They made the perfect toy…

[@NickonPlanetRipple]

Funny enough, there was even MORE Bohrok foreshadowing in the online game, including a rock in the jungle you can only see from a certain angle that says "You wake one, you wake them all" in Matoran lettering, and a dream Takua has when he passes out in a blizzard. The Bohrok were properly hyped.

[@KZN02]

I thought that rock was in Ko-Wahi?

[@charleswelch5410]

Hi nick!

[@STICKOMEDIA]

I had no idea Bohrok hype existed lmao

[@MisterX867]

I think there was also a sign you could find in the online game that said "Beware the swarm".

[@thesteelsquid863]

Takua be like "It was revealed to me in a delusion"

[@XandraMeltphace]

I would absolutely love for you to go through the entire history of bionicle. Idc about your lack of expertise in the lore, these are just super entertaining.

[@JettKuso]

I wouldn't say I lack much lore knowledge, save for a lot of the expanded stuff Greg put out afterward. Lore just isn't the focus of these videos, especially not in the early years before all the lore existed.

[@jamesfulton215]

​@JettKuso you could talk about how bionicle saved lego from bankruptcy. Or talk about the other play features of the different generations of bionicle like how the metru nui introduced disc launchers. The movies or the games the came out. There is also the reason of why bionicle was shelved back in 2010 and then the return for a short time. And how a cult following still demands lego brings back bionicle with some wishing for technic while others want them to return in any form. Or how it was one of the most successful toy line in history.

[@dbzlinkinpark99]

Please do a video on the ones that combine please, or the spider ones with the spinning disk

[@Xenothios]

ignorance is calling Pohatu the dirt toa enlightenment is calling Mata Nui the dirt toa

[@hickknight]

My experience with the bohrok was owning one of them. Neat toys for sure.

[@Impulse001]

As a kid, learning that the Bohroks were actually helping Mata Nui by cleansing the island blew my mind XD

[@djurran48]

thats why they are also called "maids" and "janitors"

[@ItsDaKoolaidDude]

And the fact that they were activated too early, and they were 100% in the dark about it and why they were being resisted at all

[@mysteriousstranger5873]

Spoilers lol

[@ItsDaKoolaidDude]

@@mysteriousstranger5873 my mysterious stranger, that spoiler went live almost more than 10 years ago, nobody cares anymore! 🤣

[@helygg8892]

Mata nuis white blood cells just keeping things in order

[@polishhockeyfan]

The thing that kicked ass about Bionicle is I can't think of many toys that were as fun to play with as they were narratively interesting. Bohrok had some gnarly lore that we were just as confused about as the Toa were facing them down. Masterful.

[@embelished_meister500]

I guarantee you that if Lego decided to take a risk and re-release the entirety of Bionicle from the Toa mata all the way till before the reboot, they would make BANK.

[@ZeeengMicro]

My brother gave me a fully assembled black ball one when I was a kid. I had no idea about the toy line or even the "lore" back then, yet for some reason I already knew that you can turn this guy into a ball and attack with his head. That's some intuitive play gimmick I'd say.

[@sean.a.s7234]

It's funny seeing the small joke about LEGO refusing to call the Toa's weapons as well, weapons. And then 2006 rocks up with Nuparu literally just holding a rifle in his claws

[@JettKuso]

lol

[@helygg8892]

Erm actually it was a laser drill. Frickin dork 😏

[@leolpz-we9nk]

​@@helygg8892kolhii head

[@kR-qj7rw]

Look up some old Greg threads basically the Lego team was worried about stuff like weapons being weapons and the matoran worshiping the great spirit (really it's a miracle Christian mom's didn't go this is eevil like pokemon around the same time frame ) Like have you seen the vahki arm tools? They are mechanical intimidating industrial looking claws, huge ice picks, the green one had like scissors made to cut metal like my father's tools from his workshop and they are all officially like this baton makes matoran comply orders! And the original piraka sets pics had even more gun like guns even in retail with all the kid friendly silly bits added they look like SMGs and are held like guns lmfao

[@Joe_Potts]

​@@helygg8892 Toa Kongu (Toa Mahrii/2007 line) dual-wields kordak blasters. LEGO was barely scraping by, not outright calling them guns. A star wars blaster technically isn't a gun, but for all intents and purposes it is lol. Same with the kordak. And zamor sphere launchers...

