Hot Toys needs to recreate this! They could do a customisable model where it has all the internal space to allow you to a a motor and electronics or you can just leave it as a display piece......or they could even do a die cast version!
Johnny 5 was part of my happy childhood when I was 7. We were poor then, but my mom was able to save some money so we can watch the movie together. She even bought some snacks we could eat at the theater. It broke my heart when they destroyed J5 and I was so psyched when he was chasing the bad guys and the song "I Need A Hero" was playing.
@@theenlightenedone1283 Im 36 bro and i still love this movie, it was also a very happy memory from my childhood. I remember tears forming when johnny was being destroyed but was quickly back to being happy when he decked him self out to chase oscar and i need a hero was playing in the background
Ya, me too to a lot of what you said. The song at the end is imprinted in my mind as directly associated with this movie. Which is a silly, but childhood happy place.
If they released this today - in this scale/detail - they would sell tens of thousands of them. Even as a static model. As an R/C it would be more niche but I think they could charge $500. I'd buy one! If they did this it would kind of be like the hovering Delorean.
Thank you for documenting this prop. This honestly makes me very happy. I've wanted that toy all my life and just knowing that there is one out there for prosperity reasons makes me ok with not getting it, they didnt all see the garbage.
I was born in the year 2001 and I watched this movie constantly and as a kid I always wanted one of these I'm so happy that you found it and restored it I am thrilled to see this video
wanted one so bad as a kid and even as an adult they were IMPOSSIBLE TO FIND, nowadays with 3D print technology people are making SO MANY toy replicas and it's absolutely beautiful 😍 to see people keeping number 5...ALIVE!
@@DanielS2001 you use to be able to get the rc j5 kits on wantedmall.com , but im guessing they dont have them anymore , glad i bought mine when i had the chance
@@TheRandomMechanic Those are actually re-molds/knockoffs of the Joz Robotics Robot V toy. They also pop up on ebay now and then as unpainted or unassembled kits. Very rarely an actual Robot V will pop up on there, just keep an eye out!
@@technosaurusarcanex3247 i am awear of that , but it is the only johnny 5 toy there is , they didnt make many robot v toys and when they pop up they are way too expensive , in fairness so are the knock offs they were around 700 bucks last time i saw them , with enough work they are pretty decent , i spent 5 and a half weeks on mine , looks pretty nice , of course i picked mine up back when they were still 88 bucks .
This is cool. Thanks for posting it. When I visited Eric Allard in the early 90s he had the hang glider model. Not sure where it ended up, but I have a photo or two of it somewhere.
Most kids when I was Young played with toys. I’ve built robots so I fell in love with these movies and always dreamed of owning a Jonny five that of course never happened
i rewatched and relived my childhood yesterday and listened to the whole ending theme via crown amps and klipsch RP series and it was damn good it was magical. btw the pixar intro with the lamp always reminded me of Johhny 5
This is my favorite childhood movie. Thank you for making this video always wanted to know more about the little rc johnny five.its such a shame that they never made toys of these guys. They probably didn't make them because the movie didn't do as well as they hoped. Someone needs to make a petition for these guys to be made I would definitely buy 3 or 5 of them.
Awesome video, I bought that magazine to have proof of that potential toy, I wish it were actually released. I still wonder what happened to the proto!
I was pissed they didn’t make a toy..I would have treated it like a gem. In a nice glass box and plaque. Was my favorite movie as a kid. And to hear it was filmed in Toronto for number 2 I was over the moon. Since then have been sad to not ever find a replica.
I loved Short Circuit 2 so much as a kid that I made one of these out of cardboard. I even peeled the top layer off of the cardboard to reveal the wavy cardboard underneath to mimic the treads. 🙂
Man, I wish someone would take this prop and replicate it exactly for those of us fans to be able have our own mini J5. And I'm not even talking about that Robot V that's out there. Which is not screen accurate. But one like this prop.
@@webbox100 It would have been amazing to mold every part, but clearly the task was to document and conserve. Great job, and hopefully one day a factory can actually shoot these. Are fans expected to 3D print and assemble parts?
