Lego Rewind Ep.27- Hero Factory 

A part of my face made it into a LEGO Rewind video. My life is now complete!

Weird flex moment: stormer from the first wave of hero factory was actually named after me through a lego club promotion.

I remember on the Lego Hero Factory website there was a section where you could build your own Hero and buy it with a neat box and even an instruction booklet. I still have mine, that was a cool concept.

Too young to experience the entirety of Bionicle Too old to miss the tragedy of end of Bionicle Just in time to experience Hero Factory in full Yeah I know the story wasn’t the best but the story’s I made up were great

Invasion from Below definitely shows the potential for an Exo-Force reboot, since those figures are more flexible than your average Exo-force mech.

Hero Factory is what got me into LEGO, and later into Bionicle. While it had lots of flaws, it was in many the Bionicle of the kids post 2010 such as me. I would really like this theme to return, but obviously that is never going to happen. Thanks for making this great video.

I know this might be a bit late, but a cool fact I have is that my uncle was one of the workers on the Hero Factory comic book. He was an ink and coloring guy. He knew I loved hero factory and when I called him to talk about seeing his name in the comic and he told me as much as the NDA would allow but he said there were more comics he would be working on. It was so cool as a kid seeing my uncles name in comic books. Johnny Rench was his name.

Loudest sounds on the internet: -windows xp start up sound -THX 1983 intro -Nick's intro

I liked the Breakout wave, my personal favorite, it felt so comic book like with the various different villains each going on their own (though you could totally pretend they all teamed up for a Injustice Gang sort of thing), and the heroes each going on their own specific mission/villain hunt and being modified for said missions helped make them stand out from each other, I really loved how they had the fire guy embark on the mission underwater

They built heroes, and my childhood.

How Lego could simultaneously make everyone extremely happy, 1: Take Hero Factory. 2: Take Bionicle. 3: find some way to make it cross over. 4: Profit.

Imagine if Lego did a special anniversary thing where they brought back all of the old moulds for Bionicle pieces and did re-releases of old sets, they'd sell out in an instant.

"Ended tragically when the stars did not align" I see what you did there, you clever devil you

I got into Hero Factory around 2013 and kinda regret hating on it for so long like so many Bionicle fans at the time and with Constraction being phased out after a 20 year run I kinda miss Hero Factory now that it's been gone for almost 5 years warts and all. You never know how much you appreciate something until it's gone y'know.

I still have a little hope that someday someone on youtube will say "Hey remember Hero Factory?"and maybe there could be a reboot.

When I was watching this video, I picked up a hidden theme of hero factory behind the "mass produced heroes" First year: the flaws of the old ball and socket connections Ordeal of fire: introduction to ccbs Jungle year: showing how it can make creatures as well as characters Breakout line: friction extenders help add more weight Brain attack: how they could add functions Invasion from below: how it integrates with Lego bricks

That Breakout line is still top tier, almost every single set was awesome and that cartoon was pretty decent. 2012 was a good year

I'm not going lie but Hero Factory was my childhood

On the topic of constraction continuing, I still think that BIONICLE could be brought back and work well. That may sound crazy after what happened with G2, but I happen to have lived long enough to remember a similar action figure franchise that was almost destroyed by its own G2. That's right, I'm talking about Transformers, a rich and pretty convoluted franchise that has had countless re-imaginings and iterations throughout the decades. In fact, Transformers shows that convoluted lore and complex story telling can HELP keep make new incarnations successful. What BIONICLE needs to thrive is a Beast Wars, as in, a line that is so good in the media and story it offers that kids and former fans can't help but be brought in.

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Hero Factory was my childhood....Because I was A kid when Bionicle stopped and Herofactory sets started blowing up I grew up with the Toy-line and the games it had like Breakout, Brain Attack, and invasion from below. The show was also nostalgic but I was a bit annoyed that they didn’t follow up On Villian factory. Every time I listen to That Herofactory monster song I get nostalgic

2 of my favourite things: Ratchet and Clank Hero Factory

Herp Factory imo ad some really badass designs. Like many of there Heros/Villains looked very brutal in there desing, as if they wouldn't show mercy to there enemies with a lot of guns and meele weapons like Buzzsaws and sharp claws.

Hero Factory has always been one of my favourite series of lego sets, closely tied with Mixels. I just love what you can do with them.

“I need a hero!”

7:35 brickitect cameo!

This series is so rewatchable. I love it

No matter how much I love Hero Factory, I will never forgive Lego for not making Brain Attack Stringer and then making an unfaithful finale toy-line.

