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[Ice]

First post has been updated with LEGO Hero Factory Villains.

[clock4me]

The villains is much better (cooler) than the heroes. I wonder if the vehicle sets with the villains are the same sizer as the regular ones.

[Senator]

The villains is much better (cooler) than the heroes.

I agree with pretty much what you said. I would also like to add the descriptions of these things is funny (all Von Nebula's Servant .

7147 XPlode
One of Von Nebula's most feared servants.

7148 Meltdown
He is Von Nebula's most destructive servant!

7156 Corroder
One of Von Nebula’s newest henchmen.

7157 Thunder
Von Nebula’s toughest servant is squashing everything in his way.

[Moolkye]

Looks like a lot of organic type elements. I can see a lot of these pieces being integrated in to MOCs for foliage, trees, thorns, etc...

Whew... more pieces to collect now :)

[kevin93]

Micro site up at at lego.com

http://herofactory.lego.com/en-US/Default.aspx

[strongholds]

The line is like bionicle but the site is cool.

[ncbarrett]

TRU.com has these available.

http://www.toysrus.com/search/index.jsp ... 54197&sr=1

[TClone]

In the storyline, are they robots like Transformers or humans in armor?

[ncbarrett]

from lego microsite...

The Hero Factory designs, builds and dispatches robot heroes to fight villains, solve crises and restore peace across the galaxy – 24 hours a day, seven days a week, 365 days a year. The Factory is situated in the amazing Makuhero City, a modern, sprawling metropolis with a rich multitude of neighborhoods, and home to millions of living robots.

so just robots.

[clock4me]

from lego microsite...

The Hero Factory designs, builds and dispatches robot heroes to fight villains, solve crises and restore peace across the galaxy – 24 hours a day, seven days a week, 365 days a year. The Factory is situated in the amazing Makuhero City, a modern, sprawling metropolis with a rich multitude of neighborhoods, and home to millions of living robots.

so just robots.

The microsite got updated with all the new products too!

[ncbarrett]

The microsite got updated with all the new products too!

I hadn't really looked at it before, so I wasn't sure what was new.
The 2 vehicles look interesting, particularly the drop ship.

[legogeek]

$7.99 price at TRU is not too bad. Funny it says LEGO Bionicle Hero there

[ncbarrett]

$7.99 price at TRU is not too bad. Funny it says LEGO Bionicle Hero there

None ever accused TRU of knowing what they are actually selling. :D

[xeno]

Hmm... Jimi Stringer would be rather a villain :twisted: Looks better as an evil guy!
Anyway, nice parts and weapons.

[ncbarrett]

The drop ship 7160 is now available on TRU.com for 49.99

http://www.toysrus.com/product/index.js ... Id=4057254

[ThunderFighter]

The drop ship 7160 is now available on TRU.com for 49.99

http://www.toysrus.com/product/index.js ... Id=4057254

If someone showed me this and told me its bionicle, I would of thought it is.

[ncbarrett]

The drop ship 7160 is now available on TRU.com for 49.99

http://www.toysrus.com/product/index.js ... Id=4057254

If someone showed me this and told me its bionicle, I would of thought it is.

I don't quite understand why everyone cares they are basically bionicle.

When they rename other themes, (i.e. the castle/knights kingdom/kingdom) people are ok with it, why cant they rename Bionicle to make a new story but have same basic designs?

[legitimatealex]

Because Bionicle was sacred as far as LEGO lines went. I personally wasn't a fan after the first line (I got every single one of the original sets), but people were crazy for Bionicle to the point of fanaticism. It was a real 'action figure' line of LEGO that was still LEGO. It created its own line of different builds like Castle and Space originally did and it had a real story line to it in the background that was fleshed out substantially.

The change from Bionicle to Hero Factory is controversial to the fans of Bionicle because:
1. The name is stupid.
2. People still want more Bionicle story and back story.
3. LEGO is clearly trying to cash in on what Bionicle was for their new line while further reducing pieces by making them even larger, thus simplifying them further.

Hope this clears it up. Feel free to add your reasons.

[ncbarrett]

Because Bionicle was sacred as far as LEGO lines went. I personally wasn't a fan after the first line (I got every single one of the original sets), but people were crazy for Bionicle to the point of fanaticism. It was a real 'action figure' line of LEGO that was still LEGO. It created its own line of different builds like Castle and Space originally did and it had a real story line to it in the background that was fleshed out substantially.

The change from Bionicle to Hero Factory is controversial to the fans of Bionicle because:
1. The name is stupid.
2. People still want more Bionicle story and back story.
3. LEGO is clearly trying to cash in on what Bionicle was for their new line while further reducing pieces by making them even larger, thus simplifying them further.

Hope this clears it up. Feel free to add your reasons.

Ah, makes sense.
I bought all the first line as well, but was about it.
I did however buy the green hero, and I like her.
Might get me back into this "action figure" line.
So in my book it is a good thing, bu ii understand why others disagree.

[ncbarrett]

They are now on S@H

http://shop.lego.com/ByTheme/Leaf.aspx?cn=635&d=70