Hero Factory 2011

[The Dor]

Front, where are those wing pieces from? I'm not sure if they are new or not, I rarely venture outside BIONICLE / Hero Factory sets, but they are really interesting.

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

We hope.

[vexorian]

The closest thing to a wing in that pic is the sword from 8103:

Edited December 28, 2010 by vexorian

[The Dor]

The closest thing to a wing in that pic is an exo-force golden sword (with light features)

Ah, thank you.

Front, I hope you're planning on posting more pictures of that creation of yours ;)

[SpiderSpaceman]

I think that's a placeholder. the preliminary images for the fire villains all had a trans-neon-orange piece of armor where their printed armors ended up

The green armor piece is like the translucent orange piece on the Winter/Spring fire villains. It will be changed to something else that has stuff printed on it.

I am invisible

The closest thing to a wing in that pic is the sword from 8103

Rather, that's exactly what it is, without the sticker applied

[Jetrax99]

The green armor is only a placeholder for the new hero badge print design. I have a feeling it will be recolored silver like the ones on the 2.0 heroes.

[Aethersprite]

The green armor is only a placeholder for the new hero badge print design. I have a feeling it will be recolored silver like the ones on the 2.0 heroes.

That said, the end product could be green, which although would be horribly ugly, may turn out to be true since they're in a jungle environment and green would make sense.

[Pedro G]

I hope they'll replace that piece.

[vexorian]

I just hope they stop it with the badges. It introduces a piece that is only useful for that set and not for MoCs, reminds me of all the horrid printed things roboriders came with.

[BrotherDog]

Where are you seeing this stuff? All the links I've found are broken.

[VBBN]

Where are you seeing this stuff? All the links I've found are broken.

Here you go;

Here guys I sized up the photos to 1500 and sharpened them, hopefully you can make out some truff;

http://farm6.static.flickr.com/5289/5290920495_243bf5a0c7_o.png

http://farm6.static.flickr.com/5163/5291524960_ecebfe8254_o.png

http://farm6.static.flickr.com/5124/5291526952_9019eb1c6c_o.png

I noticed that Raw-jaw's head isnt visible in the pic, its next to the big teeth-looking thing, which is actually his claw

[Aethersprite]

I agree about the badges. While they look cool and all, 1) they're not useful for MOCs, 2) they ruin the overall look of the figure - like one piece standing out from all the rest.

I wonder how Stringer 3.0's claw hand is done, though. Is it a new piece?

[Bfahome]

I wonder how Stringer 3.0's claw hand is done, though. Is it a new piece?

I imagine so.

[BrotherDog]

Here you go;

Thank you much.

As these are package images(which rarely represent the set well) we'll have to wait for more to come along in the future.

It refreshing to see a minor break from humanoid forms though. That's for sure

[Brickthing]

From another photo floating around on Flickr, it appears the new wave will be set on a "Savage Planet". Sadly, the Hero feet are not being updated.

[VBBN]

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

[Kenta]

AND WE HAVE A NEW PICTURE OF HERO FACTORY!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! and rockas helmet is not just big but also long Lol

[VBBN]

AND WE HAVE A NEW PICTURE OF HERO FACTORY!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! and rockas helmet is not just big but also long Lol

Little late there bud, look at the post above you

Anyhow furno does have jetbug mandible blades as I had assumed.

[Kenta]

Little late there bud, look at the post above you

Anyhow furno does have jetbug mandible blades as I had assumed.

Anyways... Scorpio looks huge! and so does Rockas head! But i do love how sinister and evil Witch doctors head looks!

[Ratbat]

Tru had all of the 2011 villians with the exception of Nitroblast and no heroes, so I got Jetbug and Fire Lord.

Jetbug is awesome, almost flawless. His backpack and shoulder armor can be positioned to where it looks like one solid piece, and gives him what looks like a beetle-like shell. He only has two problems, which to me are minor:

Nitroblast's face is very visible from most angles, and stares straight at you from the back.

His other problem is the fact that he has no eyes, but that's an easy fix.

Oh, I also like how he's covered in red spikes.

