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  • The editing's a little choppy, but it's a pretty good review. Very informative, on the toy itself and even the series.

  • @PunchSydeironReviews Well it's over two years old. I've learned a lot and hopefully my videos are better now

  • OMG now i remember i used to have this toy!!!

  • Til this day I cant find pictures or proof of the old Voltron toy which was equally big if not bigger and had a place inside each lion to store a (not small but)decent size action figure. I believe I found a picture of one of these toys online but the toy is all broken and the face of Voltron is not even shown. I have little to know proof or info of this Voltron toy other than my memories and that picture. I used to live overseas so that might be why the toy is virtually unknown here.

  • I used to own the old original one until it was stolen from me. It stood fine with all the metal... Maybe the new one was designed incorrectly... :)

  • lmao limbs and legs ARE WRONG LMAO

  • @bandit3271980 give me a fucking break...

  • either the video got flipped or you got the limbs wrong

  • The new one coming from Mattel will be epic

  • ones at my locate comic book store for 236 bucks im going to start saving now

  • i remember when i was a kid i have a Bottleg Version of this Toy

  • @optibotimus should i save and get this or what for the new Voltron Force one to come out

  • Switchy the feet!!!

    

  • LEFT!!! LEFT!!! GREENS ON THE LEFT!! LEFT LEFT !! YOU GOT HIM ON THE RIGHT!. Same with the legs

  • 1:06 Black Lion: Lolwut?

  • I just find it disturbing that Voltron is knee deep in 2 lion butts, and has two lion genitals stabbing him in the shoulders.

  • @Hipojak i just find it disturbing that you are seeing genitals in robots...

  • ugh, can't believe people nowadays can't figure out such simple transforming...you are doing it wrong with black lion. you don't fold the paw inwards like that, of course the plastic cover wont shut all the way...you need to leave the paw somewhat straight, and at the right angle, will be able to fit it and you push the whole arm into the space and can close the cover completely, never EVER fold up the paw like you did....sheesh.

  • if it costs $180, is it worth to buy?

  • Love the head piece the face looks nice

  • i dont care witch Voltron it is he basicly awsome no matter what

  • my dad has this

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  • Never mind this must be a plastic version of the (bend over and pay for die cast version of Toynami's master piece line)

  • @mathiasmorqubus I didn't want to pay the high prices for the die cast version when that one can't even really stand. The weight of the figure makes him fall over in every review of the figure i watched when making my decision

  • There was a plastic version when? Please respond.

  • @mathiasmorqubus There was released because the plastic version costed less and its supply in demand. Since the release of the die-cast version though I may be wrong.

  • man, what a gratifying sound those legs make when locking into place.

  • Il Be getting this in couple of weeks XD

  • cant beat the classic look but i like the sleakness of the new lions too

  • Indeed, a huge sword for KICKING ASS.

  • ummm.....dude.....you interchanged the arms.....green lion's supposed to be on the right and red lion on the left.....

  • Her advisor is the Koran

  • when r people gonna stop talking shit about other peoples vids. it's not cool so shut it or don't even bother on commenting on the damn video. then people will start 2 thing ur a jackass.

  • @Transformagama10 because they have nothing better to do...

  • @optibotimus exactly, and a bit of a jackass

  • @optibotimus @Transformagama10 I guess I should have read the instructions! Didnt realize it had the tabs for the sword. Everytime I pass it, I have fix the sword. Thanks!

  • @Transformagama10 Al Gore invented the internet so people could talk shit

  • A couple things:

    1) Have you seen Voltron Force yet?

    2) Why in the original series did the force not where their lion's color, like how Power Rangers does it where the red ranger pilots a red zord.

    3) And lastly, Voltron Force has Princess Allura piloting the blue lion.

  • I tottaly fell asleap in the muddle of the rveiw not the videos fault though

  • i remember when i had these had to be one of my favorite toys ever

  • the green lion is the left arm and the red lion is the right arm, he puts them wrong!

  • Great review...I'm glad I picked up my Masterpiece Voltron three years ago.

    Although. I'd like to see Bandai give the Soul of Chogokin treatment to Golion.

  • LV FTW

    VV Not So FTW

  • it's like a megazord

  • @devin1115ify concidering that Mighty Morphin Power Rangers was largely ripped off from the Voltron franchize (To the point infact that in the origianal model of voltron toys from the 80's (The worlds of Wonder ones not the masterpiece) you can actually in some cases put the sabertooth tiger zord in the place of the Yello lion.) It's more appropriate to say that the Megazord is like voltron

  • @john4knecht correction on my last statement. Matchbox voltrons the ones from the 80's not Worlds of Wonder)

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  • @klok11 do i really need some nobody such as yourself telling me how to act?