[@titanking8403]

Man bionicle was such a cool toy line, I'm still surprised lego nor anyone else have been able to make anything similar to it for awhile now

[@nanoman172]

brroooooo Neo-Shifters

[@titanking8403]

@@nanoman172 sadly that brand is already dead too

[@Tributronbluewhiteman]

Funny you should mention that! I am starting my very own line of buildable action figures called Ascending Depths.

[@jardex2275]

I think it's because of corporate interference. They see the formula, they copy the formula, then they don't know how to adapt when something goes wrong. There's no heart to it. Lore-wise, I'd say Fortnite is similar. Even though it's just a basic battle royale, the bits of story add up, which in turn affect the in game world.

[@oldman222]

My little cousin saw my collection the other day, more specifically the Toa Mata. She freaked out when she discobered she could swing their arms with the mechanism and now she wants two for her birthday. She seemed like she really loved them. Makes me imagine what could have been if LEGO had kept making bionicles like they used to...

[@LPVince94]

Nah a story needs an ending. Look at franchises that are artificially kept alive or reanimated because they were popular. It's true some stories ended too soon (or maybe them ending the way they did and leaving us with the desire for more is what makes us look back on them so fondly). But Bionicle was finished and it was good. They definitively should produce some of the sets once in a while though.

[@oldman222]

Wasn’t talking about the story, look at the regular legos, they started before I was born and they’re still around after all these years. My cousin likes them too.

[@odg1190]

@@LPVince94 They could of added the same types of play these toys provided to a new series of toys. They do it with the Lego bricks, from franchise to franchise

[@ZarHakkar]

​@@LPVince94Literally though, they should. No remakes or reboots, just straight-up reruns. Tell the story again to the next generation.

[@Joe_Potts]

Bricklink is your friend for old LEGO, and most of the BIONICLE sets are relatively cheap. I've gotten a LOT of sets from there, and unless it's a super large bionicle set or has an extremely rare piece (like the gold mask of life), they tend to cost less than $20. (Or even $10, depending on the bionicle)

[@Spootprime]

[SPOILERS FOR A 20 YEAR OLD TOYLINE] But... The Bohrok weren't Evil. They were MEANT to clean as a part of Mata Nui's lifecycle, They were merely awoken early.

[@manofmercy1500]

And not only that, the Bohrok were also originally Av-Matoran of Light. A small percentage of them were "destined" when they reached a certain point in their lives to ultimately mutate into becoming the Bohrok shells themselves, then teleported to the nests to be given Krana.

[@jonathangonzalez9394]

No way!!! 🤔

[@jawaboi9698]

​@@manofmercy1500"Av-matoran of light" I dont wanna sound like an annoying nerd, but av-matoran literally means matoran of light, it sounds hillarious tho "The bohrok are matoran of light.......of light"

[@manofmercy1500]

@@jawaboi9698 Fair. Just felt like clarifying what element they represented for those who aren't too deep into the lore.

[@mirdordinii5783]

@@manofmercy1500 Yep, though this makes the Boxor kinda cursed.

[@Zeldrake]

"sapphic icons" is a perfect description for the Bahrag, absolutely love it

[@SuddenlyOranges]

fun fact, my parents bought me the nike sneakers two decades ago but they were somehow multiple sizes too small. it was so tragic that it became part of my villain origin story

[@davidwhatsthatabout7404]

Quit lying that never happened

[@wyattprov5755]

@@davidwhatsthatabout7404 yes it did.... i was the two sizes too small... 😈😈😈

[@ArchOfWinter]

The packaging is still the best toy packaging ever. Other toys has can be folded up again, but none but it back into its retail package. It is just genius! They are so easy to store and it made me want to clean up after play so I could put the Bohrok into slumber again as it wait to burst out of it's cocoon to terrorize the world again.

[@davidwhatsthatabout7404]

Bionicle 2002 definitely took inspiration from James Cameron Alien(s) franchise. Bohrok = Xenomorph. Cannister = Xenomorph egg. Krana = Face hugger. Exo Toa = Power Loader. Bahrag = Alien Queen. Gali = Ellen Ripley.

