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Hero Recon Team is a classified division of Hero Factory, charged with gathering intelligence and protecting the security interests of Makuhero Industries.
History
Sanctioned by the original Hero Factory Galactic Charter, which allowed for extraordinary measures to be taken in times of extreme threat, the Hero Recon Division was established as a critical division of Hero Factory intelligence. Led by its founder, Merrick Fortis, and comprising the organization's most promising candidates, the Hero Recon Team was based in Makuhero City, at an undisclosed location outside of the Assembly Tower. Some time after this, Vic Tory was commissioned as the Recon Team's Head of Communications.
Under Hero Recon Team credo, to save lives, the ends always justified the means, and its operatives were not afraid to bend the rules if the situation warranted it. When approached for membership, Preston Stormer, appalled at the thought of an organization that was not accountable to anyone and regularly violated the core values upon which the Hero Factory had been founded, declined Fortis's offer, although Hero Recon Team continued to regard him as a potential asset.
Expanding its lineup to accommodate several thousand operatives, Hero Recon Team began to gather intelligence on criminal activities demanding additional classification.
In the months following the Upgrade, all high-ranking members of Hero Recon Team were issued black and silver versions of the Hero chestplate, denoting their rank. Undercover operatives and field agents were not fitted with this armor, however.
In the months following the 3.0 Upgrade, Merrick Fortis was able to modify the Jungle-compatible armor worn by Alpha Team while on Quatros. As a result, he was able to produce advanced stealth technology for all Recon operatives.
At some point before the Breakout incident, a young Hero named Rocka was recruited to Hero Recon Team through Merrick Fortis.
Possessing a vested interest in capturing the villain known as Voltix, agents of Hero Recon Team gathered intelligence on the mercenary's movements, which Rocka was able to act on and apprehend him. However, anticipating his capture and transportation to the Villain Lock-Up facility, Voltix was known to have smuggled in the essence of Von Nebula, triggering a localized black hole portal in the process. With the cells deactivated in the ensuring power surge, a mass breakout event occurred as a result of Voltix's capture. Stretched thin, all active members of Hero Recon Team, except for Rocka, were dispatched to recapture specific villains.
Continuing to operate from the shadows, the Hero Recon Team operatives remain vigilant, their resources currently targeted towards Black Phantom's employer.
Members
- Commander Merrick Fortis(Leader)
- Captain Lieutenant Vic Tory (Head of Communications)
- Thelonious Fox
- Omega
Infrastructure
Akiyama Makuro once described Hero Recon Team as an independent organization that dealt with threats to the galaxy that others did not even realize existed and that jeopardized Hero Factory's very survival. Hero Recon Team's actions were autonomous and its existence was neither acknowledged nor denied by Hero Factory Command.
As such, only a select few were chosen to carry widespread knowledge of their activities. Recruitment of new agents had to be done in secret. Hero Recon Team's policy also did not allow Heroes to officially retire from duty, and Heroes who had long since moved on from the agency could be called upon at any time to carry out a mission.
Hero Recon Team is a special team composed of some of the most experienced Heroes. Recon Team is also the Hero Factory version of the LEGO DesignByMe.
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History
The Hero Recon Team is a team of Heroes that was set up by Akiyama Makuro, in order to find and compile intelligence on the evils in the Universe. It was set up just after the creation of the Hero Factory, and was led by Merrick Fortis, a highly-skilled Hero personally chosen by Akiyama Makuro. Their headquarters are hidden somewhere in Makuhero City. They investigate the battlegrounds and crime scenes that the villains leave behind. They report the information that they find to the designers, Mission Managers, and Team Leaders. Rocka is one of the recent members of the Recon Team.
They watched William Furno and Rocka as they captured Voltix and were then dispatched to watch the Heroes after the Breakout, and one of them, Omega , followed Furno to Scylla, then Preston Stormer to Kollix IV and then Nathan Evo on Z'chaya. He then headed to Tansari VI and watched Jimi Stringer's battle with Voltix and then watched him being attacked by Core Hunter. Rocka remained at Hero Factory on Fortis' orders and defeated Black Phantom, though the HRT discovered the plans for Hero Factory had been sent to an unknown benefactor, who would later found the Brain Factory.
