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[Hapori Tohu]

Gatanui made an interesting find today. Head over to the Hero Factory website and a teaser should pop up for the Brain Attack wave of sets. Click on the 'Enter Code' link and type in "BrAiN" and you'll see a cool video teasing next year's line. A countdown on the page lets you know when we'll see the full release - start counting down the days!

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Huh, I'm not getting that pop-up. Strange.

[~The 1st Shadow~]

My brother and I just got really excited. Phantoka Surge? YES. 

This looks to be another promising year for Hero Factory.

 

[The Forbidden Entity]

Its not appearing for me. Huh.

[CeeCee]

My brother and I just got really excited. Phantoka Surge? YES. 

This looks to be another promising year for Hero Factory.

 

 

 

Photoka surge? All I saw were test tubes full of Kraata, uh I mean brain attackers 

[~The 1st Shadow~]

 

My brother and I just got really excited. Phantoka Surge? YES. 

This looks to be another promising year for Hero Factory.

 

 

 

Photoka surge? All I saw were test tubes full of Kraata, uh I mean brain attackers 

 

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It was in the video you can watch after typing in the code.

 

[Gatanui]

The teaser only appears on the US site and only if you don't have a cookie named hft2013 stored. Once you see the Flash teaser, type in the code in order to see the movie. It appears the code isn't case-sensitive, by the way. As far as the video is concerned, HF 2013 looks so awesome. Love the music. Surge XL wings and trans-yellow? Evo with trans-light blue? It can't get better! And that ice villain looks awesome, too.

If you have VLC Media Player, I recommend you watch the video here.

That typo in the end is so embarassing, though.

-Gata

Edited by Gatanui, Dec 19 2012 - 03:35 AM.

[Dorek]

Yeah, that typo was pretty bad, I gotta say.

Fantastic trailer, though. Good to get a glimpse of future villains and Heroes, and Surge looks excellent.

[CeeCee]

Im honestly not joking here. I cant tell if that was nex or bulk

 

Please tell me Stringer and Nex are in the year

Edited by CCCXLVII, Dec 19 2012 - 05:54 AM.

[Chro]

Woo! Screenshot time!
I think this may be, in some respects, a lot like like Breakout- all the heroes upgraded together, but on mission separately (except when in Makuhero City, of course)- and have different heroes appearing in TV episodes without the others of that same wave. For example, here we see Surge, Stormer, and Evo being upgraded, then fighting alongside Breez and Furno. Of course, this could be a "last stand, get all the heroes" type of scenario, assuming there are others off-screen.

Edited by Chro, Dec 19 2012 - 07:08 AM.

[The Great Being Velika]

I recall some people talking about a Hordika Krana earlier. Well, there you go.

 

I have to say though, Hero Factory has never looked this good. I greatly look forward to the new sets. 

[Creep Of The Deep]

I am so excited for Brain Attack, it looks so amazing and epic. The heroes design are great, and I REALLY like that ice villain. Also that song is an earworm, but no complains there, really nice!
But seriously LEGO, "comming"?

[GBV]

Kind of reminds me of the Visorak/Hordika. The way it takes over your brain, and I swear I saw a Visorak-like spider web!

[Manterax Prime]

Kudos to Gata for fixing the stored cookie problem by providing a link that allows us to download the video!

 

Thank you good sir.

 

Thoughts:

Stormer- Amazing! Sword is similar to Furno's, same goes for his visor.  XL this year too? And best of all.....ICE MISSILES!!

 

Evo- Trans-blue? Nice weapon though

 

Surge- Trans-yellow FTW! And wings? Cool, at leat someone's flying.

 

Breez- She's actually in this episode!

Edited by Manterax Prime, Dec 19 2012 - 01:58 PM.

[Predator - Jungle Hunter]

Holy slag, that hand was Black Phantom's.

[Toa Zaz]

Thoughts:

 

Huge animation improvement

Black Phantom's hand? I thought he was in jail? Maybe another inexplicable inconsistency...

Those brain slug ships with the blades look really cool.

The brain slugs look like the Krang from Ninja Turtles.

I don't really like the cartoon rendition of Pyrox, but what we glimpsed of Ogrum looks amazing.

White villain sort of looks like an ugly mess, but nice pieces.

