LEGO Hero Factory

Hero Factory is a construction theme introduced in July 2010. It was replaced in 2014 by the rebooted BIONICLE. The theme is centered around a group of robot heroes, who protect the galaxy from various threats. Although the first wave used pieces similar to its predecessor, BIONICLE, later Hero Factory sets have used the newly created Character and Creature Building System (CCBS). Being the successor to BIONICLE, the first series of sets had a label reading "From the makers of BIONICLE" printed on their boxes

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2010 - rise of the rookies

The storyline is based in Makuhero City. The city's largest building and trademark is the Assembly Tower, a 589-meter-high, 715-meter-wide, and 924-meter-long tower located in the center of Makuhero City.[1] It is driven by "cold fusion" and employs a total of 11,127 employees.[1] This tower is the "Hero Factory" that builds various robot heroes that are dispatched when the call center receives calls from victims. They can report their emergency and call in a robot hero. Founder of the Hero Factory is Akiyama Makuro.[2]

These heroes are built every day in the Assembly Tower. They are the result of the work of design experts and robot construction specialists. These robot heroes are equipped with tough fiber carbide plating, Quaza cores and equipped with helmets and gear to fight evil with guts and gadgets. Once built, they are placed in special hero pods and beamed across the galaxy and through time to defeat evil and solve their various missions.

The Assembly Tower in Makuhero City

The first evil leader is Von Nebula; he has a staff with the ability to create black holes. Von Nebula was a hero on Stormer's team, but during one mission his cowardice nearly caused the destruction of a city. Von Nebula blamed Stormer for his failure and swore revenge on Hero Factory. He has a former accomplice from prison who has banded together to help him, but this is unknown to the heroes. William Furno, the newest hero, is eager to defeat Von Nebula, but is depressed when his determined team leader, Preston Stormer, tells him he is unable to take on the most dangerous villain in the galaxy. He is joined by more rookies, Mark Surge and Natalie Breez. He is also joined by heroes Dunkan Bulk and Jimi Stringer. Using Stormer's cleverness and Furno's talent, the heroes defeat Von Nebula.

011.A - Trial by fire

The first wave of Hero Factory sets in 2011 was called Mission: Ordeal of Fire. A Hero Factory book published in December with a LEGO magazine included this description:
Sent on a dangerous mission to save a gas station, the heroes are attacked by vicious Fire Villains, who prove to be too fast and too strong. To defeat these infamous villains, the heroes must be redesigned and re-equipped with special new weapons and gadgets. But will the redesign work? The history of the Hero Factory rests on its success!

2011.B - Wild Planet

The 3.0 Hero Factory series is titled Savage Planet.[3] It takes place on a planet called Quatros, which has a core of quaza. The main villain is called Witch Doctor (who comes in set 2283), who tries to extract the quaza. If he succeeds, the planet will die and fall apart. The six heroes, Stormer, Furno, Bulk, Nex, Stringer and the new rookie, Rocka now with animal powers, must travel to Quatros and stop the villain from killing the planet. But there are ferocious beasts attacking them, Waspix, Fangz, Scorpio and Raw-Jaw, who are controlled by the Witch Doctor.

2012 - Outbreak

The fourth series is titled Hero Factory Breakout and features a villain named Black Phantom, who breaks into the Hero Factory tower - with the help of mastermind Von Nebula - and allows the other villains to escape. While all the heroes are distracted by the escapes, Black Phantom stays behind to destroy the Hero Factory's assembly tower. With the mission manager captured and all other heroes eliminated, Rocka must defeat Black Phantom before he can take over.

Breakout is the second series to feature an XL hero (Preston Stormer), as well as the first series to feature all of the original nine heroes (excluding the Drop Ship pilot). Each set also includes a hero core with a secret code on the back, used for the online game Breakout. Breakout is also the first Hero Factory line scheduled for two series of sets, one in December 2011/January 2012 and one in Summer 2012.

The December 2011/January 2012 sets had Rocka, Furno, Surge, Evo, and Breez, which weren't released in the US until Summer 2012, with Bulk, Stringer, Stormer, and Nex. Bulk, Breez and Nex did not appear on the TV show for unknown reasons.

Despite Bulk, Breez and Nex not appearing in the TV show, there is a second trailer where Bulk is taken down by Voltix and Nex is taken down by Speeda Demon, and Breez did not appear in the trailer but in the FOX Sports Cleatus.

As for the television series, it is the first installment to feature recurring villains, one of which stars as the Breakout's 'mastermind'. Voltix appears to be the villains' 'breaker-outer', as he was the one who allowed Von Nebula to break himself out of his own black hole staff, creating a black hole and allowing the villains to escape.

2013 - Brain Attack

The 2013 storyline concerns a mysterious factory that produces brain parasites to turn creatures from the Hero Factory universe evil. The brains go to different areas on the planet and infect ice beasts, lava beasts, desert crawlers, jungle ogres, rock monsters, sea beasts, and one brain infects an electric dragon. Meanwhile, in Makuhero City, the heroes are going around the crowd, signing autographs, giving away robo-balls and giving interviews. Surge complains to Breez that he wants action and doesn't want to be a puppet. Suddenly the code red alarm goes off and the heroes run back. Zib explains that the brain is forcing the hosts to destroy Hero Factory, and they need upgrades. After they get their upgrades, Furno sends Evo into the service channels to fight off a wave of Aquagon, deploys Surge to guard the factory (much to Surge's chagrin), and sends everyone else into the streets. After much trial and error, Bulk finds out that the brain can be removed if hit on the spikes. After beating all the brains out, they notice that Surge's signal is in the Hero Assembly Tower, so they head back. Dragon Bolt rams into Hero Factory, causing a mass evacuation. Rocka is left to fight the dragon while the heroes find Surge. Inside, the heroes discover that Surge has been taken over by a mastermind and has created an army of drones to destroy the factory. While the heroes fight them, Rocka equips himself with 44014 Jet Rocka and goes after the dragon. He manages to remove the brain, and Breez removes the brain on Surge's head, and they disable the drones. As they walk out into the street to help, Breez asks Surge if this experience has changed how he feels about helping. Surge replies that since he now knows what a real doll is, he won't refuse anything he can voluntarily do. But more brains lie in wait for innocent minds at the factory, and they join a repair crew, giving the heroes a new challenge to deal with.

The Winter releases were 44000 Furno XL, 44004 Bulk, 44002 Rocka, 44006 Breez, 44003 Scarox, 44001 Pyrox, 44005 Bruizer and 44007 Ogrum, with 44008 Surge, 44010 Stormer, 44012 Evo and 44014 Jet Rocka, 440401 , 4404011 Frost Beast and 44013 Aquagon will be released in the summer. The heroes resemble knights and their helmets have transparent coverings over their eyes. The villains have special parasite heads, which hold parasite brains that are very similar to the Krana and Kraata from BIONICLE. These brain creatures are transparent orange, transparent yellow, trans green, transparent lime green, transparent light blue, transparent blue, black or glow in the dark, with red spines and eyes. They have six legs and a long spiky tail. The villains' heads connect via a BIONICLE mask connection. There is also a new head that can be attached to a normal helmet and a mask can be connected to it. There's a new online game where you're a partially customized hero and an Alpha team hero is your sidekick.

2014 - Invasion from below

Unlike previous sets, these featured minifigures of heroes, who used mechs and other vehicles to fight the larger enemies. The storyline was about the team at the Lego hero factory creating mechs to defeat a species of mole-like creatures that were found after some construction workers dug a tunnel and were captured.