Vintage Matchbox 1983 Voltron II Albegas Review - The Voltron Nobody Knows...

[@JimboFettsToyTomb]

Always remembered seeing this on the box of the others, but never recall seeing it the stores. Thanks for the great review!

[@thegoodthebadtheawesome]

Thank you for watching!

[@davedixon2167]

Trying to explain to people over the years that there were 3 Voltrons has been entertaining. I was super into Voltron when I was a kid and one of the local hobby/5&dime stores had all three of them for sale. I only got lion Voltron, myself, back then, but I thought all three of them were cool in their own right. (On the Matchbox packaging for all the full sets, Golion was Voltron III, while Dairugger Fleet XV was Voltron I and you can see here that Albegas was II. That confused the hell out of me then.) When I learned more about the different series and all that when I got older, I kinda regretted not getting all of them.

[@andrewtaylor940]

If you really want to blow their minds show them a picture of Daltanious, and explain that was originally Voltron. Voltron 0 if you will.

[@davedixon2167]

@ Oh yeah! I never saw any of that anime but I do remember seeing the toy occasionally. Extra confusing but I do think GoLion was a lucky break (or happy accident) for us american kids!

[@thegoodthebadtheawesome]

Thanks for sharing!

[@thegoodthebadtheawesome]

YES!

[@thegoodthebadtheawesome]

He certainly was

[@happiaxxident]

Love this Voltron. Nice one and great collection! Well done!

[@thegoodthebadtheawesome]

He is amazing Happi! Action Toys has one coming out that I am all over!

[@patrickbarnes9462]

Thank you for sharing this. Gladiator Voltron was my first Voltron. First of all it was cheapest, and you could buy all the parts separately. I would wind up having the other two eventually, but you never forget your first. 🤘😉

[@RavenHawkes]

I remember seeing these in the stores when I was a kid. There were stacked together with the vehicle and lions. I was really confused when I read: Voltron I(vehicles), Voltron II(robots) and Voltron III (lions), thinking wouldn't the lions be Voltron I and vehicles be Voltron II.

[@thegoodthebadtheawesome]

Confusing to a lot of kids I believe. I just love freakin robots!

[@chrisredline1697]

In my hometown when I was growing up we had a K-mart and an Ames. The "Voltron shelf" in the toy aisle would consist of about half of the Voltron II boxes opened and the contents played with/scattered all over the shelf like some kind of ghetto daycare, and the Voltron I and Voltron III products would ALWAYS be sold out. I recall fiddling with some of those Voltron II figures that were opened and could never figure out how to reconfigure/transform them like shown on the box. Thanks for sharing! Kind of a deep dive, but reminds me of a super robot from the 70's, Getter Ryger, which was released under the Shogun Warriors franchise here in the USA as "Raider". There was a model kit from Monogram, and some die-cast figures with awesome chrome shoot-your-eye-out choking-hazard fists and missiles under Mattel. It too consisted of three smaller robots that "stacked" like Albegas and each of the six possible configurations had different powers/strengths.

[@NyHunterImpressions]

This is awesome dude! I am glad I caught this as soon as you released it. I am so stoked and surprised that you combined them and it looks like it was relatively easy. for their age, they look beautiful combined. But it’s true, they could get stuck that way. Just a great video though and a great piece of history. Thanks for showing us!

[@thegoodthebadtheawesome]

I pulled them back a part. This was such an amazing fun review to do but also nerve racking trying not to break the blue one.

[@NyHunterImpressions]

@ I bet. I still have my original voltron 3 and the shoulders where the red and green attach is still a bit broken and the gold is rubbed off bc the lions stuck so well in the black lion’s shoulders. It’d be a shame to use up more life in an awesome figure like yours! Good move!

[@RoRoQuso]

I had these! I never knew they were Voltron! Everything was in Japanese and I got them with a fully die-cast Mazinger Z. This brought back so many awesome memories!

[@thegoodthebadtheawesome]

I am so glad it did. That is what I hope from my vlog that it brings back the feels!

[@gramirez81]

We totally got those guys back in the 82's here in Central and South America. Even the tv show... not under Voltron label, but we got them...

[@thegoodthebadtheawesome]

Awesome! Thanks for sharing!

