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    • Super #1 Robot

    Japanese Robot Toys, 1972-1982

    Photographs by Tim Brisko,Text by Matt Alt,with Robert Duban,Afterword by Saburo Ishizuki

    5-1/2 x 7 in; 256 pp;
    full-color photographs throughout
    Paperback
    July 2005
    ISBN 9780811846073
    ISBN10 0811846075

    SKU# 9780811846073

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    Shogun Warriors. Godaikin. Micronauts. They came in their legions, leaping straight from Japanese TV sets onto toy shelves. Shiny, outrageously colorful, sporting spring-powered missiles and "rocket punches"they were unlike anything seen before. Super...

    Super #1 Robot



    Super #1 Robot

    Shogun Warriors. Godaikin. Micronauts. They came in their legions, leaping straight from Japanese TV sets onto toy shelves. Shiny, outrageously colorful, sporting spring-powered missiles and "rocket punches"they were unlike anything seen before. Super #1 Robot showcases these unique action figures created during the heyday of Japanese robot toys, 1972 to 1982. From Popy's classic "Chogokin" Mazinger Z to Takatoku's Valkyrie (the first seamlessly transforming toy), these are the pinnacle of modern Japanese robot toys, and transformed not only themselves, but also today's toy culture.

     

    Matt Alt's childhood obsession with the Japanese giant robot led him to major in Japanese and International Relations at the University of Wisconsin, Madison. He lives near Tokyo, where he and his wife run a translation agency.

    Robert Duban met Matt Alt while working for ToyBoxDX, a popular toy collector website, for which they have cataloged the works of every Japanese toy company producing during the 1970s and early 1980s. He lives in Los Angeles.

    Tim Brisko's photography has appeared in Toyfare, Xbox Nation, and Super7 magazine. He lives in Houston, Texas.

    Saburo Ishizuki founded Bullmark and Ark, the creators of some of the most influential toys of this period.

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