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Truly a “MONEY SHOT”. From the famous collection of Kazunori Saito circa 2009.

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..

OK, another quick one. Spent some time this weekend going through some of my super robot sofubi. Trying to create a “list” of what’s out there. Talk about an exercise in futility….

Wall O’ Sofubi: Just a quick couple shots of one of my wall shelves with carded standard sized Popy, Clover and Takatoku sofubi.

Bag O’ Sofubi: This is one of four big ziploc freezer bags packed full of bagged mini sofubi. These things look like couch pillows..

Also, behold the GREATEST packaging for a mini sofubi ever. If you feel you have found or have one that is better, please share but as far as I’m concerned this Baxinger is the best I’ve ever seen:

AND, last but not least, the GREATEST carded double set of super robot minis ever:

I’m coming to find that creating any sort of definitive list of super robot sofubi might just be impossible, but something is better than nothing I suppose. It boggles my mind how folks that catalog Kaiju have the patience to do so. There truly is NO end… NO END.. Stay tuned.

I’ve had very little time recently to spend on the site, and have been feeling guilty about not sharing content with you guys. I mean WHO ISN’T busy as hell these days? So, I give you this half ass attempt at content ;). I uploaded these pics a month ago in hopes of writing a review, but alas that’s not going to happen anytime soon. So, boys and girls, I present you with the “DX Daily Money Shot”!!

Just a quick rundown. 1982 made in Japan by Clover. Very simple transformation. The robot itself breaks down into two separate vehicles, the Bungle Skipper (top) and Bungle Rover (bottom). As a kid I totally loved this transformation. I wasn’t lucky enough to be rollin’ the Clover as I was more of a Royal Condor type guy.. Did you any of you guys get that??? Har har..

Please visit HERE for more information on Clover and other toys in this great line over in our Datafiles, authored by our very own Lennon/McCartney writing team aka Alt/Duban.

I hope everyone is having a fantastic summer! Enjoy!

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For my friend Josh Herbolsheimer..