@@ianburkard Hehe, I was over-ambitious and tried molding every part. The problem is that pieces that were originally separately molded and cast were then very strongly glued together, so there were whole sections that were impossible to mold without sawing apart! As for future plans for the fans, I know the small but passionate Input-Inc. team is splitting time their available time between the full-size and the toy, so slowly but surely cool things are happening!
Like they said there were only 5 fully RC mini J5s. They have one, another is in the possesion of a guy who runs a company that does props but it got smashed during an earthquake. The others are... out there. It's easier to get a less accurate but more common Robot V from Joz Robotics. Out of production, but they pop up on ebay and such places rarely. Not a 1 to 1 reproduction as some details/sizes are off, but it's the best us collectors have.
They missed a golden opportunity by not selling toy replicas of Johnny 5. Even if it wasn't RC controlled, I believe even just a posable action figure in that size would have done well. They could have included extra parts to make either the stock robot version, or the Johhny 5 version, and then encouraged people to buy a bunch of them to recreate scenes from the first movie.
id do ANYTHING to purchase one if any still exist out their, this was my fav movie as a kid, the first and second, are thoes CAD files avalible for anyone? id love to get my hands on em, owning a repro of that prop would be AMAZING
As a child in the 80s, I constantly asked my parents to find me the toy, but they couldn't. I ended up taking all my grey Legos and made an almost perfect replica, but I could never find the proper parts to make the zero turn treads.
I would love to see it. My son made a quick Johnny 5 out of legos as well, nothing like the one you built I'm sure. Maybe you could take tread and glue it together like the designers did and the submit your idea to LEGO IDEAS! That would be an awesome toy!
Just a tip! You can build a Johnny five from set number 42100, there are instructions online to make it a very nice remote controlled Johnny five! I am getting one myself for that purpose only! :)
First of all, awesome video. I love the detail that went into it and the project. What was the font used to create the SC2 yellow typeface? I know the white title logo is called Cut-In, but cannot find the correct typeface for SC2.
Can you imagine the merchandising potential? I wonder who owns the rights to using the robot, my guess is the studio/film company BUT like star wars turned out to make bazillions in merch... and well when you have such a pivotal/central character that is basically the best movie robot ever??? I am just saying they should STILL get the ball rolling on some nice merchandise.
Thanks! Hehe, I hadn’t clocked that the typeface was the same as what TNG used (I guess it is!), so the ones on this video are made from stills of the SC2 credits.
Some full-size J5s still exist, now in the hands of private collectors. There are also fans building amazing full-size replicas with the passionate research done by the Input-inc.com team.
@@webbox100 Thanks for the info! I found some articles where they were announcing auctions or something. I also some replcas today, that's why I looked up some random videos on the subject :)
Wait, was the part at 2:30 in the movie? I've only ever seen the Italian TV version of Short Circuit 2, and there was never a scene with a bad guy looking at a Johnny 5 render on a PC!
It is definitely crazy that no toy has been made of Johnny 5 yet. It's annoying how so much merchandise is made for 1980s horror movies but this movie gets ignored. Short Circuit made the same amount of money as Child's Play so why do we have a million Chucky dolls you can buy but no Johnny 5?
not much ? i dont know how many people care? im guessing that would drive the price? nevermind, theres a lot of commenters i can see this getting to 2k ?
I believe these Johnny 5's were made by a company called Alchemy II, they are known for the animatronics in Welcome to Pooh Corner. But more famously created the lore and world of Teddy Ruxpin.
@@webbox100 If you want more info on Alchemy II, then watch a docuseries here on RUclips called Ken Forsee: Come Dream with me Tonight by Billy Tooma. It has info on Ken Forsee, the CEO of Alchemy II, but a bit of company history as well!
There are several now with private collectors (some full, some just bits), and one on display at the Sony studio tour in California. I saw the gold one at Disney World in Florida in 1996, but it's no longer there!
Hey! I am searching quit a while but i am not able to find the CAD for the screen used Johnny 5 toy. Could you tell me a place to search or where i can find a download? Best wishes!
