Bonkle Posted September 2, 2015 Share Posted September 2, 2015 What characters do you think were underused at some point in their run? I think Thunder and Jetbug had a lot of potential, but Jetbug and Nitroblast were overshadowed by Drilldozer and Thunder just kinda showed up at the end. Also, please don't say Vapor because he was just tacked on for the special set. 2 Quote I been away a long time. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Petewa Posted September 2, 2015 Share Posted September 2, 2015 Vapor. 14 Quote Mataru Nui, an Interactive Adventure Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rahkshi Lalonde Posted September 2, 2015 Share Posted September 2, 2015 Nitroblast and jetbug totally needed more screentime and/or charactertime, and i'm not just saying that because i made nitroblast cute that one time. :T also note: anyone who isn't stormer, furno, or evo fits this catagory too. 7 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Toa Imrukii Posted September 2, 2015 Share Posted September 2, 2015 (edited) Tuma. Ehem, sorry. Um..... Nex, and stringer. I mean what ever happened too them? did they die? Edited April 17, 2016 by Toa Imrukii 6 Quote Quote: "Love has no fear, and no vengeance." | :i: | Andekas ⴳ A RUDE AWAKENING - A BIONICLE G1 Continuation and Video Game Project (ARTIST AND CONCEPTUALIST) | I am an ENFP, that is my Personality. Check Out Makuta Teridax: Reaper of Darkness | Check out my Taknuva Stars MOC | ⴳ Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
fishers64 Posted September 2, 2015 Share Posted September 2, 2015 All of them. Except for Stormer, Furno, and Rocka. They were everywhere. 5 Quote Hero Factory RPG | Bionicle Mafia XXIX: Storyline & Theories Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
FrozenFlash Posted September 2, 2015 Share Posted September 2, 2015 I say Stringer and Nex. They pretty much disappeared front the storyline after Breakout. 3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bonkle Posted September 2, 2015 Author Share Posted September 2, 2015 Waspix and Breez during 1.0 are also candidates. Quote I been away a long time. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lyichir Posted September 2, 2015 Share Posted September 2, 2015 Poor XT-4 and Core Hunter never got a chance to shine in the Breakout TV special, though at least the chapter books helped to make up for that. 2 Quote Formerly Lyichir: Rachira of Influence Aanchir's and Meiko's brother Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rahkshi Lalonde Posted September 2, 2015 Share Posted September 2, 2015 (edited) Poor XT-4 and Core Hunter never got a chance to shine in the Breakout TV special, though at least the chapter books helped to make up for that. Poor core hunter didn't deserve all the stuff that happened to him... Edited September 2, 2015 by Rahkshi Lalonde Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bonkle Posted September 2, 2015 Author Share Posted September 2, 2015 Poor XT-4 and Core Hunter never got a chance to shine in the Breakout TV special, though at least the chapter books helped to make up for that. Poor core hunter didn't deserve all the stuff that happened to him... That was brutal stuff, man. Quote I been away a long time. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lyichir Posted September 3, 2015 Share Posted September 3, 2015 Oh dang. There I went and posted here, entirely forgetting about Quadal. Poor guy barely got any time in the spotlight. 3 Quote Formerly Lyichir: Rachira of Influence Aanchir's and Meiko's brother Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
FallenCor Posted September 3, 2015 Share Posted September 3, 2015 Mr. Makuro. I haven't read the books (shame on me), so I don't know how often he showed up, if at all, and I assume we still know zippo about him. You can't tell me there isn't more to the story than just, "there was so much evil in the universe I went and mass-produced my own police force." 4 Quote Hero Factory RPG 2.0 PCs: | Erik Jet | Daren Wolfe | Henry Flint | Helen Corona | Ethan Rez | Dr. Xaal | Wasteland RPG PCs: | Mina | Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
fishers64 Posted September 3, 2015 Share Posted September 3, 2015 Mr. Makuro. I haven't read the books (shame on me), so I don't know how often he showed up, if at all, and I assume we still know zippo about him. You can't tell me there isn't more to the story than just, "there was so much evil in the universe I went and mass-produced my own police force."I can tell you that the books don't go into great detail about Mr. Makuhero. One book, called Legion of Darkness might have a few tidbits, but I don't remember what they were. He's like Hero Factory's Artahka - the inventor who stays out of the action and hides behind other people like the Order and the Toa Nuva Zib and Quadal. (Of course, in this case, he created his own "Order of Mata Nui" but you know, details.) 