Gift from a friend

A brief description for those unfamiliar....Gigantor is a local adaptation of the Japanese animation Tetsujin 28-go, a manga by Mitsuteru Yokoyama released in 1956. Originally produced in black and white, the show was colorized and revived in the nineties with many DVD re-releases.

Yup, its works as usual, until when I went to the bank, there was a surprise waiting for me, the bank teller that I usually go, had this for me, a candy container in the shape of...you guessed it...Tetsujin 28!!! Here's the pics....

Sweet ain't it though there was no candy, the container was a pleasant surprise....gotta thank the bank teller....life's full of surprises...

Tetsujin GO!

Another wonder from the Soul of Chogokin line by Bandai, simple yet alluring, much like all the smaller chogokins eg: Mazinger Z, Great Mazinger, Leopaldon etc, GX-44 Tetsujin 28 Go is made of 90% diecast and what a robot to behold!!
 

Solid robot and quite a sight compared to the original Popy version, though the articulation's not comparable to the animation, Tetsujin has it where it counts. The good news, triple-jointed elbows and knees bend all the way in thanks to spring loaded retractable plate behind the shins. The arms look kinda too long when utilising the 3 way joints but you still get some very dynamic poses...

No gimmicks on this guy, 2 extra heads, fists and not much accesories too, but still theres still some to be mentioned...
The rocket pack attaches to Tetsujin's back with magnetic pegs with spring loaded small pair of wings that pop out with touch of a button. The additional head allows it to look upwards for the flying poses.


Another very nice accessory is the remote control which is not to scale with Tetsujin, opens up with spring up joysticks and retractable antennas. Too small for role-playing though...
Not the best chogokins around but all and all, a good diecast figure with all the essential weight and decent articulation for the character.

Revoltech #018 Giant Robo

Went searching for Giant Robo toys from the 1998 OVA. Though Im not a big fan of the retro version, this one rocked, after watching Giant Robo "The day earth stood still", I really gotta have one too, I do want to catch the series also but went through all the video stores here but to no avail.
KAIYODO REVOLTECH #018 GIANT ROBO

As for the figure, I so wanted the Yamato missile version, sad thing is, there isnt any available here, that's the price for being a tad to slow....well, I gotten the second best one around, the revoltech version.

Though abit small for me especially for the head sculpt ( I really dig the Eygptianish pharoah design). Price is also one of the prime features cos revols only cost $20-25 Sgd here and to add the good news to greater news, playability and poseabilty is astonishing, Giant Robo is number 18 in the series.

 
Though it comes with no stand, GR has an extra pair of open fists and reversable parts that show where all the missiles launch. Though the centre chest doesn't open to reveal more missiles, reversable parts is one real cool idea.

The bazooka doesn't transform from his booster pack but came with GR2 as an replacement attachment for his booster pack. Man, how I did wish that the booster pack could transform......Im still considering to get GR2 though.

Quite a sturdy figure and the articulation is great!!! If you love Tetsujin, you're gonna love Giant Robo!!!