Go Nagai's first bot...

Mazinger Z, SD toys, China, 2025

It lights up !

 

Sticky Jumbo Stickers

Jumbo Warriors promotional stickers, Mattel, 1970's

Mazinger Z 3-headed foe

Gelbros J3, Yolanda, Spain, 1980's

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Read more about this character here.

Mazinger bootleg ?

Robot Lance Missiles, Soclaine (Importer - Paris),
Taiwan, 1980's

The small Jumbo Great Mazinger

Shrunking heads ? nope... just Jumbo's today ! Take a Great Mazinger from Mattel, give it the treatment, and voilà ! Lots of Grendizer elements to be found also... can you spot them ?

Great Mazinga, made by Fabianplastica for Mattel, Italy, 1978

I'm finally seeing clear...

For all the would-be engineers between us, it is nice to see that beneath each wonderfull mecha design of Go Nagai, there is a very planned structure of how these robots really do work.

Grandizer, Banpresto, 1999, China

Great Mazinger, Banpresto, 1999, China

Mazinger, Banpresto, 1999, China

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PansonWorks - how cute can you get ?

Getter

Boss Robot

Grandizer

 PansonWorks made a serie of adorable figurines of some of my favorite Shoguns. Made by Banpresto (China) in the 2010's... These were originally not sold but could be won as prizes in Japan.

Robocon and Princess

Black and White and regular Mazinger

Where is your sombrero amigo ?

Somewhere between Acapulco and Mexico city, there is the scrambler unit that was traded in for one of these big hats and a shot of tequila !

Mazinger Z (missing Scrambler) ,?,Mexico, 1980's

Super Robot Wars

Battle damage ? 

Mazinga Gashapon, Bandai, 2009, China

Great Mazinga Gashapon, Bandai, 2009, China

Mazinga Gashapon, Bandai, 2009, China

Garada Gashapon, Bandai 2009, China

Boss Robot Gashapon, Bandai, 2009 China

Go "Coloured" Nagai

Mazinger

Great Mazinger

Grandizer

 
They are all 3 contemporary chinese, super fragile cheap toys... but hey, they have the merit to go for the best of the best in the Shogun Warrior World ! LED light belly button.

the BIG ones... part 1

Grandizer, Mattel, Japan, 1976

Raydeen, Mattel, Japan, 1976

Gaiking, Mattel, Japan, 1976

Great Mazinger, Mattel, Japan, 1976

Dragun, Mattel, Japan, 1976

Achhhh - the smell of pure plastic in the morning ! And lots of shooting missiles to scare the cat ! 

Don't touch - no sign needed.

Toros D7, Bandai HG collection, China 2010's

One of Go Nagai's monsters. Basically an old oil container with spikes and legs. Looks scary. And pointy. And lethal...

Going skiing boss ?

Boss robot. Bandai HG collection, China,
2010's

Go Nagai needed his comic. And this is it. He shared Mazinger's prime time on tv's all over the world.

No Rex ! Don't chew on my Mazinger... Good dog !

Mazinger "pet toy" (no markings), ?
1980's

Sometimes the strange and weird come along the life of a collector. Why did they do it ? Who would give a rubber chew Mazinger to their favorite pet ? The rubber in this case is very thin. Any teeth would have destroyed it in seconds...

So now you know what ex-employees of Bandai, Popy, Bullmark etc. do when they get fired. They copy toys and give them to Rotweilers for destruction !