User blog comment:Alemas2005/The Legend never dies/@comment-8430363-20140728233012/@comment-5311834-20140729125105

So I realized I handled this poorly last time so lemme start over... apologies to Tanner, Imp, and Alemas.

As a toy line: Hero Factory last longer. I have 1.0 sets that are still perfectly fine. Bionicle breaks within a month, often. Um.... I have all 6 of the original Toa as well as several of the other sets from way back in 2001 that don't have a single part broke. That said, there was a serious decline in plastic quality in around 2007 so if those are the sets you're referring to you're kinda right.

The Hero Factory sets have more diversity, were as Bionicles are usually just variations of the same design. Meh, I'd say they're about the same in the diversity department.

Breakout looked so epic far better than any BIO, IMO. Original color schemes, original build schemes. As a Toy, I think HF is waaaay better than BIO. It looks more unique, has more variety, and lasts longer. I don't see any point in arguing opinions so, whatever floats your boat.

As a series: I personally prefer HF's less complicated story. I can miss a year, and still know what's going on. It was basically impossible to be a casual fan of bionicle. If you missed one thing, you could become hopelessly lost. Bio became cluttered with too many storylines IMO, leaving no room for anything else. That also restricts play opportunities as nothing is left to play. (Relating back to point 1) HF still has good stories, like some of the books, but isn't overly cluttered. It can be expanded upon. The BIO story was complex, yes, but there's a difference in complicated and complex. I once missed about a year of BIO comics but it took about 5 minutes on google to get up to date. Duck basically said everything I had to say on the story so per him.