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These are my revamp/modifications to all 7 of the Brain Attack Villains. Gallery When Public http://www.brickshelf.com/cgi-bin/gallery.cgi?f=541230 LXF file of all of them http://www.brickshelf.com/gallery/takanuinuva/herofactory/BrainAttack/Villians/hf_brain_attack_villian_revamps.lxf Starting with Pyrox Not much is changed with him. More dark red was added along with using A Drilldozer torso piece to add bulk. Front http://www.brickshelf.com/gallery/takanuinuva/herofactory/BrainAttack/Villians/001.jpg Right Side http://www.brickshelf.com/gallery/takanuinuva/herofactory/BrainAttack/Villians/002.jpg Back http://www.brickshelf.com/gallery/takanuinuva/herofactory/BrainAttack/Villians/003.jpg Left Side http://www.brickshelf.com/gallery/takanuinuva/herofactory/BrainAttack/Villians/004.jpg Pose http://www.brickshelf.com/gallery/takanuinuva/herofactory/BrainAttack/Villians/005.jpg Next is Scarox. The thing unique with him is I've changed the swinging arms gimmick to use one of the spring piece from the hockey player sets. I've also added more gold. Front http://www.brickshelf.com/gallery/takanuinuva/herofactory/BrainAttack/Villians/006.jpg Right Side http://www.brickshelf.com/gallery/takanuinuva/herofactory/BrainAttack/Villians/007.jpg Back http://www.brickshelf.com/gallery/takanuinuva/herofactory/BrainAttack/Villians/008.jpg Left Side http://www.brickshelf.com/gallery/takanuinuva/herofactory/BrainAttack/Villians/009.jpg Closeup of back showing the piece I used http://www.brickshelf.com/gallery/takanuinuva/herofactory/BrainAttack/Villians/010.jpg Pose http://www.brickshelf.com/gallery/takanuinuva/herofactory/BrainAttack/Villians/011.jpg Next is Bruizer. His main change is his bashing arm is now poseable while still retaining the bashing gimmick. I used friction adders on his right arm so the arm can stay in place when using the gimmick. I've also removed all gunmetal grey and made his right leg bulky as well along with giving him more beast like feet. Front http://www.brickshelf.com/gallery/takanuinuva/herofactory/BrainAttack/Villians/012.jpg Right Side http://www.brickshelf.com/gallery/takanuinuva/herofactory/BrainAttack/Villians/013.jpg Back http://www.brickshelf.com/gallery/takanuinuva/herofactory/BrainAttack/Villians/014.jpg Left Side http://www.brickshelf.com/gallery/takanuinuva/herofactory/BrainAttack/Villians/015.jpg Closeup of back showing a locking feature that prevents the gimmick from working when you want to pose the arm http://www.brickshelf.com/gallery/takanuinuva/herofactory/BrainAttack/Villians/016.jpg http://www.brickshelf.com/gallery/takanuinuva/herofactory/BrainAttack/Villians/017.jpg Pose http://www.brickshelf.com/gallery/takanuinuva/herofactory/BrainAttack/Villians/018.jpg Next is Ogrum. The main change with him is how his mace is constructed and attached. I used a flick missile to connect his mace to his hand leaving the ball joint free. The way the mace part is attached to the chain isn't purist but I think it looks better this way. Front http://www.brickshelf.com/gallery/takanuinuva/herofactory/BrainAttack/Villians/019.jpg Right Side http://www.brickshelf.com/gallery/takanuinuva/herofactory/BrainAttack/Villians/020.jpg Back http://www.brickshelf.com/gallery/takanuinuva/herofactory/BrainAttack/Villians/021.jpg Left Side http://www.brickshelf.com/gallery/takanuinuva/herofactory/BrainAttack/Villians/022.jpg Pose http://www.brickshelf.com/gallery/takanuinuva/herofactory/BrainAttack/Villians/023.jpg Next is Frost Beast (Or as I like to call him. Chillax) Not many changes here. Just a change to the back construction to allow back armor and new feet since the hero feet did not suit his beast design. Front http://www.brickshelf.com/gallery/takanuinuva/herofactory/BrainAttack/Villians/024.jpg Right Side http://www.brickshelf.com/gallery/takanuinuva/herofactory/BrainAttack/Villians/025.jpg Back http://www.brickshelf.com/gallery/takanuinuva/herofactory/BrainAttack/Villians/026.jpg Left Side http://www.brickshelf.com/gallery/takanuinuva/herofactory/BrainAttack/Villians/027.jpg Pose http://www.brickshelf.com/gallery/takanuinuva/herofactory/BrainAttack/Villians/028.jpg Next is Aquagon. Small changes here as well. I replaced the gunmetal armor with yellow, Swapped the feet out for shadow matoran feet and gave him some chest decoration Front http://www.brickshelf.com/gallery/takanuinuva/herofactory/BrainAttack/Villians/029.jpg Right Side http://www.brickshelf.com/gallery/takanuinuva/herofactory/BrainAttack/Villians/030.jpg Back http://www.brickshelf.com/gallery/takanuinuva/herofactory/BrainAttack/Villians/031.jpg Left Side http://www.brickshelf.com/gallery/takanuinuva/herofactory/BrainAttack/Villians/032.jpg Pose http://www.brickshelf.com/gallery/takanuinuva/herofactory/BrainAttack/Villians/033.jpg Last up is Dragon Bolt (I never got the actual set so his pics are all taken in LDD. All parts used exist in real life) The changes with him are bigger wings and a longer tail. Changed build to lower jaw and added in a tongue. Replaced the red button with a yellow one. And the back legs are more dragon like. The most unique thing about this modification/revamp is that it uses exactly 222 pieces (Counting the rubber band which doesn't attach in LDD Front View http://www.brickshelf.com/gallery/takanuinuva/herofactory/BrainAttack/Villians/034.png Side View http://www.brickshelf.com/gallery/takanuinuva/herofactory/BrainAttack/Villians/035.png Back View http://www.brickshelf.com/gallery/takanuinuva/herofactory/BrainAttack/Villians/036.png Top View http://www.brickshelf.com/gallery/takanuinuva/herofactory/BrainAttack/Villians/037.png Bottom View http://www.brickshelf.com/gallery/takanuinuva/herofactory/BrainAttack/Villians/038.png Pic showing how tongue is attached http://www.brickshelf.com/gallery/takanuinuva/herofactory/BrainAttack/Villians/039.png Comments and Criticism appreciated. I will be doing revamp/modifications to all the Brain Attack Heroes
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Hi everyone, I'm finally posting some of my many revamps of my Hero Factory sets, starting with the newest released series. I'll get things started with Furno's Jet Machine: Mods done: * Added 1x2 plates to fill in gap on foot * Replaced bone pieces that made lower legs * Replaced armor shells on lower legs * Replaced torso piece with the one with narrow shoulders * Modded back of torso to removed the pod and bring shoulders closer to the body at the cost of the originals builds design Front: http://www.brickshel...chine_mod_1.jpg Back: http://www.brickshel...chine_mod_2.jpg Random: http://www.brickshel...chine_mod_3.jpg Update: I've added the squared armor attachment pieces to the machine http://www.brickshelf.com/gallery/vakama18/herofactory/IFB/jet_machine_mod_4.jpg Jaw-Beast is up next: Mods done: * Bone pieces replaced and rearranged in arms * Flipped armor shell on chest around * Added parts to fill back of head Front: http://www.brickshel...beast_mod_1.jpg Back: http://www.brickshel...beast_mod_2.jpg Random: http://www.brickshel...beast_mod_3.jpg