Hero Factory MOC: Jet Rocka (Brain Attack wave 2)

Today everybody is going all crazy about the release of Brain Attack wave 2 set names on Brickset. A little vindication for me & my use of the "wave 1" term with all of my Brain Attack reviews to date, from the start.  Just one of the newly unveiled names caught enough of my attention to inspire a quick little MOC.  Introducing my first idea of what a Jet Rocka could look like, built on a purely current Hero Factory style ball-and-socket skeleton.

• Video: Jet Rocka: Hero Factory Brain Attack MOC

Hero Factory Brain Attack minor revamps

Some of the wave 1 Hero Factory Brain Attack sets just didn't come out right in my view, so I took the liberty of revamping them slightly to stay completely within the original size & style & intent of the official figures, while making them more complete & satisfying for my personal tastes.

• Hero Factory Brain Attack Bulk MINOR revamp
• Hero Factory Brain Attack Bruizer MINOR revamp
• Hero Factory Brain Attack Rocka MINOR revamp
• Hero Factory Brain Attack Scarox MINOR revamp

Hero Factory MOC: A Faceless One

My most recent Hero Factory MOC, an anti-hero with a little bit of back-story covered in the video.

• Video - Hero Factory MOC: A Faceless One (red)

PS: New sets will be reviewed once they're available in my region. Just because they're out in stores in some parts of the world, doesn't mean they're available in my part of the world! Thanks in advance for your understanding & patience.

Update November 11, 2012

A couple old MOCs I haven't shown yet plus an update about what I've been up to.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ok1W1uv8vTk

Hero Factory MOCs: Gérd & Giant mutated Prakon

A couple of custom Hero Factory MOCs (just getting the blog caught up).

• Video: Gérd
• Video: Giant mutated Prakon

Hero Factory MOC: Stormer XL + Speeda Demon alternate combination

Just getting the blog caught up.

• Video: Hero Factory MOC: Stormer XL + Speeda Demon alternate combination

Hero Factory MOC: Bulk + Core Hunter alternate combination

Just getting the blog caught up.

• Video: Hero Factory MOC: Bulk + Core Hunter alternate combination

Hero Factory MOC: Nex + XT4 alternate combination

Just getting the blog caught up.

• Video:  Hero Factory MOC: Nex + XT4 alternate combination

Hero Factory MOC: Stringer + Voltix alternate combination

My first MOC in the Hero Factory Breakout Wave 2 era is a completely different take on the Stringer + Voltix combination.  My first MOC in awhile, I did this on a whim after dinner about a week ago.

• Video - Hero Factory MOC: Stringer + Voltix combiner alternate

Ultimate Arachnix

In follow-up to my Super Arachnix Drone and even more substantive Ultra Arachnix Drone, this Ultimate Arachnix is as far as I could stretch the theme with the parts I had, while doing my best to primarily rely upon the "Hero Factory" ball-and-socket LEGO action figure building system, and also sticking to a single color scheme.  Even with the many duplicate sets I've bought in the past, this Ultimate Arachnix used up most of my black armor pieces, and all but one of my transparent red/orange pieces!  I was really happy to use 1.0 series hero torso pieces for the articulated shoulders of this beast, and you'll see some first season HF villain leg pieces (actually originally from the Ben 10 series, like it or not) used in the workings of the rear shoulders.

I've been holding onto the Terrain Crawler cockpit since early in my Bionicle hoarding days, knowing some day I'd find a perfect use for it!

• Video - LEGO Hero Factory MOC: Ultimate Arachnix

Uber-villain: GORUZ

Some say we know all of the great villains of the Hero Factory universe...

...but Goruz knows otherwise.

• Video - Enter: GORUZ, Hero Factory uber-villain

Hero Factory RACERS: Blanko + HeroCycle

Blanko has returned to us, at least at a point in history, in Hero Factory Racer guise with his unbelievably lame "HeroCycle" 3-wheeled engineering mess.  There's so much fail in this picture, I couldn't simply summarize it, I had to just break down & talk about it outright, and talk, and talk.

• Video - LEGO Hero Factory RACERS: Blanko + HeroCycle

This is my last Hero Factory Racers pair.... for now?

Hero Factory MOC: JIL06 (Jill Zero-Six)

Jill Zero-Six (actual designation JIL06) is one of the newest Hero Factory hospitality droids.  This MOC features a very compact, but completely custom torso with 5 extra axes of articulation. Guest voice acting by my lovely & talented girlfriend.

• Video - LEGO Hero Factory MOC: Jill Zero-Six (JIL06)

Hero Factory RACERS: Wolf + Prowler TripleTrak

It's time for a little more color in the Hero Factory Racers world, and Wolf has the answer with his tank tread-driven Prowler TripleTrak!

• Video - LEGO Hero Factory RACERS: Wolf + Prowler TripleTrak

Hero Factory RACERS: Alba + the "Rad Rod"

Some of you will remember Alba 2.0. As it turns out, she was one of only two female Hero Factory heroes to join the RACERS program (the other was not Breez).  She called her shockingly beastly ride the Rad Rod, and it took the honor of being the most powerful competition entry on record!

• Video - LEGO Hero Factory RACERS: Alba + the "Rad Rod"

Hero Factory RACERS: Specter + Shadowbane

On to Hero Factory RACERS pair #4! This one brings back good old Specter 2.0, now in miniature form (and slightly updated since you last saw him), with his Shadowbane racecar. 

• Video - LEGO Hero Factory RACERS: Specter + Shadowbane

Making of Hero Factory mini-sized heroes

A look at the design & construction of my mini-sized Hero Factory heroes as used in my Hero Factory Racers series...

• Video - Hero Factory mini-sized heroes, how it's done

Hero Factory MOC: Ruze 3.0

Remember Ruze?  He was the Omega Team rookie who went from dunce status to hero among heroes after retrieving a sample of Fire Lord's armor, analysis of which allowed Assembly Tower scientists to hone the tuning of Alpha Team's weapons, ultimately leading to the defeat and capture of the entire treacherous villain gang!

Breakout MOC: Vergis Rhey v.4

May 3, 2010, when the Bionicle world was still deep in sorrow over the sudden announcement that a new thing called "Hero Factory" was going to replace the beloved franchise, I released my first "good guy" MOC based on the new universe, Vergis Rhey. It made shameless use of Ben 10 action figure pieces to form something I knew would remain unique.

January 28, 2012, Vergis Rhey returned, fully modernized & ready for the Breakout missions!!

• Video - LEGO Hero Factory Breakout MOC: Vergis Rhey v.4

Hero Factory RACERS: Miko + Sidewinder Superbike

Here's a different take on Hero Factory RACERS, one that drops half the wheels & ironically picks up a lot more complexity in the process.  This series is all about the vehicles, not the heroes, and this one took hours of experimentation over the course of about a week.

• Video - Hero Factory RACERS: Miko + Sidewinder Superbike