Green-horned Grandizer / Goldorak / Goldrake ?

They used the stickers for the arms on the thighs !

How weird can you get ?

At least on the box the horns are yellow !

Supermancar, F.lli Restuccia, Italy, 1970's-1980's

The new Grandizer U figurine...

 It was really fun to build, but why is the head so small ? 

Grandizer U, Bandai

Japan, 2025

Fully articulated !

Bandai... the early years

Grandizer, Bandai, Japan, 1970's

Yes, you had to paint these...

Goldorak, go !

Grandizer windup, Popy, Japan, 1970's

Soul of Chogokin Grendizer GX-04

Grendizer GX-04, Bandai, 2000, China

Heavy piece of metal alloy, magnetic joints with spring-loaded fists ! Sorry... Fulguropoings !

Pure joy.

Swim Goldo, swim !

Grandizer / Goldorak, Bandai, Japan, 1978

Glued ?

UFO Grandizer 6 UFO Diapolon glue sitcks, Japan, 1970's

 

Now I need to learn Japanese !

UFO Robot Grandizer - original manga - Japan

It's the Duke ! (no, not Wayne... not Hazards...)

Duke Fleed (Actarus in my book !),
Abystyle Studio, China, 2023

French for robot ?
English for pilot ?

Great box-art
love it !

The bad guys form Vega

 

VEGA. les ennemis de Goldorak, Atlantic, 
Italy, 1978

Hope you're not missing a piece !

 

Goldorak, Puzzle, MB, 1978 France

Surfing the Goldo wave...

Back

Snik 23, Bully, Germany, 1980's

 

Mini Shoguns

I really wished they would continue this Gashapon line...

Getter 1 CGA-09,  Bandai, China, 2002

Grandizer and Spazer CGA-11 + CGA12, Bandai, China, 2002

Grandizer CGA-11, Bandai, China, 2002

Duke Fleed AKA Actarus

Somebody has to pilot the greatest robot of them all - and this task lays in the hands of the prince of planet Euphor.

King Arts, China, 2018

Duke Fleed 

The Lab

Well, you knew this would be there sooner or later... The hiding place of the greatest robot of all time ? Check. One of the more elusive toys on my wanted list ? Check. It's plastic and metal and has it all : retractable tower, laser guns, spring loaded missiles, secret compartments... and the smallest version of Grendizer and Spazer I have in my collection...

Grendizer base (PA-63), Popy, Japan, 1979

Paper heroes

When you think about the Génération Goldorak, you think automatically about French TV... but it was also highly popular in North Africa.

Here are two examples of paper puppets to assemble with Arabic packaging. Maker unknown...

Alcor, ?, 1978

Actarus,?, 1978

Flying Goldrake Saucer

Atlas UFO robot, Cosmec, Italy, 1979

Cosmec did a number of these. You had Superman of course... but also our favorite robot in 2 different versions. Here is the saucer. (for the robot version click here) Just clip the "fishing rod" to the wing (there is already a hole there for the occasion) and start flying the ultralight piece of blown plastic.in a circular motion in the air. Hours of fun guaranteed !

Playing with rubber again !

Goldorak / Goldrake, Fabianplastica, Italy, 1978

Tattoos...

Something kind of disappearing in today's world are the temporary tattoos that kids used to get in chewing gum packs or potato chips bags. But this was definitely something that defined the 70ies and 80ies and we were always proud to show our latest tattoo to the classroom. Here some examples of French tattoos from Goldorak / Grandizer / Goldrake...

The package was the most colorful element...

Completely harmless... remove using comestible oils ?

Back of tattoo sheet with instructions...

Colous have faded after 40 years