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Anonymous Tue 14 Sep 2021 03:41:15 No.9310477 View View Reply Original Report

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Do you think Voltron toys aimed at adult collectors will ever go beyond the original Lion Voltron design and explore elements from other installments?
Sure we get Vehicle Voltron in a blue moon and the other installments are contentious but I think a Dracotron toy and Predator Robeast toy would still be nice to see
Even in the original show there was Lo-Tron which never got a toy released outside of a small miniature

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Anonymous Tue 14 Sep 2021 03:50:51 No.9310500 Report

Quoted By: >>9310750 >>9313144 >>9321443 >>9322546

>>9310477
Sadly Voltron seems like a dying franchise with a fanbase that's mostly aging out of it. I loved the 90's stuff as a kid even though the cartoon wasn't the best. I can't see those getting collector's figures .The upcoming Blitzway will probably be the best Voltron figure ever made and I think a lot of people will consider it the last one they'll ever need.

The way to keep Voltron alive would be to make a popular, toyetic show with well done, decently priced figures; basically what the Classics Transformers line. The Playmates line wasn't very good and the lions were either too big or too small. That'd get kids interested again and you could experiment bringing back variants like stealth or robeasts.

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Anonymous Tue 14 Sep 2021 03:57:25 No.9310520 Report

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>>9310477

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Anonymous Tue 14 Sep 2021 04:02:07 No.9310530 Report

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>>9310477
It's always going to be boxy cats.

Anonymous

Anonymous Tue 14 Sep 2021 04:18:32 No.9310567 Report

Quoted By: >>9310568

Why did Michael want to burn his yearbooks?

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Anonymous Tue 14 Sep 2021 04:19:12 No.9310568 Report

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>>9310567
Oh I see what OP DID!

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Anonymous Tue 14 Sep 2021 04:42:04 No.9310610 Report

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>>9310477
I don't know why but searching that image gave me Michael's wedding website

Anonymous

Anonymous Tue 14 Sep 2021 04:48:12 No.9310622 Report

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>>9310610
raw deal

Anonymous

Anonymous Tue 14 Sep 2021 04:51:36 No.9310626 Report

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>>9310477
I don't see why it could.
If anything, it's amazing that the localization of a random mecha anime made it this far.

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Anonymous Tue 14 Sep 2021 04:56:21 No.9310634 Report

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>>9310610
Found a full pic

>>9310626
I unironically think it got so far because its the only thing WEP has that's popular enough to be rereleased numerous times merch wise
Yes I'm aware the show had the highest ratings for a kids show at the time when it was airing but if WEP owned something like M.A.S.K. instead we'd see a lot more shilling of it

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Anonymous Tue 14 Sep 2021 06:52:14 No.9310750 Report

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>>9310500
What's the most radical Voltron redesign for a toy of the original Lion Voltron?
Not counting its incarnations from other shows

Anonymous

Anonymous Tue 14 Sep 2021 08:09:38 No.9310817 Report

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>>9310530
I thought Japan didn't think much of Golion?

Anonymous

Anonymous Wed 15 Sep 2021 04:45:30 No.9313127 Report

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We'd sooner see the Gotron ferrets from Rick and Morty get toys

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Anonymous Wed 15 Sep 2021 04:47:05 No.9313129 Report

Quoted By: >>9319728

Stealth Voltron

Anonymous

Anonymous Wed 15 Sep 2021 04:57:21 No.9313144 Report

Quoted By: >>9313421

>>9310500
I think what did more harm to it was being coopted by a "fan base" who was more interested in whatever gay ship they could come up with than making an actual robot show. You could have easily got kids back into it if you cared enough to actually make a voltron show. Instead we just get tweeter retards making the show for themselves.

Anonymous

Anonymous Wed 15 Sep 2021 04:58:54 No.9313146 Report

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>>9310477
Do you think Voltron toys aimed at adult collectors will ever go beyond Voltron design and explore literally anything but Voltron itself, like the monsters, the enemy ships, the generals?

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Anonymous Wed 15 Sep 2021 05:05:34 No.9313155 Report

Quoted By: >>9313217 >>9313358 >>9313414

>>9310477
Anyone remember this one? One of the unique features was the jr team's Voltron and how the main one would allow any lion to be the head which resulted in different weaponry

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Anonymous Wed 15 Sep 2021 05:47:08 No.9313217 Report

Quoted By: >>9313228 >>9314127

>>9313155
Toys never came out
I doubt they would've gotten lion swapping to work

Anonymous

Anonymous Wed 15 Sep 2021 05:51:19 No.9313228 Report

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>>9313217
Everything but the torso is nice

Anonymous

Anonymous Wed 15 Sep 2021 07:45:05 No.9313358 Report

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>>9313155
I wouldn't really say it was very good itself but it was an idea, and it was certainly more respectful of the material than a Voltron show that seemed to go out of the way to NOT FORM FUCKING VOLTRON!!

