“Give it time, patience is a general's most valuable weapon. —Metal Elementor to Blast Link, Full Metal Racket
Metallak was a recurring major antagonist introduced in the second season of Max Steel. He was one of Makino's trusted generals, being responsible for the conquest and annihilation of countless worlds. Due Ultimate Elementor's constant defeats at the hands of Max Steel, Metallak was sent to Earth to subjugate it. After bonding with a metal pyramid, he became Metal Elementor, gaining the ability of manipulating and absorbing metal-based objects, and took over Elementor's troops. After an assault to the N-Tek's undersea base at the South Pacific, Metallak realizes that Elementor's loyalty to Makino had been compromised, and decided to absorb them into his being to form Mega-Elementor.
After the death of Makino at the hands of Max Steel, Metal and his brothers got stranded on Earth. They work for the highest bidder, such as Professor Mortum, who recruited them to steal the Connect-Tek device. The Elementors were later recruited by Terrorax, who introduced them to the Nexus organization. They were empowered with Terror Energy and confronted Team Turbo, but they lost and met their demise.
Metallak was one of Makino's generals who led a powerful army that devastated countless alien worlds and civilizations, such as Takion[1] and Kaduonn[2], Ven-Ghan's homeworld.
While Makino watched some of the fights of the Elementors against Max Steel, Metallak approaches and says that he would be the one responsible for eliminating the hero. Makino proceeds to say that planets like Takion and Earth resisted like no others, especially the latter due to Steel and Max's efforts. Metallak says that he will destroy him for humiliating his honor and will take control of Elementor's troops. Makino mentions about Dread, who Metallak should be aware of. He proceeds to find a target to Megalink with and encounters a metal statue in southern Mexico. He assumes his sphere form and goes there and bonds with the object, thus becoming Metal Elementor.
Back on the Makino Destroyer, Metallak reunites with Makino's troops and explains their mission of conquering Earth and destroying Max Steel. Ultimate Elementor sarcastically says "good luck", which angers Metallak and mentions that he could absorb them into their being, and that he should as they didn't subdue earth years ago. They apologize and Metallak proceeds to say that he would not fail and instead would turn them into a powerful force to destroy Max Steel for Makino's glory. Later on, Elementor is saying that they would destroy Max Steel, though Metallak approaches them and disagrees, saying that they would stay. Suddenly, Miles Dread appears and asks if he was interupting, in which Metallak sarcastially refers to him as the "infamous Miles Dread". He presents himself and commands to Miles' forces serve his, but he refuses to. He approaches him and says that when he destroys Max Steel, Dread's deal with Makino would be over, though Miles says that he was looking forward to this day and changes the subject by asking about the attack. Metallak shows a video of Maxwell saying that Max Steel would appear in the Battle of the Bands and he says that he would destroy their hero before their eyes.
Max faces Metal Elementor.
In the following day, during the battle of the bands, Metallak's forces attack Copper Canyon. Metal Elementor is sent there, and slowly forms himself while Max Steel watches at distance, asking what was "that thing". He roars and jumps at Max and uses his saw to attack him, though he quickly dodges and he hits a building instead. After rescuing the civilians and defeating the Ultralinks, Max deals with Metallak, who activates his saw and proceeds to fight with him, referring to Steel as a deserter and that he betrayed his army and he would pay for that. Their fight is interupted by C.Y.T.R.O., who launches missiles on Metallak and takes him down for few seconds. He assumes his liquid form and reforms himself, later using his metal-based powers to lift a truck and tosses it on Max Steel.
Metal Elementor is defeated.
The duo go to a metal processing plant, where Metallak follows them and says that he would destroy them. Max attempts to fight with the villain with his Turbo Strength Mode, but he quickly take him down and tosses metal bars at them. He says that Steel had allied with a pathetic human and was planning to destroy his own kind, in which Steel replies that he at least wasn't one of Makino's "lackeys", which angers Metallak and he proceeds to violently grab them and restrain them on the ground. He activates his saw and attempts to kill them, but Max quickly gets up after seeing barrels of metal corrosives. He tricks Metallak by making him shoot the barrels, which causes the liquid to spray over him and corrode his skin, thus weakening him. Max uses Turbo Cannon Mode to finish him off. Though weak, he says that he would destroy him for Makino's glory before getting up and escaping thanks to a Makino Destroyer nearby.
At the ship, he appears quiet and was unresponsive towards Elementor's banter. Later on, Chomp Link appears seeing the clip of Max and his band's song, which angers Metallak, making him destroy the screen with rage.
