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I finally decided to buy the 4840 The Burrow. I need more Tan and Medium Brown, and the figs are superb!

While I agree with you that olego should use proper manners when posting, reminding him of that is the Staff's job. Your post is mini-modding, which is not much appreciated on any forum. Please use the 'report' button or contact the Staff via PM in the future. Thank you.

As Staff my concern was to avoid possible quarrels and I am sure you were aware of the consequences your posting style could cause.

My view is members of a community aimed at Adults Fans of LEGO should already be mature enough to limit their quotes to the essential. Enforcing a quote limit by technology does not remove the problem. If, for eample, we limit the number of lines quoted by members below the Rank of Citizen, would it mean once they are Citizens and can quote how much they want they'll limit themselves to 5 lines again? Will it teach them how to quote properly? And from another point of view, how do you think the limited quoting system would work? If I want to quote 5 lines from a 20 lines post, I choose the ones I want and delete the others. If an application does it for me, how would it know which ones I want to quote? And what can I do when what I want to quote to make my reply meaningful is more than 5 lines? P.S.: vexorian, please let not turn this in a personal fight, ok? Thank you.

Magnet figs are glued as well, from 2011's series on

Since this is something about the Ambassador Program, I'll move it into the Embassy.

Ops, I was sure this question was in the Surge thread. Anyway, here is a comparison shot of Surge and DrillDozer. I hope it's ok nonetheless, as the Heroes are all the same height (apart for some head-gear spikes in Breeze I think)

Most of the reviews (if not all) include a picture of the parts list. Check them out

Of course, everybody is free to express their opinion, but you really did it already. You do not like this line? Fine. Now we all know it. If you do not find anything else to say, and just repeat yourself over and over in each review topic, pease do not comment at all! Another post on the tones of this one, and you'll have a one-way ticket to the Chamber. And before you start speaking about freedom of speach, let me remind you that you just attacked another member for speaking his mind in a polite manner about your comments.

Ever heard of MOCs? Anyway, we got it you do not like the new line. Now please stop repeating the same song over and over, and leave place for others to express their opinions. Thank you

Thanks Rick for linking to the Tutorials' thread. I'll move this to Website & Forums where it belongs.

The reply to this question is in the frontpage post: More reviews will surface in the next days, so keep your eyes openfor them!

It's classic LEGO bricks' yellow

Thanks for letting us know, Front, and congratulations on this great design As already said elsewhere, TLG asked some communities (BZPower and us, for example) to partecipate in a project to review the new HF 2011 line.

As far as I know, the Heros all lost their weapons in the last confrontation with Von Nebula, so no direct conversion of the lightning weapons to the sniper rifle. As they get constant up-grades based on the data from every mission, I think their weaponry and armours 'evolved' to the new style after that experience.

Being a request for a template, more than an actual decal, and being of possible interest for more people, I think this topic can have its own thread I'll grant 286dad PM access so you can discuss more freely. Nevertheless, please post the template here once ready

I'm convinced these new spears will be limited to HF/other Action Figures sets, as an additional safe play feature, like the soft plastic weapons of the Bionicle lines.

You mean like this one or something else? Please provide reference pictures. Thank you.

Very professional work, The_Customizer Thanks for sharing.

Yes, that's the big con of these Heroes. As I wrote, this does provide a good grip from behind as you can take the body frame with two fingers, but some more complete backs will always be one of the LEGO Action Figures' fans' dreams! No action feature with the rifle. This may look like a downside, but it allows to keep its design simple and clean. I'm just as curious as you are about Bulk and Stringer's fate. As far as box art goes, Evo and Nex are '2.0' too, probably just to be in line with the others. They could be new Heroes who join the theme after Bulk and Stringer retire or go to special missions... I think we'll have to wait and see what the story tellers have prepared for us

Thanks for all the comments. I fear it's a bit late for that Yeah, at first I thought they were the old ones; it took me to have a good look at the finished set to notice. Yes, they are of similar height, given DrillDozer his hunchbacked; if DrillDozer's neck is extended in height, he is 3-4 centimeteres taller. I'll provide pics as soon as I get some time Price information are unofficial for now, but they seem to be between € 8.50 (same as 2010) and € 9.99.

