arm and releasing it, just as could be done with the individual components of the model.

Trivia

• The Matoran Nui was originally written into Trial by Fire because Greg Farshtey had assumed it was going to be a combiner model. However, no such model was made.

Appearances

Books	Comics
Novels BIONICLE Adventures 2: Trial by Fire Guides BIONICLE: Encyclopedia BIONICLE: Encyclopedia Updated	Promotional McDonald's 1: Challenge of the Rahi (FA)