Appearance
Hero Recon Team members are usually outfitted with a black and silver chest plate as a sign of their lofty status, though some tend to use any other kind of armor at their disposal.
Weapons
Hero Recon Team members are trained to use a variety of different weapons.
Set Information
The teaser site
The Hero Recon Team was created in order to be a way for people to design their own Heroes, rather than just buying them. They can do this through the Hero Recon Team website, or through LEGO Digital Designer. They can then buy the Heroes for $12.99 USD, and get them delivered to their house. But due to the new Hero Creator being created, the Recon Team website was redirected to the Hero Factory website.
The Hero Recon Team is a special covert division of Hero Factory.
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History
The Hero Recon Team was created by Akiyama Makuro shortly after the founding of Hero Factory as an intel gathering organization led by Merrick Fortis. Fortis personally established a secret base somewhere in Makuhero City, and headed the recruitment efforts.
Hero Recon Team members are experts at collecting and studying information from around the galaxy. They are always searching for clues through battlegrounds and the wreckage left by villains and monsters. They then report their findings to Hero Factory designers, mission managers and Hero team leaders, who use the information to improve all aspects of Hero Factory.
Commander Fortis recently developed new elements for the Recon Team, taking inspiration from the Alpha 1 Team's journey to the jungle planet Quatros and their encounters with the Witch Doctor. Recon Team members now have access to various jungle armor pieces, including newly developed "combi-elements". However, the metal that makes up the signature Recon Chest plate has run out, halting its production.
A Recon squad has also been tracking the efforts of the Alpha 1 Team after the Quatros incident, including their recent capture of the villain Voltix. However, during a brief lull in villain activity, they discovered that Voltix's capture was staged, and that it was all to help orchestrate a massive breakout. The Recon Team, along with all other available Heroes, were organized to help deal with the disaster.
Infrastructure
There are thousands of Hero Recon Team members throughout the galaxy, and they are often recognized by their unique black and silver chest plate. Heroes from the Recon unit can wear multiple types of armor and are trained to use different types of weapons and parts - even those used by villains, like the Lava Blaster and transparent cladding.
Although secretive, members of the Hero Recon Team have a reputation for being intelligent, brave, and resourceful.
As head of the Recon Team, Merrick Fortis holds the rank of "Commander". Another member, Vic Tory, is designated as a "Captain Lieutenant", and is the Head of Communications for the team. Standard Heroes not possessing any additional rank within the organization are known as "Agents".
Members
- Commander Merrick Fortis - Leader of the Recon Team
- Captain Lieutenant Vic Tory - Head of Communications
- Omega
- Thelonious Fox
- "Smith"
- Daniel Rocka
Set Information
Set 11995 is a box set that can be ordered using the LEGO Shop website. It includes a custom Recon Team agent built using the Hero Recon Team website, an instruction booklet for the custom hero featuring the name and stats assigned to the hero before ordering, and a circular "Agent" sticker. The back of the box includes a statement in various languages welcoming the agent into the Recon Team, signed "Merrick Fortis".
When the service first launched, Hero Recon Team agents could include up to 31 pieces, including an exclusive chest piece co-injected with black and silver metallic plastic. An update in September 2011 raised the maximum piece count to 35 and expanded the parts palette to include a wider variety of elements, although heroes built with the exclusive chest piece could no longer be ordered through the service.
Many Hero Recon Team agents ordered near when the service first launched were delayed due to production issues. As compensation, when these orders finally shipped, they included a bonus flame element and a letter from Merrick Fortis explaining that villains had attacked the production facility as an in-story explanation for the delays.