Bionicle 2006 Inika trailer: "You may look like a hero, you may feel like a hero. You may be 1 in 1K, you may be many. You may have new masks, new armor, new equipment, (...) But IT IS NOT WHAT YOU GOT, IT IS WHAT YOU DO WITH IT...that makes you...a HERO! Hero Factory logo: We build heroes (in a factory). Me: *Facepalm*

This series didn’t grab my attention until the Breakout wave. The only one I cared for was Evo. Mostly cus he looked like Samus Aran with that arm cannon. Not gonna lie, I was gonna get Breez JUST for those shoulder pieces, but they were green. I ended up losing Evo to the bottomless pit that is my LEGO collection. May he Rest In Peace.

Some say CCBS isn't very versatile. *BUT GORUZ KNOWS OTHERWISE*

I remember when I first saw Hero Factory; something about its presentation struck a chord with me, and I found myself investing in more HF sets than I ever did Bionicle (not that I don't love both). It had that nice mix of color, style, and story that held on to the essence of classic Lego. Sure, the TV show wasn't that great, and some waves were better than others, but Hero Factory got a lot of stuff right from the get-go. It's a shame Lego isn't doing original action figures like they used to.

I really wish hero factory would come back.

For any Bionicle fans who rip HF, please remember that for a lot of us we were too young to get into the lore or sets (I only managed to get 4 Bionicle sets before it ended), so I grew up with and loved Hero Factory. I hope you can understand that while we most likely do like Bionicle, it was HF that was special to us and gave us a good childhood just like Bionicle did for you.

Yeah this theme would have potential to return on its own, like hell they wouldn't even need to reboot it really just bring some more new characters, maybe even make it like a bit of a community-driven theme that most popular and best quality characters(with rule of no parts modification) would be turned into actual sets, maybe even like give the creators preview of new parts, just to add them in new wave, and let them figure out what they can do with them

When I was little, Hero Factory was my life and I loved it to bits. It's nice to see someone acknowledge it again when it felt like I was the only one who cared.

I quite like how this gave a open minded look on the Hero Factory line. I thought some of the figures had kinda cool designs for their time.

Sometimes I look back at Bionicle and Hero Factory and I think: People like to compare Bionicle and Hero Factory, but comparing the two wouldn’t be both a fair comparison. The two are simply too different.

Hero factory has always been, and still is, my favourite lego theme. These design were just great, and even now after a decade since the series ended, most of them still hold up. I have a fair share of them up for display and am still on the hunt for some of those i missed out on as a kid. This is what got me both into lego and actiom fogures, and i will alwayd cherish this series

a CRIMINALLY underrated theme ! I feel that people didn't understand that Hero Factory wasn't even TRYING to imitate Bionicle but instead did its own thing by being simpler which i think was a great move

I remember your old videos on Hero Factory, Nick. I was just rewatching your video on Invaders from Below and looking back on my comment, I think I was a little too harsh on Hero Factory. Yes, following Bionicle G1 did set up some high expectations that HF couldn't have lived up to, but it gave us the great CCBS system that Bionicle G2 would capitalize on. While I wouldn't say Hero Factory is anything special, the fact that the CCBS system came out of it does make the theme noteworthy for that reason alone.

OK I'm well past my whole "Hero factory killed bionicle and killed my childhood" mentality but that's one thing that actually irritates me. I can't believe how wasted the story was. When you look back on it, Bionicle had a very generic story when it first started. Heros come, grab the McGuffin, stop the bad animals, beat the villain. It then took that premise and expanded with character development and lore. Hero Factory seemed like it wanted to escalate with its story but never did. The fact this line ended without a proper finale makes it feel like these characters are the exact same as when the line first started. I can appreciate some of the sets but the story was weak and even simpler Lego themes like knights kingdom or Ultra agents had rising tension.

I remember being completely obsessed with corehunter. I’m pretty sure I’ve used his parts for some other unholy monstrosity though

Hey Lego! Here's a way to get maximum profit off of us: Make a whole Lego line that is just basically a redistribution older lines, most of us would basically eat that shit up quick.

I love Hero Factory and have always appreciated it since it was the thing that introduced me to BIonicle. I started with first wave and followed it all the way to its bitter end. When they introduced that breakout plot point, I was hyped to see the next wave, and well I sorta followed up? Even with Hero Factory gone, I still love it to this day and have been working on a continuation of it's story from brain attack onward.

I used to play with these all the time and one of the last main villains was an electro dragon and I remember being so proud of myself for adding a sword and a gun and making him stand upright kind of, I made a lot other combos and that was probably the best part, I really liked surge and the fact that he changed into becoming one of the main characters, great memories

I was super salty with how Lego let bionicle die in such a pitiful way and then introduce a less articulated lineup of figures and dumb the story down. I got a few sets here and there but they never caught my full interest the way bionicle did. Hero factory did have some interesting concepts but like you said, were often half baked ideas. Great video as always!

