Saturday, January 20, 2007

On this Cartoon Saturday we recall Voltron. Japanese made Voltron was slipped into early 80's cartoon fare alongside domestic product like G.I. Joe and Transformers, not just on the television, but on toy aisles as well. The appeal of five robot lions combining into one giant robot was huge, and official licensees and knock-off makers alike pushed volumes Voltron onto the shelves and into the happy hands of children everywhere.



The item above was, in our opinion, the best of the dozens of Voltron sets available. This one was made of actual vehicle lions that the action figure line fit into. It was therefore much bigger than almost all of the others and way cooler.