Flyer-Beast flys in next: Mods done: * Added bone extender part to make lower legs longer * Removed 2x2 brick with socket from back and added parts to fill in back * Replaced hands with Ben 10 hands * Flipped Connector joint on its narrow side to move head closer to its body Front: http://www.brickshel...beast_mod_1.jpg Back: http://www.brickshel...beast_mod_2.jpg Random: http://www.brickshel...beast_mod_3.jpg Splitter-Beast is now next, but instead of fusing them together like I said before, I've made them two separate beast that don't combine, so I decided to name the two Chibi-Beast (don't ask) and Titan Beast: First up is Chibi-Beast: Front: http://www.brickshel...ibi_beast_1.jpg Back: http://www.brickshel...ibi_beast_2.jpg Random: http://www.brickshel...ibi_beast_3.jpg and now, Titan-Beast: Mods done: * Added smaller beast feet to the back of the larger feet * Added more bones to make him taller * Added armor shells to fore-arms * Added parts to shoulders * Made tail longer * Stuff I'm too lazy to add Front: http://www.brickshel...tan_beast_1.jpg Back: http://www.brickshel...tan_beast_2.jpg Random: http://www.brickshel...tan_beast_3.jpg Chibi riding on Titan: http://www.brickshel...B/best_buds.jpg Beast group shot: http://www.brickshel...roup_shot_1.jpg Sorry if my mod descriptions don't make sense, and if my pictures didn't out that well.
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evo and rockas brawler machine (xl+stealth combi model)
mrfang2 posted a topic in LEGO Action Figures
hey, so i was abe to pick up the xl, the jet, and the stealth mechs yesterday! i decided to try to throw the stealth and the xl together, so this is the result. sorry for the pics, my cam is busted, ill try to get better ones soon. this build can be made using the parts from the aformentioned mech sets, plus 2 extra y-joint parts in the hips. "EVO, ROCKA, COME IN! The auto-builder prototype has been damaged severely, we cannot produce the parts to replace your fallen mechs! you may be able to use it to re-attatch the usable parts of your old mechs into one larger machine, rocka, see if you can fix the machine while evo designs the machine!" first moc posted up here, so give some feedback if you dont mind! i will replace the pictures once i can get better pics, but i may need to rip this one up for parts, so the next pics may have a slightly different build. -
Hi everyone. For those of you interested, here's the first MOC I've completed since joining Eurobricks and marks the beginning of posting my MOCs on Eurobricks as well as Deviantart, Flickr, and MOCpages(when I remember to ^^;). About the MOC: This is a MOC that happened kind of by accident or on a whim. After seeing Alex-Darkrai:'s Grind Star I was inspired to use my Dark red and black Marbled/gradient parts to make something. The end result became a chopper style motorcycle. I suppose thinking about how the wheels come from the Furno Bike or Speeda Demon's motorcycle is what led me to go the direction of a chopper. I started with an initial idea for the front forks which turned out very well. Then I spent three days on the rear wheel. I didn't illustrate it here in the photos but when you turn the rear wheel, a series of gears connected to the turntable part on the other side make the hub/rim counter rotate. So if this chopper was roaring down the street the back rim would be spinning the opposite direction. This is probably one of the most complicated pieces of functional design I've ever created. I spent three days just working on this section alone. I first got it, then I spent two days refining it so that the turn table and rim were closer to the wheel. Now I had sort of a back and a front and had to bridge the two. I struggled with this until I finally scrapped the front fork design keeping the ideas I liked(like the Pyrox mask and the Piraka feet), doing a lot of research by looking up many photos of the key areas of a chopper to really understand how they work and build the MOC like an actual chopper(i.e making the frame, then connecting the forks, building the engine, transmission, gas tank, etc). This was quite an interesting build in the sense that it's both symmetrical and asymmetrical at the same time. It was a lot of fun chunking through this build one actual part of a motorcycle at a time. I felt like one of the guys on those chopper shows like Orange County Choppers or Biker Buildoff that used to be popular on The Discovery channel. :lol: This is the first MOC of mine to really benefit from me moving my laptop into my MOC room. I relied heavily on photo searching Google to look at the different aspects of choppers. Looking back on it I realize I went for a "simplified realism" approach. The chopper features things like head and tail lights, license plate, gas tank with spout, brake controls and brake lines on the handle bars, functional drive line(wheel connected by Technic chain to "transmission" which is connected via belt drive to motor), engine with fuel line and semi-realistic foot controls(clutch). Though I didn't get too obsessed with the details. I thought about adding things like gauges and other technical bits, but felt they would have distracted from the simpler edgier look of the bike. Thinking back on it, the license plate is probably a bit much as well. =P The nice thing about Choppers is there's a great many kind, from very commercial to customization to the extreme of impracticality and everything in between. This in a way was freeing because I could make it as long or as short as I wanted, make the gas tank or seat however I wanted and I even came across some that had an open sided wheel like this one has. This also presented a bit of a challenge as I had to look at many different kinds of cycles to see what the "common denominators' where. At the end of the day. I think I did a good job recreating a chopper fairly accurately thanks to having a laptop handy to reference photos. Man I shoulda gotten into the habit of taking my laptop in with me ages ago. Now it'll be a permanent fixture in my MOC room. I got the idea to call it Cerberus fairly early on, but the reason for it changed about midway through. Initially I was going to call it Cerberus thinking that it would figuratively have three heads, the Pyrox mask on the front wheel, the Kalmah head as the gas tank, and the rider's actual head. However several other head pieces were added as I finished out the build. So now I count the pyrox head and the two wolf heads on the handle bars as its "three heads." For those of you who might not know, Cerberus is a rather famous figure in ancient Greek Mythology. He is typically depicted as a three headed dog with serpents all over his body, though modern depictions show him mostly as three headed dog of some sort. The serpents don't tend to stay. Cerberus guarded the gates of Hades to keep anyone from escaping. The Twelfth trial of Hercules was to subdue Cerberus without the use of any weapons. Thank you for reading, viewing and commenting. :D I hope you enjoyed my first official MOC posting on Eurobricks.
