Show and Tell: Batteries Not Included's Wheems Replica! 

Awesome!! Batteries Not Included & Short Circuit are two of the best '80s movies & still hold up today.

Really was a great concept for a movie, they just don't make em like that anymore..!

This movie made a big impression on me as a kid. I remember crying. I would have been 7 or 8 when I saw it on our VCR. I'm surprised this movie isn't talked about more these days.

I don't think that there's any movie that inspired me to kit bash together things as a kid more than _Batteries Not Included_ because that's literally how they're made, and you understand that as a facet of that movie magic.

ah man, childhood classic right there, love that they're still hovering around our hearts! ooooo this is inspiring me to start my own batteries not included build, thanks for showing the guts that really opens up the window of possibility!

One of the best movies I watched when a teenager in the 80's. The little Weems were so dang cute. My favorite character from the movie however was the soft hearted former boxing champion who lovingly cared for the little weem who came out not moving when it was created and speaking "Batteries not included."

I saw Batteries Not Included as an adult. I thoroughly enjoyed the film: compelling story, relatable characters, great animation. It was a nice to view an uplifting film in a decade when Hollywood was cranking out so many moody, broody dark stories.

Beautiful! I watched that movie so many times as a kid. That and Short Circuit will always be near and dear to my heart. If anyone wants to 3D print one I just looked and there are a few pretty great ones out there.

No way! This movie is a childhood fever dream for me but in a good way. I remeber those robots as one of my youngest memories, standing there being marveled by the movie magic wondering how they brought them to life. Great stuff!

Batteries not included was one of my favorite movies growing up. It's such a unique film.

I loved this movie so much when I was a kid, and got into 3D printing/prop replication hoping to make one of these someday! Thanks for sharing this amazing prop recreation!

This is one of my favorite movies during my childhood. Thank you. It means a lot to see wheems again.

If any prop replica was going to initially fail then it's fitting that it would be Wheems. I definitely need to give this a re-watch.

Batteries not included was one of my early favorites, that and Short Circuit really gave me a love of robots in cinema, I'm sure my folks were totally sick of seeing this every time I rented it

"Batteries Not Included" was one of my favorite movies from my childhood, so seeing this makes me super happy!

One of my all time favorite movies that no one else ever seems to know about, or they think I'm weird for liking it so much.

So precious and tiny ❤ Johnny 5 and these guys were my favorite robots growing up. Excellent work 🤖❤🤖

Batteries Not Includes is an absolute gem of my childhood - not because of the “power couple” but because the effects, story and robots were amazing. That model is a #1 must have!

I grew up with that movie!!! Was a cool concept that they were able to take junk laying around and create(give birth) to baby robots. Wow i gotta dust off my vhs collection to find that movie! 🐉☁️

i remember these little guys. man, i had completely forgotten about them.

Batteries Not Included was one of my favorite movies. Also loved Jessica Tandy in Fries Green Tomatoes

This is absolutely adorable and the magnet implementation for switching and base attachment is just slick!

Holy hell I remember this movie, these robots were my favourite I wished to have one!!!

I wish this was available for purchase I absolutely loved that movie

Nagyon tetszett az előadás, nagyon érdekes volt a kis földönkívüli!🛸

I loved that movie as a kid. Hell the movie got me into robotics and technology. Thanks for this :D

I watched Batteries not Included on VHS when I was 9 so... 1988? my Family wasn't big on the Theatre expenditures. I loved it as a child with the fanciful take on aliens/robots. 😊

Batteries Not Included was one of my favorite movies growing up. I cannot believe Jason believe he made such an amazing model!

Batteries not included is a movie??? I have never heard it before "!! OMG IM SO THERE . SORRY I HAVE A GREAT DEAL OF MEMORY LOSS AND I LOVE YOUR CHANNEL ADAM "!! THANK YOU BELIEVE IT OR NOT YOUR CONTENT HAS HELPED ME WITH BRINGING BACK MEMORIES AND REGAINED A SMALL PIECE OF LIFE BACK YO ME .

For decades it has felt like in the only person in the world who had seen Batteries Not Included. It was the first of the massive wave of gentrification movies of the 80s and 90s that I had ever seen. (Who's The Man? is another which I can't recommend enough.)

This was and still to this day is one of my top five favourite films ever made! I love it, and to see this was such a pleasant flashback 😍

My brother and I loved that movie so much we spent hours as kids using paper plates and home accessories to make our own robots based on that movie.

