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Mecha, Minmei, and a decade-long fight for the future
While I have extensive experience with superhero comic books, my experience with manga is relatively small. I know that my local Barnes & Noble has a significant amount of shelf space devoted to...
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Go Lionbot Force! Wait … that doesn’t sound right.
The Matchbox-produced lion Voltron. According to the package, he's the "king of the space jungle." In your childhood, I guess there are phenomena and there are milestones where toys are concerned. And...
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Cars and Trucks and Things That Go!
The vehicle Voltron, an also-ran in 1980s anime-based giant robots. When the casual observer hears the word “Voltron,” he definitely thinks of the famous robot that was formed from five lions; however,...
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Fleet of DOOM!
Clearly, the Voltron cartoon series and the associated toys are a benchmark in my childhood, the first time that I ever felt I’d “discovered” something really cool, something that I hadn’t been told to...
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Pop Culture Affidavit Episode 76: The Robotech Episode
In the mid-1980s, one of the seminal anime series to ever cross over to American television was watched by children across the country. Combining mecha with a love story and an intergalactic war,...
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