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What a cool miniature starship. Love the first version, the second version thought more detailed, the gap is a bit too large to justify in my opinion I'd much rather have recived this in Brickmaster than, say Click.

Cool, I always liked the "jellybean knights", when I saw all those Ninjas jumping about the Lego Universe Beta it raised some questions in my head. And hey, Ninja sets! Can hardly wait for pictures, and what a snappy looking site, almost like a storybook, with questionable grammar...

Man, Alfred should really start dusting the Batcave once 'n' awhile. The proportions look a little off to me (Course I haven't seen many pictures of the vehicle anyway), but I much prefer this version. Almost like those mini RC cars. Fantastic that you managed to fit a pullback motor in there, never discount playability.

Hey, that's fantastic! Always loved the Western theme. Reminds me of historic Deadwood in the Black Hills of South Dakota (Knowledge and insomnia courtesy of History Channel ) Love the building techniques used here, especially the curved streamline balcony, and the detailed interior. Oh, and the little green stripe in the wood above the bar, and the railing underneath it. On a side note, it looks like the Saloon might provide better defense than the fort.

Thanks! "Perditus was a Glatorian who worked for the Fire Tribe as a vehicle pilot, Perditius was released in the summer of 2009 along with the Thornatus V9. " Someone regonized the mask. Suprisingly the legs hold the rest of the body rather well, full range of motion without imbalance. And it held the look I was going for, strong yet dim witted lumbering brute. Not unlike the stylized cartoon henchmen of the 20s and 30s comics, which the presentation of Hero Factory reminds me of.

Cool, sleek stylized design (Fantastic middle pose ) surprisingly the design looks feminine which is a plus, also enjoyed reading her bio. (Love a good story) Can't help but feel that possibly you could've added something on the exposed ball socket, just a little armor to kinda' fill her in and cover it up, reminds me of Thunder's back. Additionally I can't help but feel that the mata-red thighs look outta place bit too bright, not sure what else you could've used. The red in krika's parts are more of a pinkish/salmon (sand red?) color so I doubt the traditional dark red could've worked, black would make it too bland in that area... That aside, I adore the color combination on this Henchman (Henchwoman? Nah, better stick with henchbot. ). Not to mention it's cool to finally have some female villains in the Hero Factory universe. All that considered, solid moc! If it were a canister set, I'd buy it.

Thanks for the compliments! I really wanted to accentuate the fact that he's well armored, I tried to pack every piece of armor any place I could without limiting his mobility. As for the weapons, I wanted to give off a real retro super villain vibe. [Edit: You brought up some valid points, think I'll add an addendum to the original post ] Actually this was done intentionally, I always felt Bionicle to be little more serious, while Hero Factory, with the puns in the names and overall appearance/feel, made it seem a little more "playful", stylized and at the same time not taking itself too seriously. Which they pull off well, and actually it's a nice change. Quite refreshing, which is why I entered this contest. As a huge fan of the Bionicle line, I had little hope for it's "successor" Hero Factory, but I ended up loving the concept and execution of it. Shows what I know. After reading the description and general rules of the contest: "Welcome to the first Action Figure forum contest, in celebration of the new Hero Factory line! While we have been introduced to plenty of heroic robots who save the Hero Factory universe from the forces of evil, it seems that the forces of evil have been rather under-represented so far in the Hero Factory sets and story. So here at Eurobricks we are giving you the chance to fill in this absence of evil with your own devious masterminds, and their souped-up-destruction-orientated hotrods as well!" I took this as my chance to create my own stylized representation of a lumbering henchmen in Hero Factories generally eccentric style. My goal was to build a visual representation of the description provided: "•Build a lumbering giant to assist in felonies and to do the dirty work that the more "sophisticated" schemers would not do themselves. •Henchmen are still dangerous outlaws, but prefer brute strength or firepower over brains and strategy!" After reading this, the first thing to come to my mind were the 1900s - 1950s cartoonish brutes, thugs and mobsters with their over exaggerated proportions and height.(Generally consisting of large upper torsos, with smaller legs to further exaggerate muscle.) so to fit in with the whole classic henchmen vibe and more modern Henchbot look, I decided that he would look (And function) best with exaggerated proportions. Glad you liked em'! I love some of the names Lego has created some of which are a throw back to classic comic books, I wanted to replicate this when creating Benton's name something that wouldn't take itself too seriously, while at the same time staying far away from Bionicleish names. "•Entries must include a description/bio of the MOC, in the style of official Hero Factory set descriptions on the Hero Factory Website." I tried my best to make it look as authentic as possible while also being careful not too stray too far from what Lego has already set to represent Hero Factory, as displayed on the official Website. While reading Benton's bio I felt something was missing, so after reading over the bios on the Hero Factory Website I thought why not make it authentic as possible? Like if Lego really did have a Villain Factory instead of a Hero Factory, this is what it might look like. With that in mind I set to work.

