pocketmego

I get the impression sometimes that LEGO is kind of worried about HF getting too popular? Limited advertising, not much multi-media crossover, 1 or 2 short films per wave (and those only actually air on TV once). And those bags take up a little tiny spot on the Lego shelf, often next to HUGE displays of other things, like Friends, Chima, and of course STAR WARS. No sets costing more than $60 tops. Why do they treat this line like they would prefer if not to succeed? I wonder what they would do if it suddenly blew up into a huge successs? Are they even prepared to go into super-heavy production and produce more sets and models? I would add more to this discussion, but I'm honestly perplexed. I really would like to get more opinions and thoughts on the matter.

Because Sonic = AWESOME! ;)

Not mine. However, this guy touches on some interesting points. It doesn't really apply to most of this community. Near as I can tell, we are all about CONSTRACTION figures and less about sub-branding. Probably because of the HUGE MOCing community here and the desire for new and fresh parts. But, I know a lot of you (in some cases myself included) dig the HF sets as intended. I don't know much about BZ POWER, I remember it being active back in the day. But, I came here, because that place was dead the last bunch of times I checked in. I can understand some old school Bionicle fans never wanting to support HF. The fear makes perfect sense. "If we support HF, it will get popular and LEGO will never bring Bionicle back." Is there validity in that? if we support the Constraction Figure as an over-all popular concept , do we sign away Bionicle forever? Or Is this guy's argument far more valid? (I am in this camp actually. I like the exploration of concepts that might grow from the Constraction Figure concept as a whole. The Chima figures prove to me just how versatile this can get.) Thoughts?

I love that 1950s alien attack theme for the brains.

Ninja go did some pretty impressive story telling and probably will again when it returns. China isn't my thing, but seems poised to be an epic. Both properties are allowed to grow and evolve concepts and characters. Yet, Hero Factory (Hot enough to score a big budget flick by Universal) only seems good enough for a short film every six months or so? I've watched and liked them all so far. I suspect they could do a lot of fun stories with a TV show. So what's the deal? Is there some official word from Lego on the matter? If not, any speculation from you guys?

while i doubt we'll probably ever see an HF/Bionicle Crossover...I salute your use of the word Shazam.

It's the head. The death-like skull behind the plate glass. Reminds me of so many blank faced Who aliens inside space suits. Ambassadors of Death (Pertwee), Silence the Library (Tennent), and of course Matt Smith's killer Astronaut. Add the silver and blue lightning color scheme and the lightning...and yeah...who vibe.

I believe a proper HF show might boost the lines popularity and show off its true potential.

WOW!, you kicked the doors off with this one. It has a cool Doctor Who vibe about it. There is honestly nothing bad I can say to this one. Home RUN, AMIGO!

;) LOL, you know. That's not bad.

This line is swinging more and more into it's own ways of doing things and with the closing of Bionicle Story, TLG is obviously going in completely new directions with its figure lines. Why spend money on all this supplemental material. when one 20+ minute episode, a couple of kid-books and some commercials are all you need to sell toys. I don't like to say never, but it is extremely unlikely LEGO will ever again do a multimedia push the likes of which Bionicle saw. The media center is one more casualty, I'm afraid. Although a comic that tells original stories for HF would be nice.

I wasn't sure what to expect. Some fist firing , super robot? But, no, you went for a more literal translation of Shogun. That Head is brilliant. Just a good job all around. Your ability to design is exceptional, my friend.

So far sounds fun.

I'm glad you guys dig him. I might try another one at some point. I need to think of a good job, though.

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Heroes 1.0, 2.0 (new build fire rescue), 3.0 (Animals), Breakout (Cops and Robbers), Brain Attack ( Alien Invasion/Monsters) Next? See most people who post here are not going to care as much...because so many of us MOC. although, I've gotten a bit tired of the skeleton with plate armor in mostly the same colors. I've been doing a lot more with Bionicls these last few days. That's the thing. I'm starting to feel the monotony of the new system and perhaps its limitations. Creatively, I'm not sure it can stand on its own (Although it mixes very very solidly with Bionicle). I have enjoyed building Laval and Gorzan from Chima (as intended even). But, not just HF...BUT the Ultra build system in general? What's it look like to you guys? Personally, I'm starting to wonder if all the cries to bring back Bionicle are so invalid? Bionicle incredible variety and complexity in story and building. HF AND Ultrabuiolds seem to be lacking, and to me, suffering for the lack of both? But, what do you guys think?

I guess you're right. But, to be honest. It's been a mini-series and 4 or 5 20 minute movies and I am already dead sick of some of these people.

Everything you say here is pretty dead on. With the exception of maybe a better back armor solution, it's hard not to feel like LEGO has ultimately perfected the character building system. It matches LEGO bricks in terms of addictive snapping together pieces and parts and the possibilities are extremely extensive. Hero Factory's biggest weakness is the very cardboard storyline its wrapped around.

Timing on a Bionicle re-boot seems such an issue. Wait to long and there would be no real reason to re-boot it at all. Do it too soon and people will do nothing but compare it. I'm not for continuing where it left off, actually. The mystery and fun of the original Bionicle toys and story were to see where it was going. I'd be much more about Star Trek style reboot. Retell the story in a fresh new way. Old fans will look in to see what's different and new fans will be experiencing it all fresh. This would also justify new building systems for the toys...etc. Although, I think Lego might be headed to severe BURNOUT with HF. If HF has a ready made concept for selling freshly made characters, they should consider a yearly storyline with a roster change every year. The concept is SO CLOSE to Japanese Super Sentai shows anyway, they might as well just follow that formula and be done with it. New Villains and fresh NEW heroes every year.

As a MOCCer, I've given up on the confines of established story and lines. I have decided to just mix and match everything and make whatever I find amusing and set in no real time or place. Thus, I've begun throwing out specific terms like TOA and Hero Core. Fine, lots of people choose to do this...nothing special. But, I am running across a bit of an odd problem. Do any of you have problems seperating a MASK from a particular character? It isn't too hard for later stuff. I just can't call that red thing from the Mistica line, Tahu. He looks like a 1948 Buick Skylark. Never mind that orange thing they were claiming was Pohatu. But, case in point. I used most of Breakout EVO and made a really BULKED up, much bigger character with a lot more GUN metal armor. The problem is, even with bulking up and dropping the hero core, it would be hard for anyone not to identify that as EVO. Which is a problem, because that awesome very HEAVY looking mask is why I opted to turn him into a real TANK. I was just curious as to how you guys as MOC makers approach this mask = certain character thing? I mean, besides the mask in a different color (obviously that doesn't count). I know I've seen some people just STRAIGHT UP ignore the personality associated with a MASK. While other have incorporated the character built from as part of the MOC. I think someone here used a STORMER and kept the Stormer name as part of the MOCS name. So, thoughts?

And feel free to think of me as an idiot... But, I don't understand what you are saying?

The large torso armor is on the upper arms. He has a Furno XL style build, where I have the arms attached to the added back piece.