Gatchaman Gatchaspartan

[Sopadepollo]

Hi everyone,

I was going thru my closet and found this piece which I've had for the longest time. I know that it's a Gatchaman Gatchaspartan thingy, but that's all I know.

Can someone please tell me what I have here??

Oh and BTW, is this worth anything???

Any help would be greatly appreciated.

Sopadepollo

[Sopadepollo]

More pics.

[Sopadepollo]

More pics.

[Sopadepollo]

Last Pic.

[gerwalk25]

It's from Gatchaman Fighter the third least known series. It spun-off from Gatchaman 2.

~G25

Edited February 3, 2004 by gerwalk25

[blackjek]

yeah i rem there. fricking cool. but well its worth nothing. wanna sell to me?

[drifand]

What IS interesting is that this looks to be either a knock-off or unlicensed version of the large Gatcha Spartan by POPY. That's because the box art is rather off-beat and does not have the Bandai or POPY logo in sight. Strangely enough, the inner cover says 'DX POPYNICA SERIES' or something like that at the top-left corner... if you can actually locate a POPY imprint on any of the vehicles, that would make it more legit.

From what I recall, an MIB specimen of the original toy could fetch around US$300 and up...

[Sopadepollo]

Upon furthere examination of the vehicles, I found some interesting tidbits.

1) On the actual box, in diferent places, it says,"DX Popinica Series, Gatcher Spartan, and Gatcher 5,"

2) On vehicle No. 1, (the red triangular fighter) there are two stickers on either side that say:"Gatchaman F"

3) On vehicle No. 2, (the blue race car/plane vehicle) there is one large sticker on the back wing that says: "Gatchaspartan... Air Combat Fighter"

4) All five vehicles are part diecast and part plastic.

5) And finally, Under each vehicle there are some markings. They are:

#1 Red Fighter: Singapore, PB-89

#2 Blue car: PB-90

#3 Green Hovercraft: Singapore, PB-91

#4 Black/White Tank: Singapore, PB-92

#5 Yellow Base: Singapore, PB-93

Not sure but could it be that the vehicles themselves are originals in a knock off box?

Any Help would be appreciated.

Sopadepollo

PS: I'm thinking about selling these since I'm not into Gatchaman. Will entertain any offers.

[renegadeleader1]

The overall design of those vehicles reminds me alot of the ones from STARCOM.

[drifand]

Upon furthere examination of the vehicles, I found some interesting tidbits.

1) On the actual box, in diferent places, it says,"DX Popinica Series, Gatcher Spartan, and Gatcher 5,"

2) On vehicle No. 1, (the red triangular fighter) there are two stickers on either side that say:"Gatchaman F"

3) On vehicle No. 2, (the blue race car/plane vehicle) there is one large sticker on the back wing that says: "Gatchaspartan... Air Combat Fighter"

4) All five vehicles are part diecast and part plastic.

5) And finally, Under each vehicle there are some markings. They are:

#1 Red Fighter: Singapore, PB-89

#2 Blue car: PB-90

#3 Green Hovercraft: Singapore, PB-91

#4 Black/White Tank: Singapore, PB-92

#5 Yellow Base: Singapore, PB-93

Not sure but could it be that the vehicles themselves are originals in a knock off box?

Any Help would be appreciated.

Sopadepollo

PS: I'm thinking about selling these since I'm not into Gatchaman. Will entertain any offers.

Sounds like you've got a semi-legit deal there. Some POPY toys were indeed produced in Singapore back in the 80's, before the company was bought over by Bandai. Your set could have been repackaged for export sales to clear inventories... Some clear photos of those parts numbers would be useful to convince serious bargain hunters :-)

[Sopadepollo]

here are a few pics of the underside.

[Sopadepollo]

Sorry for the large pic before, but I wanted it to be large and detailed.

Here's another smaller pic of the red fighter.

[Toonz]

i use to have the original set and i GAVE it away....

stupid me....don't know how to treasure toys in those days....