[@thecreativehome1101]

Yes

[@Joe_Potts]

How have I never made this connection??

[@Bionicokura]

I love how bionicle is getting more recognition and space nowadays , some years ago the content about it was almost empty, so i like that more people are beginning to talk about it

[@poenpotzu2865]

Probably because most of those kids are now past their twenties

[@IsmaelQuinto732]

I personally feel offended that while talking about Bohrok you didn’t mentioned the almighty “KOHRAK, THE ICE BOHROK”, the most powerful being in the Bonkle universe

[@JettKuso]

Man I found those clips from the bionicle jam before I realized the Kohrak clip was already a meme

[@thenerfkid9228]

Bro I thought Good Guy was the most powerful.

[@IsmaelQuinto732]

@@thenerfkid9228 Good Guy is more than just a being. It’s a god amongst Matoran. While Kohrak is the strongest being, Good Guy is the strongest presence

[@jdvred9210]

what about solek

[@IsmaelQuinto732]

@@jdvred9210 true. If I were to say, it’s at the same level as Kohrak; but I personally give Kohrak more points

[@TheWandererGhost]

If you wake one, you wake them all...

[@TOKUAGOGO]

Just like lesbians

[@cr0sscr0w]

True for both I think

[@dragonlord7987]

ballin

[@shiverfan4867]

​@@TOKUAGOGOhuh

[@KrissFliss]

They're just like Necrons from Warhammer, and the toa's are like space marines!

[@eyeof3ndr364]

20:34 Gali staring into the camera like she's on The Office. Love it.

[@Chokun-Gaming]

An alternate (and in my opinion better) way of launcing the krana is to push down on one of the Bohrok's eyes, this works best if the dome is still clipped in place

[@JettKuso]

Oh woah…

[@pangeaforever]

Yeah, thats the way i did it too. One swift motion and the krana would be launched with a good deal of force

[@ladonmccabe]

My favorite toys as a kid. I used to make my own bionicles constantly, make my own lore, factions, had them battle, fuse, and everything else you could think of. They were the greatest take on action figures ever.

[@OrmondsStopMotion]

"This was a formative experience for me." Same here Jett, same here

[@HonorableRosemary]

Gali just looking straight through the fourth wall while the boys argue is such a mood.

[@endobendo9497]

It's basically being the only female in the group moment

[@schnek8927]

⁠@@endobendo9497Realistically, it would be the other way around though. Gali would never stop arguing with everyone…

[@Matau228]

You could also flip the eyes of a Bohrok to help launch the Krana (Though I lost my Gahlock krana in the woods behind my house that way...) That Kohlii-head Takua causes so many problem. He woke one, now he woke them all. Luckily they're totally unrelated to him in any way. I just hope Lewa doesn't get mind-controlled again!

[@djurran48]

*FORESHADOWING*

[@randomjap8431]

Yeah... Totally unrelated...

[@cameronmcsherry6139]

Hehe tren_krom moment

[@essengerbionicle]

Am I the only one noticing the huge uptick in interest in G1 bionicle this year?? even from like younger gen z... i wonder if it's caught lego's attention yet

[@JettKuso]

I can't tell if it's real or if I've just been so deep in the pit that the algorithms won't let me get away from it... Your videos haven't been helping, you absolute madman.

[@essengerbionicle]

@@JettKuso i can confirm it's real bc people wayy outside the fandom have told me LMAO I hope you continue this series

[@Bionickpunk]

20 year generational nostalgia, happens a lot actually.

[@leftygurl]

as a child of the year 2000 and not really capable of comprehending bionicle until the visorak hit, the bohrok were in a weird place to me. people i knew had them, i read the stories with them, but it took ages for me to get one of my own. and when i did, collector brain decided to never let me go. i dont yet have all the different types of them, but i do have a couple duplicates, and let me tell you, having more than one bohrok of the same type is just as good as having more types of them, the army builder vibes are very strong with them. the krana also do really well to enhance that vibe, with them being randomly packed in with bohrok so if you bought more than one, you could have each of them be unique thanks to just one little rubbery piece. the bohrok-kal dropped the ball on that a little (heh) but there’s no denying the appeal of collectible orb monsters.

