In the near future (some unspecified decades after 1999[6]), Professor Dr. Amadeus Sharp Ph.D., head of the Special Projects Labs (SPL), creates a new form of technology to augment humans through bionics.

Obsessed with obtaining immortality and ruling the world, Scarab believes that the key to both goals lies in the secret bionic technology invented by his brother, ever plotting to possess it.

The Bennett family includes patriarch Jack, matriarch Helen, and their four children, Eric, Meg, J.D., and Bunji.

[14] Each member wears a special ring and a "wristcomp" (a mini-computer hardwired into the wrist), which they use to activate their bionic powers.

[8] Scarab is a hefty, egotistically brilliant and occasionally comical man who yearns for the secret to eternal life and world domination.

His right eye has been modified with a monocle that has a low-powered scanner that can detect individuals with bionics, even when they are disguised, and a destructive, high-powered beam.

Dr. Scarab has tried to create additional minions with limited success, usually due to envying interference from his existing henchmen.

To disengage these electronically imparted disguises, they slam their fists to their chest insignias and exclaim, "Hail Scarab!"

The second season includes a two-part episode titled "I, Scarab", wherein Professor Sharp assembles a second Bionic Six group to rescue the original team.

Produced by LJN in 1986, the line consisted of 13 figures (Jack, Helen, J.D., Eric, Meg, Bunji, F.L.U.F.F.I., Doctor Scarab, Glove, Mechanic, Madame-O, Chopper, and Klunk), five vehicles and one playset.

the robot ape was difficult to find early in the show's release, but became easier to come by later as the line lost popularity.