The Italian Goldrake saucer

Because a friend found one on the flea market of Benfica last weekend... here is the gun that goes with it 😊😊😊 !

UFO Goldrake, REEL, Italy, 1978

It is a quite kitsch design, but so within the 1970'ies vibe !

Duke Fleed / Actarus in his cockpit

I wanted this one for quite some time...

Duke Fleed's cockpit, Popy, 1976, Japan

Figurine ejects !

PA-67 - back

Ceji Actarus + Alcor

Alcor + Actarus, Ceji, France, 1977

These are the figurines I had as a kid, and yes, they are in one piece again ! Thanks to the great restauration work of Ricardo Leite / Toybroker here in Lisbon (and his patience with a cutter) ! Obrigado Ricardo 😊 !

Like a lot of toys from that area, the rubber joints that were used for the articulations did not survive and had to be replaced, as well as the hands (resin repros).

Detail (no helmet)

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

Piforak with his Herculopoing

Piforak Robot, PIF Gadget Magazine
France, 1979

Goldorak being such a success story in France, it was not long before everyone wanted to surf the Super Robot wave. This one here is a build-yourself kit that was given with the purchase of the PIF Gadget magazine, a publication for kids that saw daylight in 1969, but got a lot of hype during the 70ies and 80ies, especially because they were one of the first magazines that came with a "gadget" (little plastic toy or other gizmo) that kids could build themselfves and put in a backpack to bring to school and show their friends during recess.

PIF Gadget nº554, Sep.1979

Announcement in PIF nº553

 The relationship with Goldorak (=PiforaK) and his detachable fists, the Fulgoropoing (here "Herculopoing") cannot be more obvious.

The small jumbo Goldorak / Goldrake

Goldorak / Goldrake, Fabianplastica, Italy, 1978

Thanks to Tomeke to help me get this one back to glory ! (repro stickers, axes) 

As a side note, a lot of this toys is the same as the Mazinger seen here.
 

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