Recently I purchased a 45rpm record of music from the 1980s Japanese anime television series Armored Fleet Dairugger XV — not because of the record, but because of the artwork that came with the record. Among the images is one that shows the face and name of each Dairugger pilot next to the Dairugger vehicle that […]
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A Closer Look at Vehicle Team Voltron Pilot Uniforms
In pursuit of a nerdy goal to own custom-made, vintage-style action figures of all 15 pilots of Vehicle Team Voltron, I’ve been scrutinizing the pilot uniforms. The images in this blog entry were copied from the Voltron website of “SGB,” with the permission of the site’s author. The pilot uniform, which doubles as a flight […]
Panosh Place-Style Action Figures and Vehicle Voltron: Is It Possible?
As a follow-up to my blog about whether it would be technically possible to design a Matty-style Vehicle Team Voltron that can hold its 15 pilots, I thought I’d try another thought experiment. Might it be possible to design a Panosh Place-style Vehicle Team Voltron that can hold its 15 pilots? Maybe. Juuuuust maybe. August […]
My VOLTRON Fan Video: VOLTRON Lion Force / Vehicle Team Combined Opening Sequence
One month ago today, I released my first VOLTRON fan video, awkwardly called the VOLTRON Lion Force / Vehicle Team Combined Opening Sequence. In this blog I’ll explain why I made it. When VOLTRON: DEFENDER OF THE UNIVERSE premiered in 1984, I was eight years old. I often wondered why the show’s two robots named […]
Matty-Style Action Figures and Vehicle Voltron: Is It Possible?
I’ve been a “Voltron geek” since first watching the original VOLTRON: DEFENDER OF THE UNIVERSE animated series starting in 1984. This year I’m collecting the Voltron Classics lions and action figures by Matty Collector. Each of the five Voltron lions can accommodate a pilot action figure that’s about 3 3/4″ in height. The five lions […]
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