Mission 25: Escape from Quatros

Mission:
Escape form Quatros
Team: 

Veterans Preston Stormer, Will Furno, Jimi Stringer and Dunkan Bulk with rookies Julius Nex and Daniel Rocka

Objective:
Search for the Stolen Hero Craft and stop the Witch Doctor.

Nex's Log:

I was relived when I found Rocka in one piece. He was built not to long after me and we quickly became friends. He looked up to me a bit as me, along with Evo, were the first Hero's to be built in the current generation of Hero's. However, he looked up to Furno much more and studied all of his missions and this is going to be the first time he's been apart of one.

I managed to give some of my energy over to him so that he could be above a critical level but what he really need is a full recharge back at the factory.

"How are you feeling." I asked.

"A lot better." Rocka replied. "So... what happened while I was gone?"

"Not much." I answered. "We took out a quaza mine and then split up to look for you. What we need to do now is find the Hero Craft."

"Then we'll have to split up." He said confidently.

"No way!" I abruptly replied. "You may be out of critical but you are still in danger. I need to stay with you just encase you drop to low again."

"Fine" He reluctantly said. "But we need to move extra fast."

"My thoughts exactly." I said with a smile.

After a period of time spent searching we ended up with no findings. I was afraid for Rocka more than anything because I can't share my energy with him for ever. Stormer then contacted me via a communications link.

"Nex" He said. "The Hero Crafts been found, move to my position and await my command to attack."

"Got it sir." I replied.

"The crafts been found?" Rocka asked.

"Yep" I replied. "Now lets get a move on, we  can't be late and miss all the action."

We arrived at dawn. I could see all the other Hero's and the craft. I could also see a pack of Fangz and some Scorpio's. Most importantly I could see the Witch Doctor roaming around while barking orders at the beasts.

"Everyone in position." Stormer checked.

We all nodded at him.

"Attack!" He ordered and we all emerged and began charging at the enemy.

I took down on of the Fangz by swiping through his quaza spikes. He then was separated from Witch Doctors control and free to live its on live again.

"Nex!" Bulk shouted. "Behind you."

I turned and saw a Scorpio attack me from behind. I was knocked down and rolled quickly, dodging the shot it fired. Bulk then jumped in and shattered its quaza spikes.

"Thanks." I said.

"No problem." He replied. "Now lets beat some more beasts."

I took down another Fangz and then saw that Stormer was taking on the Witch Doctor. I then realised that it was only me, Rocka and Stormer left. All the others had been knocked down by the vicious beast which were now after me and Rocka. A Scorpio shot and I pushed Rocka away just in time.

"Your situation is hopeless." Witch Doctor taunted to Stormer. "You should just give up now and save yourself."

"Sorry to disappoint you but we Hero's aren't built to give up." Stormer replied, he then looked at me and said: "Get to the ship and use the weapons systems to get rid of those beasts, we can't beat them any other way."

I nodded and then ran for the craft with Rocka. We then started up the ship and Rocka told me some bad news.

"Witch Doctor deactivated the weapons system." He said.

Stormer replied while still trading blows with the Witch Doctor. "Get out of here." He said. "Bring back up and get your cores recharged. We'll hold out as long as we can."

"But..." Rocka began.

"Thats an order!"  Stormer said and we knew there was no arguing.

We started to take off when Witch Doctor pushed Stormer aside and came for us. "You will not escape me!" He roared and fired a shot at us. The craft toppled and I fell off. Rocka quickly grasped my hand and held onto me with all his strength. However, I t wasn't enough and I fell.

"NEX!!!" Rocka yelled, but it was to late. I hit the ground with a thud and then everything went dark...

When I woke up I was in a small cave with Furno and Stringer. I tried to get up but Stringer stopped me.

"Take it easy." He said. "You took quite a knock to your head there."

"Tell me about it." I said as everything came back to me. "What happened to Rocka."

"As far a I know he escaped." Furno said.

"What about Stormer and Bulk?" I asked.

"We got separated." Furno said. "And know we have no communications, no guarantee that anyone's coming and no way of being able to save Quatros. I think this missions just taken a drastic turn for the worst..."

Thoughts on Hero Factory 2012

Hi,

As you probably know the new Hero Factory 2012 pictures are now going around everywhere so you can type it in on You Tube and find them. This post is what I think of them and the comments is for what you think. I do think that they have topped Savage Planet with the new break out theme and the Heroes and villains are varied in size now. The small sets are: Surge, Evo, Jawblade, Toxic Reapa and Thornraxx. The medium sets are: Furno, Breez, Rocka and Splitface. The large set is Black Phantom which all of you probably knew.

My favourite villain is probably Toxic Reapa because he just looks awesome and really has a Meltdown feel going for it but it just appears to have more of a tainted gold rather than the yellow which Meltdown featured. Evo is probably my favourite hero.in the new 2012 sets because of his awesome new helmet which resembles some of his original visor with the vents on the sides.

Now for Black Phantom who has got everyone reacting to but not necessarily in a good way and I must say he is one of my least favourite sets for 2012 based on what we've seen so far. He does have a lot of Fire Lord similarities but actually I think that Fire Lord looks like a master piece compared to Black Phantom. I think they should have followed the same path as they did with Rocka XL because LEGO seriously needs to improve this model before it goes on shelf's. I think that the thing putting me off is the red which is kind of unnecessary and a bit thrown at you, removing it would change my views a lot.

Overall, I love the new sets and look forward to seeing them on shelves with the new packaging rather than reusing the old canisters that they've had for a while now. I also like the Hero Cuffs which we are finally getting. So that was some general thoughts on what I think and now I leave it up to you to fill the comments with your thoughts and please follow the blog while your at it if you haven't already. Talk to you in the next post,

matanui,

Hero Factory TV Series in the UK!!!

