toyboxdx toy blog brog: is graceful art of daily expressing japanese toy  

Full report coming soon….

ロボタン : Robin Action Gokin Robotan 1986. To read more on Robin or see the boxed Action Gokin Robotan check out our friendly neighborhood DATA FILES for more info.

Standard sized sofubi by Nakajima 1975.

Standard size sofubi by Popy 1977. My pathetic attempt at Sifu Brisko’s style..

…and the Robo-Bike-Week continous.
Today Aoshin’s Spin Action Diapolon Trike.

Licensed by Bullmark, this huge plastic trike comes in a very nice box.
Great artwork all around.

This toy is battery operated.
Put two batteries int the compartment at the back of the trike,
switch on the “switch” and Diapolon starts to ride like hell.
The “spin action” feature let the trike drive forward and a little
wheel (under the trike) lifts up the front of the vehicle.
YEAHH… Diapolon makes wheelies  ;-)

As the Lone Ranger would say: YIHAAAAA…HI HO SILVER

What can I say? Ben inspired me with his Mogera pics.

So…more Bullmark love for y’all!

As you may or may not know, I scored this guy from Alen in a monumental Summit trade a few weeks ago. Monumental because it’s started me down the path of vintage Bullmark kaiju…something I’ve feared (and thus avoided!) for years now.

No longer! The Bullmark cherry has been popped!

A few weeks ago I found this Bullmark UFO Diapolon motorcycle on Yahoo.
I couldn’t resist and bought it directly. The combination of Diapolon
and a Honda 750 four is pure 70ties funk…could only be topped by
a Blazer & Honda ;-)

Diapolon comes in a nice box with the “usual” friction-drive & sparkling-engine
motorbike. No more gadegts. A missile firing feature would have been cool, like the
Blazer & Zaboga version of this bike. But nobody is perfect.

The handlebar and the other metal parts of the bike had
been tarnished. I polished them, but didn’t get the full “bling” back.
But the bike still looks cool…no wonder – its a Honda (wow, cool rhyme)

Diapolon has a date with his biker-buddy Blazer…

Here’s a little overview-shot of Diapolon’s on motorbikes/trikes.
The big trike is from Aoshin, the rest is Bullmark.

I really like bots on bikes, even when it makes no sense.

More fotos in the BBS.

A Yonezawa sparkler makes its way onto my shelf due to the kindness of a fellow collector.
Despite the insanity of recent prices and the fierce competition among bidders as of late, it is acts like this which keep my faith alive, that the child-like love is what fuels us at all the core.

Throw the boomerang hard next time you can. It will always come back.