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Post by brutalis on Jan 6, 2020 9:03:17 GMT -5
So then boys and girls, everybody loves them some GIANT ROBOT's do they not? A commonplace staple among Anime and Science Fiction and movies and cartoons, these great big fighting machines are visually stunning and delightful machines. As many might attest it may be quite difficult to choosing just ONE giant mecha marauder as a favorite, so let's liven it up by saying you have to choose your top 5 Masters of Metal!!!
My top 5:
Macross/Robotech Veritechs Voltron Frankenstein Jr. MechaGodzilla Raydeen of Shogun Warriors
I grew up in love with giant robots ever since seeing Frankenstein Jr and MechaGodzilla (likely the 1st 2 I ever knew of) on television as a child. So as I grew older and learned there was tons of metal giants out there to read, watch and enjoy I became a happy camper. My 1st spot goes to the Macross/Robotech Veritech transforming Valkyrie fighters going from Jets to Robot and in-between as they fight the Zentraidi. 2nd up is the giant Lion King, Voltron himself. 3rd comes everyone's favorite Frankie Jr! 4th is the strong and quiet monster fighter you can't just keep down: MechaGodizlla. Finally I choose the Japanese Ronin: Raydeen of the Shogun Warriors! And a final shout out as runner up for ANY/ALL of the Transformers as they have such variously cool designs and characters from Optimus Prime to Megatron to Starscream to Dinobots to combining bots like Protectabots, Combaticons, Constructicons, Devastator, Predaking and on to Unicron the world destroyer.
There is no way I could ever attempt a complete listing, so I apologize if one of your favorites isn't in the listing. Tell us your fave and let's get the Giant Ball Rolling!
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Post by Deleted on Jan 6, 2020 9:09:42 GMT -5
My Top 5 Giant RobotsMechaGodzillaGigantor Voltran Power Ranger Zords Frankenstein Jr. This ROBOT rules!
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Post by Deleted on Jan 6, 2020 10:02:26 GMT -5
Gotta be Unicron for me (so I voted "Other"). Any badass who can change into a giant planet has to get my vote.
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Post by dbutler69 on Jan 6, 2020 10:58:27 GMT -5
I voted for MechaGodzilla (of course), Shogun Warriors (loved the action figures as a kid and bought the entire Marvel series a few years ago), Red Ronin, Transformers (I was thinking of the 80's cartoon with that vote), and Voltron!
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Post by brutalis on Jan 6, 2020 11:13:36 GMT -5
Gotta be Unicron for me (so I voted "Other"). Any badass who can change into a giant planet has to get my vote. Wouldn't Unicron then go under Transformers? AND you get 4 more choices (just so the counting stays interesting) to decide upon!
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Post by thwhtguardian on Jan 6, 2020 11:22:55 GMT -5
While I have a lot of love for Mechagodzilla, Frankenstein Jr. the Iron Giant, Gigantor and even the Pacific rim mechs my favorites will always be from the Gundam Universe...I mean they have lazer swords so they're giant robots and Jedi, you just can't beat that.
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Post by Rob Allen on Jan 6, 2020 12:42:51 GMT -5
I voted for the two I know - Gigantor and the Iron Giant. I'm not very familiar with the rest.
Iron Giant is one of the best movies ever.
Gigantor was the second Japanese animation I ever saw. The first was Tobor the Eighth Man. I know that Astro Boy and Kimba the White Lion came earlier but I didn't see them until after Tobor and Gigantor. The Gigantor theme song was catchy:
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Post by beccabear67 on Jan 6, 2020 14:12:05 GMT -5
My favorite might be Giant Gorg which was an anime series in the early '80s with some contribution from Yoshikazu Yasuhiko who did the Venus Wars comic in Comic Nora. Nonetheless I voted for Gigantor as I love those vintage 'toons, and he had such a cool theme song (I think The Dickies later covered it)! Gi-gannnn-tor, gi-ga-an-torrrr! Bigger than big! I have some Johnny Socko but it gets repetitive quickly, needed more villians perhaps.
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Post by shaxper on Jan 6, 2020 14:22:21 GMT -5
I don't even know how to answer this!
I love collecting Transformers. Robotech/Macross is one of my favorite shows/fictional universes of all time. I own like six Voltrons.
But I GUESS my favorite of all time isn't any of them. I grew up in the 1980s, way past the point where I should know this, but the giant Shogun Warriors Great Mazinga utterly takes my breath away. So while it's one specific one, I guess my vote is for Shogun Warriors.
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Post by Deleted on Jan 6, 2020 14:27:06 GMT -5
Given Unicron would obliterate all of the other choices, the vote for Transformers should be higher...
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Post by Deleted on Jan 6, 2020 15:22:50 GMT -5
Loved the Iron Giant movie.
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Post by Deleted on Jan 6, 2020 15:34:16 GMT -5
No love for Rusty and Big Guy or Biotron? -M
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Post by Phil Maurice on Jan 6, 2020 15:35:19 GMT -5
I was the lone lunatic who chose Johnny Socko (and his Giant Robot). Other robots on the list are vastly superior, but Johnny Socko followed Ultra Man on the local channel in the little Michigan town I was living in in '74/'75 when I was 6-7 and I was utterly, unapologetically captivated. I sought out some bootleg VHS tapes of the show back in the 90s and treasure them as well. YMMV.
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Post by brutalis on Jan 6, 2020 16:03:18 GMT -5
No love for Rusty and Big Guy or Biotron? -M It is about GIANT bots, so possibly Big Guy might be allowable and Biotron only if you vote for when he was actually the Micronaut's ship (but is he a giant bot or just a ship? Cant remember if he acted/fought on his own or just flew them around?) and NOT when he was more or less human sized.
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Post by Slam_Bradley on Jan 6, 2020 16:45:31 GMT -5
Given Unicron would obliterate all of the other choices, the vote for Transformers should be higher... Unless you're old enough that Transformers weren't a thing in your life or were some toy your little cousins played with.
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