Minor nitpick but the Hero Core clamps don't actually clamp the Hero Core.

Blue and trans-yellow Surge with Buzz Lightyear wings? Good idea, but I think I'll pass.

Evo looks pretty cool. Trans-purple or red would be cooler, but the blue shells would be good for modifying Breakout Stringer.

Stormer looks very cool. I wonder what's in his left hand?

Rocka and Bulk look pretty bad animated.

Making Furno's fire elements actual fire was a really good choice. He looks awesome. The one thing I'm interested in is how they animate his cape. Cloth animation is fairly difficult, and I'm not sure the company that animated Hero Factory can pull it off.

The music is terrible.

The typo at the end was cringe-worthy.

[Creep Of The Deep]

If anyone is interested of course, I compiled various screenpics from the trailer for public view. Pre-aliens Pyrox is really cute.

[Wind Elemental]

It makes me wonder. Why does Surge always look so awesome in all of his forms? Also:

If anyone is interested of course, I compiled various screenpics from the trailer for public view. Pre-aliens Pyrox is really cute.

I think I see Evo in one of the pictures holding a... Phantoka Pohatu propeller or at least, something that looks a lot like it.

Edited by Spiritmaster Veigar, Dec 19 2012 - 07:32 PM.

[Manterax Prime]

It makes me wonder. Why does Surge always look so awesome in all of his forms? Also:

 

I think it's to make up for the fact that he's just there mostly for comic relief, so LEGO makes him more awesome than he actually is.

[Chro]

Pre-aliens Pyrox is really cute.

I know, right? D'aw.

 

Also, similar to Creep of the Deep, I've got some screenshots and stuff here. Not nearly as many, but some are different, and if I do say so myself, slightly better quality.

[Paleo]

The line for the first half of 2013 may seem substandard compared to Breakout, but this has proved to me that HF has a WHOLE lot of great sets planned for the near future.

[///dotcom///]

Wow. Bulk looks beyond terrible. Also not a fan of how Furno and Rocka's mouths look in their 'rest' state.

Other than that, this looks really awesome.

[~The 1st Shadow~]

It makes me wonder. Why does Surge always look so awesome in all of his forms? Also:
 

If anyone is interested of course, I compiled various screenpics from the trailer for public view. Pre-aliens Pyrox is really cute.

I think I see Evo in one of the pictures holding a... Phantoka Pohatu propeller or at least, something that looks a lot like it.

 

 

 

Thoughts:

 

 

Evo looks pretty cool. Trans-purple or red would be cooler, but the blue shells would be good for modifying Breakout Stringer.

 

 

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  Evo is yellow.... That Hero with the propeller and the trans-blue armor is... keetorange? Hm. In any case, look at the face color. Every incarnation of Nex had a green head; This one has a green/yellow face, not purple or red. Or are you guys seeing something I'm not?

 

In any case, I think I was most excited for the appearance of what looks to be Stormer XL. Still not sure about Bulk, or Furno, but Stormer and Surge are definitely worth waiting a few months for. I'd like it if they brought Stringer back, though. Then again, he had his run in Breakout (parts 1 & 2). Oh well.

 

[///dotcom///]

I don't think we can accurately say that a color is keetorange or yellow, since it's cgi. The point is, it's yellow. Also, Evo has already randomly changed head colors before.

That is Evo. His helmet is clearly Evo's.

[~The 1st Shadow~]

You mean the little vent-things on the cheeks? Okay, I can see what you mean. Yeah, that makes sense, since at the end, Rocka is dark orange instead of gold. Well, at least blue looks a little more like purple. However, the color change for Evo's Breakout form made sense, since red is kinda close to purple--green/yellow, isn't remotely close, though. So that would be too much of a change. Then again... there was Stringer... I guess Nex primarily came to mind for me since he didn't even appear in the background during Breakout, and Evo got a lot of his own screen time.

 

Edited by ~The 1st Shadow~, Dec 20 2012 - 05:23 AM.

[Rooster Nui]

Can't wait for these sets.

[Tecnokua]

I seem unable to whatch the vedio every time i get the screen its to small to so it chops most of the stuff out. is there away to fix that?

