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Now lets just think about what we are comparing here. First, you say, "one of the two good transformers Shows weve actually had" It just raises a flag that your opinion may sway towards it. Yes, I liked Animated, but I also really enjoyed g1, energon, and Prime(so far) Now yes, It had enough things to keep older audiences interested. Especially the insane amount of homages to essentially every series of transformers there were. But transformers was within itself, a series. Meaning, sure it wasnt complex, but the series had a beginning and an end. Therefore, stakes got higher. With Hero factory, its not complex either. but each wave of sets we get is a series. Meaning, Each round, we get a new story, albeit short. To fill in for story, though it's not as complex as Bionicle, you still get into it via comics and the television show. And this is where my disagreements stop. What you say here is absolutely true, and i do agree with this statement.

Kinda makes me think of the Barraki game from 07.. Hilarious proportions on the figure though

Thanks for the review, Loving the ammo pouches and pack, will probably get some of those indeed

Your first part is true. Bionicle was an imensly strong theme in terms of it's story. In fact, On the Metru Nui bonus features in the staff interviews, one mentioned the fact that the reason Bionicle started, is because they wanted to us he Slizer style of building with a strong story. The whole purpose of Bionicle was built to be a grand story. Now with that said, Lego stuck to what they wanted to do. They kept a solid story, with, not major plotholes. They kept it very good and even brought in all those canons to help tie up the loose ends. Sure, the sets dropped in quality. The plastic got bad, the sets got lackluster, and the final sets, the stars, were pretty underwhelming. But, the story ended well. And that, is what I think matters most, as personally I lost interest in the sets after 2007. You are lead to the wrong impression. heo factory is not a replacement line for Bionicles story, its a replacemnt for the figures. If you felt that way, then what is Ben 10? What is galidor? They just use a similar building style, Hero factory takes it a step frther and replaces the building style completely. A theme can only go on so long. And Hero factory is NOT meant tohave a solid story. It is meant to function like a 60s batman story. Its different in every show. And Lego did that, because they want to make it easy for kids to jump into the storyline. If I were a kid trying to get into Bionicle's story anytime past 2005, I'd be lost. And lego decided that wasnt going to work. The toys arent really set towards the older audience anymore. Face it people. The technic builds of the vehicles were just a nice little side feature of Bionicle. Things are simpler in this new line. This line, is very different from bionicle. And this we simply will not know until the time comes. But, I like the change in theme. Bionicle was getting boring for me. Too much going on, too many similar builds, concepts, etc. Theres only so much you can do with a line. And If Hero factory gets stale, well, so be i. Bring us something new. I got tired of Toa, and I sure as hell will get tired of Heros. Now with that said, I do want to mention the fact that, Bionicle was a very influential theme. And because of that, Action figure themes will always revolve around the type of things we were exposed to in Slizers and Bionicle. Heck, even Ninjago has 6 "elements" for the ninjas like Bionicle did.

Happy bday, hope ou had a great day!

Pretty much totally different than the old ones, lot more material to them, much stronger. The balljoints were changed too in order to absord and create less shock to fix the problems with the snapping joints. Fact of the matter is, im surprised the old sockets are being used as I though the molds for them had been destroyed like the Bionicle molds. I suppose they are just still in production because they were on the first series of hero factory.

He's a mammoth. Hence the name "mamut" as we discussed earlier haha And kenta those are very early acquisations to the figures, but do refrain from using such large amounts of smilies. Still cant figure out Rocka's head.

No the jungle planet in cybertron was actually named Jungle Planet. As someonecommented on the pic on my flickr, this photo makes me think of Mistika

Little late there bud, look at the post above you Anyhow furno does have jetbug mandible blades as I had assumed.

Aye heres the link; http://farm6.static.flickr.com/5210/5304822835_2e81a5c09a_o.jpg

Great review! Really would like to get this set, if this and the other set end up not coming to the US then i'm going to be very dissapointed. Would love to get at least two of both sets.

Anyone have a cheerleader? I have the robinhood styled series 1 archer that my lego employee friend sent me, I openened it but the figure has only been placed on display, in great condition.

Great review, Only thing I find odd is the legs. They use the old bionicle styles socket instead of the new hero factory one, leading to a high possibility of breaking. :/

Welcome to Eurobricks, Sorry to hear about the arm, (never broken a bone before but I imagine it hurts a lot) but I'm glad it is doing better Have fun and ask if you have any questions

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I always though they were, incase you got something stuck inside the hole in the head you could push it out with a needle, at least thats what I used the holes for a couple times

I do not have the new heros yet so I am not sure, I will be sure and get pictures of the result whn I do get them however. I think that the connection points are too high up though. No problem, and thanks

Thanks for the review Stego, I must say I am quite fondo this BP verses the old one with the walker in it. It's just, nicer and the clones are great looking. The off white on the bomb troopers doesnt bother me. The new helmet looks stunning as well. And, the Barc Speeder is surprisngly nice in this set, the quality of the models in these battle packs are finally starting to go somewhere. I'll probably pick up two of these. Well for a first review thi is definatly shades of an excellent review, I think the academy would help you put those skills to use and truley make a great review.

Point is, they wont be dark green on the finalized sets.

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Look at Raw Jaws tusks. See the two red lines? those are the "mandibles" that the bitil look alike has, and the shape of the red you can see(that isnt covered by the confidental sign)

The Bitil-Look alike head is used on Waspix, Scorpion, and Possibly a flip mask for Raw-Jaw

I did not imply Optimus was lame, I am a huge fan of transformers and have no problem with him recurring, I was simply making a comparison that it seems furno and stormer will be in every series regardless o the theme or characters. And yes I dont mind the recurring, But I would like it if they at least gave us a skip, like they did with Bulk and Stringer, or at least throw stormer and furno into a biggr set so that the indiviual heros give us a new ice and fire themed set.

If it doesnt become available in the US, is there anyone who could import some here? Really digging it, would love a copy or two.

Welcome to Eurobricks have a good time and ask if you have any questions, Looking forward to seeing your MOCs;]