That's still being worked on by the good people at Input Inc. There's a meticulous CAD of the full-size that they've shared, which they've continued to update as well. 🤖
I have been following you guys for a very long time now, but havent seen anything published in terms if your teams effort in regards to available files or drawings. Is there anyone I could reach out to in regards to making a J5 Toy? I thought it would be easy enough to just post your guys findings and even 3d models that you talk about in the video itself. Please post them, Short Circuit fans are drooling for them.
Thanks for the question! What I've heard from my friend at Input-Inc. is that they're still finishing the work - it’s literally been years in the making! :D
There’s a builders community on Facebook! Thanks to the detailed work of the Input-Inc.com group, some fans are creating working full-size replicas! m.facebook.com/#!/groups/696979684043483/?ref=group_browse
I built one from my grandparents empty medicine bottles, cardboard, spray paint remote control car etc. Anyway the real #5 was for sale on eBay by the dude that was in short circuit 1 but he took him off the site for some unknown reason
I wanted this toy as a kid and STILL want this toy as a 42 year old!
Same! I have always held out that someone would get the rights to do so. Always let down though.
And the closest thing you can get is a knock off Lego design from China. I ordered one off ali express for 20$
@@noise6327i got the bigger one and it's awsome
Not selling this as a toy was their biggest mistake!
exacrly
agreed! I'm still salty about that!!
Hot Toys needs to recreate this! They could do a customisable model where it has all the internal space to allow you to a a motor and electronics or you can just leave it as a display piece......or they could even do a die cast version!
It makes me sad that they never made toys of him
Theres some great replicas on etsy
Johnny 5 was part of my happy childhood when I was 7. We were poor then, but my mom was able to save some money so we can watch the movie together. She even bought some snacks we could eat at the theater. It broke my heart when they destroyed J5 and I was so psyched when he was chasing the bad guys and the song "I Need A Hero" was playing.
It was a epic moment ... I'm 34 and have still tears in my eyes
@@theenlightenedone1283 Im 36 bro and i still love this movie, it was also a very happy memory from my childhood. I remember tears forming when johnny was being destroyed but was quickly back to being happy when he decked him self out to chase oscar and i need a hero was playing in the background
Ya, me too to a lot of what you said. The song at the end is imprinted in my mind as directly associated with this movie. Which is a silly, but childhood happy place.
Awesome that you saw it in the theater! :)
This vid Promted me to rewatch both movies!
I actually shouted AWWW! when u said we disassembled the robot to refit it!
Damn, I really wanted that toy Jonny Five, back when I was just kid and I was a huge fan of the Short Circuit movies.
If they released this today - in this scale/detail - they would sell tens of thousands of them. Even as a static model. As an R/C it would be more niche but I think they could charge $500. I'd buy one! If they did this it would kind of be like the hovering Delorean.
Thank you for documenting this prop. This honestly makes me very happy. I've wanted that toy all my life and just knowing that there is one out there for prosperity reasons makes me ok with not getting it, they didnt all see the garbage.
Man, how often I've wished I had such a toy. ^^
What about a similiar one? ruclips.net/video/tEKsegrGbVk/видео.html
I always wanted one.
You can make a lego version
Me too
There is a Facebook group where a guy makes them, I recently got mine in. Eyes light up and it talks
I was born in the year 2001 and I watched this movie constantly and as a kid I always wanted one of these I'm so happy that you found it and restored it I am thrilled to see this video
Now I know👍🏻. Thanks for the
“input”👍🏻.
wanted one so bad as a kid and even as an adult they were IMPOSSIBLE TO FIND, nowadays with 3D print technology people are making SO MANY toy replicas and it's absolutely beautiful 😍 to see people keeping number 5...ALIVE!
YES YES YES! NEED INPUT! Well done!
I had the original vhs blue cover with a red box was awesome I need to get that again brilliant film my childhood was all about johhny 5
seriously, how has a good version of this toy not been released yet?
Just wait 5 minutes for Funko or POP to screw it up.
Or any Johnny 5 toy in general.
@@DanielS2001 you use to be able to get the rc j5 kits on wantedmall.com , but im guessing they dont have them anymore , glad i bought mine when i had the chance
@@TheRandomMechanic Those are actually re-molds/knockoffs of the Joz Robotics Robot V toy. They also pop up on ebay now and then as unpainted or unassembled kits. Very rarely an actual Robot V will pop up on there, just keep an eye out!
