Rotor

“I just love cutting Heroes down to size.”

— Rotor, LEGO HERO FACTORY Booklet

Rotor
Villain
Affiliation	XPlode, Von Nebula(Formerly)
Weapons	Biohazard Gas Shooter, Meteor Blaster, Escape Plan Weapon
Status	Alive
Location	Imprisoned at the Villain Storage Facility

Rotor is one of Von Nebula's dim-witted villains, and is under the employment of XPlode while serving as a supporting antagonist in Rise Of The Rookies.

Biography

Career

Exile

Since his creation, Rotor has been a constant nuisance for the people of his unknown homeland, making a name for himself as a petty thief. However, his misdeeds escalated when he committed a serious crime that crossed a line even his lawless homeland couldn’t tolerate. Branded a traitor, Rotor was exiled, with the ultimate punishment of execution on sight if he dared to return. To ensure compliance, the authorities also warned him of the grim possibility of being disassembled entirely, leaving no trace of his existence.

Von Nebula

At some point, while on the run, Rotor was approached by the notorious Von Nebula, who, seeking to expand his gang, recruits him Since then, to keep him in line, Rotor was assigned to be the assistant of the criminal XPlode. Since then, Rotor has been involved in numerous cases of extortion, sabotage, and violent assaults across the Universe, leaving a trail of destruction wherever he goes. His actions have not gone unnoticed, drawing the attention of the Hero Factory, which now keeps a close watch on him.

Rise of the Rookies

Merak 9

While Heroes Dunkan Bulk and Jimi Stringer, led by Alpha 1 team leader Preston Stormer, are dispatched to Merak 9 to escort a cargo hold containing C-4000 explosives, Xplode and Rotor are preparing to raid the ship and steal the explosives. Initially, Rotor is deterred by Xplode's observation that the shipment is too small for their liking, yet they proceed with their plan regardless. As Xplode hides nearby, Rotor is the first villain to confront the Hero team, initiating their fight. Rotor opens fire on the trio, drawing their attention away from Xplode, who then reveals himself to engage Stormer. Meanwhile, Rotor distracts Bulk in battle, while Stringer battles Xplode but suffers injuries. Seeking refuge in a nearby tunnel, Stormer, Bulk, and the injured Stringer prepare for a counterattack, only to find themselves under a barrage of fire from the villainous duo.

Rotor's confrontation with Furno

After Xplode loses his battle with Stormer and his weapons, he ditches Rotor who at that point had lost his Meteor Blaster and leaving him to fend for himself against the Heroes in a semi-fit of rage. As Bulk Stringer and Stormer surround Rotor after a smirky comment from Stormer, Rotor is met with the introduction of new Rookie Hero William Furno, who he immediately realises is new to this line of work as a law enforcer, giggling away as the hero is assigned to cuff Rotor on his own by Stormer. Rotor taunts a cuff-wielding Furno, knowing his inexperience and mocks his constant failure to cuff him while propelling in the air. After getting the heroes helmet caught in his rotor-blades multiple times and rejecting his fellow heroes help, Furno retaliates by throwing his Dual Fire Shooter into Rotor's propeller blades, sending him crashing the the ground. Rotor lays down while held at gunpoint from Furno's Fire Shooter and initially accepts defeat, before retaliating and pulling out his Escape Plan Weapon, turning and about to shoot the Rookie before firing it at Bulk and Stringer instead after Furno is pushed out of the way by Stormer. As the explosion clears, Rotor laughs away at the heroes collective failure before fleeing the scene.

Later that day, although not his following real encounter, Furno battles with a holographic projection of Rotor within the Virtual Training Sphere upon returning to the Hero Factory,  trying to correct all the mistakes he made that day during the mission. As the projection of Rotor charges at Furno, the rookie hero wrestles with him and tries to toss him aside while attempting to cuff the villain. However, Rotor pulls out his escape weapon, indicating a game over before he disappears.

Lemus 2

Rotor and Xplode on Lemus 2

A few days later, Rotor reappears on Lemus 2, again alongside XPlode, stealing from the Explosives Plant as they should've done from the start instead of preying on the small shipment of C-4000 back on Merak. As the duo prepares their supplies and Rotor bitterly remarks on Xplode's previous selfish action, Rotor notices an incoming Hero Pod sent as a decoy to distract the Villains so that the Alpha 1 Team can safely land. Rotor shoots down the airborne vessel with his Biohazard Gas Shooter into believing they have taken a hero out of the fight. After a compliment from Xplode, The heroes reveal themselves and open fire on the duo, initiating their second battle. As the fight rages on, the Xplode suggests that they should ignore the others and focus all their power on Stormer so that they can handle the rest of the rookies. Sure enough, the duo concentrated their fire and successfully decommissioned Stormer, taking him out of the fight.

