Oh wow I didn't realise it was pushing it. Did you enjoy the video? Or just clicked on it to shut up YT?

The powerslide incidentially would become a staple attack for some mobile suits later on, I forgot to add. Mostly referenced in Super Robot Wars with some melee-focused units.

Thanks for watching and taking the time to comment 🙂

I don't know for sure the first ever "toy" as it could have been something obscure but the first mainstream action figure was the Clover Gundam ST... this is the later DX which had a bit more detail and things going on. The DX is also about 1.5 times the height of the ST. In terms of where to find one it would almost certainly be in Japan. Yahoo Auctions Japan is their leading marketplace (basically the Japanese eBay), and you can bid on that via a proxy like Buyee or From Japan. As far as authenticity, I would be very surprised if there were knock offs around... I would be suspicious if it looked too new. Good luck!

@@robotoyworld Thank you! Mazinger Z from this video piqued my interest. Do you know which was the first Mazinger Z toy in the 70’s? Unable to get a clear answer when searching online.

I don’t I’m sorry… I’m not a huge Mazinger fan personally

Yeah to have them made in Japan would have added to the appeal but I think it's unrealistic to expect. Many Japanese companies have learned to export their QC to lower cost countries both for owned manufacturing and CMs, and what we've seen of the line after eight years is that quality is quite high. Thanks for watching and for the insight on Tetsujin 28! Is it just the Godaikin to be weary of, or even the Popy versions? It's not on my radar but good to know, regardless.

They’re custom made by a company here in Australia called ShowFront. They mostly do store fitouts but I think have realised there’s also a domestic market

Yeah it’s completely mechanical, no battery. Agreed it’s very charming 🙂 Thanks for watching and for your kind support!

Thanks for the suggestion. I’ll try a shorter intro on an upcoming video and see if it increases engagement. My thinking was to show some of the hero shots of the toy straight away but there may be a better was to do that while shortening any intro section.

There's two channels that focus on vintage toys and some new stuff: シャチはメカっこいいがお好き - Vintage toys from Machine Robo, Transformers, Webdiver, Brave Saga and more: www.youtube.com/@DX-kg7xc ユキオ/Yukio - same as above, sometimes with Japanese dialogue, sometimes without: www.youtube.com/@YukioRev wotafa/ヲタファ - same as the first, with Japanese dialogue (with some exceptions) and his current intro and outro is sung by Hideaki Takatori: www.youtube.com/@wotafa

Thanks so much! I’ll have more new videos soon 🙂

Thanks! Dia-Train and Cosmo Roller are definitely on my list, I would have loved to feature a comparison in my DA-95 review. Where did you get yours? Mandarake?

Yeah I've been wanting to cover it for ages as it's relatively unknown, but deserves attention as you can see. Thanks for watching!

Thanks so much for your support :)

@@ebony-whangdagobi5195 He drew way more from Yamato

Buddy, why would you say Tomino drew so many ideas from Star Wars, but then neglect to mention ANY of them? Here, I'll give you a couple of superficial similarities for free: Newtype/Jedi, beamsaber/lightsaber, white Gundam color scheme/Stormtrooper. Hmmmm, what else? Yeah, not much, is there? There's hundreds of things different but oh no lets focus on these minor resemblances and declare that ToMiNo DrEw So MaNy IdEaS fRoM StAr WaRs. What next, herpaderp Haro is just like R2D2? You are the very epitome of "tell me you don't watch Gundam without telling me you don't watch Gundam". EDIT: Just to add on a bit further, who is the Char analogy in Star Wars? It's definitely not Darth Vader, but then who's the Darth Vader in Gundam? Are plucky Rebels using guerilla tactics against the evil Empire in Star Wars the same as symmetrical open warfare between the Earth Federation and Zeon? How about the Zeon Colony Laser, is that like the Death Star? But if so, then what's the Earth Federation Solar System expy in Star Wars? So many differences compared to a handful of similarities, to say that Tomino drew so many ideas from Star Wars is just so asinine as to be indefensible.

@@赤いカピバラ-x2h thanks man!

