Omni Existence Posted April 22, 2005 Posted April 22, 2005 It's CONFIRMED (via Degenki Hobby)!!!!! GX-30 is going to be the much anticipated, and highly debated VOLTES V!!!! Just check out these yummy BLUEPRINTS! Judging from what I can see: - Ultramagnetic Belt can be fed through the waist to some kind of nechanism - Crewzer has an opening cockpit, landing gears, and better proportions - Bomber is more accurate than the original! Fists actually hide inside the forearms - Panzer's treads RETRACT FLUSH into the body! - Some areas are basically the same as the GX-03, like the Lander. - Unlike the original, the SOC version of Voltes can actually TURN HIS HEAD! - A VOLTES BAZOOKA! VOLTES BAZOOKA!!!! - A RETRACTABLE LAZER SWORD!!!! ... someone... get me some new shorts! Quote
Abombz!! Posted April 22, 2005 Posted April 22, 2005 what's a VOLTES V ? Old combiner type Super Robot Quote
Solscud007 Posted April 22, 2005 Posted April 22, 2005 how is that all that different from combattler V? Quote
zeo-mare Posted April 22, 2005 Posted April 22, 2005 (edited) think of him as a upgrade. this is going to be a good year for SOC. , this, the gaiking and Xanbugle boy i had better start saving now. by the way this was already mentioned in the xanbugle thread that was just posted. maybe we should start a main thread for all the Soul of Chogokins and stuff. Edited April 22, 2005 by zeo-mare Quote
JoLe727 Posted April 22, 2005 Posted April 22, 2005 Sweet!!! Gotta start saving money. Plan to buy two. Quote
BoBe-Patt Posted April 22, 2005 Posted April 22, 2005 OMG OMG OMG!!! finally!!! I'm soooo getting this. Quote
areaseven Posted April 22, 2005 Posted April 22, 2005 what's a VOLTES V ? Old combiner type Super Robot Not to mention the unofficial Philippine national hero. Quote
CF18 Posted April 22, 2005 Posted April 22, 2005 All the information you will ever need about Voltes V: http://users.animanga.com/voltesv/ Quote
connor99 Posted April 23, 2005 Posted April 23, 2005 Sweeeeeeeeeeeeeet!!! It's been a long time waiting for this one. Can't wait to pick it up ! Quote
JB0 Posted April 23, 2005 Posted April 23, 2005 what's a VOLTES V ? Old combiner type Super Robot Not to mention the unofficial Philippine national hero. Why doesn't Uncle Sam have a super robot? patriotism--; Quote
Seven Posted April 23, 2005 Posted April 23, 2005 what's a VOLTES V ? Old combiner type Super Robot Not to mention the unofficial Philippine national hero. Why doesn't Uncle Sam have a super robot? patriotism--; Actually you have the Six Million Dollar Man. Or the Terminator (er, Governator)... take your pick. Man, I remember how popular Voltes V was in the PI... the 45 of the theme song sold out everywhere even though it was in Japanese. Quote
Vespaeda Posted April 23, 2005 Posted April 23, 2005 Hey all, A good friend in Japan(pinoy(sp)) always told me VoltesV was the PI equivalent of our love for Macross, although I cannot imagine Macross fandom on "national" scale, save but in the 'Actual' Macross universe. Could somebody give me a clue? Why not Gundam or Gigantor, etc...? I cannot access the previous link from my PC(security/admin lock-out ! ) Thanks Vesp Quote
EXO Posted April 23, 2005 Posted April 23, 2005 (edited) Because President Marcos outlawed the showing of anime series that showed anything against tyranny when he found out about Voltes V, Mazinger Z, Grendizer, and Daimos. He didn't want the general public getting funny ideas from these cartoons. They never finished the series (as far as I recall I was about 6) so it went out at the height of its popularity with nothing like it to follow. They cancelled the Super Robot shows and replaced them with anime versions of Heidi and some anime about a magic mirror or dimensions... a sucky time for giant robot fans. Of course none of us knew why these shows were cancelled at the time. Edited April 23, 2005 by >EXO< Quote
polidread Posted April 23, 2005 Posted April 23, 2005 that was during the 1970's... eventually TV networks would begin showing anime again starting in the late 1990's and Voltes V was one of them, - Pinoy fanboys and casual audiences would be able to finally see how the story ended (if they havent already seen it in bootleg tapes or cds)! Quote
EXO Posted April 23, 2005 Posted April 23, 2005 (edited) Wow, I wasn't aware they started showing Voltes V again... I know they showed Robotech or Macross... But in the Philippines, pulling the plug on Voltes V at the time was like Bruce Lee dying... Edited April 23, 2005 by >EXO< Quote
JB0 Posted April 23, 2005 Posted April 23, 2005 what's a VOLTES V ? Old combiner type Super Robot Not to mention the unofficial Philippine national hero. Why doesn't Uncle Sam have a super robot? patriotism--; Actually you have the Six Million Dollar Man. Or the Terminator (er, Governator)... take your pick. Better yet, we have this! http://www.gamefaqs.com/console/xbox/data/921117.html El presidente in a mech. Patriotism++; *wonders why no one translated this thing* Quote
