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So, I was doodling and sketched Jawblade, so I decided to draw a pic of him fighting Furno.Large-ish picture, so I'll leave you with the link.http://www.majhost.c...ovsjawblade.jpgEDIT: Since people keep bringing it up: Yes, Jawblade is huge. Yes, I know. Yes, it was completely intentional.Kalhiki
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Recently drew a picture that served as an April fools joke for my comic topic, for a "Future Project". I decided that I might post it here and see what you guys think,Link to PictureC&C is appreciated,~Soran
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Time for yet another Hero Factory topic! This time, we have "Blood Raven" and "Black Thorne", two Villains that come from a surprisingly odd place: Hero Factory. http://i357.photobucket.com/albums/oo12/Willkramer1996/BloodRaven1.jpg Blood Raven Originally a member of the same squad as Archangel, hence the Code-name, Blood Raven soon grew tired with the way Hero Factory dealt with it's Villains. While Archangel was content to simply lock Villains in cages until they eventually broke out, Blood Raven was more in favor of the "execution by blade" approach, something that was generally frowed upon by his superiors. One day he finally snapped, disabled the trackers Hero Factory had installed in his armour after a demotion for insuborination and left the Factory with a group of like-minded individuals, and so the Anti-Heroes were born. Versed in hand-to-hand combat, his fighting style led his superiors to say they "should have seen it coming" when they found out he was rogue. Still, he hadn't completely abandoned Hero Factory weapons, and has modified the blaster they had issued him to become a lethal side-arm. http://i357.photobucket.com/albums/oo12/Willkramer1996/BloodRaven2.jpg http://i357.photobucket.com/albums/oo12/Willkramer1996/BloodRaven3.jpg http://i357.photobucket.com/albums/oo12/Willkramer1996/BlackThorne1.jpg Black Thorne Formerly a member of the same unit Archangel and Blood Raven descended from, it was due in no small part to him that Blood Raven decided to go rogue in the first place, and relishes that fact every day. It was after a particularly nasty breakout that Thorne said it would be easier if they just killed any captured any dangerous criminals. After all, "Some people are too dangerous to keep alive," he had said, and that phrase soon became his mantra. Initially issued a pair of combat-tazers and taught to cripple rather than kill, he traded up to a lethal set of incredibly sharp stealth blades for assassination missions as soon as he was free of the Hero Factory's self-righteous attitudes. http://i357.photobucket.com/albums/oo12/Willkramer1996/BlackThorne2.jpg http://i357.photobucket.com/albums/oo12/Willkramer1996/BlackThorne3.jpg
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Here we are again, with yet another duo of mine, only this time instead of Toa, we have Hero Factory! The main problem I've been having with HF is that I've had some difficulty creating heroes with custom builds most likely due to a lack of creativity on my part, but still, I finally got over that and decided to make a few Heroes with parts left over from 2.0's and 3.0's that have already been upgraded to 3.0's and 4.0's, so without anymore stalling, I present "Archangel" and Thomas Trace. http://i357.photobuc.../Archangel1.jpg "Archangel" Originally a member of a special unit of Heroes, despite being issued a regular name, Archangel was also issued a Code-name he was to be addressed as to rookies and other Heroes until he felt he trusted them enough to be given his real name. Considering how, during his entire operational period he has never found one worthy of his real name, it's considered an honour to be able to address him as he truly is. Currently in a two-man squad with the rookie Thomas Trace, the special unit he descended from being long dissolved, he is a designated soldier with little regard for finesse or style when fighting villains. Versed in nearly every ranged weapon there is, Archangel prefers the brutal accuracy of the prototype Hero Factory Tri-Fire. A poweful assault-rifle with two modes, single fire and three-round burtst, it has many points for various upgrades to be placed, including an extended clip and bayonette. http://i357.photobuc.../Archangel2.jpg http://i357.photobuc.../Archangel3.jpg http://i357.photobuc.../Archangel4.jpg http://i357.photobuc...1996/Trace1.jpg Thomas Trace Once a high-ranking veteran Hero, Trace took a bad shot to the back of the head from pursuing Villains as he and his squad retreated after securing the cargo that they had been assigned to recover. The heavy damage from the Villain's weapon completely destroyed most of Trace's memory. Upon waking up, he had no idea who he was, but hard-wired into the remains of his memory was the skill-set he had before his unfortunate accident. Still, experience wise, he was still considered a rookie without his memories, and as a result, was heavily demoted, as well as assigned to a two-man squad with a Hero he probably wouldn't have even known about given his once high-status as Hero Factory's best Sniper. Unique in that he has an energied crossbow where a hand and a conventional sniper-rifle would be, Trace has proven that high-tech versions of low-tech weapons can surpass conventional weaponry in the hands of an amnesiac expert. Bladed for close-quarters combat, Trace is lethal at any range. http://i357.photobuc...1996/Trace2.jpg http://i357.photobuc...1996/Trace3.jpg ~...~ First attempt at unique heroes, lemme know how these turned out! Thanks in advance. Do not post images greater than 100 kB in BBC. -B6
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Ever wondered what would happen if you cross two themes? No? Well this happens. I made this for "MOCathalon 2012" on MOCpages. A fun contest where every team member must build something that matches one of the thirty categories. I took the category "Will it blend" which means I had to combine two themes together.So I present"Atlantis Factory""We Build Divers" Bigger Image Shark Detail Ready to fire Trilobite (Credit to Railblade)Helmet detail Diver in al his glory Back Brickshelf Gallery (When public) MOCpages (for those who cannot wait) Enjoy and C&C appreciated
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So I came back to messing around with my University Hero Factory Parts after I spent more time focusing on school and studying. I was mostly dissatisfied with what I had come up with before, so I guess the break away from the building helped refresh my creativity.In saying that, I absolutely LOVE this guy. I always wanted to create a Hammerhead Shark-type figure and this guy turned out better than I had ever hoped. He's my baby Anyway, here's Hammershawk - Front - Side - Top Detail - Swimming/Beached/Lazy - Sitting on the edge of a cliff while figuring out your problems in solitude - Aggressive Attack Pose - Happy Sunshine Strut - Crabby Friend - As I said, I love this guy, and I hope some of you can enjoy him as well Not sure what else to put here, so if you guys have any questions, I would be more than happy to answer. Talk to you later!
