hero factory

Hero Factory                                                        
Hero Factory is a theme running from July 13, 2010 to the present. The theme is centered around a group of robotic heroes, who protect the galaxy from various threats. The theme primarily uses new TECHNIC elements for each set, much like BIONICLE. Since it is the successor to BIONICLE, the first wave of sets had a label that read "From the makers of BIONICLE" printed on their boxes.

Von Nebula

The storyline is based in Makuhero City.^[1] The largest building and trademark of the city is the Assembly Tower, a 589 meters high, 715 meters wide and 924 meters long tower, located in the center of Makuhero City.^[1] It is driven by "cold fusion" and it employs a total of 11,127 employees.^[1] This tower is the "Hero Factory" that constructs various robot heroes which are sent out when the Call Center receives calls from victims. They can report their emergency and call on a robotic hero. Founder of the Hero Factory is Akiyama Makuro.^[2]

Inside the Assembly Tower, these heroes are built every day. They are the product of work from design experts and robot construction specialists. These robotic heroes are fitted with solid fibre-carbide plating, Quaza cores and equipped with helmets and equipment to fight evil with guts and gadgets. Once constructed, they are placed in special hero pods and beamed across the galaxy and across time to defeat evil and solve their various missionsThe first evil leader is Von Nebula, he has a staff with the ability to create black holes. Von Nebula used to be a hero on Stormer's team, but during a mission his cowardice nearly caused the destruction of a city. Blaming Stormer for his failure, Von Nebula swore vengeance on Hero Factory. He has some former-jailburg henchman who have banded together to help him, but that is unknown to the heroes. William Furno, the newest hero, is eager to defeat Von Nebula but is depressed when his firm-handed team leader, Preston Stormer tells him he isn't experience to take on the most dangerous villain in the galaxy. He is joined by more rookies, Mark Surge and Natalie Breeze. He is also joined by heroes Duncan Bulk and Stringer. Von Nebula turns out to be Stormer's old sidekick gone bad, and using Stormer's smarts and Furno's talent, the heroes defeat Von Nebula.

Ordeal of Fire

The first wave of Hero Factory in 2011 was called Mission: Ordeal of Fire. In a Hero Factory book given out with a LEGO magazine in December, it gave this description:
Sent out on a dangerous mission to save a refueling station, the heroes are attacked by vicious Fire Villains, who prove too fast and too strong. To defeat these notorious villains, the heroes must be redesigned and re-equipped with special new weapons and gadgets. But will the redesign work? The history of the Hero Factory rests on its success!

Savage Planet

The 3.0 Hero Factory series is titled Savage Planet.^[3] It is set on a planet called Quatros, which has a core of quaza. The main villain is named Witch Doctor (who comes in set 2283), who is trying to extract the quaza. If he succeeds, the planet will die and break apart. The six heroes, Stormer, Furno, Bulk, Nex, Stringer and the New rookie, Rocka now with animal powers, must travel to Quatros and stop the villain from killing the planet. But there are savage beasts who attack them, three examples being Waspix, Fangz, and Raw-Jaw, who are controlled by the Witch Doctor.

Breakout

The fourth series is titled Hero Factory Breakout and features a villain called Black Phantom, who breaks into the Hero Factory tower - with the help of mastermind Von Nebula - and allows the other villains to escape. While all of the heroes are distracted by the escapes, Black Phantom stays behind to destroy the Hero Factory assembly tower. With the mission manager captured, and all of the other heroes out, Rocka is tasked to defeat Black Phantom before he can take over.

Breakout is the second series to include an XL hero (Preston Stormer), as well as the first series to include all of the original nine heroes (not including the Dropship pilot). Each set also contains a hero core with a secret code on the back, used for the Breakout online game. Breakout is also the first Hero Factory line scheduled to have two waves of sets, one in Winter 2011/2012 and one in Summer 2012.

The Winter 2011/2012 sets had Rocka, Furno, Surge, Evo, and Breeze. But she didn't come out until Summer 2012 in the US, with Bulk, Stringer, Stormer and Nex. But Bulk and Nex didn't appear in the TV show for unknown reasons.

As far as the television series is concerned, it is the first part to have recurring villains, one of which has a main role as the 'mastermind' of the breakout. Voltix seems to be the 'breaker-outer' of the villains, since he was the one who allowed Von Nebula to break himself out of his own Black Hole Staff, creating a black hole and allowing the villains to escape.

Brain attack

The 2013 storyline is currently unknown, but It introduces new villains. The sets include 44000 Furno XL, 44004 Bulk, 44002 Rocka, 44006 Breez as heroes, and 44003 Scarox, 44001 Pyrox, and 44007 Ogrum. The heroes will represent knights and there helmets will represent there breakout/von nebula helmets except with transparent covering! The villains will have special parasite heads. There will also be a new online game. .