@@technosaurusarcanex3247 i am awear of that , but it is the only johnny 5 toy there is , they didnt make many robot v toys and when they pop up they are way too expensive , in fairness so are the knock offs they were around 700 bucks last time i saw them , with enough work they are pretty decent , i spent 5 and a half weeks on mine , looks pretty nice , of course i picked mine up back when they were still 88 bucks .
This is cool. Thanks for posting it. When I visited Eric Allard in the early 90s he had the hang glider model. Not sure where it ended up, but I have a photo or two of it somewhere.
Most kids when I was Young played with toys. I’ve built robots so I fell in love with these movies and always dreamed of owning a Jonny five that of course never happened
Well, you can 3D print one now. It'd be static, but it would still look great on a shelf.
i rewatched and relived my childhood yesterday and listened to the whole ending theme via crown amps and klipsch RP series and it was damn good it was magical.
btw the pixar intro with the lamp always reminded me of Johhny 5
This is my favorite childhood movie. Thank you for making this video always wanted to know more about the little rc johnny five.its such a shame that they never made toys of these guys. They probably didn't make them because the movie didn't do as well as they hoped. Someone needs to make a petition for these guys to be made I would definitely buy 3 or 5 of them.
I would love to get my hands on one of these
I loved this movie and the props so much as a kid. I always wished they had released a toy
As a child you have no idea how thoroughly I looked for one of these
Always wanted one of these when I was a kid, still baffling how it never got a toy release after the Star Wars "MERCHANDISING!" era.
Awesome video, I bought that magazine to have proof of that potential toy, I wish it were actually released. I still wonder what happened to the proto!
I love Short Circuit 2, thank you for sharing this! :D
I was pissed they didn’t make a toy..I would have treated it like a gem. In a nice glass box and plaque. Was my favorite movie as a kid. And to hear it was filmed in Toronto for number 2 I was over the moon. Since then have been sad to not ever find a replica.
I need this it will sit on my Collection of old electronics forever
I loved Short Circuit 2 so much as a kid that I made one of these out of cardboard. I even peeled the top layer off of the cardboard to reveal the wavy cardboard underneath to mimic the treads. 🙂
Man, I wish someone would take this prop and replicate it exactly for those of us fans to be able have our own mini J5. And I'm not even talking about that Robot V that's out there. Which is not screen accurate. But one like this prop.
Mark Raimo We took this one apart for exactly that reason! Through fan group Input-Inc., the hope is fans will soon be able to have their own. 😀
@@webbox100 that's awesome.
@@webbox100 It would have been amazing to mold every part, but clearly the task was to document and conserve. Great job, and hopefully one day a factory can actually shoot these. Are fans expected to 3D print and assemble parts?
@@ianburkard Hehe, I was over-ambitious and tried molding every part. The problem is that pieces that were originally separately molded and cast were then very strongly glued together, so there were whole sections that were impossible to mold without sawing apart! As for future plans for the fans, I know the small but passionate Input-Inc. team is splitting time their available time between the full-size and the toy, so slowly but surely cool things are happening!
@@webbox100 Is there a page where we can follow the progress of making this an avalible prop?? :)
omg.... one still exists... This is my holy grail. I can honestly say that ive seen Short Circuit 1/2 100+ times.... Easily...
Like they said there were only 5 fully RC mini J5s. They have one, another is in the possesion of a guy who runs a company that does props but it got smashed during an earthquake. The others are... out there. It's easier to get a less accurate but more common Robot V from Joz Robotics. Out of production, but they pop up on ebay and such places rarely. Not a 1 to 1 reproduction as some details/sizes are off, but it's the best us collectors have.
One of these is my ultimate collecting grail.. been wanting a SC2 Mini J5 since I saw the movie as a kid.
I would have loved to have bought one this is the best toy any kid could have
0:00 that motor noise instantly triggered memories
Johnny 5 : I need a hero
Input Inc : I can be ur hero
They missed a golden opportunity by not selling toy replicas of Johnny 5. Even if it wasn't RC controlled, I believe even just a posable action figure in that size would have done well. They could have included extra parts to make either the stock robot version, or the Johhny 5 version, and then encouraged people to buy a bunch of them to recreate scenes from the first movie.
