Nice! Glad your rubber bands are alive. Some of mine have become a bit saggy, and the Turaga ones especially seem to be a different kind of rubber that just doesnt last :(
I was once part of an RP scene where the person playing Nuparu explained the Matoran arm on the back of the mech, and Nuparu's own weirdness with his arms, by saying that Nuparu used _his own left arm_ as a structural support and cobbled together a slightly janky prosthesis from spare parts to replace it. I ended up giving my Toa Nuparu MOC a mismatched left arm because of it. I need to rebuild that guy at some point, scrapped him for parts a bit ago.
Silver boxor was very cool to see, but what if the other matoran built their own different colored/elemental boxor-like mechs based off the other 5 bohrok breeds? Would be very interested to see you tackle a video like that some day. Maybe the boxor “hooks” would differ between builds. Keep it up. 🤙🏼
Yeah, the engineering on some of the early sets is really outstanding! I feel some of the clever design elements were sadly lost on later sets. Thanks for watching :)
Oddly enough, the black Tohunga punching arms appeared in the Technic Super Battle Droid (8012) roughly a month before this was released, and along with the orange Bohrok head beams, also appeared in a "Parts tub" (8713) from 2005. Aside from the Exo-Toa, the old dark gray "Voodoo Hooks" from Gali first appeared in a "Drome Racers" set (8468) five months before and appeared in another set from that theme (8371) in early 2003. This was also the final standard set to have Technic 3x3 lever and cross block in orange.
Ah, the Technic super Battle Droid...I got really excited when I found it has the Toa foot in metallic blue, thinking I could make a cool metallic blue Toa. Alas...very few other parts exist in that colour, and most come from that one set!
@@brickthumb Metallic sand blue is a fairly rare color, with only 26 elements being produced in it in total. Many of them are Technic parts-which were all exclusive to the Super Battle Droid (8012), though a minifigure of one appeared in the first version of the Republic Gunship (7163) released concurrently. These would have been the only places where parts in that color appeared, but one of the constraction-scale figures from the Knights' Kingdom II theme (8794) had armor and a sword in that color, and five other sets (8778, 8780, 8781, 8799 and 8801) from that theme also had a minifigure-scale sword in that color.
I’m subscribing for all your content mate, not just Bionicle ;) I love how you casually show a silver Boxor and big Nupaaru sitting in his old invention xD
I remember that when I searched "Boxer" on Google, the results I got were the dog called "Boxer". It is hard to believe that the Matoran included in this set became a Toa in later years.
It's even more incredible to learn the matoran included in this set is the inventor behind the vahki. Or that Hewkii used to be the best kanoka disk crafter in Metru Nui. So much so, a rule had to be placed in sports to prevent every participant from getting disks from him.
One of my favorite bionicle sets! Another lego set that has a similar color scheme from around the same time is the Kek Powerizer from Galidor. I always imagined that the alternate builds was used for swamp traversal. Not sure why Nuparu had 2 disc throwing arms, I suppose he was just "built differently". Although he ended up getting a very powerful boxing arm, 2 in fact, with his invention!
I’ve put it together. He welded and cut apart pieces from the gahlok to make Gali hooks and he threw his disk at another matoran to get that extra arm piece.
This is true, except for the fact that the Borak exosuit are actually the transformed bodies of dead AV Matoran. I love this creepy moments from Bionicle lore
@@evgenyransky3545 I just assumed the mechanical parts of their body are recycled. No different than how we used to use mammoth bone and skin to make huts. Or alters of human bone.
I did not know seeing Nuparu Mahri sitting inside a Boxor was a thing I needed to see until I saw it. Thank you, that was amazing.
No problem :p Thanks for watching!
Nuparu was able to build this in a cave! WITH A BOX OF SCRAPS!!!!!!
Well I'm sorry... I'm not Nuparu
I was about to ask if this joke had been done yet
The Iron Man of Bionicle
And a corpse
this was my first set ever, great to see you covering it! it's still on my shelf and its rubber bands are somehow still alive
Nice! Glad your rubber bands are alive. Some of mine have become a bit saggy, and the Turaga ones especially seem to be a different kind of rubber that just doesnt last :(
I think that the Bohrok parts changed their color due to the Bohrok losing its elemental power.
I love this set, and your silver Boxor is just beautiful thanks for your sharing this amazing content.
Thanks for watching :)
I was once part of an RP scene where the person playing Nuparu explained the Matoran arm on the back of the mech, and Nuparu's own weirdness with his arms, by saying that Nuparu used _his own left arm_ as a structural support and cobbled together a slightly janky prosthesis from spare parts to replace it. I ended up giving my Toa Nuparu MOC a mismatched left arm because of it.
I need to rebuild that guy at some point, scrapped him for parts a bit ago.
Haha, I can't believe I've never made that connection before. That's an amazing theory!