Call the Hero Factory! There's a new villan on the block! He's Benton Destruction, Mighty Henchbot for Hire Click Title or Picture for Topic Page! An indomitable* Brute of Terrifying Size! Fully equiped with: -the devastating Rocket Fist! -Gripping red hot vengeance of the Magma Claw! -Angellic Forcefield when rasied, -Lightning** Fast Rocket Pack when lowered! -Covered in only the Finest, Strongest Stolen Armor! He's in your neighborhood, plundering garden gnomes***. A freelancing Henchbot for hire seeking a better life, Benton embraced a life of crime in an attempt to find a means of escaping his poverty stricken home world; Brutal Planet, A desolate planet plagued with economic and environmental issues, the corrupted government locked in all out war with the equally corrupt United Bots Movement. With the planet's natural resources nearing depletion, the government on Brutal planet quickly came to rely on aid from foreign companies, with the companies favoring the government of Brutal Planet over the UBM. The movement was in a dire state, with supplies limited the movement began shifting focus on seizing supply convoys, in turn expanding the war to the vast reaches of space, Benton, realizing his opportunity joined the movement's army and it's efforts to seize control of the supply convoys. Headed for Makuhero City, on a stolen supply convoy. Wanted by two armies and various companies, on accounts of grand theft. Weeks later once he had arrived in the city, after successfully evading authorities, Benton found it difficult to part with old habits and soon resorted to what he had enjoyed most on Brutal Planet, destruction. Fighting his way though the organized Makuhero City crime rings, Benton rose through the rank quickly due to his vast strength and powerful weapons at his disposal, these qualities made him a popular choice among notorious Villains. Though his notoriety hadn't come without it's own repercussions his eccentric method of operation, lackluster intelligence and an affinity for planning with reckless abandon made him a target the Hero Factory had little trouble locating and subduing. Captured, jailed in a maximum security prison, Benton's vast strength couldn't save him from his own stupidity. Though there was one thing Hero Factory couldn’t take into account. Dumb luck. Noticing Von Nebula and his Henchbots on their pursuit to free Thunder, Benton called out to Von Nebula "What price freedom?", he knew Von Nebula ran all the rackets in the city "Maybe we can make a little deal, isn't there somethin' I could do?" Benton asked from his cell. Von Nebula gave him the eye once over then he smiled "Yeah I've got something here in mind." He turned, and approached Benton's cell "You'll bow to me if you wanna be free, from the claws authority. Eternally, you’ll serve me." Indebted, Benton now serves as one of Von Nebula's Henchbots. "Listen boss, You don't think maybe we could talk this over?"Benton "Give me one good reason why I should." Von Nebula "All right, so I made a few mistakes.. But you're a reasonable man, and I'm a miserable man, couldn-"Benton "Don't question my judgement, looks like you're in no position to bargain you only reaped what you sowed. But hey, you're free, that's what you wanted. Isn't it?"Von Nebula --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Creator's notes I always felt Bionicle to be little more serious, while Hero Factory, with the puns in the names and overall appearance/feel, made it seem a little more "playful", stylized and at the same time not taking itself too seriously. Which they pull off well, and actually it's a nice change. Quite refreshing, which is why I entered this contest. As a huge fan of the Bionicle line, I had little hope for it's "successor" Hero Factory, but I ended up loving the concept and execution of it. Shows what I know. After reading the description and general rules of the contest: "Welcome to the first Action Figure forum contest, in celebration of the new Hero Factory line! While we have been introduced to plenty of heroic robots who save the Hero Factory universe from the forces of evil, it seems that the forces of evil have been rather under-represented so far in the Hero Factory sets and story. So here at Eurobricks we are giving you the chance to fill in this absence of evil with your own devious masterminds, and their souped-up-destruction-orientated hotrods as well!" I took this as my chance to create my own stylized representation of a lumbering henchmen in Hero Factories generally eccentric style. My goal was to build a visual representation of the description provided: "•Build a lumbering giant to assist in felonies and to do the dirty work that the more "sophisticated" schemers would not do themselves. •Henchmen are still dangerous outlaws, but prefer brute strength or firepower over brains and strategy!" After reading this, the first thing to come to my mind were the 1900s - 1950s cartoonish brutes, thugs and mobsters with their over exaggerated proportions and height.(Generally consisting of large upper torsos, with smaller legs to further exaggerate muscle.) so to fit in with the whole classic henchmen vibe and more modern Henchbot look, I decided that he would look (And function) best with exaggerated proportions. I love some of the names Lego has created some of which are a throw back to classic comic books, I wanted to replicate this when creating Benton's name something that wouldn't take itself too seriously, while at the same time staying far away from Bionicleish names. "•Entries must include a description/bio of the MOC, in the style of official Hero Factory set descriptions on the Hero Factory Website." I tried my best to make it look as authentic as possible while also being careful not too stray too far from what Lego has already set to represent Hero Factory, as displayed on the official Website. While reading Benton's bio I felt something was missing, so after reading over the bios on the Hero Factory Website I thought why not make it authentic as possible? Like if Lego really did have a Villain Factory instead of a Hero Factory, this is what it might look like. With that in mind I set to work. *nearly indomitable **well, maybe not lightning fast ***only the kind that wear the red caps :]

