Toyrobots

Documenting Toy Robot collection for Aaron.

Container 001:

- Orgroid,orguss,takatoku, 1/40th scale
- Lots of empty boxes (toys & pieces elsewhere):
- Spiral Zone Protect Suit, bandai
- Spiral Zone Monoseed, bandai
- Go-dian, (original Japanese, some pieces inside), (bandai/popy)
- Dancougar, (US release), (bandai)
- Gerwalk Nikick, (orguss), (takatoku), 1/60th scale
- M-lover Marie, (orguss), (takatoku), 1/60th scale
- Ingram 98-AV, (Patlabor), (bandai), 1/60th scale
- Python MPL975, Patlabor, (bandai), 1/60th scale
- Arm Machine VWS-01, (some decal stickers inside for elintseeker and strike valkyrie as well), (bandai)
- Large poster of Golion (kinda beat up; but pretty rare I imagine)

Container 002:

-  V-Gundam RX-93 (bandai),  1/144th scale
- Gerwalk Ishkick, (orguss), (takatoku), 1/60th scale
- Scopedog, (votoms), (takara), 1/60th scale
- Destroid Spartan, (macross), (takatoku), 1/144th scale
- Destroid Monster, macross, takatoku, 1/240th scale
- TV-83X, Galactic Whril Wind Sasuraiger, takatoku
- Mugen Caliber VV-54AR, Dorvak, takatoku, 1/72 scale
- Donatelro, Bismark, Bandai
- Bismark GC-23, Bismark, Bandai
- Road Leon, Bismark, Bandai
- Cycroader II, Galactic Patrol Lensman, Tomy
- Grappler & D-E, Galactic Patrol Lensman, Tomy
- Variable type triple variation (orgroid II, orgroid, gerwalk nikick), Orguss, Takatoku, 1/80 scale 
- Gerwalk Nikick MBG-24C, Orguss, Takatoku, 1/40 scale
- Walther P-38 U.N.C.L.E. MC-13, Microman, Takara (this is the first casting of what later became Megatron in Transformers)
- Gerwalk Ishkick MBG-21F-1, Orguss, Takatoku, 1/60 scale
- Gerwalk Ishforn RSG-21A-1, Orguss, Takatoku, 1/60 scale
- Dunbine, Aura Battler Dunbine, Clover, 1/46 scale
- Beet-Zeguna, Beetras, Takatoku
- Gundam ZZ MSZ-010, Gundam, Bandai
- Gundam mk-II, Zeta Gundam, Bandai, 1/100th scale
- fukuiriasukurosu, St. Seiya, Bandai
- Megatron, Transformers, Takara (Japanese version)

Container 003:

- VT-1S Super Ostrich, Macross, Bandai, 1/55th scale (putting this back in the box reminded me of how fragile the armor is, particular the tabs to mount on arms, I've seen countless versions broken.  Also the gun is hard to remove from the hand on the Bandai's, the 1990's collectors edition recast is the worst - I doubt I'll ever remove the gun from it without breaking the plastic)
- VE-1, Elintseeker, Macross, Bandai, 1/55th scale (there's a toy shop in alameda that has just the battroid, might be cheap - I hear these in box were going upwards of $1000-$1500 during the dot com era; trivia - this was the last one for sale at Mikado when I bought it, apparently someone had called to reserve it from out of state but Nakamura-san took pity on me and sold it to me as it was my yearly birthday visit.  He did mark it up $10 iirc.  It was also missing the cockpit blast cover however; I traded my friend Eddie Arent a kellogs/rice crispies bundle in prototype of the new enterprise from star trek the next generation that my aunt (then VP of marketing at Paramount) had given me with a ton of other schwag.  In retrospect that prototype probably could've been sold to some star trek geeks for more than the cost of an entire VE-1 set, but whatever it was well worth the trade in my opinion then, and now).  Will need lots of dusting and TLC to assemble and disassemble very fragile.
- VF-1S Strike Valkyrie, Macross, Bandai, 1/55th scale (just box, no styrofoam)
- GBP-1S Armored Valkyrie, Macross, Takatoku, 1/55th scale
- Full Armor ZZ-Gundam, Gundam Sentinel, Bandai, 1/144th, model kit

