Very nice video, and of course bautiful toy. Here in Italy we didn't have this toy, and the anime was translated and aired on Italian television with a few years of delay in 1980. It had a smashing success. Oddly enough Italian kids used to play with magnetic Micronauts since 1978, so when the anime aired everyone noticed how Jeeg looked like the Micronauts (while actually it was the opposite way). It was common for kids to play with Force Commander pretending it was Jeeg, sometimes with rough green and yellow custom paint jobs. The Micronauts sold very well in our country, so much so that even after the bancruptcy of Mego, Gig begun to collaborate directly with Takara producing two more exclusive magnetic Micornauts.
Great review! I have two Baron Karza figures, so this was very interesting! Like you, I had Karza as a kid, along with several Time Traveler figures. I now have a good start to a Micronauts collection that features 2 Karza figures, an Andromeda figure, blue, clear, red and yellow versions of Time Traveler, a working Microtron and Biotron. I hope to get more figures very soon, because I love them. I really like the old style boxes too, and I prefer them to the modern blister pack, carded figures. The old GI JOES, the Six Million Dollar Man, and Mego figures came in boxes that displayed well, and often had little die-cut windows with clear plastic behind them for viewing the figure. I think that was better than today's plastic-centric, wasteful packaging. Just my two cents there. I'm very happy that you have finally acquired a Steel Jeeg! He's a great looking figure, and I love the multiple colors. Fun stuff!
this is quite a throwback for me! i remember watching this anime when i was younger, old-school super robot shows like jeeg, mazinger and getter robo are the best
I had Baron Karza's horse, Andromeda, as a kid. I recently got both Andrameda and Karza, and I love learning the provenance of these figures. It always makes me super happy to learn that something was reused from an older toy.
I have family from Italy and Steel Jeeg was a pretty big cartoon there in the late 70s and early 80s. That's where I know Jeeg from (and also where I eventually got my own Jeeg figure for my collection). Great review. Emperor (Mego Italian) is also amazing if you like Karza and magnet figures!
Great video! I had some Time Travelers and some vehicles in the late 70s, I loved them! Coincidentally, my son was in town for 3 weeks, and we were looking through my many boxes of comics. Lo and behold, I found 2 of the X-Men/Micronauts limited series!
I have the new version of this figure and come with the horse . He has the magnetic joints . Here in Puerto Rico and South America we know him as El Vengador ! The Avenger in English!
Not familiar with that toy but it awesome, I never swallowed a magnet as a kid 🤨 marbles, a GI Joe gun, the tip of a spear and the cap of the gas can from a toy helicopter I had 😂 but no magnet 😂
Hi toy polloi love all your videos especially the action man vids takes me right back I tried to get action man on ebay but to dear iuse eldow grease sray to clean pen off action man berrie really good
Never knew about this one. I had Force Commander and Baron Karza as a kid. Plus Andromeda the horse. The Belly missile was quite dangerous so I rarely loaded mine. Hair Trigger on it and nearly shot my own eye on multiple occasions. The Force Commander I had would have made a good project for you now. One of his elbow joints became very loose and flopped around as if it had been bent against itself. The was a small metal split washer inside it I could see when it bent I remember. But seeing as the part was still riveted together I couldn't fletten it back down to make it sit properly in the joint. Only mildly spoiled my enjoyment of the figure. Baron Karza was in perfect condition though. Not sure how my Force Commander got in his state. I didn't damage him pretty certain my brother didn't it may have just been a fault when I got him. I know about the others in the Micronauts range. Always wanted them, never saw them. Great video thanks.
My favorite thing about this toy is that he can turn into a centaur when combined with Panzeroid, his robotic horse. Or alternately, a centaur on wheels!
I'd recommend trying to get the vintage Pantheroid (it's the horse), it's not too much more expensive then Jeeg and you can swap out the legs for the horse's body to make sort of a centaur. I would recommend trying to get ahold of the Big Shooter (spaceship) as well, but that one is just too expensive and hard to come by.
There is actually only one magnet in the entire toy. One right in the center of the chest. The rest are just steel balls and plates that stick to the one large middle magnet. No small magnets for kids to swallow.
Oh that is a really cool robot! I love the colors.👍 What year is that from friend? Glad you were able to acquire a figure you have been wanting for a long time.😁 I need a Black Hole STAR that is magnetic like yours. Bill
I seen Baron Karza before and the other one that was made in white (I don't know his name) I never seen this one.Really nice. Hey is this guy in the Mazinger universe? Many of his parts look identical to Great Mazinger.
