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I thought that this might interest any Voltron fans who did not get a chance to pick up the metal gift pack or found it to expensive. There releasing a Voltron Lion Force Gift Set (Plastic Version) from the same company that made the metal version. Here is the link to the preorder page: http://www.bigbadtoystore.com/bbts/product.aspx?product=TOY10191&mode=retail.

I may pick this up just because I don't have Voltron in any form. And because he's such an iconic character and is kind of related to Transformers. Even though I've never seen the show anything.

Thank you Toynami! I've wanted their version seriously a year before it was ever released. Now I can get it, and not have the diecast weaken parts of it.

Yes, at 1/3 the price of the diecast version this is very attractive!
Now if only I could find an Australian site selling it so I don't have to shell out for the postage from BBTS...

Also, I had a bit of a look around to try to find pics of the original Voltron toys but didn't have much luck.
It seems there have been a few different versions over time.
I never had any myself, but a friend of mine had a plastic version with room for a pilot inside each lion. The red and green lions that formed the arms didn't have an elbow joint in the middle of them.
From my investigations I think it must have been the WEP version, but I can't find much info on it. Most of the info and pics I've found have been of versions with that elbow joint. The toynami and matchbox versions.

Dum question

This the plastic version of the Masterpeice Voltron?

Yup. Sure is.

I'm haven't seen Voltron since I was a kid, and I'm still considering ordering one of these.

If you want to see voltron just watch boomrang from cartoon network at 10:00 p.m. our time if you have direct t.v. then it 7:00 p.m. our time.

Alright, now we're talkin'. This is somethin' I could spend the dough on.

It's about time.

MagnusPrimal wrote:I'm haven't seen Voltron since I was a kid, and I'm still considering ordering one of these.

Voltron is also out on DVD I just finished getting the whole set

They come in 5 different tins with each of the Lions representing

spiritofcat wrote:Also, I had a bit of a look around to try to find pics of the original Voltron toys but didn't have much luck.
It seems there have been a few different versions over time.
I never had any myself, but a friend of mine had a plastic version with room for a pilot inside each lion. The red and green lions that formed the arms didn't have an elbow joint in the middle of them.
From my investigations I think it must have been the WEP version, but I can't find much info on it. Most of the info and pics I've found have been of versions with that elbow joint. The toynami and matchbox versions.

There are so many versions of Voltron it's not even funny. There are two different "original" versions released here in the US and a bunch of plastic versions that aren't as desirable like the World Events Voltron, etc. There were different scale plastic versions and versions that had motorized wheels (pull back motion). There were also metal Poppy, Chogokin Japanese verisons termed GOLION that are the most valuable. Trendmaster reissued these in metal format in 97 and there are slight differences with those as well. There are honestly so many versions and bootlegs.

If you are looking for US Matchbox originals, the figure will stand about 11" tall and will be metal. There were two figures released about the same time from Matchbox. One has chrome stickers on the bottom of each lion that state GOLION Y&K Made in Taiwan and another version that has the same chrome stickers on the bottom that say GB-36 Made in Japan. There are slight differences between the two sets but both are very nice. The Taiwan version is said to be more valuable (depending on who you talk to) than the GB-36 version because that was the version that was recalled due to lead in the paint. All recalled Taiwan Voltrons were replaced with the GB-36 versions.

http://www.cpsc.gov/cpscpub/prerel/prhtml86/86070.html

As you can see, I love Voltron and have both versions and the metal Masterpiece Voltron set.

Mark