| “ | Meltdown: Geronimo!!! [Laughs while shooting aimlessly] Stormer: Meltdown!!! Spread out! Take Cover! Meltdown: [Drops down] I just thought I'd drop in for a visit. |
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| ~ Meltdown ambushing the heroes. |
| “ | Well I've done what I came to do, all in a days work eh? Au revoir. | „ |
| ~ Meltdown after infecting Stormer with his nanobots. |
Meltdown is a villain from the Hero Factory series. He is voiced by Joel Swetow in Lego Hero Factory: Rise of the Rookies.
History[]
Meltdown's Criminal Days[]
Meltdown was a dangerous cycloptic criminal known to use toxins to commit crimes across the galaxy. During his career, he sabotaged a iridium mine and assaulted a major city. However, he was often hindered by the Hero Factory.
Hired by Von Nebula[]
At some point, a former hero named Von Nebula, who recruited Meltdown to destroy Hero Factory and tasked him to corrupt his nemesis Stormer with nanobots.
Mekron City[]
Meltdown later traveled to Mekron City and came across police Chief Drax. During a brief battle, Meltdown managed to use his nanobots to corrupt Drax. After Stormer and three rookies: Furno, Breez, and Surge arrived they were ambushed by the corrupted Drax and several security drones. Despite the heroes successfully subduing Drax, Meltdown ambushed them by repealing down a skylight and began firing upon them. Meltdown then introduced himself, before revealing he had added "something extra" to his arsenal. He then swung his radioactive tentacle at Furno, but Stormer shielded the rookie and was infected by Meltdown's nanobots. With his task completed, Meltdown fled the city, leaving the corrupted Stormer to wreak havoc, though he was eventually cured.
Destroy Alpha Team[]
Later, Meltdown participated in a attack on New Stellac City with XPlode, Corroder, and Thunder and fought against Breez, Stringer, Surge, and Bulk while Stormer and Furno confronted Von Nebula. Despite his best efforts, Meltdown was defeated by Stringer and captured. After Von Nebula and the other villains were defeated, Meltdown and his comrades were taken to Makuhero City where he was imprisoned.
Escaped[]
Later in the Break Out event, he and the other Villains escaped from Villain Storage. His escape attempt was temporarily halted by Surge, but Meltdown lassoed the hero and flung him away.
Back in Storage[]
In Brain Attack event, Furno confirmed that he and the remaining Villains are re-captured again.
Traits[]
Completely psychotic, intelligent, sadistic and specialist of dabbling in radioactive materials, using degraded nuclear radiation in his equipped tanks. His enjoyment inflicting suffering and death on his enemies with toxic his materials, ranking him as Von Nebula's most destructive and viscous employee.
Weapons[]
Radioactive Sludge Shooter and customized Meteor Blaster connected to the tanks on Meltdown's back, a radioactive tentacle that functions as a whip and strike down enemies with toxic micro-nanobots invading his enemies body.
Gallery[]
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Trivia[]
- He is the 1st one-eyed villain in Hero Factory, the 2nd is XT4.
- Meltdown is the mad scientist of the Von Nebula's gang.
- He and Corroder share similar powers and traits, both use toxic materials on enemies, viscous among anyone in their way, making victims suffer before destroying them and their insanity is as dangerous as their weapons.
- Hero Mark Surge mention to Stormer a history of Meltdown's past life, a twisted criminal that use radioactive materials for his robberies and later mutated and modified over time.