On January 18, 2012, LEGO Design byME was cancelled, with Hero Recon Team slated to continue as its own entity. The purchasing aspect of the Hero Recon Team was also later removed, and the creator ported over to the main Hero Factory website as a digital designer while the Hero Recon website was redirected to the new creator.
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History
The site was first teased in March 2011, with a splash page featuring a Hero under construction and displaying the words "Coming in April 2011." The Hero had a glowing Hero Core which, when clicked, revealed a small information box about the Recon Team and Merrick Fortis.
In April 2011, on schedule, the Hero Recon Team website was released, featuring a "Create your own Hero" section as well as a number of other activities and sections revolving around the Recon Team concept.
Two months later, in June 2011, the Hero Recon Team started a contest, where entrants would submit their Hero creations to the Design byME team, and 15 winners would receive prizes. The contest lasted for a week, and the winners were later posted in the news section of Hero Recon Team.
As part of an update revealed in the storyline section in August, Hero Recon Team gained new elements from the Savage Planet wave of the Hero Factory line, as well as new "combined-elements", and more total pieces on the order. However, the exclusive two-toned armor piece was discontinued.
Sections
Hero Creator
After the homepage, the first section was the Hero Creator itself. It allowed users to design heroes in five stages: basic armor, tools, extras and cladding, accessories, and finishing touches. The final stage allowed the user to choose a name and some personality traits before the Hero is added to the online gallery. Users can also choose not to display their Hero publicly.
The Hero was initially restricted to 31 elements total, but the September 2011 update increased the limit to 35 elements.
Gallery
The gallery section allows users to view completed Hero designs. There are two categories: My Heroes, which includes Heroes designed by the users, and the public gallery, which includes other users' hero designs they chose to display publicly. Users can purchase or edit heroes in the My Heroes section, whereas in the public gallery they could either purchase other users' heroes or copy them to "My Heroes".
Once the hero is created, it was upgraded to "Agent" and the user could edit the Hero's name, personal statistics, and assign a mission. Then, the user could purchase their hero from the My Heroes section, and enter the code given with their purchase in the online game Mission: Ordeal of Fire as their custom hero. A LEGO Shop account was required to purchase a Hero.
Storyline
The storyline section tells the story of the Recon Team. This section is divided into various episodes. The first episode, "What is Hero Recon Team?", describes the origin of the Recon Team. The second, "Our Mission", describes what heroes on the team are like and what types of missions they are assigned to. The third, "Join Hero Recon Team", describes how the user can design heroes and have them upgraded to "Agent". In August 2011, a fourth episode was added, entitled "Combined Elements", detailing Merrick Fortis and his attempts to produce new elements for the Recon Team agents to use. In September, a fifth episode titled "Fortis 3.0" was added, describing Fortis's new form and all the gear he has been equipped with for his mission on Quatros.
About
The about section of the site is a message from the LEGO Design byME team which describes what the Hero Recon Team site offers and links to the LEGO Digital Designer website where the LEGO Digital Designer application (which also allows users to design models with Hero Factory parts and order them through Design byME) can be downloaded.
Subsections of the About page, including News, FAQ, and Terms give further details about the services the site offers, as well as keeping the viewers updated with changes to the creator. There is also a link to an online survey where users can rate the site according to various criteria.
Hero Factory was a line of constructible figures produced by the LEGO Group from 2010 to 2014. Hero Factory continued the theme of buildable action figures, with an episodic story to support the line and was meant to be a successor to BIONICLE.
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Line History
Development
The Hero Factory line was conceived by the LEGO Group in 2009 prior to the cancellation of the BIONICLE series as a way to attract younger children to the constructible action figure line and renew interest. The Hero Factory sets were designed to be smaller and simpler than the previous BIONICLE ones, and the story was made into an episodic format, with single stories not connected to one another. Releases were planned for every six months in order to avoid drawing out the story, a perceived failure of the BIONICLE line. Sets in the Hero Factory line, while simpler than previous BIONICLE ones, utilize similar pieces and styles to BIONICLE.
