Back in November we shared that the LEGO Design byME service was coming to an end. Today we received word that the Hero Recon Team Recon Hero Builder will be suffering the same fate. You'll still be able to design your heroes online, but you won't be able to have LEGO ship them to you anymore. Read on for the full details.
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Recon Hero Builder Goes Digital
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Hapori Tohu
, Feb 08 2012 05:15 PM
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Posted Feb 08 2012 - 09:28 PM
drat! so no more custom services until they launch a new one! 
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Posted Feb 08 2012 - 10:44 PM
Darn. Well, I ran into some money recently, so I just may get one while I can.
Why are orange and black such a good color Combination ? Purple is pretty, and so is blue. Pink hurts your eyes, green is quite mellowing, black is very threatning, red is cool, orange is SO awesome, yellow's hard to read... But you can't see white at all! Oh, wait. I forgot brown.
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Posted Feb 09 2012 - 10:39 AM
But at least they're making up by giving us new options!
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Posted Feb 09 2012 - 12:21 PM
The 3D version of the HERO Creator sounds highly interesting, to say the least. Personally, I feel it´s about time for an LDD web browser plug-in for online viewing of LXF files, so I wonder if this coud be a first step in that direction. Sad to see the ordering service go, as it was a neat idea, but I feel the upcoming changes could be a big improvement of HRT.
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Posted Feb 09 2012 - 01:54 PM
If Lego makes this new Digital Hero Builder, will we not be able to buy our own Hero? 
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Posted Feb 09 2012 - 01:58 PM
That´s the point. You can still order a decent variety of pieces with the Pick-a-Brick service, though.If Lego makes this new Digital Hero Builder, will we not be able to buy our own Hero?
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Posted Feb 09 2012 - 05:06 PM
well that would just make it a limited LDD...
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Posted Feb 09 2012 - 05:19 PM
There are still things they could do to set it apart from LDD. Even now, you can use heroes from HRT in the "Mission: Ordeal of Fire" and "Mission: Savage Planet" games, which you can't do with LDD models. I'm personally hoping the new 3-D Hero Builder will have some sort of interactive feature like letting you see a basic animation of your Hero-- something like the Bohrok-Kal promo CDs where the Bohrok Kal would have an "idling" animation in one of the menus.well that would just make it a limited LDD...
At the same time, I am a bit worried about it becoming too much like LDD, since that would make it irrelevant. I'm wondering if they might plan on tying the new Hero Creator to the upcoming social-networking-related project Advance mentioned on their website (linked in an earlier news article). They must have plans for it, or there's no reason they'd get rid of the part that actually makes them money and then spend money upgrading the part that doesn't do so as directly.
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Posted Feb 10 2012 - 12:29 PM
I seriously hope this doesn't affect the Recon Team storyline. We need more Merrick Fortis. 
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Posted Feb 10 2012 - 06:32 PM
Will I have to order my own Hero now before April?
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Posted Feb 10 2012 - 07:01 PM
Will I have to order my own Hero now before April?
If you want to get it under the Hero Recon Team service, yes.
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Posted Feb 11 2012 - 12:18 PM
Another thing I should've got is gone
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Posted Feb 11 2012 - 02:55 PM
Not yet! You still have until April. That should give you plenty of time to get any Heroes you have designed and are particularly fond of.Another thing I should've got is gone
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Posted Feb 13 2012 - 11:30 PM
i am excited to see what they mean by using villain armor and weapons
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Posted Feb 27 2012 - 03:26 PM
Never used it, Never cared
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Posted Mar 13 2012 - 07:04 AM
Yes we do need Merrick Fortis he is just plain awesome.I seriously hope this doesn't affect the Recon Team storyline. We need more Merrick Fortis.
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Posted Mar 28 2012 - 09:46 PM
Dang! I was actually considering if I should design my own hero!
Oh well.
Oh well.
Seems legit.
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Posted Apr 03 2012 - 05:10 PM
Shame about that shipping. I never took advantage of that myself, but I imagine many people who did are disappointed by the removal of that function.
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