Top Ten Things Hero Factory did Right (and Sometimes Better than BIONICLE!) 

I missed Bionicle G1 due to being born in 2003. Hero Factory was my childhood. And while the Bionicle G2 sets were awesome, I still want Hero Factory to come back. Like, if Lego alternated betwwen Hero Factory and Bionicle every 5 years or so, that'd be awesome, and everyone could be happy.

One of the best things about ccbs is that it's backwards compatible with all the old bionicle systems, and that makes for such amazing mocs. You can even attach ccbs armor to old limb parts with some techniques. I'm really sad that ccbs was Essentially abandoned.

Breakout was so good that it made g2 more than disappointing. Seriously what happened to the villain wave!

Hero factory was my childhood, I spent a large majority of my elementary school as a hero factory fanboy and it’s absolutely completely underrated

I remember using the "hero creator" thing when I was younger, only never to get one, and now I'm disappointed I don't have that dual-color mold

bruh I didn't realize that Mark Hamill was Black Phantom

Even if I'm a Bionicle fan, I really like Hero Factory and did collect some sets. While I did sadly sold them, the CCBS and some Hero Factory pieces were truly outstanding for me with it's simplisity and uniqueness of this system.

“Very simple clone sets” THE IRONY

Bionicle never really got cancelled imo, the main story ended with Makuta killed and Mata Nui uniting everyone in a new world, Hero Factory was the one that got cancelled, with no definitive ending

If Lego ever brings Hero Factory back, please tell them to bring back Jimi Stringer.

i admit i wasn’t interested in hero factory back then, but looking back, i regret not picking up any of the villains because they have a lot of awesome designs! i recently subscribed and i really enjoy your content! i look forward to bonke content.

The reason Invasion From Below didn’t work is because it was pretty much a reboot of the whole series. New voice acting, new intro. It was just… weird. Regardless of Invasion from Below, Hero Factory was THE GOAT. It will always have a special place in my heart. Thank you for making this video!

Nice to see HF getting some love!

Dude nice collection! Hero Factory was my favorite lego theme growing up and this gave me such nostalgia lol

yep, Core Hunter definitely looks like a character that Greg Farshtey would want to write about.

Man looking back at hero factory, it deserves more attention,

Nice that you show the good things that Hero Factory did and not hate around blindly like the others did.

00:00 dude is living my childhood dream. God that's a lot of sets. And the Bionicles and Hero Factory sets in the background

I wasn’t even close to having all the figures (at least I got all in 2.0), but this theme was a big part of my childhood. Even with a few figures, I could play for hours on my own, let alone with my brother and cousin. I loved every figure of every wave, and still find them awesome to this day. I will always remember HF as the greatest original LEGO theme, even if it is “underrated”.

What I love about the Hero Factory villains (specifically the first year and breakout) is that they are great henchmen. I like to think of them as dark hunters, that way you can add bodies to the Shadowed One's army.

I fricken loved Hero Factory, it was my childhood!! Don't get me wrong I love Bionicle, but Hero Factory holds a special place in my heart just as much as Bionicle

It’s about time HeroFactory got recognition, it’s pretty much the reason I even got into lego. I had a couple small sets but that was pretty much it, I remember getting almost all the breakout wave sets one Christmas it was so awesome. Thanks to it I’m a huge LEGO fan and love themes such as Bionicle and Ninjago, that’s pretty much it but still it will always have a special place in my heart.

As someone who was born too late to get bionicle, I appreciate hero factory for providing me with constraction pieces

Oh man, hero factory brings me so much nostalgia! I love hero factory with all my heart! I know the whole lore, the stories, the books, everything! When it came out in 2010, I was just 7 years old and I was very open to the idea of hero factory. I loved the quaza, I loved the witch doctor, I loved everything about it. Hero factory is one of my favorite themes ever! I remember back in 2013 I was reading the hero factory wikipedia basically every day, and I would go to the hero factory lego website every day! When Atlantis was discontinued, the only sets I kept buying were the hero factory ones and the technic ones! I loved the whole theme up until invasion from below. Invasion from below was basically a reboot. New voices for all the heroes, and no classic intro, and the heroes looked completely different. I still love watching the original 2010 hero factory episodes on my DVD, ordeal of fire, savage planet, breakout, and brain attack. My favorite is definitely the original ones and also I really love the ordeal of fire! Wow hero factory is probably the single greatest lego theme ever, only after lego Atlantis and lego technic

I love how the in-universe character who created the hero factory, looks like he came out of the Bionicle universe.

All I remember from hero factory is the 2d game where you pick up different guns and kill things. It was called something like brain attack

Man your so lucky to have all those sets, even double of some. Bionicle and hero factory were a couple of my favorite themes in lego.

