Blastzone
Swap Force
"Blast and Furious!"
"Blast and Furious!"
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As a young furnace knight, Blast Zone was part of the Skylands Bomb Squad, specializing in the safe disarming and removal of troll bombs. But it was not long before the trolls got tired of Blast Zone constantly thwarting their evil plans, so they decided to go after the furnace knight himself. Late one night, an army of trolls snuck into Blast Zone's village and threw 100 bombs down his chimney. Acting quickly, Blast Zone swallowed each bomb and then belched a jet of fire back at the invaders - sending them fleeing with their boots on fire. The tale of the attack eventually reached the ear of Master Eon, who knew the brave furnace knight had all the makings of a Skylander.
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In-Game
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Overview 4/5: Blastzone is one of the two swap force skylanders given with the starter pack and thus, is probably not the most favorite skylander of most people and by now is probably bland and boring. However, his aesthetics are pretty good and deserve a review that gives justice to his design decisions.
Paint 3/5: Blastzone has three colors copper bronze, black, and transparent fire effects orange. His face his bronze with a bit if medieval knight embroidery in black on his helmet. The fire that is supposed to be his eyes and mouth are just painted plastic and don't fit in well with the transparent orange fire effects. His body looks like a furnace and a Knight's armor mixed together. I guess that's why his species is called Furnace Knights… He holds two lit bombs in his oven mitt hands. His elbows showcase the same lazy painted over fire that his face suffered from and can't even come close to the nice detail of the Transparent fire emitting from the top of his head.
Sculpt 4/5: His sculpt definitely has good detail throughout. His entire suit of armor is covered with metallic, knightly embroidered detail like rivets and divers as well as decorative swirls and vents. This definelty gives him more personality and I can see why they put him in the starter pack. You could say he's "Too hot to handle" (please excuse the pun!).
Gimmick (Swapability) 3/5: Blastzone, because of his colors and design, fits in with no other swap force skylander and looks quite garish when either half is mixed with any other half.
Paint 3/5: Blastzone has three colors copper bronze, black, and transparent fire effects orange. His face his bronze with a bit if medieval knight embroidery in black on his helmet. The fire that is supposed to be his eyes and mouth are just painted plastic and don't fit in well with the transparent orange fire effects. His body looks like a furnace and a Knight's armor mixed together. I guess that's why his species is called Furnace Knights… He holds two lit bombs in his oven mitt hands. His elbows showcase the same lazy painted over fire that his face suffered from and can't even come close to the nice detail of the Transparent fire emitting from the top of his head.
Sculpt 4/5: His sculpt definitely has good detail throughout. His entire suit of armor is covered with metallic, knightly embroidered detail like rivets and divers as well as decorative swirls and vents. This definelty gives him more personality and I can see why they put him in the starter pack. You could say he's "Too hot to handle" (please excuse the pun!).
Gimmick (Swapability) 3/5: Blastzone, because of his colors and design, fits in with no other swap force skylander and looks quite garish when either half is mixed with any other half.
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Release
Blastzone was released in wave 1 of Skylanders Swap Force in the Stater Packs for the WII, WII U, PS3, PS4, XBOX 360, and XBOX ONE alongside Wash Buckler and Ninja Stealth Elf.
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