The actual prop? That's amazing!
fantastic..... i would love to own one of them!!
id do ANYTHING to purchase one if any still exist out their, this was my fav movie as a kid, the first and second, are thoes CAD files avalible for anyone? id love to get my hands on em, owning a repro of that prop would be AMAZING
DUDE. I was just looking up stuff about this movie! Coolest thing I've seen today. :)
I made a similar one: ruclips.net/video/tEKsegrGbVk/видео.html
As a child in the 80s, I constantly asked my parents to find me the toy, but they couldn't. I ended up taking all my grey Legos and made an almost perfect replica, but I could never find the proper parts to make the zero turn treads.
I would love to see it. My son made a quick Johnny 5 out of legos as well, nothing like the one you built I'm sure. Maybe you could take tread and glue it together like the designers did and the submit your idea to LEGO IDEAS! That would be an awesome toy!
Just a tip! You can build a Johnny five from set number 42100, there are instructions online to make it a very nice remote controlled Johnny five! I am getting one myself for that purpose only! :)
2:30 is that a delete scene?
It’s footage from the movie, just with Input-Inc’s work-in-progress CAD model composited on top of the vault animation. 🤖
Is on available special features where a scene vhs 📼 or dvd 📀 in Short Circuit 2?
@@Janet71990 It was created for this RUclips video. 😃
Release before bloopers outtakes behind the scene development movie in 1988?
First of all, awesome video. I love the detail that went into it and the project. What was the font used to create the SC2 yellow typeface? I know the white title logo is called Cut-In, but cannot find the correct typeface for SC2.
Stories in Motion Thank you! The yellow type was done by sampling from the film’s end credits ... so I actually don’t know what the typeface is!
Can you imagine the merchandising potential? I wonder who owns the rights to using the robot, my guess is the studio/film company BUT like star wars turned out to make bazillions in merch... and well when you have such a pivotal/central character that is basically the best movie robot ever??? I am just saying they should STILL get the ball rolling on some nice merchandise.
Would love to see neca toys make a figure for number 5 with lots of articulation
Is the Johnny 5 design trademarked? There are companies such as Mecrob that sell metal robot model kits. They could easily do a reasonable replica.
This is fantastic 😁👏👏👏
Amazing job 👍
Fantastic post
Nice touch on the TNG font in the credits.
Thanks! Hehe, I hadn’t clocked that the typeface was the same as what TNG used (I guess it is!), so the ones on this video are made from stills of the SC2 credits.
Wow, the actual prop! I wish more of them remained. Are there any original full-size robots left? If yes where are they right now?
Some full-size J5s still exist, now in the hands of private collectors. There are also fans building amazing full-size replicas with the passionate research done by the Input-inc.com team.
@@webbox100 Thanks for the info! I found some articles where they were announcing auctions or something. I also some replcas today, that's why I looked up some random videos on the subject :)
Fantastic work, thanks for making this!
Omg why haven’t you guys taken molds of all the parts and start selling these as kits? I’d buy one in a heartbeat
A lot of the parts were glued together very strongly and you'd have to destroy the prop to get molds of it all.
I have one - they are 3D printed and are 1/6 scale. Has lights and speech and also the laser comes down and lights up red - so cool
Where did you found it?
Wait, was the part at 2:30 in the movie? I've only ever seen the Italian TV version of Short Circuit 2, and there was never a scene with a bad guy looking at a Johnny 5 render on a PC!
We tweaked that shot for this video. :D
I really wish they had sold these. As a kid I loved all the films of short circuit. Just think how many they would have sold. I would of bought one.
It is definitely crazy that no toy has been made of Johnny 5 yet. It's annoying how so much merchandise is made for 1980s horror movies but this movie gets ignored. Short Circuit made the same amount of money as Child's Play so why do we have a million Chucky dolls you can buy but no Johnny 5?
Man i’m pissed these weren’t sold
I wanted this toy so badly when I was a kid
This is so awesome, great video !!!
If someone like McFarlane Toys released a movie accurate version of this thing it would sell out in minutes.