Great video! You expressed your point of view in a pretty clear and objective manner. I wouldn't be surprised if the people who saw this grew a new appreciation for Hero Factory, one of LEGO's most underrated themes!

Bruh invasion from below was my favorite mostly because it showed how i could use ccbs with my minifigs by using it to make large mechs, it literally blew my mind as a kid and influenced how I used the system form that day forward. Nowadays I only really use ccbs as an easy way to make large stylized walkers or mechs that i can fit minifigs in to avoid the overall clunkiness of the regular lego brick

🙏 Thank You So Much Again Chris >>> Your Tour of LEGO HERO Factory brought back so many memories that we are reminded to Pursue now that we are a bit more Mature & Appreciative! Really Glad we have DuckBricks to bring many Like Minded Fans together to Bond & Share LEGO Bionicle & HERO Factory memories & to deal with the Time~Sensitive World we are currently living in! Many Bionicle Fans from 2002 to 2022 who have Passed On >>> It is Comforting that , One Day we will meet again in a Better World & Realm & explore Real World of the Toa! Unity. Duty. Destiny! 🕯🌷🌿🌍💖🇩🇰

I like how hero factory encouraged you to build your own hero and looking at the peace’s introduced in break out and brain attack it opened up a whole new level pf customization for moc builders.

Personally, what I think is that the villain factory became the place they made the brains in

Look, I love Bionicle. I was sad to see it go as a kid. But as that same kid, growing up and seeing the Hero Factory sets on shelves kept me happy in a way. I made a point to get at least one set from each year (until Invasion from Below, because I was going through a phase) and each time, I was enamored. Each new version of the same character seemed to improve upon where I had problems with the last. “I don’t like Surge, he doesn’t have knees or elbows.” Here’s 2.0! “I don’t like Stormer 3.0, I miss his old head.” Here’s Breakout! “I wish Furno would just get to be leader already.” Brain Attack! It was simple fun, with tons of customization options for signature characters and creatures. I’m kinda sad that it didn’t work out, because looking back on Hero Factory makes me appreciate what LEGO was doing just a little bit more.

I happy that your so nice to some of my favorite themes like HF and Chima.

Great video! Breakout was awesome in every way. I would love it if you did more videos on HF!

I feel like Brain Atack could have been a teaser to a villain factory since those brains were made in a factory it seems

A lot of times I just liked collecting the sets for more cool pieces to do my own thing with. The system is so great to play with.

Looking back, i definitely do think Hero Factory got too much hate. I think it was because a lot of Bionicle fans felt betrayed by Lego when HF replaced Bionicle. Trust me, I was one of those fans. I also think the first two waves were suffering from an identity crisis, with introducing the new series and bringing in CCBS system. I will still prefer the original building system, but CCBS is more stable and easier to use. I will say though, HF had excellent villain sets, Meltdown, Nitroblast, Raw Jaw, and Witch Doctor were some of my favorites...even if they were more expensive than Bionicle’s sets.

I genuinely enjoyed hero factory when I was a kid. Got as many sets as a kid possibly could for it. I can remember building the sets properly and then striaght after taking them apart and just making whatever I wanted with them. Honestly was so flexible with what could be done. I still occasionally get my hero factory pieces out and screw around with them. Just broke my heart when they stopped doing them.

Hero Factory isn't bad, fight me.

I have a decent amount of hero factory, it was what led me to become a bionicle fan! I remember getting the first hero factory book, I still have it!

this was my favorite theme when I was growing up. I still have a couple complete builds from; Break out, Brain attack and, Invasion from below.

5:10 actually when I think of hero factory the story immediately comes to my mind. For me, the sets weren't the strongest point, but it was the awesome story which I absolutely loved!!!

The only reason I am scavenging for bionicle G2 sets is for the pieces to upgrade my hero factory sets or even G1 bionicle sets. Maybe I should buy more of those series 3-5 hero factory sets...

May I ask where you got the high quality, HD footage for breakout? The only one I can find is in 240p and that's the quality I watched it in as a kid back in 2012

I love hero factory!!! It’s story was easier to manage, the first mini-series was very well done, and they consistently improved upon the hero’s design to make them unique. Now if only they had stuck to the larger lore they tried to do in breakout and also not gone to minifigure size.

I like the older building system aesthicly, but ccbs grew on me during breakout. Also if I remember correctly the breaking problem was solved by when glatorians came out (at least in my experience).

In an ideal world, we could have seen Hero Factory as a decent sister series running along side Bionicle or other Constracion

I think the only thing I liked about HF is actually given them FIST/ HANDS! I don't get why it had taken them that long to molded those past the Bionicle era! One of the missed oppertunity was a "Villian" Factory! Yes I know they got villians but those one expensive and it would of been cool to have villians in the same price tags as the heroes! Also it would of been a cool plot story in that the villians gotten the source on how to make the heroes and started to make villians from the core!