Release
Hero Factory was officially released in the second half of 2010. Each Hero Factory set in the first wave was marked with an emblem reading "From the Makers of BIONICLE Characters" as a way to keep the line familiar to BIONICLE fans. The line breaks the traditional BIONICLE set release structure, with smaller hero sets released concurrently with larger villain sets rather than as separate waves of similarly-sized sets. The Heroes, the primary focus of the line, were made more affordable in order to increase sales.
In early 2011, a new wave of Hero Factory sets premiered, with a new design and new structural parts emphasizing a building system based on ball and socket joints. The line was named "Ordeal of Fire", and featured less sets overall than the previous wave. In April the Hero Recon Team website was launched, allowing users to design and purchase Heroes with this new building system as part of the LEGO Design byME service. LEGO Design byME also added a Hero Factory category of parts and four Hero Factory-based starter models to the LEGO Design byME mode of LEGO Digital Designer.
The third wave of Hero Factory sets was released in mid-2011, further expanding the new building system. Titled "Savage Planet", it featured a jungle theme and animal-based villains. The Hero Recon team gained a greater palette and allowed for increased parts selection.
In 2012, the fourth wave of Hero Factory (entitled "Breakout") was released. However, this line departed from the traditions set by the previous waves and removed canisters and boxes from the set lineup. Instead, the Heroes and Villains all came in resealable plastic bag containers (except for Black Phantom, the only large set, which was still packaged in a box). The sizes, which were previously the same among the Heroes and standard among the villains, were now varied, with two different sizes in each division, as well as the boxed Black Phantom. Each set also contains a redesigned Hero Core, with a code for a brand new online game Breakout. Two of the sets, Breez and Thornraxx, received a limited release in Europe, with a wider release as an addition to the summer line in the United States and elsewhere. The Hero Recon Team service, following the cancellation of the similarly based Design byME, had the purchasing aspect discontinued, initially in order to focus on the digital experience.
The Breakout theme continued into the fifth wave of Hero Factory sets in summer 2012. Like the previous wave, the plastic bags were retained, with two large sets (Stormer XL and Speeda Demon) released in boxes. Previous set elements, including the new Hero Cores and Hero Cuffs, remained consistent elements of this wave. Hero Recon Team was cut from the website, though a replacement online building system was briefly introduced.
2012 also saw the expansion of Hero Factory's character and creature building system across additional themes with the release of "Ultrabuild" action figures in the LEGO Super Heroes licensed theme. This was moving towards a goal which the LEGO Group's community coordinators had expressed at fan conventions, which was for LEGO to have multiple action figure themes running concurrently.
In early 2013 a new series was released under "Brain Attack" branding. This series maintained the Hero Core design of the Breakout series, with double the game points for each price point. The game points of this year's sets were for use in the new game Brain Attack. In the Brain Attack series, larger sets began to appear in resealable foil bags just as the small and medium-sized sets had in the Breakout series.
2014's line, "Invasion From Below" introduced an overhaul in the style of the series; Heroes were re-imagined as mini-figures, similar to (and compatible with) the standard minifigs as seen in most of LEGO's other lines, while the constraction aspect was found in mechs that held the minifigs as pilots; the villains retained the typical constraction design, though several minifigs of the villains were also included. Like the previous two years, the theme extended into the summer releases
In late 2014 the LEGO Group announced plans to reboot the BIONICLE franchise, making Invasion From Below the final wave of Hero Factory.
Story
Premise
Hero Factory is set in Makuhero City, home of the Hero Factory. The Hero Factory was built by Akiyama Makuro, who realized that the universe needed a resistance against the growing villain threat. Here, Heroes are built each day and sent on missions around the universe, dealing with a variety of galactic problems such as alien infestations, natural disasters, and criminals.
The series's protagonists are Alpha 1 Team, which is composed of William Furno, Natalie Breez, Mark Surge, Dunkan Bulk, Jimi Stringer, and team leader Preston Stormer.
