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Post by xtrlowz75 on Mar 5, 2016 1:48:41 GMT -5
I found the company that still makes the Lionbot. I am super excited. I have a contact in Taiwan that is giving me the possible historical story. More to come.
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Post by repairtechjon on Mar 5, 2016 17:27:04 GMT -5
Yaayy! That's really cool that you kept after this history.
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Post by driph on Mar 6, 2016 3:42:42 GMT -5
I found the company that still makes the Lionbot. I am super excited. I have a contact in Taiwan that is giving me the possible historical story. More to come. !! That's fantastic news, can't wait to hear what you find! |
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Post by xtrlowz75 on Mar 6, 2016 23:52:26 GMT -5
The company still making the Lionbot is called Yuan Yi Textile and Machinery Co. Ltd. It is like a manufacturing complex. They make all sorts of plastic and diecast parts for things all over the world. They also have a toy section, and that is where the Lionbot, Godbot, Godtron, and until 10 years ago the Protector was made. They stopped producing Protector/Gardian due to demand. But they do have their copies of the super Chogokin robot molds, at least the robots that make up the 1st Godaikin line minus Tetsujin 28. That one is still exclusively held by Bandai Japan. So its correct that Bandai once licensed them to make their robots. Bandai did pull the license in early 1985, which corresponds with the last Godaikins made. And none of Bandai's 1985-86 Machine Robo's include the first Godaikin robot series. Okay so more to come as I get more history.
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Post by glane21 on Mar 7, 2016 0:17:47 GMT -5
Cool, so did they make all of the LionBot belt and box variants from the beginning then ( V- belts, a Diamond belts, Lions 5-in-1 box, Golion box, Jaguarbot box, etc
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Post by xtrlowz75 on Mar 7, 2016 0:35:26 GMT -5
Hopefully I'll find out more as my contact responds to questions. But I am asking away now that we are corresponding.
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Post by xtrlowz75 on Mar 18, 2016 22:18:05 GMT -5
No word back on variants of Lionbot. But as soon as I get word back I'll post it
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Post by G1Generation on Mar 21, 2016 6:49:51 GMT -5
Here's a picture of my plastic KO mini-GoLion/Voltron (that arrived a few days ago), which is on the left and about 5.5 inches tall. On the far right is a Panosh Place red lion, and in the middle a Bandai diecast GoLion/Voltron which stands about 6.25 inches in height (I seriously over-estimated the height of this figure at about 11 inches in a previous comment):  The Bandai Voltron can also hold the plastic weapons that came with the KO. |
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Post by glane21 on Mar 25, 2016 18:57:04 GMT -5
Please check out some DX Golions I have for sale in the Sale section |
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Post by driph on Mar 28, 2016 17:26:53 GMT -5
Is there a source for cheap or reproduction green/red heads? I'm in need of both, sadly!
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Post by xtrlowz75 on Apr 20, 2016 2:03:41 GMT -5
Yes from animetropolis in Taiwan. A set of Lionbot red and green lions is $55 not including shipping. If you want them contact them. I'll message ahead if you want so they know your the person I sent.
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Post by driph on Apr 22, 2016 17:26:55 GMT -5
Yes from animetropolis in Taiwan. A set of Lionbot red and green lions is $55 not including shipping. If you want them contact them. I'll message ahead if you want so they know your the person I sent. Good to know, thank you! Not going to pick them up right away, but I'll send a note when I do. May 3D print something too, just to fill those empty holes. :] |
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Post by xtrlowz75 on Apr 27, 2016 1:27:25 GMT -5
Oh and its $55 including shipping. Sorry for the confusion.
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Post by G1Generation on May 14, 2016 22:55:35 GMT -5
I just purchased the following lot of Voltron and Transformers pieces off of E-bay for AU$20 (about US$14.50), as my first restoration project, which I anticipate will arrive next week:   The seller was honest about the far-less-than-mint condition of these figures including dust, paint & sticker wear, scratches, missing components etc., but I am prepared to write-off US14.50 if it fails. I would appreciate any advice readers may about restoring figures, including recommendations for paint products close to the original colours, tightening joints, procuring replacement parts (cheaper knock-offs OK) and of course, cleaning the figures without causing further damage. Just getting that larger figure to look decent in combined mode would be great. Thanks in advance. |
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Post by Mr. Ginrai on May 15, 2016 0:55:04 GMT -5
The small Voltron is a matchbox version.
The large Voltron: the black lion is from a Taiwan KO lionbot (or the wings were replaced with lionbot wings). Blue lion is matchbox (if the pop up launcher has a spring inside it will be godaikin version), I suspect red and green lions are the matchbox versions. Yellow lion - if there is no spring in that launcher then matchbox, otherwise it is godaikin. The 4 limb lions do not appear to be lionbot KO. Post some more pics when you get them.
I'd say plan on stripping the chrome and paint it silver. For the paints, I'd say go with enamel. You will be able to paint the black lion with no primer and it will be fine (but I recommend using one).
The other lions, if you need to repaint them, you need the brightest solid red you can find (gloss red or guards red, metallic green, metallic blue, and maybe a gloss or racing yellow). You need to use a light grey primer over the die cast metal otherwise those four colors will appear too dark and won't look right.
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Post by Sofubi_Chogokin on Sept 30, 2016 7:14:15 GMT -5
The company still making the Lionbot is called Yuan Yi Textile and Machinery Co. Ltd. It is like a manufacturing complex. They make all sorts of plastic and diecast parts for things all over the world. They also have a toy section, and that is where the Lionbot, Godbot, Godtron, and until 10 years ago the Protector was made. They stopped producing Protector/Gardian due to demand. But they do have their copies of the super Chogokin robot molds, at least the robots that make up the 1st Godaikin line minus Tetsujin 28. That one is still exclusively held by Bandai Japan. So its correct that Bandai once licensed them to make their robots. Bandai did pull the license in early 1985, which corresponds with the last Godaikins made. And none of Bandai's 1985-86 Machine Robo's include the first Godaikin robot series. Okay so more to come as I get more history. Thank you so much for such an invaluable info.!  |
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Post by Sofubi_Chogokin on Sept 30, 2016 7:18:11 GMT -5
glane21 & chachipower >>> die hard Voltron collectors, aren't you?! STUNNING collections! I'm speechless!!
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Post by samazinga on Jan 18, 2017 0:14:10 GMT -5
Yes from animetropolis in Taiwan. A set of Lionbot red and green lions is $55 not including shipping. If you want them contact them. I'll message ahead if you want so they know your the person I sent. I know this thread has been cooling off for a while but is this still the case for replacement heads? I got a matchbox version (I think) today and he needs those heads! |
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Post by xtrlowz75 on Jan 19, 2017 1:15:05 GMT -5
Yes. They'll be Lionbot heads but the seller can get them or sell them to you.
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Post by xtrlowz75 on Jan 19, 2017 1:19:24 GMT -5
Check your PM messages too. Put an extra in your message box.
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