NUPARU WAS ABLE TO BUILD THIS IN CAVE!...WITH A BOX OF SCRAPS!

Nuparu probably has two throwing arms because they wanted to establish his character as an inventor, which makes his lack of a punching arm make sense.

"Basically, Nuparu is Tony Stark." I love these videos,

I love how there’s a massive threat to matoran life,but nuparu was like “nah,the blue krana shield doesn’t fit with the colour scheme”

I think the Bohrok faceplate is there to be an effective visual indicator that this was cobbled together from the remains of Bohrok. I mean, what else is there to tell us that aside from the teeth? Personally, this is one of my favorites from G1, precisely BECAUSE it's so weird.

Makuta: i am inevitable Nuparu: and i am nuparu...

I personally like the cobbled-together nature of the Boxor. I think it's rather endearing. As was mentioned before, that's how Nuparu created it. After all, he had limited resources: the scattered remains of his village, and a single, Krana-less Bohrok. What else was he supposed to use? Nothing, because there was nothing else he could use! The way it comes off as a toy really shows the rushed, hastily-designed manner in which Nuparu initially designed the thing. He, Onepu and Taipu had to escape the cave somehow, you know! Plus, if you think about it, when the Boxor became a mass-produced product, it could be inferred that the original design was refined and upgraded into a new, more advanced, and less silly-looking Boxor 2.0, possibly like the Boxor Walker concept that is included in the Boxor's instructions. The only problem there is that that version of the Boxor is unfortunately not canon to the Bionicle storyline. But that's what headcanons are for!

"I am an engineer, not a poet. Besides, a pratical name will be easiest for you monsters to remember. I'll call it.. BOXOR!" - Nuparu

I still love this set as an example of what makes the Matoran so great- their ingenuity is in good display. It also helps that it is a mecha and I adore the punching function it uses. I plan to Bricklink it sometime soon.

Avengers reference time! Makuta: “I have an army.” Nuparu: “We have Boxors!”

Nuparu is, without a doubt, my FAVORITE character from the Bionicle storyline...ever! :)

Why is the old play funtions better than the new ones

i love how you describe story elements before the review, it makes your reviews the best to watch

Are you going to due that story thing at the beginning of your videos regularly? Because that would be awesome

Imagine what he could do with the proper materials. I'm sure he could make a Matoran variant of the Exo-Toa. That would be so cool

the ultimate middle finger to the borok

Really really loved the story time, great touch!

I like to imagine Nuparu in desperation to find a piece that could act as a support beam ripped off his own arm and stuck it on, before finding a dead matoran and attached the corpses left arm to his body after driving off the bohrok. he was such a hero nobody cared about a bit of corpse mutilation

Those Iron Man references, bruh.

it looks so cobbled together and strange because its made of a bohrok and houses.

The reason nuparu has 2 throwing arms is because Lego wanted an ambidextrous character and in the story he was ambidextrous

You're very good at story telling, I can't wait for the 2016 reviews :)

I’m convinced that the set is exactly how it is supposed to be, so that when a child sees a boxor at their friends house or finding build instructions on the “home computer” maybe even seeing it in the minidiscs that came with the rakshi back in 2002, they are than inspired to make their own improvised version by using bohrok of their color choice and pulling from other builds. Which is what the villagers did which was the whole point because at the point of release majority of people who had bionicles, had at least one tohunga/matoran

Does anyone else to find it weird that when the bohrok was gone it was a blue gah-dok, but when it was put into the BOXOR, it turns black?

I personally enjoy the set's visual quality. It really looks like it was created from Bohroks and I dig the heavy technic-vibe of the build. I assume you dislike the Takua and Pewku titan from '03 as well, since that build is also focused entirely around its play feature at the expense of having a rather gappy look.

bro really build a fighting mech out of his enemies dead bodies 💀

Having the Bohrok head-plate as a visor, rather than a random aesthetic feature, is a pretty smart idea. It would make the pilot at least somewhat protected. Otherwise the pilot is completely bare and susceptible to basically any kind of danger, even just Bohrok shrapnel ricocheting into the pilot's eyes. In fact, the alternative build shown off in the instruction manual has the head-plate facing down as a visor. Also, the Matoran's hands are closer to the control sticks, making it look like s/he's actually controlling it. AND the Boxor's arms aren't sticking out the back... I've just had a revelation - the alternative build is better than the normal build! I must get RolloutReviews opinions on this.

