Stringer and Nex’s Brain Attack forms and Brain foes

[Lenny7092]

Hi, guys. In Hero Factory’s 2013 story arc, seven out of nine Alpha 1 Team members got their Brain Attack forms and Brain foes that are based on medieval creatures and share the same primary color as the Heroes. The foes also have elemental powers similar to the ones from Bionicle’s Spherus Magna’s Agori tribes. Most of the elements have the same vibes as the Heroes. Here’s how it goes:

1. Bulk vs. Bruizer (Rock and based on a rock-based creature)

2. Rocka vs. Scarox (Earth and Sand, and based in a beetle or spider-like creature)

3. Breez vs. Ogrum (Jungle, and based on an ogre)

4. Furno (XL) vs. Pyrox (Fire, and based on a Minotaur)

5. Evo vs. Aquagon (Water, and based on a sea monster and goblin)

6. Stormer vs. Frost Beast (Ice, and based on a yeti)

7. Surge vs. Dragon Bolt (Lightning, and based on, well, a dragon).

While Bulk is a metal-based Hero and Breez an air-based one, these foes are what they got.

The other two Heroes, Stringer and Nex, sadly do not have their Brain Attack forms or Brain foes for unknown reason (budget problems, perhaps?). If they had, what do you think they would be? Well, here’s what I think:

1. Stringer’s Brain Attack form would be a medium-sized set. His visor would be blue. His weapon would be an axe called a Sonic Axe.

2. Stringer’s Brain foe would be a black bat-like monster that is similar to Man-Bat from DC Comics or whatever similar bat-based monster. This creature would have fangs, and wings on his back. He would have a purple Brain. He would be armed with an axe. His power would be sound-based. He would be a small set. His species would be non-nocturnal bat-like creatures called Sonic Bats, who live in the caves near Bruizer’s species’ home mountains. I would name the monster “Decibat”. Stringer would need to use a jet-pack to fight this monster.

3. Nex’s Brain Attack form would be a medium-sized set. His visor would be green. His weapon would be a spear called a Plasma Spear.

4. Nex’s Brain foe is tough to brainstorm about. He would be either a werewolf-like, scorpion-like, or manticore-like monster. This creature would be orange. He would be a small set. He would have a dark orange Brain. He would have fangs and claws. If a werewolf, he would have clawed feet. Maybe with clawed hands. Or, he would be armed with a spear. If a scorpion, he would have pincers and a stinger tail. Maybe he would have four eyes. If a manticore (as in a creature that has a body of a lion and a tail of a scorpion), he would have clawed feet, a stinger tail, and maybe wings and horns. Maybe with clawed hands. Or, he would also be armed with a spear.

Nex’s foe’s power would be either based on Metal or Plasma because of the orange color. If a werewolf, he would be either Wolasma (species: Plasma Wolves) or Metwol (species: Metal Wolves. There are Iron Wolves from Bionicle, so that is tough). If a scorpion, he would be either Plascor (species: Plasma Scorpions) or Scorpiron (species: Iron or Metal Scorpions). If a manticore, he would be either Plasmantic (species: Plasma Lions or Manticore) or Meticore (or Mantiron or Irontic. Species: Iron or Metal Lions or Manticores). This species would live in either the mountains, caves, or Pyrox’s species’ volcanos.

I am still iffy on this one because metal is Bulk’s thing, but Bruizer is not based on metal, despite every one of the characters being made of metal. Nex is not based on any particular element, does he (same with Evo and Rocka)? Plasma is sort of related to Fire, and there’s no Plasma Tribe in Spherus Magna (there are no Lightning Tribe or Sonic Tribe, either, but there are Dragon Bolt, Surge, and Stringer), as the tribes in Spherus Magna are based on visible elements, and people in Spherus Magna live in environments based on these elements.

So, what do you think, guys?

Edited May 25 by Lenny7092
Some stuff to fix.

[confused piraka]

some guy made them both as concept sets on flickir

https://www.flickr.com/photos/149398523@N07/51846737851/in/photolist-2mZw5Ri-8gz9Na-8SuLQC-ZsJyXt-8gz9u4-8gCqeS-2dqRZ2f-8gCpPQ-2mZr6j3-2mZzq1D-jCqoGP-8KR8yt-XjiNwX-2m4ohLm-8gz9o8-2mZr68r-ZosXEo-2mZzpFF-2oNWpLJ-8gCq23-2ohJpxj-2oGY36w-b3hMgg-2oor6qS-2mfX2yC-2mZr5XX-2nnwfNb-2odJzxi-2aivMfJ-QC9z9N-2oYanFB-nYhE96-8djSU6-bcqtur-bswyqT-amZUQA-ek56xr-nWMe75-KQShQu-ofzFMU-8vTrNs-2bXYU4h-2aivN5Q-amZUQW-9YJEtW-2bXYUpY-2nzoess-cZCMFA-7MMpjz-8dBjfQ

