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Sunday, December 26, 2010

The Lightans

Golden Warrior Gold Lightan ( 黄金戦士ゴールド ライタン Ōgon Senshi Gōrudo Raitan) was a popular animation series aired in 1981 to 1982 in Japan. There were 52 episodes and half hour per episode.
The story is about a little boy named Hiro who accidentally found a gold lighter which turned out to be the giant Golden Warrior Gold Lightan with the mission to save the earth from every invasion of King Ibalda. Gold Lightan joined forces with his robot teammates to ruin the plots of King Ibalda and destroyed invading alien robots by using his surpassing hands and leg strikes.
Heres Bandais reissue of the classic vintage pieces. Lotsa of diecast and lotsa robot love!!!
GB-37 Gold Lightan
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Here's the main robot, Gold lightan is the leader of the Golden Warrior team. His trademark hand stab move of reaching into the heart of the enemy to grab the heart energy device makes him a leader and finisher in battle. Though he transforms into a block, its not a working lighter but its solid metal and a good paper weight.
GB-38 Gold Version
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DSC03855 One of Gold lightan's companions, heres Scope Lightan, transforms into a real scope though you cant see very far.
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In the show, Scope lightan has the ability to find weakness in enemies. Also reissued in a Silver version.GB-40 Time Lightan
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DSC03865 DSC03866 Another one of Gold Lightans friends. Time Lightan transforms into a timer capable of freezing time for a couple seconds. One of the more important allys as he proves that freezing time does has many perks in their fight against King Abalda.  He's also was reissued in a Silver version, one my faves in the series.
GB-41 Denji Lightan
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DSC03870 DSC03869 Denji Lightan also called Map Lightan though the translation is more of an Electromagnetic Lightan. He transforms into a reconnaissance device containing a magnifying glass and a compass. He provides directional help as a reconnaissance expert.
GB-42 Mechanic Lightan
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He transforms into a tool chest box containing the necessary equipment for damage repair and other mechanical functions. Mechanic Lightan acts like the medic in the team and repairs most of the damages incurred in battle.
GB-84 Cutter Lightan
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Looking somewhat like Disney's Pizars Walle, Cutter Lightan transforms into a real working pencil sharpened.
GB-86 IC Lightan
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He transforms into a processing unit. The I.C stands for "Interpret Computer". IC Lightan is a robotic computer acting as a translator and database who the team relies on for information. The toy is battery operated and has lightup eyes.
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GB-37 Gold lightan also came in a limited Black version.
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No difference from the regular GB-37 except for the colour scheme.
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Im missin another 3 more of these diecast guys, I'll post em when i get em!!

1 comment:

  1. I've been into collecting these lately. Thanks for the share of info.

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