Silver boxor was very cool to see, but what if the other matoran built their own different colored/elemental boxor-like mechs based off the other 5 bohrok breeds? Would be very interested to see you tackle a video like that some day. Maybe the boxor “hooks” would differ between builds. Keep it up. 🤙🏼
I love these kind of bionicle sets that have really neat technic designs with moving parts.
Keep up the great vids!
Yeah, the engineering on some of the early sets is really outstanding! I feel some of the clever design elements were sadly lost on later sets.
Thanks for watching :)
Jaller: nupuru how did you make you boxor? nupuru: what stays in the cave stays in the cave.
Yo love this format with the lore added on. Keep it coming!😊
Thanks for watching, glad you're enjoying. More to come!
Oddly enough, the black Tohunga punching arms appeared in the Technic Super Battle Droid (8012) roughly a month before this was released, and along with the orange Bohrok head beams, also appeared in a "Parts tub" (8713) from 2005. Aside from the Exo-Toa, the old dark gray "Voodoo Hooks" from Gali first appeared in a "Drome Racers" set (8468) five months before and appeared in another set from that theme (8371) in early 2003. This was also the final standard set to have Technic 3x3 lever and cross block in orange.
Ah, the Technic super Battle Droid...I got really excited when I found it has the Toa foot in metallic blue, thinking I could make a cool metallic blue Toa. Alas...very few other parts exist in that colour, and most come from that one set!
@@brickthumb Metallic sand blue is a fairly rare color, with only 26 elements being produced in it in total. Many of them are Technic parts-which were all exclusive to the Super Battle Droid (8012), though a minifigure of one appeared in the first version of the Republic Gunship (7163) released concurrently. These would have been the only places where parts in that color appeared, but one of the constraction-scale figures from the Knights' Kingdom II theme (8794) had armor and a sword in that color, and five other sets (8778, 8780, 8781, 8799 and 8801) from that theme also had a minifigure-scale sword in that color.
I headcanon him as left handed so the reason for two disk throwing arms can be that he can throw with his left hand
Love seeing more Bionicle content creators out there. Your videos are great!
Thanks, comments like this mean a lot. Thanks for watching! :)
I’m subscribing for all your content mate, not just Bionicle ;)
I love how you casually show a silver Boxor and big Nupaaru sitting in his old invention xD
Thanks for watching ;)
I wonder how the Barakki would react if Mahri Nuparu just rocked up in the boxor? Lol.
Would be really cool to see the Makuta Tohunga with the Infected Hau sitting in the silver Boxor
I remember that when I searched "Boxer" on Google, the results I got were the dog called "Boxer".
It is hard to believe that the Matoran included in this set became a Toa in later years.
It's even more incredible to learn the matoran included in this set is the inventor behind the vahki.
Or that Hewkii used to be the best kanoka disk crafter in Metru Nui. So much so, a rule had to be placed in sports to prevent every participant from getting disks from him.
One of my favorite bionicle sets! Another lego set that has a similar color scheme from around the same time is the Kek Powerizer from Galidor. I always imagined that the alternate builds was used for swamp traversal. Not sure why Nuparu had 2 disc throwing arms, I suppose he was just "built differently". Although he ended up getting a very powerful boxing arm, 2 in fact, with his invention!
Oh wow, I forgot about Galidor! Yeah, the Kek Powerizer has a very similar color scheme. What a strange series that was...
Your content is excellent, hits me in the nostalgia every video. Would love to see you cover the Toa Metru!
Thank you! I will definitely be doing the Metru at some point in the near future :)
Still blows my mind that this is the only time LEGO sold an original design matoran figure except through a McDonald's happy meal
I’ve put it together. He welded and cut apart pieces from the gahlok to make Gali hooks and he threw his disk at another matoran to get that extra arm piece.
My personal theory on the color change is that boric corpse wood eventually lose its color and turn into a husk
I got this today and I love it! Would love to give it so wheels or treads to make it a true mech
Where did they say bohrok were matorans? I never found any website which says that
"The Great Beings destined a percentage of Av-Matoran to transform into Bohrok at a certain point in their lives" -- Biosector01, Bohrok wiki page
looks cool, never had it, but I think I could make a Boxor with spareparts
Nice video
I confess, I called toys r us regularly to find out if this one was gwtting stocked
It was definitely one to get excited for! Did you manage to get one in the end?
Since the Bohrok are themselves basically an exosuit for the Krana I don't think there is quite the same moral quandary.
This is true, except for the fact that the Borak exosuit are actually the transformed bodies of dead AV Matoran.
I love this creepy moments from Bionicle lore
@@evgenyransky3545 I just assumed the mechanical parts of their body are recycled. No different than how we used to use mammoth bone and skin to make huts. Or alters of human bone.
@@evgenyransky3545 wait so nuparu made a mech from another matoran's corpse ?
Boxors are maybe creepier Evangelions
Absolutely based channel
Based on what? The Three Virtues, evidently
@@dafoex based means good, great etc
Boxor Dominic