Thanks everybody for the comments. I agree this guy is not perfect, but it's a nice set, quite unique and with lots interesting parts. Keep in mind this uses a new building system, and it's just one of the first experiments with it The drill arm is quite posable even if it has the 'second tail' attached; it gives stength but does not hinder the movements much. Thanks for pointing it out. I totally skipped that sub-line, so I missed to recognise it!

Set name: DrillDozer Set Number: 2192 Price: 12.99 $, 12.99 Euro Pieces: 61 Year of release: 2011 Links: Peeron, Bricklink and Brickset The Box Front Like this year, the medium sized Villains for 2011 come in boxes as opposed to canisters like the Heroes do. DrillDozer's box art is quite ‘cold’ when compared to that of the new Hero Pods, having flames only in the lower part of the background, where they are supposed to represent heat/explosions caused by the Villain drilling through the city floor. The rest is some sort of un-defined, quite blurry technological environment. The colours are not bad, but I would have preferred something more going on there, like in the Hero Pods’ background. I can only suppose they chose to have it this way so it does not distract the buyer from DrillDozer’s figure itself. Back This looks way better. The main shot shows DrillDozer fighting Nex 2.0 inside some oil refinery or power plant, with explosions going on at the Villain’s back. The rightmost part has a picture of the shooting function and introduces us to the new Dark/Gun Metallic Grey shooter pieces we’ll see better later on. Sides The sides show some details of the front art and usual LEGO text and warnings. Size comparison I’m always amazed by the difference in size between boxed and canister sets. This shot would have you expect DrillDozer to be almost twice the size of a Hero, which unfortunately (or fortunately for our Heroes) is not, but the number of pieces actually is the double. Contents Inside As expected from a boxed set, the parts are enveloped in plastic bags, with the exception of the main body frame and the flexible ridged tubing piece. Out of 61 parts, only 7 are nor new molds or recolours (the Flexible Ridged Tubing in Red, the two Axle 2 Notched in Red, the Technic Axle Pin without Friction Ridges Lengthwise in Tan, the Axle 5.5 With Stop in Dark Bley, the Axle Connector Smooth in Black, and the Glatorian Head in Trans-Neon Orange. Recoloured parts Recoloured parts in this set include the Cone Spiral Jagged/Power Miners Drill in Light Metallic Grey, the Spike Flexible 3.5L in Red, the over mentioned two Thornax Launcher Halves in Dark/Gun Metallic Grey, two 2 x 3 Axle Connector with Tooth in Black, and the Zamor Sphere in a marbled pattern of Red and Bright Orange. Detailed views of the new marbled Zamor sphere. The leftmost view reminds me of Jupiter, actually. New parts Connectors In addition to a standard HF 2011 main body piece, there are a number of ‘limb’ connectors in both Black (common to all the sets in this line) and Red (limited to Villains’ sets. As better seen in Evo 2.0’s review, they all sport a set of small holes (three per side with respect to the front/back orientation of the parts) on the ball end. I think this is meant to reduce shock stress upon connection. Indeed, they snap in place more easily and with less effort. This is one of the best new pieces, in my opinion, since it can be connected to any classic technic part with holes, allowing the use of the new socket-and-ball together with the old ones. I’m sure MOCers will find it very useful. Head/Mask/Helmet This is one of the most debated parts from the new line. As some guessed from the preliminary pictures that floated around the net during last months, the helmet piece (let’s call it this way for simplicity) has two masks (or faces) on it (one is DrillDozer’s and the other one is Fire Lord’s). This makes it very long and somewhat awkward in some poses. I for one find it quite interesting, but I’m sure this new part will have its fans and opposers. The head itself is made of 5 parts (two of the new connectors, two 2 x 3 Axle Connector with Tooth, a Glatorian head piece) onto which the Helmet is attached via a standard axle like the Glatorian masks. Armour & Co. The limb armour pieces comes in 4 sizes in this set: small (3 studs long), medium (5 studs long), large (6 studs long) and extra long (8 studs long) ones. The body armour is a completely new part, and one of my favourite from the whole HF 2011 line. It is much like a Hockey Vest from the late sports sets, only bigger and better. It connects to the main body frame via two sockets under the shoulders. Feet These feet are way better than the Heroes’ ones according to me, as the have the axle connection like most BIONICLE ones, making them more useful for MOCs. The sculpturing details are also very nice. Villain Logo Much like a street gang, all the Villains in Fire Lord’s band have similar printed pieces. The fire-y pattern is pretty nice, and one could fancy the three lightning-like symbol represents the three lesser Villains under Fire Lord’s command. Villain Core If the Hero Core is what makes a Hero, than the Villain Core must be what makes a Villain. They look like corrupted Hero Cores, fused with the original armour and turned into sources of dark energy. The strange thing is they are used as armour parts too… Weapons DrillDozer is a