1 Quote Hero Factory RPG | Bionicle Mafia XXIX: Storyline & Theories Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lyichir Posted September 3, 2015 Share Posted September 3, 2015 Mr. Makuro. I haven't read the books (shame on me), so I don't know how often he showed up, if at all, and I assume we still know zippo about him. You can't tell me there isn't more to the story than just, "there was so much evil in the universe I went and mass-produced my own police force." I can tell you that the books don't go into great detail about Mr. Makuhero. One book, called Legion of Darkness might have a few tidbits, but I don't remember what they were. He's like Hero Factory's Artahka - the inventor who stays out of the action and hides behind other people like the Order and the Toa Nuva Zib and Quadal. (Of course, in this case, he created his own "Order of Mata Nui" but you know, details.) Legion of Darkness doesn't feature Mr. Makuro prominently, but considering it is about the formation of the Hero Factory, he does get more than a little lip service. Essentially, he was a wealthy manufacturing baron who wanted to use his wealth and means to make the galaxy a better place. He founded the Hero Factory to deal with not just crime but also corruption—many planets harbored known criminals in exchange for money and favors, allowing those criminals to run rampant on other worlds largely unchecked. In the book, Mr. Makuro comes very close to yielding to his investors' skepticism and shuttering the Hero Factory project after a mission goes bad and results in huge property damage, but the Heroes of Alpha One Team manage to capture the villains responsible and restore the public's trust. 3 Quote Formerly Lyichir: Rachira of Influence Aanchir's and Meiko's brother Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Toa of Ice - 1987 Posted September 5, 2015 Share Posted September 5, 2015 Stringer didn't get used very often, and his mysterious secondary color change to transparent blue instead of orange was weird(unless they did not want to get him confused since Nex has a lot of orange.) 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
FallenCor Posted September 5, 2015 Share Posted September 5, 2015 Stringer didn't get used very often, and his mysterious secondary color change to transparent blue instead of orange was weird(unless they did not want to get him confused since Nex has a lot of orange.) It'd be a rather poor excuse, though -- 80% of his armor/body is black! But yes, it would have been nice to see more of him. I miss his accent, ha ha. Quote Hero Factory RPG 2.0 PCs: | Erik Jet | Daren Wolfe | Henry Flint | Helen Corona | Ethan Rez | Dr. Xaal | Wasteland RPG PCs: | Mina | Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lyichir Posted September 5, 2015 Share Posted September 5, 2015 Stringer didn't get used very often, and his mysterious secondary color change to transparent blue instead of orange was weird(unless they did not want to get him confused since Nex has a lot of orange.) It'd be a rather poor excuse, though -- 80% of his armor/body is black! But yes, it would have been nice to see more of him. I miss his accent, ha ha. I think the color change had to do more with the fact that of the nine main heroes, five of them (Furno, Rocka, Nex, Evo, and Bulk) fell on the warm side of the color wheel. Stringer's secondary color was probably changed to blue to help balance the team visually (while at the same time making his color scheme a heck of a lot less cliché). 5 Quote Formerly Lyichir: Rachira of Influence Aanchir's and Meiko's brother Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
masterchirox580 Posted September 6, 2015 Share Posted September 6, 2015 Von Nebula. They were really building this guy up for a return, never happened. Also Fire Lord was pretty cool, would have liked to see him get an upgrade. Quote It's time to move on. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lenny7092 Posted September 12, 2015 Share Posted September 12, 2015 (edited) I believe the most underused character is Vapor because there are little information about him, and he never appeared in any episode physically. He looks like a challenge to the Heroes because of his two guns, which would be cool, but never happened. Second underused: Core Hunter, XT4, and Thornraxx. They never appeared in any episode, either, but I was glad that the Secret Missions books made up for them. Third: Thunder, Nitroblast and Jetbug. The second two would have needed more screen time, so they could do some more fighting. The Heroes defeated Thunder, who they just met for the first time in the episodes during a final showdown with Von Nebula. Fourth: Von Nebula and other villains. It would have been cool if the these come back as threats again. Von Nebula looks like that he has a bigger potential as he appears a big suspect for the Breakout and Brain Attack events, probably planning to create an army of Anti-Heroes filled with Anti-Quaza. Fifth: Stringer and Nex. They are two of the nine main protagonist Heroes. Stringer is one of the founding members of the Alpha 1 Team and Nex is like Evo's twin brother and Breez's only one lover (well, that's when he was in a dire situation in Savage Planet). Why did they disappear after Breakout, I don't know. RIP, Stringer and Nex. I always enjoy their funny accents and action. I miss them. Edited September 12, 2015 by Lenny7092 Quote I like Lego, Bionicle, and Hero Factory! