I only became an SD Gokin fan after grabbing a few ES Gokins and MB Gokins. Now it seems a company Tong Meng releasing an unlicensed Golion/Voltron Gokkn figure. While there are really small changes to the design to make it slightly different, it still looks great! Seems they are also working on a vehicle Voltron too.
I went to Comic Con to do coverage for CollectionDX.com. I didn't have any plans to buy anything but of course I spent a few bucks there...more than I could ever imagine. Aside from dumping a load of cash on Gunpla (which I never thought I'd start up again) I also came across some exciting Voltron items.
JoshB of CDX spotted these in a corner and my traction beam was activated.
Now here's the thing that makes this find special:
- The Korean Set had DIECAST lions in it (Korean sets are all plastic)
- The Trendmasters set happened to not even be a Trendmasters set- it was a variant LIONBOT box!
- These belonged to the owner of Media-Blasters, the makers of the Voltron DVD and they had a very important role in the making of the DVDs!
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.
With all the worry about the Soul of Chogokin line being dead, many of us believed that nothing else would come of that line. That is until JoshB of CollectionDX and I spoke to Tamashii reps who confirmed that the SOC would continue but instead of a couple of releases a year, we would probably maybe only see one. He couldn't say much more than that at the Comic Con. However some info has leaked out today about the release of the GX-62! It will be Danguard Ace. Honestly, this character came out of left field. It was not what I expected. I thought it may be Tryder 7. Yamato did a great job with their Ace but left some fans wanting something with better proportions. It looks like Bandai is headed in the right direction.
Here are some line drawings of the upcoming GX-62 Danguard Ace. At this stage, many things can change, but at least you see they are already hard at work!
Speaking of Soul of Chogokin, Golion fans will be happy to know that Bandai is in talks with WEP to be able to do something with Golion. It's nothing concrete and there is no official word, but it seems as though it will eventually happen! Check out this CollectionDX video of our trip to Comic Con where we discuss our visit to the Tamashii booth and more.
