Popy GA-78 Dangard variations

[chogoman]

Hello my friends & sorry for this thread!

Blame Ed for this thread ("Let me know if there are other cool variations.") ;D

Some time ago we have a thread: Danguard ST and Danguard DX compared robotjapan.proboards12.com/index.cgi?board=Popychogokin&action=display&thread=13821
We started, better KingboyD, a little discussion about
variations between Shogun Warriors and "japanese" Dangards.

Now I start this "chogo-shogun-nerd-thread " ;D
Cause I have found some new "variations" and I have some questions.

1 week ago I bought this incomplete Shogun Dangard from switzerland.



one fist missing, one chest-door missing...but in a interesting french/englisch box (canadian box???!!) . I call him "Euro-Dangard".
box says: made in singapore
I thought, until I got this one, all Shogun Warriors Dangards have black feet/chest parts and no chrome parts.


This one has a "unusual" left fist with a "l" marking (left foto)


Sticker on his wing.

I also have a "US-Box" Shogun Warriors Dangard.
box says: made in japan


This "US-Dangard" has no sticker on his wing
and black plasic feet-parts & chest.
He also came with this fists:

left fist is marked with a "7" and right fist has a "4"

I also have 2 other Dangard fists, I bought them as fists for
The "Japanese -Dangard" version.

left fist is marked with a "9" and right fist again has a "4"

Is chogoman crazy or a fist-fetishist? ;D
no, no...I'm just curious to bring some light into the dark "fist-universum"!
10 years ago, maybe longer, I bought this Dangard in Paris.

He came with chrome feets & chest, has a sticker on his wing and
had this fists:

left fist again with "l" marking and right fist has a "D"
I always thought this Dangard is a japanese Version,
but I had a bad feeling about his fists (popy fists or not).

Theory No.1: There is a "Euro-Dangard" with chrome feet/chest parts, sticker on his wing and "l&D" fists.

Theory No.2: There is a "US-Dangard" with black
feet/chest parts, no sticker on wing and "7&4" fists

There is another variation between my "Euro-Dangard" and
the "US-Dangard"

my "US-Dangard" (left side) has no black "shoulder-stickers"
Can someone confirm this? Maybe they just "fall" off in the last 30 years.

Feet markings variations:

Brand markings on the feet are on different sides.
(left "US-Dangard", middle "Euro-Dangard" right Dangard I bought in Paris)

Wing sticker variations

left Dangard I bought in Paris, right "Euro-Dangard"

Styrofoam variations

left "Euro-Dangard", right "US-Dangard"

and again chest variation

left "Euro-Dangard", right "US-Dangard"

I don't have a boxed japanese Dangard.
Can someone (some of you guys have one) tell me what
kind of fists the japanese version has.
Has some a boxed /loose Shogun Dangard and confirm my
Variations-Theories?

Thats all for today.

Ok I've got one more
Someone has this variation?

left the japanese-pre-production-smile-prototype, right normal face

[tommy_aku]

Sorry chogoman for my intrusion into your great 3d. This is rare Popy window box, delivered in Italy 80's

[chogoman]

Hey tommy_aku,
great box variation! First time I see that kind of box.
Like a Shogun Warriors Box with Popy artwork, very cool!
Fists look like this ones:


Are there any markings (numbers) on your fists tommy?

[tommy_aku]

Sorry but unfortunately this toy is not more to my home...

[chogoman]

No problem tommy, nevertheless thanks for sharing this great toy!

I found this Dangard in US-Box on eBay.
cgi.ebay.com/Shogun-Warriors-Dangard_W0QQitemZ290294889089QQcmdZViewItemQQptZLH_DefaultDomain_0?hash=item290294889089&_trksid=p3286.c0.m14&_trkparms=72%3A1205|66%3A2|65%3A12|39%3A1|240%3A1318|301%3A1|293%3A1|294%3A50


...also without sticker on wing, maybe my "US-Dangard-Theory" is right

[robonutter]

I had the dangard with the black fist and black chest and i bought another for parts cause i was missing a fist and it has the chrome feet and chest so i wonder if my fist are mixed now i will have to take a closer look.

[robonutter]

My US version also does not have black stickers on shoulders. The one i got for parts does. My fists are marked with a 2 and 8. The 8 could be a B and is off the chromed dangard. Wonder which is more desireable i like the chrome one better i may have to switch things around

[bowhntr66]

Ok, here's my 2... I also have the chrome version and the black. Chrome has shoulder stickers, black does not. Wing stickers on the chrome, not on the black. Numbers on the chrome fists, 2-5's, a 7, and a 8... Oh, the chrome is a boxed Japan version that all 4 fists came out of.
Tom