real fighter machine, sporting three weapons to bring destruction to the Hero Factory universe. The first weapon, and the most simple, is a sword like piece attached to what should be his left hand. Than we have his signature drill right arm. We’ll see it better later on in the Building section. For now we can focalise on some interesting parts used to build it. The flame part is made of slightly softer plastic (though not as soft as the ridged tubing or the spikes) and it has a very nice marbled (more properly flaming) Red and Bright Orange pattern. The other main new part is this piece of plating which reminds me of a motor hood from some sort of generator thing. The detailing is very nice, and the Dark/Gun Metallic Grey is a great colour choice for this piece. The third weapon, the back mounted launcher, will be shown later, as it does not involve new parts per se. Instructions Front Cover – We find the same art of the box front, plus a big Warning sign in a white text cell superimposed to the image. Again, in line with the box size, the instruction booklet is almost twice the size of the Heroes’ ones. Back Cover – The usual ‘Buy some LEGO, take the survey and win more bricks’ add makes its appearance in the 2011 Villains’ sets, too. Some could notice this page is rotated of 90° with respect to the rest of the booklet. Random page – The instructions are standard fare for a HF Villain set. Pieces count/overview – The Dark/Gun Metallic Grey is easier to distinguish from the Black on these instructions when compared with the Heroes’ ones. Well done! Fore last pages – Here we see some interesting bits of info, like the full names of the Heroes; of special interest are the two new ones: Nathan Evo and Julius Nex. Building Start Unlike many other characters, his build starts with armouring the main body, instead of adding the limbs. As said, the Hockey Vest piece attaches via two socket joints under the shoulders, and the Villain Core is held in place by to of the new ‘rod’ connectors typical of the HF 2011 line. Adding Legs and Feet We proceed by adding the legs and feet pars and by armouring them. The asymmetrical look of the lower leg armour gives a nice look to the set so far. Arms and Weapons The next phase consists in building the arms and their built-in weapons: sword on the let and drill head on the right. But wait! The right arm is not complete yet. For some reason, the drill head will be connected in the last step… Head(s) One of the most strange looking parts of this set is the head. We already saw how it is built. Now that we see it in place, the first thought is ‘Why does he have a giraffe neck?’ The reason is quite simple: being the Helmet piece so long, the neck needs to be extra long too, to allow for a good posing of the whole structure. Indeed, this solution grants a fair amount of mobility to the head. Is that a tail or two? We proceed buy building the tail (or third arm), which holds the launcher. But there is a second tail-like structure (in Red) above it. At first, I thought it was meant to connect with the actual tail to give it more strength. Turns out I was right on the function, but wrong on the positioning. That big drill arm needs more strengthening than the tail does, so here we have the explanation for the ‘second tail’. In these last two shots, we could get a glimpse of how the second face looks on the back of DrillDozer’s head. Finished set Front By adding the spikes, the tubing and the drill head to the right arm’s weapon we complete the set. I really think this is a guy no robot would want to meet in a dark alley! Back The hockey vest piece grants this figure one of the best and most complete backs in the BIONICLE/Hero Factory group. Of course, the second face and the two tails somewhat get in the way, but they sure give DrillDozer an unique and easily recognisable look from all angles. Posed Come down here, if you have the guts! DrillDozer looks very menacing and imposing in a number of poses. The only real weak spot is the neck: being so long it needs extra care in the positioning to look good. Bonus images What if I went as Fire Lord for Halloween? Just a picture to see how DrillDozer looks with Fire Lord’s face front on. I think he seems somewhat sad this way. I surely prefer his actual face: more ruthless and menacing. Final comments Overall, DrillDozer is a really cool figure. He includes a number of useful the pieces that are excellent for MOCing. His design is pretty unique (reminds me a bit of the Glatorian 8983 Vorox set, only with the tail sword and launcher swiped) and the colour scheme is very effective for a fire-shooting Villain. Colours scheme - 10/10 (The dark colours work always well on Villains, the marbled parts are nice additions and the Metallic Greys give off a neat mechanical feel.) Parts - 9.5/10 (All the new parts look excellent and the joints work very smoothly; the only main discussion I can see will probably be about the head/helmet.) Design - 10/10 (As said, very imposing and menacing appearance.) Articulation - 9/10 (The head requires a certain care to get good poses, but all in all everything works pretty well.) Quality - 10/10 (All the parts are of good quality.) Overall: 48.5/50 Excellent More pictures can be found in this Brickshelf gallery (once public). Special thanks to TLG and the Hero Factory team. As always, questions, comments, and pic requests welcome!

