LEGO Hero Factory 6229: XT4

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For the mission named "Catch 'Em and Cuff 'Em", the Alpha 1 Team are upgraded with new armor and weapons based on the environment of the villains' known locations. There they fight alongside their newest member Daniel Rocka and defeat the techno-organic minions of the evil Witch Doctor, a former Hero Factory educator and Stormer's old mentor.

The December 2011/January 2012 sets had Rocka, Furno, Surge, Evo, and Breez, who didn’t come out until summer 2012 in the US, with Bulk, Stringer, Stormer, and Nex.The villains' Meteor Blasters use the same elements as BIONICLE Thornax Launchers, except for the ammunition. Rocka takes on an enormous dragon using a jetpack, while Surge gets possessed by a brain and uses the Assembly Tower to create an army of soulless 'blank' Hero drones. Breez discovered that the monsters communicate with each other, while Stormer and Furno were kidnapped. These robotic heroes are fitted with solid fiber-carbide plating, Quaza cores and equipped with helmets and equipment to fight evil with guts and gadgets. According to Christian Faber's Instagram post in 2022, when the Hero Factory franchise was developed, he rotated Bionicle G1's Three Virtues symbol 90 degrees.

Like his fellow rookie teammates, he was built with experimental designs, but resented the constant examination this required.

The direct Recon Team story was discontinued after the HRT service was shut down, though it remains an element in the main story.

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). Once constructed, they are placed in special hero pods and beamed across the galaxy to defeat evil and complete their various missions. The successor to BIONICLE, Hero Factory continued the theme of buildable action figures, with an episodic story to support the line.

Corroder uses his acid weapons to create a smokescreen and escape the scene, while Bulk gets a full core recharge back at the Hero Factory. According to Christian Faber's Instagram post in 2022, the Hero Factory building was going to be a space ship in the early 2011 story arc.