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BRAWN BEAST, MAGMA BEAST AND STEALTH BEAST (MOCs)
Logan McOwen posted a topic in LEGO Action Figures
Three new Beasts have come from the mineshaft to threaten Anthropolis... But they're not like anything the Hero Factory could even hope to expect... BRAWN BEAST A huge, hulking mass of techno-organic muscle, the Brawn Beast can lift the heaviest of structures, and squish the strongest of Heroes! MAGMA BEAST Short and stout, but still mighty, the Magma Beast's ability to superheat it's claws and body allow to melt through any Battle Machine! STEALTH BEAST An incredibly fast runner, the Stealth Beast has an unparalleled stamina... But sometimes it's speed can be it's shortcoming! More pics Battle pics -
HI everyone I just wanted to post a thread linking to my Deviantart Gallery and Flickr Photostream Just to give a general access to my MOCs. If you'd like to discuss any specific MOC here in this thread though I think that's okay(its okay with me if its okay with the moderators). I didn't want to just start throwing up random MOCs all of a sudden since I'm new here and I've got so many already. If you've got a flickr or DA account I certainly don't mind comments there, but a thread with some discussion here would be nice to. Still trying to get the hang of posting here. I guess a question might be helpful to get a discussion going huh? (hey what do you know a question ) My question is, if you know of me already what's your favorite MOC of mine, if you've never seen any MOCs from me, does any particular one stand out to you the most? Thanks for any faves, watches, and comments in advance.
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If somebody actually remember, there was an actual MOC of mine with the same name. I honestly don't like the 'eternal remake' approach to MOCs (one of my friends has like tons of remakes of his character, and not only one), but I couldn't resist the urge to make an LDD version of Furno Marine. Furno Marine by The Mugbearer, on Flickr Such a pity that LDD palette does not have all the parts to fulfill my needs for that MOC, but I tried hard to keep the same aesthetics.
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I am not quite sure if I already posted it - the system does not show up in the search for my content. An Explosive B-stard by The Mugbearer, on Flickr So it is what it is - an XPlode remake. Enjoy. LXF is in the attachment. XPlode re-formatted.lxf
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Hero is my Hero Factory Team, Delta 47. The Team of 2 former leader and they are Sam Armor and my selfMOC Riaso Xilond (Here's a link to the Bionicle Riaso topic if you want to see) Link to the Team Here: http://www.mocpages.com/moc.php/362354 NEW: Link the 4 Delta 47 member as GAH inspired by MOCpages user Tiger PR0T05T33L. http://www.mocpages.com/moc.php/393313 Please give me your Opinion and Criticism about the MOC and hope you like it.
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Why is North America getting the new HF sets so late?
Zenerius posted a topic in LEGO Action Figures
As you may already know, the new 2014 Invasion from Below sets aren't getting released until March 3rd in North America. This is a real disappointment, since I was planning on going to the LEGO store this week to get the new sets. Anyone know why we are getting them so late? I think that it has to do with sales or something related to demographics. It is possible the other themes will cannibalize the HF sales, so LEGO is planning on releasing the new sets later. -
Anyone Prefer Hero Factory Over Bionicle? Reasons Why I Do.
Mephek posted a topic in LEGO Action Figures
I've loved Bionicle as a product line since 2001 when they first came out. I remember my mom giving me Tahu and Lewa Mata back in christmas of 2001. Shortly after I got the Boxor set. Loved the things since. When I first saw Hero Factory I was on a hiatus from buying Bionicle after being disapointed with Onua MISTAKEa in 2008. I didn't like it, being the immature brat I was back then I even yelled a little bit saying ignorant things such as "EW THIS THING TOOK OVER MY CHILDHOODS TOY" but no, Hero Factory didn't replace Bionicle. It was made in RESPONSE to Bionicles end. Anyways.. not the point. I instantly fell in love with Hero Factory when I friend bought me Evo 2.0, and I bought a Stormer 2.0. The new parts were just amazing to me. Something completely new. The parts didn't break a week after I built them, they wouldn't fall apart every 2 seconds like Bionicle sets did (Inika pads) Plus the fact that Hero Factory did something no lego line has ever done before: Make 100+ new parts in one release. That was pretty cool. I loved messing around and building gigantic creatures out of the bone parts. I just found the sets more expansive than Bionicle. Now I just collect the sets, but still am stuck with between 2-10 of each set (10 witch doctors :L) Will sell those on ebay sooner or later because I don't moc anymore. against the point though. I just really liked how all the parts worked together. They all shared a common texture and provides moccers a much more sleek look. The sets look much smoother too. Overall, the toyline is much more expansive even if it is repetitive. The Inika builds all were basically the same toy with some minor differences. Very boring to me. HF may use a lot of the same parts, but the 3.0 sets have shown us the potential these limbs have. I'm pretty sure that's why the 3.0 was made, to show that you could build more than just a generic action figure like the Inika builds were. You could build a giant, you could build a scorpion, you could build huge things just by using HF limbs. You can even infuse it with Technic parts/Bionicle parts. It's something nice and new to me. Now on to story.. (COMPLETELY OPINIONATED, I DON'T WANT TO BE CALLED A TRAITOR/IDIOT OR WHATEVER FOR THINKING THIS) I've read almost all the bionicle books, almost all the online stories, ect. and personally I think Bionicle is just cluttered. The existing story is very fragile when it comes to expansion and moccing in canon. Most any action will contradict something in the story. It's too complicated for children to follow, and too much to keep up with in my opinion. Hero Factory has both a story, and a LOT of room for making your own story. It's a simple concept, Hero characters built in a factory that go arresting villians and fight mindless monsters/evil brains. Hero Factory has books for those who want stories, and a simple concept to base stories off of for those who just want to moc and make a story. Nothing like "ONLY 2 OLMAKS EXIST" or "MATA NUI IS DEAD", "MAKUTA CANT BE UR DAD" or whatever like most Deviantart people whine about in moccers comment sections. It's simple and clean, just like the toys. I like both toylines a lot,but hero factory has much more for me than bionicle does. Sure my HF parts break sometimes, but not as bad as the one week life of a bionicle. You also don't have to worry about a limb cracking and it being impossible to replace without ordering. Most sets use common limbs. Simple and easy to work with. These are just my opinions, I don't want comments calling me an idiot, traitor to bionicle, moron, or a paragraph explaining why I'm "wrong" Mephek out. Peace. -
This is my idea of Bulk in XL form. He fights injustice with HammerClaw (his hammer) and BigBoom (his Gatling gun). Click any image to enlarge it. [^ Even Larger Pic 2 ^] [^Even Larger Pic 3 ^] [^Even Larger Pic 4 ^] [^Even Larger Pic 5 ^] [LXF File] - [Brickshelf Gallery] -Toa Of Justice EDIT: I changed the thumbnails to link to the smaller JPG images. The links below them point to the full-resolution PNG images.