https://www.flickr.com/photos/149398523@N07/51846802893/in/photolist-2mZwqbH-2mZw5Ri-8gz9Na-8SuLQC-ZsJyXt-8gz9u4-8gCqeS-2dqRZ2f-8gCpPQ-2mZr6j3-2mZzq1D-jCqoGP-8KR8yt-XjiNwX-2m4ohLm-8gz9o8-2mZr68r-ZosXEo-2mZzpFF-2oNWpLJ-8gCq23-2ohJpxj-2oGY36w-b3hMgg-2oor6qS-2mfX2yC-2mZr5XX-2nnwfNb-2odJzxi-2aivMfJ-QC9z9N-2oYanFB-nYhE96-8djSU6-bcqtur-bswyqT-amZUQA-ek56xr-nWMe75-KQShQu-ofzFMU-8vTrNs-2bXYU4h-2aivN5Q-amZUQW-9YJEtW-2bXYUpY-2nzoess-cZCMFA-7MMpjz

 

[Master Inika]

2 hours ago, confused piraka said:

some guy made them both as concept sets on flickir

https://www.flickr.com/photos/149398523@N07/51846737851/in/photolist-2mZw5Ri-8gz9Na-8SuLQC-ZsJyXt-8gz9u4-8gCqeS-2dqRZ2f-8gCpPQ-2mZr6j3-2mZzq1D-jCqoGP-8KR8yt-XjiNwX-2m4ohLm-8gz9o8-2mZr68r-ZosXEo-2mZzpFF-2oNWpLJ-8gCq23-2ohJpxj-2oGY36w-b3hMgg-2oor6qS-2mfX2yC-2mZr5XX-2nnwfNb-2odJzxi-2aivMfJ-QC9z9N-2oYanFB-nYhE96-8djSU6-bcqtur-bswyqT-amZUQA-ek56xr-nWMe75-KQShQu-ofzFMU-8vTrNs-2bXYU4h-2aivN5Q-amZUQW-9YJEtW-2bXYUpY-2nzoess-cZCMFA-7MMpjz-8dBjfQ

https://www.flickr.com/photos/149398523@N07/51846802893/in/photolist-2mZwqbH-2mZw5Ri-8gz9Na-8SuLQC-ZsJyXt-8gz9u4-8gCqeS-2dqRZ2f-8gCpPQ-2mZr6j3-2mZzq1D-jCqoGP-8KR8yt-XjiNwX-2m4ohLm-8gz9o8-2mZr68r-ZosXEo-2mZzpFF-2oNWpLJ-8gCq23-2ohJpxj-2oGY36w-b3hMgg-2oor6qS-2mfX2yC-2mZr5XX-2nnwfNb-2odJzxi-2aivMfJ-QC9z9N-2oYanFB-nYhE96-8djSU6-bcqtur-bswyqT-amZUQA-ek56xr-nWMe75-KQShQu-ofzFMU-8vTrNs-2bXYU4h-2aivN5Q-amZUQW-9YJEtW-2bXYUpY-2nzoess-cZCMFA-7MMpjz

 

Those MOCs are awesome.

Decibat is a cool concept. I have no strong opinion about what color the Heroes' visors should be, but I like the idea of a manticore villain. I think that would work well with CCBS.

[Nato G]

As fun as it it so speculate and come up with ideas, I actually prefer having some of the members missing. The whole point of Hero Factory is that they're constantly being sent out on different missions and stuff, so a few team members being busy elsewhere makes a lot of sense to me. 

I think having a revolving cast of protagonists is the only thing Hero Factory possibly did better than Bionicle. Instead of having to introduce an entire new team or new design every year or two, Hero Factory was able to able to maintain a consistent cast, while keeping things fresh with an occasional new addition, and by mixing up who returned for each story arc.

[Master Inika]

On 5/4/2024 at 12:44 AM, Nato G said:

As fun as it it so speculate and come up with ideas, I actually prefer having some of the members missing. The whole point of Hero Factory is that they're constantly being sent out on different missions and stuff, so a few team members being busy elsewhere makes a lot of sense to me. 

I think having a revolving cast of protagonists is the only thing Hero Factory possibly did better than Bionicle. Instead of having to introduce an entire new team or new design every year or two, Hero Factory was able to able to maintain a consistent cast, while keeping things fresh with an occasional new addition, and by mixing up who returned for each story arc.

That's a good point. Imagine a full year's story involving a Toa Team consisting of Norik, Helryx, Hafu, Gelu, Lewa, and Nuparu.

[Lenny7092]

On 5/4/2024 at 12:44 AM, Nato G said:

As fun as it it so speculate and come up with ideas, I actually prefer having some of the members missing. The whole point of Hero Factory is that they're constantly being sent out on different missions and stuff, so a few team members being busy elsewhere makes a lot of sense to me. 

