Disney

Kakamora

Two coconut pirates who are somehow more charming than half the minifigs LEGO makes.

Brick Rated Score

4.1/5

Set 43293 · 2026

Pieces407

Minifigsn/a

Year2026

Set number43293

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The verdict

I opened this expecting a cute little side set and ended up genuinely impressed by how much personality LEGO packed into two coconuts.

Kotu and his fellow Kakamora are built almost identically, but the color swaps, printed shells, and different headdresses make them feel like two distinct characters rather than a copy-paste job. This is a display piece through and through, not a toy for rough play, so go in knowing that. If you love Moana, love clever sphere-building, or just want a shelf piece that makes people smile when they spot it, this earns its spot.

Best for: Moana fans and LEGO builders who enjoy display-focused character models over big vehicle builds

The full review

What it is

I'll admit the concept sounded thin on paper. Two big coconut people from Moana, built out of a few hundred pieces. But the second I saw Kotu's headdress lift off to reveal a tiny hidden compartment underneath, I understood the appeal. LEGO's designers clearly had fun figuring out how to fake a round, husk-like shell using angled slopes and small triangular plates clipped in at odd angles to fill the gaps. It is the same trick they've leaned on for years to build spherical things, but seeing it applied to a character instead of a vehicle or a planet made it click in a new way.

The catch

Here's the honest part. This is not a toy in the traditional sense. Each Kakamora can hold a spear or a flower and that headdress pops off, and that is about the extent of the play pattern. If you or your kid wants poseable arms, swappable expressions, or anything approaching an action figure, this will feel static fast. The two builds are also close to identical in structure, so once you've built the first coconut you basically know what's coming for the second, just in different colors. At $39.99 for 407 pieces split across two decorative characters, it's priced fine but it's squarely a fan piece, not a value-per-piece powerhouse.

Who it's for

If you're decorating a Moana-themed shelf, building alongside a kid who loves the movie, or you just have a soft spot for LEGO's weirder character experiments, grab this one, it delivers real charm for a modest price. If you need your sets to double as playable toys or you have no attachment to the movie, this is easy to skip in favor of something with more interaction built in.

The parts story

What the build is actually like, and the pieces worth knowing about.

Building the Kakamora is a lesson in how far LEGO has come at faking curves. There's no giant dome piece doing the heavy lifting here, it's dozens of small slopes and clip-mounted triangular signs layered around a central core, angled just enough that your brain fills in the sphere. It's a satisfying kind of puzzle-solving rather than a straightforward stack-and-click build, and having two separate instruction booklets means it works nicely as a build-along project for two people at once.

The standout parts are the printed elements, since neither figure uses a single sticker. The shell pieces carry printed wood-grain and coconut-husk detailing, and the removable headdresses are color-matched to each character with their own printed accents. The spear and flower accessories are small but recognizable straight out of the Moana films, and the hidden storage compartment under each headdress is a nice surprise touch that rewards actually looking closely at the model rather than just glancing at the box art.

Fun facts

01The set includes two Kakamora characters, one identified as Kotu, built from mostly the same parts palette but distinguished through color, printing, and headdress design.
02Neither figure uses a single sticker, every printed detail on the shells and headdresses comes molded or tampo-printed onto the piece itself.
03A companion set, the Kakamora Barge (43258), released alongside it with 572 pieces, a catapult, a splitting three-boat design, and nine Disney characters including Moana and Maui.
04Removing each Kakamora's headdress reveals a small hidden storage space inside the head, a detail easy to miss unless you take the model apart.