Rise of the Rookies
In 2010, Alpha 1 Team is challenged by a gang of henchmen formed by XPlode, Rotor, Corroder, Meltdown, and Thunder, and led by the evil Von Nebula, a former Hero that has a grudge against Stormer. The team manages to defeat the villains, and Von Nebula is trapped inside his Black Hole Orb Staff by Stormer and then secured in the Hero Factory.
Ordeal of Fire
A corrupted mining and construction robot known as Fire Lord attacks a fuel depository known as Tanker Station 22 in search of fuel cells and energy. Fire Lord is assisted by his cronies Nitroblast, Drilldozer and Jetbug, and assaults the Tanker Station until Alpha 1 Team is called into action. However, the team is defeated by the villains, with Mark Surge apparently sacrificing himself to give the rest of the team a window to escape. Back at the Hero Factory, Akiyama Makuro has revealed a new upgrade for the Hero building process, which grants more mobility and strength to the Heroes. After the team is given the upgrade, the team returns to the Tanker Station 22, but are still overwhelmed by the villains until the arrival of two new Heroes, Julius Nex and Nathan Evo, both recently made with the new Upgrade system. The Heroes manage to capture the villains, with Fire Lord losing a hand in the process, and finding Surge who managed to survive by hijacking a ship from Jetbug. The corrupted robots are sent back to the Hero Factory in hopes of finding a cure to their corruption, while Surge is given the Upgrade and recommended for his job.
Savage Planet
A new Hero called Daniel Rocka responds to an emergency call made in the natural reserve planet Quatros, home of the precious Quaza stone which powers every Hero in the galaxy. Rocka is ambushed by the exiled Professor Aldous Witch, who has transformed into a towering giant and gained control of the planet's wildlife and Quaza. The Alpha 1 Team is upgraded once more and are sent to rescue Rocka and see the situation of the planet. When they reach Quatros, they find it corrupted and in a fragile state, and manage to rescue Rocka, giving him an upgrade to his armor and weapons. Aldous Witch, now calling himself Witch Doctor, is revealed to be stripping the planet from the Quaza, which is causing the entire planet to break apart, and will doom all the wildlife and the Heroes if he is not stopped. The Heroes manage to beat the Witch Doctor after Rocka is upgraded once more with ancient armor found in a cave, with the Quaza returning to the planet's core, and the Witch Doctor being imprisoned for his crimes.
Breakout
A villain called Voltix is captured and locked in the Hero Factory prison. Once he is inside, Voltix starts a mass breakout causing all the villains in captivity to escape through a black hole. The fugitives head to various locations in the galaxy forcing the Hero Factory to send individual heroes to capture them all. The Alpha 1 Team, sans Rocka, are equipped with new armor, weapons and tools, with each Hero being given a pair of Hero Cuffs which can inmobilize any villain, and are sent to track down villains from around the galaxy, while Rocka stays behind at the Hero Factory. Furno is sent to the water planet of Scylla to hunt down the shark-like Jawblade, Evo is sent to capture Toxic Reapa on the swamp planet Z'chaya, Stormer is deployed with a Ultra Mach Speed Cycle to incercept the mad Speeda Demon on Kollix IV, Stringer chases down Voltix to the galaxy power supply Tansari VI, Surge is tasked with preventing the destruction of a communications satellite in the Sigma Sigma Sector by the hands of Splitface, Nex is sent to Mechna to capture XT4, while Breez tracks down Thornraxx to his home planet of Hivilus 5 and Bulk is sent to chase down the ex-hero Core Hunter who was destroying Heroes in Makuhero City.