Did you know that there is an app you can scroll over printed text and the app will translate the words on the box onto your phone screen in your language?
Hi, i need some help! When i was a Kid (must have been around 1980) i had an action figure of a red robot. It was very heavy, mostly made from metal and some red plastic. The style was very japanese. It had a red head with spikes and one fist could be shot off. In the other hand was a silver axe, which (the axe) could also be shot off. I wonder if i ever could find that toy again (e.g. at a toy fair or on ebay), but i dont know what to look for. Does somebody know the figure which i described? Where could i get more Information?
Hi again i found it... ua-cam.com/video/Z0ZU-2gygLY/v-deo.html Shogun Warriors from Mattel! I had "Dragun" in the smaller version. An impressive Toyline.
In the News cartoon those back "launcher" things are just rockets to help him fly and the bid cone missiles are drills for drilling. He never has them on his back, he just uses them for arms when he flies.
What a great toy! I wish companies still strived for playability and innovation like this!
One of the reasons this plays so well with Microman is they were both designed by Iwakichi Ogawa. So he made them in a similar style.
Talk about play value. WOW! You could do so many things with these figures. Incredible!
Such a great figure. That Black Hole fig is amazing too.
Very nice video, and of course bautiful toy. Here in Italy we didn't have this toy, and the anime was translated and aired on Italian television with a few years of delay in 1980. It had a smashing success. Oddly enough Italian kids used to play with magnetic Micronauts since 1978, so when the anime aired everyone noticed how Jeeg looked like the Micronauts (while actually it was the opposite way). It was common for kids to play with Force Commander pretending it was Jeeg, sometimes with rough green and yellow custom paint jobs. The Micronauts sold very well in our country, so much so that even after the bancruptcy of Mego, Gig begun to collaborate directly with Takara producing two more exclusive magnetic Micornauts.
Never heard of this toy, but I think its pretty cool, thanks Dave!
This figure is absolutely gorgeous!! 🤗
To own and unbox something like this is a dream of mine. I love this stuff!!!
Great review! I have two Baron Karza figures, so this was very interesting! Like you, I had Karza as a kid, along with several Time Traveler figures. I now have a good start to a Micronauts collection that features 2 Karza figures, an Andromeda figure, blue, clear, red and yellow versions of Time Traveler, a working Microtron and Biotron. I hope to get more figures very soon, because I love them.
I really like the old style boxes too, and I prefer them to the modern blister pack, carded figures. The old GI JOES, the Six Million Dollar Man, and Mego figures came in boxes that displayed well, and often had little die-cut windows with clear plastic behind them for viewing the figure. I think that was better than today's plastic-centric, wasteful packaging. Just my two cents there.
I'm very happy that you have finally acquired a Steel Jeeg! He's a great looking figure, and I love the multiple colors. Fun stuff!
Beautiful video Dave, lovely robot figure.
Such a fantastic toy! I didn't know it... Cheers from Argentina and keep it on with this awesome content!!!
this is quite a throwback for me! i remember watching this anime when i was younger, old-school super robot shows like jeeg, mazinger and getter robo are the best
I had Baron Karza's horse, Andromeda, as a kid. I recently got both Andrameda and Karza, and I love learning the provenance of these figures. It always makes me super happy to learn that something was reused from an older toy.
OMG! Rare alert! Thanks for posting
Thanks for bringing this toy to our attention, now I know what to look for when I go to Japan.
I have family from Italy and Steel Jeeg was a pretty big cartoon there in the late 70s and early 80s. That's where I know Jeeg from (and also where I eventually got my own Jeeg figure for my collection). Great review. Emperor (Mego Italian) is also amazing if you like Karza and magnet figures!
This is one of my favorite toy when I was kid. It was very popular toy at that time in Japan.
Great video! I had some Time Travelers and some vehicles in the late 70s, I loved them! Coincidentally, my son was in town for 3 weeks, and we were looking through my many boxes of comics. Lo and behold, I found 2 of the X-Men/Micronauts limited series!
These are super cool toys, if i had the space & spare cash i'd definitely have a few of these guys to display alongside my Henshin Cyborg collection.
Very nice ! And I remember Baron Karza and its 'horse', Andromeda, and their white counterparts, Force Commander & Oberon !
Awesome and beautiful toy! 🤘😎
Love that STAR figure. Even has his two blaster pistols. Would have liked that in the standard robot burgundy colors.
I have the new version of this figure and come with the horse .
He has the magnetic joints . Here in Puerto Rico and South America we know him as El Vengador ! The Avenger in English!