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bonkle Posted September 12, 2015 Author Share Posted September 12, 2015 I believe the most underused character is Vapor because there are little information about him, and he never appeared in any episode physically. He looks like a challenge to the Heroes because of his two guns, which would be cool, but never happened. I believe that Makuro's guidebook established him as a common criminal with no real vendetta against HF. He was just a diversion. Quote I been away a long time. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
unknown456 Posted September 13, 2015 Share Posted September 13, 2015 (edited) Lucas Valor... Also Thresher. He seemed like a cool dude, but only appeared in one episode. Although, he was in that one book, Legion of Darkness, but having never read it, I don't know how big of a role he had in it. Aside from him, Jetbug, and that guy we saw at the beginning of Brain Attack who unleashed the Brains and then we never saw him again. He seemed interesting as well. Edited September 13, 2015 by unknown456 3 Quote Forever remember the Podu R.I.P. Hahli, Lesovikk, and Ehlek. Died of Green Plastic Syndrome. Pridaddy will always be with us Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Timageness Posted September 14, 2015 Share Posted September 14, 2015 "Mysterious Villian," as I believe he is credited as in Brain Attack, could've been fleshed out a lot more in general.We know he's supposed to be a villain of some sort, and we know that he hates HF enough to manufacture an army of Evil Brains to attempt to wipe them all out, but pretty much everything else was left as a blank slate. While it was probably made that way intentionally as part of the whole (somewhat failed) "creativity concept" that the line tried to establish in the later years of its run (such as the seemingly pointless cliffhangers were), he was sorely lacking both in motivation and as a character because of it, and it probably would've been slightly better (at least in my opinion, anyway) if it was either Von Nebula or Black Phantom running things instead. 1 Quote Epics: Hero Factory: ContagionRPG Characters:BZPRPG CharactersRPG History:The Asylum, Bionifight Infinite, Year 60,000, Matoran und Panzer, HF RPG 2.0, Wasteland, Corpus Rahkshi, SkyriseGM Résumé:Matoran und Panzer (Formerly Appointed Co-GM), Corpus Rahkshi (Former Substitute Co-GM) Feel free to shoot a PM my way if you're waiting for me to respond to something and I've been taking a while to do so. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Manducus Posted September 16, 2015 Share Posted September 16, 2015 (edited) Probably Nex. Evo had waaaay more screen time than he did. Edited September 16, 2015 by Lord Commander Manducus 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Voltex Posted September 17, 2015 Share Posted September 17, 2015 Nex and Stringer. 1 Quote JOIN AETHERGARDE Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tahu3.0 Posted October 29, 2015 Share Posted October 29, 2015 Poor Nex he had so much potential. 1 Quote I'm just a simple man, trying to make my way in the Matoran Universe Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cirkitree Posted October 31, 2015 Share Posted October 31, 2015 Dropship Pilot.Would've liked to hear his... or her.. story.Or Nex. Nex had a lot going for him, and instead..Did his sets just not sell or something? Is that why he didn't appear past 'Breakout' in the sets? It's biting away at me. 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lenny7092 Posted November 1, 2015 Share Posted November 1, 2015 (edited) Dropship Pilot.Would've liked to hear his... or her.. story. Or Nex. Nex had a lot going for him, and instead..Did his sets just not sell or something? Is that why he didn't appear past 'Breakout' in the sets? It's biting away at me. Well, I would consider the Dropship pilot as a the most underrated character, but he or she is just a minor character who does transportation. I agree with you about Nex. Poor Nex. He has good character, but why leaving him out? Nex is like neglected since Savage Planter He never appeared in the Breakout, Brain Attack or Invasion From Below episodes. He is like the second most neglected member of the Alpha 1 Team (the first being that new recruit who is a combiner of Furno, Surge, and Evo in Breakout). The third most neglected character is Stringer, too, for some reason. He appeared in the first four and the Savage episodes. Why leaving him out after the Breakout episodes? I don't know what's wrong with Stringer or Nex, but that is unfair for them. RIP, Stringer and Nex. You guys are great characters. ;( Edited November 1, 2015 by Lenny7092 Quote I like Lego, Bionicle, and Hero Factory! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ArmstrongYong the X-Wing Posted November 2, 2015 Share Posted November 2, 2015 Any of the villains (Except Von Nebula) and both Nex and Stringer. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