Miles Dread informs Metal Elementor that N-Tek's undersea base at the South Pacific was developing a Takion missile. The Megalink then informs his fleet, claiming that this weapon could be potent enough to annihilate their master Makino. Ultimate Elementor is eager to lead the assault, but Metal interferes and says that he would be the one instead.
Metal Elementor and the Ultralinks invade the N-Tek undersea base.
Metal Elementor and a small army of Ultralinks head to the facility. With Elementor's help, Metal invades the base. He demands an answer about the Takion missile to Commander Parker, who is left confused. He throws a grenade at the villain and runs away, causing a conflict between the Ultralinks and the N-Tek agents. Max Steel, in his Turbo Scuba Mode, later arrives to help them. After they retreat, Metal Elementor commands his soldiers to search the base, while he would deal with Max.
Ultimate Water Elementor rescues Metal Elementor.
Metal finds Max, Parker and other N-Tek agents. He tells them to fall back and focus on Chomp, Blast and Prism while he would deal with the Megalink. Max is found by the Ultralink trio while being chased by Elementor. Blast reveals that there was no sign of a Takion missile, but Elementor doesn't cares as they could destroy Max Steel right there. McGrath tells Parker to seal the blast doors on the sector that he was in. Though reluctant at first, he does as he is told. Max tricks Metal Elementor in launching a saw at the walls of the sector, causing the place to be flooded with water. Now in advantage, Max pushes Elementor to the depths of the ocean. He begins to be affected by the water pressure, nearly killing him. Ultimate Elementor interferes and rescues Metallak.
At a Makino Destroyer, Metal and Blast are re-watching a recording of the former's defeat at the hands of Max Steel. Metallak was sure that Ultimate Elementor would have allowed the hero to finish him off, although Blast claims that he had saved him. Metal says that he always followed his instincts, and that he was sure that Elementor's loyalty to Makino had been compromised. Blast suggests to Metallak to absorb him using his annexing abilities. Their conversation is interrupted by Ultimate Elementor, who had been contacted by Metal earlier. He proposes a challenge to the Ultralinks: to capture Max Steel in twenty-four hours. Though reluctant at first, Elementor accepts it and tells him to prepare a stasis cell.
Ultimate Elementor brings Ven-Ghan and Steel to Metal Elementor.
Hours later, Elementor brings Steel, who was imprisoned inside an Ultralink pod, and Ven-Ghan to Metal Elementor, much to his surprise. He demands the hunter to release the Ultralink from his prison, but he refuses to. Metal tells Elementor to force him to free Steel by any means necessary.
Ven-Ghan versus Metal Elementor.
Max later invades the Makino Destroyer, rescuing Ven-Ghan and Steel. While trying to escape from the ship, they are found by Metal Elementor. While Steel uses Turbo Mimic Strength Mode to punch through the walls of the ship, Ven-Ghan and Max deal with the villain. After the hunter attacks Elementor, he mentions that he had destroyed his world, and when he killed him, it would have been like his kind never existed. Max comments that he wouldn't destroy any other worlds and charges at him. With the help of McGrath, Ven-Ghan deals with decisive blow to Elementor, defeating him.
Metal Elementor later approaches Ultimate Elementor, who was locked inside of a stasis cell. He tells him that he had failed and that he would suffer the consequences. Using his annexing abilities, Metal Elementor annexes Ultimate Elementor, creating Mega-Elementor.
Mega-Elementor tracks Max Steel's T.U.R.B.O. Energy in island. He organizes a plan to destroy the place alongside the hero.
Metal Elementor's defeat.
After the Ultralinks are beaten by Max Steel and the Turbo Jet, Mega-Elementor decides to step in and settle things. After the hero uses Turbo Clone Mode, Mega-Elementor splits itself into their five primal forms. However, Max's clones easily subdue them. Using multiple of his Turbo Modes, Max throws Elementor to the inside of a volcano. The two fight one-on-one, with the villain having the upper arm. He throws Elementor into the lava, but he quickly re-emerges and goes back to fighting. Realizing that lava wasn't hot enough to melt him, Max decides to activate Turbo Heat Mode and uses large amounts of flame to defeat the Megalink. Elementor is reduced to a malformed, melting body. Desperate, he begins to swing his mace back and forth, causing a formation from the top of the volcano to fall at him and sink him on lava.
He later uses his annexing abilities to re-capture the other Elementors.
