Balk

Balk is a Flexer Mixel.

Personality
Balk is the anomaly to the Flexers' intellectual nature. While it is true that he still is pretty smart, he is also very scatterbrained thanks to his abilities not translating to the inside of his head and has a tendency to space out at times probably due to bashing his head a lot. He is the most immature of his tribe, preferring to play rather than show off his smarts.

Physical Appearance
Balk is mostly orange in color. He has a very squat body with a tall and well-defined jaw. His eyes are on stalks that stick out on the sides. They have a black stripe near the base, which also houses four tentacles, two small ones and two longer ones. His upper jaw has three teeth that point downwards, while his lower one has two spaced-out buck teeth that point upwards. He has three bowing orange legs with a grey line at their base. He has angular orange feet with black fronts. The back of his head between the connectors of his jaws are black.

Ability
His head is like a mallet, which he can use for a strong headbutt. His eyes also have the ability to inflate when aggressive.

Early life
Little is known about Balk's early life. However, he managed to hit his head enough times to end up having brain damage in the past.

First adventures
At a party, he managed to get kidnapped by the Nixels, and had to be rescued to help rescue the other Mixels. ("Calling All Mixels") While preparing to play Slingshot with Lunk, he encounters two Nixels disguised as Mixels and asks if they want to join their game, even giving a Cubit to them after he and Lunk Mixed. Jokingly calling the Nixels weird, he went off to play alone, and ended up retrieving the Cubit back from Major Nixel. ("Nixel "Mix Over"")

During his birthday party, he had his cake ruined by the Lunk & Tentro Mix crashing through it and received a soggy ribbon from Lunk as a present (which was originally an ice block), disappointing him even further. ("Elevator")

Further adventures
During the annual Mix Festival, he was Nixed by the Mega Nixel Mixel Nixer, but was later returned to normal. ("Epic Comedy Adventure")

Balk was one of almost all the Mixels that searched and fought for the Mixamajig. ("A Quest for the Lost Mixamajig")

Memorable Quotes

 * "Meeeeeeeeeeeeee." - Balk, Elevator
 * "Hey there, little Mixels!" - Balk, Nixel "Mix Over"

Set Information
Balk was released as part of the Series 2 Mixels sets in the June 2014 product wave. His product number is 41517 and he contains 68 pieces.

The set includes a Nixel.

41517 Balk can be combined with 41515 Kraw and 41516 Tentro to create the Flexers Max.

LEGO Shop product description
Crush intruders with the hammerhead of BALK!

''BALK might be the slowest of the Flexers tribe, but this Mixel’s mallet-like head can hit, pummel and crush whatever gets in the way. All that head-butting has bashed BALK’s brain cells, so this hammer-headed Mixel can be forgetful and find it hard to spit out the right words. But there’s no one better to defend the Rubberlands, where the Flexers live, from Nixel invasions.''
 * Features hammerhead, three legs and poseable joints
 * Selected Mixels also feature Nixels inside the pack
 * Collect all three Mixels in the Flexers tribe to build the super Mixel tribe combo
 * Go to LEGO.com/mixels for exclusive building instructions, animations, wallpapers and much more
 * Watch all your favorite Mixel characters on Cartoon Network
 * Play the game available for iOS and Android
 * Stands over 3” (9cm) tall

In-Booklet code
Balk's in-booklet code for Calling All Mixels is HA8ERHE5AD, which is Hammer-Head when decoded.

Background Information

 * He represents September to December 2014 in the Mixels: 2015 Wall Calendar.
 * He is fourth in line standing on the "Mixels" logo.

Trivia

 * He likes to tap dance, as seen in the "Meet Balk" video. He can also be seen tap dancing in Epic Comedy Adventure.
 * He is the least intelligent of the Flexers.
 * His birthday might be June 26, the release date of Elevator.
 * In his Upset video in Calling All Mixels, his eyes inflated and eventually popped, revealing his eyes can inflate like balloons and explode and that he has sensitive eyes.
 * He has a tendency to extend "E"-based sounds. (as heard in Elevator when saying "me")
 * He is terrible at telling jokes, as seen in Calling All Mixels.
 * Balk is one of the skinniest Mixels, having a very thin body overall.
 * He is the only Flexer that kept his name from the preliminary sets as his current.
 * He is the only Flexer to have been referred to by name in the cartoon so far.
 * He has a tendency to randomly move his mouth up and down sometimes, almost like a spring.
 * His voice is deeper in various supplementary material, such as the Mixels Websites and Calling All Mixels.

Name and basis
Balk's name is derived from the word "balk", which means "to baffle or confuse", which is something that happens to Balk a lot. It is also possible that his name is derived from "bulk" (thanks to his strength) and "stalk" (thanks to his eyes being on eyestalks).

Balk bears a resemblance to a hammerhead shark. Some people say that his three legs might actually be fins, and his long head is similar to said shark species' head.

Voice
In the TV series, and where sound clips are used, Balk's voice is provided by Billy West.

Early development
Balk was originally going to have flimsier tentacles, smaller pupils, and be much shorter and stockier. He also would have had only one square tooth on his lower jaw, and not two.

Reveals
On December 23, 2013, Balk first appeared in a retailer's catalog, on the Mixels logo.

Balk appeared with the rest of Series 1 through 3 at Toy Fairs in late January and early February 2014.

Content
Balk debuted in the TV series on June 2, 2014 in Nixel "Mix Over", while his LEGO set officially became available on June 1st with the rest of Series 2.

Balk also appears in the mobile app game Calling All Mixels, released on March 4, 2014 for iOS and April 2, 2014 for Android.

Season 1

 * Nixel "Mix Over"
 * Elevator (minor)
 * Mixed Up Special
 * Epic Comedy Adventure (cameo)

Season 2

 * A Quest for the Lost Mixamajig

Games

 * Calling All Mixels
 * Mixel Mania

Books

 * LEGO Mixels: Meet the Mixels
 * LEGO Mixels: Let's Mix!
 * LEGO Mixels: Ready, Steady, Paste!
 * LEGO Mixels: Activity Book
 * LEGO Mixels: Stick and Mix!
 * LEGO Mixels: Mixels Vs Nixels!

Other

 * Mixels: 2015 Wall Calendar
 * Mixels: 2016 Wall Calendar
 * Shirts
 * Posters

Miscellaneous

 * Mixels Websites
 * The Wonderful World of Mixels
 * LEGO Club Magazines