Fire Lord I was a little hesitant to get, but I'm really glad I did. Really, his biggest problem comes from the shoulder supports, which look terrible, limit his articulation, and force him to keep his arms forward at all times. How to fix it? Remove the supports completely. His arms are still completely stable, and they are more free to move around to almost any position. Also, I moved his fire generator things to the ball joints that the shoulder supports connected to, which in my opinion, looks much better.

Other than that, I moved all of the armor on his arms to face outward, and moved the armor on his inner legs so they face forward. Now, I think he's fantastic. The unarmored hips don't bother me in the slightest.

Also, his weapon is badass.

Edited December 30, 2010 by Ratbat

[SpiderSpaceman]

and rockas helmet is not just big but also long Lol

It's something like a Lion Headdress. Definitely robo-tribal. Can we please please please stay on the Savage Planet for more than one wave, LEGO? No?

It's wacky that they'd make fancy promotional images with the blank green parts... could they just be blank green parts after all?

Edited December 30, 2010 by SpiderSpaceman

[Jouster]

I'm afraid that the green armor pieces will stay the way they are. Still, I hope LEGO will change those to something else. Anyway, isn't Savage Planet the jungle planet in Transformers Cybertron?

[VBBN]

I'm afraid that the green armor pieces will stay the way they are. Still, I hope LEGO will change those to something else. Anyway, isn't Savage Planet the jungle planet in Transformers Cybertron?

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

[The Crazy One]

Guys, the pictures are still prelim. They will probably be touched up a bit towards to realease date.

[SpiderSpaceman]

So looking back at the heroes they all seem to have robot-animal skin headdresses. nex has a very tiger looking hood. stormer has his rhino helmet. stringer's kinda panther or bear looking.

I like the way the "paw" has an angled channel at the back so it can be used as a paw. And if these pieces get added into the HF design by me, it should be very easy to make all the wildcats these parts suggest.

[Kenta]

Stringer.... Its pretty cool. The helmet im not sure what it looks like but its pretty cool...but the greens out of place 8/10

Stormer.. It has a nice helmet..but the design is just the same as the last, just new helmet and a slightly modified weapon. 8/10

Bulk...Wow! Thats a good set. I do think that hes a bit skinny than bulky but his weapons,new coolor of torso is great! 9/10

Furno... Loving the new helmet..but that weapon better change.. why jetbug pincers in the same color..cmon lego atleast change the color of the weapon... like stormer all he is is just new helmet...but new cool armor/wings and different weapon 9/10

Nex... the helmet is pretty good, weapon looks ok, and YAY! more MATA GREEN and the green things on all the heros actually match nex.. 9/10

Rocka...Um the helmet is pretty cool as seen on the Savage planet. Nice weapon too. and silver hero core. 9/10

I dont see why everyone loves Waspix....all it is is just old pieces with like two recolors and two new pieces....sure the building is possibly good...but for us MOCers its 6/10

Raw Jaw... cool helmet, AWESOME weapon, good armor choices, and nice torso. The feet i would love to rate down because of it being a crappy ben ten piece but it looks decent on this set 9/10

Fangz.. Wow what is this? All i see are a whole bunch of overused pieces. Better change the Fangs which are just spears. The feet are ANOTHER piraka feet.. possibly recolored. The torso i love. The head i can barely tell if it even has a head. 8/10

Scorpio...it looked good in the newest picture with the Savage planet but all it is,is just pieces slapped on... and the colors are just too much... 7/10

Rocka xL... Ugh what a total mix up of colors! Mata green is awesome but it just doesnt work on this set. The claw is lovely. Another thornax launcher...NO! The legs are better than firelord but still are just too skinny. Now if this set is yellow then 7/10 if it is gold then 8/10

Witch Doctor...I saved the best for last! This is the best titan in hero factory and Bionicle. The staff looks like a MOC staff but actually its a set, I love the build. I love the head. I dont like the launcher but that can be removed...All the spikes are wonderful! I will buy this set for SURE unless some idiot changes it to another Firelord... 10/10

Heros 8/10

Villians 8/10

Titans 9/10

Edited December 30, 2010 by Kenta