Thursday, January 29, 2015

Skylanders MB Part 2

This is the second of three post showcasing the Skylanders line of Mega Bloks figures.  This post will focus on the various villain and enemies.


First of all, in the video-game franchise, there are so many more bad guys than those which have been represented by Mega Bloks.  Some are quite creative in appearance.  It's unfortunate that more baddies have not been made into figures.

Second, many of the block-building sets basically amount to giant villains.  Significant examples are the Chompy Bot (95416), Troll Mechs (95413, 95422), Fire Viper (95468), and the Giant Green Chompy (95352).  Perhaps I will add these someday, but for now I am just showing the minifigures.  Let's check them out...

Ogres.  These enemies carry large axes and can teleport. The first one is called an Axecutioner (95442) and the glow-in-the dark variant of the same sculpt is called Biclops (95471).


Trolls. These are the main minions of Kaos.  They love to build weapons and fight the Skylanders.   There have been three troll henchmen released so far.  Regular (95413), translucent (95415), and glow-in-the-dark (95422). 


Greebles.  These are the main minions of Skylanders: Swap-Force. In the franchise, a villain can order them from the Minions Monthly catalog. Other than henchmen-for-hire, they seem to mainly be thieves and pirates.  Mega Bloks has created three versions.  Purple (95301), translucent (95356), and red (95467).


Glumshanks.  He is a very distinguished troll.  He is also Kaos' sidekick, friend, and butler. He has appeared in two sets.  Green (95443) and red (95497).


Kaos.  He's the main villain -- an evil Portal Master.  He has appeared in four Mega Bloks sets. Black outer robe (95443, 95469, 95486), and brown outer robe (95472).


Imps. These are small, easily-defeated creatures. The red ones are called Flame Imps and the blue ones are called Gnashers. The Flame Imp comes in two packs (95438, 95475) and the Gnasher in only one pack (95440).


Chompies.  These are the common, annoying little monsters of Skyland.  Chompies are found in many more varieties than Mega Blocks has made, including Black Chompies and Bone Chompies.  The rarest is the Purple Chompy -- both in the video game and Mega Bloks sets.  The Purple Chompy only appears in two sets (95480, 95482), whereas the others are included in many diverse sets.


Chompy Mage.  He's a wizard who can summon Chompies.  He can also turn himself into a giant green Chompy. He comes in one special set, Chompy Pack Attack (95352).


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