Ooooh. Andromeda (Baron Karza's horse) was one of my absolutely favorite toys. The El Vengador horse is something I absolutely need now!
Woah!! I would love to see that!
the newer kotetsu from soul of chogokin it's magnetic as well as this 70ies version
Not familiar with that toy but it awesome, I never swallowed a magnet as a kid 🤨 marbles, a GI Joe gun, the tip of a spear and the cap of the gas can from a toy helicopter I had 😂 but no magnet 😂
Thanks for showing.
Hi toy polloi love all your videos especially the action man vids takes me right back I tried to get action man on ebay but to dear iuse eldow grease sray to clean pen off action man berrie really good
Never knew about this one. I had Force Commander and Baron Karza as a kid. Plus Andromeda the horse. The Belly missile was quite dangerous so I rarely loaded mine. Hair Trigger on it and nearly shot my own eye on multiple occasions. The Force Commander I had would have made a good project for you now. One of his elbow joints became very loose and flopped around as if it had been bent against itself. The was a small metal split washer inside it I could see when it bent I remember. But seeing as the part was still riveted together I couldn't fletten it back down to make it sit properly in the joint. Only mildly spoiled my enjoyment of the figure. Baron Karza was in perfect condition though. Not sure how my Force Commander got in his state. I didn't damage him pretty certain my brother didn't it may have just been a fault when I got him.
I know about the others in the Micronauts range. Always wanted them, never saw them. Great video thanks.
Your Japanese Robot figure reminds me of the Shogun Robot figures from Japan. My brothers used to own some and they were huge action figure toys!
My favorite thing about this toy is that he can turn into a centaur when combined with Panzeroid, his robotic horse. Or alternately, a centaur on wheels!
I'd recommend trying to get the vintage Pantheroid (it's the horse), it's not too much more expensive then Jeeg and you can swap out the legs for the horse's body to make sort of a centaur. I would recommend trying to get ahold of the Big Shooter (spaceship) as well, but that one is just too expensive and hard to come by.
a really cool figure
There is actually only one magnet in the entire toy. One right in the center of the chest. The rest are just steel balls and plates that stick to the one large middle magnet. No small magnets for kids to swallow.
Jeeg was very popular in Italy, the cartoon became a cult. Did you ever notice that its head is basically an elaborated watermelon?
I remember a friend having a toy similar to this one. We didn't play with it much, so I can't share anything more about it.
Oh that is a really cool robot! I love the colors.👍
What year is that from friend?
Glad you were able to acquire a figure you have been wanting for a long time.😁
I need a Black Hole STAR that is magnetic like yours.
Bill
great toy and cartoon!!!
Great review
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Very cool.. :)
I seen Baron Karza before and the other one that was made in white (I don't know his name) I never seen this one.Really nice. Hey is this guy in the Mazinger universe? Many of his parts look identical to Great Mazinger.
Jeeg was made by Go Nagai who also made Mazinger. They've even had manga only crossovers
I can help translate some of the Japanese on the box!! 🤗🙏🏼
Will trade for toys, ha ha!!
(I would do it for the love of the collectible, actually).
There needs to be a Black Knight from Monty Python and the holy grail variant.
Did you know that there is an app you can scroll over printed text and the app will translate the words on the box onto your phone screen in your language?
Hi, i need some help! When i was a Kid (must have been around 1980) i had an action figure of a red robot. It was very heavy, mostly made from metal and some red plastic. The style was very japanese. It had a red head with spikes and one fist could be shot off. In the other hand was a silver axe, which (the axe) could also be shot off. I wonder if i ever could find that toy again (e.g. at a toy fair or on ebay), but i dont know what to look for. Does somebody know the figure which i described? Where could i get more Information?
Hi again i found it...
ua-cam.com/video/Z0ZU-2gygLY/v-deo.html
Shogun Warriors from Mattel!
I had "Dragun" in the smaller version. An impressive Toyline.
Oh that is Getter Dragob
I started to think this was something made in the Netherlands,but could figure out it was from Japan.
Wise man once said : heroes either die young or live long a nuff to see your self as the villain. In this case it’s true .
Be good if dave made the missing missle
Toy polloi micronauts
They remind me of Bionicles
I have the black version.
Baron Karza.
@@toypolloi No the black version of Jeeg.
In the News cartoon those back "launcher" things are just rockets to help him fly and the bid cone missiles are drills for drilling.
He never has them on his back, he just uses them for arms when he flies.
Those toys are really expensive they mostly go for $200
Wow! Weird!