The Six Million Dollar Man Bonic Parts

Hopefully all of us are of the age where we remember the television show, The Six Million Dollar Man. As a kid, I watched the show and was mesmorized by his strength and speed. I remember playing with the action figure and believing that this toy had the same abilities as the TV show character. My belief was soon disproved when I lit him on fire in the front yard. We didn't have the technology to rebuild or the $15 to replace.

Even though I watched the show for years, I guess I never paid attention his actual bionic parts and assumed his whole body was like a cybord. He only had three bionic parts actually. His left eye, his legs and right arm. I'm assuming that would be $2,000,000 each. You decide whether or not each bionic body part worth the price tag.

Lets start with his $2,000,000 left eye.

A bionic left eye with a 20.2:1 zoom lens along with a night vision function (as well as the restoration of normal vision). The figure of 20.2:1 is taken from the faux computer graphics in the opening credits; the figure 20:1 is mentioned twice in the series, in the episode "Population: Zero" and "Secret of Bigfoot". Austin's bionic eye also has other features, such as an infrared filter used frequently to see in the dark and also to detect heat (as in the episode "The Pioneers"), and the ability to view humanoid beings moving too fast for a normal eye to see (as in the story arc "The Secret of Bigfoot"). One early episode shows the eye as a deadly accurate targeting device for his throwing arm.

A bionic right arm with the equivalent strength of a bulldozer; that the arm contains a Geiger counter was established in "Doomsday and Counting", the sixth episode of the first season.



Bionic legs allowing him to run at tremendous speed and make great leaps. Austin's upper speed limit was never firmly established, although a speed of 60 mph (97 km/h) is commonly quoted since this figure is shown on a speed gauge during the opening credits. The highest speed ever shown in the series on a speed gauge is 67 mph (108 km/h) in "The Pal-Mir Escort"; however, the later revival films suggested that he could run approximately 90 mph (145 km/h). A faster top speed is possible, as an episode of the Bionic Woman spin-off entitled "Winning is Everything" shows female cyborg Jaime Sommers outrunning a race car going 100 mph (161 km/h). In "Secret of Bigfoot" it's stated that he can leap 30 feet high.

Well have you determined if super human strength is worth the price tag? Hope you enjoyed and thanks for listening.

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