Popy's spectacular robot transporters... part 2 : Denziman / Denzi Tiger

Denzitiger DX, Popy, 1980, Japan

Battle Fever

Battle Shark, Popy, Japan, 1980's

Anyone saw this in their childhood ? One of the first Sentai (=series with live actors) with super robots...

Battle Fever Robot (goes inside ship)
Popy, Japan, 1980's

Head in search of body !

DX Combattler PA-78 (head), Popy, Japan,
1970's

Popy is the company that got the most out of the Godaikin - Shogun Warriors line of toys. Their diecast renderings of the popular TV-robots are one of a kind.

They quickly realized that a new way of selling toys could be in parts. If your parents could not buy the whole toy, well, you still had a chance to buy it in pieces, one bodypart at the time... Great for kids to spend their allowance ! Or for markets that did not have the purchase capacities of, say, the U.S....

These robots were also sold "whole" - for the rich kids !

(see also the VOLTES V ad in my "TV TOY ADVERTISING" -page (link on the right))