1978 Popy Toys Catalog

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Oh Japan, how i love thee. The Popy Toy Corporation is not terribly well known to North Americans but their influence definitely had an impact on us.

In 1978, they had a tremendouse amount of cool licenses such as Gatchaman (Known to us as Battle of the Planets), Starzinger (which we called Spaceketeers) and your friendly neighbourhood Spider-Man, who suddenly had a cool car and giant robot.

There is a lot of goodness in here from the crew of the Bacchus 3 to the whacky ships from "Message from Space" and some Shogun Warriors thrown in for good measure.


The 1978 Popy Toys Catalog will make you wish you were born in Tokyo, unless you were, then I guess then it would make you thankful. I don't know...

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[Iron Mego]

So much awesomeness in there.

[Iron Mego]

Oh and the transforming robot you ask about is Daimos.

[palitoy]

Oh and the transforming robot you ask about is Daimos.

Thanks, I woke this morning to many comments about the characters I didn't know. Some kind of blew my mind as they were from tv shows I've never heard of but want to see.

[MIB41]

Nice! But I would add Popy has been a very popular name for fans of Ultraman and Godzilla for decades. So I wouldn't necessarily deem them as a lesser known brand in the states. It could be suggested they're better known than Mego in many circles.

[cjefferys]

That catalog is so awesome, I love it! If the interior pics were in color, I would have fought that guy you sold it to. So many great toys in there, the Daimos and Leopardon jumbos, the Popy Spidey (love the prototype pic) etc. Popy ruled!

[Earth 2 Chris]

I love that cover! I don't know much of this stuff, but there is no denying they all look like fun toys, even with no knowledge of the source material.

Chris