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| Thierry, Orli Jouet, Hong Kong, 1979 |
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| Princess, Orli Jouet, Hong Kong, 1979 |
Showing posts with label Battle of the Planets. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Battle of the Planets. Show all posts
Sunday, February 23, 2025
Sunday, December 15, 2024
The big Zark will keep your money safe from Spectra !
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| 7-Zark-7 hucha, ? , 1980, Espanha |
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| No markings... |
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| Here with smaller versions... |
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| Piggybank bot ! |
Friday, November 29, 2024
Wednesday, November 13, 2024
The Korean Godphenix - Gatchaman, sorry... Eagle Riders !
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| New God Phoenix, Seoul Chemical, 1996, Korea |
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| The vehicles were more detailed than the red Popy ones... |
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| It is really a good plastic counterpart from the Popy diecast... |
... and came with a Ken action figurine... see here !
Friday, November 8, 2024
Wednesday, November 30, 2022
Make the Phoenix fly
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| Phoenix, JEM - SRJJ, France, 1979 |
This toy was heavily promoted in the "Bataille des Planètes" magazine of the same period.
The "gun" inserts in the lower part of the craft, then it's just a matter of pressing the trigger and off it flies !
Saturday, June 11, 2022
Red Zark ?
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| Robot, Ferrero ? Italy ?, 1980's ? |
No markings on this one. Comes from France and seller claims it is a Ferrero Kinder Surprise toy.
Has the size of a Lego minifig.
And the design is obviously based on The Battle of the Planets 7 Zark 7...
Monday, June 22, 2020
G-Force ! Go !
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| La Bataille des Planètes – Jeux 6-14 ans, MB, Ireland, 1979 |
An easy way for MB to get on the wagon of all the cartoons of the 1980's at a very small cost...
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| Cards showing where (=which hole) you need your spinning top to land in... |
Tuesday, May 26, 2020
Paper planes ? Nope - styrofoam spaceships !
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| Colors are hard to print on styrene ! |
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| This is a strange Comet...only 1 wing! |
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| Outer Space Gliders, Taiwan, 1980's |
Monday, May 25, 2020
Saturday, June 4, 2016
Wednesday, April 20, 2016
Thursday, October 9, 2014
7 Zark 7 fanclub... Members wanted !
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| 7 Zark 7 keyholder, ?, Spain, 1970's |
For all of you Gatchaman fans out there... Yes, there was another robot in the second series. But it did not have any of the charisma of this one...
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| Hanging out with the bro's... where is 1 Rover 1 and Susan? |
Monday, December 9, 2013
June the Swan - going for Highway Patrol duty ?
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| June with Bike, Popy, Japan, 1970's |
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| Why the Police stickers ? Why the Beacon ? |
Has anyone else a "police-version" of this toy, or is it just a wise-guy that "customized" this toy to be able to ride along with other CHiPs agents ?
Sunday, June 30, 2013
Gatchaman
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| Gatchaman set, Unifive, China, 2001 |
Wednesday, March 27, 2013
Korean Ken
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| BOTP Ken, ?, Korea, 1980's |
This Ken figurine came with the Gold Phoenix ship seen here...Gold Phoenix Korea
Sunday, December 30, 2012
Arising from the ashes...
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| G-5 - front view |
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| God Phoenix Repaint version, Fewture Models, China, 2012 |
What would 5 youngsters do without an amazing ship that could transform itself into a firebird ? Well, they would not be able to defeat earth's invadors, for sure ! This is the first design of the Phoenix - reworked with 21st century tooling.
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| Size comparaison with vintage PB-81 (Popy) version |
Friday, November 9, 2012
Mini-Mark AKA Ken Washio AKA Ace Goodheart AKA Ken the Eagle
Very often, Japanese cartoons are cutted and dubbed and cleaned and changed before they made it to the "West"-ern markets. No blood was allowed, no obvious kills, monsters were not supposed to be too scary etc. Censorship was definitely present with the broadcasters of the time - and many excellent cartoons were simply too much altered and lost most of their interest / story-line due to the process. Translating the name of the characters was also another headache - like in this case...
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| Ken Washio, Bullmark, Japan, 1970's |
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| Header-card shows him on a bike ? he should be flying G1, a plane ! |
Tuesday, October 30, 2012
I Gatcha !
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| G-3, Yendar Int.Co, Taiwan 2012 |
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| Phenix (G-5), Yendar Int.Co, Taiwan 2012 |
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| G-2, Yendar Int.Co, Taiwan 2012 |
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| G-1, Yendar Int.Co, Taiwan 2012 |
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| G-4, Yendar Int.Co, Taiwan 2012 |
Can you tell who goes in which vehicle ? Come on ! It is not that hard !
Monday, October 15, 2012
Génération Galactik - "Coup de Coeur"
A great new book came out for all of you out there that are from the génération Goldorak - it's called "Génération Galactik" and by opening it you will just understand how kid's from the 70ies and 80ies in France (and Belgium, Switzerland...) were living their dreams with toys (and stickers, bowls, lamps, even bed-linen and pillowcases !) of their heroes.
It has it all ! Japanese Popy toys - French costumes and masks - stickers - and even the oh-so elusive "Goldorak" lamp !
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| Génération Galactic, une enfance dans les étoiles, Vincent Dubost, Hors Collection, 2012- ISBN 978-2-258-00000-0 |
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| Merci Vincent ! Amitiés du Portugal ! |
It has it all ! Japanese Popy toys - French costumes and masks - stickers - and even the oh-so elusive "Goldorak" lamp !
Thanks for giving us back a piece of our childhood !
You can order this book directly with the publisher: www.horscollection.com or on Fnac, Amazon... Check also www.facebook.com/HorsCollection !
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