The Bohrok: LEGO's Greatest Invention

The ultimate toy. The coolest thing the LEGO Group ever made. The Bohrok. Why are they cool? Let's list the countless reasons in today's video.
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[@InfiniteDeathLoop]

The bohrok are genuinely one of Bionicle's best things in the entire lineup of sets.

[@blackdragon5274]

I always flipped the tusks around to make fangs

[@empatheticrambo4890]

I gotta try that

[@Corrovick]

I did that too! In order for the Bohrok to pry the masks off G2 Toa faces, since just hitting them point blank dont make the masks fall off like Toa Mata

[@-ryeour-]

I remember getting my first (and only one of 2) bohrok while at the store with my grandma. I was begging her to let me get it, I swore I would pay her back. Good times those were for that little girl.

[@RealSkutti]

Aaah.... The og Bagugan

[@bred269]

I once Managed to scrap together a bohrok And it started eating ma bloody furniture

[@nullstudios2989]

PFP checks out.

[@lance2580]

I honestly have Nick Anderson and JettKuso to thank for helping me learn about _BIONICLE_ and become a fan of it, even if I never owned any _BIONICLE_ sets, and was only six years-old when _BIONICLE_ retired back in 2010. Something that I love about _BIONICLE_ that a lot of other LEGO themes lack really is the worldbuilding, and that's especially the case when _BIONICLE_ got its worldbuilding perfectly executed back in the 2001-2003 years. In hindsight, I don't mind the fact that the first enemy sets that the Toa fought were the massive, expensive Rahi sets, and that the main villain, Makuta, was at the time, only represented through an infected Kanohi Hau and a swirling vortex of loose parts. The Rahi doubled as both Makuta's army of brainwashed animals, as well as just the natural wildlife of Mata Nui. In fact, all of the sets in the 2001 toyline all had a place in the world of Mata Nui, and it added value to every set, no matter the price point. At the same time, it was nice that the Bohrok were Year 2's villain sets, and that they were just as affordable as the Toa, meaning that it wasn't hard for one to simply buy a single Toa and Bohrok set and have an amazingly fulfilling playtime. At the same time, there was also the aforementioned army-building aspect of the Bohrok and their gray backstory about being former Av-Matoran that worked in its favor. In fact, I just can't help but feel like a lot of LEGO themes like _LEGO City_ and _Hero Factory_ quite sadly don't capture the same worldbuilding effort as _BIONICLE;_ themes like those focus too much on "conflict-in-a-box" play patterns. A common criticism about _LEGO City_ is that it relies heavily on conflict-driven stories like "cops vs. robbers" or "firefighters putting out fires", that the theme forgets about establishing the city through locations and buildings. Meanwhile, my biggest criticism regarding _Hero Factory_ was that the only sets we got for the theme were either Heroes or Villains that fought each other, no staff for the Hero Factory, likely because The LEGO Group thought that such sets based on the non-combatant Hero Factory staff wouldn't sell, even though _BIONICLE_ had the Turaga (former Toa that now lead and mentor the Matoran and Toa) and Matoran (villagers who can still be heroes in their own right, even without being transformed into Toa thanks to the Toa Stones).

[@juanchokolat2890]

When I was a kid, Bohrok was my favourite models (I now I can see why). I loved every single combinations between them, and all the features were spectacular too.

[@OwnageMancer]

The Bohrok were, are, and will always be the perfect lego set. When I was a kid, I couldn’t afford any of the big bad guy sets, so me and my best friend got 3 Toa each and just teamed them up against each other. Then the Bohrok came out and that’s when I really became obsessed

[@dansmith8872]

The Bohrok was the first Lego set I ever picked up .I really like when you combine 3 and make a much bigger one that looks like the single one you start out with .

[@markoffalworth]

The play features are truly incredible on these guys! Great video on some epic sets. 👏👏👏

[@oboeshoesgames]

I love Bohrok especially Kohrak the Ice Bohrok

[@Ken_Tyner]

More videos like this please!

[@portalpuppy31]

I think the Bohrok is the best thing Lego ever made for Bionicle. Prove me wrong!

[@milliman4]

I had a bunch of LEGO promotional games from cereal boxes as a kid. Many had a few trailers for other LEGO themes, and I'd never watch the Bohrok one, because it was absolutely frightening. The way the narrator described them as an endless mindless swarm of monsters, and then one of them overtaking Tahu himself, completely scared child me.

