Eljay's Recap Review: 8996 Skopio XV-1

[@AyBee9725]

Imagine MOCing this with Mindstorm servo motors to make those leg treads move... holy shit someone should do it. A remote controlled Skopio.

[@Xevins]

It's painted red so it must go faster.

[@wosh2nd68]

Xevins 3 times faster Late man strikes again

[@k-leb4671]

DA RED WUNZ GO FASTA!

[@muisverriet]

@@wosh2nd68* Insert Gallant Char here*

[@marzeloperas]

The guy's a veritable Red Comet

[@equasian2702]

Yes

[@lunarpaladin7098]

Interesting how the movie had a Skopio beast, but you could see the rider clearly on the top of him and yet they still treated it as one being.

[@Lelfay]

Vheitil The model would've had a giant pocket where the rider would be. The Skopio in the movie was a creature, not the machine he made. He's not actually on the skopio

[@The_Wosh]

Holy shit, you're right

[@makutamiserix5612]

Kiina and Ackar had met and fought Telluris prior to the movie, so it would've made more sense for Telluris to say something like "Remember me?" But then again, they would have to kill him off in the rockslide, which would be a bit dark.

[@frank_calvert]

its weird they didnt remove him from the 3d model

[@igotbronze2742]

I just can't get over how LJ plays with his toys. XD he's like a kid on Christmas! LJ's best quote: "PEW PEW PUSHOO!"

[@djbeb881]

The yellow forearm pieces also came on bitil in 2008

[@cinanuva3915]

Telluris looks friggin' awesome imo, probably one of the better designs in terms of humanoid figures. Very unique build and colours, he looks solid, the proportions are correct yet different; articulation's on point and the cables kind of add a lot to his profile being a mad inventor. Kinda like a whole dr. octopus sorta deal. I love him and want him so bad

[@impatienstheshmuck5348]

It helps that he's an absolute madman who witnessed the mass death of his tribe along with Sahmad, who would go on to become a slaver and dealer to the Skrall.

[@IamEscBoy]

I had this... took me 3 days to build...took 15 minutes for my brother to completely wreck

[@thumblookingguy6771]

Esc Boy rip

[@hatim9687]

rip

[@namesnotjoe1394]

F

[@kevindupaul1378]

big rip

[@mr.leumas4310]

Ur brother is pretty talented, to rip apart such a masterpiece in 15 minutes.....

[@Modularity]

Thanks again to LJ for lettin' me voice Telluris in the opening skit! :D -- Waj

[@elementxxrider]

To me it seems that the "head tendrils" have an electronic support function, just as the Alaya-Vijana on Mobile suit Gundam Iron Blooded Orphans, in which the pilot LITERALLY connects to the machine to grant it a better reaction speed

[@christianlewis6789]

Oooooh, kinda makes sense as to why the Skopio seemed to behave so organically in Bionicle: the Legend Reborn. I mean, *maybe* his limiters are just always deactivated and he's always aggressive😆

[@elementxxrider]

@@christianlewis6789 to me is something strange, since the Bionicle are made from parts… which begs the question: if someone dies and another one uses the corpse's parts to upgrade another one or to create another one would the perpetrator be something akin to Frankenstein? Or if he just reanimates the corpse and it returns to life, memories and all, would he be seen like we see Jesus?

[@christianlewis6789]

@@elementxxrider depends on the intent, I suppose. Taking the other parts to make a freaking warrior servant or sonething would probably be the Frankenstein version

[@FudgeMunkey]

10/10 sound effects such effect much wow

[@omegaknight6421]

This feels like the cooler vezon and fenrakk A rider ontop of a massive quadraped beast that does most of the fighting for the rider.

[@twobakedpotatos]

The yellow throwbot arms came in Bitil in 2008.

[@CursedBrainJuice]

If I recall correctly, when they were first demonstrating the build, members of the "Master Builders" at TLG took somewhere upwards of 9 hours each to fully construct it.

[@DiceRobo]

I had this set....... HAD

[@Ivan-gs2vw]

MrGurt r.i.p.