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So a while ago( what was it, last year?) I had an idea, before the "Breakout" episode came out and the idea of a 'Villain Factory' wasn't so talked about in Hero Factory, I decided to build a drone 'prototype' for some bad guy army. Basically just wanted to use the canister-thing in the Nitroblast set as a helmet. It worked.. sort of.. and I went from there. Used some older 'Bionicle' parts on there as you can tell. The Skrall blade for an antennae, the Whenua Metru masks for the shoulder-pads(wish I'd done that better), and the Barraki feet. Mantax I think? I added the Hero Cuffs on later, once I'd gotten a hold of a Breakout set that included them. I think they were from Rocka's set. Man that was cool. It's been nearly a year since these were taken, but I wanted to share my creations anyway. Now that the computer is deciding to behave itself.. here they are! (I've resized the pics and for some reason they still keep coming out too big. Apologies in advance) Front: Back: Alongside Hero "Citrus" Using Citrus' cuffs against her I had a photo of "Citrus" on the ground after, but sadly it has been lost. And "Citrus" was your average Hero build with a foot on the back. Nothing special, but one of my favorites for some reason. Later, like December later, after "Breakout" had been released, I decided to get a little creative with my pieces. I looked at the Super Hero add-on part and thought 'hmm, what can I do with this?' So I did this: I hope I haven't posted this already! It's just a face with a mustache. And bling. Hope you enjoy, hopefully I'll have some new things to share(or new photos of new MOCs to share) very soon :)
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Caitlyn Gauss, a magnetism-themed Hero. She stands 12 inches (30 centimeters) tall and uses 168 pieces. Her skeleton is heavily inspired by this MOC of Christoffer Raundahl's which I reverse-engineered back in Spring and has been a work-in-progress for about that long, though it was Pate-Keetongu's Zero-Suit Samus that inspired me to rebuild the model (which I had scrapped for parts) and bring it to a state of completion. All images link to Flickr. Caitlyn has an impressive amount of articulation, as you can see in the following photos. Her shoulders, hips, knees and elbows can all bend well beyond 90 degrees, and she can even stand on her tiptoes. Full Flickr Gallery Since building her, I have swapped the mask for Furno XL's based on feedback from other MOCists, but I don't want to take new photos unless I make some more substantial changes. Anyway, thoughts? I'd really love to get as much feedback as possible because I certainly intend to continue refining and perhaps even completely re-imagining parts of this model. It's easily the largest humanoid model I've ever designed, and I'm sure that in the coming months I can improve it even further.
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(I'm terribly sorry for the huge delay of this review. I was just either lacking the time or the muse to write it until now. Luckily, Brickthing got us already covered with a review earlier. Also, it's somewhat ironic that I start to write this review now after we already got reviews of the new wave - which I initially wanted to avoid.) Dragons. I think we all agree on the well-known fact that dragons are easily among the most awesome creatures of the fantasy genre. They are somewhere between sleek lizards, giant dinosaurs and hungry crocodiles. And very often, they can fly and even spit stuff like fire at their prey. Yeah, dragons are awesome. But even if Dragon Bolt wouldn't have been a thunder-themed dragon, but a different creature, he would have gotten my attention anyway for the mere fact of being a blue coloured set. Alongside with the wonderful new version of Stormer and the very great Frost Beast and Surge, Dragon Bolt and his glorious amount of blue is yet another reason why I can happily declare this wave the best wave ever in my eyes. I guess that intro is long enough now - time to find out if Dragon Bolt does justice to the reputation of dragons being awesome! Set name: Dragon Bolt Set Number: 44009 Price: 24.99 Euro Pieces: 149 Year of release: Summer 2013 Size class: Titan set The bag Even the largest bag isn't large enough to show the mighty Dragon Bolt in his whole majesty, as his wings disappear at the edges. The brain slug in the lower right corner (which is unfortunately not really visible) features also one of those glows in the dark-symbols. Dragon Bolt (or Sárkányvillám, to pick his name in some other language) doesn't bother himself with showcasing his combi model with Surge. His bag instead highlights his flapping wing feature, his dragon head and the brain slug. And, of course, the 1000 game points he comes with. Inside the bag - the parts Sweet Quaza power core, dudes. Dragon Bolt comes with plenty of very cool and useful pieces. For starters, there's a truckload of those small lightning things, and three of those ball joint things and 4 friction joints and blue shells and trans-yellow shells and yellow NINJAGO katanas and a small torso and a large torso and... In more comprehensible words: Dragon Bolt is a great parts pack if you have a serious lack of blue and yellow in your collection, and he also comes with a very healthy dose of TECHNIC pieces. Let us take a look at Dragon Bolt's fancy Brain Slug first. The slug's body is an odd (and certainly unique - your slug may look somewhat different) mixture of yellow, green and blue, giving it a very slimy look. The eyes of the slug are white since the solid eye plastic is actually the part that glows in the dark. In other words, most of the slug doesn't glow. I'm 100% positive the horns aren't new, but I just took a picture to show that the horns I got with my Dragon Bolt are not all identical, as some have the small hole on the left, others on the right, but these two variants are evenly numbered, so I guess it's because of the creation process for these that they are asymmetrical. Dragon Bolt's head piece got lots of details aside from the obvious horns and teeth. It looks really cool and beastlike. The cross axle on it points downward, which might make it difficult to use it with most Bionicle heads though. Oh my, I'm so in love with those katana swords, they look just so awesome, and they are so ridiculously large. It still bugs me that they are not on Pick-a-Brick in any more blade-like colour, but only in rather expensive NINJAGO sets, which I just don't want to buy only for those (best example is the Rattlecopter, mostly because if I would've bought it, I would have ended up with yet more lime green - and since Breez never ceases to get cool sets, I'll get enough lime anyway). Since I'm one of the few around here who actually passed on Voltix and Speeda Demon, I get these little parts for the first time with Dragon Bolt now. And he comes with a fair