[@batangbatugan]

Great review! I never had any of the vintage Voltrons as a kid, no matter how much I cried my eyes out to my parents. But I managed with all the knockoffs that proliferated during that time.

[@thegoodthebadtheawesome]

I think we all had the knockoffs. I know how you feel and they hold a special place in my heart.

[@Scotty-Z70]

7:35 you don't have their stomachs showing. pull them up one more time. Pull up, push in the shoulders to lock him into place. the shoulders only go out to form the 3-in-1. I had this and it was my favorite as a kid because it was the unloved one. I always imagined what we never saw on tv playing with it.

[@thegoodthebadtheawesome]

Thanks for sharing and the tip! Fixed him!

[@Scotty-Z70]

Albegas! Albegas! Albegas! Albegas! Rock Me Albegas. (i'd always Weird Al that song on the radio)

[@thegoodthebadtheawesome]

YES!!!!

[@cernstormrunner7263]

I remember seeing these and some other AlBeGas toys at Big Lots back in the day. Always regretted not getting the 3 pack of space ships that combined

[@christopheouvrard8548]

After 37 years, I finally know what that 3in1 Robot is !!!! :)

[@Khorzho]

I remember seeing these in a catalogue and wondered what they were. Thanks for sharing.

[@thegoodthebadtheawesome]

Thank you for watching!

[@manofsteel3396]

I've had the Black bot since the 80's, and still have my GO Lion's version. I wish I had gotten the vehicle bot!

[@another_mike5]

Yeah, I had this set and the other 2 voltron sets. I picked up the 3 bots of voltron II at toys r us on clearance. I think the three were like 7 dollars each. Unfortunately, I had all 3 of my voltrons on top of a rickety shelf. The shelf got bumped and all of my voltrons came crashing down and broke, bad day.

[@thegoodthebadtheawesome]

That is my worst nightmare for my toys! Thanks for sharing!

[@Seymour-b5r]

Hey brother. Awesome content

[@thegoodthebadtheawesome]

Thank you so much!

[@emkhet7924]

Wow 🤯! I used to have the Black one as a shorty back in the day. Now I think a third party is making this Voltron now. Great find 👍🏿🔥!

[@thegoodthebadtheawesome]

YES! Action Toys and I have it preordered!

[@andrewtaylor940]

@@thegoodthebadtheawesome Evolution Toys has also released versions of ALbegas. I have the MagnaMatic one. Which is a mixed bag. How big is the ACtion Toys one? Does it scale or display well with the SOC's?

[@alvinlono]

I had the blue one as a kid! Didn’t know it was Voltron until my older cousin explained it to me. Wish I still had it…

[@charlesdavis7285]

I remember seeing them in a store and their picture on the back of my lion force Voltron figure box but that's it. Thank you for the video of them.

[@thegoodthebadtheawesome]

Thank you for watching!

[@jimmyju76]

the recently release some Albegas figures on hlj, looks so cool

[@diecastnorbz]

It is ssssoooooo cool to see this again and all merged up! It’s such a great throwback to 80’s toys and from what I remember you should be able to slide the dual legs a lot more into the bottoms of the feet, but this, I think was also supposed to have a blazing sword that comes with Alpha, but I could be wrong. 🤗 This was an awesome review! 🤩🤩

[@thegoodthebadtheawesome]

In the american release none of them had their swords unfortunately. There is a dude who 3d prints them so I thought about getting those! Thanks Norbz for supporting!

[@NewSquallor]

Chrome on toys get me every time.

[@thegoodthebadtheawesome]

YESSSSS!!!!!

[@ObiJuanChingones]

Congrats. Still on my list - retro or modern. This Voltron is super fragile (from what I’ve heard over the years). Proceed with caution. Keep up the good work. 🤙🏽

[@thegoodthebadtheawesome]

He absolutely is. It's like diffusing a bomb putting this together. Gotta be careful! Thanks for watching!

[@RazyelKayneReviews]

No clue what these were, great review JimmyG!

[@thegoodthebadtheawesome]

Well they are freakin amazing! Thanks Raz!

