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1978 Takemi Ramble Giant. You love his style or hate it.

The anachronistic tin-robot-look of his body is very special.
I like him.

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When you see this pile of boxes, what do you think?
Well, boxes with big white stickers.
But THIS was the vain attempt to invade germany with chogokins
in the early 70ties.

Popy, Takatoku etc boxes where “localized” with simple stickers.

There are Ark, early Bandai boxes that are much better “localized” for the
german market. After the big success of Captain Future in the early 80ties
in germany Popy released german boxed versions of their CF toys.

Sorry Matt, no spectacular german box design ;-)

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Mattel’s Shoguns are guilty. They transform me
into an addicted robot collector. All my childhood
memories flashed back, when I found that boxed
Shogun Warriors Dragun in the early 90ties.

I must have them all!
Well, after many years I still didn’t reach that goal…

…but this Daimos 2in1 is another important step forward for me.
Got him last week from france.

Parlez vous francais Monsieur Daimos?

Shogun Warriors Mania: http://toyboxdx.com/phorum/read.php?4,199412

Bullmark Blazer Zink Kit

All you need is a screwdriver…

sorry…again Bullmark.

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No more holidays without your best friends.

Have fun with Diapolon, Trang, Header & Legger at the beach.
Easy to transport in this handy Bullmark Travel Case ;-)

Bullmark rocks!!

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Ok, no wine gum  ;-)
My monday morning macro picture.

Just for fun!

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I wrote about my little restoration project some time ago on robot-japan,
but I thought it could be interesting for you guys too.
Some Bullmark robots like Apolon Header & Trang DX and Robo Daibaron ST
often have tarnished metal parts.  I also had a few Bullmark robots and wanted
to give them their “bling” back. I needed a guinea pig for “operation bling”!

I found this loose Apolon Header DX on ebay-spain (original ebay auction foto)

He looked perfect for a cosmetic restoration project:
typical heavy tarnished arms, legs and horns. But otherwise complete.
Nobody bid on him (strange), so I got him for under $60.

I wasn’t disappointed what I got him. Header was in a good condition.
So I could start “operation bling”!
What you need is metal polish paste (I use aluminium polish paste),
some beers and a lot of time.

You could easy disassemble the arms (only 1 screw).
So you could polish them better without breaking something.

I also polish the horns of Header.
They are made of copper (I think) and got dark over the years.

The whole restoration took me a few hours and some beers ;-)
But I gave Header his “bling” back.
What Do you think guys, is this guy worth more than $55?

I did the same polish job with my other Header and the arms of my Apolon Trang.
Et voilà. Here’s my complete Diapolon gang.

Greetings from germany!

Apropos germany: Are here any vintage-super-robo-collectors from germany?

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My parents really like Boss Palder.
They dont had a clue who Boss Palder was,
till they got a painting of him as
a x-mas gift from me. Now Boss Palder
is part of their lives, hanging in the
their living room since ’95.

I made a little “gathering”.
Painting meets robot.

My painting was heavy inspired by the
Astro Robot Box Artwork…ok, a copy of it. ;-)
Well, the Astro Boxes dont look very spectacular,
but I always like the little portraits of the
Blocker’s on the side panels.

Hey, only a few months and we have X-mas!

Cheers guys!

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…in germany. Finally! The weather was great today, so
I took my Mattel Astro Robot out of the glass showcase and
made some fotos just for fun.

Jumbos need some fresh air from time to time ;-)