Category: Bandai

Here’s one of my favorite Zeon mecha – the Jagd Doga in green/yellow.  This is one that I got in a large lot of loose Gundam figures.  He’s missing the left shoulder plate but otherwise, he’s complete and I’m happy as he’s hard to find in this color scheme. This appeared in Char’s Counterattack 1988.  The toy I have is in the green/yellow paint scheme but the cartoon has it in blue/yellow and red/white version.

Jagd Doga MSN-03 Gundam Bandai MSIA 2001- Char’s Counterattack 1988

Jagd Doga MSN-03

Here’s one of the many loose figures that I just purchased. This is the Nataku from Gundam Wing. It is the 4.5 inch figure in the US release that came out from Cartoon Network in 2000.

Nataku XXXG-01S2 Bandai America MSIA 2000 Endless Waltz 4.5″

Gundam Nataku XXXG-01S2 from anime Gundam Wing Endless Waltz from 1997

Here’s another toy that I bought on a Japan trip in 1985. This one’s called Bismark DX. He transforms into a spaceship but I have never transformed him. I basically would buy the toys, take them out of the box and put them on the shelf. My one regret wasn’t being able to keep the boxes or instructions since I was traveling and it was sooo heavy carrying these boxes. On my ’85 trip I bought so many toys, I had to freight a box home. I remember we had to get a box from JAL and pay an extra fee.

Bismarck DX – 1985 Popy GC-22 from anime Sei Jūshi Bismark 1984-1985

Bismarck DX – 1985 Popy GC-22 from the anime Star Musketeer Bismarck 1984-1985

Star Musketeer Bismarck anime from 1984 – 1985

I’m updating this post to amend the place of purchase…According to my recently found notes, I purchased the Daltanias DX in Hong Kong on July 1985 for 20 dollars. I cannot believe it was that cheap.  I wish I could go back in time and get the rest of the Godaikin series at 1980’s pricing.

Daltanias – DX Godaikin 1984 from anime Mirai Robo Daltanias(未来ロボ ダルタニアス) from 1979-1980

Anime Mirai Robo Daltanias(未来ロボ ダルタニアス) from 1979-1980

I will make a separate post for most of the robots below, a lot of MSIA Gundam. But I just had to make one big post for a nice haul of Gundam Wing/G Gundams/0080/Endless Waltz loose figures that I scored from a nice guy on Craigslist. Not only did I get a good price, but I had none of these figures since I didn’t get too involved in these genres… I had never considered using Craigslist before but I lucked out thanks to my cousin’s suggestion.

What you see here is after I spent nearly 5 hours re-constructing each piece as each was in some state of disrepair i.e. missing arm, shoulder armor, shoulder, leg, weapon etc.  So, in the right image you can see I have a YouTube video of a toy review of one of the toys so that I could figure out which pieces go with what.

Lot of MSIA Gundam

Lot of Gundams continued

I have no idea where I got this…I’m going to guess I traded for this or got it at some fair.  I’m not terribly fond of this Dairugger Clone as it has no metal whatsoever.  I do know it says “Taiwan 1985” – so it’s definitely a bootleg of a Dairugger.  It only attained significance once it was introduced as Voltron III. I picked it up around  when Voltron came out.

Dairugger Bootleg – 1985 from anime Armored Fleet Dairugger XV from 1982-1983

Anime Armored Fleet Dairugger XV (機甲艦隊ダイラガーXV Kikō Kantai Dairagā Fifutīn) from 1982-1983

Another super robot from the Godaikin line.  I never got into this one as a kid.  I borrowed this DX version from my cousin. I put the tea bottle next to him to reference his size.  He is quite a hefty robot and he’s got a unique look to him.  I have seen a few of the cartoons but didn’t really get into the story.  Once I’ve cycled through my Transformers and Gundams, I will display the Godaikins.

Laserion DX Bandai Godaikin – Popy GC-17 1984 from the anime Video Warrior Laserion 1984-1985

Video Warrior Laserion anime from 1984-1985