Seven Posted April 24, 2005 Posted April 24, 2005 Does anyone have the old die cast transforming Voltes V toy? I'm talking about the big one that actually separated into the ships. Man, that toy was awesome. I remember being 6 and seeing some kid on my block playing with it back in PI. I looked down at my 5 inch die cast Mazinger Z and felt inadequate. It's pretty pricey nowadays if you can find it in good form. Quote
Vespaeda Posted April 24, 2005 Posted April 24, 2005 Thanks for the "edju-macashun" EXO, What a LOSER!!!! Actually felt threatened by the depictions of an anime! ...and America shielded his sorry ass & his Tammy Faye Baker-turd-of-a-wife when they got ousted!?! 300 pairs of shoes! Should of let everyone in your nation try each one on just long enough to shove straight up their arses! Quote
Graham Posted April 25, 2005 Posted April 25, 2005 From those drawings in Dengeki Hobby, GX-30 looks like a nicely designed toy with lots of gimmicks. I won't be buying it though as I never liked Voltes-V. I'm a Combattler-V man through and through . I always thought Combattler-V had a better looking robot mode, better looking individual vehicles, cooler attacks, better characters and a more kick-ass theme song. I mean come on guys, a Yo Yo attack is far cooler than a spinning top attack. Graham Quote
JB0 Posted April 25, 2005 Posted April 25, 2005 I mean come on guys, a Yo Yo attack is far cooler than a spinning top attack. I think that's a bit of a lose-lose there. Quote
Dangard Ace Posted April 25, 2005 Posted April 25, 2005 what's a VOLTES V ? Old combiner type Super Robot Not to mention the unofficial Philippine national hero. Why doesn't Uncle Sam have a super robot? patriotism--; Uncle Sam has the Texas Mack. (see Getter Robo or Shin vs Neo Getter Robo) Quote
connor99 Posted April 25, 2005 Posted April 25, 2005 Seven Posted: Apr 24 2005, 10:22 AM Does anyone have the old die cast transforming Voltes V toy? I'm talking about the big one that actually separated into the ships. Man, that toy was awesome. I remember being 6 and seeing some kid on my block playing with it back in PI. I looked down at my 5 inch die cast Mazinger Z and felt inadequate. It's pretty pricey nowadays if you can find it in good form. Attached Image Hey, SEVEN, isn't this the GO DAIKIN version of VOLTES V that came out in the mid-late 80's? I think I might have seen one of this in MANILA, a few months ago, in a small anime store in the Edsa MEGAMALL Complex. A bit pricey though for the condition it was in, but stil looked cool ! Quote
JB0 Posted April 25, 2005 Posted April 25, 2005 what's a VOLTES V ? Old combiner type Super Robot Not to mention the unofficial Philippine national hero. Why doesn't Uncle Sam have a super robot? patriotism--; Uncle Sam has the Texas Mack. (see Getter Robo or Shin vs Neo Getter Robo) ... Texas Mack isn't exactly something to set the burning fires of pride within someone's heart. Quote
yellowlightman Posted April 25, 2005 Posted April 25, 2005 Better yet, we have this!http://www.gamefaqs.com/console/xbox/data/921117.html El presidente in a mech. Patriotism++; *wonders why no one translated this thing* Last I heard it was being brought over to the States... Quote
Bub Posted April 25, 2005 Posted April 25, 2005 what's a VOLTES V ? Old combiner type Super Robot Not to mention the unofficial Philippine national hero. Quote
Father Jack Posted April 25, 2005 Posted April 25, 2005 wow I remember being nuts for this show when I was a kid. But it sucked our video store only had the first episode, still I must have watched it a million times. I'm so going to get this. Quote
Dangard Ace Posted April 25, 2005 Posted April 25, 2005 ...Texas Mack isn't exactly something to set the burning fires of pride within someone's heart. Hey, what more do you want? The USA isn't about giant Super Robots. Japan is, and to a lesser extent the rest of Asia. At least they gave you a fully functional useful SuperRobot early in the 70's. The rest of us had to wait for G Gundam. Quote
JB0 Posted April 25, 2005 Posted April 25, 2005 ...Texas Mack isn't exactly something to set the burning fires of pride within someone's heart. Hey, what more do you want? The USA isn't about giant Super Robots. Japan is, and to a lesser extent the rest of Asia. At least they gave you a fully functional useful SuperRobot early in the 70's. The rest of us had to wait for G Gundam. Yes, but they gave us a fully functional super robot that looked like a clown. Why couldn't we have Voltron? It's not like the japanese want him anyways. Quote
Otaku-Smeghead Posted April 25, 2005 Posted April 25, 2005 (edited) Delete this post pls Edited April 25, 2005 by Otaku-Smeghead Quote
Otaku-Smeghead Posted April 25, 2005 Posted April 25, 2005 Does anyone have the old die cast transforming Voltes V toy? I'm talking about the big one that actually separated into the ships. Man, that toy was awesome. I remember being 6 and seeing some kid on my block playing with it back in PI. I looked down at my 5 inch die cast Mazinger Z and felt inadequate. I think Nick(Solscud007) had this as a Kid but Im not sure Quote
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