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Agamemnon wrote:I am an aficionado of 1980s cartoons, and especially love the robot toons. I don't remember Dugram and cannot find any pics. Is there another name? (I don't mean to side track the discussion...)

Oh Ag, there's no real discussion going on here.

First off, it would help if I had spelled it right. It's DOUGRAM, not Dugram.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fang_of_the_Sun_Dougram

I'm not familiar with the anime at all. My brother and I just had a few toys from the series when we were kids. There is another robot who I think is from the series called Soltic who is also super cool.

Dougram


Soltic


One of the toys we had.

We had this and a Soltic of the same type. These toys were B.A.! The inner skeleton was all die cast with awesome articulation and working hydraulics and cabling and stuff. Then you could put all the plastic armor and body panels on the inner skeletal bot. They were the DOPE! Not sure where they are now. I'd guess my brother has then in his collection. I dug a cool little diecast one out of Mom's attic a few weeks back. Same series as that Soltic Pic above.

His name is Big Foot. And SNAP Google! You are magic.
Here's the box he was in.


Here's the toy.


I would have gladly taken my own pic, but he's chilling on my desk at work at the moment.

Edit: Take a closer look at the Dougram toy box ( 1st one I posted). In the lower right corner you'll see a familiar and favorite name to us all. Also the main licenser of the Dougram toys.
No wonder the toys were so dang cool.

william-james88 wrote:Pelase take a pic of that fan mode when you can so that I can reproduce it if ever I get one of my own (a KO of course muahahahaha).

For now, go here. And thank ol' Jak.

william-james88 wrote: Although I would wait for the release of the articulated hands version.

Is this a thing you've heard tale of?
Or are you just wishin' on a star?

Cobotron wrote:Is this a thing you've heard tale of?
Or are you just wishin' on a star?

Its the one coming out this month:



This is definitely the version I would get if I got big powered.

OK! I didn't even notice that about that release!

Looks like I'm stuck with ol' cannon fingers. Oh well.

Do you like me and get the KO when it comes out

william-james88 wrote:Do you like me and get the KO when it comes out

Naw. Sorry if my sarcasm didn't come across. I like cannon hands. I think they're cool and funny. He's not a sentient being who needs opposable fingers and thumbs to solve problems. He is a war machine. A tank. Nothing more.

Cobotron wrote:

william-james88 wrote:Do you like me and get the KO when it comes out

Naw. Sorry if my sarcasm didn't come across. I like cannon hands. I think they're cool and funny. He's not a sentient being who needs opposable fingers and thumbs to solve problems. He is a war machine. A tank. Nothing more.

oh dear lord, rereading my quoted sentence I realize I let a "you" there that no longer works

For me, as the robot mode is my favourite part, I would preffer articulated hands. Also, my favourite pose for any figure is with their hands in a fist position as default.

I remember us talking about all those hands the micromen come with and the fists were the ones we both agreed worked best and were most versatile (granted, they do come with weapons so having the optino to hold them is key). While this guy is not sentient, he still looks the part enough to me to warant that same default fist pose.

Also, if you care, the knee claw/arms are also retooled in this bluer version.

william-james88 wrote:Do you like me .......

I do Bill. Very much so!

That's really cool that the second release got some new tooling. I'm really happy with the version I got, so no need for another. But I hope you get the chance to handle one. Even if it is a dirty sinful KO.

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william-james88 wrote:

Cobotron wrote:Is this a thing you've heard tale of?
Or are you just wishin' on a star?

Its the one coming out this month:
This is definitely the version I would get if I got big powered.

Holy crap I didn't notice that either!!

So... Wave 2 POTP has been out for like, 6 minutes. And EVERYBODY has them?! What's even happening? Cobs, show us some Hungur beast mode!

Also with all the recent MP-36 talk, what'r your thoughts? Especially with all the (high quality) KO's out there cuttin costs, you think you'll nab some form of one?

Cobotron wrote:

Agamemnon wrote:I am an aficionado of 1980s cartoons, and especially love the robot toons. I don't remember Dugram and cannot find any pics. Is there another name? (I don't mean to side track the discussion...)

Oh Ag, there's no real discussion going on here.

First off, it would help if I had spelled it right. It's DOUGRAM, not Dugram.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fang_of_the_Sun_Dougram

I'm not familiar with the anime at all. My brother and I just had a few toys from the series when we were kids. There is another robot who I think is from the series called Soltic who is also super cool.

Dougram


Soltic


One of the toys we had.

We had this and a Soltic of the same type. These toys were B.A.! The inner skeleton was all die cast with awesome articulation and working hydraulics and cabling and stuff. Then you could put all the plastic armor and body panels on the inner skeletal bot. They were the DOPE! Not sure where they are now. I'd guess my brother has then in his collection. I dug a cool little diecast one out of Mom's attic a few weeks back. Same series as that Soltic Pic above.

His name is Big Foot. And SNAP Google! You are magic.
Here's the box he was in.


Here's the toy.


I would have gladly taken my own pic, but he's chilling on my desk at work at the moment.

Edit: Take a closer look at the Dougram toy box ( 1st one I posted). In the lower right corner you'll see a familiar and favorite name to us all. Also the main licenser of the Dougram toys.
No wonder the toys were so dang cool.

