Comments on: XA Fighter Robot http://www.collectiondx.com/review/chogokin/xa_fighter_robot CollectionDX-Japanese Toys - Toy Reviews, Toy News and Toy Collections. Soul of Chogokin, Japanese Robots | International Toy Culture en Thu, 02 Jul 2009 13:37:00 -0400 Drupal TotalFeeds Module Comments on: XA Fighter Robot http://www.collectiondx.com/review/chogokin/xa_fighter_robot http://www.collectiondx.com/Image-Lib/feedlogo.png 144 37 Much agreed with Duke. http://www.collectiondx.com/node/3170%2523comment-8840 I personally had an original non-bootleg Clover Dunbine like the one pictured on the back of the box in my collection for many years and here's a review of my Clover Mobile Suit Gundam I bought back in the day http://www.collectiondx.com/review/1979/mobile_suit_gundam Like Duke stated above many of these toys were available everywhere, and if you were hip to it you could pick up some great classic robots at rock bottom prices. Ah! Those were the days!!! Leonardo Flores CollectionDX Staff Writer-West Coast Bureau I personally had an original non-bootleg Clover Dunbine like the one pictured on the back of the box in my collection for many years and here's a review of my Clover Mobile Suit Gundam I bought back in the day http://www.collectiondx.com/review/1979/mobile_suit_gundam

Like Duke stated above many of these toys were available everywhere, and if you were hip to it you could pick up some great classic robots at rock bottom prices.

Ah! Those were the days!!!

Leonardo Flores
CollectionDX Staff Writer-West Coast Bureau


]]> Thu, 02 Jul 2009 13:37:00 -0400 Modcineaste http://www.collectiondx.com/node/3170%2523comment-8840 80's robot boom http://www.collectiondx.com/node/3170%2523comment-8838 I don't know how it was in other parts of the country, but here in California, you would see robot toys in every store. I don't care if it was a mom & pop dime store, or a big department store like Gemco or JC Penny, they had toys from shows that nobody had ever heard of - but didn't care because it was a robot. Even places like Swap Meets and yard sales had cases of toys, usually from people who had contacts in Asia. Many were the crazy bootlegs that had just as much diecast as the original, but you often see Takatoku, Bandai, Gakken, Clover, Takara, and many other genuine toys in full Japanese packaging. Sometimes there would be crude stickers slapped on over the Kanji with names like "Space Hero" or "Heroic Robot Warrior", probably to try and give the toy some form of identity without a show to sell it. This is how I got to know the joy of toys like the Mugen Calibur, Orguss Orgroid, Battroid Valkyrie, Machine Robo and others, years before I'd ever know what they were actually from. It was a great time to be a kid and enjoy all the great toys that would later be remembered as some of the best toys ever made. I don't know how it was in other parts of the country, but here in California, you would see robot toys in every store. I don't care if it was a mom & pop dime store, or a big department store like Gemco or JC Penny, they had toys from shows that nobody had ever heard of - but didn't care because it was a robot. Even places like Swap Meets and yard sales had cases of toys, usually from people who had contacts in Asia.

Many were the crazy bootlegs that had just as much diecast as the original, but you often see Takatoku, Bandai, Gakken, Clover, Takara, and many other genuine toys in full Japanese packaging. Sometimes there would be crude stickers slapped on over the Kanji with names like "Space Hero" or "Heroic Robot Warrior", probably to try and give the toy some form of identity without a show to sell it.

This is how I got to know the joy of toys like the Mugen Calibur, Orguss Orgroid, Battroid Valkyrie, Machine Robo and others, years before I'd ever know what they were actually from. It was a great time to be a kid and enjoy all the great toys that would later be remembered as some of the best toys ever made.


]]> Thu, 02 Jul 2009 13:25:47 -0400 duke togo http://www.collectiondx.com/node/3170%2523comment-8838 Oh wow. So some Clover toys http://www.collectiondx.com/node/3170%2523comment-8836 Oh wow. So some Clover toys were available in the U.S. during the 80's? That's great. Oh wow. So some Clover toys were available in the U.S. during the 80's? That's great.


]]> Thu, 02 Jul 2009 08:32:13 -0400 Vincent Zobel http://www.collectiondx.com/node/3170%2523comment-8836 clover boots http://www.collectiondx.com/node/3170%2523comment-8833 Nice item Josh. It's cool to see "made in Japan" bootregs, and not just as we think of most of them from Taiwan, China, etc. I wonder if it's the same company that put out the huge Diogia DX remake called Magnatron (or,Magnetron, ..forgot spelling). I remember that also was a "made in Japan" product, but with english box writing. Exact Diogia replica, except for the helmet crest was eliminated. Nice item Josh. It's cool to see "made in Japan" bootregs, and not just as we think of most of them from Taiwan, China, etc.
I wonder if it's the same company that put out the huge Diogia DX remake called Magnatron (or,Magnetron, ..forgot spelling). I remember that also was a "made in Japan" product, but with english box writing. Exact Diogia replica, except for the helmet crest was eliminated.


]]> Wed, 01 Jul 2009 22:39:57 -0400 repairtechjon http://www.collectiondx.com/node/3170%2523comment-8833 Alpine? http://www.collectiondx.com/node/3170%2523comment-8829 I never would have guessed, yet it's not too surprising. That was a great read. I never would have guessed, yet it's not too surprising.
That was a great read.


]]> Wed, 01 Jul 2009 18:44:29 -0400 Materialist Zen http://www.collectiondx.com/node/3170%2523comment-8829