Call the Hero Factory! There's a new villan on the block He's Benton Destruction, Mighty Henchbot for Hire An indomitable* Brute of Terrifying Size! Fully equiped with the devastating Rocket Fist! Gripping red hot vengeance of the Magma Claw! Angellic Forcefield when raised, Lightning** Fast Rocket Pack when lowered! Covered in only the Finest, Strongest Stolen Armor! He's in your neighborhood, plundering garden gnomes***. A freelancing Henchbot for hire seeking a better life, Benton embraced a life of crime in an attempt to find a means of escaping his poverty stricken home world; Brutal Planet, A desolate planet plagued with economic and environmental issues, the corrupted government locked in all out war with the equally corrupt United Bots Movement. With the planet's natural resources nearing depletion, the government on Brutal planet quickly came to rely on aid from foreign companies, with the companies favoring the government of Brutal Planet over the UBM. The movement was in a dire state, with supplies limited the movement began shifting focus on seizing supply convoys, in turn expanding the war to the vast reaches of space, Benton, realizing his opportunity joined the movement's army and it's efforts to seize control of the supply convoys. Headed for Makuhero City, on a stolen supply convoy. Wanted by two armies and various companies, on accounts of grand theft. Weeks later once he had arrived in the city, after successfully evading authorities, Benton found it difficult to part with old habits and soon resorted to what he had enjoyed most on Brutal Planet, destruction. Fighting his way though the organized Makuhero City crime rings, Benton rose through the rank quickly due to his vast strength and powerful weapons at his disposal, these qualities made him a popular choice among notorious Villains. Though his notoriety hadn't come without it's own repercussions his eccentric method of operation, lackluster intelligence and an affinity for planning with reckless abandon made him a target the Hero Factory had little trouble locating and subduing. Captured, jailed in a maximum security prison, Benton's vast strength couldn't save him from his own stupidity. Though there was one thing Hero Factory couldn’t take into account. Dumb luck. Noticing Von Nebula and his Henchbots on their pursuit to free Thunder, Benton called out to Von Nebula "What price freedom?", he knew Von Nebula ran all the rackets in the city "Maybe we can make a little deal, isn't there somethin' I could do?" Benton asked from his cell. Von Nebula gave him the eye once over then he smiled "Yeah I've got something here in mind." He turned, and approached Benton's cell "You'll bow to me if you wanna be free, from the claws authority. Eternally, you’ll serve me." Indebted, Benton now serves as one of Von Nebula's Henchbots. "Listen boss, You don't think maybe we could talk this over?"Benton "Give me one good reason why I should." Von Nebula "All right, so I made a few mistakes.. But you're a reasonable man, and I'm a miserable man, couldn-"Benton "Don't question my judgement, looks like you're in no position to bargain you only reaped what you sowed. But hey, you're free, that's what you wanted. Isn't it?"Von Nebula Addendum ------------------ I always felt Bionicle to be little more serious, while Hero Factory, with the puns in the names and overall appearance/feel, made it seem a little more "playful", stylized and at the same time not taking itself too seriously. Which they pull off well, and actually it's a nice change. Quite refreshing, which is why I entered this contest. As a huge fan of the Bionicle line, I had little hope for it's "successor" Hero Factory, but I ended up loving the concept and execution of it. Shows what I know. After reading the description and general rules of the contest: "Welcome to the first Action Figure forum contest, in celebration of the new Hero Factory line! While we have been introduced to plenty of heroic robots who save the Hero Factory universe from the forces of evil, it seems that the forces of evil have been rather under-represented so far in the Hero Factory sets and story. So here at Eurobricks we are giving you the chance to fill in this absence of evil with your own devious masterminds, and their souped-up-destruction-orientated hotrods as well!" I took this as my chance to create my own stylized representation of a lumbering henchmen in Hero Factories generally eccentric style. My goal was to build a visual representation of the description provided: "•Build a lumbering giant to assist in felonies and to do the dirty work that the more "sophisticated" schemers would not do themselves. •Henchmen are still dangerous outlaws, but prefer brute strength or firepower over brains and strategy!" After reading this, the first thing to come to my mind were the 1900s - 1950s cartoonish brutes, thugs and mobsters with their over exaggerated proportions and height.(Generally consisting of large upper torsos, with smaller legs to further exaggerate muscle.) so to fit in with the whole classic henchmen vibe and more modern Henchbot look, I decided that he would look (And function) best with exaggerated proportions. I love some of the names Lego has created some of which are a throw back to classic comic books, I wanted to replicate this when creating Benton's name something that wouldn't take itself too seriously, while at the same time staying far away from Bionicleish names. "•Entries must include a description/bio of the MOC, in the style of official Hero Factory set descriptions on the Hero Factory Website." I tried my best to make it look as authentic as possible while also being careful not too stray too far from what Lego has already set to represent Hero Factory, as displayed on the official Website. While reading Benton's bio I felt something was missing, so after reading over the bios on the Hero Factory Website I thought why not make it authentic as possible? Like if Lego really did have a Villain Factory instead of a Hero Factory, this is what it might look like. With that in mind I set to work *nearly indomitable **well, maybe not lightning fast ***only the kind that wear the red caps :]

