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Mazinger Z (1972)
7.8/10on IMDb
First aired
Popy GA-01 Chogokin Mazinger Z, 1974
The one that started everything. A 4.5-inch robot with a zinc alloy die-cast body, button-fired fists and a plastic head, it turned a fictional metal into a whole toy category. Its engineering was far from perfect: problems led Popy to run a free replacement campaign, and collectors now count four original versions of the GA-01 alongside countless repaints and reissues. For anyone building a collection around the line's history, this is the reference point every later Mazinger gets measured against.
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Getter Robo (1974)
7.5/10on IMDb
First aired
Popy GA-02 Chogokin Getter 1
Second in the GA numbering, and the proof that the formula could travel beyond Mazinger. It was a full chogokin, die-cast and packed with gimmicks, yet Popy gave it its own personality: the fists simply detach instead of firing, one of them launches an axe, and the head is spring-loaded. Next to the GA-01 it shows how quickly Popy began tailoring play features to each show's weapons, which is why the two make such a natural pair on a shelf.
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Reideen the Brave (1975)
6.7/10on IMDb
First aired
Popy GA-09 Chogokin Raideen, 1975
This is where chogokin learned to transform. Raideen folds from robot into the God Bird, making it one of the first die-cast transforming toys ever made, and it still fires its fists and carries a detachable shield and bow. Condition and variant matter here: the very first run had white painted legs, while later runs switched to chrome, so check the legs before paying first-version money.
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UFO Robot Grendizer (1975)
8.4/10on IMDb
First aired
Popy Chogokin Grendizer and UFO Spazer, 1975
Bandai itself names this the first deluxe item in the Chogokin line and the first with a combination gimmick: the robot docks with its saucer to form the Spazer Cross, a small taste of the combining toys that soon followed. The first version came in two separate boxes, one for the robot and one for the Spazer. For a cheaper way in than a boxed original, Bandai 3D-scanned the 1975 toy for its Chogokin Deluxe Grendizer & UFO Spazer remake, pictured here, with a spring-opening Spazer and firing Rocket Punches, rerun in Japan on October 24, 2026 at 15,400 yen.
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Combattler V (1976)
7.4/10on IMDb
First aired
Popy DX Chogokin Combattler V, 1976
The toy that made combining the main event. Five Popynica battle machines, each a toy in its own right, lock together into the full robot, and Bandai still calls it an epoch-making transforming and combining toy as its 50th anniversary arrives in 2026. Collectors outside Japan have a second route in: Mattel sold it in the Shogun Warriors range as separate vehicles and as a combined box set renamed Combattra, and Bandai later reissued it under its Godaikin label.
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Voltes V (1977)
8.1/10on IMDb
First aired
Popy DX Chogokin Voltes V, 1977
Combattler's successor, sold in Japan as the Volt in Box set of five machines that combine into the full robot. Its party piece is the Voltank, a tank mode the robot never used on screen but the classic DX toy could form, and a trick the first Soul of Chogokin remake dropped until Bandai's Respect for Volt in Box version restored it. Complete boxed sets are rare and command serious money today, so this is a grail rather than a starting point.
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Fighting General Daimos (1978)
7.8/10on IMDb
First aired
Popy GA-85 DX Chogokin Daimos
A late-period showcase of how much metal Popy could pack into one robot. The torso, shoulders and legs are all die-cast, the figure stands roughly 9.75 inches and weighs about 514 grams, and it converts into its Tranzer trailer mode once the fists and chest piece come off. A spring-loaded missile port in the cab still fires in trailer mode. It suits the collector who wants a single toy that shows both the transformation and the sheer weight of a 1970s deluxe chogokin.
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Beast King GoLion (1981)
7.3/10on IMDb
First aired
Popy Chogokin Golion, 1981
The chogokin many Americans owned without knowing the name. The US miniature Voltron III that Matchbox sold in 1984 is largely based on this Japanese toy, and side by side the differences show, down to the lion-head teeth, which are sharper on the Popy version. It is almost all metal apart from the arms, wings and head, and each arm fires a lion-headed fist that can also hold the sword and shield. Pictured is Bandai's reissue in the original's form, due in Japan in March 2027 at 14,850 yen, an easier route in than a vintage original.
