Jumbo Machinders Return!

With the announcement that Bandai is releasing the Jumbo Machinder line starting with Mazinger-Z, I just had to dig up this early 1970s toy flyer with the toys themselves. This page, with its Henshin Cyborg, diecasts, and Microman, is somewhat overwhelming to take in.

We 70s kids, of course, know Machinders as “Shogun Warriors,” but their original name is just as good to me!

This video from Japan showcases the 50th Anniversary Machinder Mazinger Z, and as much as I still have the one I bought at a yard sale in 1982, I may need to get this.

Mazinger was one of the first Shogun Warriors to “invade” our pop culture and became iconic as a result.

I’m really excited for future releases from this series, I’ve always wanted a Kamen Rider V-3, fingers crossed for that one.

Toy-Ventures: Collector’s Shogun Warriors

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