While all the Heroes, besides Rocka, are away from the Hero Factory, a villain called Black Phantom takes over the Factory, with plans of destroying it so he can build his own villain factory with a material known as Anti-Quaza. Black Phantom locks the Hero Factory behind a shield so that no Hero can enter or leave the premises. Rocka manages to outsmart the villain and takes down the shield just in time as the Alpha Team returns to the Hero Factory. Black Phantom arrives to the Assembly Tower and tries to cause a chain reaction by overpowering the systems, which would result in an explosion that will wipe out the Hero Factory. The Alpha team manage to defeat Black Phantom, and the villain is captured, but the Heroes are too late as Mr. Makuro and Mission Manager Nathaniel Zib reveal that Black Phantom has sent the Hero Factory schematics to an unknown villain. All the escaped villains are eventually captured and imprisoned again.
Brain Attack
The unknown villain has created an army of Brains, evil slugs that can take control of any living being in the galaxy against their will. The villain uses the plans of the Hero Factory and sends his army to attack Makuhero City and its planet. The Brains quickly take over thousands of the planet's wildlife, who mutate into terrifying beasts and begin marching to the Hero Factory. The Alpha 1 Team is equipped with anti-Brain armor, weapons, and shields, and begin their defense of the City while Evo is sent to the sewer system to fight back against an army of Aquagons and Surge stays at the Hero Factory to defend it. The Heroes realize that the Brains are controlling the creatures and manage to defeat all the Brains by getting them off the animals, who return to normal. However, Surge has been overrun by the Brains and was possessed, while a giant Dragon Bolt appears at the last moment, who manages to evade the Heroes and attacks the Hero Factory. Rocka decides to deal with the dragon as the rest of the team go help Surge. After a brief battle with Surge and an army of blank heroes, Breez manages to rescue her friend while Rocka frees the dragon, which eats the Brain that had possessed it. The Heroes start helping the citizens rebuild the city, while a pair of workers are sent to clean the mess that the Dragon Bolt left inside the Hero Factory. Inside a hole deep in the Hero Factory, the pair of workers find that the Dragon Bolt left a hive of Brains underneath the building, and are attacked.
Invasion from Below
Workers of Antropolis City accidentally awaken giant beasts sleeping underneath the city while drilling a new tunnel system. Antropolis is soon overrun by the beasts, and the Alpha 1 Team is called for assistance. The Heroes arrive and being constructing giant mechs called Battle Machines to combat the creatures. While the Heroes deal with the beasts, Stormer and Furno are kidnapped and taken underground. The team calls for more Heroes to deal with the situation on the surface, and decide to go underground after their friends. The Heroes construct new mechs to help them on their way to the hive, and manage to arrive to the heart of the caves where the Queen Beast has trapped Surge, Furno and Stormer on coccoons. The Heroes try to kill the queen and the eggs she is protecting, but Breez decides against it and tries to communicate with the creature. Breez manages to make a deal with the queen, who wants the Heroes out of their home in exchange for their friends and a recall of the army above ground. The Heroes accept, and begin leaving the caves, but a Jumper accidentally fires a blaster that the Heroes left on the floor and causes some of the queen's eggs to fall to the acid below the hive. The queen believes that the Heroes are guilty and tries to destroy them, but Stormer manages to save the team by throwing a medical capsule to the queen, which causes the creature to splat against the hive and send it down the acid pool. The heroes leave the cave system, and seal off the entrance while Antropolis City decides to build a bridge over the city to avoid any accidents. While the Heroes return to the Hero Factory, they fail to see a coccoon which is hidden inside the Hero Craft.
Hero Factory Recon Team
A facet of the Hero Factory storyline is the Hero Recon Team, based around a web application that allows users to design products using LEGO's Design byME service. The Recon team was founded shortly after the inception of the Hero Factory, with one of the Factory's top Heroes, Merrick Fortis assigned as its head. The intention of the organization, as envisioned by founder Mr. Makuro, was to study the criminals of the galaxy and gather intelligence in order to gain an understanding of them.
After the Alpha 1 team gained animal-based armor and weapons, Merrick Fortis developed his own "combi-weapons" and armor based on those used by Alpha 1, and debuted them on himself for a mission to Quatros.
The direct Recon Team story was discontinued after the HRT service was shut down, though it remains an element in the main story.
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