Plasma Gun
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Plasma Guns, also called plasma launchers,(Omega Recon Reports) were projectile weapons designed to fire high-intensity plasma. Heroes tracking down escaped villains were equipped with Plasma Guns for their solo missions, and some had modified versions of the weapons to suit their needs.
Functionality
The Plasma Gun is a variation of the Meteor Blaster, but it is slightly shorter and has a bulkier top half. Designed to mimic the effects of lightning, the Plasma Gun used current sheets that enhance resistance and increase the buildup of energy within the gun for a desired shot, which results in a large explosion and radiation outpour. It shoots high-intensity plasma that way.
There are various kinds of Plasma Guns. Some of them are modified for the Heroes' certain parts of Mission: Catch 'Em and Cuff 'Em.
Example Usage
In Breakout: Part 1, Mark Surge fired his Plasma Gun at Splitface.
Users
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| Name | Modification | Status |
| William Furno | Tuned the launcher to function underwater, at the cost of projectile speed. Attached a harpoon to the top of the launcher, and the harpoon can be launched from where it is. Shoots fire.[SM1][Episode 10] | Out of use |
| Nathan Evo | Enhanced by his Tank Arm. | Out of use |
| Mark Surge | Shoots electrical energy blasts. | Out of use |
| Natalie Breez | None | Out of use |
| Daniel Rocka | Modified as a Crossbow. | Out of use |
| Dunkan Bulk | None | Out of use |
| Preston Stormer | Can track an enemy via their specific heat signature.(Shown in the September-October 2012 issue of the LEGO Magazine) Shoots ice to freeze targets.[Episode 10] | Out of use |
| Julius Nex | None[FO:MSG, p. 52] | Out of use |
| Jimi Stringer | Modified as a Sonic Blaster. | Out of use |
Daniel Rocka's jetpack and some Battle Machines have variations of the Plasma Gun. The jetpack has two Plasma Guns.
Each of the battle machines has one Plasma Gun called a Goo ball shooter, or simply Goo shooter for short. These Plasma Guns shoot plasma goo. There are two kinds of Goo ball shooters. One looks exactly like a standard Plasma Gun. The other one looks similar to the Poison Plasma Gun, Shooting Volt Blaster, and Arachnix's mouth.
Set Information
The Plasma Gun was included in all nine Hero sets of 2012, with modifications in several of the Heroes' designs. Two different pieces form to make a ball shooter; the top piece is brand new to the wave, whereas the bottom piece is a redesigned version of launcher pieces included in previous waves. The bottom piece is also used in the 2012 villain sets' guns. 6222 CORE HUNTER, released in summer 2012, also uses a gun called the Plasma Shooter, which is of the same design as the Plasma Gun, but it has a red spike and a bandolier.
44014 JET ROCKA's jetpack in 2013 has two Plasma Guns, which are called "Plasma Shooters" in its set's LEGOshop.com description.
The Battle Machines in 2014 also have Plasma Guns, which are called "Goo Ball Shooters" in their sets' LEGOshop.com descriptions.
Trivia
- In Episode 6: Savage Planet Part 1, Stringer 3.0 said that he had a "plasma gun" in his claw weapon, but it does not look like a Plasma Gun, and its blasts look like a Sonic Boom Weapon's.
- In Episode 8: Breakout Part 1 and Episode 9: Breakout Part 2, after the harpoon is launched from Furno's Plasma Gun, another harpoon appears out of thin air on the gun.
- According to DK Readers book Heroes in Action, Stormer's Plasma Gun has an ultra-powerful bolt shooter.[HiA, p. 14]
- The villain Core Hunter uses a gun similar to a Plasma Gun called the Plasma Shooter, according to his LEGOshop.com set description. Though using the same pieces and bearing a similar name, the Plasma Shooter is distinct from the Plasma Gun featured in the Hero sets of 2012, as it has a red spike and a bandolier. The weapon also exists before the Plasma Guns were made.[SM1]
- Some of the Hero sets' Plasma Guns are also called "plasma shooters" in their LEGOshop.com descriptions. The Plasma Gun is called the "Plasma Shooter" by HeroFactory.com, and a picture of Nex's Plasma Gun was used to represent this, though it is ultimately a Plasma Gun, according to Face Off: Makuro's Secret Guidebook.
- In Breakout Evo, Breakout Nex, Breakout Bulk, and Stormer XL's LEGOshop.com set descriptions, the Plasma Gun is also called the "plasma ball shooter". In Stormer XL's LEGOshop.com set descriptions, the Plasma Gun is called the "hero plasma blaster".
- Rocka's jetpack's variation of the Plasma Gun is called "plasma shooters".
- Some of the Hero sets' Plasma Guns are also called "plasma shooters" in their LEGOshop.com descriptions. The Plasma Gun is called the "Plasma Shooter" by HeroFactory.com, and a picture of Nex's Plasma Gun was used to represent this, though it is ultimately a Plasma Gun, according to Face Off: Makuro's Secret Guidebook.
- In Secret Mission 1: The Doom Box, Secret Mission 3: Collision Course, and Secret Mission 5: Mirror World, the Plasma Guns are called "plasma weapons" and "plasma blasters". The September-October 2012 issue of the LEGO Magazine also used the name "Plasma Blaster" to call the Plasma Gun.
- While the Crossbow, Sound Blaster, Rocka's jetpack's Plasma Shooters, and the Battle Machines' Goo ball shooters are not called "Plasma Guns" in their LEGOshop.com descriptions, HeroFactory.com, and Face Off: Makuro's Secret Guidebook, it is implied that they are variations of the Plasma Gun.
- The unnamed Alpha 1 Team rookie has two Plasma Guns.(questionable canonicity)
- In 6218 SPLITFACE's LEGOshop.com description, the Poison Plasma Gun is simply called "Plasma Gun", but the name goes to the Heroes' Breakout weapons. In Face Off: Makuro's Secret Guidebook, the Poison Plasma Gun is called a "Poison Plasma Blaster". Both names are combined together to avoid confusion with the other weapon with the name "Plasma Gun".
External links
- Plasma Gun/"Plasma Shooter" on HeroFactory.com (archived)
- Aquajet Pack and Furno's Plasma Gun on HeroFactory.com (archived)
