Craniac

Craniac is a Space Police III minifigure that was released in 2010. 
== Description ==
The minifigure is not from the same species as the Skull Twins, but has the same shape helmet in dark red. He drives an alien space chopper with two neon green blasters, a large missile launcher and two huge flaming engines. The engine flame bricks are the new type, not the smaller flames from earlier themes. He carries a pistol with a blue axe-headed laser. The mark of the Black Hole Gang is printed on the top-left side of Craniac's torso piece. He has the Insectoids logo on his back.
== Background ==
Craniac is the master planner of the space crooks gang. He has a cybernetically enhanced brain that makes him very smart.Craniac's Bio on spacepolice.lego.com He also seems to have 6,053 parking tickets (All unpaid) according to his bio, and his brain is prone to overheating.
In the beginning of the LEGO Space Police Building Contest video, Craniac is standing in the corner of the building next to the bank, which Brick Daddy want to rob. He has a photo camera in hands. In the next scene, he gets to the bank and follows one of the bankers to the vault. There, he takes pictures of smaller safes right behind banker without him noticing. Then he runs out of the bank. Later, he meets with Jawson and shows him a plan he created. However, Jawson drops the plan into a nearby trash can and simply smashes through the bank's walls to retrieve the vault. Later, both Jawson and Craniac come to Brick Daddy's office. Craniac uses a code to open the vault. Brick Daddy pushes him away, runs into the vault, and tosses Craniac money for his job.
== LEGO.com Description ==
== Appearances ==
* 5985 Space Police Central
== Notes ==
* Craniac's prototype name was Insectoid Xim.Toy Fair 2010 Although the Insectoids reference was dropped from his name, his unmasked face and the Insectoids logo on his back still pay homage to the theme.
* His headpiece is reused in LEGO Batman 3: Beyond Gotham.
== Gallery ==
CraniacC.png|Craniac on LEGO.com
Sp115b.jpg|Side view
craniac_4.jpg|Under his helmet
craniac_5.jpg|Front and back
== References ==
Category:Space Police III minifigures
Category:Minifigures introduced in 2010