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In lugnet.space, Jon Palmer writes:
> Voltron was originally a Chogokin or Godaikin in america or europe. He was
> originally called either Go-Lion or Lion bot (I always get these
> confused...one was a Korean knockoff)
Golion was a Godaikin toy. I was fortunate enough to have him as a kid; a
relative who was coompletely unaware of Voltron picked it up for me for my
birthday one year along with a couple other Godaikins. I had a real thing for
them as a kid; I still have them and watch eBay for more and dream about buying
them (unfortunately they go for a hefty sum, usually).
> To answer your question their are many many cool robots similar to Voltron,
> from lots of crazy japanese shows ranging from the late 60s to the early
> 80s.
Yeah. Since I haven't seen anyone else mention it, the term usually applied to
things like this is "gestalt". The Constructicons, for example, formed a
"gestalt".
> To be honest I don't really consider these types of robots "Mecha", I
> usually use this term for post Gundam and Macross robots - but then thats
> just me being picky.
No, a lot of people refer to these types of things as Giant Robots or Super
Robots rather than Mecha.
eric
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