Month: December 2013

Thundercracker, Starscream, Skywarp Transformers Generation 1 Decepticons 1984

Here’s the three original planes – Thundercracker, Starscream, and Skywarp.  Starscream is a clone that I bought at the fair back in 1985 or so.  I had some extra Decepticon stickers and slapped it on him. I think this was Taiwan version by Kingdam. A knock off of the Diaclone version before the Transformers came out.

Thundercracker, Starscream, & Skywarp Transformers Generation 1 Decepticons 1984 image courtesy of iOffer

Thrust, Ramjet, and Dirge are Decepticon Generation 1 Seekers aka Coneheads 1985 Transformers

Thundercracker, Starscream, and Skywarp Generation 1 1984 Hasbro Takara

Thundercracker Starscream Skywarp

Starscream, Skywarp, & Thundercracker Generation 1 Transformers Decepticons 1984 G1 Seekers

Below is a loose Daitetsujin DX that I traded from one of my cousin’s friends. He was terrible at keeping all the parts and since he played with them, the joints are all loose. I am not a stickler for condition or having the box like my cousin is. Still, I’m glad to have him since he’s an 80’s Bandai Godaikin. My cousin has a better version (also posted on this site here) in box. The image on the right is how he appeared in his show.

Daitetsujin 17 DX Godaikin 1984 Popy GA-81

Daitetsujin 17 live action Tokusatsu series from 1977

I just bought this one a few months ago…there’s 2 or 3 other Japanese train robos in the same line and this one is called Railspike in the US and J-Five in Japan.  I had to do some research and I believe the series is called “Cybertron Team Shinkansen.”  Supposedly the others combine to form one big robot but I didn’t get that impression and so, I only bought the one I liked the most. I might go back and get the rest as it was only 20 dollars.

J-Five aka Railspike in the US – 2000 Takara Team Bullet Train Autobot

Railspike – 2000 Takara Team Bullet Train Autobot

Railspike – 2000 Takara Team Bullet Train Autobot

Dynaman ST Godaikin 1984 – Popy Dyna Robo GB-97 1983

This is the 2nd robot I bought and as usual, from Japantown.  I vividly remember going to that store almost 3x a month just to scope out what he had and I’d inevitably come out with a wish list.  I think I got into Godaikins because of this guy.  I also have the big DX version.

Kagaku Sentai Dynaman still Dyna Robo in Action 1983-1984

Here’s the original Raideen ST from Shogun Warriors back in the 70’s and a plastic/vinyl re-issue from my cousin that probably came out in the 2000’s.

I got this as a present from my parents in 1983. This is the model that Hikaro Ichinose (Rick Hunter in the U.S. release) started out with.  He then went onto the J model which was white and red and finally the S model with the skull emblem when Rick Fokker died.  I vividly remember seeing this in Japantown and was shocked when they got it for me because it was almost a hundred dollars.  I have a picture from Christmas of me opening the box actually…This is the one that started it for me with Macross.

I now have all the original Takotoku and Bandai versions.  I finally managed to get the blue/red Valkyries in the early 2000’s when Bandai did a re-issue.  They’ve since done numerous re-issues of the various Macross generations but the first Macross is the one I grew up with.  The featured image is the box that this toy came in but I’ve long since gotten rid of the box.  I wish I had kept them because Takatoku was known for their great art work and the unique texture on their boxes.

Macross VF-1A Standard Type Battroid Valkyrie DX 1/55 scale Takatoku Toys 1983 Cannon Fodder Japan from anime Super Dimension Fortress Macross 1983-1984

The Red Legioss is part of the Genesis Climber Mospeada series.  In the U.S. this was the final chapter of Robotech – “The Sentinels.”  I never got into this series since they didn’t have the varied mecha like in the “Macross” or “Southern Cross” series that preceded “Sentinels.”  I remember buying these two from Gemco (a mass market store that is now a Target).  There was a green one which I thought I had but very possible my cousin has it.  Still, I’m very happy to have them.

Red Legioss Alpha Fighter – 1985 Gakken

Legioss Alpha Fighter from anime Genesis Climber Mospeada