Galaxy Gladiator & MekaRobos

[chogoman]

Some time ago there was a auction on eBay Italy with
an italian Galaxy Gladiator MIB.
I bid on it, but forgot to raise my final bid.
...well, c'est la vie I thought. This robot looks like a joke...
But one week later the seller contacts me an offers me a second
one, also MIB. OK...the price was good and what sould I say.
I like robots that look like a joke ;D
Here he is, the star of this thread.



He comes in a nice box, is made in italy and his head is handpainted.
no joke!





Galaxy Gladiator looks like a mixture out of an african sculpture and a japanese super robot. very unique. not the usual
italian "bootleg-style". Please dont misunderstand me, I love italian bootleg-bots ;D



He could shoot his fists... certainly he could shoot his fists,
he's Galaxy Gladiator!



Like his japanese MekaRobo friends you could disassemble him.





Galaxy Gladiator is great!



Galaxy Gladiator is photogenic !



Galaxy Gladiator is my new darling! The leader of the MekaRobo-Pack ;D

[chogoman]

apropos MekaRobo's!



I have Mattels Zargon, a german Blue Fighter and a loose Red Fighter.
Lets fight guys !!



I want your legs Gaiking.....ähh sorry...I mean Zargon ;D



bang ....bafff...zack...peng



italy vs the rest of the Mekaworld 1:0

If you want some serious infos about Popy/Bandai MekaRobos:
www.toyboxdx.com/library/lib-alt-index.html

[admin1 aka Ed]

[www.kimcastro.com]

nice robot.great pictures!

[bt1]

Those are some funky robots and nice pictures. Thanks for sharing.

[chogoman]

Hey thanks guys!

Has someone MekaRobos in japanese Boxes, US Boxes etc?
Post some pics, I wanna see some crazy bots!

[Erik Sjoen]

I have the Gaiking and Combattler in Japanese boxes. They are really sweet. Never seen that italian one before. If I get time I'll snap some pics.

[chogoman]

Yeah, japanese Meka's!
Show us these guys Erik.

On a scale from 1-10, how hard is it to get a loose Combattler
in good condition?

[KingboyD]

Its pretty rare on ebay. Not sure on Yahoo Japan.

I've got pix of a ton of variations of these crazy dudes. Here's one cool one I saw recently. Its a Gundam head version with the Combattler body, just minus the legs. I can try to post pix of others, if interested. I just have to dig out the pix.

[chogoman]

@KingboyD

I'm definitely interested seeing more of this guys!
This "press go robot" you posted looks weird, not bad.

[KingboyD]

Here are a few more. I know I have more pix, but I just can't seem to find them now.

[chogoman]

wow.....cool bots!

[KingboyD]

I'm not sure where all my other pix are. I seem to be missing a whole buncha stuff. I must have another disc somewhere.

Any, while searching, I did find a whole slew of other battery operated, horrible ripoffs of popular bots. Although these are not really the same as the mekabots, I thought I'd throw them up for the fun of it.

Daikengo:




Mazinger:






This Jeeg might actually be legit:




Gold Daltanias:




Dangard Ace:

[chogoman]

I've got the Daikengo, :


a few weeks a Mazinger went for more than 100 euros on eBay germany

Jeeg & Dangard Ace are pretty cool!