Where are my coins ?

Robodoro, Popy, Japan, 1970's

 

Yes Teacher !

Gantsu Sensei (Robocon), Bandai, 1999 Japan

It's the start of a schoolyear again... and if you were in Japan you might have had this guy as a teacher...

 

Some more Robocons

White-knob w/up Robocon, China, 2000's ?

Robocon lighters, China, 2000's

air-freshener, China, 1990's

Caltex Robocon 

 

Robo who ?

Japan

Robocon GA14-R, Bandai, 1999

Looking for cockroaches ? 

Key-powered Robocon ?

Robocon windup, Popy, Japan, 1970's

Walking Robocon

Robocon, walker, ?, Japan, 1970's

The Sound of Music !

Japan, 1980's

Musical ROBOMARU, Popy, 

 

Just pop 2 batteries and hear the tune of the serie !

Before the Rolex...

Robot 8-chan (Hacchan) kid's watch, ?, Japan, 1981

I would have been the most popular kid on the block if i had a watch like this one back then...

Just thinking that only a few years later, Japan would enter the digital age and sell LCD screened Casio's and Seiko's watches that were as accurate as anything Switzerland could offer...

O robot full of air...

Robocon, Popy, Japan, 1970's

I wished I had this one in the swimming pool when I was a kid, instead of the usual ducky floating devices... but then, with all of the circuits in his belly, maybe not a good idea after all 😁...

This is one of the toys that makes me smile, and a perfect addition to the other Robocons in the collection.

Robocon lookalike ?

ZV 288, Playgo, China, 2010's

Curricula(r) Machine

Curricula Machine, Bullmark, Japan, 1970's

I'ts Robotan - a yellow mix of pumping roboty fun !

Robotan, Weather Bird, Japan, 1960's

Insane in the membrane, Insane in the ...

 Take an egg. Give it the diecast treatment. Put a little bit of arms, a little bit of legs and a revolving "eye" function and voilá... you got a robot. Not hard (boiled) really... OK, sorry for the pun. Was this thing capitalizing on the fame of Robocon and the likes ? Sure. But why not go along with a design that has proven itself before...

Brain III, Shinsei Kogyo Co. Ltd., Hong Kong, 1970's

It's electronic, and mixes a VW Beetle with a robot... t's... our all new redesigned Robocon !

Showing the game inside... looks a little
like a Tamagotchi kind of thing...

With hood/trunk closed,
Robocon, Bandai, Japan, 1999

Counting days with Robocon !

1 click on the Radar... and it's tomorrow!

Robocon, Banpresto, China, 2010's

Robocon flag game

I have never really understood how this thing was supposed to work (all instructions are in Japanese...), but this is the old version of the Robocon flag game (for the modern one, see below). This one came with little flags (for the robot to hold (not shown - if you have a set of these please let me know) and larger flags (in vinyl and plastic) for the kids to mimic whatever the robot did and said.

Robocon flag game, Popy, Japan, 1970's

Robocon flag game (modern version), Popy, Japan, 1999

And another Robotan...

Robotan, ?, Japan, 1970's

Robot with a medal. Sweet ! And it has a propelor on the head ! Even sweeter ! This little bot oozes nostalgia.

Going to Vegas, Baby !

Straight from the Time-Bokan / Yatterman series is this little guy. Remember the fuzzy dice people installed in their cars ? Well, here you have the bot-version. Strangely enough, it even appeared in a Gatchaman spin-off later on !

Yatterman Omotchama Robot, Tatsunoko, Japan,
2014

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

More robots and stars !

Robomaru and his star-friend... Popy, Japan, 1970'ies

Cute factor : maximum

Weird factor : not very far either....