[@Joe_Potts]

All hail the collectable orb monsters!

[@theoddegg8462]

Bro im so happy that people are remembering bionicle now. I remember being obsessed with them as a kid

[@StarlightGuardian]

Had very fond memories of playing with other kids in my class with our Bohrok. They were popular around the time my school was getting a big renovation done and the men working on it left a huge pile of dirt from digging where paths would be filled with concrete. We used the dirt pile as a castle or fort for our Bohrok and made a slope that we rolled them down on in their ball modes. We also had in fighting between them constantly bashing heads until we had a winner.

[@HunhowsShadowStalker]

For those who want more on Protodermis, I'll explain what Jett won't: Protodermis is what everything in the Matoran Universe is made of. It can exist in solid, liquid, gaseous and organic forms, each with its own variants. *Solid:* 1. Rock/Earth-like Protodermis. Literally has the appearance and behavior of regular stone and dirt and can be manipulated by Toa of Stone or Earth. 2. Frozen Protodermis. Similar to ice and can thus be manipulated by Toa of Ice. 3. Metallic Protodermis. Acts like metal and is used in the construction of most machines, as well as the armor worn by everyone. 4. Crystalline Protodermis. Resembles tough crystal that even Toa of Stone cannot break. *Liquid:* 1. Liquid Protodermis. Looks like water and can be manipulated by Toa of Water. 2. Molten Protodermis. What happens when you melt rock/earth Protodermis. It resembles lava and can be cooled down into metallic Protodermis. 3. Energized Protodermis. Sentient and alive, it has the unique property of transforming or destroying anything that touches it, depending on destiny. *Gaseous:* 1. Vapor. It's what the clouds are made of. *Organic:* 1. Tissue. It's what comprises all the "Bio" of Bionicle. It acts similar to real flesh without truly being organic. It can decay if not supplied with energy, but also regenerates much faster. When the six Toa arrived in their canisters, all their organic Protodermis had rotten away. It quickly grew back once they put themselves together.

[@HesGotaGun505]

So protodermis is poured colored plastic?

[@literallyglados]

@@HesGotaGun505 yeah protodermis is the plastic

[@PhyrexianSurgeon]

So you're talking about g1 Bionicle, while simultaneously showing clips from Alien and playing music by Home. You are a true hero.

[@adexterwolfe]

This was the perfect blend of beautiful nostalgia and humour that only real Bionicle fans would get. Big sub.

[@briochebrioche8976]

Dude, I want to subscribe 10 more times each time a Bionicle video drops. KZbin should implement this feature. I loved all the references, as a massive Bionicle fan, this content pleases me immensely. Thanks Jett.

[@johnferraz6417]

The Bohrok remains quite a design character within the Bionicle Universe. I often wondered how they could have been developed even further...until we (my son and l) put wheels on them and made them mobile. We then called them...'Transpods'. Three or four wheels turned them into mobile robots with arms!

[@HiroZeroVirus]

this was the exact point that my mom saw the marketing strategy at play and decided that if we, as a family, were ever going to get off the crazy spiral of new plastic FOMO, this would be the point. you know, after I had all of the throwbots, roboriders, and OG Toa...

[@avroarchitect1793]

of all the toy lines she had to get you out of this was the worst one she could have. These were the shit back in the day. I wish I still had mine

[@GoldenDragonMonkey]

This had peak sci fi potential. 2002 was such a wonderous year

[@rikuurufu5534]

The round bonkles did indeed kick unreasonable quantities of ass. I basically only ever had Tahnok-kal, Kohrok-kal, and Lewa, and they were great.

[@SylviaMoonbeam1127]

Pohatu was actually my favorite as a kid, but the Bohrok were always awesome!

[@shortfuse9443]

Wit those are decent Toa voice impressions

[@JettKuso]

You can credit Conner for that!

[@TamTroll]

i remember buying like... at least five of the blue Bohrok. even got to the point where i took three of them apart and made the big combo-unit out of them that you're supposed to make with two other colours. Think i eventually got one of the other colours, but for the most part it was just the blue ones. what i liked to do was remove BOTH labels on the containers, and then fill them with water so the Bohrok were hanging submerged in fluid. perhaps not the most hygenic thing in the world, but it was fun. i only ever got one Bohrok Va, the blue one again. i ended up taking it's head and placing it directly onto it's feet to create my own little custom creature. still have it around too.

