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Monday, January 23, 2012

Hero Factory Breakout / Series 4 wave 1 Combiners (all)


For folks who haven't already seen them, here are my video mini-reviews of the LEGO Hero Factory Breakout or series 4 wave 1 combination models.

Breakout MOC: Bulk v.4

Whelp, like I say pretty clearly in the video, this isn't trying to be a summer 2012 Bulk replica, it's just an updated homage to Hero Factory's original Bulk in a Breakout style. Some folks wish one or another thing was different about this MOC.  That's cool.  I like it just the way it is, though!

Tuesday, January 17, 2012

Hero Factory Breakout wave 1 Villains recap

Here's my last look at the official LEGO Hero Factory Breakout wave 1 sets, a recap of all of the evil villains!

Hero Factory Breakout wave 1 heroes recap

With all of the set reviews complete, here's a look back over all of the LEGO Hero Factory series 4 or "Breakout" wave 1 hero figures from the Winter 2011-2012 release!

Breakout combiners are on the way

With all of the Hero Factory series 4 reviews completed, I've done two summary videos covering all of the sets together, and those will be uploaded to YouTube in the next couple of days.  With those videos captured, I went ahead and created all five of the series 4 wave 1 combiners and captured video overviews of them.  Those videos will be uploaded over the course of the remainder of the week!

I've actually already taken the combiners completely apart, and I just need to spend about 20 more minutes sorting & storing the remaining parts before the official winter 2011-2012 sets will be nothing but history for me, and I'll be back to focusing on only MOCs!

Monday, January 16, 2012

Thornraxx set review (Breakout)



Finally!  The last villain in wave 1 of Hero Factory's series 4 (Breakout).  Had to order this one from England, as like Breez, it's not yet available in the US. Here's my video review:
Thanks for your patience!

Breez series 4 set review (Breakout)


This LEGO Hero Factory series 4 (Breakout) video delves shows the much-delayed Breez  (still not yet available in the US), last of the larger-sized heroes:

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Saturday, January 14, 2012

Breakout Breez & Thornraxx reviews on the way!

This has been a very miserable, trying week for me, but finally I have some solidly good news!  I'll be doing Breez and Thornraxx reviews before the weekend is over!

It gets better, though!  After those reviews, I'll do my full series overview videos covering all of the heroes together, followed by all of the villains.

Wait, it gets better still!  Next in the queue will be all of the series 4 combination models!

Of course there can't be any further goodness after all that, right?  Wrong!  After the combiners, all of my series 4 sets will be fully disassembled, so their parts will become available for MOC-making!!!  FINALLY!  Woohoo!

BTW, my new Bulk is still on the way, I just haven't had a chance to finish the gun yet.

Sunday, January 8, 2012

Breakout MOC: Stringer v.4


NO!  I was obviously NOT trying to make a replica of the upcoming official Breakout Stringer set!  This was my own way of bringing one of the Hero Factory originals up to 2012 specs.

Thursday, January 5, 2012

Breakout MOC: Surge revamp


I call this Hero Factory MOC a "revamp," but it's technically built up from scratch; except for the chest plate, my original series 4 Surge figure remains untouched on display.  I felt bad about how the official figure looked, kind of small, kind of awkward, and wanted to bring Surge up to the same level of detail and prominence as the larger heroes of the series, so here's the result!