  • @klok11 ok so here is an idea if you want to watch a grown up video go watch what ever you would think is grown up video. dont watch this and then have the balls to dis the person how took the time to make a video for the ones of use who care.

  • Voltron is making a come back! its going to be on Nicktoons network.

  • hablas mucho!!

    

  • Hurray for Beast King Golion!!!

  • the front paws i think are suppose to wrap around the outside of the inside part of the arm joint connect thing....if that made anysince o-o, and it looks too floppy

  • the front paws i think are suppose to wrap around the outside of the inside part of the arm joint connect thing....if that made anysince o-o

  • hey youre talking is faster than your video.

  • Dont know if you figured out how to hide the legs of the black lion out yet, but you were doing it wrong. You cant bend the foot al the way forward like you did. there are other videos that show how to do it accuratly

  • is it a big knife or a small sword?

  • Way to screw up the voltron. everything bass acwards. Every lion is on the wrong side. Does it not come with instructions or did you not really watch the cartoon. Still nice toy though.

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  • i have the metallic masterpiece voltron. it is a great collectors figure.

  • red lion is on the right side green on the left blue on the right yellow lion on the left.

  • im not sure if you know this or not but you have the arms and the legs on the wrong sides

  • It is interesting to see the differences between this version and the original ones I still have:

    The yellow Lion: His legs would collapse in when you bent his head

    The Red Lion: You could shoot the head off

    The Black Lion: The number '1' was in a yellow sqaure

    The Blue Liojn: The head's crown as you put it would lift up, this was because in a few episodes the Princess would push a button and the crown would lift and spit water at enemies.

  • good stuff man dont pay attention to the people making fun of you. I always enjoy looking at other's collector toys. I have these myself

  • rofl. sound effects are boss

  • omg he formed them wrong! XO no.....

  • i think the assembly is backwards... 

  • did you try flipping the hands of the Black Lion the other way? It might work, I don't know for sure because I (unfortunately) don't have one of these epic figures

  • Well despite what some of those past haters might have posted I think you did a really kick ass review. I just purchased this guy yesterday and I am hoping that it will be nice for me. Good job no matter what dude!!!

  • I think you put all the limbs wrongly. The Red and blue should be on the right side and the green and yellow lions on the left. What do you think? Just my observation. Peace bro! :)

  • Who would win? Predaking or Voltron?

  • thats one deadly looking sheild dude!

  • who would win in a fght voltron or a T1000

  • I just got this model too yesterday, I also struggle in placing the black lions front paws into that slot. it bugs me. ^_^ gotta love voltron.

  • omg hey you got voltron cool do u know where to get one the whole robot

  • is your review in a mirror view? cos i think you place the arms and legs in the wrong position. the red lion should be on the right and green on the left. Same as the blue and the yellow lion.

  • i had this set, my brother broke off the blue ones head, and then i lost the red and green one great set as well as review

  • for the black lions legs if you don't fold the foot all the way back it can sit behind the hold used to attach the arms. The leg should be in an "L" position not folded flat. That's how it's worked on almost every Voltron toy I've ever owned. kind of like this !o_ the foot should be behind the hole. With it like that closeing the flap shouldn't be any trouble.

  • aww lance is on the wrong side lol o well great review man

  • lol people dissing Toy collectors on Youtube show their own patheticness. :T

    Might get this for my Mom as a surprise...one day /D

  • hey optibot, this isnt the metallic version is it? im a little confused, i just found plastic toynami collectors gift set, non metallic for $50. went ahead and ordered it, but just came to realize that there is a newer metallic plastic version for $20 or so more. is there a big difference between the 2? you seem like you know your voltron! thx man.

  • Some of the Voltron toys had led in the plastic and got recalled. I think there was a company making Voltron with out any rights.

  • hey, this isnt the metallic version right? i hear that one has some issues with articulation in the arms. this one looks much better and the diecast seems too heavy and not as durable as this one. wheres a good place to pick this version up online at? thx!

  • shield.... hmmm..... I thought it was a spinning razor blade in the cartoon.

  • I picked up the limited Die-Cast version, and it does come with the sword and shield.

  • he should battle Perdaking in a battle =p

  • You say plastic like its a bad thing XD, love the video, love the Voltron actio Figure and love the special sound effects LOL

  • Really? Cause i'm already engaged to a gorgeous woman and i have a job. Actually, i own my own business lol...wanna come up with 2 other things i need in my life...cause i apparently already have those 2 things you require...

  • @optibotimus Dude you shouldnt even say anything. Your video is great thats all.