I think having a revolving cast of protagonists is the only thing Hero Factory possibly did better than Bionicle. Instead of having to introduce an entire new team or new design every year or two, Hero Factory was able to able to maintain a consistent cast, while keeping things fresh with an occasional new addition, and by mixing up who returned for each story arc.

Replacing people isn’t a good way to introduce new members. I mean, they are not being killed off. No one replaced Matoro in the Toa Mahri after he died. It’s not fair that he died, and replacing him won’t cut it. 

Note that Stringer and Nex are two of the nine most important Heroes in the Hero Factory franchise. Stringer is one of the original members of the Alpha 1 Team, and Nex came with Evo and Rocka as new important additions to the team (they’re basically are Takanuva-wannabes, though Rocka is more like Takanuva than the other two Heroes). All three of the rookie Heroes appeared in the 2011 story arcs. There were no real new members of the team after these story arcs, probably because there shouldn’t put too many members into the team, which is understandable. Lol.

It’s weird that in Ordeal of Fire, Savage Planet, Brain Attack, and Invasion From Below, not every member of the team is here for some reason (the Breakout episodes count as well). I guess it’s budget issues. It’s sad to look at. I wish there were more episodes to give the absent characters more screen time.

On 5/17/2024 at 3:40 PM, Master Inika said:

That's a good point. Imagine a full year's story involving a Toa Team consisting of Norik, Helryx, Hafu, Gelu, Lewa, and Nuparu.

I understand your idea, but it wouldn’t be orthodox to switch up members of teams. You can do that in stories a little bit, like what happened in Reign of Shadows, but not in sets. 

[Master Inika]

3 hours ago, Lenny7092 said:

Note that Stringer and Nex are two of the nine most important Heroes in the Hero Factory franchise. Stringer is one of the original members of the Alpha 1 Team, and Nex came with Evo and Rocka as new important additions to the team (they’re basically are Takanuva-wannabes, though Rocka is more like Takanuva than the other two Heroes). All three of the rookie Heroes appeared in the 2011 story arcs. There were no real new members of the team after these story arcs, probably because there shouldn’t put too many members into the team, which is understandable. Lol.

It’s weird that in Ordeal of Fire, Savage Planet, Brain Attack, and Invasion From Below, not every member of the team is here for some reason (the Breakout episodes count as well). I guess it’s budget issues. It’s sad to look at. I wish there were more episodes to give the absent characters more screen time.

I never understood clearly if Alpha 1 Team was, in-universe, supposed to be the greatest Hero Factory team of them all, or just the Hero team we happened to see the story through the eyes of. I think, narratively, it would have been much more interesting to see it as more like a police procedural, with Alpha 1 being your run-of-the-mill Hero team. (This same problem was even more pronounced in Exo-Force, I could never figure out if the four pilot characters were the only Exo-Force pilots or if there were others.)

3 hours ago, Lenny7092 said:

I understand your idea, but it wouldn’t be orthodox to switch up members of teams. You can do that in stories a little bit, like what happened in Reign of Shadows, but not in sets. 

Why couldn't LEGO make sets like that? That's basically what the Stars were. What bad thing would happen if LEGO did it again?

LEGO mixed up the formula in 2006 with villain canister sets that represented specific individual instead of swarm enemies, 2007 by releasing four instead of six small sets, 2008 by releasing three heroes and three villains in the first wave and three heroes and three villains in the second wave, and 2009 by designating only designating one of the six canister elements (the Skrall, and arguably two if you count the Vorox) as villains.

Edited May 25 by Master Inika

[Nato G]

7 hours ago, Lenny7092 said:

No one replaced Matoro in the Toa Mahri after he died. It’s weird that in Ordeal of Fire, Savage Planet, Brain Attack, and Invasion From Below, not every member of the team is here for some reason (the Breakout episodes count as well). I guess it’s budget issues. It’s sad to look at. I wish there were more episodes to give the absent characters more screen time. I understand your idea, but it wouldn’t be orthodox to switch up members of teams. 

The difference is that the Bionicle story was built upon the premise of six-person teams, and the story switched focus to a different team after Matoro's death (with the Mahri only having minor appearances in side stories after that point). 

Hero Factory, by contrast, is basically about space police, and much like real police they don't send the entire station's worth of officers out on every mission. Season 1 (the only series to really focus on multiple missions) establishes this right from the outset. In episode 1, four Heroes are sent on the mission to Merak 9, and later four more are sent to Lemus 2. In episode 2, it's the same, with four Heroes being sent to Tantalus 5. Episode 3 follows this pattern as well, with four Heroes being sent to Mekron City. And the finale has two groups of three being sent into New Stellac City. 

Since later seasons/waves tended to focus on a single mission rather than multiple consecutive adventures, it makes perfect sense that they chose to follow the same setup, with some team members being sent on the missions, while others were presumably busy on other missions offscreen.