[@fated_bohrok293]

Haven't even watched the video yet, But I whole heartedly agree

[@nicnac.3587]

Bohrok were mine and my brother's first kits. When I last visited him I rebuilt and gifted him that first Bohrok again.

[@the-NITRON]

I remember my sister's boyfriend at the time did the unthinkable and bought ALL six bohrok for me when they came out. XD And, you could say they tried catching lightning twice with the Bohrok Kal. But i also remembered Mega Blok's, lego's direct competitor, tried to do the same, by creating "Neo-Shifters" however, unlike the bohrok, they were NOT easy to build. The plastic pieces had way too many uneven areas that made assembly a pain.

[@rfbftp123]

I loved playing with these things as a kid

[@MenacingThreat]

Love this format!

[@MCLegoboy]

I just noticed why the blue eyes on G2 Tahu worked, and it wasn't just because of the natural contrast, it was a proven concept because Tahnok did it first!

[@DragoTobin]

Ah yes color theory at its finest

[@Bionickpunk]

It's also because blue fire is a common occurrence. For example every candle flame has a color range from red, orange, yellow, and blue, which are all the colors Tahu used at one point.

[@internetjesus]

I had a good long break from Lego from around 2003 to 2010. In that time, the only sets I keptwere three Bohrok, (Nuhvok, Kohrak and Pahrak) but foolishly gave Pahrak and the rest of my Bionicles away to my younger cousins because I concentrated on collecting Transformers (ironic given Armada Side Swipe's cameo at 3:08). Just lately, I parted out a Rainbow Bohrok using randomly colored Bohrok bits and axles, with glow in the dark eyes. He's lovely with his opaque Keetorange canopy and is my desk buddy. ...I still regret not getting the Bohrok-Kal. Maybe I'll pick up Nuhvok-Kal one of these days.

[@RoundBear-re9kd]

You can actually press down on the eyes and the visor thing will pop down and it will launch the krana with a higher speed

[@KnightsofGaming2016]

I freaking love these lil goobers, even if I didn't own one. Hopefully I will one day but it's hard to find one (or any G1 set) for a somewhat decent price where I'm from lol.

[@TheBohrokMan]

The Bohrok are so good that I made them my entire identity as a kid XD

[@badger273]

Totally agree with the play value of Bionicle canisters, but my parents threw all of mine out when I was a kid cuz I wouldn't clean my room. Totally my fault for not cleaning my room, but I'll never forgive them for not listening to me about what to keep lol

[@davidwhatsthatabout7404]

If you really think about it the bohrok are essentially a kid version of Ridley Scott’s alien franchise

[@rfbftp123]

Omg you reminded about the mask packs ... I was a gambler even at 7 years old 😂

[@emeraldstag]

my favorite bionicles of the whole bunch I want to get as many as possible.

[@SuperSecretBricks]

The Bohroks were peak Bionicle

[@ThomTheBear]

back then i thoughts the kranas were the bohrok's true faces, like the head was a kind of cockpit, or life support system

[@villenousiainen7899]

Speaking of krana and the ball form. Each of the different krana had a different ability. If I remember correctly, krana Vu had the flight ability. In other words, a Bohrok with a krana Vu could go into it’s ball form, take flight and ram into the enemy.

[@The_Void_]

It would be a good move on Lego to revamp these. With all their newer pieces they could really make them cooler than they were.

[@svenabel2987]

It's spherical!

[@henrykhaung3231]

can you also do a retrospective/review on technic minifigures ? I really like figures of that scale and the concept of a minifigure that is built like a constraction figure is just fascinating to me

[@JesseTroller]

Technic has got to have the strangest part of the Lego community in my opinion.

[@he96765]

To summarize it: Lego cooked with this wave of Bionicle villains

[@empatheticrambo4890]

According to the US CPI Inflation Calculator, $8 in 2002 has the same buying power as $14.26 USD as of Oct. 2024. It's an interesting exercise to think how lego would price it now - a $15 mech like the minifigure mechs?

[@majormalfunction1313]

hey hey that's low hanging fruit picking on armada sideswipe like that

[@WorstHour]

Still trying to find a complete my set by getting a brown bohrok for less than 58 DOLLARS. Honestly it’s impossible to find one and people always overcharge pahnrak. And the 58 dollar one even sold.