Ah, yes. Another Anime where Battletech stole their mechs from (along with Macross/Robotech). That's probably why it looks so familiar to me. I gotta find some episodes...

I miss the 80s. Oh, and the best Golden Girl is Betty White, hands down. Might be her character hails from my neck o the woods.

Hey cobo, have you played with Elita in her cmbined form? Any pics of her combined with anyone?

And yeah Shajaki, I feel the same way, its as if the entire USA has these toys now and its just a comminplace thing in anyone's collection.

Agamemnon wrote:I miss the 80s. Oh, and the best Golden Girl is Betty White, hands down. Might be her character hails from my neck o the woods.

You know what, I once wrote fan mail to Betty White, she is very accessible. And she responded, with the pics I sent her signed

william-james88 wrote:Hey cobo, have you played with Elita in her cmbined form? Any pics of her combined with anyone?

And yeah Shajaki, I feel the same way, its as if the entire USA has these toys now and its just a comminplace thing in anyone's collection.

Well if it makes you northern boys feel any better, us southern boys have only just got wave 1 at full saturation. No signs of wave 2 yet. But I'm ok with that.

william-james88 wrote:You know what, I once wrote fan mail to Betty White, she is very accessible. And she responded, with the pics I sent her signed

That is AWESOME
and a little creepy

shajaki wrote:So... Wave 2 POTP has been out for like, 6 minutes. And EVERYBODY has them?! What's even happening? Cobs, show us some Hungur beast mode!

Sometime you guys get stuff. Sometimes we get stuff. But in the end, don't we all get the bots we want?
Hun-Gurrr? Yes. In a minute.

shajaki wrote:Also with all the recent MP-36 talk, what'r your thoughts? Especially with all the (high quality) KO's out there cuttin costs, you think you'll nab some form of one?

I'm in no hurry really. There is that dope super toy accy KO that HAS caught my eye, but I'm gonna wait it out. I think Takara will do a new deco. The KO would be cool, but I'd rather have the Takara one to go in my Takara Masterpiece collection. I like Takara. Always have. Since the 80s.

Agamemnon wrote:Ah, yes. Another Anime where Battletech stole their mechs from (along with Macross/Robotech). That's probably why it looks so familiar to me. I gotta find some episodes...

Yeah. Everything I know about the Anime, I learned from that link I post for you.
Bro and I played the F outa those toys. I can vividly remember BLuestreak and Mirage putting it to those chumps.

Agamemnon wrote:I miss the 80s.

Amen to that!

william-james88 wrote:Hey cobo, have you played with Elita in her cmbined form? Any pics of her combined with anyone?

Since you asked.

carytheone wrote:Well if it makes you northern boys feel any better, us southern boys have only just got wave 1 at full saturation. No signs of wave 2 yet. But I'm ok with that.

Curl, we're all Southern boys as far as they're concerned. I was in Canada talking with a guy and he said something about "South of the boarder", and I said, Mexico?! He twisted his head at me like a puppy. Then we laughed.

carytheone wrote:

william-james88 wrote:You know what, I once wrote fan mail to Betty White, she is very accessible. And she responded, with the pics I sent her signed

That is AWESOME
and a little creepy

...and awesome.

Is that a rub sign on Abominus's left hip/thigh?

carytheone wrote:Is that a rub sign on Abominus's left hip/thigh?

It's a faux rub sign. Purple emblem in a black field. Kinda cool. Kinda lame.

Cobotron wrote:

carytheone wrote:Is that a rub sign on Abominus's left hip/thigh?

It's a faux rub sign. Purple emblem in a black field. Kinda cool. Kinda lame.

Even though they're ugly as all get out on modern figures, I'll always have a soft spot for em

Cobotron wrote:

carytheone wrote:

william-james88 wrote:You know what, I once wrote fan mail to Betty White, she is very accessible. And she responded, with the pics I sent her signed

That is AWESOME
and a little creepy

...and awesome.

Haha, thanks! I dont really go out of my way though, there is a whole site there (fanmail.biz) and you basically mail to their agency and if they want they send the fan mail to their clients.

I havent done this in a loooong time. I sent out a bunch of requests in two year period and then got some back in the next 2 years since this stuff takes a while. The auograph request I ever got back was from Christopher Lee... a year ago

(for those who dont know, he was dead when I got his autograph in the mail and is also best known for playing Dracula so....)

After I pulled myself together, I took it to mean that he had answered a bunch of fan mail in the last year of his life and not all of it was sent out, and that eventually happened through his estate. That was pretty awesome (in a morbid way, but I take it, he wanted me to be happy, or else he wouldnt have answered me).

The craziest thing though was when I wrote to Steve Ditko, the reclusive creator of Spider-man. He took my letter very seriously and replied to me adressing some points, he didnt seem too happy (the guy is as old as Stan Lee). Its an odd letter, but hey, I now have Steve Ditko's autograph, so ... yay?

Cobotron wrote:Hun-Gurrr? Yes. In a minute.

Thanks brosif. I'ma have so much fun with that guy

Is it just me or does Hun-Gurr look like he's kicked back and playing footsies with the twins?

AWESOME -- Hun-Grrr is having so much fun!