Great vid, even though sometimes I hate being the only one that likes both of them because I always wanted to make my own MOCs using both the Inika build & CCBS parts.

The happiest moment of my life until that point was getting a season 1 Bulk figure for my 7th birthday.

CCBS did have a lack of molder detailing on their pieces. Sometimes you're stuck with printed details from savage planet or breakout stickers even and it limits things.

I only owned a couple of Bionicle G1 sets, and I was far too young to really understand the theme and the stories that accompanied them, so Hero Factory really was the constraction theme I grew up with. I did get Rocka 3.0 as a child, but mainly started getting sets when Brain Attack launched in 2013. I loved the sets. They really felt of great value to me.

Is it weird I want constraction sets to coexist? Like Bionicle can be the one where the deep Lore can build a strong theme and mythos with the Toa and a deep dark villain because I loved the combination of rich lore, mystery, mythological elements, heroic themes, Sci-Fi and organic technology with robotics with serrious story beats. Hero Factory could come back as a simpler but still rich idea of a sandbox of heroes being made as mocs to fight diverse vilains and creatures, exploring many worlds and ideas with a general team of characters while adding your own superhero builds to the mix fostering a fun loving creativity while keeping things loose and not so serrious.

if HF and BN get reborn, i hope it gets alternated every year to give designers a break to think up new ideas, because that's ultimately the problem both lines had during their fall.

I used to have one of the lego hero factory sets back in the days .

I am happy, that i grew up with HF. It is just such a shame i did not bought more sets, because some pieces are so hard to get.

I preferred hero factory over regular bionicle when it came out, the show was badass and i spent DAYS in the online game that let you create your own hero

Man i missed this as a kid, i really agree about the ccbs system on hero factory simple but really vastly customizable and the whole my own creation(M.O.C)thing was the best like made your own characters. But sadly it ended i wish it would kept going from invasion from below. (Series was very interesting to watch and explore creations)

Daaamn I almost forgot about Hero Recon Team. I built and ordered two characters through the service, each with the unique black and silver chest plate

I am 16 and if hero factory were to return or if I can find ANY of the sets I will snap them up as fast as I possibly fucken can, I miss this series so much

Preston Stormer ( White ) , Evo ( Yellow ) & Furno ( Orange Crimson ) seem to be my Favourite Characters in LEGO HERO Factory! 🌍

I think the wave 1 hero factory villains were some of the best titans Lego made. Really good builds and designs overall

As much shit as I gave Hero Factory when I was younger, the G2 Bionicle sets are peak Bionicle to me. Def miss the technic aesthetic, but the function and builds were so cool. And this is coming from someone who grew up with every year.

jeh bro everything you said is right and hero factory is my favourite lego theme till this day

I love the Hero Factory! I grew up with it.

This was and still is my favorite Lego theme.

bro after like 10 years i found this shit again sooo happy my childhood was hero factory

if "finally fucking fixing ball joint connections to literally never break" isn't like number 1 I will be surprised.

If I could get hero factory with the insane in-depth lore and care for Bionicle, that would be peak, at least for me.

If there was a special crossover episode with Bionicle (Eg the Hero’s encounter Mata Mui and help contain scattered Rahi on a planet) would it be good or bad?

Great vid The only thing I really disagree with is the ccbs portion because in theory the system is a great idea but in practice, re-skinning the same skeleton gives the feeling of buying the same figure over and over again for the consumer; and visual design wise the figures tend to get kinda clunky looking. Also it did rely on technic for bigger builds like witch doctor. When it comes to pleasing audiences while not breaking the band; I feel audiences prefer having a wave of clone sets with mostly new elements, like the toa metru, to remixing pre-existing with minimal additions, like the mahri. The Bohrok were loved but Bohrok kal were panned. Most ccbs is in Marhi territory (with invasion from below being an exception). Both build styles have to hit a balance of new part introduction and good reincorporation of old ones; Bionicle had a harder time with the former while HF had it with the latter and then former.

I remember buying some hero factory sets back in 2013-2015 good times

What is CCBS stand for?! Thank You!

Bro I miss hero factory, I still have a ton of them and have my witch doctor up on a shelf in my room, thought the breakout story line was the best

I missed this stuff.

I am coming around to Hero Factory. I used to hate it with a passion, but you're right that it's simplicity is good. I feel so conflicted about simplicity though, when it comes to the story. It is smart from a business perspective, and at the end of the day that's what matters to Lego, but I feel like there's lost potential in it. I personally loved the complexity of Bionicle. I re-discovered it five years ago or so, and have been spending that time actually figuring out the lore, and it has been a magnificent ride. For me, that's what is the best part, is the story. I actually never built a single figure, never owned one, so I think that kinda skews my perspective. I get that a simple story is good for people to get into something easily, but like I just stated, if someone is interested enough, they'll do the hard work. But I also get that that's just one demographic of people, some people are just looking for a quick adventure. All this to say, I'm glad that both exist, and that they're different, so that more people can be satisfied. And that I am definitely in the complexity camp lol.

