Set:7179
Set 7179 Bulk & Vapour is a limited edition large boxed set released in 2010, portraying the 1.0 Hero Dunkan Bulk and the villain Vapor, member of Von Nebula's gang.
Profile
- Name: Bulk and Vapour
- Type: Limited Edition Large Set
- Set number: 7179
- Subtheme: Heroes/Villains
- Release date: July 2010
- Pieces: 89
- MSRP: $24.99 (US)
- Ages: 8-16
- Instructions
Product Description
The following is a product description taken directly from LEGO. View the source here
Duncan Bulk and Vapour face off!
Attention Hero Duncan Bulk: Vapour has just been spotted causing major mayhem and must be stopped. Report immediately to the Refitting room to be mission-equipped with a high-tech breathing helmet, charged jet pack and a special weapon for each arm. Only this specialized equipment, combined with your strength and experience, can withstand Vapour’s dual tube-fed cannons that shoot corrosive vapour.
*Battle Von Nebula’s henchman Vapour!
*Includes Duncan Bulk and Vapour plus special weapons and accessories
*Both figures over 6” (15cm) tall
Set Information
The set consists of 89 pieces. It was exclusively released in Toys 'R' Us stores in the United States of America.
Features
The set features two Meteor Blasters, each connected to the bottom of one of Vapor's forearms, turning the Meteor Blasters into Vapor's variation of them called the Vapor Launchers. Vapor also has four various silver blades on his forearms, two on each forearm. The left silver blades can rotate.
The set's Bulk figure is a version of Bulk from 7168 Dunkan Bulk, but unlike the canister set, this set's version of Bulk has the Sonic Boom Weapon for his right arm rather than the right arm itself. Bulk also has a silver jetpack and a plastic tube in front of his neck.
The back of the box shows Vapor's stats.
Collectibles
Like the canister set, this set's version of Bulk has a silver helmet and a transparent orange Hero Core.
Vapor has a blue helmet, which is a variant of the helmet used in the 7162 Rotor set. Despite the helmet having no eye holes, Vapor has a blue head.
Reception
Trivia
- In the title of the set, as well as media outside of the United States, Vapor's name is spelled as "Vapour," which is the international spelling of the word "vapor".
- In LEGOshop.com and Brickset, the set is known as "Duncan Bulk and Vapor". This is similar to 7168 Dunkan Bulk when that set is called "Duncan Bulk" in LEGOshop.com and Brickset. In Showdown!, the "Bulk and Vapour" set is known as "Bulk and Vapor".
- Vapor has two blue blades on his upper arms, and the blades are blue variants of the ones used in the 7156 Corroder set.
- The jetpack is the same as the Av-Matoran sets' from BIONICLE.
- Vapor's arms are the same as Atakus and the Stars Skrall set's from BIONICLE.
- This set's Hero figure is the only 2010 Hero set figure to not have four-fingered hand pieces from Glatorian and Agori from BIONICLE, as he has two weapon-arm pieces in place of them.
- Unlike Hero Factory's sets in 2010-2012 and Bionicle's 2009 and 2010 sets that have Glatorian heads that wear helmets, Vapor and 7162 Rotor's helmets do not have eye holes.
- It is believed that the set was going to be "Thresher and Vapour" because Thresher from the television episodes looks like the Bulk figure in the set, but green and without the jetpack or the breathing apparatus.
See also
| HERO FACTORY Sets of Mid-2010 | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Small | 7164 Preston Stormer | 7165 Natalie Breez | 7167 William Furno | 7168 Dunkan Bulk | 7169 Mark Surge | 7170 Jimi Stringer | ||||
| Medium | 7147 XPlode | 7148 Meltdown | 7156 Corroder | 7157 Thunder | ||||
| Large | 7145 Von Nebula | 7158 Furno Bike | 7160 Drop Ship | 7162 Rotor | 7179 Bulk and Vapour | ||||
| see full list | |||||