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Mazinger Z (1972)
7.8/10on IMDb
First aired
Soul of Chogokin GX-01 Mazinger Z, 1997
The figure that brought grown-up collectors back. Released in December 1997 for 5,800 yen, it began life as a plastic High Complete Model design before Bandai turned it into a heavy robot made almost entirely of die-cast metal. It carries a rocket punch arm, two Hover Pilders and a chest missile that pops out at the press of a button on its back. Later GX figures move better, but this is the one that opened the modern line, and many Japanese collectors credit it with pulling them back into the hobby.
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Combattler V (1976)
7.4/10on IMDb
First aired
Soul of Chogokin GX-03 Combattler V, 1999
The first combining Soul of Chogokin, released in Japan in June 1999 at 13,440 yen. Five vehicles join into the robot through a simple combination, and the build mixes die-cast with plastic and rubber, so it handles more like a toy than a display statue. Its interest today is historical as much as practical: it showed that the adult line could take on the Popy deluxe combiners, and it is the starting point for comparing every later SOC Combattler.
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Voltes V (1977)
8.1/10on IMDb
First aired
Soul of Chogokin GX-31 Voltes V, 2006
The Soul of Chogokin answer to Popy's heavyweight. Five machines combine into a robot of roughly 740 to 750 grams, the Crewzer is metal almost everywhere except its windshield, wings and fins, and the Tenkuken sword is die-cast too, so heavy the robot strains to hold it. A tank mode is possible even though the instructions skip it. It remains the practical choice for anyone who wants a combining metal Voltes V without hunting a 1970s original.
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Mazinger Z (1972)
7.8/10on IMDb
First aired
Soul of Chogokin GX-70 Mazinger Z D.C., 2017
D.C. stands for Dynamic Classics, a run of figures that revisits the classic anime designs of Dynamic Production's robots. First released in Japan on January 28, 2017 and reissued since, it stands about 170 mm in die-cast, ABS and PVC. Placed beside the GX-01 from twenty years earlier, it shows how far articulation and proportions had come. For one modern Mazinger that still reads as the 1970s robot, this is the obvious pick.
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Getter Robo (1974)
7.5/10on IMDb
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Soul of Chogokin GX-74 Getter 1 D.C., 2017
The modern Getter for anyone who grew up on the 1974 series. Part of the Dynamic Classics run that followed the GX-73 Great Mazinger D.C., it was first released in July 2017 and resold in January 2020 at 15,400 yen. The set includes the three Getter Machines, Eagle, Jaguar and Bear, with their effect parts, plus optional face, chest and abdomen pieces, so the display can tell the whole launch-and-combine story rather than just stand there.
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Combattler V (1976)
7.4/10on IMDb
First aired
DX Soul of Chogokin Combattler V, 2017
The super-sized flagship. Released in Japan on December 29, 2017 at 61,050 yen, it stands roughly 14 inches against the 9 inches of the earlier GX-50, and the combined robot weighs around 1,635 grams, with die-cast spread through every battle machine. Pressing the buttons on the machines triggers the combining sound effect. It is an expensive, space-hungry centerpiece, and the Battle Marine's hips can be stiff to collapse, but for sheer scale and presence it is the Combattler to beat.
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Mazinger Z (1972)
7.8/10on IMDb
First aired
Soul of Chogokin GX-105 Mazinger Z Kakumei Shinka, 2022
Proof that the oldest gimmick can still be re-engineered. Movable elbows and a firing mechanism let this Mazinger launch its Rocket Punches without swapping in separate parts, so play feature and articulation finally live in one arm. Reworked hips and thighs allow natural kneeling poses, the stomach missile fires, the Hover Pilder docks by magnet and the Jet Scrander is included. First released December 29, 2022, it stands about 165 mm and returns in Japan in December 2026 at 12,980 yen.
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Voltes V (1977)
8.1/10on IMDb
First aired
Soul of Chogokin GX-118 Voltes V, 2026
The newest take on the five-machine robot, released in Japan on February 28, 2026 at 55,000 yen. At about 240 mm in die-cast, ABS and PVC, it brings back full transformation and combination while adding movable mechanisms in the combined state, so it poses as well as it assembles. It is the current choice for a collector who wants Voltes V with modern engineering at a standard SOC scale rather than the huge DX format.
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