Guppy Posted February 6, 2007 Posted February 6, 2007 In the midst of a wave of nostalgia after watching the opening credits to the classic Ulysses 31 on youtube, I got to wondering if there ever was a toy line. After a bit of looking I found Popy produced a few diecast vehicles and figures a quarter of a century (!!!!!) ago. Now if I wanted to find myself an Astronave (the cool red spaceship/shuttle that split into 3 parts) would I be dreaming? Is this as rare as they come? Has anyone here got one? And what do you think the going rate is? ToyboxDX link: http://www.toyboxdx.com/popy/popy_data/pc/pc_23.htm pics! *bangs head against wall to try and stop the theme song music playing in head* Quote
Keith Posted February 6, 2007 Posted February 6, 2007 Madman Entertainment released an Australian Ulysses 31 box set, but it's R4 & PAL, double whammy! Quote
Retracting Head Ter Ter Posted February 6, 2007 Posted February 6, 2007 How many kidneys you got? Quote
Graham Posted February 6, 2007 Posted February 6, 2007 I picked up a Ulysses 31 DVD box set last year. Can't remember what region or system it was, but that's irrelevant as all my AV gear is multi-system, multi-region anyway. Those toys look great. Wonder if I could persuade Yamato to make updated toys? Graham Quote
Guppy Posted February 6, 2007 Author Posted February 6, 2007 I picked up a Ulysses 31 DVD box set last year. Can't remember what region or system it was, but that's irrelevant as all my AV gear is multi-system, multi-region anyway. Those toys look great. Wonder if I could persuade Yamato to make updated toys? Graham you get sexual favours from me if you do. Or not, whichever is more persuasive. Plus I'm assuming the U31 franchise is pretty not in demand. Keith: Lucky me! I'm in australia so Region 4 is my region.. haha, years of missing out on R1 special editions. But these days most dvd players are region free or easily unlockable. Quote
Keith Posted February 6, 2007 Posted February 6, 2007 Oh I know, I've just been hedging on upgrading my DVD player. It's 7-8 years old, and still running pretty well. Though I've been eying those new fangled players that do both automatic region switching (have to manually set it on my) and PAL conversion. One of these days perhaps. Quote
Macross73 Posted February 6, 2007 Posted February 6, 2007 Cool ship. My cousin used to make me watch this in Spanish. LOL. Quote
Renato Posted February 7, 2007 Posted February 7, 2007 I can't remember exactly what, but I know Kawamori did some designs for this show. Quote
F-ZeroOne Posted February 7, 2007 Posted February 7, 2007 I can't remember exactly what, but I know Kawamori did some designs for this show. I believe he did some of the concept work for the large spacecraft in the show - I forget the ships name just at the moment. I don't know if the actual design used was close to Kawamoris original, though. Quote
Graham Posted February 10, 2007 Posted February 10, 2007 The big ship was called 'The Odyssey' IIRC. Graham Quote
F-ZeroOne Posted February 10, 2007 Posted February 10, 2007 The big ship was called 'The Odyssey' IIRC. Graham Yep, thats the one - thanks Graham. I remembered it a few hours after posting! The ships computer was called something else though... Quote
akim Posted February 24, 2007 Posted February 24, 2007 (edited) "Shyrka" Well, there is a website where we can see Ulysse 31 anime cels... It's not Popy toys but it's rare to see some cels of this beautiful serie : Ulysse 31 For Popy toys:Website Ulysse 31 Best regards. Edited February 25, 2007 by akim Quote
akim Posted February 25, 2007 Posted February 25, 2007 (edited) Sorry, double post. Edited February 25, 2007 by akim Quote
akim Posted March 25, 2007 Posted March 25, 2007 (edited) Hello, Just a word to say this website Ulysses 31 Backgrounds has been updated: It contains terrific and unique backgrounds of Odysseus and more!! It's the first time i saw these items!! Bests regards. akim. Edited March 25, 2007 by akim Quote
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