share of them, which is pretty neat. A few pics from the instructions The cover is of course pretty much identical to the art on the bag, only with less advertisements. I think it's kinda odd that Surge is shown flying, while Dragon Bolt actually stands in his picture. Dragon Bolt's instructions have a rather large mini-comic at the beginning, which is kinda nice, even if it mostly shows sets from the winter wave. Building the set If you remember the first building step in my previous reviews for this wave, you might expect that Dragon Bolt's built starts with adding something to his back, and this picture also looks like that - except that it's not his back... ...but his underside! You might wonder why there's a single connector first, but it does serve an important purpose - more on that later. Then Dragon Bolt's torso get turned around and we start building the basis for his back (or his wing joints, to be more specific), the neck and his front legs. Then Dragon Bolt gets already his legs, which is quite convenient for the rest of his built. His legs get also already shells. But he doesn't look very dragonlike yet, so let's move on. Next limb on our to-do-list is the tail. The build for it is rather simple, but effective. Then the tail gets already attached, and after that... ...he gets already shells on it. Note there's also a spikey plate on the shell at the beginning of the tail to cover the construction there. Now we continue with the neck and the head. This is also the place where the small torso (a really cool piece) comes into play. This grey balljoint will eventually become the neck joint, but it's first time to give Dragon Bolt some more shells. Yeah, now he already starts to look dragonlike, doesn't he? The built of the head starts with his jaw, which is actually a 2.0 Hero foot. The foot gets turned around then, and now it's time for a fair share of TECHNIC assembly. The Hero head piece functions as the connection between the lower jaw and the upper part of his head (it's practically the center). Don't worry about the hollowness of the foot or the lack of teeth, as both gets fixed. Where are almost done with the lower jaw. It just needs some lightning, and then... ...voilà! The lower part of the head gets attached. Now it's time to put some parts on Dragon Bolt's upper side again. We start with some shells on his neck. Then the Brain Slug gets attached on the head piece, the same way it's done with the other villains. Of course, that means the head needs another piece to be attached. The Brain Slug's tail gets attached. As you know, I'm not too keen on this, but at least this connection is far more stable. Oh, I actually forgot to take a picture of adding the upper part of the head. Oh well, let's move on to building the last section of Dragon Bolt... the wings! The wing assembly is dominated by classic TECHNIC building, which is a nice change from the rest of the built. You know, it's really hard to remember what I wanted to comment to all these pictures, since I took them maaany months back then in summer. It also feels somewhat redundant to commenting every picture by stating the obvious, which is also the reason why I decided to ramble here a bit instead of just saying something like "Well, we add some more TECHNIC pieces (whose names I don't know right now), slowly building the mechanism for the wings.", because I'm sure most of you can tell that just by looking at the picture, right? XD Every mechanism needs a button to trigger it, so it's the next thing we build. It's a red button... is it safe to press red buttons? Well, technically, punching a dragon in his back by pressing this button, and I guess punching dragons isn't very smart, so yeah... Now we put all of this together for a nice little mechanism. Isn't it beautiful? Of course, a wing-flapping mechanism needs wings to make sense. You can also already see the rubber band here. Before Dragon Bolt reaches his entire wingspan we add some additional greebles to the wing bones. The assembly for both wings is identical, but mirrored, so I won't show the assembly for both wings, and I won't talk much about it, as the pictures explain it rather well. Anyway, here we go: There we have the wing construction, and if we add this to Dragon Bolt's back, we get... The finished set! Behold! The fearsome Dragon Bolt is about to attack us! All dragons have a treasure, Dragon Bolt's spare parts are a good starting point for his I think. Design and playability Once built, Dragon Bolt looks very impressive. He is very large, mostly because of his long neck, the tail and the wings though, as his legs are somewhat short. But even without long powerful legs, Dragon Bolt is still a very convincing dragon. A side view. He looks also pretty cool from the top view. The red button stands out a bit, but it's easy to fix if it really bugs you. (And yes, I assembled one of his wings wrong, it's supposed to face in the other direction) His jaw can be opened quite far, so he can shoot lightning bolts at those pesky heroes or attempt to bite their limbs off. Here's a nice demonstration of how poseable his tail his. Dragon Bolt is overall very poseable, and he can hold most poses up very well. But enough about poseability, it's time to try his fun features! Because if you push down the button on his back... Dragon Bolt's wings move downward, so if you push the button repeatedly, his wings flap up and down like he's flying. While I've preferred if the wings were down (and not up) in his neutral (not-pushing pose), I can understand why it's not, since it would have required a different mechanism. Anyway, it's a pretty neat feature! Swoooosh! Yeah, Dragon Bolt is very swooshable. He's comfortable to hold, and the button can be also easily reached. Oh hey, remember the little connector from the very beginning of the built? Well, it's there to hold the armour on Dragon Bolt's underside in place even while you're holding him. It's simple, but genius! Dragon Bolt vs. Surge! As I said earlier, Dragon Bolt is stable enough to stand on his hind legs, though I'm using his tail as an additional stand here. Size comparison time! On this picture, Dragon Bolt looks rather small... ...once we lie Surge down, the size difference between the two sets becomes very obvious. Even Furno XL looks rather short when he's lying next to Dragon Bolt. Of course, if we stand him next to the dragon, Furno is still the taller of the two. Final thoughts Dragon Bolt is overall a pretty cool set... and yes, he does justice to the whole "Dragons are awesome"-thing. However, I can't shake off the feeling that Dragon Bolt would have worked a tiny bit better if he'd been the largest set of the wave instead of Jet Rocka, simply because I wished that he'd be a bit bigger. But even now, he's a very impressive set with an unique built and great parts, so I can recommend him. Also, in case you haven't noticed yet... he's a freakin' dragon.
