Set:6228

Set 6228 THORNRAXX is a small foil pack set released in early 2012, portraying the villain Thornraxx, who escaped during the Breakout.

Profile

• Name: Thornraxx
• Type: Small Set
• Set number: 6228
• Subtheme: Villains
• Release date:
  • January 2012 (International)
  • July 2012 (North & South America)
• Pieces: 44
• MSRP: $8.99 (US)
• Ages: 6-12
• Instructions:
  • US
  • International

Product Description

The following is a product description taken directly from LEGO. View the source here and here

Capture THORNRAXX without getting stung!
Sound the alarm! THORNRAXX has escaped through the black hole and is hiding on the hive planet! Get there on the double and cuff that villain! Just be prepared for his shooting venom spitter, deadly stinger and razor claws!

*Features venom spitter shooter, deadly stinger and razor claws
*Highly flexible and poseable design
*Fire the venom spitter shooter!
*Includes unique code worth 200 game points for LEGO® Hero Factory BREAKOUT game
*Battle with 6227 BREEZ!
*Combine with 6227 BREEZ for an even bigger model!
*Stands over 6” (17cm) tall

Set Information

The set's foil pack

The set consists of 44 pieces. It was released in early 2012 in Europe, Australia/New Zealand and Asia. However, the set, along with 6227 BREEZ, had its release date held back until summer 2012 in North America for an unknown reason.

By combining pieces from Thornraxx with pieces from set 6227, one can build a non-canon combination model.

Features

The set features mandibles that are a variation of the Meteor Blaster. It also has wings that can articulate to represent Thornraxx flying. On the foil pack's front art's background shows Natalie Breez, a Hero from the Breez set and who is chasing after Thornraxx in his home Hive Planet.

Collectibles

The set includes a black head piece and a Hero Core. Printed underneath the Core is a code called a Hero Code, which could be entered in an online game called Breakout in HeroFactory.com in 2012, to earn 200 Hero Points. The Hero Core is not used in Thornraxx's construction, but can possibly be placed on any of his armor pieces for storage.

Trivia

• Thornraxx's head is of the same design as Arachnix's body from 6203 BLACK PHANTOM.
• Thornraxx's wing pieces are the same as the ones from Bionicle's Gorast set.
• Thornraxx's stinger is a black and red corrupted Quaza spike piece from the late 2011 set wave.
• The set's description in the American version of HeroFactory.com got deleted in March 2012, perhaps due to the set not being available in America until summer 2012. When the set was released in America, the description had not returned.
• Since Thornraxx did not appear in Episode 8: Breakout Part 1 or Episode 9: Breakout Part 2 for an unknown reason, he does not have his own Breakout Animation.