Thornraxx

Thornraxx
Villain
Affiliation	Legion of Darkness(formerly)
Weapons	Stinger and Claws
Status	Alive
Location	Imprisoned at the Villain Storage Facility

Thornraxx is a wasp-like Villain from the hive planet, Hivilus V who escaped from Hero Factory containment during the mass Breakout.

Biography

Legion Of Darkness

It is unknown why Thornraxx became a villain, or how he managed to escape from the Hive to more populated planets. He began his criminal activities before the Hero Factory was founded. However, after the organization was formed, Thornraxx began to consider the future of his criminal career. He was soon recruited, along with Speeda Demon, Splitface, and Jawblade (as some of the first members), into the Legion of Darkness, led by Black Phantom. One of Thornraxx's first missions was to steal a spaceship carrying a cargo of twenty-four XT4 robots. He disabled the pilot with his stinger and took control of the ship. He flew it to his master. Black Phantom reprogrammed the stolen robots to serve him.

Sometime later, when news of the Hero Factory's closure reached the Legion of Darkness, Thornraxx supported the plan to seize the Assembly Tower and turn it into a new base for the criminal organization. During the attack on the tower, Thornraxx, along with Jawblade, Voltix, and Speed ​​Demon, launched an XT4 through the roof of the factory to sabotage the Factory's control panel. However, the Hero Preston Stormer arrived to thwart the villains' plans. As things took an unexpected turn, Black Phantom ordered Speed ​​Demon's group to attack the Assembly Tower. Speed ​​Demon moved his ship into the building, avoiding fire from the Factory's security robots and laser cannons. Thornraxx began shouting instructions at him on what to do. Irritated by this, Toxic Reapa threw Thornraxx out of the scout ship. The criminal suffered severe damage in the fall. He was soon repaired and sent back to the Hero Factory prison on Asteroid.

Breakout

At some point, Thornaxx was imprisoned by Hero Factory. Due to budget reasons of not appearing in the TV series, it is most likely implied to be the breakout created by Voltix and Black Phantom where he was able to break his security locks and escape. He then returned to Hivilus V to recruit more members of his species to destroy the Hero Factory. Natalie Breez was assigned to capture him and fought against the mad villain. Being very territorial, Thornraxx believed that Breez was "corrupting the nest." In a deadly rage attack however, Breez dodged, spun around, and cuffed Thornraxx. He was then put in a cell at the Hero Factory.

Abilities and Traits

Thornraxx loves to fly and low-buzz enemies, jabbing at them with his deadly stinger or venom spitter. He comes from a hive planet and even among those notoriously short-tempered insects, he stands out as being extra mean. The exploits that landed him in Hero Factory’s villain containment facility are classified, but witnesses all agreed they would be watching the skies for the rest of their lives.

Breez is hot on Thornraxx’s tail, but the inhospitable environment will slow her down, giving Thornraxx time to recruit even more bad-tempered buzzers to his side.

Set Information

6228 Thornraxx was released on July 23, 2012 in United States. In Europe he was released in January 2012. His set contains 44 pieces.

Trivia

• Thornraxx's name is very similar to Thornax, the name of a spiked fruit used as a weapon in BIONICLE.
  • His name is most likely derived from the words "thorn" and "thorax".
• His head piece is the same piece as the Arachnix Drone's main body.

Appearances

• Breakout (First Appearance) (Non-Canonical Appearance)
• Hero Factory Secret Mission 2: Legion of Darkness (Book)
• Hero Factory Secret Mission 3: Collision Course (Book) (Mentioned Only)
• Hero Factory Secret Mission 5: Mirror World (Book) (Alternate Universe)
• Face Off: Makuro's Secret Guidebook (Book)

See Also

• Gallery

External Links

• Thornraxx Building Instructions on LEGO.com (European Version)
• Thornraxx Building Instructions on LEGO.com (United States of America Version)