Anonymous

Anonymous Wed 15 Sep 2021 09:01:10 No.9313414 Report

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>>9313155
It had shitty humor

Anonymous

Anonymous Wed 15 Sep 2021 09:07:21 No.9313421 Report

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>>9313144
Children prefer fortnite, not rehashed boomer franchises that attract twitter weirdos.

Anonymous

Anonymous Wed 15 Sep 2021 10:16:56 No.9313469 Report

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>>9313414
It least it wasn't the eye rolling self aware LOL WACKY bullshit of the netflix one. But fucking hell, I'm not saying I want a show devoid of humor or levity but is it really so much to ask that we take shit somewhat respectfully

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Anonymous Wed 15 Sep 2021 16:56:04 No.9314127 Report

Quoted By: >>9350444

>>9313217
I'm sad this never happened. I like the proportions much better than pic related.

Anonymous

Anonymous Thu 16 Sep 2021 23:48:09 No.9317285 Report

Quoted By: >>9317411

Is there a version thats not huge and hundreds of dollars?

Anonymous

Anonymous Fri 17 Sep 2021 00:57:57 No.9317411 Report

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>>9317285
Super7 made a couple smaller ones recently but since they are made to order idk how the aftermarket is on those. It should be less than 100 still

Anonymous

Anonymous Sat 18 Sep 2021 01:07:08 No.9319728 Report

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>>9313129
Do you think the lions were designed first or Voltron?

Anonymous

Anonymous Sat 18 Sep 2021 04:41:03 No.9320212 Report

Quoted By: >>9324811

>>9310477
>original voltron
Secondary americans need to die
Voltron literally isn't a real series

Anonymous

Anonymous Sat 18 Sep 2021 16:00:42 No.9320912 Report

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>>9310530
Looks cute

Anonymous

Anonymous Sat 18 Sep 2021 18:04:43 No.9321117 Report

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>>9310477
It's not a toy

Anonymous

Anonymous Sat 18 Sep 2021 20:52:40 No.9321443 Report

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>>9310500
>The way to keep Voltron alive would be to make a popular, toyetic show with well done, decently priced figures
In my humble opinion, I believe the only way to do this is by making a new GoLion anime in the vein of GaoGaiGar and other Brave shows aimed at children but with enough substance for an adult periphery audience and then dub said anime into english with the Voltron names (like the Ace Attorney anime dub) and keep american studios like Dreamworks far, FAR away from the IP, since, as another anon said, the fanbase it brought cared more about gay ships than the actual fucking toy robot.

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Anonymous Sun 19 Sep 2021 05:46:43 No.9322546 Report

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>>9310500
Dreamworks and Comcast let the rights expire

Anonymous

Anonymous Mon 20 Sep 2021 05:24:09 No.9324811 Report

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>>9320212
Were you a Primary in 1982? Are you one of the Ancient Ones?

Anonymous

Anonymous Mon 20 Sep 2021 17:48:51 No.9325848 Report

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>>9324811
raw deal

Anonymous

Anonymous Mon 20 Sep 2021 18:46:13 No.9325982 Report

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>>9310634
Is this THE Michael French?! :O

Anonymous

Anonymous Wed 22 Sep 2021 04:20:18 No.9329314 Report

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>>9310530
Cute

Anonymous

Anonymous Fri 24 Sep 2021 03:00:41 No.9333685 Report

Quoted By: >>9333690

I wish we had more info on the Voltron Force toy Mattel was doing

Anonymous

Anonymous Fri 24 Sep 2021 03:03:52 No.9333690 Report

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>>9333685

Scott Nietlich did a video on Voltron the other day in response to Retroblasting accusing Scott of being responsible for the Matty Collector Voltron, which Scott says he had almost no input on, and that there was a bunch of Matty Collector figures intended, but cancelled, because the Nickelodeon show bombed.

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Anonymous Fri 24 Sep 2021 18:11:01 No.9334845 Report

Quoted By: >>9340324

>>9310817
It's probably popular among otakus, but Japanese normies probably just think of it as just another mecha show from the 80's.

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Anonymous Fri 24 Sep 2021 19:01:50 No.9334981 Report

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>>9310477
This thread has been up for about ten days. This is proof that /toy/ is obsessed with Retroblaster. And the reason why that obsession is because Retroblaster reminds /toy/ of who they actually are.

