>>8143709Oh hell yes this is my kind of thread. Here's my 80s collection right now; please excuse the asstastic pic. I also have Godsigma and a bootleg Godmars at my parents' place with some other smaller toys in storage. Planning on going back to get them once this whole coronavirus thing blows over.
>>8143814>DancougaNot sure who did the original design (someone at Bandai/Plex? Just a guess), but this was cleaned up by Masami Obari
>BaikanfuNo idea who designed this (most definitely someone at Plex, then probably cleaned up by someone else for animation)
>Star SaberCleaned up by Kunio Okawara IIRC, but the original transformation/design was done by someone in Takara I think.
>DangaiohOriginal design by Shouji Kawamori, cleaned up by Obari
The guy you're probably thinking of is Katsushi Murakami, who was a toy designer for Popy/Bandai for decades. This guy designed a HUGE number of mecha and character designs for shows dating back to the 70s. He even worked on the Chogokin line from the very beginning, and his designs defined the 80s robot aesthetic that other companies like Takara followed. Look up his name (村上克司) on Japanese wikipedia and you'll see how big his resume is. He's the one that did the preliminary design for Dancouga Nova that I'm sure you've seen in one of those OBARI AS FUCK memes that were popular on /m/.
>>8143854>>8143847Yeah the DX Baikanfu was based off the DX Chogokin Gordian toy. While the toys have the same articulation and combination gimmick, the two toys are actually completely different (different sculpts, no reused parts).