Hi,

It's slightly old news but the Hero Factory TV series is on in the UK. Its on Saturdays at 10.30 in the mourning on Cartoon Network and is showing 7 episodes. It is currently up to Von Nebula so next Saturday will show Ordeal of Fire and then the episodes I've been waiting for: Savage Planet, which has been split into two episodes. I think that it has already aired in the USA and videos are on You Tube however they don't appear to be the best quality videos out there. I will be doing a review of the episode after it airs in the UK like I did for Ordeal of Fire. Until then, please comment and follow,

matanui,

2011 Villain Review: Waspix

Hi,

My brother got this new set not so long ago and I will now review it and my brother will then tell you his opinion on it. So I do admit this set could have been better and its not really the best of the sets but its a good set and I would recommend it if you were fond of characters like Bitil for Bionicle. Now on with the review...

The build was not the best and I enjoyed Raw-Jaw's a lot more. It isn't much of a step up from a hero I would say for the price its not to good. I give it a 7/10

There aren't many new pieces on him except the head and his wings. He also has a corrupt quaza spike which is seen on the other villains for Savage Planet. His wings are cool but are a bit to big to be used as armour on MoC's. His head is all right but lacs any eye holes like the ones Raw-Jaw had. He also has a new part which is used to attach his second pair of arms on is good and provides well for MoCists. The new pieces get another 7/10

The design is good and the lack of armour isn't bad because it gives him more of a segmented insect like feel. The yellow and black colour scheme is nice and consistent and really does feel like a wasp. The design is great and gets a 9/10

The playability is all right but doesn't come with any projectiles unlike the 2010 villains and early 2011 ones. Its a 5/10

Overall, I like him but he is not my favourite and there are better sets out there. I would still recommend you get him but if you only want a couple of the Savage Planet sets then I would miss him out. The overall rating is an 8/10

I hope you enjoyed my review of Waspix and bellow is my brothers opinion. Since it is his set I do let him give his thoughts but I'm going to change the layout because the old one wasn't to good in my personal opinion. Now then, onto my brothers opinion...

I like Waspix because he has four arms which makes him look cool and unique. I also like his claws which work better than normal hands. I dislike the fact that his tail has limited articulation because the armour is to big on it. I give it the same as my brother which is an 8/10

That was my brothers opinion and I hope you like the new layout. I also hope that the review has helped you in deciding if you want to add Waspix to your collection or not. Please comment and follow,

matanui,

New 2012 Set Rumors!!!

Hi,

The new LEGO HeroFactory set names have been leaked but pictures are still yet to come. It is unknown whether the sets will have 4.0 put on the end but we appear to have no new heroes and the number my be decreased from 6 to 5 but we will have to wait for more news until it is definite. Here is the list:

Rocka
Furno
Breez
Surge
Evo
Jawblade
Splitface
Thornraxx
Toxic Reaper
Black Phantom

So it appears the ever popular Evo is back a long with Rocka. Furno also makes his fifth appearance in a set and the big question is: where's Stormer. Is he the sixth hero or has the number really been decreased to five. I guess only time will tell. There isn't to much to say about the villains but the toxic waste mutation that appears to be going on. Please comment and follow,

matanui,

New Recon Team Elements now Available!

Hi,

The title basically says it all. If you go to the hero creator you can now have new pieces to use for custom heroes. Click here to visit the website and get started. I will be posting creations I have made with the new version on the Recon Team blog, click here to see it. Please comment and follow,

matanui,

Mission 24: Battle in the Sky (2 of 2)

Mission:
Battle in the Sky
Team: 

Veterans Preston Stormer and Will Furno

Objective:
Track down Rocka and regroup.

Furno's Log:

As soon as I saw the group of Waspix above I shot up to fight them. With the power of the eagle I was able to fly meaning the perfect way to meet the Waspix head on. I shot at on of them and it fell to the ground with a dull thud. The others then came at me to avenge there fallen comrade and I was ready for them.

Unfortunately, I had to leave Stormer on his own to fight the Scorpio and even though he could look after himself, he may not be able to win through this time. The same could also be said for me with all the Waspix around me, I may have bitten off more than I can chew. But that wasn't going to stop me when two Waspix charged at me. I flew up and the beasts collided. They lost flight and fell to the ground.

A Waspix aimed its stinger at me and charged. I moved away but not far enough as a scrap of amour from my arm was sliced though and I was forced land on a tree trunk before the pain overwhelmed and forced me to lose flight. And an impact with the ground is not what I had in  mind.

I still thought on by shooting at the Waspix until they all fell but it was taking to long and half to the shots were missing. 

I looked bellow to see that Stormer was facing down the last of the Scorpio and had almost finished with it. He would hopefully be able to help my shoot these down soon. All I had to do was survive long enough for that to happen.

It took a shot and another Waspix was down. I though I had this covered but I hadn't and a Waspix grabbed me and I pushed back and we flew into the sky. The beast pushed me back into a tree and I thought I was in trouble but the beast collapsed to the flour and I looked too see that Stormer had fired the shot that saved me from capture or worse.

Together we defeated the rest of them and I then came down to solid ground to thank Stormer.

"Thanks for the save." I said.

"Any time." He replied.

Just then Stormer was contacted by one of the other team member. He talked for a while but I could only hear half the conversation. When Stormer was done he summed it up for me:

"Nex has found Rocka but his cores soon going to be in critical." He said. "We've decided there is no time to regroup so were going to have to go find the ship now."

"Yes sir!" I said.

"We'll split up to cover more ground." He said. "Good luck."

He the then left and I did the same. However,I fear I'm going to need more than luck to get through this mission.