Tetsujin 28 is one of my favorite robots. I bought the Tetsujin 28 ST on Ebay 2003 for 200 dollars which I thought was steep for and ST sized robot. But fast forward 10 years later and Tetsujin 28 rarely comes up for sale at any price and if they do, they’re easily 1000+ for the DX version.
Actually, I had never seen this ST version. Although I had wanted the Popy or Godaikin DX version, I’m quite happy with having some sort of representation of this robot. The current re-issues unfortunately are either plastic OR look like the original cartoon back in the 50’s instead of the robot from the new anime The New Adventures of Gigantor or New Tetsujin-28 that came out in 1980-1981.
New Tetsujin 28 ST 1980 Popy GB-23 from anime New Tetsujin-28 1980-1981
New Tetsujin 28 ST 1980 Popy GB-23 from anime Taiyo no Shisha Tetsujin 28-go 鉄人２８号（新) 1980-1981
Tetsujin 28 ST GB-23 by Popy 1980 from anime New Tetsujin-28 1980-1981
Don’t kid. This is your favorite freakin robot. You and I both wish we had the DX version. Looks like this newer version was based on anime from 1980-1981 released as New Tetsujin-28 in Japan. It was even released here in the US as The New Adventures of Gigantor by the Sci-Fi Channel in 1993, but I never saw it. I guess it would have helped to have cable in the 90’s.