My friend, Kelvin, is an authority on Japanese toys of various types. The armoured suit toy is a speciality of his. Here are some images of his, taken from his collection.
These images are from some toys* based on Heinlein's classic 'Starship Troopers'. Note the flamer for close-in defence and the jumpjets.
Quoting Kelvin:
"A friend on the toy bbs showed the last shot to Joe Haldeman and he said (jokingly) that he'd sue the Japanese makers for copyright infringement, LOL. "
Haldeman is, of course, known for his SF novel on futuristic infantry warfare 'The Forever War'.
All in all, these toys are extremely detailed. Impressive.*Unauthorised according to Kelvin.
5 comments:
Excellent stuff. I love the visualization of the Starship Troopers. Certainly a lot better than the sad excuse for a movie adaptation. AK.
It feels functional and real.
The movie. They ran out of money for the powersuits. It was either that or the bugs. Thus, a choice was made.
OMG!!! And yet I thought Bionicles are the coolest robots ever, but no! these toys are soooo freaking awesome! gee...
AK, there will be more. Kelvin has given me permission to post more of his toy reviews.
Pinkys, I will be posting quite a few more. My friend, Kelvin, does know his toys. And he doesn't choose the run-of-the-mill types either.
KELVIN PANG IS A GODDAMNED GENIUS.
(please post higher res pics)
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