Great film, so many memories watching as a kid.

I've lost count of how many times I've watched Batteries Not Included. It definitely helped shape my hobby.

One of my favorite movies. I would watch it at my grandparents house. Good memories.

My first thought on the Lola droid from Obi Won was this was a Wheems from Batteries Not Included … I too can not wait for alien beings of this sort to arrive and befriend me into robotnik utopia!

One of the first scratch-built robot replicas I ever built was the baby robot from *Batteries not included. I used half of a LEGGs egg, wire and various bits of cut up tins. It's till one of my favorite little robot designs.

When I was young my family went to see it in theaters when if first came out and seen it several more times before it left the theaters. I thought it was a really good movie. Never knew they were called wheems.

I love the movie, I have it on DVD, some of the 80s movies are the best, they are classics now at least to my mind. Cheers.

Battery is not included was one of my absolute favorite movies when I was a kid. I remember recording it off TV onto a VHS and I watched it so many times that I wore out the VHS and it broke in the VCR. That year for Christmas my parents got me a VHS copy of batteries not included. I still own that vhs, but I also own it on Blu-ray and DVD. It's one of those movies that is truly timeless.

Great memories. Batteries Not Included and Short Circuit are what sparked my interest in artificial and machine intelligence as a kid.

I loved this film when I was 13, then forgot about it for 35 years. This was a blast from the past.

Oh man batterys not included now thats something I haven't seen in quite sometime. I might have to see if I still have a physical copy somewhere if not I will go on the hunt for one.

Brilliant 🤟🏻🤟🏻, loved this movie 🎥 so many happy memories. 🤟🏻👍

Omg I just thought why hasn't anyone made some drones like these. That would be so fun to play with.

Hello and goodafternoon Adam let me Introduce myself, I am danny damveld from enschede city, Netherlands nice to meet you. I am a big fan from the tv program mithbusters on Discovery Channel that you and Your colleague have runing for many years I have following it for many years , I loved that tv program .but I also love the movie ( batteries not Included ) I grow-up with this cute movie . Me and mine family have see this movie many times and it stil nice to see it everytime again .I am watching now your RU-vid video about this movie and you have a amazing Detailt little baby ufo/creature it is really cute . And I know you can bild lots of amazing things , I have a great idea , do you like maybe bild a real flying a mother/father ufo/creature model with moving parts like the eyes/lights and bild drone parts in it and that it flying like a drone . Is that maybe Possible??. A real working flying parents ufo/creature model with moving parts eyes and lights in it , it go to be very amazing to see a real flying model like that I know for sure . I know that we have the right tools and Technology in the world to bild a model like that . Myself I am not skilt and don't have the tools to bilt 1 model of My-own . I realy hope you like this idea greetings danny damveld from the city enschede, Netherlands. 🙂🙂👍👍💯....

That prop is masterfully created. Truly amazing.

What a beautiful tving that is... Loved that movie as a child and still do 🤫

that movie is so underrated

Batteries Not Included is such an underrated movie. No one I talk to seems to know about it, nor wants to.

I loved that movie as a kid. I was a HUGE fan of all the little robots. I wish he made all the babies and the parents. They were so cool.

Maaan this brings back memories!

I remember this movie from when I was a kid ! Thank you for bringing up a happy memory for me!

That's soooooooo adorable 😍🤤

Loved this movie as a kid!!

Adam. I think you would like the Ratchet and Clank movie.

That movie made me laugh and cry , It was a Wonderful Film !

Now we know where the Star Wars gang got the idea for the LOLA droid...

One of the absolutely best movies of my childhood. if you could include something from flight of the navigator or the last starfighter would be awesome. I did just start diving into your channel so you may have and I haven't gotten to it yet.

Batteries Not Included 2 would be nice.

That movie, The Explorers Short Circuit, flight of the navigator. So many classic movies from my childhood.

One of my grandma's favorite movies.

I remember that movie as a kid I love watching it

Wow! - a Few Thousand people that would Love one !

I loved "batteries not included" as a kid! So much nostalgia!

Adam should play Richard Taylor in the weta movie. 😂

Best film ever 🤘🏼👌🏻👍🏻

Trivia:”Batteries Not Included” was the title of a screenplay by Don Mancini (yes - Chucky’s dad) and Spielberg wanted the title for his movie. So, a deal was made and voila.