Also Hero Factory is much more fun to play with! They are made to be super posable articulate action figures. Bionicles on the other are quite choppy, literally. Up down sword fighting motions. Also I have a dual black grey hero recon mold with a green HF emblem, who else has molds! Yoo does anyone remember playing the breakout game. I used the bottom HF emblem codes to level up my character! Wait, I dont know what those codes did?

What I don't like about CCBS is their torso with a shell. And shells in general. Basically I prefer ataching things using "technic" rods and pins.

I understand how you feel about bionicle not being as sandbox as hero factory and I’m starting to feel the same way now as a kid it was easy to re imagine my bionicle heroes and villains in different scenarios than in canon because I didn’t know the bionicle lore very well back then but now that I’m grown up and I know the lore better find it kind of hard to imagine my bionicle toys having different adventures than in canon....either that or Its the fact that I’m an adult now and am not as big with playing with toys as I use to

i dont know if anyone else noticed, but there is a large aesthetic overlap between the animation of The Legend Reborn and the first 3 waves of Hero Factory episodes, some aspects like the glatorian heads are just direct carryovers, but the spinning technic greeblies and general grittyness of the characters are very similar

I was born in 2004 so I only remember the end of bionicle, which was basically just the Legend Reborn movie and a Gorast and Onua set so when Hero Factory came along I thought it was a continuation from the Bionicle story and I loved it

On my copy for the ccb it cracked

I personally don't get how new limb molds in g1 were a bad thing,it added more variety,sure ccbs had alot of armor variety too,but made it harder to make more dynammic looking figures,tho this was an issue with g1 aswell,I've seen alot of moccists work around this by mixing the old and new system or using technic some how to give the limbs an arch,sorry if I derail from my original issue with this "pro",but I think new molds work better when it comes to especificc character designs,and I could understand the argument of it giving way for recolors and opening up mor eposibilities for moccing,but more times than not the same limb pieces feel a bit more retricted in being customizable.

This was the starter series for me (no joke), and I LOVED IT!!! I came across it back in 2013 or so, when my friend showed me the first series movie, and I instantly loved that. My first ever set was the Nitroblast, and even with some pieces lost, I still have him until this day. Then the 2014 rolled in and along with it the absolute blast of a wave: The breakout. Got almost all of them, not all though, which back in the time made me pretty sad. Much worse was though that my younger brother slowly but surely lost or broke most of the pieces and thats making me even more sad. Anyway, I think overall it is far better than the Bionicle, since its modern (Bionicle is enciant), and just feels more bad-ass to me. Its also sad truth it is heavily underrated :( .Anyway great video! ;)

I needa find these again There so expensive now tho 💔

I think one underappreciated part of HF is the music. The soundtrack is surprisingly great. Here is a playlist of all of the tracks. ru-vid.com/group/PLC-MQNsGyHQO7YXRn2jWcEc83PpUj1Qep

I believe Bionicle, and Hero Factory are two halves of the same whole, each with their own identities, but part of the same system.

Another excellent Top 10. As a Bionicle fan, there's plenty of good things about Hero Factory. The only thing I'm not a huge fan of is the simplistic storyline (I don't hate it by any means). There's definitely ideas I like from fresh ideas, the premise about superhero robot cops, and the CCBS system which remains one of my favorite LEGO systems to this day.

Nobody realizes nex and evo's breakout helmet represents their 2.0 headgear alot? Evo got the guards in all his forms, and nex got that mouthpiece in his breakout and 2.0!

I don't know if anyone realized that invasion from below was about people just drilling in random sealed place for reason and then sending heroes to wipe out one entire species of creatures that were older than people who lived in the antropolix, so that means that the invasion from below was about genocide of ancient creatures

Man do I miss HF, I am since 04 and I onley got Bulk but he isn't in all pices on the table state animore

I wish I got the Recom Team chestplate.

17:35 when you see all the breez except breakout

If HF ever returns, we need all the nine Heroes to take place in the storyline, not just a portion of them. In Breakout, they did 9 heroes and 9 villain sets, which was good, but for some reason didn't show Breeze, Nex and Bulk in the show? Anyway, I hope all nine of them return

do you have for real all those Hero Factory?????? Literally WOW

He's living my dream

You should make once every 2 weeks (if you can) videos of slight modifications to canon mocs with issues in posseability, balance, colors, etc. For example: those who you gave a lower score in the fanon reviews.

i really like this guy. He owns my dream house.

I really REALLY loved Lego Hero Factory