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

NO, this is not a “Looking for, Wanted, Need”  a few legs for my Daibaron Brog.

I’m just asking myself, if maybe someone has a theory or answer why always
the legs are so hard to find. It was a pain in the ass to get a boxed Volt Frigate
for my Voltes V. Still got no legs for my Eidai Grip Daibaron…and now
the legs for the Daibaron DX…

Where are all the legs, please tell me?

A Daibaron without legs sucks, even when he costs 2400 yen   ;-)

Bullmark Big Blazer circa 1975 meets Cold Steel

Blazer gonna kick Robocon’s fat ass!

;-)

A long weekend, a bunch of Astekaizers and ready is a Brog
about this funky japanese wrestler from the 70ties.
The TV show Pro Wrestling Star Astekaizer was premiered
in 1976 and was a mix of live action and animation, created by Go Nagai.
Yonezawa made a few Astekaizer toys. I focus on Astekaizer himself today.

Lets start with the big sofubi (No.14).

The size is ca. 8,3 inches (21cm). He only has a very simple action feature.
He could turn his arms around and you could remove his rubber-forearm-blades.
I’m not sure if you really could call this is an “action feature”  ;-)
These rubber parts are very loose attached…thats why most loose specimen are incomplete.

I really love the box of this guy. To be precise, I love all the Astekaizer boxes!
…and now you have the answer why this sucker is so expensive these days:
because of the diamond in his forehead!

Here are some detail shots of his rubber forearms and chest plate.

Lets continue with the “Standard” Diecast Astekaizer (No.1).
Again great box art and this time Astekaizer has some real action features.
There are two variations of the No.1 Astekaizer. The boxes look nearly the same,
but inside, one is packed in styrofoam and the other in foamed material.

They also have a different switches for the blade pop out mechanism on
their wrists/forearms and the illustration for this mechanism differ on
the back of the box.

Astekaizer has 3 action features. Removable chest plate (!), pop out chrome blades and
one of the best features ever: Missile firing feet!

Now its time for the mini Astekaizer (No.2). Also diecast with movable
blades in his forearms.

Here is the small sofubi Astekaizer. He comes in a plastic bag with cardboard header.

Thats it for today. More stuff as usual in the BBS.

Back of the header card.

Lets wrestle!

Part II of Ganira Brog: Ganira’s hidden face

BBS

Bad boy bot Ganira.
Nothing special, but a great piece of painted zinc.

Ganira likes to kick Pegas ass.
Any Ganira fans out there? BBS…

…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

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.

Nearly 11 inches vintage vinyl !

Zabogaaaaaaaaaaaaaa