Kakama

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"The desert landscape passed in a yellowish blur, all details obscured by the Toa's immense speed. After a moment, the yellowish blur shifted into a brown one punctuated by flashes of green, and then quickly grew paler again until all Pohatu could see around him was white."
— Narrator, Tale of the Toa

Kakama
Kanohi
Title Mask of Speed
Powers Enhances user's speed
Component disks Teleport
Reconstitutes at Random
Bearers The Toa Mata (formerly)
Pronunciation kah-KAHM-mah[1]


The Kanohi Kakama is the Mask of Speed. It provides a consistent additive boost to the user's natural speed,[2] allowing them to move and run at incredible speeds on all surfaces, far faster than the eye can follow.[1] The mask also grants the user heightened reflexes to keep up with the increased speed, along with resistance to the friction the increased speed causes.[3][4] During use, the user can reach such heightened speed of perception that their surroundings appear to be frozen or in slow-motion.[5]

On Metru Nui, Kanohi Kakama are made from a combination of Teleport and Reconstitute at Random Kanoka.[6]

Example Usage

A Great Kanohi Kakama in use

Great: Pohatu tested his Kanohi Kakama by running from Po-Koro to Ko-Wahi in Tale of the Toa.

Bearers

Great

  • Toa Mata Tahu - Former secondary mask; exchanged for a Golden Kanohi
  • Toa Mata Gali - Former secondary mask; exchanged for a Golden Kanohi
  • Toa Mata Lewa - Former secondary mask; exchanged for a Golden Kanohi
  • Toa Mata Pohatu - Former primary mask; exchanged for a Golden Kanohi
  • Toa Mata Onua - Former secondary mask; exchanged for a Golden Kanohi
  • Toa Mata Kopaka - Former secondary mask; exchanged for a Golden Kanohi
  • The Toa Mangai of Earth[7] - Formerly; now deceased
Matoran

Noble

Matoran

Forms

Picture Description
Pohatu's Great Kanohi Kakama
A Noble Kanohi Kakama

Set Information

The original Kakama was first released in 2001 as part of 8531 Pohatu in brown, 1388 Huki in dark orange, and 8549 Tarakava in teal. It was one of the masks possible to be received in 8525 BIONICLE Masks, in brown, red, blue, green, black, and white. It was also possible to get the mask in the aforementioned six colors through BIONICLE: Quest for the Masks. In 2002, it was made available in silver and gold in set 8559 BIONICLE Krana. It was later released again in dark orange as part of set 8584 Hewkii in 2003. The mask bears the code 5-MG on the inside. The prototype Kakama instead featured the code covering its forehead vent.

The noble Kanohi Kakama was released in orange in 2008, as part of set 8946 Photok

Trivia

  • Kakama means "efficiency" in Māori.
  • As of August 2000, Kakama was the name of Turaga of Water in the story bible. This was later changed to Nokama.

References

  1. 1.0 1.1 "Kakama." Encyclopedia Updated, p. 51.
  2. "Speed and Strength boosts from masks.", post 2. The TTV Message Boards.
  3. "Official Greg Discussion", post 698. BZPower Forums. (archived on greg.thegreatarchives.com)
  4. "Chat with Greg Farshtey", post 9553355. LEGO Message Boards. (archived on greg.thegreatarchives.com)
  5. "Chat with Greg Farshtey", post 14337088. LEGO Message Boards. (archived on greg.thegreatarchives.com)
  6. "Kanoka Disk." Encyclopedia Updated, p. 53.
  7. "Chat with Greg Farshtey", post 11956674. LEGO Message Boards. (archived on greg.thegreatarchives.com)
  8. World.
  9. "Official Greg Dialogue", post 7934. BZPower Forums. (archived on greg.thegreatarchives.com)
  10. "Official Greg Dialogue", post 8042. BZPower Forums. (archived on greg.thegreatarchives.com)

See also