You have no idea what seeing you build him meant to me 😭 Short Circuit was such a big influence on me growing up as a little budding robot loving artist. Thanks so much for bringing J5 back to life 🤍
It took him six years, upwards of £20000, and it looks like he learned to code to build Johnny 5! What an amazing thing! Yes, a labor of love! I wonder how many rewatches of Short Circuit he had to have to figure out components, and get the look right!
Thank you so much for rebuilding Johnny 5! Not only did you rebuild him, but he’s in the best home he could possibly be in! You have no idea what this robot means to me in my life.He got me through the toughest times as a kid, and to see him back in 2024…. I’m tearing up. Thank you.
If the folks who built R2D2 replicas for recent Star Wars productions can go from being hobbyists to being involved in real film production, this man should be involved with a new Short Circuit movie. ❤
So lovely to see Johnny 5 still alive! He's one of those loveable characters that you instantly want to hug. Those lovely clear eyes, just so innocent. Absolutely beautiful. This isn't a model or toy, this is art, this IS Johnny 5. He's just adorable. I can't even imagine the work and hours put into him, but he's perfect. Has he met Steve Guttenberg, Ally Sheedy, GW Bailey at Comic Cons? He absolutely needs to. I love Johnny 5, he's almost the robot version of ET
God bless you sir! I am emotional as this takes me back to my 80s childhood. Always remember the scene whe Johnny got left for dead by thugs with crow bars. Absolutely loved SC1 & 2 and Flight Of The Navigator 😢😢❤
When I was a kid, I always wanted to have a real life-size replica. Seeing how little you can do to achieve a result like this is just amazing! This is wonderfull!!!
I adore him so much and you've put so much love and time into him. Everyone you meet who knows J5 cherish him. I hope one day I can meet him and the family!
Its amazing that the movie prop creators of these robots started from scratch and created these working models in months instead of years. They were very well thought out as well. The crouch, stand and stair climbing, all terrain capability is something we still don't see in commercial robots. Very impressive. There is one YT video shows a machine shop during Covid making parts for J5 they never completed the project due to other business. But, IIRR they were going to make their CAD drawings for hip swivel and shoulder mounts available.
That scene where Johnny 5 Tarzans to get Oscar, while bleeding battery fluid, sparks all over, with the "i need a hero" background music, always causes me to tear up. 🥲
what an amazing build mate. I just rewatched the films recently, and they're absolutely as good as my childhood remembers. And now years later, a fan with the skill and ability built a faultless working replica. Fantastic effort and it's great to see you getting appreciated for it. subbed
I can’t believe you did this. Awesome job. That’s better than movie set quality. I bet there are prop guys from the original movie who are stunned by this.
I love him so much. I like most 80s kids have fond memories of Johnny 5. Back in the 80s I don’t think it was even possible to build a version of him as functional as that. A lot of the shots were of pupated versions. With AI what it is now give it another 40 years and it will probably be possible to make an actual Johnny 5. As is you could audio sample from the movies and use AI to replicate the voice to anything you want him to say.
This has got to be one of the best replicas I have ever seen. I'm so glad you have made this iconic movie legend come to life. Well done, you have got a sub from me, and I can't wait to see what you do with j5 hey laser lips 😂
This is so cool! I would love to see him in person some day. The closest thing I have is a Johnny Five model which I'm not complaining at all. But I've never seen a full size one in person before.
Danke an euch für das Video und an dich der in steuert du bist mein Held aber ein Fan bin ich nicht wirklich ich fand in schön als Kind absolut Klasse Jonny 5 Nummer 5 ist mein Liebster Film auch wenn es große brobleme gab so wie ich gesehen habe. Ein großes Dankeschön an alle vom Film bis hin zu dir. Wehr schön wenn ich dich mal live sehen könnte Jonny 👋💯
This is probably more fully featured than the original screen used models, as they would have various versions that could do different things, depending what the scene being filmed called for, but this one seems to be fully functional. Most of the ones used n the movies were elaborate puppets. Well done.
This is an amazing work. Well done. How did you know all the details, because I don't think you had the original scheme, right? Have you ever considered connecting it to some AI language model or something, so he could completely interact with people?
Looks _very_ impressive. I recall that movie (the first one that is, I think there's two?), loved it as a kid. Now that this is done please make a functioning replica of ED-209, thank you :)
