Yellow bellied Gaiking Shogun Warriors

[KingboyD]

Anyone ever seen this before? The seller claimed it was never opened, but I personally think it must have been swapped out. I've never seen the yellow bellied version in a Shogun box before. Sold for $340 from a zero feedback seller.

[bowhntr66]

Wow!! That's cool looking!!!

[cybermuton]

Well, never say never, but I know I've never seen one before...

[Mr. Ginrai]

I passed on this at the time it was listed. I talked privately with some of the big guys in the Boston area and they definitely said it was a swap out. Yellow belly was popy release only. Also, the paint on the yellow belly is incredibly thin and is known to flake and fall off very easily.

[J10]

Re boxed. I have been collecting G51s and know of almost any version out there. I would be very surprised if this was not a re package. Keep in the the 4rth version is the one that the Shogun was based on. You can simply look into the styro and see if the pins on the later version were not there , because the Yellow belly, or 3rd version had pull off legs, like the first two. Unless they wanted to use old store stocker after they modified the 5th Shogun version which is simply a beltless Popy 4rth version with slightly different paint.

[magengar]

Nice find!

I've never really collected Shogun Warior gokins;
but I also don't recall ever seeing this Gaiking
with a solid yellow belly... not since the first
time I'd ever seen these SW gokins back in the
late '70s.

This thread has just made me realize how Novice
I really am in this hobby:
When I browse for Japanese Robot toys at eBay,
I get wow'ed by all the specimens I see, and I become
so gullible as to try for that BIN button at a specimen
I'd like to have... most often Without verifying its authenticity.
(unless it's an item line that I'm Really familiar with).

I realize now that I cannot just "browse" at these specimens
in their auctions and sales... I must also learn how to READ
their ads for any hints and phrasings that could make or break
the deal or the dud.

This yellow-bellied Gaiking is one example.  If I were to see
its auction ad right now, after reading you guys' comments
about "swapping", I'd have a better clue what to look for
in the auction ad....... such as the word "original".

Then I would have to compare this Gaiking with the actual
original versions And their boxes, to determine if this
yellow-bellied Gaiking ad is for real or perhaps the seller
swapped it out and labeled it as "original" in order to
try to fetch more money for it from a gullible shopper
hobbyist like Me. lol

But, of course, I'd have to have YEARS of hands-on experience in this
hobby to be able to determine the authenticity of such an item.
Mr.Ginrai and J10 have a better way of researching and handling
these specimens because they've been collecting these gokins
for so long they know these gokins inside-out like the backs of their hands.

This hobby is what you make of it.  If you wanna be Really serious
about this hobby, it takes time to learn how to research, judge,
and appraise these toys right back to their original manufacturer sources.
That's why it's always good to ask questions and do research for
these toys.
Kinda like studying to become a Historian or a Museum Caretaker.

zozo-mag

[KingboyD]

Aug 21, 2013 13:37:26 GMT -5 J10 said:

You can simply look into the styro and see if the pins on the later version were not there , because the Yellow belly, or 3rd version had pull off legs, like the first two.

I've never really handled any Gaiking other than the common Shogun Warriors version, of which I've had a few. You mentioned pull-off legs. Never knew this. I just assumed they all had the button release. What makes them stay in place? Have a photo you can share? Thanks.

[cybermuton]

The pull-off legs have a pointed end that guides them into a round hole in the body.
The push-button legs have a hooked end that goes into a square hole in the body.
You can actually put a pull-off leg into a push-button body, and it will stay on enough to stand up, but the square peg won't fit in the round hole!
I'll try to upload a picture...

[Majinga Z]

The yellow looks pretty cool.

I had the version that had the buttons to release the legs. When my parents originally got me Gaiking...I couldn't understand why there was a need t change into a head. Not until years later when I saw the cartoon did I realized it was the head of a dragon.