Container 004:

- SDF-1, Macross, IMAI, 1/5000th, model kit
- Mugen Calibur VV-54AR, Dorvak, Takatoku, 1/55th (iirc there was a US transformer based off this mold)
- Ovelon Gazzette VH-64MR, Dorvak, Gunze Sangyo, 1/100th scale, model kit
- Go Bots Leader - 1, Monogram, model kit (wtf kind of licensing deal gave monogram a Mospeda kit with a Gobots rebranding?  Oooooh 1980's international licensing fuckups you are crazy)
- No. 2 Snappingturtle Mk. II, Votoms, Takara, 1/35th scale
- AFC-01H Armo Fighter, Mospeda, Gakken Legioss US release, made in singapore
- Nousjadeul-Ger, Macross, IMAI, 1/144th scale, model kit
- Small Missle Regault, Macross, Nichimo, 1/200th scale, model kit
- Scrand VV-54E, Dorvak, Gunze Sangyo, 1/72 scale, model kit
- Mugen Land Caliber VV-54AR, Dorvak, Gunze Sangyo, 1/72 scale, model kit
- kiyanse-kurosu (cancer cross), St. Seiya, Bandai
- Winspector Series 2 & 3, Bandai
- Avatar's Flagship, Starblazers, Bandai, model kit
- Gamilon Destroyer, Starblazers, Bandai, model kit
- garuman gamirasu missle, Yamato III, Bandai, model kit
- Valkyrie II VF-25S, Macross II Lovers Again, Bandai, model kit (afaik the only release of a Valkyrie II in the era of release), 1/100th scale, model kit
- SDF-1, Macross, Takatoku, 1/3000th scale (I -love- this toy, took me many years to find, far superior to the US casting, working aircraft carrier launchers, etc.
- Britania II, Lensman, Tomy

Container 005:

Things start to get tricky here.

- Combattler - I think mostly intact; I can't tell you how many days I would run home from school hoping the toy shop had called to say they got this in as I was a big Shogun Warriors fan (the US comic was one of the only things I could find at the time in the early 80's and Combattler was the only of the original Godaikin released in the US that was in the US comic).  Sadly my mom made me destroy all the boxes when we moved save for the VF-1S one I couldn't bear to lose.
- Various Dougram & Soltic boxes
- Various parts from Dorvak Mugen 1/55th scale, Walther P-38 UNCLE megatron, Spiral Zone, etc.  if you need help sorting these later let me know.
- Movetic assembled kits
- Strange Gerwalk Ishkick white box all English (perhaps some weird counterfeit, never saw anything else even remotely close to it though).

Container 006:

- Saturn Bit, Zero Section Named Constable, Takara - boxes
- Zoids box
- VF-1A, Macross, Takatoku, 1/55 scale
- VF-1J Max, Macross, Takatoku, 1/55th scale 
- VF-1J Miria, Macross, Takatoku, 1/55th scale (this was pretty much the last toy I bought; I had looked for it for over six years by the time I found it at Anime Con in 1991.  Within the first 15 minutes i was writing a check for $425.  5 minutes later I was kicking myself for another booth was selling a sealed mint in box one for $500; I realized then that this wasn't collecting toys anymore it was collecting art I could no longer afford.  Of all the toys I love the Takatoku Valkyries the most; these guys are in good shape but need TLC with dust removal and being -very- gentle with their plastic joints that have been sitting on display for almost 20 years)
- Various old catalogues posters and whatnot.  Of note - old Kimono my House flyer, Iron Horse Business card. Takara Diakron catalogue. They actually released a small toy line mail order only via something like JC Pennies before Transformers, obviously like Diaclone with a slightly different name, I had one of these; and here's the catalogue to prove it. IIRC I had TAKARA DIAKRON MULTI-FORCE 14 ROBOT, Kronoform transforming watches, and a lamborghini countach in red the DK-1 (later recast for Transformers in yellow iirc).

