Month: December 2013

Here’s a Leopaldon Soul of Chogokin. The original I believe was sometime in the early 80’s and he was Sentai live action robot. The original is taller and presumably more heftier than the re-issue. Still, I never had this one and I liked having the opportunity to get this one as a re-issue. I will say the Soul of Chogokins are quite well done and I got this one for like 60 dollars used at Mandarake in Akihabara. I have finally taken him out of the box and put him on my shelf. I’m so paranoid with losing pieces that I’ve only displayed with his sword and shield.

Leopaldon – 2006 Soul of Chogokin Re-issue GX-33 by Bandai from tv show Supaidāman from 1978-1979

Leopaldon in action

Spiderman & Leopaldon 2006 Soul of Chogokin GX-33 from tokusatsu tv show (スパイダーマン, Supaidāman) 1978-1979

Admin note from CCC:

This robot is from a Japanese live action(“tokusatsu”) show Supaidāman from 1978-1979 based on Marvel’s Spider-Man by Toei Company. Leopardon just made it into the Marvel universe in 2014!

This one is Inferno – a Japanese fire truck.  I bought this in Japan during my trip 1985, so this is the Takara Generation 1 version instead of Hasbro like most of my G1 Transformers. I lost one of the fists as it probably shot off somewhere. I’ve included a pix of his “brother” – Grapple.  Grapple is a crane and he is a re-issue that I bought in the mid-2000’s.  I now have both of the same molds.

Inferno Transformers Generations 1 1984 Takara

Inferno & Grapple came out in 1984 & 1985 as part of Generation 1 Transformers. Inferno was retooled to make Grapple.

I decided to create separate posts for the Dinobots. This one is Dinobot Snarl.  I purchased Snarl in 1984 from Service Merchandise which was a catalog showroom store.   Basically, you’d go to the store, look in a catalog and someone would bring out the item to you. I picked up several of my Generation 1 Transformers there.

Dinobot Snarl – Generation 1 Tranformers 1984 Hasbro Autobot

Snarl Dinobot Generation 1 Autobot

Sludge and Snarl G1 Dinobots

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

Live Robo and Five Robo – 1988 from Liveman & Fiveman Super Sentai shows

Here are two Super Sentai robots – the yellow one is Liveman Live Robo and the blue one is Fiveman Five Robo. They are about 19 cm or 7.5 inches. These are my cousin’s – he likes the Sentai stuff but I never really got into them (except for the ones that came out as Godaikins).  They are both entirely made of plastic and pleasantly were both still made in Japan. I’ve attached images of what they looked like on their respective shows.

Liveman Live Robo from Super Beast Squadron Liveman 1988-1989

Fiveman FiveRobo from Chikyuu Sentai Fiveman 1990-1991

While I didn’t get into the G Gundam series, I really like the robots in this series as they broke the typical Gundam mold by showing representations of different nations.

This one is the Haow Gundam aka Kowloon Gundam piloted by Master Asia of Neo Hong Kong Toho Fuhai

Haow Gundam 2002 aka Kowloon Gundam GF13-001NH – G Gundam Neo Hong Kong

Haow Gundam aka Kowloon Gundam from anime Mobile Fighter G Gundam

Another robot from the Votoms series that I purchased during my Japan trip in 1985.  This one is the Brutish Dog from Takara. Guess they made more than just Transformers.  According to my recently found list, I purchased this for 8 dollars. Brutishdog Votoms

Fyana’s Brutishdog from Votoms 1984 Takara 1/24 scale

Here is the episode credits for the original anime tv show Armored Trooper Votoms(装甲騎兵ボトムズ) 1983-1984

This is a Bandai Mega Size Dragon Gundam representing Neo China.  I can’t remember where I bought this but I believe I bought this in Portland on the way to my cousin’s wedding in 2002.

Mega Size Dragon Gundam Mega Size 2002 Neo China GF13-011NC – Bandai America From anime Mobile Fighter G Gundam

Dragon Gundam representing China from the anime G Gundam 1994-1995