Hero Factory 2013

[Chro]

Uh... considering Calendar King (or Man) is an obscure DC villain, I'm gonna call BS.

[exxtrooper]

The summer wave Brain Attack sets are now available in the official Lego Shop.

[CabooseBM]

Uh... considering Calendar King (or Man) is an obscure DC villain, I'm gonna call BS.

A shame, I'd love to see a Calender Man homage villain in all it's ridiculous glory.

Edited May 26, 2013 by CabooseBM

[MakutaNocturn]

UM guys there are some strange things on brickipedia, I would like you to tell me if YOU know what are these:

67895 Calender King

43564Dark Maker

54678 Dark Stringer

Then is also:

Online Games: Fate of Villainy

...and a title :Antagonist Team-Up is on the List of hero variations, all on the same URL: http://lego.wikia.co...ki/Hero_Factory , so that could probably be new info?...

I think it's fake but time travells would be great in Hero Factory.

[DraikNova]

This is undoubtedly fake. And a pretty bad try at making plausible names, as well.

Edited May 26, 2013 by DraikNova

[xxlrocka]

"Time Travel"

In case that actually happens, I should let you guys know that I called it.

And Dark Maker sounds like one of the horrible, unoriginal names I might come up with. Dark Stringer actually sounds like a working name for a model that might actually be real, though, so I wouldn't call fake on it straight away.

[Kalhiki]

Fake. Fakety fake. That's all I have to say.

Though Dark Maker sounds like a pretty cool character. Not the name, but the idea. Maybe change the name so it has "shadow" in it. Always love some shadow themed villains.

@exxtrooper: Cool to hear they're available. Maybe we'll see them at other retail stores now like Walmart so I don't need to pay TRU mark-up prices.

Kalhiki

[Aanchir]

These names seem terribly implausible, and the numbers seem like they came from someone who realized "hey, the switch to 5-digit numbers frees up a lot of potential numbers for fake sets!" but didn't realize that all the new numbers this year tend to follow very specific rules within their particular themes. Overall, it's the same deal as "Rampant Oceans" and "Empire of Frost"... someone tried and failed to identify a pattern that would let them make convincing "predictions".

[ToaJaller78]

F-F-F-FAKE!!!!!

[Bigger Fish]

Dark maker was the name of the guy who launched the brain attack in the TV special.

[SoupOrFishOil]

UM guys there are some strange things on brickipedia, I would like you to tell me if YOU know what are these:

67895 Calender King

43564Dark Maker

54678 Dark Stringer

Then is also:

Online Games: Fate of Villainy

...and a title :Antagonist Team-Up is on the List of hero variations, all on the same URL: http://lego.wikia.co...ki/Hero_Factory , so that could probably be new info?...

The Brickipedia community has moved to a new host, so most of the spam and speculation on the original site isn't getting deleted. I wouldn't pay any attention to it.

[Chro]

Dark maker was the name of the guy who launched the brain attack in the TV special.

Uh... no, considering the name Dark Maker is fake, it isn't.

[Dorek]

So, back to talking about real things...

I love that LEGO actually advertises Jet Rocka's jet (best name ever!) as being compatible with other Heroes. Don't like Rocka? Switch him out.

[vexorian]

The real question is though: Is it compatible with other heroes? I mean, this wave has some relevant variations in hero size and shape.

[Meiko]

The Brickipedia community has moved to a new host, so most of the spam and speculation on the original site isn't getting deleted. I wouldn't pay any attention to it.

Heh, yeah. Here is where you'll find more up-to-date info. http://en.brickimedia.org/wiki/Hero_Factory

[Cahillrebel]

Lego Jang made a revamp of Jet Rocka with Nex!

[Takanuinuva]

I saw it. Its nice. I've actually reverse engineered The Jet Rocka build from Jang's review of it. Took a lot of quick pausing to see how its built. I have my own revamp of it but before I can post it I need to get Brain Attack Surge and Stormer for there shield pieces. My real life revamp won't have exact colors but I have an Ldd file for that. I could post the Ldd file of my revamp if you all want it.

[Aanchir]

Lego Jang made a revamp of Jet Rocka with Nex!

Not fond of the amount of orange added to the jetpack. Not only does it make it less streamlined (and its lack of streamlining is one of the original model's weaknesses IMO), but I never see the point of a vehicle matching the color of the person who pilots it. It just makes it that much harder to tell where the vehicle ends and the pilot begins, whereas a contrasting color scheme (like Drop Ship, Rockoh T3, Axalara T9, etc.) is much more effective.

Swapping out the transparent bright green parts for orange parts makes little sense anyway, as Nex already has Transparent Bright Green in his color scheme and the vehicle itself still has a Transparent Bright Green windscreen.

[Chro]

Eh... I need to build a good vehicle MOC soon, it's been a while since I've done that.

[Cahillrebel]

I actually find that I like the jetpack. He tried to add new parts to it to ma,e it unique to Nex. Plus, the orange on the jetpack looks good as well.

[Aanchir]

I actually find that I like the jetpack. He tried to add new parts to it to ma,e it unique to Nex. Plus, the orange on the jetpack looks good as well.

New parts to make it unique to Nex would be fine if there were a justification other than trying to match the pilot's armor color, which does more harm than good. More unique doesn't have to equal worse.

Orange on the jetpack would work better if the orange parts being added were as streamlined as the ones they were replacing. This is not the case. Suddenly the blades which were previously a clear part of the wing itself feel like arbitrary add-ons, and the air intakes are far less smooth and enclosed.

[pocketmego]

Not fond of the amount of orange added to the jetpack. Not only does it make it less streamlined (and its lack of streamlining is one of the original model's weaknesses IMO), but I never see the point of a vehicle matching the color of the person who pilots it. It just makes it that much harder to tell where the vehicle ends and the pilot begins, whereas a contrasting color scheme (like Drop Ship, Rockoh T3, Axalara T9, etc.) is much more effective.

Swapping out the transparent bright green parts for orange parts makes little sense anyway, as Nex already has Transparent Bright Green in his color scheme and the vehicle itself still has a Transparent Bright Green windscreen.

I agree on that score. Besides, in our world vehicles don't match what drivers and pilots wear ( mostly).

[Chro]

Well, they sometimes do (for example, a racecar driver's jumpsuit will have the same company colors as the car). But I still prefer to keep them separated to some degree, like the Rockoh, Axalara, Jetrax, etc. as mentioned by Aanchir.

[Cahillrebel]

Ok. I see what you guys are saying. I forgot about the fact that the other HF vehicles were not Hero color based. Still, very good build with a couple things the should have been kept the same. I do like the retractable jet pack stand.

[pocketmego]

Well there is a bit of precedent. Furno's bike is Furno colored (and completely transforms his feet into 2001 Toa feet for some reason). Stormer XL's made up bike matched. But, even given those examples, the way Rocks found the Jetpack means it was meant to be a multipurpose multi-user vehicle.