LEGO Hero Factory 7145: Von Nebula

3 reviews of LEGO Hero Factory 7145: Von Nebula

1. MarineDad99  ~ August 26th, 2010
   

   Von Nebula is incredible. I’ve been buying other models and avoinding this one for some unknown reason and finally grabbed it. I feel the design on these Hero Factory Villans is surpasing the design of some earlier Bionicles. Not all, but some…

   The body build is heavy and thick. Well designed in my opinion. Stands tall, around 10+ inches. Sorry I don’t have the toy on hand while I’m writting my review. I knocked a point off of durability for a couple of small details.

   1. Arms are cheaply designed. They ARE strong, but there are only 2 joints. His shoulders move well and have the a-typical dual ball/socket design seen on other large boss-like models (Rotor, Tuma…). However, this piece goes straight to his “hand”. The hand does swivel on it’s own joint, but thats it. 2 joints = silly looking if you really look at the model. T-rex comes to mind.

   2. Legs. The legs are built pretty solid and also have the dual ball joint build. Very flexible for posing. Love the leg pistons, too. Hoever, there are several points where posts holding the legs together weren’t “capped” so the exposed post is just hanging out. I thought this was dumb. Rotor’s were all capped… The upper leg armor piece isn’t ideal either. It just flaps on the leg on a hinge. Nothing major, but not my favorite.

   3. The “neck” is really pretty loose. You can manually squeeze a few top pieces together to prevent the neck from slipping, but over time you’ll notice the head drooping. It’s just a little too heavy for design. Still functional by all means.

   Thats about it. I think this is still an awesome addition to any Bionicle fan’s line up (I know it’s Hero Factory). Staff is ominous and perfect for a super villan weapon. Well colored. Oh, and the spikey shoulder pads are rubbery, vice hard, plastic, sharp points. Very soft and flexible. No injury worries if you were concerned.

   **Fun to do. I’ve noticed most of these characters helmets are still great looking when reversed. Von Nebula’s helmet looks great inverted. Executioner looking mask with horns, but no eyes (vice a gas mask scarab thing with pinchers). Just a thought.**

   
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2. Mutsuto  ~ August 31st, 2010
   

   any1 thinking of buying this toy, will be formiliar with bionicle etc. and already know about this toy.
   
   so i bought it form here specifically due to the low price, and free and quick deliverary.
   
   no where else compares to the survise

   
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3. Gary  ~ October 10th, 2010
   

   My 8 year old spent an hour putting this together and really enjoyed it. Hasn’t put it down, although it’s going to cost me a fortune, as he wants to collect all the figures in the range! Very good Lego toy…

   
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