[@redmist1175]

You don't actually have to manually untab the headpeace if you rotate the eyes it does it automatically

[@Pikmin911]

Ball is the peak form of all, organisms and not, ball is peak form

[@darkstone_official_2427]

That original Bakugan commercial was and is a core memory of mine. The idea in the back of my mind that a bunch of us kids would get together in some underground 'fight club' style arena to duke it out with transforming marble monsters was the highlight of my childhood and I still imagine that exact scenario whenever I hear and see that original ad. I'm now 24 years old and the show itself is like 15 years old since episode 1 came out and the toys were first released in the USA and I was like 7 when I first saw the series. Amazing to think that after a hiatus between Mechtanium Surge and the Battle Planet reboot that this legacy has managed to survive 15 years. That's longer than the entirety of Minecraft's development from start to present day. We should count ourselves lucky that despite the new Beyblade rip-off mechanic of the new reboot 'Special Attack' series, that this amazing toy line has managed to start out in the tiny little marble sized magnetic Droideka's and expand into a multiverse wide product that spans pretty much all ages. From the online games like Bakugan Dimensions where you would type out a DNA code on your Gundalian Invaders/Mechtanium Surge Bakugan to bring them from real life into the game, to the failure and buggy mess that was Champions of Vestroia, this series has had its ups and downs, but altogether it was a major part of my life and I'm honored to have something as simple as a magnetic monster marble be able to compete with Lego of all things for the top spot in my childhood memories. Between Lego and Bakugan there's magic to be found in both that one simply cannot provide that the other can, but when it comes down to it, it's a very close race. The increase in technology and Bakugan size in the reboot has also given them more creative leeway for designs making entirely new molds and characters for the reboot series as well as using more durable plastics and such to prevent them from breaking as easily. I have what I call a "Bakugan Graveyard" or I suppose the more accurate term would be "Doom Dimension" pile where I keep the majority of my long defective Bakugan. Either a part broke off or a spring got misplaced or they simply just don't stay closed or open when they roll, I still keep the broken ones around. From what I've heard there was one mold in particular from Battle Planet and beyond that was a little flimsy or poorly designed, but aside from that I haven't heard much, if anything about the new toys breaking like the old ones did. Their bigger designs, thicker parts, and tougher material makes them true units on the field of battle and in order for those Ultra springs to not snap them in two from how much pressure they put to make them flip, they HAVE to be durable. Thanks for coming to my Ted Talk.

[@kaze117]

I have to assume you're saving the bohroks' true nature for a later video, but man it makes the Boxxor even weirder. Loving these so far! Really takes me back!

[@JettKuso]

Yeah i'm mostly intending on feeding out the lore at the same pace we learned about it as kids, to capture the feeling of each year. With the exception of my first bionicle video...

[@avroarchitect1793]

@@JettKuso Well you are having the desired effect. Keep it up.

[@williamburnett3660]

I liked Pohatu he was my first bionicle. I still have the extremely fond memories of him.

[@Geese4life]

As a kid i always used to gatekeep that bionicles have tools, not wespons

[@cortejadordeestrelas2837]

I'm Brazilian (22y) from the countryside, when I was a child I barely knew Lego. And at 12 years old, when I found out, I didn't know that the toy I had bought at a fair as a child was a very half-assed replica of a first generation Bionicle. As soon as I found out (because I had access to the internet at home) I was AMAZED by the Bohroks. I've always had this fascination with "sphere robots" since Phantom Menace and their attack and shooting mechanisms made me run to look for my "fake Bionicle" and keep it with great care. I really wanted to know what the fake brand was and to this day I still ask myself about it once or twice a year... I love Bionicle today and I was honestly sad to hear that Hero Factory took all the spotlight. Unfortunately, America (both North and South) has this thing for heroes, but I just wanted a Black Bohrok on my shelf inside its cocoon.

[@bionabot]

I can watch you passionately talk about these goofy robot toys that mean the world to me and so many others until the end of time

[@WorstHour]

“Put some dirt on my pillow for the dirt mannnn!” “In case he comes to towwnn!”