[@Scotty-Z70]

there are 6 permutations: Black-Blue-Red, Black-Red-Blue, and then blue on top, and then red on top for 2 each. 3!= 3x2x1

[@thegoodthebadtheawesome]

Thanks for sharing the info! I learned something new!

[@James-kd5oe]

Had the lion and vehicle teams grt this with the original lead based paint. Never was lucky enough to find II

[@DeluxeBaldwin]

Awesome! I just talked about these on my News. I think they were knockoffs but still cool. Great stuff as always good sir!

[@thegoodthebadtheawesome]

Yes. The Action toys one and I have it on preorder. You should get one! I would love to have you go down the Voltron Rabbit Hole!!!! Thanks Deluxe! Means a Lot!

[@daikosart]

I had those and no one knew what they were. I also loved the back of the box, I cut it out of one of the big boxes and hung it like a poster

[@thegoodthebadtheawesome]

It was a cool box!

[@iballer74]

Wow, totally forgot about this one until I saw the thumb nail.

[@RoXolid]

One creator to another, do yourself a favor. Establish your shot, focus, then disable auto focus. This way your camera doesn't shift focus from your hands to the subject you're filming and back. Great look at these, I knew of the toys but this is the first time I've seen them!

[@thegoodthebadtheawesome]

Thanks for the feedback. Always trying to get better! I need to learn my camera a bit better!

[@RoXolid]

@thegoodthebadtheawesome It took me a long time and I still screw stuff up. The good thing is there's nothing wrong with your content or presentation, just tweaks here and there to take it to the next level

[@jimmyju76]

technically is was shown in the US in cartoon, an episode at the GG they were showing it off as a prototype

[@triadianz]

I had/have Voltron I and Voltron III. Never saw this one, but I'm almost certain from looking at it in your video that the rear legs of the combined mode should be facing forward and fit into the back of the front legs

[@nbc4513]

I wonder if the voltron 2 plan was the inspiration for lion voltron having the mode change ability in Voltron force

[@amitypredator9385]

I always considered this one to be Voltron III. I did used to see these in a couple of stores in New York when I was a kid.

[@thegoodthebadtheawesome]

I wish we would have got the cartoon over here!

[@songsan807]

I remembered seeing them at a Children's Palace back in the 80s for $20 each. So all 3 would have been $60, which was a lot of money back then. Now I would buy 2 sets of each toy, 1 to play with and one unopen for my collection or to pass down to the kids.

[@thegoodthebadtheawesome]

That is true! Thanks for sharing!

[@davedixon2167]

@@songsan807 I had a couple of friends, a pair of sisters just a little younger than me, whose mom actually did this in the 80s - they thought He-Man was the best toy line so the mom bought dupes for playing and for storing away. I think they cashed in their collection sometime in the early 00s or so, like at the height of eBay. I would say genius, but have to acknowledge the sheer luck factor (see also: beanie babies)

[@Drawkcabi]

I still have mine in a cedar chest. I hope they're still completely intact. I remember seeing them at Toys R Is. I watched the cartoon and knew vehicle and lion forces but had no idea what these were. But the package said Voltron! And on the back it showed the other Voltrons so they belonged with them. These were also the first Votron toys I had ever seen in a store. I had to get them! I showed them to my friends and because of the box we all accepted it was Voltron even if we never saw it in the cartoon. We never saw the Deluxe Insecticons in Transformers but they were still Transformers. Sometimes when we were outside playing my one friend would shout "Form Votron Two!" And he'd hop on my back and we'd go around with me carrying him and him swatting the other kids on their heads.

[@thegoodthebadtheawesome]

That is awesome! Thanks for sharing!

[@UltraMegatronus]

Sorry it's been so long since I've reached out and chatted on this, truly happy that your collection is not complete with this Voltron 2, did you think of using some kind of a lubricant for the hinges so it will prevent it from sticking as hard as it would or is that not recommended for this particular toy? Aside from that so awesome find, really enjoyed the video, hope to be hanging with you soon again.

[@thegoodthebadtheawesome]

I really don't know if it is recomended. Can't wait to hang too!

[@HidaAtarasi]

I’ve seen sewing machine oil used on plastic figures, apparently it’s for use with plastic parts, so it shouldn’t damage figures. Hypothetically, could you just stack 4+ figures together, limitlessly?

