Hero Factory

Hero Factory
Years	2010
Subtheme of	TECHNIC
Related themes	BIONICLE Slizer/Throwbot

Hero Factory is a LEGO theme that was released on July 13, 2010. It is the successor of BIONICLE. On the boxes and canisters of the sets it says "From the makers of BIONICLE."

Background

The storyline is based in Makuhero City. The main building of the city is the Assembly Tower, a 589 meters high, 715 meters wide and 924 meters long tower. It is driven by "cold fusion" and it employs a total of 11,127 employees. This tower is the "Hero Factory" that constructs various robot heroes which are sent out when the call center receives calls from victims. They can report their emergency and call on a robotic hero. Founder of the Hero Factory is Akiyama Makuro.

Inside the Assembly Tower, these heroes are built every day. They are the product of work from design experts and robot construction specialists. These robotic heroes are fitted with solid fibre-carbide plating, Quaza cores and equipped with helmets and equipment to fight evil with guts and gadgets. Once constructed, they are placed in special hero pods and beamed across the galaxy and across time to defeat evil and solve their various missions.

Sets

The Assembly Tower in Makuhero City

• 7145 Von Nebula
• 7147 XPlode
• 7148 Meltdown
• 7156 Corroder
• 7157 Thunder
• 7162 Rotor
• 7164 Preston Stormer
• 7165 Natalie Breez
• 7167 William Furno
• 7168 Dunkan Bulk
• 7169 Mark Surge
• 7170 Jimi Stringer
• 7158 Furno Bike
• 7160 Drop Ship
• 7179 Duncan Bulk and Vapour

Notes

The skyline of Makuhero City.

• The boxes will have labels reading "From the makers of BIONICLE" on them.
• Natalie Breez, Mark Surge and William Furno are rookies, Preston Stormer, Jimi Stringer, and Dunkan Bulk are in higher ranks than other heroes.
• Preston Stormer is the leader of the Hero Factory Alpha Team.
• The villain's Meteor Blasters are very similar to Thornax Launchers.
• 7179 Duncan Bulk and Vapour was accidentally spelled Duncan Bulk und Vapour on it's product page.
• The skyline of the Hero Factory homepage changes to match the time of day and Makuhero city weather.
• A Hero Factory Comic was published in the July - August 2010 BrickMaster magazine and on the Hero Factory website.
• The figures will use bionicle heads on them.

Games

• Define your own Villain: Define your own Villain is their first game on the Hero Factory Website. In it you can click and drag arms, legs, heads, weapons, and torsos to make a villain. There are also extras (tails) and backgrounds. The villains cannot be colored and so remain entirely black. They are also 2D.
• Build a Hero: The game is not yet linked to but it is on the HF site. You can make a hero by dragging a head, torso, and weapon from any of the six HF heroes. You then drag a color from the color pallet onto the legs and core, head, torso and leg armor, and arms and weapon. You can then name these heroes and use them in the third Hero Factory game. They are in 3D.
• Mission: Von Nebula: Mission: Von Nebula is Hero Factory's largest game. In it, you use a hero made in the Hero Creator to beat missions and gain items. After making a hero, you choose it's name and whether it's a fighter, gunner, or engineer. In between missions, you can buy items and power packs Big Joe. You can also upgrade things once per level. There's a floating robot named Qataal who you can use to verify your codes and get rewards. To go to missions, there is both a Call Center Operator named Lucy who gives a mission based on your level and Zib who is in charge of mission control- he gives you the storyline missions.

Gallery

On training missions, the rookies go into environments that are produced by the Hero Factory

A Hero Factory helmet being pulled out of a data-pad

A hero being made

Will Furno getting his initial Hero Core charge.

The Assembly Tower

External Links

• Hero Factory website
• Trailer