After receiving the sets yesterday, I can say that I am impressed. Rocka, Breez and Bulk, while bland overall, just seem to work, the villains are visually pleasing and are all unique, and Furno XL is a vast improvement on Stormer.
Obviously; I was reassuring him, due to the phrasing of his post and his constant focus on the [now exorbitantly annoying] Bionicle vs. Hero Factory debate, that it isn't something that needs to be forever debated in his head.