Month: March 2014

Bumblebee was always one of the more irritating Transformers characters. Always getting in trouble  and doing stupid things. Like having an little brother that keeps bugging you all the time. Usually you see him in his standard yellow as a Volkswagon Beetle. As the initial line did not have enough robots. Some of the mini vehicles came in the two colors red and yellow. My Bumblebee comes in red.  There is nothing complicated about transforming the robot to a car. It is a simple, fun design. I could see why it would be a popular toy back then and even now.

Bumblebee Generation 1 Transformers red mini vehicle Hasbro 1984

I always find these interesting tidbits as I explore my robots and Dave’s. I bought this in a lot in auction. I never would have picked this up on its own. But it is nice having these robots to fill out my Generation 1 collection as I found out I have more Generation 2, Beast Wars, Machine Wars and other later series. I have a really small G1 collection. That being said I never really cared about these robots in the 80’s.  but I enjoy them much more now as an adult and my daughter enjoys transforming them too.

Bumblebee Generation 1 Transformers red mini vehicle Hasbro 1984

Bumblebee G1 Transformers red mini vehicle Hasbro 1984

So I am finally getting out my Robot of the Week. Sometime this week. LOL, most likely in the next day or two. I just updated my first posts which were just images. Now I have my own take on of my collection, light review of the robot and some light commentary. As I update old posts which were only pix, I will update the publish date show they show as new posts.

So on to my first Robot of the Week. Here is a hint, this is my first Transformer post and this little robot is not always red.

Battle Fever Soul of Chogokin Bandai GX-30

Here’s the Soul of Chogokin Battle Fever that I bought in Japan at Mandarake in Shibuya Oct 2013.  I paid about 50-60 dollars.  The toy is 2nd hand but sure didn’t seem like it. It seemed like it was almost brand new, with complete box, styro tray, uncut tape, manual  and pieces. My cousin has the original 1979 version.  With all the accessories that came with this toy, I was so paranoid of losing pieces(I lost a few pieces the last time I put away my robots). I’ve only displayed him with one sword.

Daimos DX Godaikin 1984 Popy Chogokin GA-85 from anime Battle Commander Daimos from 1978-1979

Here’s the Daimos DX from the Godaikin line, 1984.  I never had this one as a kid nor did I ever see him as a kid either.  After keeping a casual lookout for him, I could never find him complete for a decent price. So, I was thinking of getting the Soul of Chogokin version thinking it would be cheaper but I was always seeing him for about 250-300 online and besides, he’s not as big as the Godaikin version. I was almost tempted to buy this same robot listed on Ebay for 300 from Taiwan but I decided to wait and my faith was rewarded when I found this one for 166 and to boot, the item was being shipped from the next town over!

I am very happy to have him as I paid a decent price for a robot that wasn’t exactly a must have AND he’s complete!  The ones I was looking at were missing fists, swords etc. Anyway, I’ve reached out to this seller to see if he has other things he might be interested in selling and as well, it would be cool to find another person who shares my interest in these toys.  I’m getting closer to completing the Godaikin collection – Tetsujin 28, God Sigma, and Valvilos are the remaining ones left.

Here is my Godmarz Custom. Ok, I’m getting close to completing the Godaikin collection!  The only ones left are GodSigma, Tetsujin 28(aka “The Holy Grail”), Daimos, Dancougar, and Vavilos.  While the Godmarz Custom one isn’t the same size as the Godaikin version, I’m still quite happy to have this as I got this one for a very, very good price (133 dollars) since one of the little robots was missing one of his arms. You actually don’t need it to make the big robot.  Otherwise, he’s all complete. I had to take a pix of my cousin helping me to put this robot together via Youtube video because all the joints were so tight and we didn’t want to take the chance of breaking the toy. Found out you can watch the anime on Hulu.

Here is a loose piece that I’ve been casually looking at through the years – the full size Scott Bernard Armored Cyclone. I never had him as a kid as I concentrated on getting the Alpha Fighters. Fast forward 20 years and I thought it would be cool to have him as part of my Mospeada collection although he’s usually been out of my price range as I’ve usually seen him for about 250-300 in box. I bought this very nice loose cyclone for 100 on Ebay.

Armored Cyclone Mospeada Gakken 1983

As part of this series, I also have 2 out of the 3 Alpha fighters (there’s a red/blue/green ones).   I have the red and blue versions, while my cousin had the green Alpha fighter at one time. Scott Bernard flies the blue alpha fighter I believe.

Armored Cyclone Mospeada 21 Scott Bernard 1983 Gakken

Armored Cyclone Mospeada 21 Scott Bernard 1983 Gakken

Scott Bernard from anime Genesis Climber Mospeada(機甲創世記モスピーダKikou Souseiki Mospeada) from 1983-1984 also seen in Robotech: The New Generation