Set name: Surge 2.0 (Mark Surge) Set Number: 2141 Price: ? $, 9.99 Euro Pieces: 30 Year of release: 2011 Links: Peeron, Bricklink and Brickset The Box Front The new wave of Heroes from Hero Factory use the same Hero Pod as the 2010 ones, only with a standardised orange top. Personally I prefer this solution, as it makes them look more like a set of standard-issue vehicles from the Hero Factory garage. The box art for Surge 2.0 is very cool, way more action packed than that of the 2010 sets. It introduces us to the new Fire Lord’s gang of enemies with the burning/exploding background, and it gives us a glimpse of some new vehicles used in the Hero Factory universe, as there is a squad of (star?)fighters flying in the upper left hand corner. Back The back shows a possible combination of the Surge 2.0 and Nex 2.0 sets to form a bigger robot, again on a fire-y background. Unfortunately, unlike the first Toa sets, these do not include instructions for this combination model. Either it is there just for inspiration or the instructions will be available on-line. On the right we also see a 1:1 scale picture of the Hero Core and a small image of Surge sliding in his Hero Pod, ready to fly into the battlefield. Top As said, the top of the box is the same of the 2010 wave, only in orange. Now that I think of it, somebody could find a use for this top in a microscale scene as a helicopter landing pad. Top’s inside Like for all the other Hero Pods/boxes from this series, the top piece has a code printed on its inside. We’ll see later what this code is for (not a hard guess, I’m sure you’ll agree). Size comparison A simple shot to make a size comparison with the bigger Villains’ boxes. Contents Inside As expected with this kind of box, the parts are loose in the Pod, and they nicely shower on your table. The instruction booklet (we’ll see it better later on) is curled to follow the Pod’s curvature. Recoloured parts There are two recoloured parts in this set: the Spike Flexible 3.5L in Lime and the Bar 4L Lightsaber Blade in a full Trans-Blue. I’m sure Star Wars fans will be happy to have a cool new colour available for their blades! Here, Luke kindly poses for us to show how the new colour looks. In my opinion, it works better than the old Trans-Light Blue for a lightsaber. New pieces Being this one of the first sets to use the new socket-and-ball parts, it is really full of new molds. Just consider that out of 30 pieces in this set, 27 are new! The only not new ones are the over-mentioned recoloured bar and spike and a Technic Axle Pin without Friction Ridges Lengthwise in Tan. Connectors These new parts are very interesting for a number of reasons. First of all, they all have a ball at one end and a socket at the other one. This is no real news, but it means that they mark a fundamental step from the BIONICLE based line of 2010. As better seen in Evo 2.0’s review, they all sport a set of small holes (three per side with respect to the front/back orientation of the parts) on the ball end. I think this is meant to reduce shock stress upon connection. Indeed, they snap in place more easily and with less effort. Head The head is made of 3 different parts: face and socket connector, head-gear piece and half-helmet. The face part is a solid Lime, and I must say it looks very cool with the overall colour scheme. We are used to trans-coloured head parts from the BIONICLE line and the 2010 Heroes, but the new ones look far more interesting and robotic, in my opinion. The head-gear piece, in its turn, is very detailed, and I really like how it sports a telescopic (possibly infra-red sight) and a microphone. Being Surge the sniper of the new team, this equipment fits him really well. Armour & Co. The new connection system is not limited to the limbs/main body parts. The new armour is designed to fit on the new frame only. This means that it connects to the body via the ball-and-socket joints, and it does not have any technic styled connections. The limb armour pieces come in 3 sizes in this set (as well as in the other Hero sets). In the picture above you can see a direct comparison of the 3 sizes: small (3 studs long), medium (5 studs long) and large (6 studs long). The body armour is composed of two parts plus the Hero Core. The outer armour part is very similar to the 2010 ones, only it connects via a couple of ‘studs’ or rods of the same diameter of a lightsaber blade bar. Below this, attached to the body frame with the socket-ball system, is a sort of undercoat like that of the Middle Ages knights (at least, I like to picture it that way). The Hero Core is solid Lime like the face part. Now, while I like the overall look of it, I sometime think a trans-coloured version would have looked better, as in a ‘shine with energy’ way, like the 2010 Cores. Hands and Feet Here you can have a look