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Euro box (left) vs US Box

Euro Box is bi-lingual (english & french).

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Sorry guys: APRIL APRIL

Got thousands of Dollars offered for my Gaiking…

…but the Gaiking only was “digital” ;-)

A bit Dragun Box a bit Dangard 2in1 box, a bit imagination…ready is the “german” Gaiking.

Finally yesterday a big package arrived.
Not a package from Japan. This time a big one from germany.

The story of this package started ca. 2 weeks ago.
I found a pretty mint looking Shogun Warriors Dragun on german ebay by accident.
The item description was “Ritter des Weltalls”…that means “Knight of Space”.
You find “Ritter des Weltalls” under the Shogun Warrios Logo on german boxes.
Nobody bid on Dragun (no wonder) and I got him for 1 Euro…luck!
It seemed that this guy was specialized on Smurfs (!), he had dozens of them in
his ebay shop. But I thought its a good idea to ask him if he has more robot stuff.
Again luck. He had much more Shogun Warriors. They came from a toy store liquidation.
A real “warehouse find”! I was gettin’ nervous ;-)
I made the guy an offer and he says YES. Well, he thought his Shogun are worth nothing.
Ok…I’m a fucker…but the Shoguns get a good new home.

Here’s the lot. All in all: 1 Mazinger, 3 Draguns, 1 Raider, 1 Poseidon, 1 Daimos 2in1,
1 Voltes V 2in1, 1 Gaiking 2in1. Most of them in “german” multilanguage boxes.
I was very happy getting a Voltes or Voltus V in near mint box. Strangely he has a US box.
Don’t have a clue how he made it to germany.

But wait. The Gaiking box looked pretty strange. I’m not sure I’ve seen this one before.
I heard from another german collector that there are a few strange “german” box
variations, but never found one myself.

Here’s a foto of the “german” Gaiking (left) side by side with my US boxed version.
Pretty bizarre design mix of the box.

Here are the back sides of the boxes. Again “german” Gaiking box on the left.
Again, very bizarre. Never seen that kind of design on Shogun warriors boxes,
with the black fond etc.

Gaiking himself (“german” on the left) looks “normal”.  I couldn’t find any difference
between him and the US Version.

Looks that I really had luck with this Shogun Warrios find.
BTW…there was also a Smurf in the parcel…maybe I start collecting them too ;-)

Has anybody infos about this Gaiking. Josh? Or some of the european guys?
Discuss in the BBS

(more…)

I finally completed a little project that has taken way too long. I got a set of resin wings and Counter Crosses for my play-worn GA-51 from Jason a while back. They fit and worked perfectly, but there were a couple air bubbles. I always told myself I’d refinish the parts, and then my Gaiking would be bumped up a notch.

Once I got to sanding and polishing smooth, I thought how cool it would be to use Monster Kolor to add a glossy pearl finish, similar to the metallic flake finish of the blue parts. Now, the weapons are the nicest looking part of my Gaiking. The shorn-off horn and chest chipping works for me somehow… Gaiking is so inherently badass that he doesn’t look like a dinged up old toy so much as he looks like a beatstick robot after taking a licking, but still in the game.

I don’t have the attachment to or childhood memories of Gaiking that a lot of the forum members do, but I can recognize a damn cool toy when I see one.

BEHOLD…… Fujiko Fujio built this random thing for you…..

Popy vinyl Fireman clear sofubi 1973.

I think the caption says it all. I couldn’t ask for better inflatable friends.. ;)

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