  • @optibotimus Dude you shouldnt even say anything. Your video is great thats all. Oh and also how much is this vs the metal version?

  • i've shown where i live...my girlfriend has been in my videos and i really could care less what you think lol....you're the one that found my video and watched it LOL what's that say about you?

  • @aloevera666 ur name is frickin aloe vera what the fuck ur really are sad if u name ur self after some kind if frickin shampoo

  • Sven died dude << he actually died.

  • should i get the plastic or metal version..?

  • i'ld get both. plastic to "play with/and pose". metal to display in the box. ;)

  • I find it a bit upsetting that during that whole in depth history you gave of Voltron, you didn't mention once that "Voltron" is an Americanization of a cartoon called "Hyaku ju oh Goraion" originally released in 1981. World events productions destroyed it, excised many scenes too violent for children and spliced footage from another cartoon to create the "Alliance" segments. It was reformatted into a cookie cutter good vs evil moralistic production to be more digestible by western kids. Shame.

  • It's not a shame...I choose not to talk about it. The video was already 22 minutes long. I made the decision to keep thing simplier

  • @optibotimus i agree with optibotimus on this

  • @optibotimus i think he meant its a shame as to what was left out of voltron (awesome fights with decapitation of monster heads and actual deaths which only add to the drama and deep sorrow we see the characters feeling).

  • @MRNIIK

    I totally agree!! this guy should do his home work. I hated how they sugar coated the western version. I think Sven didn't even die in the US version, and if he did, thats the ballsiest thing they ever did. ITS NOT FUCKING VOLTRON PEOPLE! ITS GOLION! god voltron is a cheesy fucking western name. Voltron is a western bastardization of the name.America also fucked up Macross (Robotech) and its complexity too.

  • @MRNIIK Voltron wasn't as much of a massacre as you describe it. True, fans of GoLion and Dairugger might not recognize the mishmash of their shows that became Voltron, but it more or less stayed true to form: a five man band of heroes piloting mecha lions that combined to form a super robot and defeat the evil empire on a weekly basis.

    In fact, just like Samurai Pizza Cats, Voltron is considered by some, myself included, to be the superior product.

  • @MRNIIK So True. I have the actual 1981 Diecast Golion from japan. Its worth a shitload. if you wanna see it, its on my video

  • @MRNIIK i like how you said golion in engrish.

  • @MRNIIK Then it also upsets me that you didn't mention the very first anime is made using western technology.

  • @praystation It's a bit different.

    I'm talking about how a tv show is appropriated from something quite different and chopped up and hammed up to be all safe and morally agreeable to what people are used to in the west. I understand it wouldn't have been suitable for kids but the mindset that "cartoons are for kids only" could've been challenged by this show by translating it properly. It just upset me to discover that about Voltron because I had grown up watching it.

  • @MRNIIK A typical Japanophile defending the Japos. LOL. DId you know a video game title like fallout3 is also heavily censored in Japan due to the japos can't well digest anything related to us nuking them in 1945?

  • @MRNIIK Those people in the US just love to take ultra good series from japan, butchered it, remade it into crap series and say that a ITS THE BEST!!!!!! BULLSHIT!!!!!! Look at POWER RANGERS.....its the most dumbass remakes of all time. Bulk and skull can make you suffer from permanant brain damage.......Voltron is a good series only because IT ORIGINALLY CAME FROM JAPAN!!!!!!!!

  • @MRNIIK Also, who cares? I would estimate that 98% of the people who are watching this video, grew up IN THE US with Voltron, so who cares if W.E. butchered a show?

    Man, its a shame Optibotimus can't just make a video without all the snobs and nerd coming out of the woodwork to defend a 29 year old cartoon...

  • Have you tried reversing the wrists on the black lion's forearms when folding them in? It seems like the claws would face out toward the cover piece so you can pull the forearm out easier.

  • the thing that always got me is that there calling them lions when they look like tigers but good reveiw

  • where else can u get voltron at

  • try with the black lions feet in a differnt way

  • yo on the black lion the arms yhea try not folding the foot part in as much

  • yeah....its supposed to hook...not fold completely.

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  • dude i would piss my pants if they made a voltron movie

  • this version is awsome

  • dam toys where nice back then now toys look like shit

  • At the time 12:27:

    Dude, That must hurt ... XD

    Good review!

  • i wsh megazords had articulation lik dat

  • no way man..the die cast version is ten times better. more durable..doesnt feel cheap..better working parts..etc . :P All toys are cheap Crap now. They dont make them like they use to.

  • It is pretty funny that such a voltron connoisseur would get the color postions wrong, haha.

