Akaku

"Kopaka called forth the power of his original mask, which gave him the abilitiy to see through stone and snow to what lay beneath. Glancing down at the ground, he saw the icy snow...and then the raw, cold dirt underneath...and below that, a layer of rock crosscut with veins of minerals."

- Narration, BIONICLE Chronicles 1: Tale of the Toa

The Kanohi Akaku was the Mask of X-Ray Vision, also called the Mask of Vision. The Great Akaku gave its user the power to see through solid objects. Akaku were commonly fitted with special lenses that allowed for telescopic vision as well.

Akaku were carved out of a mixture of Regeneration and Teleport Kanoka on Metru Nui.

Example Usage

 * Great: In BIONICLE Chronicles 1: Tale of the Toa, Kopaka used his Akaku to see through the side of a mountain and spot the rest of the Toa Mata.

Great

 * The Toa Mata - Formerly; exchanged for Golden Kanohi.


 * Tahu - Former secondary mask
 * Gali - Former secondary mask
 * Lewa - Former secondary mask
 * Pohatu - Former secondary mask
 * Onua - Former secondary mask
 * Kopaka - Former primary mask

Powerless

 * Aft
 * Bour
 * Matoro - Formerly; eventually given to Karzahni.
 * Pelagia
 * An infected Ko-Matoran - Formerly; since uninfected.

Powerless

 * Solek

Trivia

 * Akaku translates as "red" in Japanese. This is a possible reference to infrared vision, similar to x-ray vision.

Set Information
It was first released in 2001 as part of the Kopaka set. It was also released in all of the colours of the Toa Mata in the Kanohi Pack. It was also released with Matoro in the McDonalds set.

It also was released in 2002 as one of the Kanohi in the Krana Pack that could be golden or silver.

It later was released again in 2003 with the Matoran Matoro set.

Its last release was in Noble in 2008 with the Solek set.

Akaku