Toei's 1970s Japanese Spider-man TV show now on Marvel.com

[palitoy]

Yeah, that Popy Spidey is very cool. I didn't know that any type of Leopardon toy made it to North American stores (outside of some Chinatown toy distributors), nice find.

It was a knockoff series of Shogun Warrior figures (generic "GIANT ROBOT" type card) that sat on their shelves for almost five/six years. There was Mazinga and all the rest, one day I just noticed that Spider-Mans robot was one of them. Somehow I still have him...

[vintage spideyfan]

I've been waiting for a U.S. release. This show spawned some incredibly cool merchandise. I have around 9 pieces in my collection related to the Toei TV. show. This one actually just arrived today. This is actually a Korean model...

[cjefferys]

That's pretty cool, how tall is it? I'm guessing by the inaccurate colours that this is an unauthorized version. At any rate, it's still a nice piece. There is some very nice vintage merchandise from the TV show. I'd love a Leopardon Jumbo Machinder, but that would cost big bucks (well into four figures, especially a boxed one).

[goldenryan]

not the most faithfull spiderman, but a enjoyable 70's version nonetheless.

[Drain]

Japanese SpiderMan ROCKS!!!!!

[vulcan2074]

Japanese SpiderMan ROCKS!!!!!

I agree. Theres just something about it that makes it cool. It's pretty cheesy and defiantely not accurate, but that doesn't matter. It's just so much fun to watch. I hope that it eventually makes its way to DVD
Sammy

[Drain]

I just the fact that the main baddie looks like Lord Dredd from Captain Powers thou the Japanese Spidey predates that.

[rche]

Has anyone been archiving these?
It was on my to do list, but I have missed 2-6.


edit: I just found the archive on Marvel.com.

[starsky]

do you know if we can go back and watch the other episodes. missed a few myself!