UnderscoreChronix Posted November 2, 2015 Share Posted November 2, 2015 Lucas Valor... Also Thresher. He seemed like a cool dude, but only appeared in one episode. Although, he was in that one book, Legion of Darkness, but having never read it, I don't know how big of a role he had in it. Aside from him, Jetbug, and that guy we saw at the beginning of Brain Attack who unleashed the Brains and then we never saw him again. He seemed interesting as well.We almost got a set of him, but then LEGO decided to make him silver and call him Bulk instead. (Bulk and Vapor 2-pack) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lyichir Posted November 2, 2015 Share Posted November 2, 2015 Lucas Valor... Also Thresher. He seemed like a cool dude, but only appeared in one episode. Although, he was in that one book, Legion of Darkness, but having never read it, I don't know how big of a role he had in it. Aside from him, Jetbug, and that guy we saw at the beginning of Brain Attack who unleashed the Brains and then we never saw him again. He seemed interesting as well.We almost got a set of him, but then LEGO decided to make him silver and call him Bulk instead. (Bulk and Vapor 2-pack)Where on earth are you getting that info? I've never seen anything to suggest that Bulk and Vapor was meant to include Thresher, and personally I'd be extremely skeptical if that's only an assumption. Quote Formerly Lyichir: Rachira of Influence Aanchir's and Meiko's brother Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
UnderscoreChronix Posted November 2, 2015 Share Posted November 2, 2015 (edited) Lucas Valor... Also Thresher. He seemed like a cool dude, but only appeared in one episode. Although, he was in that one book, Legion of Darkness, but having never read it, I don't know how big of a role he had in it. Aside from him, Jetbug, and that guy we saw at the beginning of Brain Attack who unleashed the Brains and then we never saw him again. He seemed interesting as well.We almost got a set of him, but then LEGO decided to make him silver and call him Bulk instead.(Bulk and Vapor 2-pack)Where on earth are you getting that info? I've never seen anything to suggest that Bulk and Vapor was meant to include Thresher, and personally I'd be extremely skeptical if that's only an assumption. I heard somewhere that he was originally intended to be Thresher, I could be wrong through.Bulk in that set is literally just a recolour away from being Thresher. EDIT: After a little research I've found it is mentioned on Brickipedia (see the notes section).http://lego.wikia.com/wiki/7179_Dunkan_Bulk_and_Vapour Edited November 2, 2015 by -Chronix Master of Stuff- Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lenny7092 Posted November 2, 2015 Share Posted November 2, 2015 Lucas Valor... Also Thresher. He seemed like a cool dude, but only appeared in one episode. Although, he was in that one book, Legion of Darkness, but having never read it, I don't know how big of a role he had in it. Aside from him, Jetbug, and that guy we saw at the beginning of Brain Attack who unleashed the Brains and then we never saw him again. He seemed interesting as well.We almost got a set of him, but then LEGO decided to make him silver and call him Bulk instead. (Bulk and Vapor 2-pack)Where on earth are you getting that info? I've never seen anything to suggest that Bulk and Vapor was meant to include Thresher, and personally I'd be extremely skeptical if that's only an assumption. I remembered reading it in Brickapedia, but I am not sure where did it get that information. Anyway, it would have been cool if Thresher came as a set because he is like Hero Factory's equivalent to Bionicle's Lhikan (being a mentor to to heroes), but it never happened. How sad. Quote I like Lego, Bionicle, and Hero Factory! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lyichir Posted November 2, 2015 Share Posted November 2, 2015 Lucas Valor... Also Thresher. He seemed like a cool dude, but only appeared in one episode. Although, he was in that one book, Legion of Darkness, but having never read it, I don't know how big of a role he had in it. Aside from him, Jetbug, and that guy we saw at the beginning of Brain Attack who unleashed the Brains and then we never saw him again. He seemed interesting as well.We almost got a set of him, but then LEGO decided to make him silver and call him Bulk instead.(Bulk and Vapor 2-pack)Where on earth are you getting that info? I've never seen anything to suggest that Bulk and Vapor was meant to include Thresher, and personally I'd be extremely skeptical if that's only an assumption.I heard somewhere that he was originally intended to be Thresher, I could be wrong through.Bulk in that set is literally just a recolour away from being Thresher. EDIT: After a little research I've found it is mentioned on Brickipedia (see the notes section).http://lego.wikia.com/wiki/7179_Dunkan_Bulk_and_Vapour"It is believed" with no source... Hardly better than "my uncle who works at Lego told me". Thresher was at best a side character who never appeared outside of flashbacks, and to me it seems far more likely that they reused an alternate form of Bulk for him in the TV special (like the many, many other reused elements in the Hero Factory episodes) than it would be for a set of him to have been planned but turned into an existing character. Quote Formerly Lyichir: Rachira of Influence Aanchir's and Meiko's brother Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