[@Cycical_Z]

The brown Bohrok was the only bionicle set I got (He's a funny little guy)

[@JettKuso]

Dirt Bohrok

[@dsg2v]

I used to leave them in the ball form and peel the sticker off the container and fill it with water like a stasis tank

[@JettKuso]

That’s sick, love it.

[@SunburstSenshi]

I grew up with 1 Bionicle and never knew anything about them except that they looked cool. I had the red Toa Nuva, thank you for spelling it in the video, and I used to play with him and his sword surfing abilities a lot! I had no idea he *actually* used the swords as a surfboard, as I child I just saw that the swords fit on his shoes and pretended that was intentional. Glad to know I was on the right track! 😂

[@MellowDarkflower]

Heres a rundown of what I remember about the Exo-Toa 21 years ago .. Build was cool, nice blend of grey and silver akin to the Boxor Launcher shot far and was poseable, claw arm extended out like a Bohrok head when squeezed Legs could bend, but lack of knee joint meant that they pretty much walked on long stilts. Toa Nuva could also fit inside provided you removed the armor.

[@Promisedagreat]

“ B A L L “ Goddd I love this channel

[@BloodMoonVA]

Thats amazing! I only had Toa Hordika Whenua in 2005 and after long years I got a Shadow Matoran in 2010 as a gift. That was the last time I ever had any Bionicle sets. It was so much fun building them

[@Bass_solver]

To be honest, since my country was always behind trends and stuff like legos/transformers etc. I couldn't get my bionicle phase until the toa nuva came out. Soooo I couldn't get to play the game nor buy the 1 year of comics or even toys, but that GOD DAMN movie sold my kid soul to the toa nuva so I bought them all!

[@Darkoriax17]

The Bohrok were a fucking marvel of Lego at the time. Able to seal up and be carried in their own container, many moving parts, it was perfect. But here we are, in the end of 2023, where Bionicle is a relic of a forgotten age of play. Makes me sad…

[@Videoinfinitum]

My first introduction to Bionicles was through the Bohrok and I absolutely wanted them to win when I started getting a grasp of the "lore" that was included at the end of the instructions. Later I knew about the Toa Nuva and honestly didn't feel the same way *shrugs*, the only set i had was our boy Pohatu

[@christophermetcalf7540]

"I didn't know this was a Summoning Salt video." -Me, when I hear We're Finally Landing by Home.

[@JettKuso]

“Summoning Salt who?” -Me, ripping off Summoning Salt’s soundtrack on purpose

[@christophermetcalf7540]

@@JettKuso lmao xD

[@PriestessOfSlaanesh]

I remember 2001, the first Toas. I friggin remember the day i went into a store to buy one. I was 13 yrs old and ive heared trough tv about them. I was 100% sure they would be sold out in the first hour.... so i stood up 2 hours earlier while being on a 5 day visit to my grandparents. I was in the mall 1 hour before they opened. My naive dumb mind expected literally runs on this things. Please note that a 13 yr old in 2001 was much more naive and "purer" than today. Especially since there was no internet/social media to ruin their minds. Ofc no one cared about bionicle. And ofc i was literally the only person who did. The shelves was full and my dumb naive 13 yr old mind was buffled how no one bothered. So i took my time. I was in there for full 90 minutes in front of the shelves to decide which one i wanted. I suffered... going trough so much during the process of deciding... In the end i picked Onua. 3 Weeks later i had all of them. Never regretted to pick Onua... the toy is now deeply connected to that beautiful time and childhood memories. Now 22 years later im grown adult. My grandparents and that beloved time are both dead. Onua still sits on my shelves as an artifact of that time. God i miss the late 90s. 1996-2002 was the best time on this planet for me. And Onua will accompany me to always remind me of that till im old. Cheers! Bionicle is awesome

[@donny9586]

we have ALL of these things. They belonged to my older siblings, and were my favorite of the toys they passed on to me. The exo toa is sick, too. the toa being able to drive it is so cool.