[@theonewiththename5867]

MrGurt you poor fool!!! its alright we e all done that and then regretted it with our child hood treasures

[@kylejohnson525]

What happened to it?

[@lego0788]

E

[@whatis112-s2i]

oof

[@justsomeguy5628]

You completely missed the opportunity to add Scorpio from Hero Factory! (Unless it wasn't released yet.)

[@porterdillingham8810]

If he had the 2015 and 16 Bionicle scorpion sets, why would the Hero Factory Scorpio set from 2011 not be released yet?

[@HORRIOR1]

I always called the yellow guy Hank. Thumbs up if you get the reference ;D

[@Ivan-gs2vw]

HORRIOR I don't get it :/

[@bioknuckles9391]

Ivan Alvarez Hank Scorpio from the Simpsons

[@DeathMetalHead69]

I would have called him Donald trump

[@wildin3857]

6:30 Eljay, please do not make such noises 6:31 Eljay, please 6:33 Eljay!

[@kstanni87]

Skopio was badly depicted in the Legend Reborn film. It was treated as a wild creature when Telluris could have been used as a bandit. It also never used the midak blasters or the thread tank mode.

[@reptilitronousprime9213]

The Bionicle monster that for some reason roars like Godzilla

[@umarakormagoaden8471]

inner kid alot Eljay

[@PurpleHeartNM]

I've always wanted this set

[@daimonicreality1590]

Nintendo male same man

[@solekman916]

Who hasn't?

[@makutamiserix5612]

In the story "The crossing" which takes place before the legend reborn, Kiina almost kills Telluris but lets him live if he drives the Skrall away. Telluris agrees but says he'll get revenge on her and Ackar. I like to think the Skopio scene in TLR is Telluris getting his revenge, but due to the budget they couldn't animate Telluris or give him a voice. It would've been cool if their encounter went something like: Telluris: Remember me, Kiina? I warned you this was coming! Mata Nui: Who is that? Kiina: Long story. I'll tell you later. Telluris: There won't be a later once I'm done with you and your golden friend!

[@stronk2800]

AHEM. You forgot HF Scorpio in the intro. XP Great review as always!

[@milesd1068]

The lower arms on Telluris were actually used previously on bitil (mistika) in that color

[@12171010011010]

Always reminded me of the scarab from halo

[@justinvandenberg4751]

the yellow forearm parts were on the judge slizer(throwbot)

[@0mn0m8w31rdc4ndy]

I remember getting this set as a kid. Then my cousin ruined it like she always did. She stepped all over it and broke it. Not like it fell apart, she LITERALLY BROKE IT. The pieces were broken in half.

[@thumblookingguy6771]

;-;

[@vincaman5664]

Never happened to me but I feel ya.

[@vincaman5664]

Also did she get punished?

[@0mn0m8w31rdc4ndy]

+pokesearch nope

[@k-leb4671]

0mn0m8w31rdc4ndy Of course she didn't. Also, what on Earth is up with your username?

[@msc5070]

personally I think 2009 was one of bionicles best years. I even prefer it over 2005 or 2007.

[@keviaaar]

It was a great soft reboot and a nice change of pace. I was so excited for 2010 because of how much I liked 2009.

[@alfiechenery4146]

This is my favourite set that I don't have, it's beaten for me by toa mata nui.

[@piotrmontgomerytv7786]

3:55 He is based on Eggman from Sonic.

[@paultruluck8601]

It is this set in the movie, you can see tellirus, but he is sitting horizontally

[@skeletoncreek6446]

That was to cover the gap

[@NikRyas]

As far as I know, it's not the biggest set. Look! 8996 Skopio - 849 pieces. 8759 Battle of Metru Nui - 856 pieces. I know, it's a playset, but it's an official set too.

[@toadsmemeware3983]

NikRyas no in constraction sets its the biggest

[@makutamiserix5612]

Finally someone else realizes this! I own both and still stand by the fact that Battle of Metru Nui is bigger.

