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Re: Why did they quit making shooting cannons in the US?
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lugnet.pirates
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Thu, 16 Mar 2000 20:37:16 GMT
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In lugnet.pirates, Aaron Hines writes:
> Ah, that explains why, after collecting all five lions to make my Voltron, I
> saw a foreign import version which had little missile launchers that popped
> out all over, but mine didn't. (They were virtually the same toy besides
> that...my Blue Lion even had a part that popped up, but didn't shoot
anything.)
Ah! I have GoLion, which was the GoDiakin robot by Bandai that the Lion
Voltron was based on. That SOB shot missiles all over the place. It was, in
fact, the toy that caused the scales to fall away from my eyes and realise that
there was a better way.
Besides the shooting stuff, it was made with heavier (and more) diecast parts
than the American versions of the toy.
eric
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| Ah, that explains why, after collecting all five lions to make my Voltron, I saw a foreign import version which had little missile launchers that popped out all over, but mine didn't. (They were virtually the same toy besides that...my Blue Lion (...) (25 years ago, 16-Mar-00, to lugnet.pirates)
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