The Baddest of Them All

"The earth will tremble when I have my revenge!"
―Von Nebula

My younger son has, in the space of 24 hours, obtained and assembled a Lego Von Nebula action figure, part of Lego's exciting Hero Factory story line, which succeeds the beloved but played out Bionicle story arc.

In an age of me-too super-villains ("he's an evil genius, totally crazy, and he plans to destroy the world!"), I appreciate some of the nuance that went into Von Nebula.  He used to be a good guy, but pulled an Anakin, possibly for similar reasons.  He was on a failed mission that ended up getting a city destroyed and his team leader killed, reportedly because of his cowardice.  But of course the "good guys" would say that, wouldn't they?

They call him "Von Nutcase", but he is seriously badass.  He wields an orb staff that generates black holes.  Let's see your spider sense deal with that.



By the way, Von Nebula is voiced by Mark Hamill.