The origins of the Drone remain unclear, including its manufacturing date and location; however, it is reasonable to assume that "Silver" was created shortly after the establishment of the Hero Factory Organization.
Rise Of The Rookies[]
The Drone initiated a rampage in New Stellac City for reasons that are still unknown. The Hero Factory Call Center received a report of a ''burglary'' in progress, prompting The Alpha 1 Team at the time Heroes Thresher, Preston Stormer, and Von Ness to respond. Upon arrival, the Heroes encountered the Drone, which unleashed its powerful blasters, inflicting severe injuries on Thresher. Stormer instructed Von Ness to ensure the team leader's safety while he confronted the Drone. However, Von Ness, paralyzed by fear, attempted to flee in a Hero Craft, leading to an aerial confrontation between him and Stormer. As the Drone advanced, its targeting systems locked onto both heroes. Realizing he had no other options, Stormer released his grip on the Drop Ship and leaped onto the Drone's back in a desperate attempt to subdue it. Clinging to its frame, he swiftly located the power core and pried open the access panel while the Drone twisted violently to dislodge him. In a decisive moment, he cross-wired the power source, triggering a chain reaction within its circuits. Sparks erupted from the Drone’s interior as it spiraled out of control, and moments later, it detonated in a fiery explosion, leaving Stormer to free-fall through the ensuing smoke.
The Drone was later made into a monument to honour Preston Stormer and the Hero Factory in the city. After a confrontation between the Alpha 1 Team and four of Von Nebula's Villains, Dunkan Bulk removed a piece of metal from the monument to wrap around the Villains, effectively binding them for transport.
Appearance[]
The Drone was a gigantic Robot, dawning bright silver and black armour with a neon green visual sensor. It stood towering at least forty feet into the air and wielded two large blasters atop its hands - powered by two large black vats on the robot's back, which also power the robot itself.
Set information[]
While not and Official Lego Set, the replica MOC/Build/Model of the Drone recreated by JANGBRICKS contains 351 Pieces, strictly created from already existing BIONICLE pieces, notably including Two Cordak Blasters and Two Midak Sky Launchers for the Drones weapons from the BIONICLE 2007 series of Sets
Trivia[]
The original model that won the BZPower contest.
This character was built by BZPower member krischan/Varderan for the Official BIONICLE Building Contest #53. The model was called ''Silver'' and originally going to represent a "mystery character" from the Bionicle storyline, possibly the murderous robot called Marendar that was set to appear in the BIONICLE online story serials. But since LEGO had decided to discontinue the BIONICLE line, the winner model was instead recycled into an evil drone for the Hero Factory series.
The Drone model featured in the Hero Factory Series, particularly in Rise of the Rookies, has been successfully recreated by numerous members of the LEGO community, with JANGBRICKS being one of the most notable figures to do so. He was the first to accurately replicate the model in 2011 the best he could due to the connections made with the 3D Model for the film being physically impossible to recreate flawlessly, drawing from references in the Rise of the Rookie film released in 2010 . JANGBRICKS shared two videos on his YouTube channel that highlight his MOC (My Own Creation). Although he did not provide instructions for building the model and has since dismantled it for extra parts, more recently, in November 2024, BenCossy recreated the build and featured it on his channel, utilizing instructions created by tayfun_productions.
The Drone is the first robot being to be destroyed by a Hero and not captured.
Appearances[]
Core Crisis (First Canonical appearance) (In a Flashback)
