Voltron, Albegas, Voltron II, Dairugger XV, Voltron I, Voltron III, Golion
Voltron is a shape-changing giant mecha robot first featured in the 1980s animated television series Voltron, Defender of the Universe. There has since been a second series, made in the 1990s using CGI techniques. The 1980s Voltron series was based on two vaguely-related Japanese anime series (both originally produced by Toei Animation & Bandai, who also produced the popular Super Sentai series in Japan). The anime was dubbed and strung together by North American television production and distribution company World Events. The series was not a straight dub, however, as much of the violence of the original Japanese series was removed (among other things).
The first episodes were based on the 1981 series Hundred Beast King FiveLion (百獣王ゴライオン - Hyakujūō Goraion), and featured a team of five young pilots commanding five robot lions, which could be combined to form Voltron. In this era, the Voltron force was in charge of protecting the planet Arus (ruled by Princess Allura) from the evil King Zarkon, his son Lotor, and the witch Hagar, who would create huge Robeasts to terrorize the people of Arus. (This storyline is similar to those of the Toei Super Sentai shows, which formed the basis for Mighty Morphin Power Rangers.) Despite being the first of the two robots to appear on American television, Golion's version of Voltron was regarded as Voltron III in the toyline, most likely because of its distance from Earth. (Wikipedia)
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So $150 bucks was to rich for your blood for Toynami's exquisite Masterpiece Voltron. Well how would you like an almost identical version for $80? Is an all plastic version of this piece worth the asking price? Maybe. We take a look at Voltron (SDCC 09 Metallic Paint Version.)
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SDCC09 brought us some cool exclusives, including this vinyl figure of Voltron III (the lion one!). Click here to see how it stacks up...
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Sorry, no toy designer on acid bootleg here. But there are differences that make this boot worth getting.
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Another jumbo bootleg surfaces from Peru.
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You know I love Dairugger, and you know I love clear toys. Well, like a match made in heaven its the Mechaclear Dairugger XV.
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The original toy is cool as hell. When you had the old one, you knew it was destined to do more. When those fists came unglued, you knew they were supposed to fire.
In this version, they did. And it did a whole lot more.
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There’s no getting around it: This robot is grotesque. But it’s not without charm. This is Frankenstein bootleg maximalism at its most psychedelic.
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More Peruvian Jumbo madness!
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Robeast Mutilor may be one of the worst action figures ever created.
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Robeast Scorpious looks like an escaped Macy's Thanksgiving day parade balloon.
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LSA stands for Land Sea Air, but we know it as a bootleg of the Deluxe Voltron 1 or Dairugger XV
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This toy really is crap, but due to my Dairugger illness, I had no choice but to buy it.
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I'm not sure how this vintage US Jumbo eluded me when I was a kid, but I'm glad I have it now. It's a great toy and an affordable alternative to the expensive Popy version. It's always on Ebay and should be in every Voltron and Jumbo fans collection!
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What you are looking at is a thing of legend. A toy so rare that I have only ever seen three in all my years of collecting. This is a fully combining ST Dairugger XV (aka Voltron 1).
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Each arm has a firing fist, but if you notice they are both red. Victora was so cheap they didn’t even bother to mold the second fist in another color.
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