Vakama's Disk Launcher

The Disk Launcher was the Toa ToolToa ToolsToa Tools were the implements every Toa carried as channels for elemental power and as physical fighting gear, with each tool specific to a wielder's element and form. of VakamaVakamaA Ta-Metru maskmaker transformed into the Toa Metru of Fire, leader of his team through the Visorak war, and Turaga of Ta-Koro for a thousand years. as Toa Metru of Fire, a specialised version of the KanokaKanoka DisksMetru Nui's most versatile artifact: flying disks equally at home in sport, combat, and crafting. launcher that almost every Matoran on Metru NuiMetru NuiThe city beneath Mata Nui functions as the Great Spirit's brain, housing the Matoran whose labor keeps the god alive. carried. He used it to fire Kanoka disks and channel his Fire power, and it could also serve as a flight pack. (BIONICLE 16: Toa Metru!; BIONICLE 19: Enemies of Metru Nui)

Function and design#

Matoran on Metru Nui carried Kanoka launchers of their own, as Nuhrii does in BIONICLE 16: Toa Metru!. Vakama's Toa Tool was a larger launcher of the same kind. (BIONICLE 16: Toa Metru!)

It worked as a flight pack as well as a launcher. In BIONICLE 19: Enemies of Metru Nui, Vakama uses it to fly away from a squad of Vahki. (BIONICLE 19: Enemies of Metru Nui)

The Toa Vakama set came with a Kanoka launcher decorated with flames on both sides. It fired a disk when squeezed, and it could clip onto pins on his back, either for storage or as a jetpack. (Toa Vakama)

Service during the Great Rescue#

In BIONICLE 16: Toa Metru!, a Morbuzakh vine seizes Vakama. The Matoran Nuhrii fires an enlarging Kanoka at the plant from his own launcher, the Morbuzakh can't cope with its new size and lets go, and Vakama fires freeze disks at it from his. (BIONICLE 16: Toa Metru!)

Mutation into the Blazer ClawsClaws (Nuhvok Va)The paired claws of the Nuhvok Va, which served as their hands, let them dig shallow escape tunnels and doubled as a defensive weapon during the Bohrok swarms' rampage across Mata Nui.#

When the Visorak captured the Toa Metru, their venom mutated them into Toa HordikaToa HordikaToa mutated by Visorak venom into bestial hybrids, forced to fight their primal nature and hunt for a cure., and their tools changed with them. Vakama's Disk Launcher became a pair of blazer claws. (BIONICLE Adventures 7: Web of the Visorak)

Restoration and final destruction#

At the end of Web of Shadows, KeetonguKeetonguThe legendary Rahi who broke the Visorak siege and lived to prove he was worth the legend. cured the Toa Hordika, and Vakama returned to his Toa Metru form with his launcher. (BIONICLE 3: Web of Shadows)

It didn't last. In Time Trap, during the struggle over the Mask of TimeMask of TimeThe Kanohi Vahi is the Matoran Universe's deadliest mask, capable of stopping or accelerating time, and its creation nearly tore Metru Nui apart. with The Shadowed OneThe Shadowed OneThe Shadowed One is the leader of the Dark Hunters, a black, yellow, and silver figure based on Spherus Magna. Armed with a staff and a Rhotuka, the Shadowed One directs the organization. and VoporakVoporakVoporak is a mutant member of Sidorak's species and a servant of the Dark Hunters. Clad in dark red, black, orange-yellow, and silver, he wields Rotating Blade Tools and a Rhotuka spinner and commands the power of time. He resides on Spherus Magna., the Shadowed One damaged the launcher beyond repair. (BIONICLE Adventures 10: Time Trap)

Significance among Toa ToolsToa ToolsToa Tools were the implements every Toa carried as channels for elemental power and as physical fighting gear, with each tool specific to a wielder's element and form.#

Vakama's tool was the odd one out. The other Toa Metru carried new weapons, while he picked a bigger version of the launcher every Matoran knew, and it still let him fight at range and fly. (BIONICLE 16: Toa Metru!; BIONICLE 19: Enemies of Metru Nui)