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Bandai
is a Japanese multinational corporation, multinational toy manufacturer and distributor headquartered in Taitō, Tokyo. Its international branches, Bandai Namco Toys & Collectables America and Bandai UK, are respectively headquartered in Irvine ...
's robot toy line-up diverse from the popular
Soul of Chogokin
or "Soul of Super-alloy", is a popular line of adult collector's toys produced by the Japanese company Bandai.
The line, which began in 1997, focuses almost exclusively on mecha ( robots) taken from various 1970s and 1980s anime series, alth ...
franchise, first introduced in August 2010. Despite being under the Soul of Chogokin family, the major difference is the size - only scaling around 14cm. Aside from the size, the other main selling points for the line-up are the flexible articulation of the robots and added weapons set(s) (sold separately) to evoke some of the effects, memorable moves, and attacks seen in each of the robots' respective series. This toy line is mainly focused on the
Super Robot
Mecha anime and manga, known in Japan as and , are anime and manga that feature robots (mecha) in battle. The genre is broken down into two subcategories; "super robot", featuring super-sized, implausible robots, and "real robot", where robots are ...
series as well as the
Super Sentai
is a Japanese superhero team metaseries and media franchise consisting of television series and films produced by Toei Company, and Bandai, and aired by TV Asahi (" Sentai" is the Japanese word for "task force" or "fighting squadron"). The ...
and
Armored Core
is a third-person shooter mecha video game series developed by FromSoftware. The series centers on a silent protagonist who takes on work as a mercenary pilot in the far future, operating large robot combat units known as Armored Cores at the b ...
series. Just like the Soul of Chogokin, the robot figures are molded in plastic and diecast metal. Extra accessories such as bases and laboratory (such as Mazinger Z's lab) are also in the works. Super Robot Chogokin is targeted to a mature demographic, but priced lower than the Soul of Chogokin line.
Line-Up
Accessories
Weapons and accessories to invoke some of the moves and attacks seen in the series
Tamashii Japanese Web Store Exclusive
Tamashii Nation Event & Festival Event (aka - FES) Exclusive
Super Effect Campaign
This is basically a special effect part(s) for each individual mechas, but can be used with others.
See also
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Soul of Chogokin
or "Soul of Super-alloy", is a popular line of adult collector's toys produced by the Japanese company Bandai.
The line, which began in 1997, focuses almost exclusively on mecha ( robots) taken from various 1970s and 1980s anime series, alth ...
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Super Imaginative Chogokin
Super Imaginative Chogokin (aka S.I.C.) is one of Bandai's popular line-up of die-cast metallic figurines ('' chogokin'') based on the Kamen Rider franchise and other characters created by Shotaro Ishinomori and his production company. The figur ...
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Chogokin
{{nihongo, Chogokin, 超合金, Chōgōkin, Chō: ''Super'', gōkin: ''alloy'', Sometimes spelled either Chougokin or Cho-gokin is a fictitious material which first appeared in Go Nagai's ''Mazinger Z'' manga and anime and is later adopted by Popy ...
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Godaikin
Godaikin or GoDaiKin (a combination of ''gokin'' (合金, "alloy") and ''dai'' (大, "big"/"great")) was a line of Super Robot toys released by Bandai America from 1982 to 1985, composed of figures from Popy-created series such as '' Chogokin'' an ...
External links
* {{Official website, https://tamashiiweb.com/item_brand/superrobot_chogokin/ (Japanese)
Action figures
Bandai brands
Japanese die-cast toys
2010s toys
Toy mecha