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Hello, BZPower! Ballom here, back on the MOCing scene after a fairly long hiatus! Today's special is a couple of MOCs that I built over the Christmas break using my recently-acquired Hero Factory sets. Basically, because Waspix and Scorpio were pretty bad sets, I made better scorpion and wasp versions. Although, admittedly, the scorpion is mostly HF, being based on Witch Doctor's parts, while the wasp has a lot more Bionicle elements. Also, the more astute or stalker-ish of you may realize that the pictures of these have been on my Maj for about a month now, but I kept forgetting to post the topic. Anyway, to the pictures! Wasp ^Link to Gallery^ 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 Scorpion ^Link to Gallery^ 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 And yes, the wasp does have those awesome transparent wings first seen on Gorast, but alas, they almost completely vanished from the photos, although you can see them moderately clearly in the third image. Well, enjoy! ~B~
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Perched on a barren rock, power circuits running at a relaxed pace, the powerful giant that was Lucas Valor stared beyond the limits of the known galaxy. It was a beautiful sight. Glittering stars of all colors and shades hovered in the unknown, lighting up the silhouettes of uncharted planets. Shifting clouds of purple and green particles decorated the alien systems in a panorama of astrological awe. As one of the Hero Factory's foremost heroes, it was Valor's sole responsibility to patrol these outer fringes and repel any incursions by hostile outsiders. After all, any untold terrors could lurk in the galaxies beyond. Truth be told, though, it was a quiet and undemanding job -- quite a far throw from the adrenaline-packed conflicts of Valor's past. That part of his career had peaked in the deadly battle with Captain Dark Horrendous, and then he had settled into the peaceful rings of the outer systems. He supposed he did miss his old life; the excitement, speed, and honor of knowing you were protecting the innocent citizens of the galaxy from rogues who would have them oppressed and abused. Still, he could do without the death and destruction he had witnessed. Valor's time had come and gone, and he was all too happy to step out of the spotlight. That was the place for new and fresh heroes like Preston Stormer and that experimental rookie, what was his name -- Furno? Whatever the case, Valor had found his place. As his visual receptors scanned the perimeters of the galaxy, however, something odd caught his attention. The Cerrazon system… He refocused his gaze. After a few moments, he saw it once more. Something blazing through space, like a comet but following a far more direct path. He swore he saw it weave through an asteroid field before heading straight for Cerrazon. Frowning, Valor stood to his full height of roughly 4 meters and leapt from his asteroid. His deep-space jetpack flaring into life, the giant hero hurtled towards Cerrazon, the sunlight glinting off of his armor. ~~~~~ Deep inside the Hero Factory of Makuhero City, two very worried figures wandered through massive corridors, walled with cells stacked high upon each other. Each and every one was empty. The robots' steps echoed through the warehouse-like area eerily. "Our containment facility held precisely 12,351,567,449 criminally defective entities," fretted one of the figures, a bulky robot easily identifiable as the prison warden. "You're absolutely certain we had enough heroes to send one out after each one?" "I can assure you that every villain is being hunted down by a hero armed with cuffs and determined programming," replied the squat, pear-shaped mission manager. "I'm not Mr. Zib, so I can't report to you the exact number of heroes, but there's no doubt we had more than enough to cover the breakout. We'll be reeling in villains by the dozen." "I don't share your comforting faith, Zeta," the warden frowned. "Some of these villains are far too powerful for one hero to handle on their own. I was here when that black hole portal opened, I saw the monstrous things escaping, and I couldn't do anything more than dent one's chest armor before they batted me aside like an organic." "Hero Factory heroes, I'll remind you, are the most capable model of robot in existence," Zeta said, though she didn't seem too convinced. "Any individual hero could take out three of the escapees with his arms' motor functions disabled." "What if those three were, say, XPlode, Meltdown, and Drilldozer?" the warden cried. "Each of them has been the death of several heroes, and they're not even the worst criminals that escaped…" ~~~~~ Lucas Valor touched down on Cerrazon 8, the outermost planet in the system. It was a tiny place, only home to one tiny guard outpost crewed by the most basic model of robots. Still, he'd noticed the comet-like object pass near it, and then he'd lost sight of the flaming projectile. Possibly it had impacted the planet. It was a hero's duty to check that no one was hurt. He jogged briskly across the barren rock, towards the imposing fortress of steel. Huge anti-spacecraft cannons stared into the unknown realms.The doors were normally guarded by a heavy platoon of soldiers, but there were none present. That was a bad sign. Valor flashed his hero core at the scanner and dashed through the doors as they slowly slid apart. A terrible visual was revealed. The station was perfectly intact, but cold and dead. Blanketing the ground were the bodies of the soldier drones, emptied of all life and power. The computers and radar screens were deathly black.Valor quickly made his way to the central power generators and found them wide open, their circuits void of any power. Intriguingly, he did notice a shape singed into the machinery, something that looked roughly like a clawed hand. There was a thunderous noise, coupled with the crackle of electricity, from outside the base. Valor rushed to the monitors, remembered they were dry of power, and punched open the wall to stare into the sky. The blazing visitor soared from Cerrazon 8, headed elsewhere in the system. Its glow was more intense by far. Valor readied his ice launcher and energy blade. Giving a regretful nod to the drained drones, he climbed outside and blasted off. The fireball streaked across the Cerrazon system, gaining speed. Valor grimaced and quickened his speed, but so did his quarry. He concentrated so hard on drawing closer that he almost didn't notice when coils of searing plasma hurtled at him from the blazing projectile. Valor just barely dodged, yanking the factory for equipping him with advanced reflexes. So this was certainly no natural phenomenon, though Valor had abandoned that theory a while before. Some malevolent force, possibly an attack drone, was within that furious ball of flame. Something of considerable