at the new hand piece with four fingers. I think it works better than the old 3-fingered part, as it looks more proportionate to me. I’m still not sure I like the feet. The flat portion with the line of three holes just behind the front is not very nice to the eye, in my opinion. Maybe this solution was chosen for a reason related to connecting the Heroes to vehicles which will be revealed later on during 2011, who knows. Hero Badge One of the most anticipated parts of these new sets is the ‘Hero Badge’ piece. Some said it had to be a normal armour part with sticker, few hoped for a printed part. I can assure you this is printed, and very nicely too. The text includes the Hero name and version number, and a very small and almost un-readable code number below it. The design in the upper part of the print reminds me of a stylised version of the Hero Factory Tower, or a sort of sonic boom effect. Being it on every Hero’s ‘Badge’, I think I’ll go for the first interpretation. Weapon Surge 2.0 is equipped with a sniper rifle made of 3 parts: the lightsaber blade and 2 of the pieces (I do not think they have official names yet) used for the other Heroes’ shields. The Dark/Gun Metallic Grey one is the same included in Evo 2.0 set, and Light Metallic Grey one looks very much like a sort of pickaxe to me. These two parts can only combine in the way they are used here, as the lighter piece has an axle, but no holes. The overall look is very smooth and technologic, and it is well proportioned with respect to the figure. Instructions Cover – It reproduces more or less the same design of the front of the box. First pages – Here we have a set of figures explaining us how to use the code we found on the inner side of the box top piece. We’ll have to wait and see what contents these codes will unlock. Back cover – We have the usual ‘enter our survey to win LEGO’ add. Random page – The instructions are standard fare for a Hero Factory type of set. Unfortunately, as in may other cases, the Black and Dark/Gun Metallic Grey can hardly be told apart. Pieces count – Not much to say here, apart that Black and Dark/Gun Metallic Grey are more clearly defined in this page. Building Start His build starts off with the torso, limbs and feet. No cracked joints yet! This new system works really well. Then we add the armour and weapon. The lower leg armour, turned towards the outside, gives Surge 2.0 a slimmer look than the other Heroes. I must say the way he holds the weapon in this picture looks quite awkward, but we’ll see soon that he can get some great poses with it, too. Just one more step, and we have the… Finished set Front The armour fits very nicely, and the colour scheme is awesome, cool and fresh! The asymmetrical look of the head, given by the head-gear, really fits the character in my eyes. Back The new armour helps in giving these Heroes a better look, but the back angle is still a weak spot. On the other hand, having an open back armour lets you grab the main body frame to move your figure around with fair ease. Posed Once Surge 2.0 grabs his rifle with both hands, all the awkwardness of the previous shots vanishes, and he turns into a real action ready Hero. Bonus images Sniper unit in position, ready to take out the enemy! While the new joints system allows a fair amount of mobility for the limbs and head, the size of the gun and the fixed position of the handles make it a bit difficult to get a good pos in this situation. Score 100% Who’s better than me in target practice? Back from mission Having some free time When they are not on mission, the Heroes like to hang out with friends. Except when Stormer sends them into the training spheres to hone their skills, that is. Final comments Overall, Surge 2.0 is a very cool figure. He has one of the best colour schemes amongst the Heroes of the early 2011 HF line. The fact that it uses a new connection system reduces the chances of MOCing a bit, but I’m sure that all the people interested in this series will soon have enough parts for that too. His design, while standardised with that of the other Heroes, is still pretty unique and fits well his role in the team. Colours scheme - 10/10 (Very fresh and cool.) Parts - 8/10 (I greatly appreciate the new system, but there is to consider it limits the blending with last year sets of the same theme.) Design - 10/10 (Smooth and slim, makes for a fast and cunning fighter.) Articulation - 9/10 (He has a greater motion range then older sets.) Quality - 10/10 (As far as I can see, the new solutions introduced to limit the breaking of socket joints work very well, and all the parts are of great quality.) Overall: 47/50 Excellent More pictures can be found in this Brickshelf gallery (once public). Special thanks to TLG and the Hero Factory team. As always, questions, comments, and pic requests welcome!