[@frostace8057]

My lawyers have advised me that I must not comment on the Pohatu situation. So I will say this instead. Clean it all. It must be clean

[@MeigsmerlinMeigsmerlin]

I love that your bit with the toa bickering (like gukko birds over a berry) had movie like voices. And the pohatu one was really spot on

[@PirateKingBoros]

There was actually a HUGE lore retcon that the reason they did what they did was because they were clearing the way for the rise of the Bionicle God essentially. They’re wild.

[@scarybubblegum5100]

Insert them also being the original Av-Matoran too

[@PirateKingBoros]

@@scarybubblegum5100 "Bohrok... By The Great Beings... they're turning into Bohrok..."

[@CJWproductions]

"clean it all... It must be cleaned..."

[@BoisegangGaming]

That wasn't a retcon. That was the original plan since the inception of Bionicle.

[@Bionickpunk]

Not a retcon, but explaining part of the lore that was previously a mystery.

[@username6a]

My son forgot Onua's name while we were playing and he was like, "Lewa calls this black guy in for backup!"

[@NineHundredDollarydoos]

I've always thought that Bionicles were one of the 'perfect' toys for boys, super cool robot action figures that you get to build yourself, either according to the instructions or however you wanted to Transformers are another 'perfect' toy. They're robot action figures that you can change into vehicles, weapons, animals, a fucking planet, whatever the hell they wanted to make. The Bohrok felt like a combination of both concepts. Sure, they only transformed into a ball, and only if you actually made them properly in the first place, but it was still super fun.

[@Not_Vakama_303]

I’d love to see vids for each of the years like this one.

[@JettKuso]

Next one is in production!

[@jonathansuber1551]

I love this video I've been waiting for somebody to talk about the history in the context of the toy line. I can't wait for the piraka and the underwater ones.

[@DirectorOfChaos9292]

The Mahri

[@Brawler_1337]

The Bohrok were some of my favorite toys in Bionicle. The transformation gimmick and head lunging gave so much play value. I loved them so much that I even custom built one as a hero, a Bohrok who gained a conscience and turned against the swarm. I gave him a bladed staff as well, and IIRC I used the black head shell from the Boxor because I didn’t give him a Krana.

[@bluec9151]

honestly I was never a fan of Pohatu nuva, but the original Pohatu is by far my favorite of the toa mata (probably just cause of the upside-down torso)

[@purplehaze2358]

Conspiracy theory: This video is an unmarked sponsorship from LEGO and what we didn't see were the fat stacks they gave Jett to praise the Bohrok.

[@bigfan10-gaming79]

The Exo-Toa also in canon prevented the Toa Nuva from using their Elemental Powers

[@ovengaya]

I had two of those ball bionicles, the green and the blue... and I eventually merged them into a two headed four armed and legged cylinder of death. It was fun.

[@broken_links_gaming]

Here we go, let’s see what Jettkuso can bring to the table this time

[@glenseaman5057]

I love your bionicle videos so much! Your channel is always such a blast to watch for nostalgia

[@MrLucky5001]

I'm already scared. who knows what's stored in those balls?

[@DeathInTheSnow]

The Bahrag twins remind me of one of the old Lego Technic kits. The Competition/Cyber Slam line, in particular the Cyber Strikers toy sticks out the most. That was a good Christmas...

[@SeerOfTheWest]

The toa nuva shoulder armor may have been the biggest mistake of a peice lego has produced. You know exactly what I'm talking about. Nobody uses it as shoulder armor.

[@djurran48]

actually

[@Bionickpunk]

They use it as shoulders, heads, fists, boobs, butts, balls. Very versatile piece.

[@_nRool]

I ended up making the Toa, Bohrok and Rahkshi go to war against each other, but the Rahkshi were the good guys to me

[@JettKuso]

The fact that they have knees makes them morally correct.

[@noobpoob3889]

So, I was way too late into Bionicle, and only like a year ago I started collecting them. After long search I got all toa Nuva, and decided to get one bohrok (gahlok) to test it out... Well, as they say... _if you wake one, you wake them all_ And now I have every 2002 bohrok and half of the bohrok kal

[@chaosfire321]

Gali Nuva was my first ever Bionicle set and what introduced me to the brand in the first place. I remember someone bringing Takanuva to school for show and tell and I was jealous! I made my mom take me to the store where I'd get one for show and tell too! I remember seeing Gali and thinking HE was so cool with the deep blue pieces and cool battleaxes. I knew I'd be the coolest when I showed HIM off. ...Yeah, that's how I found out at school that Gali was a girl. Got teased for it. And admittedly was a little embarrassed. But looking back, I still found her cool as hell and ironically one of my favorite female characters growing up.