size; now he could see it was about his size! Suddenly, his audio receptors buzzed with the sound of a transmission emanating from the fireball. A dark voice trailed out of the flames: "Give up, hero, before I reduce you to so many ashes on the wind. Burnt quaza stone smells so terrible." Valor kept a steady course, neck and neck with the flaming entity. "This is Lucas Valor of the Hero Factory, leader of Delta 9 team," he proclaimed. "I order you to halt and surrender yourself for arrest. You have sabotaged a government military base and deactivated dozens of drones, making yourself an enemy of this galaxy." The voice chuckled, and Valor saw a black-armored claw shifting somewhere in the flames. "You cannot compare to my power, and I have yet more to achieve. When I am done here, the galaxy will burn before my onslaught. Now begone, petty hero." A spray of fire issued from the villain. Valor dodged it easily -- only to steer headfirst into his opponent's next attack. Flames caught him full in the face, singing through his armor. Damage reports flared into his cognitive circuitry, and then he was falling… ~~~~~ Lucas Valor awoke sprawled on a tiny rock that passed for Cerrazon 2's moon. He could feel the sun's heat baking the satellite, though his armor protected him from heat damage. The flames that speeding villain had unleashed, however, were another matter. Flicking through the damage reports and scanning them, Valor realized that he had been hit with fire hotter than even the furnace of Hero Factory; it was a miracle he still functioned. Standing to his feet, Valor wasted no time in scanning the planet below for any traces of that monstrous mechanoid. Readings were negative, though as Valor was only searching for a heat signature, the planet itself could be masking it. Still, if his offense was anything to go by, the villain was probably hotter than Cerrazon's sun. Valor glanced up at the sun. Unlike most others, it was just a ball of clear, pristine light, glowing with radiance. When the government established the various colonies here, Cerrazon's natural sun had been dying. But with the brilliant engineering help of Hero Factory, they had constructed an artificial star to take its place, thereby saving the organic inhabitants of Cerrazon 3 and 4 from a mass exodus or frigid death. It was a massive space station, miles across, and spherical in shape. In addition to the light and heat exuded from the fake star, solar panels covering its hull reflected stray starlight from other systems and added to the sun's overall output. Suddenly, a small section of the sun went dark. Valor squinted at it, visor filtering out the glare, to see that several solar panels had been forcefully deactivated - smashed through to reveal a gaping hole into the maintenance corridors.In that moment, Valor realized the villain's plan, and it wasn't a heartening thought. With a sense of direst urgency, he activated his jetpack and rocketed from Cerrazon 2… into the sun. ~~~~~ Armor staving off certain incineration, Valor touched down on the metallic surface of Cerrazon's sun. Quickly, he located the villain's entry point and leapt into the hole, into a vertical shaft descending deep into the solar sphere. Gravity rearranged itself as he entered, and he found himself standing in a corridor that stretched on for several long meters, branching into two passages. His default action was to head left, arbitrarily, but he was dissuaded from that path by the markings on the floor: burn marks placed regularly in a line heading down to the right. They appeared to be the footprints of this burning villain. Ice launcher primed and at the ready, Valor crept down the corridor.As he proceeded, visual receptors filtering out an intensifying glare, he ran through memory records of past villains. It was all too possible this villain might not be native to Valor's galaxy, but he seemed to recognize the hero model and had treated him with some indication of past encounters with Valor's kind. The villain's evident plan was similar to that of a massive, cloud-like entity once defeated by Thelonius Fox, Duece Carter, and Oscar Flint, but this blazing robot was obviously not of the same model as that abomination. Besides that relationship, Valor's memory records were a blank. This was a new observation, but he supposed it was inevitable if he was going to live reclusively in the outer rims. Still, all was not lost if he himself couldn't remember the villain. The factory surely had records on any and all villains and monsters it had brushed with, and he could access those records with a simple transmission. Valor raised a hand to his comms helmet and activated it, requesting service to Hero Factory. None came. There was no reply, not even static. The transmission was as quiet as deep space. Valor grimaced. Hero Factory communications outposts were built for maximum efficiency; the only scenario in which a hero couldn't reach them was in a case of sabotage. Wonderful. So in addition to a military outpost, the comms outposts have been destroyed. Is there some sort of villain field day out here, or could it all be the work of this flaming villain? Suddenly, everything went dark. The circuitry lining the walls ceased its warm glow, and the light of the artificial sun dimmed. Valor could still sense it glowing, but not in this sector. Whichever planets had been basking in the sunlight would shortly be shivering in an unnatural cold. Thankfully, readings indicated this wouldn't be worse than a brisk autumn evening. This wouldn't be a huge catastrophe for most of Cerrazon's planets, Valor knew, but Cerrazon 3 and 4 were a different case. Those planets' proximity to the sun made them a hot spot for life, and healthy populations of organics worked there happily. Naturally, they weren't too close to the sun, so Valor estimated the planets had around eight minutes before they noticed the dimming of the sun. In the meantime, it was his job to track down this villain and apprehend him. Valor had a nasty hunch he knew what the game was now. Quickening his pace, the armored giant rushed down the halls, not bothering to quiet his footsteps. That villain wasn't the type to run, this much he now knew. As Valor turned a corner to the right, he nearly dashed into a wall of fire, his boots skidding to a halt just in time. Beyond the flames, he could see the ebon-armored villain sneering at him, as if challenging him to continue. Valor wasted no time in freezing over the firewall and running forth to stare the villain in the face. He could see now a huge, bulky character armored in colors that reflected his fiery powers, a suit of gunmetal armor highlighted with crimson and orange. Two jetpacks rested on his back. Lava patterns crisscrossed his limbs and face, which was hidden behind an imposing helmet, and flames streamed from the sides of his head. "Recognize me, hero?" sneered the villain, the electricity streaming