Set name: Evo 2.0 (Nathan Evo) Set Number: 2067 Price: ? $, 9.99 Euro Pieces: 31 Year of release: 2011 Links: Peeron, Bricklink and Brickset The Box Front The new wave of Heroes from Hero Factory use the same Hero Pod as the 2010 ones, only with a standardised orange top. Personally I prefer this solution, as it makes them look more like a set of standard-issue vehicles from the Hero Factory garage. The box art for Evo 2.0 is very cool, way more action packed than that of the 2010 sets. It introduces us to the new enemies in two ways: the burning/exploding background (we enter the Fire Lord’s era) and the 4 silhouettes of the villains in the upper left corner. Back The back shows a possible combination of the Evo 2.0 and Furno 2.0 sets to form a bigger robot, again on a fire-y background. Unfortunately, unlike the first Toa sets, these do not include instructions for this combination model. Either it is there just for inspiration or the instructions will be available on-line. On the right we also see a 1:1 scale picture of the Hero Core and a small image of Evo sliding in his Hero Pod. Top As said, the top of the box is the same of the 2010 wave, only in orange. Top’s inside The top piece has a code printed on its inside. We’ll see later what this code is for (not a hard guess, I’m sure you’ll agree). Size comparison A simple shot to make a size comparison with the Villains’ boxes. Like we often see, the Heroes are smaller than the bad guys, but they make up for that with number and team work. Contents Inside As expected with this kind of box, the parts are not into plastic bags, and the instruction booklet (we’ll see it better later on) is slightly bent to follow the Pod’s curvature. Recoloured parts The only recoloured part in this set is the Spike Flexible 3.5L in Purple. This is a good part with many uses and it’s good to see it becoming available in more colours than the up-to-now standard Light Bley. New pieces Being this one of the first sets to use the new socket-and-ball parts, it is really full of new molds. Just consider that out of 31 pieces in this set, 30 are new! Connectors These new parts are very interesting for a number of reasons. First of all, they all have a ball at one end and a socket at the other one. This is no real news, but it means that they mark a fundamental step from the BIONICLE based line of 2010. They all sport a new set of small holes (three per side with respect to the front/back orientation of the parts) on the ball end. I think this is meant to reduce shock stress upon connection. Indeed, they snap in place more easily and with less effort. Old connector? As far as I can see comparing this piece with my Glatorian sets, this is also a new mold. The socket ‘lips’ are slightly more robust, and it looks more resistant than the old ones. Head The head is made of 3 different parts: face and socket connector, head-gear piece and half-helmet. The face part is a solid Purple, and I must say it looks way better than expected. We are used to trans-coloured head parts from the BIONICLE line and the 2010 Heroes, but the new ones look far more interesting and robotic, in my opinion. Being this part Purple, I can’t help but see it as a good piece for a War Machine MOC. The head-gear piece, in its turn, very strongly reminds me of a cow catcher from an old locomotive or a bulldozer’s front blade, making this Hero look like an unstoppable close combat fighter. Armour & Co. The new connection system is not limited to the limbs/main body parts. The new armour is designed to fit on the new frame only. This means that it connects to the body via the ball-and-socket joints, and it does not have any technic styled connections. The limb armour pieces come in 3 sizes in this set: small (3 studs long), medium (5 studs long) and large (6 studs long). In the picture above you can see the smaller size and the new feet. I’m not sure whether I like them or not. I think the flat portion with the line of three holes just behind the front is not very nice to the eye; on the other hand it provides some of the few technic connection point in the set. The body armour is composed of two parts plus the Hero Core. The outer armour part is very similar to the 2010 ones, only it connects via a couple of ‘studs’ of the same diameter of a lightsaber blade bar. Below this, attached to the body frame with