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This is my Revamp of Jet Rocka. I've built the actual moc in LDD. I also made a half built version in real life as well. The real life version is just to show the new functions that the LDD one can't show. .LXF file http://www.brickshel...ocka_revamp.lxf Gallery when public http://www.brickshel...ry.cgi?f=537362 Changes from original set 1. Swapped trans green windscreen for larger trans clear windscreen. (Windscreen won't attach in LDD but I will in real life) 2. Modified wing unfolding gimmick. It also makes the jet engines move. 3. Changed handle to add stand so Jetpack can stand on its own when Rocka isn't attached. Stand folds up and extends handle to be held better. 4. Changed Rocka to be built the same as his bag set. Only things changed are removal of silver and both shoulders have armor 5. Zamor blasters can be moved up and down (Similar to LEGOJANG's JET NEX) 6. Red short beam handle replaced with longer blue one Real Life pics (Not actual revamp. Just to show functions) Front- Cockpit open http://www.brickshel...t_rocka_001.jpg Front- Cockpit closed http://www.brickshel...t_rocka_002.jpg Front- Wings extended (Wings can't be locked open. I just put a pin in a beam to hold it open for pics) http://www.brickshel...t_rocka_003.jpg Side- Wings folded http://www.brickshel...t_rocka_004.jpg Side- Wings extended http://www.brickshel...t_rocka_005.jpg Back- Wings folded http://www.brickshel...t_rocka_006.jpg Back- Wings extended http://www.brickshel...t_rocka_007.jpg Zamor cannon position 1 http://www.brickshel...t_rocka_008.jpg Zamor cannon position 2 http://www.brickshel...t_rocka_009.jpg LDD Pics (Actual Revamp) Front http://www.brickshel...t_rocka_010.png Back http://www.brickshel...t_rocka_011.png Landing gear folded up when in flight mode http://www.brickshel...t_rocka_012.png Comments and criticism appreciated
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Leaked Image policy: 70778: Protector of Jungle 70779: Protector of Stone 70780: Protector of Water 70781: Protector of Earth 70782: Protector of Ice 70783: Protector of Fire 70784: Lewa - Master of Jungle 70785: Pohatu - Master of Stone 70786: Gali - Master of Water 70787: Tahu - Master of Fire 70788: Kopaka - Master of Ice 70789: Onua - Master of Earth 70790: Lord of Skull Spiders 70791: Skull Warrior 70792: Skull Slicer 70793: Skull Basher 70794: Skull Scorpio 70795: Mask Maker vs. Skull Grinder
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Attention Hero Factory! The evil brains have infected a local toxic waste disposal drone and turned it into the TOXBOT. Watch out for its Corrosive Claws and its Shredding Chestplate that will consume anything that comes near it. Remove the evil brain and restore the drones programming. Features removable light-green evil brain, transparent razor toxic claws and shredding chestplate! Includes highly durable and poseable design and translucent elements! Attach the light-green evil brain to make the transformation complete! Open and close the Shredding Chestplate! Attack with the Corrosive Claws! Battle with 40015 NEX! Combine with 40015 NEX! Contains 58 pieces! Pricepoint- $12.99 Report for duty NEX! The evil brains are rampaging in Makuhero city. Get equipped with a Brain Remover, Kinetic Claw, Spiked armor Opening Visor, and Hero Core locking clamps. Now get out there and pry those brains loose! • Features Brain removing tool, Kinetic Claw, back mounted sheath, spiked armor, opening armored and decorated visor, hero core with locking clamps, poseable design and translucent elements! • Pick up rubble and fire it with the Kinetic Claw! • Pry the brains loose with the Brain Remover! • Lock the clamps to protect the hero core! • Battle with 44014 TOXBOT! • Combine with 44014 TOXBOT! • Contains 65 pieces! • Pricepoint- $12.99 Warning Hero Factory! Evil Brains have invaded our planet! They've turned a docile bat into the ear shattering DECIBAT! Watch out for its Razor Sharp Wings Draining Fangs and Sonic Scream. Cage this flying monster before all of Makuhero city goes deaf! • Features removable Black brain, Draining Fangs, Wing blades, poseable joints and translucent elements • Launch a Sonic Scream • Divebomb with the Razor Wings • Attach the black evil brain to complete the transformation! • Battle with 44017 STRINGER! • Combine with 44017 STRINGER! • Contains 46 pieces! • Pricepoint- $9.99 Report for briefing Stringer. There are evil brains out there taking control of innocent beasts. We've provided you with a shoulder mounted Sonic Cannon, Sonic Mace, back mounted sheath. spiked armor, opening sound dampening visor and hero core locking clamps. Go now and gives those brains the headache they deserve! • Features a shoulder mounted Sonic Cannon, Sonic Mace, spiked armor opening sound dampening visor, hero core with locking clamps, poseable design and translucent elements • Bash the brains in with your Sonic Mace • Fire the shoulder mounted Sonic Cannon • Lock the clamps to protect the hero core • Battle with 44016 DECIBAT • Combine with 44016 DECIBAT • Contains 45 pieces! • Pricepoint- $9.99 LXF flie (Some parts in the mocs are not available in LDD) http://www.brickshel...nd_stringer.lxf Galley when Public (Contains more pictures) http://www.brickshel...ry.cgi?f=535240
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This is a fun little experiment of mine that I've been working on for quite a while. Anyone remember the BIONICLE Master Builder Set? Well, I've been exploring the possibility of something similar based on the Hero Factory building system. So far, I've come up with seven models that can be built from seventy-seven pieces. All images link to Flickr: Dog: Monkey: Hawk: Kangaroo: Turtle: Gorilla: Raptor: Each of these models contains between twenty and thirty pieces. The only piece that I used that does not already appear in sets in the correct color is a black rubber whip (61975) which I used for the monkey's tail. Inventory: Anyone think this merits a LEGO Cuusoo proposal? Or is it too much of a long shot?
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Hello There! It looks, that my WIP is almost done. It had many changes during first version and I'd like to change some things, like hands or torso. So, here is my space police mecha, "Executor": BRICKSHELF | DEVIANTART | FLICKR Some more pictures from my BS gallery: Executor and Hiperbolis (older mecha): Some extras:
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44017 STORMER Freeze Machine 44018 FURNO Jet Machine 44019 ROCKA Stealth Machine FLYER Beast vs. BREEZ 44021 SPLITTER Beast vs. FURNO & EVO 44022 EVO XL Machine 44023: Rocka Crawler Machine 44024: TUNNELER Beast vs. SURGE 44025: BULK Drill Machine 44026: CRYSTAL Beast vs. BULK 44027: BREEZ Flea Machine 44028: SURGE & ROCKA Combat Machine 44029: QUEEN Beast vs. FURNO, EVO & STORMER 40116: HF Hero Minimodel Original post:
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This is Sharp ED. Overall I am very happy with how this guy turned out! The colour scheme was really fun to work with because of the limited part supply and because teal is my favourite lego colour. http://www.flickr.co...tos/gamma-raay/ Comments and criticism are always greatly appreciated!
