@Endermen39 said:
" @Zordboy said:
"... I don't remember this set from Fabuland or Scala. "

Ok I get it I messed up about last RSotD and said things I shouldn’t have. But the truth is I really don’t like Jack Stome because it feels like a downgrade of everything. And I probably deserve all that.
Also hero factory was the first theme I got into and one of my favorite themes until invasion from below."

Why Invasion from Below? Is it because they changed the size of heroes, the story, etc..? I loved the figures, but the rest wasn't too interesting for me.

@PhantomBricks said:
" @Endermen39 said:
" @Zordboy said:
"... I don't remember this set from Fabuland or Scala. "

Ok I get it I messed up about last RSotD and said things I shouldn’t have. But the truth is I really don’t like Jack Stome because it feels like a downgrade of everything. And I probably deserve all that.
Also hero factory was the first theme I got into and one of my favorite themes until invasion from below."

Why Invasion from Below? Is it because they changed the size of heroes, the story, etc..? I loved the figures, but the rest wasn't too interesting for me."

The figures were cool but the mechs and villains just didn’t feel like hero factory and the mechs looked awful. If they kept with the classic CCBS heroes and made bikes and even jet packs like in rise of the rookies, Breakout, and Brain Attack then the theme would actually look cool. I know that would probably get repetitive but in my opinion no matter how big the mech was they just all looked the same.

Blacktron Mech.

Now this is interesting. I wish that antenna wasn't so fragile. I happened to snap a couple accidentally in the past.

Having identified a couple dozen Mixels from a recent lot, I can say that to my eyes this looks like an overgrown, mutant one. It even has similar colouring to some of the ones I processed.

@lego_lord Snap? I have tons of bent and bowed ones, but to my knowledge none of mine have ever broken. Was it the colour?

@MCLegoboy said:
"This guy looks like one of those mutant bayformers that says a bunch of racist stuff and gets way too much screen time."
> Characters look like mutant Bayformers
> Racist connotations to the ending of Invasion from Below (the “Heroes” commit mass genocide on a race that was just defending themselves after being encroached on by the city for resources).
> Got way too much screen time (at least one special for every wave which I can assure you a lot of people lost track of).
Hero Factory = Bayformers confirmed

@GSR_MataNui said:
"XT4 quick lore!

XT4 were series of mass product factory robots. The Legion of Darkness kidnapped one and reprogramed it to serve their evil needs. It was arrested by Hero Factory but escaped during the mass Breakout, only to be recaptured Julius Nex"

Now I’m getting Treehouse of Horror flashbacks:

“Here’s your problem buddy; looks like someone flipped the switch to ‘Evil’!”

Love this scrunkly guy

@MeisterDad said:
"Having identified a couple dozen Mixels from a recent lot, I can say that to my eyes this looks like an overgrown, mutant one. It even has similar colouring to some of the ones I processed.

@lego_lord Snap? I have tons of bent and bowed ones, but to my knowledge none of mine have ever broken. Was it the colour?"

It was a very old piece on 6833. I guess it became brittle by time.

@Trigger_ said:
" @MCLegoboy said:
"This guy looks like one of those mutant bayformers that says a bunch of racist stuff and gets way too much screen time."
> Characters look like mutant Bayformers
> Racist connotations to the ending of Invasion from Below (the “Heroes” commit mass genocide on a race that was just defending themselves after being encroached on by the city for resources).
> Got way too much screen time (at least one special for every wave which I can assure you a lot of people lost track of).
Hero Factory = Bayformers confirmed"

Funny that you mention it, but XT4 And Nex were some of the only ones from the wave to NOT get featured in the TV special released that year. It was already very crowded and constantly had to switch between characters to feature them all, so that much was to be expected. I recall the same went for Core Hunter and Bulk 3.0.
So in a weird way XT4 here had too LITTLE screen time. I believe he was featured in flashbacks from books or something but I'm not a Hero Factory buff, just read about it on the wiki ages ago.

Apparently XT4 stands for 'Extra tough, 4 arms'. Imaginative.

All of the 2012 Breakout sets were quite good, but the villains were all very creative because of their non-humanoid builds. This is a great example of those villains, even the small sets were very creative in their limited parts usage.

- Hello there!
- General Furnobi, you are a bold one.

@MCLegoboy said:
"This guy looks like one of those mutant bayformers that says a bunch of racist stuff and gets way too much screen time."

Now I can't unsee it, XT4 is the ugly out-of-character Bayformer interpretation of 8755 Keetongu!

@Lego_lord:
If it was from M-Tron, that may have been before they switched to polycarbonate for transparent parts. Transparent parts of all types from those days were prone to cracking. Most of my transparent 1x1 round plates from early childhood had scalloped bases, as the material just couldn't stand the stress caused when levering it off a stud by pulling up on one side.

Makes me think of one of the robots from "Mystery Science Theater 3000", but...more 'aggressive' in his 'reviews'...:)

@Alia_of_AGL said:
" @MCLegoboy said:
"This guy looks like one of those mutant bayformers that says a bunch of racist stuff and gets way too much screen time."

Now I can't unsee it, XT4 is the ugly out-of-character Bayformer interpretation of 8755 Keetongu!"
That's totally what would happen, too.

Looks like a member of the decontamination squad of Monsters Inc.

@Norikins said:
"Looks like a member of the decontamination squad of Monsters Inc."

Not...really. They wear full-body, yellow containment suits. The fact that it has yellow accents, and only one eye, could certainly trigger an association, but holding them up side-by-side will quickly dispel that image.