[TNT-Vezon with an Olmak]

Did anyone else think that before the video, when it had the test tubes, it looked like the Rahkshi symbol? Oh, and that brain thing totally reminded me of the process of Visorak venom causing mutation.

[Aanchir: Rachira of Time]

It makes me wonder. Why does Surge always look so awesome in all of his forms?

As much as I agree with you, I know a LOT of AFOLs were massively disappointed with his Breakout incarnation, since they felt he had too much of his secondary color (bright yellowish green) and not enough of his primary color (bright blue). Also a lot of people felt his shoulder spikes were pointless and that those parts should have been pointed down (personally, I like the way he looks with them pointed up).

[Paleo]

Has anyone else noticed Stormer's sword? It appears to have a piece that offsets the spikes one half length, with is a fairly rare piece.

Edited by Paleo, Dec 20 2012 - 06:07 PM.

[Bambi]

Well, this will be an interesting year. Can't wait until they start selling the Heroes here.

[PowerMiner]

Anyone else liking those tiny 'Brain Monsters'? (The guys who will probably be sets)

I'm getting a strong Bohrok vibe from this.

 

Oh yeah the heroes look pretty cool too.

Might get a few of these.

Edited by PKMN Trainer PowerMiner, Dec 20 2012 - 09:42 PM.

[TNT-Vezon with an Olmak]

Hey, the test tube babies at the beginning have gotten bigger.

[ToaJaller77]

 

It makes me wonder. Why does Surge always look so awesome in all of his forms? Also:
 

If anyone is interested of course, I compiled various screenpics from the trailer for public view. Pre-aliens Pyrox is really cute.

I think I see Evo in one of the pictures holding a... Phantoka Pohatu propeller or at least, something that looks a lot like it.

 

 

 

Thoughts:

 

 

Evo looks pretty cool. Trans-purple or red would be cooler, but the blue shells would be good for modifying Breakout Stringer.

 

 

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  Evo is yellow.... That Hero with the propeller and the trans-blue armor is... keetorange? Hm. In any case, look at the face color. Every incarnation of Nex had a green head; This one has a green/yellow face, not purple or red. Or are you guys seeing something I'm not?

 

In any case, I think I was most excited for the appearance of what looks to be Stormer XL. Still not sure about Bulk, or Furno, but Stormer and Surge are definitely worth waiting a few months for. I'd like it if they brought Stringer back, though. Then again, he had his run in Breakout (parts 1 & 2). Oh well.

 

 

That "Keetorange" Hero IS Evo. Look closely and notice he has the same arm plating.

[Meiko]

That app is so weird. Too bad I have an Android. And with the Brain Attack game on Google Play, I actually thought LEGO might be developing for all platforms for everything. What a disappointment.

[Flaredrick: Forgotten One]

I love the new Furno. the sword, the shield, the helmet. Pure awesomeness;also Pyrox is cute before he got transformed. Makes me want to pick him up and take him home.

[Bominominomu Nemo]

Hmmm, I'm getting a "Hordika" vibe from this year's sets for two reasons.

 

Firstly, the "mutation" aspect of these brain creatures, and secondly, the willingness to reveal the latter half of the year's sets early, in the form of Stormer and some of the other Heroes, in much the same way that the Visorak were revealed early, despite not being released until 6 months after being shown in the Bionicle comic.

[Gatanui]

Hmmm, I'm getting a "Hordika" vibe from this year's sets for two reasons.
 
Firstly, the "mutation" aspect of these brain creatures, and secondly, the willingness to reveal the latter half of the year's sets early, in the form of Stormer and some of the other Heroes, in much the same way that the Visorak were revealed early, despite not being released until 6 months after being shown in the Bionicle comic.

However, in Europe the Visorak were released in winter while the Hordika came in summer. Also, we already got to see summer sets early last year, too.

-Gata

[Meiko]

Hmmm, I'm getting a "Hordika" vibe from this year's sets for two reasons.

 

Firstly, the "mutation" aspect of these brain creatures, and secondly, the willingness to reveal the latter half of the year's sets early, in the form of Stormer and some of the other Heroes, in much the same way that the Visorak were revealed early, despite not being released until 6 months after being shown in the Bionicle comic.

Really? The first thing I thought of was Kraata.

[TNT-Vezon with an Olmak]

The countdown's over, looks like all the "brains" got out.