UnderscoreChronix Posted November 3, 2015 Share Posted November 3, 2015 Lucas Valor... Also Thresher. He seemed like a cool dude, but only appeared in one episode. Although, he was in that one book, Legion of Darkness, but having never read it, I don't know how big of a role he had in it. Aside from him, Jetbug, and that guy we saw at the beginning of Brain Attack who unleashed the Brains and then we never saw him again. He seemed interesting as well.We almost got a set of him, but then LEGO decided to make him silver and call him Bulk instead.(Bulk and Vapor 2-pack)Where on earth are you getting that info? I've never seen anything to suggest that Bulk and Vapor was meant to include Thresher, and personally I'd be extremely skeptical if that's only an assumption.I heard somewhere that he was originally intended to be Thresher, I could be wrong through.Bulk in that set is literally just a recolour away from being Thresher.EDIT: After a little research I've found it is mentioned on Brickipedia (see the notes section).http://lego.wikia.com/wiki/7179_Dunkan_Bulk_and_Vapour"It is believed" with no source... Hardly better than "my uncle who works at Lego told me". Thresher was at best a side character who never appeared outside of flashbacks, and to me it seems far more likely that they reused an alternate form of Bulk for him in the TV special (like the many, many other reused elements in the Hero Factory episodes) than it would be for a set of him to have been planned but turned into an existing character. That makes sense. Still would've been a nice set though. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
thetimeninja Posted November 6, 2015 Share Posted November 6, 2015 I think the most underused character is the Mysterious villian. They were building up to him and then hero factory died. 2 Quote "Every living thing profits from the death of another" Elemental lord of jungle Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SynthMav Posted November 13, 2015 Share Posted November 13, 2015 (edited) nex stringer generic answers but yeah i agree with all of you Edited November 13, 2015 by the mavrick 1 Quote The Mavrick thanks to Starwars ep. 7 for the avatar pic Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
masterchirox580 Posted November 13, 2015 Share Posted November 13, 2015 Von Nebula. He had such potential to be the Makuta of the series. 1 Quote It's time to move on. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lenny7092 Posted November 13, 2015 Share Posted November 13, 2015 (edited) Von Nebula. He had such potential to be the Makuta of the series. I agree with you 100%. Von Nebula looks like that he has that potential, but the story never expanded on him. It would have be cool if Von were the one who got the Hero Factory plans from Black Phantom, so the Heroes would have come to fight and defeat him again to put on end of his Villain Factory business before the story could end. Edited November 13, 2015 by Lenny7092 1 Quote I like Lego, Bionicle, and Hero Factory! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
masterchirox580 Posted November 14, 2015 Share Posted November 14, 2015 Von Nebula. He had such potential to be the Makuta of the series.I agree with you 100%. Von Nebula looks like that he has that potential, but the story never expanded on him. It would have be cool if Von were the one who got the Hero Factory plans from Black Phantom, so the Heroes would have come to fight and defeat him again to put on end of his Villain Factory business before the story could end. Yeah, although they should have rewritten his back-story as it really didn't make much sense. 2 Quote It's time to move on. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dibble Flubwibbler of DOOM Posted December 13, 2015 Share Posted December 13, 2015 i have an underused weapon suggestion:the Nebula gun from the first four episodes that Thunder had.it wasn't even in his set. Quote check out my totally ORIGINAL youtube channel, Below Average Geeks! I'm trying something different.its very small, so comments will be noticed and read. just a poll.on a scale of one to ten, how likely are you to read a webcomic based on just this title: 'Neon Laser Dragons.'? see these guys? alrighty bros, listen up.my lightning dragon is lonely.click dis bebe dergen pls.i know its dumb.jus do it pls.for me, a'ight?',:] my Skrall--er, scroll. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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