Container 007:

- Gundam F91 super model box (more toy than model), Gundam, Bandai, 1/60th scale - box
- Changerobo, Bandai - box
- Battroid Valkyrie VF-1J Hikaru Ichijyo, Macross, Takatoku, 1/55th scale - gun must be floating around elsewhere, this was in the Armored Valkyrie Armor on display until just now.
- VF-1S, Macross, Takatoku, 1/55th scale (the yellow & black skull VF-1S is perhaps my favourite of all the Valkyries in design; Fokker preferably.  This along with Captain Harlock gave me my first taste of skulls and morbid aesthetics that I keep to this day; this also led to an old obsession with the F-14 Tomcat Jolly Rogers squadron aboard the U.S.S. Nimitz as a kid; long before Top Gun made the F-14 a plane of choice for many kids, I had already been wanting to become a pilot aboard that crew in order to get as close to being a Valkyrie skull squadron pilot as possible).

Container 008:

- Scopedog, Votoms, Takara, 1/24th scale - great toy for its time, really detailed design classic heavy scifi from the era
- DX Patlabor 98-AV Ingram TV, Patlabor, Bandai, 1/32 scale - I think this was the largest of the time, blinking lights via weird battery - probably worth researching and changing
- VF-1S Super Valkyrie 1990 reissue, Macross, Bandai - this is so inferior to the Takatoku and first Bandai recasts both in quality and even boxart it's a shame to put it on the same shelf.  I would say even the US Jetfire transformers recast is better quality.  I left the hands out since it seemed it might break if I tried to move them, miraculously I got the gun out of the hand!  Handle with care.  A Takatoku Super Valkyrie would be far preferable, but high school mate Brian ChanKai probably got the last one in California in the late 1980's.

Container 009:

- misc boxes
- ALIEN real action series, Medicom toys - weird but neat
- Lots of alien keychains
- Valkyrie VF-4, Macross Flashback 2012, Musasiya, 1/72nd scale, garage kit.  IIRC this was the only VF-4 released at the time; one of the first garage kits every commercially released - this was the beginning of the end for die cast toys.  Not not just the bubbly resin kit, but pewter/lead casting elements too - very unusual, never fully assembled; was $$$ at the time, probably extremely rare should be built by a master who can deal with the imperfections.
- Tetsujin 28, Bandai - perhaps the greatest of all the Godaikin from the early 1980's.  I love this toy immensely, it's not in perfect shape but can be setup to be deceiving. ;)  I used to hide things in the magnetically closing legs.  Such a towering beauty of a toy.

Container 010:

- A treasure trove, lose toys handle with extreme care
- I see Golion, God Mars, Gordian, Gundam F91, Saturn Bit, Scopedog PSX recast, Gakken Mospeda climber + bike, Gerwalk Ishkick white counterfeit?, L Gaim, various other zoids, models, etc. even some star wars die cast toys.  Some real gold in here - treat with care.

Container 011:

- Mcfarlane Akira figures
- Plastic cast Raideen, Scopedog, Motoko (GITS)
- All boxed/sealed.

Container 012:

- Oh wow, there's some seriously neat stuff in here in need of some serious TLC to clean up and sort out.  No I don't mean the shitty Matchbox Robotech SDF-1 recasting (the only reason I have this iirc is that it was mispriced at $5), I mean the original Japanese Takara Diaclone Big Powered Robot (later to be recasted and renamed as Ultra Magnus for the Transformers Movie in the US).; other godaikin swords and stuff in here.  Take your time piecing it all back together.  Standard caveats apply

Container 013:

- Some legos and Maerklin trains; but sift threw it for some Skyfire/Jetfire pieces and more