Sticker Head

Super Robot, ?, France ? Hong Kong ? 1970's ?

Getter 1's long lost cousin, this one was left at birth because he was too ugly.

Maybe a beach toy, or one of these robots you could win at the county fair. The right arm sticker has something of Grandizer... No shooting anything, just kind of hollow and fragile. A wonder he survived.

Pimp my Ride - Tatooine

Ok, now I want a twin carburator, exhaust flames painted on the reactors, and... a blast of a sound instalation to hear Max Rebo's cantina band...

Oh well, Luke is a teenager, isn't he ?

Landspeeder, General-Mills / Kenner, USA, 1978

Pneumatic and Sound -controlled ?

L'Atlantis, Joustra, France, 1979

The cannons can launch plastic discs !

These are the big plastic ships that were available in France (see A2 logo - second channel) when the Captain Harlock ("Albator 1978") cartoons first aired. Since Takara has made these for the Japanese market, I guess they sent molds to France to get them made and packaged there, or maybe it was just a "sticker and box"-swap... The Arcadia had a sound controlled mechanism with a clicker that made the ship run in circles and shoot the discs.

The Cosmowing ("Aviscoupe" in French) had no batteries whatsoever, but used a clever system (but not very strong) of air to launch the bullet car and the missiles. The back tower of the ship served as pump.

Cosmowing and Bullet Car 

... with missiles

Ready to pump ? Aviscoupe, Joustra, France, 1979

Goodrock "Il Difensore del Pianeta"

Lots of cool toy-designs appeared in Italy to cash in on the Mazinga and Goldrake - craze. A number o unusual robots came to light. This one was produced in HK especially for an italian company, Il Giocattolo S.P.A., and was part of "Guerra Nella Galassia" series.

Goodrock, Il Giocattolo, Hong Kong,
1970's

Ah, toy-funk at its best !
Where is the disco ball ?

Vive la Françe !

Asterix and Obelix, Kinder Surprise, China, 2010's

Now you know where I am for the holidays ! Good cheese and wine, lots of sun... and even more of these irreductibles Gaulois !

Walk like an Egyptian...

  

This guy came from a serie from Toei Animation that aired between 1967 and 1968 based on a manga created by Mitsuteru Yokoyama.

Giant Robot, Rocket Pro ?, China, 1990's

Hey you ! Gimme your money. We need to buy growth hormones !

Giant Robot, Banpresto, China, 2000's

SD (=Super Deformed) robots sure look cool, but these ones have a slot, collect money and say something through a voice chip when you feed them with coins. Don't trust the banks ? Give your funds to Personal banker Raideen, Account manager Daitarn or just plain Stock broker Getter.  You'll be sure to... Gett your money back with a punch (line) ... Oh well ...

Raideen, Banpresto, China, 2000's

Daitarn 3, Banpresto, China, 2000's

Getter 1, Banpresto, China, 2000's

Gatchaman

Gatchaman set, Unifive, China, 2001

Ready to battle SPECTRA ? Quick, let's get to the Phoenix and save the world....

Attention Getter

Getter Robot 1 SD, Banpresto,
1999 China

Hatchets ? Moi ? What hatchets ?

Sunkist

SF-805 robot, ? China, 1980's -90's?

Cheap plastic battery operated toy. Archeological site : Feira da Ladra Lisboa.

Ulysse 31 and son

The Classics !
Metal and platic with removeable helmets...
and pistol + pistol/sword

Ulysse + Telemaque, Popy, Singapore, 1980's

Blue UFO robot Kress

UFO robot (beachtoy), Galba, Italy, 1970's 

Another bootleg - this one is basically a Robot Kress from the Machine Blaster robot series - one of these cartoons that was really popular in Italy but basically forgotten in other countries.

Takemi made a small diecast toy of this character, this one is bigger but all blueish plastic...

It's cold on Hoth !

Wampa, Kenner, Hong Kong, 1981

The original. All arms attached. OK, not funny....

The migoo of Nepal became George's model for this... don't think CGI did it more justice than the original movies though... See some pics of the real deal here.

Baby baby... light my fire !

Talking about Gundam's ... here's a little Mark II...

Mark II Gundam

2007 China

Bandai

Gundam Wing à la Chinoise...

Gundam Wing, ?, China, 2010's

 All plastic, all fragile... Please serve me a cup of Ramen Noodles with this one, OK ?

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

Valkyrie

In Norse mythology, a valkyrie (from Old Norse valkyrja "chooser of the slain") is one of a host of female figures who decide which soldiers die in battle and which live. (Wikipedia)

Quite interestingly, it made its way to the land of emperors and rising suns...

VF-1S, Takatoku, Japan, 1980's

Let's sing karaoke !

Elvis is in the building !

What tune will we sing today ?

Musicbot, ?, Taiwan or China, 1980's

 This one has music,... and microphone working, ... and eyes flashing.... All you need now is find yourself a disco ball ! Way cooler than an Ipod....

The Chicco astronauts

Squeeze Astronauts, Chicco, Italy, 1970's

These have a hole on their head, and I did not yet understand why. (there is another hole below their feet with the squeek mechanism.)

They were maybe attached to some kind of device ?

Goldorak - the ugly years...

A number of unlicenced beach-toys and other items have shown up during the years... but this one takes the cake for ugliness.

I think it was a parachute or kite - toy. Obviously missing the fabric and connecting wires.

Grandizer, kite or glider figurine ?, France,
1970's

United Colours of Satellite Explorers - with fishtank...

Satellite Explorers, WS NY(?), USA, 1950's

Who said space was colourless ? I've got the Rainbow Bright familly over here ! If I believe the info given by one of my books "Blast Off" (see biography) these would have been copies of Ajax spacemen.