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** Some ''BIONICLE'' fans (like parts of the Website/BZPower community) have been annoyed that both ''Hero Factory''s toys and storyline were simpler than those from the franchise it replaced. This mentality has lived strongly for all of the line's run, until news of ''BIONICLE'' returning in 2015 surfaced.

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** Some ''BIONICLE'' fans (like parts of the Website/BZPower Platform/BZPower community) have been annoyed that both ''Hero Factory''s toys and storyline were simpler than those from the franchise it replaced. This mentality has lived strongly for all of the line's run, until news of ''BIONICLE'' returning in 2015 surfaced.

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* BrokenBase: CCBS - the Character-Creature Building System introduced in 2011 that completely revamped the theme. Many found it to be too simplistic compared to [=BIONICLE=] and the overall smoothness of the pieces to be too big of a departure from the more detailed pieces [=BIONICLE=] and the first wave of Hero Factory had used, also criticizing the tendency for the Hero sets to be pretty similar, while its supporters defended it for the high articulation it brought to the smaller sets and stronger joints after the disastrously brittle socket design the first wave of Hero Factory and the last three years of [=BIONICLE=], and pointed out it was perfectly possible for complex builds to be created using the system.



*** Witch Doctor isn't particularly well-liked as a character, but he's widely considered the best set in the line due to being the largest and most complex build with a fantastic motif.



*** And, to a lesser extent, Voltix, who ''looks'' like he'd be a silly gimmicky villain, but is actually one of the more competent and dangerous antagonists.
*** The {{Kaiju}} in general during the last wave of Hero Factory for their more outlandish yet cool designs, which possibly is why they have arguably the most amount of fanmade creations based off them, but the two most popular of them are the [[DualBoss Splitter Beasts]] and Queen [[MotherOfAThousandYoung Beast]].
%% * EvenBetterSequel: ''Breakout'' is considered this to ''Savage Planet''. %% Explain how it's an Even Better Sequel to "Savage Planet".

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*** And, to a lesser extent, Voltix, who ''looks'' like he'd be a silly gimmicky villain, but is actually one of the more competent and dangerous antagonists.
antagonists, having set the breakout in motion in the first place.
*** The {{Kaiju}} in general during the last wave of Hero Factory for their more outlandish yet cool designs, which possibly is why they have arguably the most amount of fanmade creations based off them, but the two most popular of them are the [[DualBoss Splitter Beasts]] and Queen [[MotherOfAThousandYoung Beast]].
%% * EvenBetterSequel: ''Breakout'' is considered this to ''Savage Planet''. %% Explain how it's an Even Better Sequel to "Savage Planet".
Beast]]. They also boast significant badass credentials, routinely showing up the heroes' battle machines.


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* SurprisinglyImprovedSequel: The Breakout waves and storyline following Savage Planet and Ordeal of Fire. The former two storylines were confined to a single wave each and had pretty simplistic Hero builds, while also coming across as fairly standard adventures. Breakout was spread across two waves and depicted a greater variety among the heroes and villains, while the story involving all the captive villains breaking out of prison was a considerably momentous event in the story that ended with a thrilling {{Cliffhangar}} (which admittedly was never resolved).
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* SurprisinglyImprovedSequel: ''Savage Planet'' was considered this in regards to ''Ordeal of Fire''.



* WhatCouldHaveBeen: ''Numerous'' examples actually. Such as Christian Faber's reveal the idea that Makuro [[spoiler: [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bEFOkphDGG4 was potentially a character from the Matoran Universe]] to tie back into Bionicle]]. Or the [[https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/movies/movie-news/universal-lego-hero-factory-robots-movie-328785/ proposed theatrical Hero Factory film]] which Universal Studios touted obtaining the rights to develop back in 2012.
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* EvenBetterSequel: ''Breakout'' is considered this to ''Savage Planet''.

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* {{Narm}}: Stormer's flashback of the Von Ness incident in "The Enemy Within" features his former leader, Thresher, dodging the drone's blasts in slow motion, screaming in a ridiculously deep voice before being hit by a projectile, grunting in pain goofily.
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* VindicatedByHistory: At this point of time, a good amount of people believe this. There's still the time old debate of whether it was a worthy follow-up to ''Toys/{{Bionicle}}'', but most people now appreciate it as it's standalone thing.

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* VindicatedByHistory: At this point of time, a good amount of people believe this. There's still the time old debate of whether it was a worthy follow-up to ''Toys/{{Bionicle}}'', but most people now appreciate it as it's standalone thing. It also helps that from 2011 onwards, the pieces for the sets were much more sturdy and less brittle than those from the later years of ''BIONICLE'', and that they work just as well for ''BIONICLE'' [=MOCing=] as the pieces made specifically for ''BIONICLE'' - notably, the [[https://biosector01.com/w/images/bs01/thumb/2/24/Artakha_build_by_Connor_Hoffman.JPG/972px-Artakha_build_by_Connor_Hoffman.JPG fanmade canonical model for Artakha]] was made of both ''BIONICLE'' and ''Hero Factory'' pieces.
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* WhatCouldHaveBeen: ''Numerous'' examples actually. Such as Christian Faber's reveal the idea that Makuro [[spoiler: [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bEFOkphDGG4 was potentially a character from the Matoran Universe]] to tie back into Bionicle]]. Or the [[https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/movies/movie-news/universal-lego-hero-factory-robots-movie-328785/ proposed theatrical Hero Factory film]] which Universal Studios touted obtaining the rights to develop back in 2012.

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