Shame its not Spanish, then you could read it as Super Mancar (mancar; to cripple,maim) ie Super Crippler or Super Maimer, nice name for a destructive robot thing. Unfortunately as its Italian, the best I can manage is Super Lacking ��. Gawd only knows what these things are meant to be, but theres a bunch up for sale on ebay from Italy.
Well, wait no more, for I know exactly what this toy is. This is a bootleg of UFO Robot Grendizer. You may know it as Goldrake depending where you live in the world. The biggest clue are the joined horns on the head, they are unique. Other clues, if one looks closely, are the triangles on the forearms, the fins on the legs, and the feet. Here is what Grendizer looks like in the anime https://static.wikia.nocookie.net/mazinger/images/1/1d/Bnjkm.png/revision/latest/scale-to-width-down/340?cb=20170804203739
Here in the states, we got Grendizer as part of the Force Five cartoon series only it was slightly renamed as Grandizer. It is the third entry in the Mazinger Saga. Mazinger Z (Tranzor Z in the US) Great Mazinger, Grendizer and so many more, all from the great mind of Go Nagi.
More info than you want can be found here https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Grendizer https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mazinger
Alas I've never seen anything Japanese on UK Tv other than my beloved Marine Boy in the Sixties. Having said that I didn't really watch telly between 1977 and 1987. Too busy having fun!
Is it a bird, is it a plane ...No, it's Super Bird Plane Man !
ReplyDeleteIts a plane, its a plane!
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Gosh, you really do live on a fantasy island, in your head, don't you Woodsy !
ReplyDeleteAh oh Chongo!
ReplyDeleteShame its not Spanish, then you could read it as Super Mancar (mancar; to cripple,maim) ie Super Crippler or Super Maimer, nice name for a destructive robot thing. Unfortunately as its Italian, the best I can manage is Super Lacking ��. Gawd only knows what these things are meant to be, but theres a bunch up for sale on ebay from Italy.
ReplyDeleteha ha, fascinating Timmy! A whole bunch of them!
DeleteWell, wait no more, for I know exactly what this toy is. This is a bootleg of UFO Robot Grendizer. You may know it as Goldrake depending where you live in the world. The biggest clue are the joined horns on the head, they are unique. Other clues, if one looks closely, are the triangles on the forearms, the fins on the legs, and the feet. Here is what Grendizer looks like in the anime https://static.wikia.nocookie.net/mazinger/images/1/1d/Bnjkm.png/revision/latest/scale-to-width-down/340?cb=20170804203739
ReplyDeleteHere in the states, we got Grendizer as part of the Force Five cartoon series only it was slightly renamed as Grandizer. It is the third entry in the Mazinger Saga. Mazinger Z (Tranzor Z in the US) Great Mazinger, Grendizer and so many more, all from the great mind of Go Nagi.
More info than you want can be found here
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Grendizer
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mazinger
Now we know what it is! I dont know if Goldrake/UFO Robot Grendizer has been on TV in the UK, I only remember Battle of the Planets.
DeleteAlas I've never seen anything Japanese on UK Tv other than my beloved Marine Boy in the Sixties. Having said that I didn't really watch telly between 1977 and 1987. Too busy having fun!
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