Makuta is mostly mechanical, with dark metals and reds emblazoning his hulking body, and a new mask to hide his face. The mask is actually very cool - his ball jointed neck means that his mask has two faces, and turning his head around reveals the other face - it's up to you which one you have him displayed with. He has some other neat features on his well-designed body, including big robotic shoulders to make the most brain-dead American Footballer blush and a cool pipe through his midsection attaching to his clanking big arms. The backs of his legs even have moving metal blades, just for a bit of variety.

Makuta has some of the best articulation ever seen in the Bionicle line - his arms, elbows, wrists and neck are ball jointed with the common Lego ball joint that we've seen with all of the past Bionicle toys, where his legs have a different kind of movement all together - his legs have the same movement as a ball joint but "click" together when moved, then becoming stiff, keeping him stable and standing in position. It's hard to explain, but it works effectively to give him the best in both poseability and stability. He's missing knee joints, but with the design on his legs they wouldn't have served any purpose except to make him taller, which isn't needed. Makuta also has movement at the waist, but it's part of an action feature which represents the action feature from the Rahkshi on a larger scale.