As most of my followers know, I bought a few Voltron items at Comic Con. Aside from the big sets, I bought two small kits. I don't plan on ever building them since I really only bought them for the artwork. The Bandai Golion kit is on the left and features a very classic representation on my favorite robot. The Korean kit shows a lesser seen rendition of this robot, but awesome nonetheless.
You shouldn't complain about the Korean kit to much. The box says it's was a 500 Won kit. That was about 80 cents back in the '80s. I was stationed in South Korea for three years in the late '80s and picked up a lot of kits.
Well it wasnt really a complaint however regardless ofprice, the y had to tool this up. The choice in odd proportions of the yellow lion head was strange seeing as the blue lion was spot on. Dont get me wrong I love the kit.
Mandarake is actually a chain with around 10 locations around Japan, and they're not really small at all. The one in Akihabara is eight stories tall!
It's an awesome store if you're a toy collector (or like manga/anime and know Japanese).
I've seen the two Bandai versions (yours and a larger one that separates into lions), but I've never seen that Korean one. It looks like an even smaller version. Hm!
You shouldn't complain about the Korean kit to much. The box says it's was a 500 Won kit. That was about 80 cents back in the '80s.
ReplyDeleteI was stationed in South Korea for three years in the late '80s and picked up a lot of kits.
Well it wasnt really a complaint however regardless ofprice, the y had to tool this up. The choice in odd proportions of the yellow lion head was strange seeing as the blue lion was spot on. Dont get me wrong I love the kit.
ReplyDeleteMandarake is actually a chain with around 10 locations around Japan, and they're not really small at all. The one in Akihabara is eight stories tall!
ReplyDeleteIt's an awesome store if you're a toy collector (or like manga/anime and know Japanese).
I've seen the two Bandai versions (yours and a larger one that separates into lions), but I've never seen that Korean one. It looks like an even smaller version. Hm!