I think Lego should've rebooted the Roboriders line! I like the "rocket/turbine" action feature, and the addition of fully functional arms. The glatorian hands fit surprisingly well with the overall flow of the model, Lewa Nuva's air katanas stand in as a perfect representation of Swamp's green minifig versions. All this aside I'm glad someone made good use of Vastus' awesome lime-green armor. Excellent moc! Of course this means I'll be expecting an Onyx moc sometime soon.

Wunderbar! Really like this moc, especially the legs love the look of functional gears. I do agree the feet don't blend with the rest of the droid, a bit too large for the current proportions of the model. Nice simple, yet effective, gun design. Cleverly built custom head, mask really fits this model, also the tubes are a nice touch and really help to finish off the model.

That's one cool helmet. I adore how the legs have that piston look to them, and the forearms fit in perfectly with the overall design, good proportions. The arms look a bit strange to me, (Though I love the little clamp arms, nice touch indeed) Cool moc, make more whenever time allows.

Fantastic! I love the overall silhouette of this guy, especially the solid torso build, gives it more of a "mechanized look" if you take that and the color scheme into account, he gets a real cool construction mech vibe. Liking the shoulder mounted missiles and large blaster cannon which, frankly, I'm surprised the ball 'n' socket joints can hold the cannon up as well as they do. As a fan of the Slizer line, excellent job on this one, really pulled off that "slizer look". Keeping an eye out for further Slizer mocs, I'd look at your previous Slizer mocs but for some reason I get the "[#10245] You are not permitted to view member profiles." error when tying to view profiles. Hey now give the rest of us a chance!

Wunderbar! Very nice torso build, clever use of pieces. This should've been a bionicle set! Oh and, uh. Nice thighs.

Guten Tag, I've been lurking around EB, and the other various Lego online communities for the past 3-4 years, (i.e., since I found out there were such extensive online communities devoted to Lego, certainly took me long enough to find that out ). Needless to say, I thought it was about time I became a more active part of the community, and ahem, and join in time to give the Villain Factory Month Contest a try. Well I'd keep rambling on but I think I've ran outta things to say, well other than it's good to be apart of such a fine community. Auf Wiedersehen Folks!