For real. I been looking for a neca or McFarlane toy to drop this. Only thing close is a knock off Lego design from China.
Show us more! More! More! More!
ruclips.net/video/Dzpf8f1rd4Y/видео.html
I love this!
Great video J5 forever
Great movie! Ridiculous, but great.
I always wanted one of these as a kid and often made models of them out of lego 😊
I do have replica, at least
Bro was born there that movie was my fav
a toy manufacturer would have made a FORTUNE having produced these but i guess it just wasn't feasible.
Imagine how much these props are worth today?
not much ? i dont know how many people care? im guessing that would drive the price?
nevermind, theres a lot of commenters i can see this getting to 2k ?
I'd pay Allot for this thank you man
This is f***** sick!
I believe these Johnny 5's were made by a company called Alchemy II, they are known for the animatronics in Welcome to Pooh Corner. But more famously created the lore and world of Teddy Ruxpin.
You’re absolutely right! I was just corresponding with a former Alchemy II employee about the making of these little guys.
@@webbox100 If you want more info on Alchemy II, then watch a docuseries here on RUclips called Ken Forsee: Come Dream with me Tonight by Billy Tooma. It has info on Ken Forsee, the CEO of Alchemy II, but a bit of company history as well!
Imagine if they made a programmable Arduino with 2.4GHz R/C and remote video "drone" version of this with better articulation. I would buy it. 💯
2:25 Input Inc. was an actual group? I thought that was just a fictitious business that Ben and Fred set up at the end of Short Circuit 2.
They’re a fan builders group, and they’re still going! www.input-inc.com
A childhood dream.
very cool, anyone know where the full size one is now?
There are several now with private collectors (some full, some just bits), and one on display at the Sony studio tour in California. I saw the gold one at Disney World in Florida in 1996, but it's no longer there!
I wish they still sold this same exact prop
Hey! I am searching quit a while but i am not able to find the CAD for the screen used Johnny 5 toy. Could you tell me a place to search or where i can find a download? Best wishes!
That's still being worked on by the good people at Input Inc. There's a meticulous CAD of the full-size that they've shared, which they've continued to update as well. 🤖
@@webbox100 Thank you very much!
Should have take inspiration from the broke #5 to make the punk version of #5 from S.C. 2
I have a smaller RC Version and the "China-Lego-Brick-Thing" ☺️
But I always want(ed) the original RC from the Movie.
Fascinating
2:19 No disassemble Number Five!
Thats cool considering I'm having a hard time finding this as a toy i would like to have one
i so wanted this toy when i was a kid
I want this RC Toy... Exist a Shop or something like that...
@1.29 are the measurements correct for the screen used model or are they just for the one in the magazine
I want this, how much...
Nice software....😍
I need more input
Someone let me know when one of these real movie props somehow ends up on ebay.
So you want a actual size 3D printed Johnny 5, this may take a while but I’m on it
I have been following you guys for a very long time now, but havent seen anything published in terms if your teams effort in regards to available files or drawings. Is there anyone I could reach out to in regards to making a J5 Toy? I thought it would be easy enough to just post your guys findings and even 3d models that you talk about in the video itself. Please post them, Short Circuit fans are drooling for them.
Thanks for the question! What I've heard from my friend at Input-Inc. is that they're still finishing the work - it’s literally been years in the making! :D
There's a B9 builders club, where's the J5 one!
There’s a builders community on Facebook! Thanks to the detailed work of the Input-Inc.com group, some fans are creating working full-size replicas! m.facebook.com/#!/groups/696979684043483/?ref=group_browse
When will this be available to make or buy?
It belongs in a museum. Or my house.
It was never explicitly stated the city was NYC.
I world have begged for days for a toy of Johnny 5 as a kid now all I can think is “shut up and take my money!”
I'd have had one if they ever released them 😂 I'd buy one today if they ever make a decent one
Ware can I get this toy
I want one of those!
I need one of these things in my life
AWEOSME JOB
thats really cool...
I built one from my grandparents empty medicine bottles, cardboard, spray paint remote control car etc. Anyway the real #5 was for sale on eBay by the dude that was in short circuit 1 but he took him off the site for some unknown reason