into a red core on his chest. "You gaze upon the most potent being in this galaxy: the Fire Lord!" Valor's expression was neutral. "First I've heard of you," he shrugged. He leveled his ice launcher at the villain. "Now surrender yourself to justice." "I can't say I feel inclined to do so," said the Fire Lord. His claws rested on what seemed to be a hero tool, but modified severely -- its safety valves had been torn out, its wires rearranged, and an all-around more menacing look. The villain raised this blaster to meet Valor's ice launcher, heat pumping into it and ready to be released. Valor's visual receptors flickered to the right for a moment, and Fire Lord seized his chance to strike, unleashing a barrage of lava to Valor's right. Quickly, the hero darted to the left and blasted three spheres of ice at the burning villain. Each met its mark, and frost covered the Fire Lord for a brief moment - before it evaporated into steam, revealing an unharmed villain. "It will take more than a slight chill to bring me down," Fire Lord chuckled, and coated the floor between them in burning lava. As it began to eat through the metal, the villain laughed darkly and turned to leave. A metallic impact met Fire Lord's audio receptors, and he turned to see Valor standing not three yards from him. Before he could react, the broad shell of his ice launcher had smashed into Fire Lord's helmet, knocking him backwards. Valor whipped out his sword and held it at the villain's chest. After a brief moment, a short burst of fire blasted from Fire Lord's core and knocked Valor's blade aside. As the hero scrambled to retrieve the weapon, Fire Lord readied his own tool; the blaster formed two broad blades of seething lava. Blade met blades, and the two giants dueled, clashing vibrant energy with hardening lava. Although now mostly rock, Fire Lord's weapon still carried a fire within, and as it briefly nicked Valor's shoulder, he observed the acrid smell of singed armor. "Back off, or you burn," Fire Lord hissed. "I don't take orders from rogue power leeches," Valor replied. Fire Lord snarled, bringing his lava blades down in a crushing blow that Valor just barely parried with his ice launcher. The force of the blow shattered the rocky crust, and lava sprayed into the hero's chest and head. His helmet and armor protected his cognitive circuitry and core from harm, but several layers of metal were melted to slag and dripped away. Valor staggered back, shielding himself with his ice launcher while he assessed the damage. "Take that as a warning," Fire Lord growled. Then he was gone, darting down the corridor to deeper inside the sun. Valor patched up the damage and dashed after the villain, his visual receptors narrowed. Now it was personal. Fire Lord would regret the day he first entered the territory of Lucas Valor. He pulled up the schematics of the artificial sun from the databanks afforded to him as the protector of Cerrazon. The interior of the sun was filled with maintenance corridors, rings and rings of them forming hundreds of floors. One central corridor, far wider than the others, spiraled from end to another. In the center of the sun was a massive, spherical chamber hosting the central power core -- that was where Fire Lord would be headed. The giant hero's boots pounded down the metal floors, sensing that the plate was beginning to get warmer as he proceeded. Fire Lord was nearby. He readied his ice launcher, frost gathering in the barrel. Shortly, he came to a fork in the road; Fire Lord had gone left this time. He followed the path until the corridor turned to the right, heading for the central spiral. The heavy footsteps of Fire Lord echoed through the sun. Before rushing headlong around the bend, Valor prepared an attack and crept to the edge of the wall, examining the hallway beyond. Fire Lord was stomping determinedly forwards -- wait -- he stopped, staring intently at something to the right. Valor's visual receptors were picking up only a glare from that side of the corridor. He readjusted his focus to see a large window gazing out onto a massive central chamber. Far below, the core of the sun radiated lazily. Fire Lord stepped forwards, readying his claws to smash through the window, but Valor moved first. A thick coating of ice rose up over the window, and then a barrage of cold blasts struck at Fire Lord. They weren't enough to deal any serious damage, but the villain was kept off-balance for the critical moments in which Valor charged, swinging his blade. Snarling, Fire Lord attempted to swat the weapon away, but Valor swung with all his might and cut deep into the villain's shoulder. There was a satisfying crackle as circuits broke. As Valor flipped away to level both his weapons at Fire Lord, the villain's right arm hung limply at his side. "Before I take you into custody, I must read you your rights," Valor proclaimed. "Files containing the rights of prisoners taken by the Hero Factory are being transmitted to your cognitive circuitry currently." Fire Lord roared in anger and lashed out with his left arm, unleashing a wave of fire. Valor easily sidestepped and replied with a toss of his hero cuffs. The semi-sentient tool darted around Fire Lord, clamping onto his lame wrist easily and making for his second. That second hand suddenly lashed out and seized the cuffs by their chain-links. Fire Lord grinned evilly as electricity crackled from the tool and into his body. "These drain power," Fire Lord chuckled, "and so do I." As the lightning spread to his shoulder, his arm repaired itself impossibly fast. He unclipped the cuffs from his right wrist and tossed them back to Valor. "Here you go - I'm done with them." Valor growled and unleashed another barrage of ice bolts before striking hard and fast at the villain. Fire Lord took the blasts nonchalantly, and before Valor could land his blow, Fire Lord's burning-hot foot had smashed into the hero, knocking him back across the hallway. With one fluid motion, Fire Lord blasted Valor's jetpack into oblivion and simultaneously carved out a section of the window. Swiftly, he stepped through, rocketing downwards on his jetpacks. The next thing he knew, a significant addition in weight was clinging to his foot, wincing as heat singed its circuitry. The two giants spiraled downwards, grappling with each other. "Release… me!" Fire Lord screamed, increasing his body temperature tenfold. Damage reports shrieking in his head, Valor clung on with all the determination his surname implied. Fire Lord glanced downwards. The core of the sun was approaching quickly, a burning sphere of light ringed by a maintenance catwalk. The power-draining villain gauged the possibility of landing there with Valor's weight dragging him below, dismissed the odds, and took the risk. There was a mighty impact as both slammed into the metal floor of the catwalk. Valor's grip slipped briefly, and Fire Lord seized his chance: a mighty