While heading to the energy source of the Alphalink, Max is confronted by Mega-Elementor. He tries to defeat Max, but his clashing personalities begin to argue. Max shrugs it off and uses the Turbo Star to defeat Elementor. The blat was potent enough to divide them to their primal forms.
Alongside his brothers, Metallak appears listening to Terrorax's schemes to take over the world. He asks why Terrorax had invoked them and Earth asks why he couldn't resort to "his precious lord Nexus". Terrorax replies that he was too weak and needed their help to rise once again and conquer the world. He would offer them powers beyond their wildest dreams and asks if they were on his side. They shout the Nexus' battle cry.
The Elementors about to fight against Team Turbo.
The Elementors attack Copper Canyon's beach. They eventually face Team Turbo. After fighting for a while, Terrorax contacts Metallak and says that he obtained the Terror Energy Generator and they decide to leave the beach. The Elementors and Team Terror head to the Pantheon, where they are charged with Terror Energy and get much stronger. They approach Nexus and shout the legion's battle cry.
After Team Turbo invade the Pantheon, Metallak and his brothers show up to a showdown. Before Max could help his friends, Water pushes him out of the ship with his water bazooka. Metallak fights against Alex, Rayne and C.Y.T.R.O. and he eventually decides to fuse with Fire in order to create Fire and Metal Elementor, while Earth and Water fuse themselves to create Earth and Water Elementor. Tempestra trick Metallak and he accidentally un-fuses Earth and Water by damaging their energy core. Earth attempts to fuse with them, but Metallak rejects him.
Metal Elementor's death.
C.Y.T.R.O. eventually manages to un-fuse Fire and Metal, but Metallak refuses to be defeated. He decides to absorb the Terror Energy from his deceased brothers to become stronger. At the same time, he says how Terror Energy made their bond get stronger and that Team Turbo was in a serious danger. After he fought for a while against the trio, Rayne and Alex distracted him while C.Y.T.R.O. used his drill to dig a hole on Metallak's back. La Fiera enters inside of him and destroys him. As a result, Metallak falls on the floor and his core is deactivated.
Powers and Abilities[]
Powers[]
Megalink Abilities
Linking Abilities: Like other of his kind, Metallak can bond with organic or inorganic material and weaponize it. In his case, he bonded with a metal pyramid to create a humanoid creature capable of manipulating and absorbing metal-based objects.
Annexing: Being a Megalink, Metal can absorb (or annex) other Ultralinks into his body to augment his power.
Superhuman Strength: Being a Megalink, Metal is considerably more powerful than regular Ultralinks. For example, he was capable of instantly deactivating Max's Turbo Strength Mode with one blow from his mace in Full Metal Racket and in Hot Zone, he grabbed, lifted and threw Max in his Turbo Cannon Mode with relative ease.
Superhuman Durability: Metal Elementor's body is extremely durable, being capable of withstanding extremely high temperatures (such as lava) and various continued attacks from Max Steel, as seen in Hot Zone.
Weapons Creation: Metal Elementor's hands can shapeshift into two weapons: a mace and a saw. He can also generate and launch saw projectiles in rapid succession.
Underwater Breathing: As seen in Deep Turbo Blue Sea, Metal can breathe in underwater environments.
Ferrokinesis: Metallak's primary power consists of manipulating metal objects. He can control everything that is made out of metal around him, being capable of levitating it and throwing at his foes. He can also absorb the material to increase his power.
Liquefaction: Metallak is capable of turning his body into a puddle of metal. He can quickly travel from one place to another via this form.
Terror Energy Generation: After he was charged with Terrorax's Terror Energy, Metallak got the ability of generating Terror Energy by himself. As a result, his conditions are enhanced even further, making him stronger, faster and more durable than before. He can also absorb the Terror energy from other beings in order to increase his power and size.
Abilities[]
Expert Tactician: Metallak is responsible for the conquest of various alien worlds.
Arsenal[]
Blade: In Turbo-Warriors, Metal Elementor got a bladed weapon made out of metal and Terror Energy.
Weaknesses[]
Energy Core: Metallak possesses a energy core in his forehead, like other of his kind. If the core is hit by someone or something, he will feel agonized for some seconds, allowing his foes to attack.
Metal Corrosives: Due to the fact that Metallak is made out of metal, he can be defeated by using metal corrosives, like hydrochloric acid. Max and Steel utilized this strategy to defeat him in Full Metal Racket.
Durability Limit: Despite being highly durable, Metal Elementor's body cannot withstand water pressure and intense heat.