[@Treehouseink-BD]

Never had any always wanted them

[@noahlizard7]

This video was made for me

[@satellachannel6423]

Bohroks are the best. If i had to keep only one Bionicle set, it would be a Bohrok. Gahlok (blue) in particular. The only weak one IMO is the green one because the claws are not mirrored. You get used to it but it doesn't look very good. So, what could be the lineage of the Bohrok design? The head kind of look like a wasp or hornet, one of the most recognizable "badguy" of the insect world. Alien obviously, with the transparent cranium. The facehugger, from Alien still, for the Krana (brain) and their face-hugging feature. Some krana kind of look like the Autobots/Decepticons logos from Transformers. The rolling feature really reminds me of the Droideka droids from Star Wars ep.1 The Phantom Menace, released a few years prior.

[@Loremastrful]

My personal fav are the Rahkshi, but I can see the argument for the Bohrok. I especially liked the little cocoon ball they rolled up into in their canister. While credit is due to Bionicle and this year in particular for turning Lego's fortunes around, I think a lot of that was the millennial generation betting old enough to play with Lego sets. Lego is NOT Fisher Price. There is always going to be kids under the age of 4-5 who won't know the plastic bricks from Prince Adam. In the Bohrok case, being clones probably helped. For older fans, it is boring and repetitive, but for younger kids it's building the neural pathways to fit Legos and Technics together. You learn not just memorize and that builds the confidence to modify and build something completely different.

[@annalizshy2865]

My dream is too make a kaiju Bohrok

[@mammamiawhygod2091]

On the thumbnail with their colors, they look like Rollers from Sonic 1.

[@andrewshirley4007]

Omg i had one of them !!!

[@JesseTroller]

Even then, System fans will still hate them just because it isn't "their" type of lego. If System fans are against the idea of other building systems, then I don't know what will.

[@Tjalf_TJ]

Im currently collecting bohrok i have 7 of each element right now

[@2Potates]

I have not found any Bohrok under €50 so i don't know about the affordability. Not as bad as Tohunga though, the prices on those are insane for what they are.

[@-mixu-]

Just joined your discord yesterday, i how we could talk about... everything to be honest one day ^^

[@scottdraper2419]

Favorite and least favorite Bohrok! Or kal Mines Lehvak👍

[@TheScooterHoon]

Don't forget to flip the teeth around to make it dangerous!

[@Alex-el4nv]

A bionicle Bakugan?

[@seaslimeshanties4546]

2:30 probably not the best idea just saying 😅

[@GG_420]

You have the new version of them the original is not seethrou

[@MarcucciLeising]

Now it's a decrease in quality and an increase in prices. There is no reason to buy genuine products, it's better to buy counterfeit products with even better quality than genuine ones kislux

[@saberwing7930]

3:06 You literally chose one of the worst Transformers figures of all time for this comparison.☠️☠️

[@BenCossyOfficial]

That was the point haha I still feel weirdly attached to armada sideswipe, I enjoyed him as a kid, to some degree.

[@legoman716]

Bohrok hold fond memories for me. 2002 was a good year in my childhood! A problemfree year for me. I have to say that the clawpiece for lerokh is poorly designed. Too unsymetrical and thus, my least favourite

[@FlamesReviewsAndMocs]

"they look really good in one of their modes, but when you flip them to their other mode, they can look a bit, strange" proceeds to show the worst transformers ever made. is the transformation as iconic as g1 optimus prime's?? no. are they still cool, hell yes.

[@Bionickpunk]

They are not Transformers, they are proto-Bakugan.

[@FlamesReviewsAndMocs]

@@Bionickpunk he compared it to transformers.

[@BenCossyOfficial]

@@FlamesReviewsAndMocs TBF I did have Armada sideswipe as a kid, I did enjoy him, he's cool.... but yeah not the most impressive robot mode.

[@FlamesReviewsAndMocs]

@@BenCossyOfficial note that hasbro has made some incredible figures, like ss 86 optimus prime. and even some of the cheaper figure are good, like core class optimus prime.

[@Bionickpunk]

@@FlamesReviewsAndMocs Regardless, Transformers involve their transformation in heavily twisting and contorting all parts of the figure, including the torso, into some sorta vehicle or item that are rarely (besides Unicron and Primus) ball shaped, and even then those planet modes involve a lot of fiddling to build. Transformers mode changes can also be fairly complicated. Bakugan are mostly simple balls that have their heads and ependages spring out. Bohrok transformation is as simple as Bakugan's, and they don't represent some other type of vehicle or item, it's just the figure in ball mode. It's not trying to be some different kind of sports ball, you still see the Bohrok in it's ball mode.