heave toppled Valor from the catwalk, knocking him into the abyss below, his jetpack sparking uselessly. Valor hurtled end over end into the darkness. As he fell, he heard clearly the electric crackle of Fire Lord plugging his claws into the sun's core, and then a torrent of energy began to flow… Quickly, the giant hero twisted around and unleashed a steady stream of ice, forming a ramp from the catwalk to the wall below him. He landed somewhat gracefully, cracking the ramp in too many places, and dashed desperately across its length, headed for the catwalk. His ice launcher could repair the ramp in front of him, but the ice shattered menacingly behind him with each step. Fire Lord hardly noticed Valor's approach, so focused was he on sucking the sun dry. Valor could barely see the villain within the glowing aura of pure energy that surrounded him, crackling into his core. Now Fire Lord shone brighter than the core he feasted on. Valor leapt from his crumbling ice bridge onto the catwalk and blasted ice at the villain's claw, but it turned to useless steam far before reaching the connection. Racking his cognitive circuitry for any solution, Valor watched helplessly as the light of the sun dimmed and dimmed…. The ebon armor of the villain was changing its color with the sheer power of the sun's energy. It glowed and transmuted to purest silver and gold, crowned with accents of white. With a long, contented sigh, Fire Lord drew the last of the sunlight into himself, its glow disappearing into his sockets and circuitry. Everything went dark. "Yes," Fire Lord breathed, hardly believing the moment. "Yes! I am as a star, imbued with the energy of a sun! The galaxy shall beg for my mercy! No longer am I a lord of simple fire -- now I am the Sun Lord!" Valor began to lift his ice launcher, but fire had overwhelmed him before he could even pull the trigger - fire so hot that it lacked color of any shade. It was purest white, blazing hot, and blindingly powerful. Valor could feel his armor melting away by the second. Worse, within ten minutes, the planets of Cerrazon would each see the darkness approach, frigid death within it. Then the fires were gone; the newly-crowned "Sun Lord" had deemed Valor a waste of his energy, it seemed. With a triumphant yell, the titan hurtled into the air on the massive streams of fire emanating from his jetpacks, his new armor gleaming in the flames' light. A mob of sun drones appeared from various entrance hatches, blazing through the air on high-power jetpacks. Rudimentary weapons were clutched in their hands, but their assault was futile. The "Sun Lord" barely registered as their blasts struck his form, so absorbed was he in a proclamation of his glory. "Yes!" he cried again. "I shall blaze my name across the planets I conquer! Begone, useless mortals - my march of destruction begins now!" With that, he unleashed a wave of fire upon the drones. Built to withstand such blows, they were not destroyed, but many were knocked to the ground by the sheer force of the blow. Valor himself was watching anxiously, running dozens of possible solutions through his cognitive circuitry and rebuking each one. If only there were some way to reverse his energy. Or better yet, turn back time! Ha! he muttered to himself before recovering his attitude. Come on, come on… a hero can never give up! There must be some way! Pride comes before a fall, after all… a fall! Perhaps an ordinary drone's blasts, or even a hero's bolts of ice, might not make a dent on this "Sun Lord" - but Valor was willing to bet he wasn't impervious to sharp objects. With every volt of his circuitry focused on his aim and position, Valor zeroed in his targeting gaze on the hovering villain, cranking his arm back… and snapping it forward, sending his plain metal blade hurtling through the air at the "Sun Lord." He watched with his cognitive circuitry pounding as the blade turned over and over on its end… and ultimately sliced directly through the beams connecting the villain's jetpacks to his body with a satisfying chunk. Abruptly, the almighty "Sun Lord" toppled from his aerial perch and hurtled through the ground towards the catwalk. Not gifted with the same reflexes or grace as Lucas Valor, the flailing villain smashed directly through the thin sheets of metal and continued to fall. Valor dashed over to the crumpled hole in the catwalk to watch as the self-proclaimed "Sun Lord" dropped through the air, arms reaching out frantically to any possible platform as he fell. Secretly, the hero was hoping to hear his opponent let out a scream, but the "Sun Lord" didn't grant him that pleasure before finally striking the bottom of the core chamber with an appropriately grand craaaaash. Checking the time, it seemed that only three minutes had passed since the "Sun Lord" has risen and shut down the sun. Five minutes before Cerrazon 3 and 4 would even notice the problem, it had been solved.The hero gestured to the sun worker drones, beckoning for them to follow. As smoothly as a monkey, Valor swung himself off the catwalk's railing and onto the wall, shimmying down it until he could grab onto an entrance hatch, and subsequently leapt from hatch to hatch to descend. After a few moments of gymnastics, he set foot on the floor lightly and gently. Valor readied his ice launcher, though he didn't think he'd need it, as he stepped towards the smoking crater in the floor. Though the metal here was significantly thicker than a catwalk, several layers of it had still bent before the "Sun Lord's" velocity, and from the look of it, he'd gone down another twelve feet or so before finally grinding to a halt. A low groan escaped the gaping dent in the ground. Valor stepped to the edge of the crater and glanced down to see the "Sun Lord" sprawled in pain, most of his limbs bent at unfortunate angles and countless loose wires escaping the varied dents and holes torn in his gleaming white armor. Power was slowly trickling out of several such wires, and Valor could see the villain's hue darkening steadily. The sun drones - seven of them, Valor now counted - descended on their jetpacks in a circle around the crater, glancing awkwardly at the pitiful sight. The chief, so evidenced by his larger and more stylized build, gingerly tapped Valor on the shoulder. "Yes, sir?" the giant hero asked, grinning slightly. "How are we to restore power to the sun?" the chief asked, his visual receptors wide with worry. "Well, that's where we all have to help," Valor smiled. "Let's drag this obscenely big power-hog back up to the core and plug him in." After several minutes of strenuous weight-lifting, Valor and the drones had deposited him on the unharmed pieces of the catwalk, next to the sun's core. Uneasily clutching the still groaning villain's wires, the sun drones quickly and efficiently hooked up the villain formerly known as "Sun Lord" to the core. The chief and Valor had managed to pry off Fire Lord's core