Gear Review: Pyrox's Flame Staff

      

       Hello, everyone! As you all must have noticed, ROBLOX has released yet another contest sponsored by the creators of the LEGO Hero Factory series. As always, these contests come with free prizes, one of which, Pyrox's Flame Staff, will be the subject of our review today. So, without further ado, let's get down to the review!

Abilities/Effects: Pyrox's Flame Staff doesn't too shabby a job, and I must admit that I do enjoy the effect of the fire dancing around the tip of the flame-shaped blade, so I can't really mark it down there. The overall effect of the staff actually isn't entirely unlike that of the Tormentor's Axe, if you've seen that in action. Both are capable of causing quite a large amount of damage to one's opponent and are fairly decent weapons. I'd give it a 7/10.

Appearance: As with Furno's Flame Sword and Shield, the other prize available through this contest, I've found that I'm not really a fan of the design of the weapon. While it does look amazing with a LEGO Hero package, it just doesn't quite mesh with anything in the ROBLOXian Catalog as of yet. Ah, if only ROBLOX would release a Furno or Pyroz Package... Anyway, as I said earlier, I'm not too fond of the look, as the flame of the blade looks very plastic-y and slightly childish, which is why I've decided to give it a 5/10 in this category.

Pricing: You'll find that this gear item is one of the highest priced you'll ever see to hit the ROBLOXian Catalog. At a whopping 0 ROBUX, this monstrously expensive gear is second only to the second-to-last ROBLOX Tablet. All jokes aside, I appreciate the fact that ROBLOX is creating free gear which is easily available to players without Builder's Club. Great job, guys! 10/10.

Overall: 7.3/10

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Lego Hero Factory: Furno's Sword and Shield review

Sup, Pajke here, reviewing Furno's Sword and Shield. Man, I really need to update the sentence I start my articles with, It's getting monotone.

So for this article, let's call the gear FSaS for short, since that's the acronym you get. This is the weapon the heroes use in the new Lego Hero Factory Game. You can also receive it as a permanent gear, just by getting five badges. If you haven't already, go and grab it.

Abilities: Well, it's not exactly a Swiss army knife with 50 functions. All you can do with it is swing. I mean, you can't even use the shield. When you swing it, it turns red. The damage output is balanced. You can kill an opponent in two hits. Each hit causes 55 points of damage. The animation is nice and fluid. 6/10 - Mainly cause of the damage output and I like the animation. 

Looks: The sword consists of a blade and what seems to be a flamethrower. The Cross-Guards are bladelike pieces of metal, that are pointing downwards. The Rain Guard otherwise called Chappe, is orange. The blade is shaped similarly to a specific Turkish sabre of which I don't know the name. The shield looks something like a Kite-Shield, which is a pretty balanced shield, even though its Base isn't pointy. Just like with the sword, there seem to be flamethrowers attached to it. 7/10 - It looks too legoey for ROBLOX, but I like the meshes and the overall layout. 


Overall: It would have made a lot more sense if we could actually use the shield. Next to no functions, except for simple hitting. Balanced damage output. Doesn't look so bad. I don't hate it, but it could be better.
6.5/10


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New ROBLOX Event: LEGO Hero Factory: Brain Attack

If you cast your minds back a year, then you may remember the LEGO Group working with the ROBLOX Corporation in creating a Hero Factory sponsored event. This was called: LEGO Hero Factory: Breakout. The basic premise of the game was to collect parts that spawned randomly around the map. The first team to locate all their parts would win the round. If the Heroes won, all the players on that team would receive Furno's Aquajet Pack and Plasma Gun. If the Villains won however, all the players on that team would receive the Arachnix Drone. You can read the full review of the game HERE.

Today, ROBLOX launched their greatly anticipated second event sponsoring LEGO. The name of the game is LEGO Hero Factory: Brain Attack and is based on control point gameplay. You'll be pleased to hear that this second instalment is a vast improvement on the first. I enjoyed Brain Attack more simply because it has a better designed map, formulated for close quarters action unlike Breakout. The game also offers actual player versus player combat, in which opponents can dismember each other with flaming swords and metallic claws. Due to the maps size, combat is fast and deadly meaning players do not have to travel far to seek their opponents.

There are 17 badges up for grabs, four of which will unlock a virtual item for you to keep in your inventory. These 4 badges are as follows:

Heroic Victory                                                                                                      

                                                                                                                            Prize: Furno Mask 

 To attain this badge you must win a round as a Hero
 and perform at least 1 capture of a control point.



Villanous Victory                                                                                                   

                                                                                                                            Prize: Pyrox Mask

To attain this badge you must win a round as a Villain
and perform at least 1 capture of a control point.




Five Badges                                                                                        

                                                                                                       Prize: Furno's Sword and Shield

To attain this badge you simply have to collect 5 badges.





10 Badges

Prize: Pyrox's Flame Staff

To attain this badge you simply have to collect 10 badges.





A video walk through will be posted over the weekend, showing you how to earn each of these cool pieces of equipment. 


Other LEGO Hero Factory: Brain Attack items available in the catalog:

LEGO Hero Factory: Evil Brain                             

LEGO Hero Factory: Brain Attack Cap

LEGO Hero Factory: Brain Attack Shirt





Thanks for reading! Look out for reviews of the LEGO Hero Factory: Brain Attack place and the gear that can be acquired from it.

Thanks,

-Arbirator
Editor of Roblox News