[@jamesbreuer1340]

This set was one of the best in Bionicle

[@paradox_saber54]

you were right about the Robo Riders arms. i had the set it came from.

[@TobyEchozap]

congrats for waj, also rip waj for being crushed by rocks. or with mr greg around, universe fixing he is still alive and not dead oh dear something, good work eljay on the review.

[@WajeehKhan]

No, it's definitely canon that Waj is crushed by a ton of rocks :P

[@suneenakalra362]

I LOVE that intro! Always so funny! Great Video!

[@johnhaboko8986]

Last I remember in the movie tellurus was lying down inside the skopio

[@skeletoncreek6446]

It wasn't telluris, it was a skopio, not the vehichle. The pilot model was used to cover the gap

[@tiredsofia]

I wanted this SO bad ;-;

[@Error-dq9wf]

I got this when I was 6 in 2010, now I’m trying to rebuild this lego set because there are still some small chunks of it still together

[@jstark1992]

This was my first Bionicle set

[@adandunlap8935]

I'm suprised the set with the most parts wasn't toa mata nui am I right

[@skeletoncreek6446]

Well skopio is a vehichle, its normal

[@makutamiserix5612]

This is not the largest Bionicle set. The Bionicle set with the most pieces is The battle of Metru Nui, a playset from 2005. It has 858 pieces.

[@vamp1310]

This was my first vehicle set.

[@kamrankermani3259]

ya know ya boi just got his free skopio XV-1

[@Celemimphar]

A friend of mine has this. He did not keep up with the story however...

[@GarryDumblowski]

What did he do that doesn't keep up with the story?

[@dustinowens1360]

Yea what did he do ? I am also curious.

[@Celemimphar]

@WILLIAM WEST Uh... What I meant is that said friend stopped following the story after 2005. He had the set, but did not know anything about it, exept it looked cool.

[@kitten2799]

Was the joke scen directed by deadpool? With all the fourth wall breaks?

[@laminateB1onicle]

Nostalgia ah i remember seeing this six years ago

[@franciswall2156]

All the blades on my Skopio broke and the treads have gone missing

[@kanewarburton8088]

Bittel had his arms for his wings too. As well as the other thing you said

[@King-Bubel]

I tried to build this set as a kid, but I made some mistake early on that I couldn't figure out how to fix, so I never finished it...

[@thumblookingguy6771]

same here except I had that problem with the big red vehicle from 2008

[@WLH7]

Bital had the Rahkshi arms in yellow.

[@pclone5019]

I can confirm the yellow forearm pieces came out in Roboriders.

[@julienandrus4169]

I always wanted this as a kid I want it as a teenager and i will want it as an adult

[@NickTF89]

I had this, but then it was thrown out, but then I bought it again, and then I tore it apart for parts. I plan on rebuilding it very soon. Oh boy...

[@theonewiththename5867]

alot cooler then i thought it would be!!!

[@benjaminhuether3846]

You should've included Hero Factory Scorpio in the intro.

[@KickMyBucket.]

I'm pretty sure Telluris' forearms came out with Bitil

[@gruntkiller123]

I literally had every 2009 set except for zesk. why did I take them apart?!?! WHY?!?!?! 😥

[@SniperDog5]

20th Century SOX same here. I also had every 2008 and 2010 sets (+all Piraka and a lot of older figures, bought from internet cuz I thought they looked cool), but I was a kid in 2008-2010 and I took them apart. I managed to rebuild a lot, but I am missing lots of pieces+ some of them are broken....

[@lordoftheminifigures8525]

2:06 Darkrai?

[@Theauramasternul]

oh my gosh I need one of these and about 12 of the tan one for my videos

[@Ivan-gs2vw]

Theauramaster nul 12 thornatuses?

[@Theauramasternul]

Ivan Alvarez yeah

[@FireyeMC]

Eljay you forgot that you can plug the cords in to his back.

[@magmorix3883]

I want this so much

[@antroz66]

Isn't it possible to lie him down with the legs beneath the shells behind him or am I imagining that

[@cupid__angel__]

antroz66 you can, I have mind posed that way.