Now Adam has to make one of those baby ones and make the shell out of actual soda cans lol

As a kid, this was one of my favorite movie. The tiny robots that fixes broken things.

Am I the only one who was hoping it was a mini drone?

That is so freaking awesome! Love this movie as a kid!

It would be awesome to have one of the parents too.

While I was an adult when the movie came out, I enjoyed it immensely! The movie prop made more sense to me than the slick repro Wheems, as the aliens would not have cared about polishing up the paint of the material they used to create the shell of their new ship/body.

I watched this movie over and over as a kid.

Loved this movie when I was a kid!

So cool, a movie from my childhood

I never knew his name. You creators out there are a work of art yourselves. This thing is Amazing.

Such an underrated film. Loved it since my childhood. The model is amazing and it’s absolutely adorable that it moves. I remember seeing his kits for sale and I never purchased them sadly.

What an incredibly wonderful thing. The detail and the personality are astounding.

Loved that movie as a kid. I was thinking about it years ago and couldn't remember the name to save my life.

Adam, I believe these "Toys" were designed for the film by designer Andrew Probert if I'm not mistaken. Might be worth talking about his work on these props.

I was just struck by a tidal wave of nostalgia with this. Great prop! Kudos to the maker and thanks to Adam for sharing this with us.

Batteries Not Included was a movie near to my heart growing up as a kid and I think it's what initially got me into robots.

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I Loved This Movie!! And Especially Ms. Elizabeth Pena R.I.P. She Was Such An Amazing Actress!!

OOOHHH NOW I SEE from where the guys who created "rachet and clank" SUCKED the catchy visual from

I saw the movie as a teenager when it came out and I loved it. I thought the robots were adorable and the story was so precious. Then, I recently watched it again some thirty years later, and I hated it. I thought it was the most cookie cutter of a movie with the same old tropes brought out, and nothing original. It was just a story of helpful elves, just this time with robots, and in the stereotypical slums. I still think they are cute though.

Now THERE'S a deep cut. Who even remembers this? Last MTG pre-release I was at some guy took a poll to see who recognized "No disassemble". Literally no one except myself and the poller were hep to that particular jive, and If Johnny 5 ain't alive in the cultural zeitgeist, these bots that (I assume based on timelines) function as the halfway point between Bubo from Clash of the Titans and Weebo from Flubber surely stand no chance.

I think anybody who is a tested viewer older than. Say… 35-40 maybe?… has an affinity for Batteries Not Included. I know I do. Give me that, or some Short Circuit and we have ourselves a movie night!

I've seen this movie at least a hundred times but never noticed that they were called wheems. When are they called Wheems? I also haven't seen it in a decade at least.

I just love this stuff. If only i was better at electronics and making and had some disposable income i would also just make some of such things, like a moving Johnny 5, Wheems with movement and lighting, a working Stargate with infinity mirror or screen inside it, all such kind of stuff. Man, while not many, there are some guys that make life sized Johnny 5's even with remote control etc. Just awesome.

Shout out to actor Michael Carmine who played "Carlos", died in 1989 from a heart attack. He was only 30yrs old. RIP

Hi Norm, where’d you get that sweet Jack Kirby shirt? That’s an Alex Ross painting, correct?

Dam I guess the originals didn't survive... Spielberg at his best when producing.

Everyone go watch Batteries Not Included, do it!

I was about eleven when Batteries Not Included came out, but it got shitty reviews in the papers so I didn't watch it then (yes, people read movie reviews in the newspaper back then, kids), but so did Star Trek IV that came out the year before, and by 1989-1990 I'd heard good word of mouth from friends who'd seen it. So a friend of mine and I rented it at the video store along with Star Trek IV, and...well, we loved them both. I almost got a late fee for BNI.

That was one of my favorite movies when I was a kid, I remember watching it on VHS then having to take it out to put it in the rewinder so I could watch it again.... My favorite part was watching them fix the tiles, they're so adorable and I'd love to have one. 😁😍❤️❤️❤️❤️

I LOVED that movie when I was a kid!!!

I loved this movie! For me it's in my head with a bunch of stuff like the FX films, Short Circuit, just that time in practical effects I guess. Kid me would have loved robot buds from space. Model's an absolute peach, and one of those things from film I'd always have loved to own.