1984 bandai godaiken catalog

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After Mattel ceased production of the Shogun Warriors brand in 1980, Popy’s parent company Bandai decided to forge ahead an market their characters in the United States themselves. They branded the line of diecast robots GoDaikin which combines the Japanese words for alloy “gokin” with the word for big “Dai”. Many of the characters chosen […]

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[J.B.]

When Daidenjin starts swingin' that Morning Star around, you have no choice but to respect the Godaikin line.

[B-Lister]

Way too many from this line I want, beginning with Leopardon.

[Earth 2 Chris]

Wow, impressive stuff. So I guess GoLion was available in the US before we knew him here as Voltron?

Chris

[Wee67]

From the Japanese ignorant- is Tetsujin 28 the same a Gigantor or at Gigantor-inspired?

[J.B.]

From the Japanese ignorant- is Tetsujin 28 the same a Gigantor or at Gigantor-inspired?

Same. Tetsujin 28 was known as Gigantor in the US. The Godaikin one is the later svelte version from the original pot belly look.