Author: Dave

Deluxe Gundam MK-II Mobile Suit RX-78 1985

This one, I recall buying in a small toy store in Kyoto, Japan. This was my very first Gundam. I grew to love this series immediately as there were so many different mecha (compared to Macross). I don’t recall seeing the Zakus at the time but they may have been in the unfamiliar-to-me-at-the-time  or HCM format rather than a toy like this one. I have also placed its replacement – the 12″ Deluxe Nu Gundam from Char’s Counterattack next to it as comparison. I also have a small booklet that I purchased from Kinokuniya book store. I might also have a VHS tape as well. You can now watch episodes on Youtube.

Gundam Mark II

Deluxe Nu Gundam RX-93 Char’s Counterattack 1988 Bandai

Gundam MSIA Mobile Suit in Action!! Zaku II Garma Zabi Use MS-06FS 2004

Here is another MSIA figure I picked up. This is from the Mobile Suit in Action!! line.  Garma Zabi Use Zaku II MS-06FS came out in 2004.

MS-06F Zaku II Garma Zabi Custom

Gundam MSIA Mobile Suit in Action!! Zaku II Garma Zabi Use MS-06FS 2004

Gundam MSIA Mobile Suit in Action!! Zaku II Garma Zabi Use MS-06FS 2004

Here’s a Mobile Suit In Action!! (MSIA) Rick Dias RMS-099 figure that came out in 2003. I purchased this from either Toy Kingdom in the Philippines or in Tokyo.  I love these figures as the U.S. didn’t get the other robots from the Gundam series other than the Gundams themselves. I just felt there were so many mechas in the various Gundam series that we never got to see.

Gundam MSIA Mobile Suit in Action!! Rick Dias RMS-099 2003

Gundam MSIA Rick Dias RMS-099 Bandai 2003 from anime Mobile Suit Z Gundam

Here’s one of my Dinobots. I have three of them. This one is the leader Dinobot Grimlock. I purchased these from Service Merchandise in 1984 that I have in my collection. I have since dusted off these robots…here he is cleaned up.

Autobot Dinobot Grimlock Generation 1 Transformers 1985 Hasbro G1

Rawr!!! Grimlock Transformers Generation 1 Autobot Dinobot cartoon

Checkout Grimlock before he got cleaned up. This is what decades of dust will do to your robot LOL…

Generation 1 Dinobots by Hasbro Slag, Sludge, Grimlock, Snarl from 1984 Autobot G1

Here is my collection of Dinobots. I am only missing Swoop. I am still looking for a good used version of him. Most pieces I have seen have issues, so I still don’t have one yet.

Generation 1 Dinobots by Hasbro Slag, Sludge, Grimlock, Snarl from 1984 Autobot G1

Here’s a Daidenjin Godaikin which I purchased from a little shop in Japantown, San Francisco in 1984. I bought quite a few robot figures/toys from that store. The owner retired sometime in the early 2000’s. I added a picture of what he looks like in his Super Sentai show. I think this is the Japanese DaiDenzin GB-14 DX by Popy instead of the Godaikin version, as the shop in Japantown only sold Japanese robots. This one is another robot with heavy diecast metal content, which makes it another awesome Chogokin robot.

Daidenjin Godaikin 1984

Live action show Denshi Sentai Denziman 1980-1981

My Collection – Big O, Zaku, Valkyrie, Sasuraiger, Dancougar, Dougram, Soltic, Godaikins, Raydeen, Mirage, Jazz

Here a pix of some of my collection. You will see a Sasuraiger Batrain ST from 1983, which was my first robot. There is also an alternate color in the DX form. As info, the cartoon showed the bright green color. Also of note is a Dynaman ST from 1984, a Takatoku VF1A from Macross (which I received at Christmas in 1983), along with a Dougram (received from my cousin when they went to Hong Kong in the 80’s) and a Soltic armor from the same series. I also have a loose Mirage G1 (which I understand was never re-issued due to the molds no longer existing/lost) and Wheeljack G1.

My Collection – Leopardon, Soundblaster, Battle Fever J, Gundam RX-78, Laserion ST, Bioman ST, Dynaman ST, Raydeen, Mirage, Jazz