Well, nuparu is supposed to have built it from spare parts and a bohrok shell, so maybe the design cost him a literal arm and a leg (or at least an arm)?

My childhood! I used to have this and 2 or 3 Exo Toa I regret to this day not buying the Queens

"Nuparu was able to build this in a cave....with a Corpse and Scraps!!!"

10:12 important to note how effective the Gali hooks are for ripping open Bohrok heads

I always love the "story" sections! Thanks for your quality content!

That intro is definitely the best part of the review. Great storytelling and fantastic scenes; they almost seem alive!

I feel that the bizarre design of the Boxor can be excused by the little time Nuparu and the others had to built it before they could have been found by Bohrok, and they just stuck with the design when mass-producing it since it did its job well enough.

This was an incredibly cinematic review.

I really loved the presentation of this review! You're giving Eljay from TTV a run for his money!

You probably noticed that you can also build an alternative version of Boxor with another building instructions that come along the set.

I loved this set as a kid, and I love it now. Something about the scrappiness of this set plus the extensive use of technic pieces

I love how you tell the story with your freeze frame shots of the sets.

I disagree with you heavily I love the messy design It looks so unique and weird in a classic bionicle way

Dude, you always complain about the look of Bioncle as if they're all supposed to look the same. The design for this one is that of a Matoran built exo-suit whose primary function is to defend the village, not walk the fashion show runway. The reason it looks weird is because it's supposed to be a machine, not a humanoid.

Liking this solely for the Iron Man references. Well played, sir. ...not sure why I didn't do that earlier.

Damn, you rode the Boxor harder than the resistance to the bottom of Naho Bay.

With two throwing arms, Nuparu has three fingers on each hand - which can also be said about his Toa Inika model.

That was an incredible Jeff Bridges impression holy shit, also I've always wondered what this sets technical function was, gotta say i was pleasantly surprised. Great reviews btw, kep doing what you're doing man

the way that action feature looks is so good omfg

So with the info we got on the origin of Bohroks later in the saga, we actually have 3 matoran dismembering a 'dead' transformed matoran, and building a transport/fighting vehicle out of him/her... yikes BIONICLE was much darker in the early years than I expected :P

yes use the mutated corps of your av-matorin brutherin

11:06 - after mentioning Stark earlier in the video, I was waiting for something like this. Funny as heck. Also I love your reviews, and it's a shame you never reviewed any more bionicle sets. Great vid tho!

Loved this set, i always had the alterative build, the bohrok head piece was like a protective shield

I love the story segments at the beginnings of these videos.

This set was always rare where I lived as a kid, I remember wanting this so bad but it was never in stores lol

I like it's weirdness. I think it looks kinda cool, and the function is an added bonus.

I love my boxor but I'm guilty of tampering with the original design myself because of the reasons you pointed out as well as my lore fascination I actually did salvage a gholok for the bohrok esque peices in it because of the back story and I also added an extra elbow pin connector to the "levers" to make them fit the arms better also I love naparu's mask... P. S. I made a gholok using the black parts that came with the boxor instead and while unquestionably non cannon the black and blue look awesome together. Thanks for reading I love your vids :)

I wish I still had my collection this was my all time favorite set

I love the beginnings with the story information.

the story bits with bionicle is so awesome.

It was quickly put together so it makes sense that design is sacrificed for the gimics Edit: other than the 'controls' Edit 2: I am at 11:27 now I posted the original comment when he first started listing his complaints, I should have waited for the video to end before commenting, whatever

I actually really like the look of the gears and technic beams. It shows how it was built from scraps and extra bits.

