Items16The creator’s order
  1. 1Mazinger Z (1972)Mazinger Z (1972) 7.8/10 on IMDbFirst aired Dec 3, 1972Popy 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…0
  2. 2Getter Robo (1974)Getter Robo (1974) 7.5/10 on IMDbFirst aired Apr 4, 1974Popy 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…0
  3. 3Reideen the Brave (1975)Reideen the Brave (1975) 6.7/10 on IMDbFirst aired Apr 4, 1975Popy 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…0
  4. 4UFO Robot Grendizer (1975)UFO Robot Grendizer (1975) 8.4/10 on IMDbFirst aired Oct 5, 1975Popy 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…0
  5. 5Combattler V (1976)Combattler V (1976) 7.4/10 on IMDbFirst aired Apr 17, 1976Popy 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.…0
  6. 6Voltes V (1977)Voltes V (1977) 8.1/10 on IMDbFirst aired Jun 4, 1977Popy 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…0
  7. 7Fighting General Daimos (1978)Fighting General Daimos (1978) 7.8/10 on IMDbFirst aired Apr 1, 1978Popy 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…0
  8. 8Beast King GoLion (1981)Beast King GoLion (1981) 7.3/10 on IMDbFirst aired Mar 4, 1981Popy 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…0
  9. 9Mazinger Z (1972)Mazinger Z (1972) 7.8/10 on IMDbFirst aired Dec 3, 1972Soul 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,…0
  10. 10Combattler V (1976)Combattler V (1976) 7.4/10 on IMDbFirst aired Apr 17, 1976Soul 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.…0