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Anonymous Mon 27 Sep 2021 03:00:53 No.9339791 Report

Quoted By: >>9346392

>>9310477
Defenders of the universe forever sullied that possibility

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Anonymous Mon 27 Sep 2021 12:05:29 No.9340324 Report

Quoted By: >>9358482

>>9334845
The anime is considered a drop in the bucket and has no fandom to speak of. Even oldtakus nostalgic of the '80 didn't think much about it. The saving grace is the original Chogokin toy which is well regarded among the collectors.

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Anonymous Thu 30 Sep 2021 02:18:04 No.9346392 Report

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>>9339791
You mean Legendary Defender right?

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Anonymous Thu 30 Sep 2021 19:40:02 No.9348020 Report

Quoted By: >>9348026

>>9310477
I remember being into this as a kid. Got all the Lions and the castle for Christmas 1984. Never had any of the baddies for some reason, and couldn't tell you a damn thing about the show except that the first leader got croaked and that's why nobody matched their damn lions.

Anonymous

Anonymous Thu 30 Sep 2021 19:42:22 No.9348026 Report

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>>9348020
Wait... I think the fat guy and the dorky kid matched theirs. And blue guy wound up in the red arm, the princess whatsherface wound up in blue, and the red guy wound up in the leader. I'm havin flashbacks here, I haven't thought about any of this shit in 30 somethin years.

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Anonymous Fri 01 Oct 2021 18:14:34 No.9350444 Report

Quoted By: >>9361659

>>9314127
I'm picking this up later today. Have to drive about an hour away. Just to get it cheap.

Anonymous

Anonymous Mon 04 Oct 2021 22:51:53 No.9357771 Report

Quoted By: >>9373782

What a dumb costume

Anonymous

Anonymous Tue 05 Oct 2021 06:31:22 No.9358482 Report

Quoted By: >>9358493 >>9361621

>>9340324
What is so bad about it according to the Japanese, and why did it become so popular everywhere else including the West?

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Anonymous Tue 05 Oct 2021 06:51:45 No.9358493 Report

Quoted By: >>9358494 >>9361621

>>9358482
Let's say that it was unlucky in Japan and very lucky in the USA. They started broadcasting it when the reruns of Gundam were still wildly popular, with the first episode airing just a week before the launch of the first compilation movie, with the result that the pre broadcasting marketing fall on deaf ears. When the Gundam craze started to cool down a bit it was surpassed in ratings by the newcomers Goshogun and Bryger . Any hope of leaving a mark at least with the reruns was then crushed the next year by the arrival of Macross. The toy sold well thanks to the good design and it's highly regarded, but the anime paid a heavy price for being launched at the worst time possible.

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Anonymous Tue 05 Oct 2021 06:55:28 No.9358494 Report

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>>9358493
To avoid confusion i mean Galaxy Cyclone Braiger, the first J9 series.

Anonymous

Anonymous Wed 06 Oct 2021 20:57:08 No.9361621 Report

Quoted By: >>9361625

>>9358482
>>9358493
Why is Jerry Lewis popular in France? First exposure tends to get a lot of attention, like if some third world nation got a sci-fi drama for the first time. Mind you, not Star Wars, or Star Trek, or Babylon 5, or Stargate, but how about Sea Quest? They wouldn't know any better, but it might go over well. GoLion is like that. Japanese couldn't care less, because they have Mazinger and Getter and Gundam and Macross, but we got Voltron. Since then, we've gotten all the prior stuff too, but there's nothing quite like your first fascination, especially when young.

So yeah, Voltron is the Sea Quest of super robots.

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Anonymous Wed 06 Oct 2021 21:01:26 No.9361625 Report

Quoted By: >>9381860

>>9361621
>but there's nothing quite like your first fascination
sounds like a nation full of dummies to me, they do believe in a magic man after all

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Anonymous Wed 06 Oct 2021 21:12:19 No.9361659 Report

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>>9350444
are you still alive?

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Anonymous Fri 08 Oct 2021 21:03:43 No.9367217 Report

Quoted By: >>9367220

>>9361659
Yes, it turned into a 4 hour drive round trip. Should have just bought it on eBay.

Would have spent the same amount of $.

I'm happy with it. Only real issue I have is the lack of posing ability.

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Anonymous Fri 08 Oct 2021 21:05:13 No.9367220 Report

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>>9367217
Set him up next to his counter part.

Anonymous

Anonymous Mon 11 Oct 2021 18:04:45 No.9373782 Report

Quoted By: >>9381397

>>9357771
If it had four lights, one of them wouldn't work

Anonymous

Anonymous Fri 15 Oct 2021 05:57:35 No.9381397 Report

Quoted By: >>9381640

>>9373782
lol

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Anonymous Fri 15 Oct 2021 11:46:56 No.9381640 Report

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>>9381397
>Bumping his dead threads because the mods finally had enough of his bullshit
Absolutely pathetic anon.

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>>9361625
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