Early Japanese
Saturday, March 6th, 2010Early Japanese
What's the name of that Japanese giant toy robots from the early 80's?
I got one when I was 5-6years old around early 80's. It had a knight style head with horns, yellow torso, Blue legs, black boots,chest missles, and spring loaded fist. Its feet were on wheels. It was all plastic and about 18" tall. ( Note: it was not Optimus Prime and it didn't transform)
I believe I know EXACTLY
what you are talking about...
http://weirdscifi.ratiosemper.com/shogun/
THE SHOGUN WARRIORS !!!!
http://www.plaidstallions.com/mattel/shogun.html
http://wildtoys.com/shogun/index.asp
The ones that you are thinking
of were not so detailed... kinda
big, kinda klunky, very colorful
but not very articulate
AND YES--
THEY HAD PROPELLING FISTS...
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Shogun_Warriors_(toys)
and were
21 to 24 INCHES TALL!!!!
{ DWARFING every other
action figure or doll made }
The line of Shoguns you are
thinking of were called
"Jumbo Machinders"
but there was actually a whole
lineup that included more
detailed and more articulate
smaller figures ... much like
the micronaughts back then...
although they were discontinued
you can still find them in specialty
toy stores..http://www.robot-japan.com/Gallery/Mattel/ShogunWarriors/index.asp
The toys were based on a japanese
anime but were so popular that they
did not even need a tie-in to sell them
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6J5P2gHerEQ
so- unfortunately-there may have been
some confusion as to where they came from
The anime was "Mazinger Z" brought over
here as "Force Five"... but when Vultron and
Transformers shown up the Shogun Warriors
bowed out ...
http://www.bigredtoybox.com/cgi-bin/toynfo.pl?shogunindex
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About the Author
Paul McIndoe is an online, freelance journalist and keen hillwalker. He lives in Edinburgh with his two dogs.