Diving Into LEGO Aquazone | A Brief History

[@shakntalk]

These were some of my favorite lego sets. I hope lego releases them again.

[@thatchazguy]

I wouldn't be surprised to see something come up in one of the Icons sets one of these days

[@jmace2424]

Hydronauts vs. Stingrays is my childhood! I have wanted the giant sets for so long!

[@thatchazguy]

Mercari is a great place to get old sets like these. Also, because they are not popular sets you can get them for a reasonable price too

[@jodofe4879]

The shark submarine was my favourite set as a kid.

[@thatchazguy]

It was so cool, right?!

[@Toby1kenobi-p5u]

I had the Crystal explorer sub set 6175 as a kid, one of favourites.

[@Ahturos]

Loved them, had the middle sized Submarine Crystal Explorer Sub of the Hydronauts. I remember trying to play with them in the bathtub.

[@QalOrt]

Aquazone was originally going to be called Seatron, like a few of the prototype Seatron sets were reworked into Stingrays sets. Also I think in the lego lore for Time Cruisers, Space and Aquazone happen both at the same time in AD 4000.

[@thatchazguy]

Love this! Where were you when I was gathering all my info for this video?

[@QalOrt]

@@thatchazguy probably off commenting somewhere that Lego needs to make Aquazone CMFs

[@austin4211luckE]

These were my favorite sets from when I was a kid. It really captured my imagination and made for great play!

[@allenkellogg7499]

Aquazone were my first lego sets too!

[@Maniac4Bricks]

0:44 I do know. In some media and I believe some of the sets box texts themselves, they are fighting over the crystals called Hydrolators for survival. So aside from their shining nature, the crystals are a resource for them to breathe underwater.

[@thatchazguy]

Thank you for these extra details!

[@RRSlugger]

Awesome video! 😊

[@thatchazguy]

I'm flattered! I hope to eventually have quality videos such as yours 😊

[@R3stor]

I dont think that missing plot is a bad thing. Quite opposite. I find that a very good thing about the old 80s and 90s lego. Nowadays it's all about the licensed themes like LOTR, Harry Potter, Star wars where you know exactly who is who. Back then you just had your imagination.

[@thatchazguy]

Totally agree! I wish we could see more of that. Nowadays we really only have themes like City and Friends that offer that kind of imaginative play

[@slanphere]

I think the bearded hydronaut is a hybrid aquashark

[@25leafninja]

I love this Lego set!!!

[@nilshultin3035]

Nice video, great quality! Keep it up.

[@mightywolf4072]

Im 40, so i started with these right the before the 1999 Star Wars lego obsession started. I miss my small few sets that i obtained..

[@thatchazguy]

They're still out there! I have been collecting a few pieces and sets from my childhood over time.

[@mightywolf4072]

@thatchazguy the Ninja VS Samurai sets were AWESOME!!

[@ItsMotionTime2]

Man! So many memories you just booted back up in my brain haha I loved the Aquazone sets. I was a kid in the 90s and could only ever afford the smaller to mid sets for birthdays or whatever but I loved my 6155 set, I was also obsessed with sharks. But one of the coolest sets I always wished I could afford was 6198 at 3:11 that set was/is SO SICK!! Love the video man!

[@thatchazguy]

Comments like these are why I like making these videos! Love seeing the flames of childhood reignite. Keep on keepin' on friend.

[@4eyesover2]

6135 was in my first 5 sets I ever owned. I finally bought 6190 new in the box a handful of years ago. We didn’t have money like that for my parents to buy me the biggest set in each theme so I indulged as an adult

[@4eyesover2]

2160 is also in the first 10 sets I ever owned list

[@4eyesover2]

I also still have 6198 but disassembled. That was probably the only theme that my mom ever bought me the largest set from

[@thatchazguy]

This is great! Make your inner child happy

[@Schlelkohov]

Aquaraiders have their name to blame for being mistaken as pirates, but comics and descriptions for the subtheme at the time painted them as a careless contractors for a larger corporation (hence the emphasis on saws, drills, and buckets) Being antagonists moreso to the greater surrounding environment than any human parties, like real oil companies

[@topher9507]

I actually still have couple of my aquazone theme legos. one of the naughts and one of the sharks.

[@thatchazguy]

I have recently started reacquiring my old sets. I just picked up Recon Ray!

[@majaborowska179]

Wish the LEGO suport older sets and cen get the arms pards from this set breake do easy 412 brick

[@thatchazguy]

Me too! I am hoping they do more with bringing back some of the older themes but with some smaller sets that people can actually afford

[@jmace2424]

Really thought no one remembered these sets but me!

[@thatchazguy]

You're not alone my friend

[@nickcashino6546]

Adventurers theme please? Love this video!

[@thatchazguy]

Work life has paused some of my work here but you've got it!

[@adeadhead423]

Did anyone else play with them underwater?

[@thatchazguy]

I was never brave enough

[@artto9839]

I loooove Aquazone ❤ My favorite Lego theme ever. Original Aquazone ('95/'96) was sooooo much better than 2nd line ('98) in my opinion. Neptune Discovery Lab is for me a TOP 5 90s set and the minifigs are awesome. Hydronauts have terrible colors for me (grey doesn't fit here at all) and UGLY faces. And their base (6199) is way worse than its predecessor (6195) 🫤

[@thatchazguy]

Definitely one of my favorite lines! I really loved the Stingrays, they just looked so cool

[@artto9839]

@@thatchazguy I'm totally Aquanauts guy, but Stingrays was a good addition. They were wild and savage looking. Interesting and unique villains

[@thatchazguy]

The whole line was wild and I loved every bit of it!