Nice review! Boxor and exo-toa was sets that i couldn't get back then, so it's nice to see this review. Btw, did you have exo-toa and plan to review it?

How did you make the Tohunga poseable?

Incredible review, sir.

Nuparu is just tony stark but his brain itself is in a robot body

I wish I had the pieces to make a version that's in scale with my Toa Inika Nuparu I turned into a Matoran for my own Bionicle story.

Watching the play function have me an idea. Perhaps the Boxor was originally meant to be some sort of larger Bohrok, with extendable arms instead of an extendable head, but then became the Boxor for some reason.

yo i can't wait to see what they look like in the game coming up

This alone is reason enough that Nuparu was worthy of becoming a Toa.

You should make a moc of this set. I think you can definitely improve it from it's flaws and make a perfect build

*Nuparu creates the boxor out of junk and a bohrok* "Why is there this weird bohrok cranium? It looks like a mess of technic gears."

did you ever review the alt state of the boxor. as i remember it having two different builds when i was young.

That thing that you thought should be a visor for the pilot is like that top thing on the bohrok head

If I'm honest, this is one of my favorite Bionicle sets!

This set just proved that designing sets around gimmicks can work well. All of classic Bionicle worked with this amazingly but easy Lego drifted away from this as the theme went on

Where do you get these sets if there so old ?? Is it a collection of them that you got before ??

In my imagination after they dug out of the cave with the Boxor, DOOM musix started playing in the background as nuparo killed each borrok.

isnt this set supposed to have an official alternate build? even i have found sites that say it was included in the instructions to be made, so why didnt you review it as well?

Are you gonna make a review of the alternate model of the Boxor or have you done it already?

I never leave the Tohunga arm on the back of the boxor; I needed Nuparu's throwing arm for my Onepu (which broke his) and thus gave that punch arm to Nuparu.

I love the addition in your reviews of the story scenes were you pose them for different scenes.

9:48 THAT IS SO COOOOLLLL! They definitely don't make LEGO like they used to....

Isnt there actualu a B model featuring the Bohrok piece as visor?

4:04 i mean it's clearly meant to show that it was built using Bohrok parts

Personally i think Boxor looks beatifull it really looks bio mechanical in my opinion in a way it reminds me of the original xenomorph and the boxing mechanic is amazing honestly one of the coolest lego sets ive heard of

11:07 Good Obadiah Voice.

I like your set up 👍( the great thumb )

I think the bohrok headpiece was meant to sell it as a reconstructed shell of a bohrok

I remember this was my first bioncle set. I personally like the slapped together aesthetic. It looks like a scrap mech and I am super into it.

I like how the original mata series of bioncle did a lot of wierd animals and machines...

This and the exo-toa were my favorite sets by far, besides the main Toa/Bohrok.

Honestly, I really like the set. Both in looks and features.

I like all the Iron Man references in this keep up the good work

What was that third matoran? Was that a Hafu with Onua's mask?

Okay, so I was seeing if I could find a boxor set on eBay for a good price, and I found pictures of boxers that have their arms pointed down, using a bohrok head shield as a windscreen thing, and being a lot taller, are they scams, or did the set come with instructions to make an alternate model? Thx

The disks fit on the back? I didn’t know this at all.

Actually, as long as the improvised-mechanical look of boxor might be something that not everyone like, as long ithink that New-Gen bionicle could contain something like that in future, also i must say that working with limited part count might bring really intresting effects, i have a bunch of models built from, "leftovers" of turning my enthire colletion of Bionicle into custom models, and must say that i like them more than most of thouse normally looking models. So bad i don't have better camera than one in mobile phone :P

I wonder if LEGO will ever make a revamped version of this and the Exo-toa armour for the 2015 toa/protectors. With the CCBS parts we could something truly amazing compared to their g1 counterparts!

Well you can modify it to have a flipped visor and you could modify it to bring the teeth/controllers forward.

is it just me Or does it look like taipu was using Nuparu as a shield? 0:52

how do you get these old sets?

i called my local toys r us weekly on restock days to check if this came in.