and access his central power distribution board, and the chief's finger rested apprehensively on the all-important switch. "Ready?" Valor asked. The drones nodded. "Then reverse the power!" At a simple flick of the chief's finger, electricity surged out of Fire Lord, whose moaning intensified as his newfound power flooded out of his body and back into its rightful place. A steady glow escaped the core as it awoke and began to run its systems once more. Valor checked the time. Just about two minutes to go before Cerrazon 3 and 4 endured about three minutes of total blackout. Thankfully he'd been able to send an alert to those planets and warn their populations about the mostly harmless solar fluctuation, so he wouldn't have to worry about any panic and chaos. Fire Lord was twitching on the ground, barely enough electricity left in him to operate his cognitive circuitry. Valor sighed, shaking his head, at the useless arrogance of the villain, and lazily cuffed him. "We've got a long walk ahead of us before we can exit this sun station," Valor grunted. "I'd suggest you read over your rights as we go. It'll relieve the boredom." THE END
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I was thinking about how Ninjago's story compares to BIONICLE, specifically on the subject of character development. Now, naturally, what I'm about to say is going to be disputed. But personally, I feel Ninjago is stronger than BIONICLE in terms of character development, and here's why: Compared to BIONICLE, LEGO Ninjago explores its characters and shows their development on a much more individual level than BIONICLE often did. Obviously the TV-series format is a major asset here. Certain episodes can be geared towards exploring and developing certain characters. The ways that the Ninja have independently come to unlock their true potential in episodes seven through nine are good examples of this. Now, BIONICLE did have strong individual character development in certain arcs. Mask of Light showed individual growth for some of the Toa (mainly Tahu) as well as its stars Jaller and Takua. Legends of Metru Nui gave Vakama a great deal of character development. Vakama's character development continued in Web of Shadows, along with character development for Matau. Mata Nui underwent character development in The Legend Reborn. You should be sensing a pattern here. The strongest character development for individuals in the series tended to take place in movies-- or in the very least, during years that had movies to tie them together. The BIONICLE comics, on the other hand, had very little individual character development-- most of the Toa's challenges were overcome through teamwork, and thus individuals rarely had a chance to show growth-- at best, their already-acquired traits would shine when they were needed to help a teammate. The books are an odd case. Some of them were pretty great in terms of character development. My favorite story arc for character development was 2007, when we saw some great changes in personality among the Toa Mahri, and the reasons for these changes were explored. One of the most memorable scenes ever, for me, was when Jaller and Kongu discuss why Kongu had become such a joker since going on Jaller's quest. Kongu reveals that this was a coping technique he learned my trying to follow the example Toa Lewa set as a lighthearted free spirit. In this, an inconsistency between his 2001-2003 portrayal as a disciplined military leader and his 2006-2007 portrayal as comic relief was made into an example of personal growth. At the same time, I don't think this was character development that many readers caught onto, and it demonstrates how in BIONICLE, individual character growth took a back seat to adventure, happening mainly behind-the-scenes. It's similar to some of the character growth we see in Hero Factory under close examination. In 2010 Bulk was established as a dull character with little mental capacity, and a character bio mentioned that he was extremely self-conscious about this. Later, in Savage Planet, a big deal is made of the fact that he's been reading lately, culminating when Furno addresses him as "big guy", to which Bulk replies indignantly "I'm more than just the big guy!" For those fans who followed the story from its origins, this is monumental character development, but it mostly happened backstage. A similar perceived inconsistency, Natalie Breez's vocal feminism in Ordeal of Fire, wasn't really character development, but that characterization had previously been seen in 2010's Hero Factory FM podcast, when she came on as a special guest to rebuke Tibor Terrell's gag-worthy Hero Factory: The Musical, which cast her as William Furno's love interest. She was quick to point out that her responsibilities as a Hero came first, and she had no interest in romantic pursuits, especially with her teammates. She also spoke on how for outsiders, Hero Factory was usually associated with burly male Heroes, and that as a female Hero she hoped to do away with some of this prejudice. But back on topic. It's pretty clear to me that actual character growth, with characters uncovering answers about themselves and maturing as characters, did not tend to take the forefront very often in BIONICLE any more than it does in Hero Factory. Adventure is the name of the game. Is this a fault of Greg Farshtey's writing? Hardly. He handles character development and characterization quite well in the Ninjago theme. I can attest to the level of character development in the four Ninjago novels Kai: Ninja of Fire, Zane: Ninja of Ice, Cole: Ninja of Earth, and Jay: Ninja of Lightning. While the 2011 Ninjago TV episodes focused almost entirely on Kai, these four books explore all four Ninja's characters a lot deeper, even touching on things not explored in the TV show until the 2012 season like Zane's mysterious past and Jay's embarrassing upbringing. So I think the lack of individual character development in BIONICLE is more a symptom of its very objective-based storytelling and not any one author's storytelling style. In BIONICLE, there was always an overarching mission the Toa were pursuing. Hero Factory's story is also very objective-based, although the "objective" tends to be the more repetitive "capture the Monster of the Week". Ninjago's has objectives, but its objectives are often more individual than BIONICLE's. Each Ninja has their own reason for being a part of the team, not just because of the Power of Teamwork or the team being chosen for them by destiny and/or manufacture. And each Ninja has personal struggles to overcome if they hope to succeed as Ninjago's protectors. Any thoughts on this theory? I realize I rambled more than I probably should have, but I'd still love to hear if others agree, disagree, or think my reasoning is based on flawed principles in the first place and that BIONICLE had more outstanding character development than I remember.