  • omg get over it....it doesn't matter which position they're in..they all go in the same way.  Besides...in several episodes the positions switched...probably a coloring and animation error...just think of my positioning as a homage to that...jesus...get over it

  • haha relax, you fucked up , big deal, i just think after giving us that whole voltron break down which frankly was unnecessary since, lets face it, if you are watching this, you are already a fan and know the story line, that you screw up the transformation.

    ITS FUNNY. btw, plenty of images on transformer boxes are incorrectly transformed all the time. but then again, those photographers arent fans :-p

    anyways,. ya screwed up, I pointed and laughed, and now Im moving on.

  • Frankly...i have a shit ton of subscribers that NEVER HEARD of voltron...a review shouldn't be for people that already know what they're looking at...it's for people that might want to get it. That's why it's necessary...do you look up reviews for televisions you already own? That would be unnecessary....don't watch my shit if you find stuff unnecessary.

  • true that.

  • That was a Lion Voltron breakdown FAIL.

  • yea you did say you probably got the positions wrong....so it's no big deal dude. I can't believe these people. Good show of the toy though...I once made a Voltron out of cigarette boxes cuz my parents couldn't afford to get me the toy LOL.

  • is he bigger than rotf leader class optimus prime?

  • i used to love this show! it always botherd me that the lions didn't have manes. are they female lions?

  • Sven actually dies

    and Keith has a rockin' mullet

  • I like this figure mor than the die cast version. The seems to have better paint the die cast has limited articulation but i my opinion this figure looks a whole lot better thanks for reviewing him :)

  • Hey this is a great review.

    Now that you've had this figure for some time, how would you gauge it's durability? I have a tendency to enjoy transforming my figures. :)

  • well i don't play with my stuff...i just display them...and they're perfectly fine

  • you did it wrong. switch the legs and arms around.

  • does it really matter? they can be both apparently.

  • can you put omega prime review

  • you call this HD

  • i don't...youtube does. The resolution is high which makes youtube label it HD...quit your bitching

  • You're right. You did transform it wrong. You were supposed to put the limbs on the opposite side you put them on.

  • i didn't transform him wrong...i just positioned them wrong

  • That's what I meant by transformed it wrong.

  • ... AND I'LL FORM THE HEAD.

  • Nice review, but diecast is way better.

  • i have the very original one from the 80s or sumthin the one u plug the tails into his body and raise the head

  • i bought a voltron giftset and havent gotten it in yet, is it the same as the masterpiece edition because i like this ones mold better than the old ones

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  • dude is Voltron bigger than any of your human alliance figures?

  • he's way bigger

  • nice

  • maybe you should try bending the front hands of the black lion the other way so that itll fit in the upper arm

    thats how it seems to me

  • Love that nice BIG SON OF A BITCH!!! Great review of the toy! My older bro was obsessed with Voltron back then. I might get the Masterpiece some time

  • ever sense i was 2 years old i always wanted the voltron action figure,now im 27 years old & just heard about the new voltron (plastic version)now its my chance to get it

  • The metal one is *FAR* better. (Masterpiece) I have one sitting on my desk and it has amazing detail.

  • awesome, must have one...after macross, voltron remains one of my most favorites...great review!  now if only they made a live action voltron and macross movie...

  • i had the die cast one it was awesome

  • You're doing it wrong.

  • reminds me of my childhood days,,HELL YEAH!!,,stiLL gives me gooSE bumps whenever i hear them say "form feet and legs,,form arms and body..and ILL form THE HEAD"!!..so sad generations this day never make this kind of quality animation nowadays..

  • HELL YEAH!

    form blazing sword!

  • nice neva herd of this thing lol

  • i have the diecast one and it stays in place perfect i've never hada a problem with it !

  • 22 minutes to show this wow

  • yea wow.... *rolls eyes*

  • holly shit i had the yellow one and now u joggled my memory

  • Pretty cool review

    Great lesson on the History of Voltron as well!! 5 Stars!!

    And I forgot the princess's name was Allura - which is funny cause I have a friend named Allura :)

    True story!

  • thank you very much....

  • I'm gonna get This just to have it face off with my Godmars figure.

  • The arms and wings seem too small. Other than that, I'd love to get it.

  • also he has better posability then many toys u put together from da 80's and 90's even some from now

  • i used 2 watch the show in da 90's which i was 4i loved it

  • yah i loved this show in the 90's

  • First time I learn about Voltron. To me all except the yellow one looks like dogs

    lol Sven hahaa

  • I always wanted these freakin lions!!!!!!

  • Are you wearing a Ducks Jersey?

  • Your right, you put them on the opposite side of which they are supposed to go.