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Hello everyone ! Some months ago, I designed several custom parts that could be parts of the current CCBS. Earlier this week, I finally decided to order them. And they arrived today. So, ladies and gentlemen, I'm proud to show you the first Hero Factory custom parts ! First of all, here's a render of my parts altogether : And here are the parts I received this morning : I ordered them on Shapeways, I chose Frosted Ultra Detail. And the final result is very clean, it almost looks like real Lego parts ! Unfortunately, this material is very fragile, so I won't use them in MOCs, at the moment they are only prototypes, but I hope I will be able to produce those parts in wider quantities within the next twelve months. Here's a "comparison" with the official "equivalent" parts from Lego : And here's an example of what can be done with such parts : I could build more, but sincerely, I'm afraid to break my parts if I stress them too much. But anyways, this first try is quite concluding, and I hope I will very soon be able to make more of these. If you want to see more pictures, check the Brickshelf gallery (not public yet). P.S. : Plus, they smell good. I'm not good at recognizing odors, but I would say it smells like teen spirit almond.
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Yeah, instead of letting you folks wait yet another week for the next review of mine, I'll do it now, just to make sure all my reviews are online before this wave is already about to be forgotten because of any leaks of the next wave (which are somewhat bound to happen soon, I guess - though I'm just speculating here). After Frost Beast and Aquagon, it's time to review another hero now, and this time, it's Surge. I might be wrong on this, but so far, I got the feeling that Surge is the third wheel of the rookie trio, probably because he got only a Scout sized set during Breakout, while Furno and Breez made the jump to being Deluxe sets. Now with Brain Attack, the size classes got a bit mixed up. While Furno went XL, Breez got downsized to the Scout class. And now, Surge becomes not only a Deluxe in the second wave, his enemy Dragon Bolt is also the largest villain of this wave! He gets attention, yay! But does this upgrade really improves Surge? Let's find out. Set name: Surge Set Number: 44008 Price: 12.99 Euro Pieces: 66 (+ 3 spare parts) Year of release: Summer 2013 Size class: Deluxe set The bag Surge is flying across the halls of the Brain lab, while some sort of crazy lightning is going on underneath him. Always remember kids: As soon as the electricity goes haywire, better fly away! Surge got plenty of fancy features, and he can also combine with the ginormous Dragon Bolt for even bigger wings, as you can see on the back of his bag. Inside the bag - the parts As a Deluxe-sized set, Surge got a whopping 69 parts (3 of these are spare parts though). For a blue set, he got a surprisingly high amount of silver and grey parts, and his thunder theme is supported by many trans-green pieces. It's overall a good collection of parts. Surge's new helmet doesn't look that jaw-like in real as it does on this picture. I was just unable to make a picture of it that shows that fact. Aside from this, I can say almost the same I've said about Stormer's new helmet: Surge's new helmet is a nice update of his original helmet which feels a bit thicker around a few spots. The only thing I really miss on his new helmet is the speaker-like section on the front. It looked very cool on the original. Surge gets also a fancy recolour of the "generic flame/energy/spike thing" which was introduced with Pyrox and Furno XL in the past wave. It is cast in 3 instead of 2 colours like the other ones. Then there's that gun-barrel thing. Aside from it's very Space-y colour, it gives off a strong TECHNIC vibe, so I'm sure it's not an all-new Hero Factory piece. A few pics from the instructions Ah, there we got the cover of the bag again. Very nice. The picture for Surge's combiner actually manages to hide one of his wings, thanks to the slug in the upper right corner. I'm myself not all that keen on the combiner. To me, it looks mostly like Surge just with Dragon Bolt's wings (which keep their action gimmick, more on that in Dragon Bolt's review) slapped on. Building the set If you've followed my past reviews, you probably already expected that Surge's build begins with putting somethin to his back. And yeah, you're right. However, Surge takes this up to eleven, as he actually already gets most of his back (though not everything) even before he gets limbs. The instructions practically stop right before he would get his wings. Before he can start to fly, he needs to be able to walk, apparently (as usual, the left leg was left blank just for comparison). Naturally, the arms are the next part to be built. He also already gets the grip of his weapon, which is more TECHNIC-focused than that of Stormer's sword. Also, if you've followed my past reviews, you probably already know when we'll finish his weapon, right? His shoulders get transparent shells, unlike the legs, who are all solid (and mostly silver). Wait, did I forget to take a picture of Surge's visor while I was rambling about the new parts? Oh well, let me do this now then: Surge's visor is trans-green, and it ist also printed. The printing is almost symmetrical, except for a small red lense on the left (from his POV). The sleek design really fits Surge's aerial theme as well. After the head, he gets his torso done. Now it's time to finish his back by adding the wings! The build itself is rather simple. Two TECHNIC parts, a flick-missile, and we're done. It then goes of course on his back. The other wing is of course a mirrored version of this. I won't even bother with making a pictur of adding it to Surge's back. After the wings are done, we assemble Surge's thunder weapon. I guess the picture above shows how it's assembled. Add the barrel then to the machinery he already holds, and we have... The finished set! With his thunder weapon and wings, Surge is ready to fly to infinity... and beyond! Oh yeah right, spare parts. Design and playability Back in the original wave, Surge's associated element was thunder, and unlike some other heroes, he never went that far away from it as far as his weaponry goes. This time, his element is combined with a sky motif, which makes just perfect sense for him. His thunder weapon works pretty much the same as Pyrox' flame spear in the first BA wave. It's a nice gimmick, but the weapon itself is quite large and feels a bit cumbersome. Pew! Pew! The combination of silver and blue with some bright trans-green thrown in results in a fine colour scheme, my only complaint here would be the gunmetal wings, which stand a bit out. He also got some flick missiles on his back, which are connected to his wings. Aiming and firing these suckers is a bit hard though and not nearly as easy and enjoyable as it was with Stormer. I don't want to complain too much about that though, since it's not his only gimmick. Oh, in case you haven't figured it out during the building process: Surge's wings can not be easily removed like Stormer's missile launchers without leaving any traces of them there. You'll need to alter a few things if you want to remove his wings (though of course, why should anyone want to do so?). Surge's poseability is overall good. Nothing of his many parts really gets in the way of each other, and even his wings can moved downward. They rest in a 90° angle thanks to the TECHNIC piece between them, which I really like. He is, however, not perfect in terms of design. His wings are a big offender of this in various ways. As I already stated, they're gunmetal, and since most of his other metallic parts are silver, I'd wish they were silver too. The other problem is of course their asymmetry, though we already expected that since that piece debuted in Furno XL as a shield. It may be also not that big of an issue, but symmetry is something very important to me, so it does bother me a bit. Another thing that bugs me is, sadly, a visible gap between his helmet and his visor. It's noticeably large, so as soon as you look at Surge's head from the side (as in this picture), you'll notice it. But hey, at least the large eye holes on the helmet make sure that his helmet doesn't look so freakishly weird like Furno XL's helmet did. Compared with his buddy Stormer, Surge is pretty much the same height. Stormer might seems to be bulkier and wider on this picture, but that's only because Surge's wings are folded downward. Final thoughts All in all, Surge benefits greatly from the jump to the Deluxe class. Despite using not all that much blue (just like Breez in the winter wave), he still looks clearly like Surge, and he comes with a fair share of very cool parts. But still, Surge's design didn't amazed me as much as Stormer's mostly because of the minor design flaws he's plagued with. Because of that, Surge is only second to Stormer, but let me tell you, it's a very close second, and he's still a very fantastic set.