​@@赤いカピバラ-x2h Dude I have had written a list in Japanese. It will take a long time to rewrite in English. Would you somehow manage to make sense out of the translation made by the translator? I pasted them below. Thanks! Star Wars is also amazing, with its director George Lucas being a genius. But do you know who is the complete opposite, the most cunning, stingy, shameless, deceitful anime director in history, but who became a huge success through sheer luck? Comparing him to George Lucas, you can really see the difference between the real thing (George Lucas) and the fake (him). The hint is that he started out pretending to be Star Wars and thought it would end in failure, but it unexpectedly became popular, and it was a shameless prideful guy who pretended not to know for over 40 years that he was modeled after Star Wars. When asked about Gundam, he was full of sophistry, retroactive ideas, and far-fetched connections, as if he created it all on his own, which is disgraceful. He should say what the original work that Gundam was based on was, and pay homage to the creator with respect. Doesn't the arrogance of Tomino, the creator of Gundam, piss you off? The first Star Wars film was released in 1977 (1978 in Japan) and Mobile Suit Gundam was released in 1979, so it's probably to hide the fact that it was released years after the airing, so they named Gundam RX-78 to show that it wasn't released after Star Wars, which is hilarious and unseemly! lol Tomino, Sunrise, and Bandai's methods are dirty. They only make people say nice things. Gundam is still a child's play. This kind of comment has been deleted many times on Yahoo! Answers and many accounts have had their questions disabled. It's a very pointed comment, so they're going to bury it. Sunrise and Bandai or whatever control the thoughts of consumers with their power. That's how Sunrise and Bandai's true nature and identity is, plundering freedom of speech with money and power! This country is not a democracy. (lol) If they honestly admitted that they were greatly influenced by Star Wars, then we could accept the plagiarism as an evolution of the masterpiece that is Star Wars in anime. I like Gundam model kits and collect them, but when I think of Tomino's face, I hate myself for collecting them. The director of The Matrix admitted to being influenced by Akira, and Akira's Katsuhiro Otomo and Hayao Miyazaki have openly stated that they were influenced by Moebius. Otomo also said that he was influenced by American films such as Easy Rider. Evangelion's Anno also said that Evangelion was influenced by Ultraman. The director of Star Wars also said that he was influenced by Kurosawa's films and Flash Gordon (a sci-fi work). Creators of other works that have had a huge impact on the world have dutifully revealed the works that influenced them. Tomino is just an anime creator, and he is influenced by other works of the same era. People can only create things from what they see and hear. He's not a god. He plagiarized a lot of things, especially Star Wars. That's why he never acknowledges what his examples were. At 8:20 on kzbin.info/www/bejne/lXrPcn9_bK98i68, he also claims to have been influenced by period dramas (Samurai) to hide the fact that he imitated George Lucas. (lol) He claims that the setting is in space because the mobile suits are 20 meters tall and cannot be used on the ground, but then why are the giant robots from before Gundam set on the ground? Didn't they go on a rampage on Earth? lol Gundam (the first one) was also active on the ground. The fact that Gundam is set in space is clearly an influence from Star Wars. He can't help but promote himself as a noble, noble, godly being who is not influenced by other commercial works. He released the trilogy of films, imitating the first one as if it were the Star Wars trilogy. And when the remastered version of Star Wars came out, he released the Zeta Gundam film, which he had imitated and reworked. Still not satisfied, he drew Darth Vader's childhood, then Char's childhood. I wonder if Tomino is aware of this? Is he too stupid to see himself objectively and just copying what he sees? Gundam aired after the first Star Wars movie was a big hit, so I'm sure he wrote the script for Gundam based on Star Wars, which he was moved by and couldn't come up with any ideas. Beam sabers are lightsabers, newtypes are the Force (Princess Leia and Obi-Wan Kenobi spoke to people's hearts like Luke), monoeyes are R2-D2, mass-produced mobile suits are stormtroopers, and Char is Darth Vader and Sayla is Princess Leia. Before Gundam, which copied Star Wars, Tomino's anime never depicted conflicts such as differences in values ​​between fathers and sons or brothers and sisters. But it's exactly the same, isn't it? Isn't it funny? Show your respect and homage to Star Wars and George Lucas! Hey! Tomino! Lol The Zeon where Char was was the Imperial Army commanded by Darth Vader, and the Federation where Sarah was was the Allied Army commanded by Princess Leia. kzbin.info/www/bejne/lXrPcn9_bK98i68 8:20, and it's embarrassing to see him trying to brush it off by saying that it's a common thing in period dramas. The story of Star Wars was great, and Gundam, which was made by copying it, was inevitably a success. Most children at the time who couldn't get their hands on videos didn't go to the cinema to watch Star Wars, but instead watched Gundam on TV and were brainwashed by the novelty that was stolen from Star Wars. Even when they become old men, they still build Gunpla because of the brainwashing they did in their childhood. The reason it's still popular today is because Bandai's elaborate plastic models have encouraged adults who were brainwashed as children at the time to still be enthusiastic about it. The quality of the video for First Gundam was so bad that I don't think it was loved. The later theatrical versions were watchable. In short, it's Bandai's elaborate Gunpla that's loved! (laughs) Gundam is really a very haphazardly animated work with too many things to criticize. Some people say that Star Wars was influenced by Kurosawa's movies, but that's something that's been cultivated for hundreds of years. Like the samurai spirit. What Tomino copied was the superficial parts that Lucas and his gang created commercially in a few months or years. Star Wars was the first to do fantasy videos with swords of light and mass-produced humanoid weapons. Don't you think that Gundam fans should say that they were moved by Star Wars and made Gundam because they made it, so that Gundam fans can continue to love Gundam? But it might be okay for a scumbag like Tomino Yoshiyuki to be there because a wonderful person like Otomo-sensei makes it look even more brilliant. (laughs)

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Thanks, and agreed! The biggest hurdle would almost certainly be the cost, and then the availability. But if they were more accessibly priced then availability would naturally scale with demand.

Thanks for watching and for your support

Thanks! They’re not that relaxing to make (yet) 😅 but the encouragement helps a lot

Thanks so much for your support. I agree, despite (and somewhat because of) their flaws they are very charming. Looking forward to sharing more soon :)

Thanks for watching and glad to hear you enjoyed it. Yeah it could almost be a dark, sci-fi David Lynch thing the way you’ve described it 😂

I’m not sure they definitely will. There’s elements in Cloud Across I guess, and certainly DA-93 feels reminiscent of Skyrobo.

Absolutely. I didn’t think to mention it when I shot the bit to-camera, but when was filming the supporting content I regretted not making that observation.

Yoooooooo he wallace and gromits

Yeah it’s things like that that really make Diaclone for me 🙂

​@@manjackson2772 "He wallace and gromits" is such an amazing phrase i need that rn

​@@titanic_monarch796 tbf it's more likely a thunderbirds thing but I don't care, I saw it there first

@@manjackson2772 yeah i was gonna say the same thing but the gromit is funnier

That's completely true, but I guess my point was more that if you look at it from the kids' perspective it was a similar scenario... in both cases they most likely became familiar with the animated representation first, then the toys, so there was a bit of imagination required to bridge the gap between the toy and the on-screen character.