#Voltron diecast toys originals series#

Basic Series - Packages with two lions opposed to all five.All of the weapons were removed only for Voltron III's sword set to be sold separately.Д«elow is a list of toys including their original Popy counterparts in brackets. Missiles were removed to prevent any choking hazards while certain decorative pieces on Voltron I's legs were absent. For example, the teeth on the lions were made more round as a precaution. However, Matchbox had to tweak the molds of the toys to make them suitable for American toy safety standards. The most notable contemporary is Harmony Gold's Robotech franchise that combined Super Dimension Fortress Macross, Super Dimension Cavalry Southern Cross, and Genesis Climber MOSPEADA.Дue to this solution, World Events Productions chose Beast King GoLion, Armored Fleet DaiRugger XV, and Lightspeed Electroid Albegas to all be re-branded and tweaked under the Voltron trademark through Matchbox.ДЄs a result of acquiring rights to the series from Toei Animation, WEP inherited Popy as a partner. Other companies did a similar approach to this. The added bonus in terms of creating the Voltron franchise was an expanded toy line. However as a typical Japanese season is 52 the solution to this was to combine similar looking shows to increase the episode count number to qualify a series for airing syndication. This was so an episode would air everyday for approximately three months straight. In order to garner more revenue utilizing children's television to market toys, a 65 episode threshold was needed to have a TV show air on syndication and reach more people. In 1983, WEP President Ted Koplar attended a science fiction convention and saw footage of various super robot anime influencing his decision to import several series along with their sets of toys.