Before bonding with the metal pyramid, Metallak was a regular Megalink. His armor featured traces of gold and he had the head mold of a Fighter Ultralink. His Megalink pod was red-colored and had a spiky armor around it.
As Metal Elementor, he gains a large and muscular build and a hunched over posture. His body is metallic silver with golden accents on the fingers and toes. He has a line of segmented golden spikes that begin on his neck and end on his back. He has black eyes with red irises, double-layered teeth and a red energy core on the forehead region. His hands can shapeshift into a golden saw or a golden mace with silver spikes. In Team Turbo, Metallak's appearance slightly changes. His eyes are now red and he gains golden accents on his ankles. These changes are later discarded in Turbo-Warriors, however. His body gains a darker shade of silver and his eyes and core glow light red.
In Turbo-Warriors, Metallak is charged with Terrorax's Terror Energy and his body gains a light purple aura and sparks of said energy. His core and eyes' color also switches to light purple. He later on gains a new form by the end of the film. He has a gigantic size and gains more golden armor parts.
In terms of constitution, Metallak's body consists in several types of metal (for example, titanium and iron), according by a scan made by Steel in Full Metal Racket.
Personality[]
Commanding, ruthless, strict, proud and arrogant, Metallak single-mindedly served Makino, being one of his most fearsome generals. Responsible for the destruction of various worlds, Metallak shows no remorse for the lives he has taken, going as far as boasting his actions like in The Ultralink Hunter. After finding a host to bond with, Metal Elementor took over Elementor's fleet with the intent of turning it into a powerful force to take down N-Tek and Max Steel, denoting his ambitious and strategic traits. His strategic side is further emphasized in Full Metal Racket. Contrary to Ultimate Elementor, who prefers plans involving simple and direct forms of attack, Metal prefers to wait and analyze his enemy and then attack. Like others of his kind, Metal deeply resented Steel due to his betrayal, mainly because he was once a member of his army. He also shows a certain disgust towards Max, referring him to as Steel's "pathetic human". Short-tempered, Metal can get easily angered when others refer to him as an "Ultralink" rather than a Megalink.
Metal had a hatred against the Elementors, referring to them as a "big failure", stating that they were on Earth for more than sixteen years and weren't capable of conquering it nor destroying Max Steel. In Torbolt Te Terrible, Elementor is shown to have a disdain against his fleet, as, while privately talking with Torbolt, he said he was surrounded by "incompetents". Despite his contempt towards the Elementors, he eventually unite forces with them. In Team Turbo, he becomes their leader and uses a metaphor to describe their bond, comparing them to a pack of wolves under his command.
In The Wrath of Makino, Makino comments about how much he detested Earth and Metallak, Blast and Prism tried to convince him otherwise by talking about their movies, amusement parks and pizza, suggesting that Elementor was starting to like the human culture.
Metal Elementor appears in Sneaky Ultralinks, questioning the Ultralink trio as to what was their plan to take down Max Steel and N-Tek.
Metal Elementor appears in Full Metal Elementor, where he introduces himself to Chomp Link while Max and Steel sneak into the Makino Destroyer they were in.
Games[]
Metal Elementor appears as an enemy unit in Turbo Tactics.
Toys[]
Metal Elementor gained a 12" action figure in 2014. It was initially released for Latin American markets and later worldwide.
Metal Elementor was featured in the 6" Max Steel Vs Metal Elementor battle pack released worldwide in early 2014.
Metal Elementor had another 6" action figure planned to be released in 2014, but it was scrapped.
Metallak was notably different compared to others of his kind. Megalinks usually have a red accents for their armor and the Raider Ultralink mold for his head, while Metallak possessed gold traces on his armor and a Fighter Ultralink mold for his head.
Metal Elementor's appearance closely matches his classic counterpart, having a segmented line of spikes on his rib and double-leyered teeth.
He is the only Elementor to possess five fingers and three toes.
Metallak's voice was more deeper than Metal Elementor, although they sound the same.
An Ultralink with similar traits and appearance to that of Metal Elementor was made for promotional material of the series. The Ultralink was never featured in the show, however.
Alongside Ven-Ghan, Metal Elementor was featured in the two initial trailers made for the second season. The scene in which he appears originally came from Elements of Surprise Part One, but it was modified to insert Metal Elementor in it. He appears attacking N-Tek's base while Forge and other agents attack him with their guns, and then he proceeds to throw a rock at them while Makino watches at distance on Makino ship at space.
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