[@thegoodthebadtheawesome]

Thanks for the tip! and Hypothetically...yes!

[@LucasKeesee-vm8yp]

Back/Heel legs might need to go toe forward if we are going of box art unless the peg slot interferes. But that may also explain why Alpha is the only one that had the legs CORRECT in stand-alone form. Both Beta and Gamma were still aligned for combined mode. The CC for the other one you mention is "Delonus" but it sounds like you said "Daltonius". Could you clarify please?

[@thegoodthebadtheawesome]

Thanks for the tip. Here is an article of the one I was referring to: voltronfandomhag.tumblr.com/post/173246373778/daltanious-the-robot-who-almost-became-voltron

[@THEOFFICIALHOUSEOFKARLOFF1985]

Didn't Matchbox recall these due to alleged toxic paint?

[@thegoodthebadtheawesome]

Might explain why I turned out the way I did! Thanks for watching!

[@Scotty-Z70]

18:09 you got the boots backwards. The front of the back goes forward..that's why the heel is hollow, so you can slide the toes into his heels. man, if i weren't too busy with my dad (he is almost in phase 7 of dementia...out of 7) then I'd find mine in the shed and make a video.

[@thegoodthebadtheawesome]

That is awesome! Thanks for the tip. I would love to see it!

[@russellharrell2747]

Matchbox owned the rights to these toys 40 years ago, and Matchbox was folded into Mattel ages ago. Could Mattel rerelease these particular molds if they still exist or reverse engineer from existing examples?

[@thegoodthebadtheawesome]

It would be interesting if they would! For now we have to rely on Action Toys release coming soon and hope Bandai does a Soul of Chogokin version.

[@James-kd5oe]

There was a 4th Voltron?

[@JohnKelly2]

When you had it combined, the back legs were backwards. They nest together.

[@thegoodthebadtheawesome]

Thanks for the tip. I was trying to figure out for the life of me how it goes.

[@charger1284]

The tv series was great in latin america it was called " arbegas el rayo custodio"

[@wwetnabamafan194]

This should have been the 3rd Voltron cartoon, the Voltron Gladiators.

[@thegoodthebadtheawesome]

The cartoon we never got!

[@lastsunofkrypton7950]

I remember seeing this Matchbox toy at my local Toys R Us during my elementary school days. Confused the hell out of me but not because there was a Voltron 2. I knew there was supposed to be a Voltron 2 but I didn’t expect this robot released by Matchbox to be Voltron 2. I knew the lions were Voltron 3 and the vehicles were Voltron 1, but the Voltron 2 I was expecting was a robot called Daltanius or Daltron. Why? Because about a month before Voltron 3 aired on my local channel, there were commercials for an upcoming robot show for kids that listed each Voltron. Dairugger was 1. GoLion was 3 and Daltanius was 2. Imagine our surprise when V3 was aired first, then V1 aired, and then Voltron 2 never aired. He was always the mysterious and forgotten Voltron. And the Voltron who had an identity problem because he was either Albegas or Daltanius. I’m not sure if that commercial can be found on KZbin. Over the years I had wondered if I was just remembering it wrong but my older brother confirmed he saw Daltanius listed as Voltron 2 in that commercial. I also remember this one kid in my elementary school actually bringing a Daltanius robot to school.and calling it Voltron 2 which means he must have seen the same commercial I did. He most probably got it at my local flea market at the time which was a hotbed for authentic and bootleg Japanese toys.

[@thegoodthebadtheawesome]

Thanks for sharing. Here is a great story about it: voltronfandomhag.tumblr.com/post/173246373778/daltanious-the-robot-who-almost-became-voltron

[@todzulu6]

Thanks for the review! I can see why this voltron didn’t take off like the others, it’s the ugly duckling of the three

[@thegoodthebadtheawesome]

He is different for sure! Thanks for watching!

[@SuperMutant2099]

I think might have had one of these forget what they were. Red one

[@thegoodthebadtheawesome]

Awesome! Thanks for watching!

[@DewlayLomo]

21:04 scaling? FTW!!!!!

[@thegoodthebadtheawesome]

Thanks for watching!