[@steveneven1055]

I have this in many small pieces, without instructions...

[@Aceofspade159]

I wanna get one of these and MOC it into a banished scarab

[@arcanewinner1538]

Isn't the Kardas dragon the biggest set in Bionicle

[@confusedstockimage9807]

Arcane Winner Kardas is a combiner, so doesn't count

[@tomislavt.1889]

Arcane Winner yes

[@oyeh8908]

It's the tallest, but it doesn't have the highest piece count.

[@travisnguyen4108]

Teloris arms came with the 2008 beetle bro

[@LeoxandarMagnus]

Return of Waj.

[@WajeehKhan]

The daring squeakquel.

[@callmekekk8793]

Reminds me of Lord Stingray from Superjail.

[@clevtron726]

i still have this guy :D

[@TRexCharlie176]

so why do u upload these 3 at a time ?

[@undisclosed8833]

You forgot a scorpion. Scorpio, Hero Factory 3.0

[@trollsome]

It’s another Bionicle transformer?

[@maltahighjacker9842]

You know maybe 2009 wasn't so bad now that I look back i wasn't a huge fan of them making another planet because i thought it was going to be what hero factory became but idk 2009 sets have kinda grown on me (im still a 2005 stand though)

[@ApocalypticCrocodile]

2016 Pohatu's nightmare

[@psychosugar3320]

U should have used the nui jaga in the skit

[@thumblookingguy6771]

Alex Best his name wasn't Scorpio

[@psychosugar3320]

+KamenRider HQ but neither was the creature of stone

[@jackallison3247]

No the arms were on first on roborider

[@takadox8748]

Guess my rider rider class servant was only $90 :)

[@Wyattporter]

Coulda sworn this guy was called Skopio XV-6

[@7elevenhomelessman310]

In hero factory there's a Scorpio enemy in wave 3.0

[@TheDragonfriday]

Is there a way to find to buy this toy cheaper? 500$ is a bit too much...

[@hbcreates8355]

TheDragonfriday try parting it together

[@omegasauce6172]

The first bioformer

[@Blue-Rain]

Nice intro

[@MattyBmemes]

eljay PLZ no sound effects :(

[@metalsmile2000]

Took me five hours and chipped fingertips (and finger nails) to finish this behemoth

[@Michipicoten]

Why were you being so rough with it

[@Michipicoten]

That’s what she said

[@snoopdoggdankkush9285]

I got mine from a goodwill for like $50 (:

[@magogus7099]

fuck it, Eljay go skrkrkrhrkrr

[@Blue-Rain]

I like ketar's voice

[@pixeldoesthings]

That is not the same mask from the Baranus. That is a completely new mask

[@paavoaro003]

It's the animal's mask. It's double sided.

[@spoonsrattling]

PixelNinja48 __ it is on the spicket but its backward

[@pixeldoesthings]

Sorry, my mistake

[@andoritz8455]

it looks like a halo 3 scarab

[@v10lentv10let]

Sentence: DEATH (By Concentrated Awesome)

[@itegsy5464]

scorpions in disguise

[@DarthVader-pl5ts]

So it's a transformer.

[@returnedtomonkey8886]

Evevryone else realises that this thing is basically the final boss of metal gear rising?

[@_GShock_]

The noises sound satisfying tbf

[@k-leb4671]

Wow, LEGO got lazy. Instead of recoloring those Slizer arms to keetorange, they just kept them as the same light shade of yellow, thus breaking the color scheme. Why not just color every other piece bright yellow instead of keetorange, if they didn't feel like recoloring those arm pieces.

[@frank_calvert]

Scorpion tank lol

[@tomnimy_5956]

I still prefer Axalara T9

[@potatolikesbionicle1673]

Don't ask why I watched journey to one but love how pohatu is just a horrible parent

[@apotatoguylikesdogs6761]

When is certainly been eating monster who happens to be mean to a NONE pretty much murders everyone in your tribe