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Hey guys, sorry I've been inactive recently, it's taking a while to settle into the new forum Anyway, the question I pose to you is: which HF set(s) would you recommend from the 4.0 wave? I kinda like Splitface, but what sets would you recommend 1) in terms of parts, and 2) in terms of set design? Budget is under $20 AU per set at the mo, so unless you have magical persuasion powers I probs won't get Black Phantom. On another note, I've been participating in the 2012 MOCathalon over on MOCpages (so far only managed to build one MOC >.<) and I'd love some ideas on what I could possibly build for the following categories: Darwin Awards Show someone unintentionally killing themselves in the most ironic way possible. The crazier the better but it must be grounded in reality, to a point. Houston, We Have a Problem These famous words must be illustrated through your creation. Not too many rules on this one, just make sure you can tie it in with the phrase. Ghost Hunters Build a MOC based on ghost hunting. This can be something like the ghost-hunters show, or Ghost Adventures. The focus must be on ghosts, no vampires, werewolves etc. Please, give me your opinions on stuff mentioned above. -FtC
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So you guys saw the videos on the main site. Do you think he'll return, and if so, how? Next year maybe?-Bane
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Hi there. Long time since I posted a MOC topic. Anyway, these are some various LDD MOCs I built since as early as last summer. I have never made a MOC topic for them, but since they're older MOCs and happen to all be female (always an interesting challenge) I figured I'd post them together.All pictures and thumbnails link to the full-size image.First is the least attractive IMO, the villain MOC Angelique. It was mostly an experiment, and the end result looks neither very feminine nor very villainous. It also has a heavy reliance on Technic which frustrates me, since it detracts from the smooth aesthetic I was going for. The next, and the only of these I actually built in real life before building on LDD, is the Hero Sophia Blaze. She was built entirely using parts I had with me at college at the time (September of last year), but I think the end result is very feminine. The main flaw is that the waist looks somewhat gappy. My most recent Hero Factory MOC, built earlier this year, is an unnamed Civilian Waitress. She was the result of my dabbling in trying to create a civilian Hero Factory MOC and coming up with an armor combination that vaguely resembled a fancy dress. She is the only of these three that involves any parts in colors that they do not appear in in real life-- the bow on her back uses the Ninjago blade piece 98141 in Bright Red, while in real life it is only known to exist in Warm Gold, Silver Metallic, and Medium Lilac. I appreciate any and all comments or criticisms!
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Review topic: http://www.bzpower.c...?showtopic=3740The UprisingPart One:It has been 38 years since the defeat of Makuta Teridax. All the Makuta are dead. The Glatorian and Agori and the Toa and Matoran have united and build powerful technologies. The Skrall still exist,but there is few of them left.Malia: Sardis,I need to have a discussion with Toa Gali.Sardis: Fine with me,just make sure to come back before the sun sets!Malia: Alright,i'm off!Sardis: Bye!Malia left the village,not knowing she wouldn't be back in a while...Malia: I have reached Gali's hut! Now all I need to do is...Yarkhi: You're not going anywhere!Malia: Aaagh! A Skrall! How is it possible?Yarhki: Oh,it's possible alright,it's possible. How about I shoot you with my Thornax launcher?Malia: Help! Somebody,HELP!Gali: Get away from her you fowl creature!Yarkhi: Never!Yarkhi shoots at Gali,Gali dodges,the Thornax hits a small scorpion instead. Yarhki does not notice the explosion,but he notices the result.Yarhki: How,what,where?Gali: Now,how do you like that?Yarkhi: Oh no,a giant Scorpion!Gali: Try to run,it will get you anyway!Yarkhi was killed by the scorpion,but then the scorpion went off in the direction of a Matoran factory.Malia: What are we going to do? It shall kill those villagers!Gali: Not unless we catch up to it!Malia: But how? We are not fast enough!Gali: I think we can.-CDP
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So, if you ask pretty much any member on BZPower or other LEGO networks, chances are they will have at least one prototype piece. Now that BIONICLE has been over for a couple years now, I still have yet to see a Hero Factory prototype piece. I haven't found one in searches or discussions, and am wondering why there aren't any floating around in the world.Surely LEGO still uses prototypes to design new pieces in themes, especially in ones like Hery Factory. If that's the case, where do they go afterwards?If anybody has seen one, has one, knows about one, or anything, I'd be glad to hear about it, and I'm sure others would as well. -
Managed to snag Von Nebula for, like, really cheap. €8.95
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So, what do y'all think of said TV series? Bleh, sub-par, the most amazing thing since sliced cheese? Where you think there is room for improvement? Could the characters be brought out better? Could the story go in more depth? What are your expectations for said series in the future? Who do you want to see more of? Should they bring old villains back? Should they bring back that weird plot thread with Von Nebula's staff, that "can anything that evil really be contained scene"? Do you think that this has anything to do with Breakout? Do you think it would be cool if it did?What do you think of all these random questions?
