New JM collector from the UK

[superrobotarmy]

Greetings,
I didn't find an Introductions topic on this forum, so I post here as it is JMs that get me on this forum in the first place. Couple of months ago I saw  Super Shogun Shadowtrooper, and I decided to have new midlife crisis hobby in getting the jumbos I never got when I was a kid (I got a couple of die-cast shoguns).  I am French-born so for me Goldorak was the defining moment (long time before I discovered Star Wars and Marvel comics). Since I managed to get a Mazinger, Raydeen, Dragun, and Goldorak, plus the Super 7 Stormtrooper and Boba Fett. All in a rather good nick with everuthing working but missing accessories and  with stickers wearhered. Now chasing a Gaiking. I am also collecting some chogokins and ohter japanese robot stuff (I actually started by getting the whole Marvel Shogun Warriors run, which I am reading with my son, who is very much into it too). Living in the UK, it seems super robots were not as popular in the 70-80s as they were in the US or in France, so there are not that many JMs locally, but three of the four I got were from the UK (and very reasonably priced, maybe a consequence of the low local demand), the Goldorak I got from France, where they are legion but also very sought after (the Sorbonne university in Paris organised a symposium on Japanese super robots this year; this tells you how popular and highly regarded are those robots there!) 
The only shortcoming of collecting JMs over, let's say stamps or even comics, is the space they take!

[Mr. Ginrai]

Greetings. Glad to hear your son is enjoying the comics. Be patient and buy what you like, and you will end up with a collection you love, regardless of its size.

Good luck and have fun!

[superrobotarmy]

Thanks. My son and I definitively have fun! We also watch the cartoons. He made his own Getter 3 out of legos. His sister, who is a bit younger, likes to shoot the missiles with the Mazinger ( I just have the two from the Boba Fett so I need to police that closely!) and shooting the Raydeen fist (I don't have a bird missile so we made one out of legos...) They know they are old toys but they are careful, and what are toys if children cannot play at least a little with them?

[admin1 aka Ed]

welcome on board! You'll find that the diecasts are best on space.... the jumbos, best on killing your wallet and home space

Ed