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Man, why am I so lazy when it comes to these reviews? We almost have August, and I only wrote 3 of the 6 reviews I wanted to do (and the first was just for a tiny polybag special which isn't even a real set). I'm sorry if anyone waits impatiently for my reviews. Well yeah, I guess it's by now pretty much known that I totally love robots, white things, blue things and wings (I also like axes, but swords are cool too), so it's no surprise that I call the current Hero Factory wave the best wave ever because it contains all these wonderful things. But even with all these things that TLG obviously designed with me in mind, I still happen to buy the other sets as well, be it for interesting parts or their design. And that's the case for Aquagon, which I'll review now before I head to the blue sets as some sort of interlude. (Also, Aquagon got limb pieces in another colour - that's also something I totally love, so TLG might made him with me in mind too) Set name: Aquagon Set Number: 44013 Price: 9.99 Euro Pieces: 38 (+3 spare parts) Year of release: Summer 2013 Size class: Scout set The bag Being an aquatic monster (as his name gives away) Aquagon runs through some puddles towards anyone who dares to buy him. Let's hope he doesn't slip on the slug that's swimming there too. The back of his bag is pretty much standard by now. I'd like to mention that scanning the bags for this batch was a bit harder than for my two Chima Ultrabuilds, which almost made me regret the decision to scan them (since they don't show that much fascinating stuff anyway). I guess it's because the bags have a somewhat dark green background. Or because my scanner became angry at me for not using him in such a long time, who knows. Interestingly enough, Aquagon's name gets no translations. Inside the bag - the parts Aquagon is a small set, so he comes with only 41 parts. He got some yellow (mostly yellow bones), some blue (including the head piece in the that wonderful dark trans-blue, awesome!) and also some black, silver and gunmetal. Aside from the yellow bones, I mostly bought Aquagon for the blue swords (the only other sets with these is currently CHI Laval, but I'm not all too keen on getting more gold), but I'm also happy about his black fists, which are versatile. You see, Aquagon is to me mostly a parts pack (but given my nature as a MOCist, all sets are this to me - some just more than others). I'm sure Aquagon's horns aren't a new piece. They look like they were already used in various other sets as something like dragon horns. But maybe I'm wrong here. I'm pretty sure I'm not the first one who notices this, but Aquagon's head bears a very striking resemblance to that of Hordak, the main villain of She-Ra - Warrior Princess (though I only know him from that movie that was a crossover of She-Ra and He-Man and the Masters of the Universe). I tell you, once I've figured a solid-looking head for this mask out, I'll make a Hordak MOC, because Hordak was badass. A few pics from the instructions What? The instructions are too small to get Aquagon's full body shot on their cover?! Rip-off! Just kidding, but I was slightly disappointed about that nonetheless. The Evo/Aquagon combiner (I almost said "Nex/Aquagon" - yeah, I still tend to mess these two up) looks pretty decent, although it has a major case of gorilla arms. Building the set Aquagon's build doesn't differ much from that of the fellow Brain Attack sets. The most notable difference between him and the Deluxe sets is the lack of any TECHNIC assembly we got with Stormer's backpack, Frost Beast's shoulders or Surge's wings (don't worry, Surge will get his review next). Surprise! We start with placing something on his back! Next up are his legs (just as in my previous reviews, both legs get armour this pic just serves as a comparison between "naked leg" and "finished leg"). We then continue with his arms (and the lower section of his swords - noticing a pattern here?). With the limbs almost done, next up is his torso, the head and the brain slug. Then it's time to give him his face and shoulders (completely with spikes to make him 20% more evil). Then, he gets a connector on the lower part of the sword hilt, the sword blades themselves and we got... The finished set! Armed with his dangerous swords, Aquagon is ready to terrorize your bathtub! Make sure to store his spare parts away before doing so though. Design and playability Aquagon's sleek design allows for a great deal of poses, as seen above (where I tried to give him a "swimming pose"). Design-wise, he doesn't really look much like a water-themed villain to me (he looks more like some sort of goblin-like creature - which is fitting, since we got with Ogrum an orc earlier this year), but his blue/yellow colour scheme gives him the proper nautic feel. The gunmetal on his torso and legs also make a great contrast to his more vibrant primary colours. I also like that he rotates a the knee joint, though I still don't understand why TLG doesn't do that with the elbows. It would allow for much better posing in their sets. Oddly enough, Aquagon does come with some sort of additional play feature: He can combine his swords at their hilts to form a large spear-like weapon, similiar to Cragger's dual blades. However, Aquagon's double sword is still very poseable thanks to the flexible hilt pieces, which makes posing that thing a lot easier. Of course, Aquagon lacks any form of back armour because he's not only a Scout-sized set, but also because of his brain slug. I'm not too happy about that. Size comparison time! Aquagon is unsurprisingly shorter than Frost Beast or Stormer, which is of course not much of a surprise since both are at a higher price point than our yellow gremlin here. It wouldn't had hurt if I'd also had put Breez in that group shot, but I forgot to do so for some weird reason. Oh well. Final thoughts Aquagon is for his size a surprisingly good set. I mostly bought him for his useful parts, but I also really like his design and poseability. He may be more simplistic than Frost Beast (or of course Dragon Bolt), but he's nonetheless a nice set, mostly because of his very good poseability. He's also a cheaper alternative for Chi Laval if you want to have these neat-looking blue swords. All in all, I can recommend him, but he's not as much of an instant-buy in my eyes as Stormer or Dragon Bolt are (he ties with Frost Beast though, mostly because Frost Beast's poseability could've been better).
