Go Hero makes the shift from Vinyl and Kaiju to 1/6 Figures

Many of you, like myself, know Go Hero for their Vinyl Mechabot series of toys. They released a few different vinyls before radically shifting gears with the announcement of their Buck Rogers license. No this is not the hairy-chested Buck Rogers from the 80s, this is from the classic films that premiered almost 80 years ago.

The 1/6 Scale Buck Rogers figures feature an all new 1/6 scale body created by Go Hero. The accessories will be a vareity of media, and each figure will feature a sound chip that can play mp3 files of classic Buck Rogers radio shows (or whatever you decide to load onto it).

Also announced was the Ray Harryhausen 1/6 scale Sinbad w/ Homunculus and Perseus w/ Bubo. Apparently Harryhausen had written sequels for all of his films and now Go Hero is making toys for them.

It looks like there are big things in store for Go Hero. But what about the robots?

I talked to Go Hero owner Steve Forde, and he said that the idea is that proceeds from more profitable ventures would help fund new Vinyl creations, and maybe even some diecast.....

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Mechabot was a new vinyl robot created in 2004 and released by Go Hero.

Mechabot was a new vinyl robot created in 2004 and released by Go Hero. It stands approximately 8.5" tall and has 12 points of articulation (ankles, knees, hips, wrists, elbows, neck and waist).

The design is very shark-like with a big fin on the back and two smaller ones on the backs of the calves. Also the hands don't feature any fingers, but instead have the shapes of a sharks mouth. Several versions of the toy were sold.

The one I have here is black and grey with a glow in the dark collar. It was sold as an exclusive through Super 7 magazine and came bagged with a header card.

As with most vinyl toys, your appreciation of it will depend on whether or not you like the design. Personally, although it's not really bad, it doesn't excite me much. In fact, I've had the toy over a year and just now took it out of the bag for this review. In so doing, I've noticed that the left foot doesn't line up properly and lay flat against the surface he's standing on. I'm not sure if this is exclusive to this specimen or if it's a common problem.