I wish this line lasted longer I loved it to death

My god. I remember so many of these old francises from my history and this just keeps on bringing more and more nostalgia. Thank you so much for making this

Man, I listened to Hero Factory FM several times when they were releasing. It was so strange, I didnt realize as a child that they were prerecorded

Ya know I still don’t get the stigma between LEGO fans and Bionicle. They’re made from the same company. I saw Hero Factory start and gave it a pass, like a lot of LEGO stuff and kinda regret it to a degree.

To be honest, Hero Factory was one of my most favourite lines of lego. I know a lot of people hated them because of how much you get for your buck, but to be honest, I have a HUGE box of these connecting pieces and decorations and I think I should make something nice with it. The new Bionicle wave with the cool armour and see-through stuff we're also great! Sadly I couldn't get that many and well... they're expensive as hell.

This is literally my childhood: hero factory and ratchet and clank music

This was always one of my favorite themes. It was such a big part of my childhood.

Literally taken the words out of my mouth, I'm frankly speechless that a lot of my own musings have been put into words better than I could really articulate. It always bothered me that HF had this clash of "build what you want" with innate character personalities. This wouldn't be a problem in something like Bionicle that had such a focus on serialised narrative. HF however had this awful habit of dropping incredible plot twists for a monster of the week format that just couldn't hold up. It really emphasised the number of redesigns a character would go through and also de incentivised following the theme. Why care about any of these characters or plot threads when it gets reset before it's even released? The treatment of constraction storylines by LEGO post Bionicle G1 is in of itself an interesting discussion. I feel that in it's twilight years G1 became this convoluted animal that was very tough for newcomers and even seasoned fans to keep track of, and LEGO is scared to reach those levels again. Unfortunately I think their storytelling fell incredibly flat, especially so in G2. I feel no attachment to it at all, to a point where I'm likely going to sell off a lot of the sets: I don't think they'll be remembered or have the same impact as those original sets. As figures they may be more advanced, but it doesn't hold the same charm or care. Bit of a transformers effect I feel. I don't feel this way with Hero Factory though, I have more respect for it in the sense that it was proud to do it's own thing, and for that it should be remembered and respected.

I was just too young to experience bionicle in its prime, so hero factory was my childhood in terms of those Lego action figures. I was too young to really care about the story, I just thought the figures were so cool and customisable. And now, as an adult, I still feel the same.

The hero factory cartoon was good,except for invasion from below,plus josh keaten didn't do furno justice

I actually found the von neubula set sitting in my cousin's closet under a bunch of clothes, he had never opened it and just had it sitting around for quite a while. He let me take it because he was never gonna use it and it was pretty epic.

I literally dropped what I was doing

I hope someone has a Hero Factory display somewhere. having all of the sets together with backgrounds and all of the characters posed in fight scenes would really bring it to life.

These videos are way too good to be on RU-vid. Well done once again!

I was never completely into Hero Factory, but my nephew was. We'd create _so_ many characters, almost always using those limb plates as faces. Those were some good times.

I was never that big into Hero Factory. Dunno. It never gripped me like Bionicle.

best lego series ever created still holds up in my memory and i will never forget them, i want my kids to experience prime hero factory too

14:43 I still have this orange boi under my table...

Lego hero factory was literally my childhood man

>Sees Lego Rewind and Hero Factory in the same title *Y E E E S*

I got a hero for christmas one year and my brother got a villain. we combined them into a ridiculous monster of terror.

He's a Juice-Pouch Hero. (Got studs in his eyes...) Thanks for making this man, I always appreciate your outlooks on these. I got into BIONICLE pretty late in the game, 2007 with the Creeps from the Deep's gonna be feeding off cha mind, Creeps from the De- er, Barraki, so BIONICLE's end didn't sting as much as some fans I think. It did feel weird to play with the toys after it though, but I appreciated Hero Factory being there. I'm honestly pretty surprised at all of it's hate, like I'm at least glad they did something to alleviate the pain. Sadly I don't have a lot of the toys, I had other LEGO themes I was more invested in, but I've got a few. Mark Surge, Rotor, Corroder, Evo 2.0, Surge again (Breakout), and the Rocka mech. I agree that Breakout was the best line, the character designs felt so much more cohesive than before, while still largely looking great. I still kick myself for not getting Breez, Reapa or Core Hunter... but you can't get 'em all, right? I never minded CCBS, I just wish we got more to expand on it. Thanks for another great episode man, I'm glad we have you in the LEGO community! Toodles!

I know it’s been years but I’d love to see a Nick’s Mods episode on your custom mechs - they look so amazing with beautiful lines and aggressive shaping. They look like custom exo force, really inspired

Don't get me wrong Bionicle is better but hero factory is my favorite lego theme ever Also breakout is the best one

And now you made me remember the time i got Rocka twice at my own birthday... I feel like crying because of the nostalgia.

