Hero Factory

Hero Factory is a LEGO building line that was released in July/August of 2010. It began with six small sets (Heroes), four medium boxed sets (Villians), and four large boxed sets, which consist of two villians, and two vehicles for the heroes to use. The line is to be released after the Ben 10 line of LEGO constructable action figures (constraction). It is one of the two replacement themes of Bionicle, alongside Ben 10.

Story
Not much is known about the Hero Factory story as of yet. All that is known as of now is that Heroes are designed, equipped and built depending on specific missions that beam in from across the galaxy and across time. Then they are dispatched in Hero Pods to defeat evil and solve a variety of missions. Heroes are mass-produced in the soaring Assembly Tower of the aptly named "Hero Factory."

Toy Line
The Hero Factory toy line is part of a series by LEGO to move further into the constructable action figure (constraction) market. The decision was made after BIONICLE stopped gaining new fans, and LEGO decided they had to change their approach to constructable figures in order to appeal to a larger market. Hero Factory is one of two succesors to BIONICLE, the other being Ben 10.

Media
Unlike BIONICLE, Hero Factory will not have a comic series to promote the sets. There is talk of a possible web comic, however, or a series of online animations. A magazine scan, revealed that a 4-episode Hero Factory TV Show will be created. The scan states that it will be an anime.

Heroes:

 * 7164 Preston Stormer
 * 7165 Natalie Breez
 * 7167 William Furno
 * 7168 Dunkan Bulk
 * 7169 Mark Surge
 * 7170 Jimi Stringer

Villains:

 * 7145 Von Nebula
 * 7147 XPlode
 * 7148 Meltdown
 * 7156 Corroder
 * 7157 Thunder
 * 7162 Rotor

Vehicles:

 * 7158 Furno Bike
 * 7160 Dropship

Limited Editions

 * 7179 Bulk and Vapour

Links

 * Hero Factory Official Website
 * Herofactopedia, unofficial Hero Factory wiki
 * The Hero Factory Wiki, another unofficial Hero Factory wiki