Furno cuffs Rotor

As the duo exchanges fire, Furno emerges from the teams Hero Drop Ship with his Bike before speeding towards the duo. Rotor fires multiple shots at the incoming hero, missing one after the other before Furno goes airborne of a ramp made from the terrain and deploys a set of oncoming grenades at the duo. Before Rotor realizes it, Xplode betrays him yet again by pushing him into the grenades, destroying his Biohazard Gas Shooter in the process. As the smoke clears and Xplode flees, while Rotor recovers, Furno jumps off the vehicle and wrestles Rotor. After initial hardship, the rookie utilizes his training and uses the move he develop specifically for the villain, successfully cuffing Rotor before leading him into the team's Drop Ship, firing away at his back for fun as he does so in a moment of comedy. Furno and the now recovered Stormer deliver Rotor to lock up in the Villain Storage Facility within the Hero Factory, residing specifically in Chamber-132.

Breakout

Rotor escaping during the breakout

Some years later, Rotor, along with all the other villains within the Villain Storage Facility escaped during the mass breakout Voltix and Black Phantom created using Von Nebula's Black Hole Orb Staff. As he makes his way through the facility, he briefly brushes past hero Daniel Rocka with the assistance of the Witch Doctor and, after a close encounter with both heros Nathan Evo and Mark Surge, who chases him and nearly catches him, escapes through the Black Hole Portal, It is unknown whether or not Xplode and Rotor re-united for their mischievous schemes, however, it is confirmed that he has since then been recaptured as mentioned in Face Off: Makuro's Secret Guidebook.

Personality and Traits

Rotor is a clumsy but dangerous villain with a twisted sense of humor, often attempting gruesome stunts like decapitations with his propeller blades. Though sycophantic to his "boss," XPlode, Rotor maintains a level-headedness that contrasts with XPlode's erratic nature. He is fast, easily able to dodge Heroes' attacks, especially when in flight. His blend of loyalty, dark humor, and hapless execution make him both pitiable and fearsome among his advisories.

Appearance

Rotor is one of the taller and bulkier of the villains, dawning Black and Orange armor with pistons granting additional leg support. His head is shaped similar to that of a dual-sided gas mask with bright red eyes and a neon green visualizer in place of his mouth. Rotor is also equipped with two massive propeller blades, allowing him a real travel for long distances along with two small orange jets.  

Weapons

Rotor wielded a Meteor Blaster as well as a briefly using a smaller compact version version of it (Escape Plan) to flee the battle for the C-4000 while also equipped with his Biohazard Gas Shooter which could function both as a more powerful substitute to the Meteor Blaster while also capable of emitting lethal gas before it was ultimately destroyed during the Lemus 2 confrontation.

Set Information

Rotor Set

Rotor was released as a one of the large boxed Hero Factory set (The other being Von Nebula) in August 2010. His set number was 7162 and contained 145 pieces. Unlike other helmets released, Rotor's has a lack of eye holes deming the helmet incapable of light piped eyes. One could adjust and/or spin the propeller blades on his back for added play value. A sticker sheet was included, which was intended to be placed onto certain parts of the set.

Quotes

“Go ahead and try it, kid. I won't even hurt you... much.”

— Rotor to William Furno, The Trials of Furno

“Yeah, comon', cuff me hero”

— Rotor to William Furno, Trials of Furno

“Hey, okay. You win. But now you lose.”

— Rotor, Trials of Furno

Trivia

• Rotor is voiced by Joel Swetow who also voices Meltdown in Rise of the Rookies.
• Rotor is the first villain we are introduced to and is also the first villain captured in the Hero Factory Universe.
• Multiple Villains that resemble Rotor are seen escaping during the Breakout TV Episode, however this could just be that the animators at Threshold Animation Studios, who animated the TV Show reusing his characters model populate the scene more.

Appearances

• The Trials of Furno (First Non-Canonical Appearance)
• Trails of Furno (Tv Episode)
• Core Crisis (Comic), (Mentioned Only)
• Core Crisis (Tv Episode), (Mentioned Only)
• Hero Factory FM (Mentioned Only)
• Breakout (Cameo Appearance])
• Face Off: Makuro's Secret Guidebook (Book)

See Also

• Gallery

External Links

• Rotor Building Instructions on LEGO.com (European Version)