[@freddoesvox9033]

I was born in 1999 so I missed out on the bohrok and nuva. However I still remember my first ever boncle, it was Kohli Hewki :)

[@goose7617]

13:20 I was lucky enough to have one and I remember it blowing my mind that a whole toa could fit into it. The feet were kinda goofy and the joints were anatomically stiff but the best thing was the little launcher gun on its arm--thing actually shot so far for a lego.

[@Jude-is_Priest]

I believe in the heart of the toa!

[@Savagewolver]

The Bohrok were so satisfying to play with. Just that click from how their heads went forward and back.

[@sablebubble4630]

You give a thumbs up to Bonkles, I give a thumbs up to you.

[@Jake_2018]

Watching this video Im beggining to realise how hard is to find complete or dare I say sealed bioncles nowadays. So if your reading this check your collection, it may be worth something

[@alicemursteinlesbefaen666]

as a lesbian i can confirm we get strongeer the closer we are to each other, love to see some accurate and respectful representation ❤

[@GameGodZERO]

Hoenstly Pohatu was always one of my favorites solely cause the OG version came with the lego rock he could kick. Also was one of my favorite boss fights in the web game. Probably cause it's the only one I remember lol

[@LucasBuilds]

ah, the bohrok: probably the high point of bionicle set design. literally every piece contributes towards at least one gimmick in some way. As cool as the more articulated later sets were, they can't come close to something as fun, affordable, and collectable as these little bonkle balls. A set so good they made it 12 times.

[@Hadthese]

As a kid I would flip the two white pieces that connect to the opening head, making them look and act like fangs. It was fun ripping the masks away!

[@CosmicRejectsVideo]

Didn't you already do Bionicles? Pftt, who cares, it another Jettkuso video, it can only be good.

[@JettKuso]

MORE OF THEM

[@CosmicRejectsVideo]

​@@JettKuso Yo, Pohatu slander?

[@JohnWilliams-wl9px]

I got into Bionicle during the ‘flashback years’ so I missed the Bohroks but when I found out about them they became my favorite villain wave. They just came across as the perfect rivals to Toa Matas.

[@mcdb7335]

Thank you Bionicle Scott the Woz. Love the videos and the bts cuts laughing are some of my favorite moments. Excited for more!

[@purplehaze2358]

Fun fact: The bohrok are formed from former av-matoran. This means that, without even knowing it, the Matoran essentially constructed mechs from the corpses of their own kind.

[@cristinagomez3283]

2:19 onua's doing the 12 bit demonic Macarena 💀

[@thevenomous1954]

Great video. Really brought me back to my childhood. I loved these Bionicle sets and would love them to come back again

[@aarononeil9832]

My parents couldn't really afford much in the way of toys when I was a kid, so a single Bohrok was actually all I had for a long time aside from the Matoran. And damn I loved thaf toy, coolest thing I owned for a LONG time

[@TheSybermedic]

I can't wait for the next round, this was a very interesting trip down memory lane. I remember getting the Boxor and the Exo-Toa for my son. He played with his collection for hours on end. Personally, I preferred the alternate build of the Exo-Toa.

[@sharklazerboy9529]

I found an entire Bionicle Lego Box, unopened and all, just sitting on my bookshelf. I might build it soon because this video brought back a lot of memories :)

[@CSK_T.]

The balloon buds are still my favs, years later, despite my sizable collection. Like you said : there's jsut something about them swarming up... Plus, they're not actually that bad. They just have a job to do, and do it well. Just... Too early.

[@magikarp2063]

The first Bionicle I got was the white bohrok, I got it for christmas when I was 5 and I remember building it so vividly. Might be my favorite toy I ever got in all my childhood.

[@MrSirStephen]

As a kid, I used to remove the tusks of my bohrok and put them back pointing downwards. It gave them some really scary fangs and you could hang them off the radiators in our home, which was funny to me.