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Hey, guys, it's been awhile since I've built any MOCs (let alone posted any), but I'm back with a new creation: ^Click for gallery (when public)^ Basically just a Toa of Light of some sort. Possibly a Toa version of Solek? I don't know, interpret it as you will.Until the gallery becomes public, here are some more pictures, including his shield on his arm and back.As always, comments, constructive criticism, etc, are greatly appreciated .-
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...You want to make an official review for a Hero Factory set (Jawblade, I am looking at you), only to find out that the set has already been reviewed. And that's how Equestria was made! why it sucks to live in a country that gets the sets later than the US of A.
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The first combiner I made with HF Parts, and one of my favorites! Made using parts from Rocka, Nex, and Evo. Enjoy!http://www.brickshelf.com/cgi-bin/gallery.cgi?f=494514Comments and criticism encouraged!
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HS01's full coverage of the 2012 LEGO Collectors Preview from the New York International Toy Fair is still forthcoming, but in the meantime Cholie has finished uploading our photos from the event! They can be found here! The LEGO Collectors Preview didn't extend to full Toy Fair admission unfortunately, so we couldn't see other exhibitors' displays. But Chols posed for this pic as we were leaving. I'm sure many BZP members will appreciate it!
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Hello!! this is Toa Aerrow, and i have decided to show you my Hero Factory Characters. some are just like the sets, others are slightly different, and the rest are completely different. to place all the pics in this post would make it ridiculously long, so this is just the Index and all-around Reviews/Talkback topic. this post will be updated during today/this week (week if it takes longer), so you may need to check back later.
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Right, my brother got the new Rocka today and I think he's epic. But, flicking through the instructions I found a surprise: in the advert for the core code gamey points thingamajig, there were pictures of a HF game, so similar to Breakout, yet so different.EDIT: Picture now!This game looked interesting. It had pictures of Stormer 2.0 battling minions in a volcano, a green factory and a winter wonderland.The enemies all looked like something I've seen in a leaked picture of the summer I will not name, and there was a powerup bar at the bottom.Intriguing.I think this is a prototype for a second Breakout game, where you can unlock different variations of Heroes (1.0, 2.0, 3.0, Breakout etc.)Reasons it might be what I just said: [*]Black Phantom escapes in the current Breakout game and you don't catch him[*]Breakout is expected to continue through summer[*]It's on the back of Rocka's bag and in the instructions, keep in mind this is a month after the current game was releasedLet's be hoping these aren't prototypes for the current game.What do you think?
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so yeah, turns from a fish headed robot with claws into a lobster bot. kind of reminds me of the sharkicons from transformers g11234567Edit: Images linked due to large dimensions. Images in BBC should be no larger than 640x640 pixels.-Wind- -
There's a HF video contest with some very impressive prizes (and very little publicity) going on right now. I personally don't intend to enter, but it's such a great opportunity for HF fans that I'd hate to see people miss out just because they didn't know about it. On the plus side, if not enough people enter, it seems they'll provide a two-week extension - but I wouldn't bet on that. Source: Hero Factory Discussion
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This is just one of my M.O.C.s. SOme shows have a "lost episode. Well, I call this guy "Lost M.O.C." The name has a second meaning, too. I lost him under my bed and didn't find him till just recently. file:///var/folders/oZ/oZXcaZj5Gn4a7WsYFJghxJ7Mu7c/-Tmp-/com.apple.PhotoBooth-T0x10a2295a0.tmp.lF5j0B/Photo%20on%202012-02-04%20at%2016.29%20%232.jpg file:///var/folders/oZ/oZXcaZj5Gn4a7WsYFJghxJ7Mu7c/-Tmp-/com.apple.PhotoBooth-T0x10a2295a0.tmp.7wK5uH/Photo%20on%202012-02-04%20at%2016.30.jpg file:///var/folders/oZ/oZXcaZj5Gn4a7WsYFJghxJ7Mu7c/-Tmp-/com.apple.PhotoBooth-T0x10a2295a0.tmp.eNA5KU/Photo%20on%202012-02-04%20at%2016.30%20%232.jpg file:///Users/16bkass/Pictures/Photo%20Booth/Photo%20on%202012-02-04%20at%2016.30%20%233.jpg file:///var/folders/oZ/oZXcaZj5Gn4a7WsYFJghxJ7Mu7c/-Tmp-/com.apple.PhotoBooth-T0x10a2295a0.tmp.ytiJii/Photo%20on%202012-02-04%20at%2016.31.jpgThen, I also have his possessed form (he has extra armor and two spikesfile:///var/folders/oZ/oZXcaZj5Gn4a7WsYFJghxJ7Mu7c/-Tmp-/com.apple.PhotoBooth-T0x10a2295a0.tmp.yX0KFk/Photo%20on%202012-02-04%20at%2016.42.jpg
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