[@russellharrell2747]

Voltron I : 15 vehicles Voltron II : 3 robots Voltron II : 5 lions. If there was justice in the near, middle and far universe Voltron II would have been named Voltron III.

[@thegoodthebadtheawesome]

That is a good thought! Thanks for watching!

[@CherudexGaming]

i didn't know that Arbegas was included in the Voltron "franchise", because in Japan, they are all different and unrelated also, this toy is good, BUT bad managing of the arms

[@thegoodthebadtheawesome]

Thanks for watching!

[@Scotty-Z70]

on his back, you can either put all 3 pairs of arms like a Hindu god, or you can fold UP the middle set and fold DOWN the butt set, and it looks like a back pack

[@thegoodthebadtheawesome]

I thought about the hindu god way. Love you have options!

[@ChrisFerguson-zm4gt]

19:46 voltron we never got???? There was a voltron 4???

[@thegoodthebadtheawesome]

Yes...long story. Daltanious was supposed to be the Voltron we got, but because of miscommunication we got GoLion. Here is a link to the story: voltronfandomhag.tumblr.com/post/173246373778/daltanious-the-robot-who-almost-became-voltron

[@ChrisFerguson-zm4gt]

@@thegoodthebadtheawesome yeah, i realized what u were talking about after i left the comment. The way u called it "the voltron we never got" confused ke because of course it was never a voltron. But as i was trying to figure how to spell it so i could look it up i realized what u were talking about. Talk about a lucky mistake being sent go lion instead of the one with a lion head.

[@ChrisFerguson-zm4gt]

@@thegoodthebadtheawesome oh but thank you very much for taking the time to answer.

[@andrewtaylor940]

If you so much as breath on that blue one it will turn to dust. That Popy Blue Plastic just does not last.

[@thegoodthebadtheawesome]

Truth!

[@artieaudio77]

Wowww so was the blue one that went for big money within the last 2 months in ebay? 😮😂

[@thegoodthebadtheawesome]

I don't know. Maybe.. I know he was expensive

[@artieaudio77]

@thegoodthebadtheawesome yeah I was watching. I have all the voltrons in boxes. This guy i have the matchbox box,with the robots, but no styrofoam insert 😪 lol well multiples. 🤦‍♂️🤷

[@randymerrick3347]

That thing has to be the worst Voltron ever. I remember him when I was a kid and I hated it then.

[@thegoodthebadtheawesome]

He is not for everyone. Thanks for watching!

[@ChrisFerguson-zm4gt]

Id always wanted to get voltron 2 just to have the complete collection. Having seen the HIDEOUSLY deformed voltron actual figure instead of pictures i believe im just going to erase 2 from my mind and stick with lion force and vehicle force. I cant imagine why they tried to make this a voltron. It just doesn't fit with the other 2.

[@thegoodthebadtheawesome]

I have to complete it! Action Toys is coming out with a more modern Albegas. I wonder how this would have done if the cartoon actually made it to the US

[@mikeax24]

> camera constantly out of focus > unscripted rambling > skip two thirds of the ONLY transformation

[@jerome1899]

Voltron G needs more love

[@thegoodthebadtheawesome]

YES!

[@ariusbudiman7105]

Voltron!? why all Japanese robot they called Voltron?

[@russellharrell2747]

Why are all Pokémon called Pikachu?

[@thegoodthebadtheawesome]

I know right? Only 3 and in America . But everyone sees combining robots as Voltron.

[@diegocorradini7072]

Hahha! Wtf is this😂 orrible combiner but funny👌

[@danieldasilva3068]

It’s hideous

[@thegoodthebadtheawesome]

Thanks for watching!

[@georgepierson4920]

Looks dumb.

[@thegoodthebadtheawesome]

He is an acquired taste. Thanks for watching!

[@RussianNightmare]

Lets not front, we all know that that this version was super G word. No one from our era wanted this POS. There was a reason this thing never went mainstream...lol. Lame AF. Happy for you but for me, this thing was just rubbish.

[@thegoodthebadtheawesome]

I have to complete the collection. Thanks for watching. Curious to see how good Action Toys version will be.

[@RussianNightmare]

@@thegoodthebadtheawesome I don't blame you one bit. As long as you are happy, that is all that matters Brother! Enjoy and Happy New Year!