the socket-ball system, is a sort of undercoat like that of the Middle Ages knights (at least, I like to picture it that way). The Hero Core is again solid Purple. Now, while I like the overall look of it, I sometime think a trans-coloured version would have looked better, as in a ‘shine with energy’ way, like the 2010 Cores. Hero Badge One of the most anticipated parts of these new sets is the ‘Hero Badge’ piece. Some said it had to be a normal armour part with sticker, few hoped for a printed part. I can assure you this is printed, and very nicely too. The text includes the Hero name and version number, and a very small and almost un-readable code number below it. The design in the upper part of the print reminds me of a stylised version of the Hero Factory Tower, or a sort of sonic boom effect. Being it on every Hero’s ‘Badge’, I think I’ll go for the first interpretation. Weapon One of my favourite parts in this new Heroes is represented by their weapons. In this set, we can see the shield/spears design common to 4 of the Heroes. It is somehow reminiscent of the Bohrok and Bohrok-Kal shields, but more complex and cool looking. Another great plus is the use of new spear parts, re-cast in the soft rubbery plastic, so that kids do not hurt each other while playing. I can see may applications for this parts in System MOCs, where a bit of flexibility helps to achieve better looks. Instructions Cover – It reproduces more or less the same design of the front of the box. First pages – Here we have a set of figures explaining us how to use the code we found on the inner side of the box top piece. Back cover – We have the usual ‘enter our survey to win LEGO’ add. Random page – The instructions are standard fare for a Hero Factory type of set. Unfortunately, as in may other cases, the Black and Dark/Gun Metallic Grey can hardly be told apart. Pieces count – Really, not much to say here. Building Start His build starts off with the torso and limbs. No cracked joints yet! This new system works really well. Then we add the armour and weapon. Just one more step, and we have the… Finished set Front The armour fits very nicely, and the asymmetrical look of the upper legs is a neat touch. The head, while pretty massive with the head-gear piece, is still very posable, as well as the shield. I must say this pic looks very much like a Evo 2.0 still needs to be activated. He’s an empty shell waiting for the spark of robotical life. Back The new armour helps in giving these Heroes a better look, but the back angle is still a weak spot. On the other hand, having an open back armour lets you grab the main body frame to move your figure around with fair ease. Posed And here we go, ready for action! Do you wanna play hard, kid? Bonus images I’m gonna smash through that wall right away! For justice! This is one of my favourite poses, and it allows us to see the last new piece I left out from the list in the previous parts of this review: the hand has 4 fingers, instead of the standard 3 of the latest BIONICLE and early HF sets. My only wish is that TLG would include a second hand piece in each set so that we can have a complete Hero even when the shield is removed. Final comments Overall, Evo 2.0 is a fantastic figure. Sure, he's not the biggest set there is, but he makes up for it with his huge shield and head-gear, possibly one of the most impressive in this early 2011 HF line. The fact that it uses a new connection system reduces the chances of MOCing a bit, but I’m sure that all the people interested in this series will soon have enough parts for that too. His design, while standardised with that of the other Heroes, is still pretty unique and the colour scheme is excellent. Colours scheme - 10/10 (No complaints whatsoever.) Parts - 8/10 (I greatly appreciate the new system, but there is to consider it limits the blending with last year sets of the same theme.) Design - 10/10 (Fantastic looking) Articulation - 9/10 (He has a greater motion range then older sets.) Quality - 10/10 (As far as I can see, the new solutions introduced to limit the breaking of socket joints work very well, and all the parts are of great quality.) Overall: 47/50 Excellent More pictures can be found in this Brickshelf gallery (once public). Special thanks to TLG and the Hero Factory team. As always, questions, comments, and pic requests welcome!