LEGO® Hero Factory Von Nebula 7145 Review

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(More customer reviews)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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Cause mayhem and chaos with the powerful Von Nebula!Galactic Alert! Mission Control Center reports that the mysterious LEGO HERO FACTORY Von Nebula is ready to attack! He is heavily armed and highly dangerous. Beware of his spiky armor and his deadly staff, with the power to generate black holes. He is out for revenge against the HERO FACTORY!

Mysterious leader of a group of powerful villains
Von Nebula will stop at nothing to get his revenge!
Use the staff to make living black holes to swallow surroundings!
Stands over 9? (22cm) tall

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