OK, I've finally finished putting this together. Along the way I found one that I'd forgotten about --- a wacky missile-firing Zaboga HEAD! Very odd. Anyway, let me know if you guys know of any more that I'm not aware of. There are also two color variations I have a shot of in a book, but I need to scan it in order to add it to the montage...
That carded missile-firing Zaboga head is cool and kwazy. Robert, I am having a hard time reading the words on the right side of your post. Looks like I still need 3 bad guys...
Very cool minis. I've never collected vintage but so much stuff in this corner of the forum always intrigues me. The image has been resized to fit the post table. Click it to see the full size version with readable text.
Chad, Here you go: http://personal.linkline.com/ueg/zabogas3asm.jpg Duban, what was the translation of the head set we were just talking about. Share it here. So odd... -sjoen
>what was the translation of the head set we were just talking about It's in the image at the top: "Strong Zaboga Versus Three-Headed Dragon Army." What a mouthful! (And by this I am not endorsing eating vinyls). R
Mark K's shot of the mini missile-firing Zabogas in the "Mach Baron" thread inspired me to update my montage of missile-firing Zaboga toys. Are there any I'm missing? And is it me or is the one in the lower right posed like a Chippendale's dancer?
thats a lot of excellent info robert ! thanks for doing that . i always got confused between which ones were denjin zaborga and which ones were denjin stronger enemies . glad to see chad throwing up some stuff too . seeing all those missle fire makes me wonder if we are ever going to see warren s collection as i have heard he has the largest collection of missle fire vinyls in the states .
>i always got confused between which ones were denjin zaborga and which ones were denjin stronger enemies . I'm not sure the distinction, having not seen the show.... Strong Zaboga is just a beefed-up version of Zaboga, no? >seeing all those missle fire makes me wonder if we are ever going to see warren s collection as i have heard he has the largest collection of missle fire vinyls in the states . Unfortunately, the location was a bit out of the way (well, for me anyway!), but there was an opportunity to see some of it at this show: http://toyboxdx.com/brog/?p=274 This is pretty old, but here's another glimpse: http://www.toyboxdx.com/gallery/wc/warren2article.html
From my article "Denjin Zaboga Go!" Denjin Zaboga was produced by the same team that created The Space Giants (aka Magma Taishi) and Spectreman. Roughly translated, “denjin” means electric-man; Zaboga being a human-sized robot. The television series centered on Interpol agent Yutaka Daimon who returns to Japan only to discover that his father has been murdered by the Sigma Gang crime organization because of the formula for “Daimonium”-- a substance created by Professor Daimon. In the first episode, Yutaka is brutally killed as he confronts the evil Doctor Akunomiya, a half-man, half-cyborg mad scientist, and his diabolical robot cohorts. However, Professor Daimon has implanted a fail-safe mechanism inside the heart of his son and miraculously revives Yutaka. Yutaka soon discovers an “electro-spark switch” in the shape of a pronged key that plugs into the back of his electronic brother, the robot Denjin Zaboga, and activates his mechanical heart-- a device very similar to the one implanted in Yutuka! Yutaka can command the actions of Zaboga, including the transformation of the robot into a motorcycle that he can ride. Denjin Zaboga lasted for fifty-two episodes. The first thirty-nine are filled with plenty of kung-fu action and bizarre battle scenes as Yutaka and his robot brother seek revenge for their father’s death. While Dr. Akunomiya uses his abilities to create an army of cyborg beasts and monstrous robots in his efforts to destroy them. The last thirteen episodes of the series shift plot dramatically and appear to be unpopular with fans as a result of the unbelievable story line and down-scaled costumes. In these episodes, Yutaka and his robot brother find themselves in a battle against the Dinosaur Army-- an empire of crocodile-like men ruled by an enormous, three-headed, cyborg dinosaur. In the final show, the three-headed dinosaur and Zaboga destroy each other in a spectacular battle to the death.
I need 1. Tekkama (Omega Cyborg 2) 2. Gogusa (Omega Cyborg 4) 3. Kamagira (green with frog-like face) Based on these images, Strong Zaboga has a sleeker, more stylized body most noticable around the boots and gloves as well as a missile-launcher at each hip. I also need the mini Zaboga...
That missile firing Zaboga head play set shown in the first post just sold on YJA this weekend for 56,000 Yen.