You know, I wish Hero factory can at least end its own story, rather than get discontinued.

Every morning, I'd turn on Radio Factory FM. God the memories you just sparked...

I wish Core Hunter had appeared in the show. But I think I see why he didn't.

I remember that Furno 1.0 Review, and the the subsequent 2.0 one after that. Such a throwback, thanks for bringing this back to me.

I like how your art looks on that Hero Factory comic, looks dope af

I can't stress enough how important the first wave of heroes was for me. Since the exact day of November 27th of 2010, when my friend brought me that Surge 1.0 figure, i fell in love with the line. While they obviously had flaws, limited poseability, hollow weapons and fragile pieces, as a kid i did not care at all. They were my introduction to constraction. They were inspiring. They were MY Toa Mata.

Was I the only one who noticed that ferno xl's shield is the hero factory it self? Speaking of which The fire element behind make me realize the hero factory being destroyed in the end of the brain attack would have been a better way to keep the theme fresh.

I absolutely LOVED hero factory, built so many of them. I still have a huge mech built just like your kitbashes.

Brickitect cameo! Great video, a theme I wish I got a few of but it was kinda start of my dark age. Something that would be neat if they ever created a new theme like Hero Factory or Bionicle is a brick box kinda like classic boxes or that unikitty builders box where its a bunch of parts, inspiration for said parts but also just no limits ti build any character you can dream of without tearing apart the other sets to do so.

I know that it doesn’t really fit the video because they’re fan-creations that don’t really have much to do with the line itself, but one thing that definitely made Hero Factory worth it in my opinion was Dr Scorpion X’s Bioformer mocs. They were always great.

I got into hero factory when I won that electric dragon at 11:54- from a national Geographic magazine!

Lego had a missed opportunity to make this the next Bionicle. Not with a great big story thrown throughout tons of media, but characters that had an interesting personality and grew as characters

You know, this is a random thought, but if Lego ever did a Slizers reboot, I'd be down for it.

Rocka will always be my favorite Hero Factory character!!

I hope that if Constraction returns to Lego, we will get a hero factory Reboot. I Like Bionicle and Hero Factory equally and all, but I feel that hero factory would have the best chance at a reboot. Since Hero Factory's premise is so simple, It will be easy for new people to get into, giving it a high possibility for success(for a while at least). I could see it becoming the next Ninjago, if the cards are played right this time. Could you imagine what could be done? we could see some amazing builds and maybe color packs like you mentioned in your trains episode.

Dude I LOVED the minifigure size characters??? I really enjoyed that wave??? That was such a new and fresh concept?

Bought about a hundred bionicle/herofactory sets for about $30.. About 18 kilo's of lego of which 13 kilos belong to the bionicle/hero factory sets. This sure has some sadness in it..

“when the stars did not align” damn, that pun was smooth as silk.

Okay, taking a survey here: Is Hero Factory FM or Piraka Rap the most embarrassing thing Lego has ever green-lit, aside from (insert Galidor joke here)?

Hero Factory and the entire CCBS concept inspired me to make my own CCBS-style creations a lot (12-29-2019).

What if for 2014 it was reavealed that after black phantom’s attack his co conspirator (the mysterious brain creator) created the brains using a bit of anti-quaza and were a experiment before villain factory. Edit: imagine if the heroes ended up teaming up with a couple other villains creating new versions of the series nastiest baddies, after all, if you look at the show and books the villains were actually fairly clever and powerful, most big bads took about 3 heroes to take them out. How cool could it be to see the dynamics between heroes and villains forces to team up!

Those Hero Factory "movies" were for 5 yo me absolute fire and i think they still are

Feel old yet?

Just re wached all if the Lego Rewinds🤣🤙

What turned me off of HF was how little personality it really had -especially in comparison to Bionicle; the concept was just nowhere near interesting enough to hook me and only made me roll my eyes at how trite it could be. Even the designs of the toys more often than not didn't stand out to me as little more than generic. Despite the cool brochure and the Greg Farshtey books doing a decent job to make the concept sound more interesting, the brand overall just continued to waste most of it's potential, experimenting more than finalizing. It just doesn't and I suspect never would amount the cool and otherworldly persona that Bionicle had. even if only focused on one era, Bionicle toys more often than not still stood out with tons of unique personality. HF just... didn't

I actually really like the way the story was. Sure it wasn't compelling like bionicle was, but it inspired the fan to make up their own story. I didn't like the hero factory story as a kid, so I made up my own. I owe a large part of my imagination to this.

the joints that would crack if you sneezed in its vicinity is the best line ive ever heard

Personally, I see the HF Universe possibly being an extension of the original Bionicle storyline taking place years after the reformation of Spherus Magna, with the Heroes themselves being a sort of police force like the Space Police