Shogun Warriors

 

I am a huge fan of the Shogun Warrior toys and comic book of the late 70s. In fact I am very close to having my very own Radeen  (mint in OK box). He will be a showpiece in my collection but that is a post for another day.

I stole this post directly from Alex Teo over at Toy Haven. He mainly writes about the high end 1/6 scale figures. Check out his blog to see the amazing pieces in his collection. Today's post was about my beloved Shogun Warrior toys so I had to repost it in it's entirety. The posters by Boiling Point Creative Group are just a bonus.

Joe Natoli sent me these beautiful images / posters of the SHOGUN warriors and asked me to consider posting these on my toy blog. How could I not do it right? These are just fantastic and very nicely done so here they are for all our enjoyment :) Thanks Joe of Boiling Point Creative Group.

The Shogun Warriors were the central characters of a line of toys licensed by Mattel Inc. during the late 1970s that consisted of a series of imported Japanese robots based on the then popular anime shows featuring giant robots. Originally manufactured in three sizes: the 24-inch (610 mm) plastic versions, the 3.5-inch (89 mm) diecast metal versions and the slightly taller but much more detailed and articulated 5" diecast versions, several vehicles were also offered as well as a set that could be put together to form the super robot Combattra.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

These toys featured spring-loaded launcher weapons such as missiles, shuriken and battle axes. Some were able to launch their fists while the later diecast versions also had the ability to transform into different shapes. Raydeen, for example, could become a birdlike spaceship. These "convertible" editions were the precursors to the Transformers line of toy robots, but unlike the later products, it was not unusual for minor dissasembly to be required to achieve the secondary form.

Giant robot characters that featured in the original toy line were: 17 Robot, Combattra, Daimos, Dangard Ace, Dragun, Gaiking, Grendizer, Great Mazinger, Leopardon, Poseidon, Raiden, Raydeen, Voltes V

In addition, two giant movie monsters from Toho were added to the line: Godzilla and Rodan

 

 

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